My Husband is the Emperor : I Woke Up With a Husband

In an instant the anger in Xie Hue Lin disappeared without leaving a trace as if she had just been slapped awake. Her other hand covered the one which was holding her phone, and now fear streaked over her eyes. "I didn’t know it was you...I’m sorry."

"You didn’t know it was me?" The man questioned her words, causing a hitch on her heartbeat that had been drumming like thunder. "Who else but me who would call you through this phone," the answer then suddenly dawned on the person, "Oh, it was your birth father."

Apprehensively, Xie Hue Lin questioned slowly, "You don’t usually call me...W-What do you need?"

"Just simple things. Our thoughts always aligned when it comes to Li Lian. She is an eyesore to both you and me. Aren’t you afraid that one day the truth about your birth was bring to light and suddenly all the love your family showered you was taken away by her?" The person’s words were akin to poison. They know what to tell Xie Hue Lin, and what had been a thorn to her heart that he could make use.

The memory of what happened for the previous days repeat in her mind and anger budded with the provocative words the person said, "Have you gotten an idea of how to get rid of her?"

"I do, but for that I would need your help..." the person’s voice disappear to whisper.

"No...I don’t think I could do that," responded Xie Hue Lin once the person had given her the instruction.

"Why the need for hesitation?" the man asked, his voice was like a hook of a trap that captured Xie Hue Lin’s mind to sway toward the direction where his words lead her to. "You hate her and want her to be gone. Compared to what you did last time, this is much easier than what you had to do before where you drugged her with narcotics until her life hangs on a tiny thread between death." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

The concern, however, wasn’t Li Lian, Xie Hue Lin could hardly find herself caring about Li Lian even if she died in front of her eyes. The problem lies somewhere else, "But if I do that, what about Chang Min. His life will also be ruined!"

"Tch," The person clicked their tongue, "You stupid and silly naive girl. You think all this time that man who you love like you the way you did? All if just your hallucinations which why you can’t see the truth that happen before you. You don’t know what he felt for you is not love but something entirely different that the word ’love’ itself could hardly associate with it."

Hearing this, Xie Hue Lin felt cold blood over her heart, as if her insecurities surface again. "What do you mean? Chang Min loves me, I don’t understand why you are saying as if he doesn’t like me."

The person suddenly burst to a loud laughter where it seemed as if he never found someone more laughable than Xie Hue Lin in his entire life. "Even though the truth is that he never loved you even more a split second? He hates you, he despises you so much that if there was a list of people he can’t bear to be with in a room for an hour more it would be you."

"You are lying!" Xie Hue Lin refuse to believe what the man said. "Why are you trying to built a rift between us? Chang Min chose me that day, he chose me not her, he wanted to be with me!"

"Did he had a choice to not choose you?" the sudden question from the man struck. Xie Hue Lin’s mouth, "You have to remember what you did Hue Lin. You twist his kindness by drugging and sleeping with him, using his stupid gentlemanly heart to promise and marry him. Do you really think he loved you?"

The longer the person talk, the higher Xie Hue Lin’s insecurities soar. "Even if he didn’t love me at that time he now loves me more than anyone, I know it and you wouldn’t understand this."

"Even if I told you he had found out that night it wasn’t him who was drunk and had you slept with him but due to the drug you and his mother used? Will you still trust his words if I tell you that all this time he only stay beside you to avenge his one and only love for the life, Li Lian?" On the words the person said, Xie Hue Lin felt as if she was choked, "I have evidence to my words and prove you, but I don’t think it would be fun to do so. So tell me, what would you do if this is the truth? Will you agree to help me and have Chang Min fall to his lowest state to the point he there would only be you he could sought for and stay by his side forever? Or will you instead help him to fulfill his revenge? Why don’t you try and test him then? You have tested people many time in your life, you must also know of a way to test his loyalty and love for you. Until you found your answer, I can’t wait for your reply."

The phone ended after the man’s aggressive persuasion, leaving Xie Hue Lin in utter shock and shaken state. To her, the ground felt as if it was shaking when the person told her this entire time He Chang Min knew what she did and had only stayed to avenge her older sister.

She stuck still, standing on the floor with her eyes glued on her phone, not wanting to believe it and denied whatever thoughts her anxiety pushed her to think. If she reflect closer to her past with He Chang Min, she could see and sense there had been some sign that support the person’s claim which her mind tried to ignore.

At the same time, the door to her room was knocked. Swiftly, Xie Hue Lin hid whatever things that others shouldn’t see when entering to her room and opened the door. Who could it be but not the sole person who had become the topic of her conversation a minute ago?

He Chang Min looked down at Xie Hue Lin, a sweet smile was on his lips which to Xie Hue Lin now seemed like a fake smile. "Hue Lin, I heard you were sick from your manager, are you sure you are alright?"

Was it true? Was this man lying to her? Xie Hue Lin asked herself in a daze while staring at He Chang Min’s face, the words she received from the call spun again in her mind and spiraled more worse thoughts from the corner of her mind.

She needed to test him, she needed to know and prove the words she heard earlier was all lies. He Chang Min would not lie to her, he would not. He would not. But would he?

Meanwhile, Li Lian finally arrived to the place she promised to meet with her newly befriended person. The restaurant chosen was a famous restaurant which Li Lian didn’t know they would be dining there as the person had only sent her the address to the restaurant.

In the past Li Lian have little to no friend, and this person had shown her sincerity to be her friend which Li Lian was very happy to. Entering the restaurant, she was immediately greeted with the the beautiful woman who had been waiting for her on the lounge. Upon seeing Li Lian, the woman raised on her feet, her Qipao dress she wore shifted to show her graceful body as she walked to hug Li Lian right the moment their eyes met.

"Li Lian! You don’t know how long I have been waiting for this day to arrive, I heard you have been busy," the woman said when Li Lian pulled away from the hug.

"Miss Qin," Li Lian returned the woman’s smile, "good afternoon, I was not as busy as you think, the promotion have been moving fairly well and there wasn’t a hitch so I am able to finish everything without having problem."

Miss Qin saw Li Lian with her upmost respect. Li Lian to her eyes was not only the most beautiful lady she had ever come across once in a while, it was her beautiful but strong heart which also gained more respect from her. The friendship began when Li Lian saved her from her ex-husband abuse, and Miss Qin tried to keep in contact with Li Lian, hoping to repay her kindness and finally the day came when she is able to have a good chat with Li Lian.

Li Lian smiled at the woman, seeing her complex became much better than before. Truthfully today, Li Lian didn’t come only to forge a better friendship with Miss Qin. Although she also want to befriend Miss Qin, today the woman didn’t only become her friend but a help to her plan to her revenge against Xie Hue Lin.