"Now, can my brainless friend come with me?"

"No…Brother Lingtan…It's not true…I wanted to tell you everything." Lee Xuiye immediately said. Her tears finally betrayed her and rolled down from her eyes.

"Last…last month…When I found out that my father is alive…I…I was so happy. I thought now that I finally have my father with me…now…now…all children will play with me…I was so happy that I went to meet him at his house…However, when…I went to meet him…he told me that I am the biggest disgrace of his life…." Lee Xuiye explained her side while her heart hurt as she recalled everything again.

"He said that every day he wishes for me to die…"

She was so hurt. She always had a wish to have a father. Now when she came to know that her father was in City B and he was alive, she couldn't believe how happy she was…

When she had asked her mother where her father was for the first time. At that time Lee Chang-You had told her that he had passed away.

Lee Xuiye was very upset at that time. She always thought that she had done something wrong and as a punishment, God had taken away her father.

She felt envious of Mo Xingjuan when she saw, how much Mo Mushan doted on Mo Xingjuan.

When she found out that her father was alive then she was very angry at her mother for lying to her for all those years and for not telling her anything about her father.

"Afterwards, my mother told me that I am his illegitimate daughter and he is ashamed of me. That…that's why…she lied to me…" Lee Xue continued.

"Tell me…Brother Lingtan…How could I've told you all this?" Lee Xuiye's heart was in pain. She covered her face with both of her hands and cried.

She didn't expect that the wish of her life would become a bitter pill for her to swallow [1].

Mo Lingtan immediately strode towards her and hugged her tightly. His heart ached for her. He knew that Lee Xuiye would have been upset after knowing the truth about her father, but, he didn't expect that she was in so much pain.

He wished to beat up that b**tard Wang Hui to death.

"I…I think…Chi Rui'er was right into bullying me…God had sent her to punish me…" Lee Xuiye said in a hoarse voice.

"No…Xuiye…It's not your fault…Don't blame yourself…"

How could she not blame herself, when she saw that her mother was working very hard only to give her a good life?

How could she not blame herself, when she saw, how much Lee Chang-You was in stress?

How could she not blame herself, when her father told her that she was a dark stain of his life?

She was regretting having a life…

Because of her, no one was happy…

Mo Lingtan patted her backside and allowed her to cry her heart out. Even though his shirt was soaked because of her tears, he still didn't complain and let her cry.

After a while, she stopped. Mo Lingtan made her sit on the bench and told her that whatever would happen, he would never break his friendship with her and would always help her.

However, Mo Lingtan didn't stop there. He also made Lee Xuiye to promise him that she would never break her friendship with him and always be with him.

Mo Lingtan always valued his promises and Lee Xuiye knew about it.

Afterward, Mo Lingtan wasn't in the mood to attend his classes, so he made Lee Xuiye skip her classes too with him and took her out of the school through the back gate.

"Brother Lingtan…How do you know about this gate?" Lee Xuiye stopped in front of the school gate and asked in disbelief.

She knew that Mo Lingtan was the topper of the school, so she expected that he would have been attending all his classes. She never knew that Mo Lingtan would be like other boys too who skipped their classes and went outside with friends and having fun.

"Ohhh… Xuiye... don't be stupid and Let's go now… otherwise, if somebody found us, we will be in trouble." Mo Lingtan said in a low voice and held her hand to drag her along out of the gate.

However, Lee Xuiye tried to snatch her hand back and didn't move from there. She angrily exclaimed, "Brother Lingtan. Don't call me stupid. Don't forget that I have passed the toughest entrance exam of this school.".

Mo Lingtan sighed annoyedly and said, "Okay…I won't call you stupid. Now, can my brainless friend come with me?"

"Okay… What?... Wait…Brother Lingtan…."

Before Lee Xuiye could protest about him indirectly calling her stupid, Mo Lingtan had already dragged her out of the gate.

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[1] a bitter pill to swallow (कड़वासच) means bitter truth reality…