Chapter 1522: Secret
After Hao Min finished explaining everything that needed to be addressed, she left the café ahead of everyone else.
Li Tong watched Hao Min walk away, and with her meticulous mind, she whispered: "It seems that she still kept something from us, not revealing everything."
"Naturally, a man and a woman meet, become involved, and then the woman discovers the man is unreliable, considers breaking up, but then the man seems to propose or persistently requests a second chance from the woman. Perhaps at this point, the woman might say everything would be fine if there was a house or a car, using it as an excuse to placate the man. Who would have thought the man took it seriously, and to be with the woman, he found a way to acquire this money."
Ye Fan, based on the unfolding of events and his understanding of Liu Anping and Hao Min, came to such a judgment.
"People say women are meticulous, but I think you’re detailed in your roughness, every word is striking, truly frightening." Li Tong said admiringly.
Upon carefully considering Ye Fan’s analysis, Li Tong fully understood it and immediately realized that Ye Fan’s insights nearly exposed all of Hao Min’s secrets, unearthing all hidden messages.
"Liu Anping took risks for money, lost himself, in order to buy a house, he tried everything to make Hao Min reconsider and see him differently. This gave the enemy an opening to exploit Liu Anping’s weakness and lure him into theft, inevitably leading to a fatal fate." Ye Fan reflected, his gaze sharp.
"Nothing escapes your eyes. Sometimes when I think about it, I still find you quite scary." Li Tong sincerely said, then changed the topic: "Counting it this way, the fact that Liu Anping ended up like this might have been due to Hao Min’s casual excuse, leading to his downfall. Considering this, Liu Anping seems quite wronged, since Hao Min had already decided to break up with him, no matter how eloquent Liu Anping might be, it wouldn’t change the actual decision."
While speaking, Li Tong’s face showed anger: "Initially, I was full of sympathy for Hao Min, but now it seems Liu Anping’s situation is inevitably linked to her?"
"Hao Min is an independent person who certainly wouldn’t follow an idle Liu Anping. Seeing Liu Anping idle, she became disheartened and lost interest in marriage; naturally, she had to think clearly about committing her life to a man with high aspirations but low ability. What woman would want that?"
Ye Fan said casually: "This is Hao Min’s unspoken secret. From this perspective, since Liu Anping took a dead-end path for her, naturally she feels guilty and sad, but these words can only be kept inside and cannot be told to anyone."
"Precisely because it’s an unspoken secret, it will remain buried within and remembered forever." Li Tong understood this clearly.
Ye Fan and Li Tong were talking when Zhang Lu’s phone call came, saying there was an urgent situation, prompting them to immediately get up.
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"We’re not suitable to be together. I want to find a man I can rely on for the rest of my life. Let’s break up."
"Why should we break up? I won’t! Why can’t you rely on me?"
"Look at yourself, lounging around every day. We’ve known each other for months now, and you can’t keep a job, always choosy and aiming too high. Tell me, what can you do? I want a man who can lead a stable life—not you."
"So that’s how you see me. I’m willing to do anything for you—what more do you want? Why didn’t you say this earlier? Why be so heartless when I propose?"
"I have to say it now, or what should I do? Agree to marry you?"
"Why not marry me? I will make you happy."
"I can’t see where this happiness you speak of is. If you really want me to be happy, don’t cling to me. We should part peacefully; we’re both adults, so don’t be so immature, okay?"
"What did I do wrong? I’ll change—I promise I’ll change. Just give me a chance."
"Give you a chance? What kind of chance? A chance to continue messing up my life? You want to propose, yet you don’t even have a house. How dare you propose? Please act maturely, okay?"
"I do have a house. I’ll buy one soon. Please believe me."
"Fine, I’ll give you one last chance, but after this, don’t bother me anymore."
This was a conversation between Hao Min and Liu Anping about a month ago, when they argued, marking their first major disagreement since starting their relationship.
Liu Anping humbly begged while Hao Min scoffed and paid no attention.
Regardless of Hao Min’s almost roaring voice or Liu Anping’s assuring tone, they were intertwined together.
This also became the critical point leading Liu Anping down a doomed path, all to satisfy the casual excuse Hao Min used to reject him.
By this point, Liu Anping’s fate was already decided, unable to alter this seemingly factual destiny.
At the time, Hao Min’s words were out of anger, simply an excuse to let Liu Anping give up, yet such a trivial excuse brought a different change to Liu Anping’s life, from idleness to a dead end.
This is the secret in Hao Min’s heart—how could she even say it?
Would she tell outsiders that her casual excuse was taken seriously by Liu Anping, and that something she thought Liu Anping couldn’t accomplish was actually done, with the cost being Liu Anping’s life? How would people view her then?
Hao Min wanted to blame Liu Anping for being stupid, but she couldn’t truly blame him.
How could she blame a dead person? Already feeling guilty, how could she engage in such pointless actions?
She even prayed, wishing she’d never met Liu Anping, sparing her from many troubles, and perhaps Liu Anping’s fate would have been different.
Unfortunately, there’s no starting over for any of this.
Hao Min dealt with everything related to Liu Anping, including clothes, their shared past, and photos on her phone.
"From now on, everything about Liu Anping will have nothing to do with me. In my life, there will no longer be this person. I’ll act as if I never knew him and never met someone like him in my life."
Hao Min murmured this decision.
She struggled to free herself from Liu Anping’s shadow, seeking only a new beginning.