War of Roses: The Proud Tycoon，Please Surrender!-Chapter 409: Do You Resent Her or Hate Her?

Tang Mubei always knew that Xiao Xiao was hunting down Lu Fusheng because, during his undercover mission, he destroyed an assassin organization Xiao Xiao was part of.

These people were Xiao Xiao’s close friends and comrades in arms, trained and grown up together through life and death.

Xiao Xiao witnessed Lu Fusheng killing them, saw her partners’ deaths, and thus completely hated Lu Fusheng. Upon learning he was part of anti-terrorism, merely undercover, she grew even more furious.

In the following two years, wherever Lu Fusheng went, she followed, always intent on hunting him down.

Yet she never made a move.

Perhaps it was because there was a complicated feeling between them.

But now, Lu Fusheng’s words made Tang Mubei doubt whether their truth back then was what they knew.

With Lu Fusheng’s character, he never liked senseless killing. Even if that assassin organization was guilty, he would only let his organization handle its destruction.

He had never killed anyone, except for that day seven years ago.

"Has she decided to settle it with you?"

Lu Fusheng nodded, continuing to drink, one glass after another without stopping.

Tang Mubei remained silent.

This matter was beyond their right to speak, as the grievances between Lu Fusheng and Xiao Xiao could only be resolved by them.

Lu Fusheng once said he and Xiao Xiao were in a relentless cycle of life and death, warning them not to trouble Xiao Xiao even if one day she did kill him.

After all, it was what he owed her, and paying it back might be good.

Lu Fusheng gulped another drink, the burning pain of the liquor spreading through his mouth and throat, reaching deep into his heart.

"What I owe her, it might be good to repay it..." he muttered softly.

Tang Mubei’s gaze deepened as he took out his phone and unlocked the screen, the photo still of Qiu Ye from eleven years ago. Back then, she was full of youthful spirit, quirky, stubborn, and determined, persisting in what she believed, even if it meant getting bruised and battered.

It’s been eleven years...

Time passed so quickly, wasting away in their ignorance, yet those memories, those emotions, and pains hadn’t changed with the passage of time.

...

Shengshi Hotel, restaurant.

In front of the large bay windows, Yan Shuo sat in a black suit, legs crossed, hands resting on his knees, his face expressionless, quietly observing the lights outside the window, exuding a naturally cold aura.

Tang Yuxiu sat down opposite him, the presence of the two men equally matched.

"Care for a drink?" Yan Shuo turned his head slightly, asking without emotion.

"No need, I didn’t come to drink. If you have something to say, just say it directly. If not, I have questions to ask you."

Tang Yuxiu didn’t want to waste time here; he only wanted to quickly unravel the doubts in his heart.

Yan Shuo didn’t continue with other words. His hand rested on his knee, occasionally tapping it.

"Tang Yuxiu, tell me honestly, when you saw Xiao Yan again, did you feel any resentment or hatred towards her?"

Tang Yuxiu was slightly stunned. The emotions back then were too complex, but how could there not be resentment and hatred?

"Hesitating means you resented her at some point." Yan Shuo’s voice turned slightly cold.

Tang Yuxiu looked at him coldly, "She obviously wasn’t dead yet disappeared for five years. Why shouldn’t I resent or hate?"

"Anyone can resent her, but you cannot!" Yan Shuo interrupted him coldly.

Were these two men competing to see who was colder?

Tang Yuxiu stared directly at him, asking, "What exactly happened five years ago?"

She was clearly alive, and the person who died wasn’t her. So why disappear for five years and lose all memory?

Yan Shuo recalled that car accident five years ago, saying, "I am here to explain clearly what happened five years ago."

During that car accident five years ago, he arrived at the scene just in time, found Gu Yan, and took her away.

But she was gravely injured. The doctor said her chances of survival were slim, and he was almost overwhelmed.

He had finally found his sister, whom he wanted to make amends to with all his might. Suddenly, she might not be recoverable anymore. Even for someone accustomed to significant events like him, with steadfast willpower, he couldn’t take it.

He demanded the doctors use any means to save her; they must save her.

The doctors could only do their best.

Later, he saw a news report on TV mentioning one of the deceased named Gu Yan and saw the police holding Gu Yan’s wallet found at the scene, initially confirming it was Gu Yan.

Almost instantly, he thought of a plan.

Gu Yan and Tang Yuxiu’s situation back then was that neither could let go of the other, but an enmity as deep as the ocean stood between them, which wasn’t good for anyone.

He thought, since Gu Yan couldn’t make that decision, he would. Even if Gu Yan would hate him after waking up, he wouldn’t regret it.

Thus, he rushed to Xiang Linghao’s hospital morgue, where they indeed extracted Gu Yan’s DNA from the deceased, facilitating his plan even further.

At that time, he was genuinely heartbroken and infuriated.

Because he wasn’t sure if Gu Yan could live or not.

Back then, he thought if Gu Yan couldn’t be saved, he would make Tang Yuxiu pay with his life.

"During that accident, Xiao Yan was the direct victim. Even if she wasn’t dead back then, she was severely injured with very faint signs of life. I thought of many ways, hired many doctors, and barely kept her alive."

Yan Shuo’s gaze was as cold as ice, looking at Tang Yuxiu with a slight gritted edge, "Xiao Yan got into that accident to find you. Think about it yourself—since being with you, when has she ever been happy? Yet you dare resent and hate her. Tang Yuxiu, ultimately, you are nothing but selfish."

Tang Yuxiu’s hands on his knees were already tightly clenched, veins bulging on the back of his hand, proving his restraint, yet his expression remained unchanged.

Yan Shuo said, "The depth of Xiao Yan’s love for you, I could never understand. How can such profound love exist in this world? But while she was in a coma, hovering between life and death, she always called your name."

Even now, Yan Shuo believed that the reason Gu Yan survived was due to her deep-seated obsession with Tang Yuxiu.

So deep, it could pull her back from Yama Hall.

Later, the doctors discovered she was pregnant, and Yan Shuo and Xiao Xiao would remind her daily that she wasn’t alone, that she had responsibilities to bear.

She was in a coma for an entire month before waking up.

After waking, she forgot everything—Tang Yuxiu, Yan Shuo, Xiao Xiao, all memories from childhood vanished completely, like a blank slate, unfamiliar with the entire world.

Yan Shuo and Xiao Xiao tried everything to restore her memory, but to no avail.