100 years before Divorce - Chapter 241

Xia Sha, Xiao Zhan, and Hu Che promised to keep each other ‘complaint’ as they like to call it, to their little club only.

“What happens on the beach, remain on the beach,” Hu Che reminds for the last time as Guan Xian’s figure getting closer to their table.

And so, although Xia Sha wanted to consult Guan Xian about Hu Che, she can’t let down her promise to Hu Che.

When Guan Xian drives Hu Che and Xia Sha home after the confusing dinner, he notices the conflict before Xia Sha’s eyes. Perhaps, Xia Sha felt uncomfortable for knowing the truth of Hu Che’s broken soul. Or she is anxious because she had to keep it a secret that she started to felt nausea and dizziness at the same time.

Hu Che was sound asleep at the back seat when Guan Xian pull over after Xia Sha urged him to stop. Xia Sha rushed out of the car and was about to empty her stomach when her stomach stops reacting crazily.

Guan Xian approached Xia Sha in panic, asked, “Are you okay? I’ll call Doctor Lee to check you up.”

Xia Sha shook his head weakly as she refuses to get a check, “No, I’m okay. It’s probably just the car perfume.”

Guan Xian frowned when he heard Xia Sha’s hypothesis. He had used the same car perfume for more than five years, and Xia Sha had never complained before. But still, he went to his car and threw it away.

“Okay, I’ll remove it. Wait for me.”

Xia Sha watches Guan Xian throw his car perfume away and open the door to let fresh air naturalized the car. She felt guilty but relieved at the same time when she couldn’t smell anything. Pressing her side temple against the window, she started to recall Hu Che’s words on the beach.

“Feeling better?”

Guan Xian’s sudden question invades Xia Sha’s train of thought. She turned to Guan Xian swiftly before she shows a weak smile and nods her head.

“You look pale,” Guan Xian constantly worries about Xia Sha as he keeps stealing glances while driving.

“I’m just tired,” Xia Sha said. It’s the most relevant excuse as she closes her eyelids, pretending to sleep to avoid a question from Guan Xian.

It’s the deadly calm before the storm. Both see the elephant in the room and pretend everything is alright. Guan Xian waited until they arrived at Xia Sha’s apartment before he grabs Xia Sha’s shoulder to make her look at him.

Slightly surprised by his sudden movement, Xia Sha’s eyes dilated. She holds her breath as nervous questions make her shutter, “What are you doing?”

Guan Xian didn’t seem to be affected by her question. Instead of answering Xia Sha’s question, he said, “Look straight at my eyes.”

Their face was inches away from each other, Xia Sha could hardly look anywhere but those dark brown eyes.

“Don’t bother to hide anything from me. Let me ask you once, what troubled you?”

Guan Xian’s voice doesn’t sound calm and fun like his usual self. His serious expression makes Xia Sha’s stomach scrunched as if he told her that fooling around was never his business.

“Too many things, I don’t know where to start,” Xia Sha answer breathly.

“Start with us. Tell me, what did I do that bothered you?”

His magnetic voice didn’t sound as intimidating as before. There is an expectation reflected from his eyes that make Xia Sha gritted her teeth.

“You should’ve known yourself. Why did I need to tell you what should you do?”

What is he expecting her to do? She had tolerated dozen of the absence of her groom while preparing for THEIR marriage. She had tried to bring it up and make a fuss out of nothing, but what is this?

“I wouldn’t know if you don’t tell me, and you’ll keep getting annoyed yourself if we don’t solve this,” Guan Xian answer calmly, though he knew Xia Sha might explode if he insists on prolonging the conversation.

Xia Sha tried to remove Guan Xian’s hand from limiting her movement as she controls her emotion.

‘Told you, I’m just tired. Can we get over with this and let me sleep? please?” Xia Sha murmured as she lowered her head.

The moment she realized there is an unfamiliar ring on her hand. She did use some rings accessories today, but she doesn’t remember having a bloody red diamond. Or at least, if she does have one, she wouldn’t wear such a big diamond for a dolphin or magic show!

“W-What is this?!” Xia Sha was surprised that her body jumped to the seat as she extended her hand away.

“I’ve slipped it to your finger since the magic show, and you only notice it now?” Guan Xian scuffed.

Xia Sha was stunned as she looks at the beautiful reflection from the big rock.

“You wouldn’t believe how much trouble I had to go through to attain the ring. Do you like it?” Guan Xian asked as he grins widely.

“Did you go to Barcelona for this ring only?” Xia Sha suddenly asked with an exasperated face as she turns to Guan Xian with a sharp gaze.

The smile on Guan Xian’s face slowly dried as he furrowed his eyebrow, “You don’t like it?”

Xia Sha sighed when she heard his response. She bites her lowers lips and pulls the eccentric ring from her slender ringer as she shoves it down to Guan Xian’s palm.

“Thank you for your present, but I would appreciate your existence beside me while I prepared for OUR wedding, rather than this.”

Xia Sha gave Guan Xian a cold back as she opens the door and head to his apartment unit in furious steps, leaving Guan Xian dumbfounded in his car. He reflected on his action as he stays still in the basement for hours. Once he steps out of his car and decided to talk to Xia Sha, he realized the sun had risen.

Once he enters the passcode to Xia Sha’s apartment, he was greeted by shattering glass and flowers on the floor. An empty bottle of wine had laid on the dining table with empty glasses. Guan Xian fastens his pace towards the bedroom. He felt like his heart could burst in any second as Xia Sha filled his frantic mind.

“Xia Sha!” He shouted as he barged into her place, only to be greeted by a beautiful girl with black lips.

“Oh, hello there! Fancy to see you here,” A weak smile appeared on her face as she tried to get up from the bed.

She looks tipsy as she tripped and split the wine inside the glass she holds. Guan Xian’s face turns cold as three lines appear on his annoyed face, “Where is Xia Sha?”

“Oh, that bitch? Eum, let me recall for a moment,” the woman sat on the ground with a blank face as if she tried hard to remember something important.

“MENG RAN! WHERE IS XIA SHA NOW!” Guan Xian yelled as he stride and pulled Meng Ran’s collar up as he forced her to stand.

Meng Ran went quiet for a moment before she let out a psychotic laugh at Guan Xian’s face. She releases the crystal glass that she holds to the ground, creating a disturbing voice of shattering glass.

“You come too little bit too late. A dark knight had saved your princess. But I doubt she will survive since I had used the fastest way to kill that bitch,” Meng Ran said quietly before she rolls her eyes up, showing more white parts of her eyeballs.

“WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER? YOU CRACKED WHORE!” Guan Xian smashed Meng Ran to the ground without any mercy in his eyes. The burning gaze and uncontrollable breathing were showing how rage had taken control over his sanity. And while he turned into the predator, the prey doesn’t seem to be scared at all.

“Not much. You know, I just put on a rightful amount of cyanide inside the wine bottle. That bitch is a heavy drinker, you know? She finishes every drop of it. Insane! Imagine, dying without knowing why?” Meng Ran tilted her head as her eyes turned into crescent moon shapes.

Guan Xian could felt the building vein in his hand and neck as he gritted his teeth and choke Meng Ran. His whole face darkened while Meng Ran starts to lose her breath with painful force on her throat. She could hardly think but still heard Guan Xian’s oath as he said, “If she dies, I will keep you alive for a long time to suffer more than death.”

Meng Ran smiles weakly when Guan Xian releases his grip on her neck and left her alone in the messy apartment. She watches Guan Xian back vanished quickly behind the door when she began to laugh lunatic.

“Weren’t I born to suffer? What change if Xia Sha died or live, I would still be suffering.. At least, I could live her life for a couple of hours,” Meng Ran answers weakly, picking up herself from the ground and walk to Xia Sha’s closet.