"Or perhaps you want to explain that it wasn't you who brought Shen Jun in? That it wasn't you who tried to falsely accuse Xiao Ran with your litany of lies?"
Gu Heng's expression was one of utter disappointment; he looked at Su Xinyan as if she were a stranger, as though he had never known her.
"Time and again, I've convinced myself, but in the end, I found there wasn't even a reason left to do so. Xinyan... can I really still trust you?"
Gu Heng's handsome face was etched with deep pain, and upon hearing his words, Su Xinyan wept, her face streaked with tears, as she clung to him tightly and said in a panicked, frantic tone:
"Yes, of course you can, Brother Heng, please believe me, won't you? I haven't, I really haven't, do you think I could do something to hurt my sister? I already feel so guilty towards her, and I've been trying to earn her forgiveness; how could I possibly harm her..."