Before he could finish his sentence, Xia Qingqian interrupted him: "It’s okay, I know. Thank you for telling me this."

After she spoke, she turned to leave. Bai Junhao saw her emotions were unstable, so he stepped forward, holding her wrist and asked softly, "Are you okay?"

She shook her head without speaking, withdrew her hand from his, and walked out of his sight.

A complex light flashed in Bai Junhao’s eyes. He turned to look at the two people under the pavilion. He really couldn’t understand Beitang Yao. Why could he be so intimate when meeting an old lover now, yet so cruel to Xia Qingqian? Whose fault was this?

He sighed and walked in the direction Xia Qingqian had gone. He still felt a little uneasy about her, so it might be better to go and see.

Under the pavilion, Beitang Yao pushed Shen Youran away, took two steps back, and said coldly, "Shen Youran, saying this now, isn’t it a bit too late?"

Shen Youran was pushed away, and her expression froze. She stared at Beitang Yao, "Yao, are you blaming me for what I did to you back then? I’ve been suffering all these years, too. I came back to find you, but I couldn’t find you. Can you give me another chance?"

"Humph!" Beitang Yao snorted coldly, "Give you a chance? On what basis do you ask me to give you another chance? When you chose to betray me and climb into another man’s bed, you should have known this would be the outcome!"

"Yao, no, it’s not like that. A woman came to me back then and told me that as long as I had dinner with a director, he would make me his leading actress!" Shen Youran hurriedly explained.

"Having dinner requires going to bed with him?" Beitang Yao mocked her coldly.

"Yao, it’s not what you think. He got drunk, and I didn’t know where his home was, so I brought him back to my place!"

"In your heart, benefits are the most important, right? Shen Youran, let me tell you, if I hadn’t caught you in bed with another man, you might already be Young Madam Beitang! But, you don’t have that fate!" Every time Beitang Yao thought of her betrayal, he couldn’t forgive the woman in front of him!

Hearing Beitang Yao mention Young Madam Beitang made her heart race! "Yao, I know you can’t let me go in your heart, I know."

"When I see your face, I feel like throwing up. Do you think my heart still holds a place for you? Shen Youran, don’t overestimate your charm!" Beitang Yao frowned, holding back the urge to retch!

"What about that woman just now? If there’s no place for me in your heart, why find a substitute?" Shen Youran was still unwilling, stepping forward to hold tightly onto Beitang Yao’s hand.

With a wave of his hand, Beitang Yao shook hers off and pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiping the place Shen Youran had touched in disgust.

"I want you to understand that no matter where you go, my hatred for you has reached a point where any woman resembling you can become my plaything!" His tone grew ever colder. "Hate needs a foundation of love, and my love for you has long since turned to dust, leaving only bare hatred!"

His words struck her heart fiercely. She looked at him in shock, "Yao, I know I was wrong. Please give me one more chance, okay? This time I will definitely make it up to you, no matter how you punish me, I will accept it! Please don’t do this to me, okay?"