4 The Genuine Voice

Tang Xinyue looked back at the meek Fan Lingxin, and smiled genuinely. "Li Xia, you should not blame Fan Lingxin for anything. After all, it was me, Tang Xinyue, who drugged you."

Li Xia stood up and walked towards her. "Why?"

His intimidating voice sent chills down her spine. Nonetheless, she stood her ground and did not show any moment of weakness. "I wanted to make your first night passionate, I guess?"

Li Xia massaged his forehead and shook his head. Even if it were not for you, I would've been passionate, okay?

"Get out." He quickly got rid of Tang Xinyue.

Pushed out of the room, the door slammed shut behind Tang Xinyue. She sighed and saw the shattered glass on the floor. "I guess I should clean this up."

After an hour, she went downstairs.

"Ah, what should I do now? I don't know where Tang Xinyue lives..."

Although they had been "best friends" for six years, Tang Xinyue never invited her to her house. It was always Tang Xinyue visiting, or inviting her to shop. Of course, she paid for all the expenses.

"Forget it, I'll just sleep in the guest room."

Being Li Xia's husband in her past life, she knew where he kept the keys to every room in the house. She retrieved the key to the guest room and unlocked the door.

The guest room was dusty, a sign of abandonment. There were spider webs all across the corners, and the accumulated dust was enough for her to wheeze.

"Cough, cough... How dirty! I need to clean it up."

.....

In the Tang household.

It was in the middle of the night. Mrs. Tang was getting worried, her daughter was still not home after all this time.

She knew about her plan to frame Fan Lingxin, but she did not expect her to take this long... unless something had gone awry!

Anxious, Mrs. Tang called the Li household's landline.

"Hello?" A sweet voice came through the speaker.

"Xinyue, is that you?" Mrs. Tang recognized it immediately.

"Yes, Mrs. Ta- I mean, mother."

"Where are you, what is taking you so long?"

"Don't worry mother, I will be fine. In fact, I've never been better!"

"Is that so..."

"Mother, I'm hanging up. Talk to you soon."

Upon hearing her daughter's cheerful voice, Mrs. Tang felt both happy and weird at the same time. For one, she never heard her genuine voice since she turned 18.

There was also the way that she called her mother. Usually, she always called her mom, but she now seemed more... distant than before.

"Maybe something big happened."

Mrs. Tang couldn't think of anything that could make her daughter as happy as that other than getting together with Li Xia.

"Wait...! Maybe that's it. That is probably what happened. It would explain her distance, her cheerful voice, and her absence in the house during midnight."

As she thought of this, a smile appeared on Mrs. Tang's face.

"Good job, my daughter! My husband will be proud."