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On the night of early autumn, the night was as cool as water. Wind and rain intertwined as thunder. Lightning flashed across the sky as thunder rumbled and the rain began to fall.

After Qin Menghan attended the school's adult ceremony party, she didn't see the housekeeper come to pick her up. However, it was already early in the morning, so she dialed the housekeeper's number and turned off her phone. Not giving up, he dialed his father's number, always reminding him: "I'm sorry, the phone you dialed is currently in the process of being called."

Seeing the rain getting heavier and heavier, Menghan could only ask her classmates to borrow an umbrella and rush into the rain curtain. However, never in her wildest dreams would she expect that on this night, when she was just 18 years old and was about to reach adulthood, she would encounter an accident. On her way home, she met two criminals that almost caused her to lose her most precious thing as a woman. His mother had been mercilessly killed by a huge fire that very night. Everything seemed to be an accident, but it also seemed to be a coincidence. To say that it was man-made without any flaws, to say that it was an accident, but it seemed like there was someone manipulating it.

The poor mother had died in the fire that night, not even her ashes were recovered, and after that night she had fallen ill. The endless nightmares that haunted her, and she hated the proximity of any man, including her boyfriend, made her sick at the least, and the nightmares of that night where she had been raped made her feel nauseous. It was only that night that her ups and downs officially began …

Five years later …

"Help, help …"

With a "pa" sound, the light in the room was turned on. Lu Yao stood up as if she was already used to it. She had a helpless expression on her face, as if she was accustomed to waking up the woman who was having nightmares in the bed next door.

"Menghan, wake up, are you having nightmares again?" She was sweating and pale, and she must have dreamed of that horrible night five years ago.

When she opened her eyes and saw the light of the day, Menghan sat up in bed and let out a heavy sigh of relief. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and the tears from her face and sat down on the bed.

She would have this nightmare when the weather was bad and the terrible scene from five years ago would have been irresistible.

"Menghan, you're finally awake?" Did you dream about that night again? "

"That's right," Qin Menghan said as she composed herself. "Yao, I'm sorry. I woke you up again."

"Sigh, I've already gotten used to it. Fortunately, we were in the same room in the university dormitory back then, otherwise, those roommates would have kicked you out of the female dormitory long ago. "Say, do you feel tired from repeating this nightmare every month, as if you were reporting to your aunt?" Lu Yao speechlessly picked up the cup on the table and poured a cup of water for Menghan, passing it to her.

"Yes, a cup of boiling water to calm my nerves."

"Thank you, Yao. If it weren't for you accompanying me all these years, I really wouldn't know what to do. How about you break up with your family's Tan Ye, and we can go through it together, okay? "

"Don't." Lu Yao's hands were crossed in an exaggerated manner, as if goosebumps were rising all over her body. He said in a strange tone, "Damn it, I can't get married in the middle of the night because of the curse." You almost had a shadow that night. You look like you saw a ghost when you see a man, and I'm not sick. I still want to get married and have kids with Tan Ye. " Lu Yao was sarcastic, but her eyes were full of concern.

"Ahh, I don't want to either. The harm done to me that night was too deep. Luckily, someone had saved me, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Lu Yao's words made Menghan think back to that night. She didn't dare to think about it. She felt scared whenever she thought about it, especially when she had to turn on the lights before going to bed. Usually, it was only when she was asleep that Lu Yao dared to turn off the lights.

Seeing her sad expression, Lu Yao sat beside Menghan and said, "Don't even think about it, it's all in the past now. You must believe in yourself. In the future, you will definitely meet a man who treats you sincerely."

"Men?" Menghan shook her head. With my character, even the men with me couldn't stand me. In the end, they carried me on their backs and climbed into my sister's bed. Do you think I'll marry anyone else in my life? Forget it, I only want to get out of Qin Family first. Since I have already graduated, I can find a job and start over. After that, I will devote all my energy to my career. I want to be a strong woman. "No man can make a living without a living."

"Good, good, good. In the future, you can start your own business. Just like what your mother did in the past, you can make every man in A city look at you in a new light." I've come to be your follower and take up some of that light as well. This is what it means to have one person ascend to the Dao, and one's entire family ascend to the heavens, right? "

Qin Menghan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry at Lu Yao's words. A graduate from the management major in industry and commerce had taught her Chinese, right?

"Alright, let's not think about such distant things here. Let's think about the present. Oh right, Yao, is it my sister and his wedding day the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, whether you're willing to accept it or not, you're going to the wedding the day after tomorrow, aren't you?"

Although it's because of me that Lian City betrayed me, if I were to personally witness the love and love between the two of them, it would truly be difficult for me to accept that. Even after five years of love, I still can't just let it go.

"I know, Menghan, but no matter what, you are still Fujia's sister, it's not good if you don't go, right? Originally, your father saw you as an eyesore. If you were not present when your sister got married, your stepmother would have thought of all sorts of ways to torture you. "

"But I still can't let him go. Although my body is unable to accept his intimacy, we grew up together. It's good to say that I'm selfish, but seeing her marry someone else with my own eyes will still hurt my heart. "

"Hey, do you think that this man is really an animal that thinks about the lower half of his body? What's wrong if a woman can't be together with a man? Could it be that feelings were not even worth those things? What about your twenty years of love? Growing up together, just because you couldn't accept his intimacy, he had reason to sleep with other women and then openly marry them. I really despised that. I used to think he was a good man, but now I'm looking down on him. "

"Yao, ever since that night when I was almost violated, I have been destined to be alone for my entire life. Love and marriage are just extravagant hopes for me, and there isn't a single man in this world who can accept the fact that his wife is in a different bed. Maybe a little wine will make me feel better. "

Lu Yao looked at her phone. "Miss, it's 1 in the morning. Are you sure you want to go to the bar?"

"Anyway, sleeping is just a nightmare. I might as well go drink a cup of wine and get drunk to ease my worries."

"Save it, I think you just need to drink to get rid of your worries."

"My good Yao, please, I promise I won't get drunk. "How about it?"

"Ahh, alright. Fine, fine. But let's say this first. Drinking is drinking, don't act crazy by drinking. You'll be back soon."

"Alright, I'll definitely listen to you." Menghan got out of bed and changed her clothes. After tidying up her makeup, she went to get her umbrella.

Yao sighed. She had been classmates with Qin Menghan at university for three years, and they shared a bedroom, day and night, so she had a thorough understanding of Qin Menghan. This woman, once she drank, had an uncontrollable temper. I hope nothing special happens.

The bar in the early hours of the morning was the beginning of nightlife. The two of them took a taxi to the bar, found a corner and sat down.

"A bottle of whiskey, please." No matter what, Qin Menghan was born in Qin Family. When her mother was still alive, she belonged to the first family in A City, and the Qin's Industry was involved in all kinds of businesses in the entire A City. Her mother's name was well-known throughout the city, and financial and interview programs treated her as a VIP customer.

And in just a short five years, the Qin's had relied on the selling industry to maintain her current condition, the only valuable thing being the Qin Family villa, the rest of the things had been sold out by her father, the bad results brought about by poor management was endless. A business might need five to ten years to grow, but a failure of a business might only require one night. Although his former boyfriend had done his best, in the end, he was still young. These few years, he could only watch his Qin's go bankrupt. Sometimes Menghan thought that if her mother was still alive, she probably wouldn't be able to rest in peace over there when she saw how her father had turned the empire into this state.

Unfortunately, the evil person lived for a thousand years, and the good person didn't live long. When his mother was so capable, something bad happened to him. Menghan's princess, who also had Qin Family, became a Cinderella. But the truth was that her sister was really her father's biological daughter, and she even had a paternity test. Menghan didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the thought of her mother having another child with another woman. Her mother was so capable that she couldn't even look at her with a grain of sand in her eyes. It seemed that her father had done a very good job of keeping the secret; otherwise, with her mother's personality, if she found out that her father had a woman and child hidden outside, she would have already lost her life.

The bar was a place for people to release themselves. There were flashing lights, blurred music, men and women dancing wildly on the stage, and some of them were sitting leisurely at the bar, watching the bartender play with the bottle. The bottle swam obediently between his left and right hand, bouncing up and down in a tame and artificial manner.

Menghan had been unable to control her body due to the accident five years ago. The day after tomorrow would be the wedding day between her ex-boyfriend and her half-sister. He could only watch helplessly as his beloved person became his brother-in-law. The day after tomorrow, they would officially step into marriage, but he would only be able to live a lonely life.

Menghan pursed her lips and drained the cup of wine in her hand. Then, she poured another cup.

The bar's scenery was so strange that it made people confused. No wonder so many people were willing to sink into this place. It was as if they were dropping into a wine cup filled with multicolored liquid, slowly sinking into it.