A Clean Break

Jiang Huaiyue did not think of it in any other way and simply answered whatever was asked. "He's my man. Don't you know each other?"

Jiang Huaiyue's response remained perfectly natural. She pointed at Lin Fan again. "By the way, how did you end up like this?"

Jiang Huaiyue's words made Lin Fan frown. She had actually been speaking to him from the perspective of a friend all along.

Lin Fan's face darkened. "You said he's your man?"

Jiang Huaiyue nodded. "That's right!"

Lin Fan only felt like he was cracking up.

The pain in his heart was unbearable.

"Then what am I?" Lin Fan finally could not hold it in any longer.

He pointed at Jiang Huaiyue. "You actually got together with him. You betrayed me—can you answer to me for that?"

Jiang Huaiyue froze slightly, then became angry as well.

"Are you sick?" Jiang Huaiyue's delicate brows drew together. "What do you mean, I betrayed you? What relationship do you and I have?"

"At most, we're comrades. If I get a boyfriend, do I need to report it to you?"

Lin Fan paused, filled with a nameless rage that had nowhere to vent.

Indeed, he and Jiang Huaiyue had never been a couple.

What right did he have to talk about betrayal?

It was just that he knew there had always been only a layer of window paper between him and Jiang Huaiyue, so he had instinctively regarded her as his woman.

Shen Wuxiao chose that moment to fan the flames.

"No, Brother Lin Fan, what do you mean by this? Aren't you meddling a little too much?"

"Shut up! You don't lay a hand on a friend's wife, yet you actually did something like this!" Lin Fan was truly enraged. Pointing at Shen Wuxiao, he blurted out the shout.

For an instant, killing intent surged explosively in Shen Wuxiao's eyes.

Bastard. No one had ever dared shout at him before.

Still, he made no move. He would just watch for now, then chop Lin Fan into pieces and feed him to the dogs later.

But Jiang Huaiyue was displeased. What right did he have to shout at her man?

And what did he mean by a friend's wife? Could it be that just because he said so, she became his woman?

"Lin Fan, aren't you being far too self-righteous?"

Jiang Huaiyue intended to make things clear once and for all. "Between us, there is only the relationship of comrades. Aren't you just deceiving yourself?"

"What identity are you using to accuse me right now?"

"According to your logic, anyone you take a liking to must belong to you? Is that it?"

Lin Fan could not say a single word for a long while.

In truth, Jiang Huaiyue had guessed right. Lin Fan did harbor such thoughts.

What he had set his eyes on—who could dare touch it?

But the words stuck in his throat, and he simply could not say them.

He also knew Jiang Huaiyue was right, yet he could not swallow this insult.

At the thought that the thing he had been reluctant even to touch had been stood up and kicked by that bastard, he could not stop himself from wanting to kill someone.

Shen Wuxiao secretly struck again. "Brother Lin Fan, that attitude of yours is truly chilling!"

"Yue'er told me that she traveled thousands of miles to come here just to help you. But what do you mean by this?"

"What happens between Yue'er and me seems to have nothing to do with you, does it?"

Lin Fan was like a fire completely ignited. At the thought of the two of them making love in the villa while he froze outside, he went mad.

There was no need to endure what could no longer be endured!

With an enraged roar, killing intent bursting forth, his true power spread out as his Iron Fist smashed straight toward Shen Wuxiao!

Shen Wuxiao stood as immovable as a mountain, wearing a cold sneer.

Just as the Iron Fist was about to strike Shen Wuxiao, Jiang Huaiyue made her move.

Her leg flew out from the side, kicking directly into Lin Fan's arm.

The force of that kick was considerable. Carried by momentum, Lin Fan spun around once and staggered back two steps.

"Lin Fan, you've gone too far!" Jiang Huaiyue's gaze was icy beyond measure.

If she had not blocked it, Lin Fan's punch might even have killed Shen Wuxiao!

That punch also shattered the bond of comradeship between them!

Jiang Huaiyue raised a hand to her waist. In the next second, a flexible sword appeared instantly.

Like a silver serpent dancing.

The flexible sword pointed directly at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan's heart shattered.

He could hardly believe it. "You... you're pointing a sword at me?"

Jiang Huaiyue's face was ice-cold. "Because I didn't bring a gun!"

Lin Fan broke down even further.

Jiang Huaiyue's pretty face was full of disgust, and her voice was cold. "Lin Fan, we went through so much together, through life and death. We were people who could entrust our backs to each other!"

"I have never hidden anything. Today, I might as well make everything clear!"

"I admit that I once had feelings for you. I couldn't tell whether they were more like comradeship, sibling affection, or love between a man and a woman!"

"When I learned that something had happened to you, I left the team without hesitation, all to help you take revenge. Search your conscience—where have I ever wronged you?"

"I..." Lin Fan could not speak for a long time.

His anger had truly clouded his mind.

Just now, he had harbored killing intent. Perhaps even their last shred of affection had been worn away.

Jiang Huaiyue continued, "But what did you do? You ruined my reputation in front of my man, claiming that I was your woman!"

"When was I ever your woman?"

"I always thought you were someone who understood reason, knew honor and shame, was reserved and modest, and sacrificed yourself for others. For a time, I even took you as my goal and chased after your footsteps!"

"But now it seems I truly misjudged you!"

Every word Jiang Huaiyue spoke was like a pearl. For an instant, Lin Fan felt that he truly was absurd.

"Yue'er, I..." Lin Fan belatedly realized he had acted rashly and wanted to salvage things.

"Please call me Miss Jiang, or use my name!" Jiang Huaiyue did not give him even a shred of face.

Lin Fan gritted his teeth, feeling so stifled that it hurt.

But Shen Wuxiao was delighted.

My wife is amazing. She's going to piss that bastard to death.

"From the moment you harbored killing intent just now, the bond between us was severed!" Jiang Huaiyue said coldly, flicking the flexible sword in her hand. "Now, whether you leave or fight is up to you!"

Lin Fan opened his mouth, but neither made a move nor left.

Jiang Huaiyue could not be bothered to waste time.

She took Shen Wuxiao's hand and headed straight toward the car.

Shen Wuxiao laughed wildly in his heart.

The system in his mind also began chiming.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for severing the protagonist's romantic storyline. Points +100000"

"Congratulations to the host for breaking the protagonist's defenses and making him collapse. Points +50000"

"Congratulations to the host for dissipating the bond between Lin and Jiang. Points +50000"

He had made a killing!

The two of them walked right past Lin Fan.

Especially when Shen Wuxiao passed him, Lin Fan clenched his fists tightly, and the anger he had hidden nearly erupted again.

Jiang Huaiyue remained on guard the entire time. If Lin Fan made a move, she would kill him at once.

But Lin Fan still suppressed himself.

Only after the two got into the car did Lin Fan leave without a word.

At first, he walked with a rather cold and aloof air, but once he reached a place where no one was around—

Lin Fan's defenses broke.

"Fuck, bastard!"

"I finally experienced momentary affection once, and you made me lose so thoroughly... Hahaha... fuck!"

Lin Fan truly wanted to make a move. In the end, he viciously threw a punch before leaving.

There would never again be any possibility between Jiang Huaiyue and him.

Unfortunately, he would never have imagined that even more devastating things were waiting ahead!

After Lin Fan left, the car parked there still had not started.

Shen Wuxiao and Jiang Huaiyue sat inside the car.

Jiang Huaiyue also fell silent and said nothing.