Chapter 258: 258: Ge Tianhe’s Childhood Sweetheart (40 monthly tickets, extra update)
The clueless Song Weiming became the "excuse" for their dates.
Perhaps Ge Tianhe didn’t think much about it either, just wanting to be closer to his childhood sweetheart. Maybe over time, she would notice his merits and fall for him. But unfortunately, he didn’t realize that there is a kind of distance in the world where being too close causes you to overlook the people around you.
His childhood sweetheart didn’t fall for him; instead, she fell even deeper in love with his "friend" he mentioned, Song Weiming.
Clearly, there was no substantial interaction, yet his childhood sweetheart loved Song Weiming so deeply, perhaps because she was not in love with Song Weiming but with the imagined version of him.
This led to a problem. When she discovered Song Weiming had a girlfriend and was preparing to get engaged, she was greatly shocked and nearly lost her mind.
"Why doesn’t he love me?"
"No! No! No! He obviously loves me, so why has his heart changed?"
"It’s all that woman’s fault; she is the homewrecker who stole my Weiming..."
"Tianhe, you have to help me, help me drive away the homewrecker, and win back Weiming."
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Seeing his childhood sweetheart like this, how could Ge Tianhe not feel heartbroken? Every time he saw Song Weiming, he wanted to say something but stopped. However, when Song Weiming talked about the happiness with his fiancée, he couldn’t bring himself to speak.
This kind of self-torment continued.
Until his childhood sweetheart experienced a mental breakdown and committed suicide.
From then on, Ge Tianhe harbored hatred for Song Weiming, believing he was the one who ruined her. If Song Weiming had made it clear to his childhood sweetheart that he wasn’t interested, how would she have been able to endure the shock and end up that way?
Or perhaps, if Song Weiming had accepted her feelings, she might not have committed suicide.
"So, he hired a powerful master, wanting to use a ghost for revenge on me." Song Weiming’s smile was somewhat pale, feeling disbelief upon seeing the investigation results.
From beginning to end, he never knew Ge Tianhe’s childhood sweetheart was secretly in love with him, right?
Although Ge Tianhe often brought her to gatherings, anyone would think they were together, who would interfere? Song Weiming wasn’t the type to snatch his brother’s woman, so naturally, he wouldn’t pay attention to the women around his friends.
But he never thought that, even so, Ge Tianhe would hate him over a woman!
"Are you sure you never flirted with anyone else?" Mu Qiuniang calmly asked, looking at him.
"I didn’t even know her, how would I have flirted?" Song Weiming’s eyes dodged the question, but Mu Qiuniang’s gaze was piercing as if seeing through everything, leaving him nowhere to hide.
Song Weiming sighed, "Alright, I admit, maybe it happened. But at that time, I hadn’t met my wife; I was single. Suddenly, a stranger, a beautiful girl, added me on WeChat, messaging me late at night, and we chatted a bit..."
If it weren’t for this investigation, Song Weiming swore he wouldn’t have known that the stranger with the WeChat name "Guoguo" was actually Ge Tianhe’s childhood sweetheart.
She didn’t use her real profile picture, and her moments were completely clean, with nothing there.
Song Weiming thought it was just some bored woman who purposely registered a new account, trying to tease someone. Though he had no interest in dealing with women looking for a one-night stand, casual chatting was harmless.
Moreover, "Guoguo" liked to ask: [Are you asleep? Want something different?]
He would reply: [What do you mean by different?]
Guoguo: [What different thing do you want to try? A kiss?]
Song Weiming would send a flying kiss emoji.
Guoguo: [Wow! You’re so passionate!] She also returned a receiving kiss emoji.
Guoguo sent many sexy photos of women, asking him to guess which one was her. But Song Weiming wasn’t interested in such games and simply replied: [The prettiest one!]
Guoguo: [How did you know?! Hahaha... Want to meet offline?]
Song Weiming directly diverted her question, telling her: [Just a hunch.]
That’s really all there was to it, brief WeChat chats. He was mostly busy with work and didn’t have time for long conversations. A few minutes at most would be it. Then he might forget to reply to her messages, leaving days in between responses.
His WeChat had many strangers like "Guoguo," who weren’t particularly unique. There were others who chatted even more "explicitly" than her.
Until he met his wife, Qin Qin, he purged all these frivolous contacts. He was fully aware that these chats were just for passing time, and if by chance Qin Qin saw them, she’d truly believe he was involved with these women, which would mean trouble for himself.
And he was someone who hated causing trouble for himself.
Moreover, after being with Qin Qin, handling their relationship on top of work took all his time and energy, leaving no room for thoughts of other women.
It’s not that Qin Qin was hard to please, but the more he got to know her, the more he realized she was a perfect match for him, making him feel like he didn’t need to waste energy on any other women.
Song Weiming considered these chats harmless, believing they ceased after he had a partner, harming no one. But he never expected that what he thought was a mere pastime would "harm" Ge Tianhe’s childhood sweetheart.
Song Weiming felt terribly innocent.
"Sister-in-law Jiang, think about it, an opposite sex adds you on WeChat at night, asking if you’re asleep. With a newly registered account and a clean moments history, such a person is obviously not legit. Would you take it seriously? Casual chats to pass time, who would take them seriously?"
Mu Qiuniang replied, "I never add strangers." Not just strangers; she barely had anyone in her WeChat contacts, not even ten people.
Song Weiming was cornered: "Since then, I haven’t added any strangers. I swear, after being with my wife, I never chatted with any other woman like that on WeChat. And before that, who would take such WeChat interactions seriously? You joke with me, I joke with you, it’s perfectly normal..."
"Does your wife know?"
Song Weiming was stumped again: "I didn’t dare tell her, fearing she’d get angry. Although I feel it’s not my fault, it still has something to do with me..."
Mu Qiuniang offered no consolation. The cycles of cause and effect aren’t decided by him or her, but by fate itself.
"Tianhe still blames me, and I don’t know how to face him or how to explain to my wife. Sister-in-law Jiang, I can only open up to you. Honestly, I’ve always thought of myself as a good man. Maybe in the virtual world, I’d indulge a bit, but in the real world, I never cross my principles. However, I never thought that even in the virtual world, such a situation could arise..."