thefictionvixens Chapter 137 Everyone Has Secrets
Chapter 137 Everyone Has Secrets
"What...did you say?"
Vermouth stared blankly at Lin Xiuyi, the playfulness and amusement in her watery green eyes receding like the tide, leaving only naked shock.
Her body stiffened slightly, as if she had been frozen in place.
Sharon and Chris are actually the same person; this is Vermouth's biggest secret.
And this secret is actually meant to hide another, even deeper secret.
But since Lin Xiuyi already knows that she and Sharon are the same person, given their more than eight years of sharing a bed, Lin Xiuyi should also know about other things.
Those secrets she desperately tried to hide, those secrets that would haunt her in the middle of the night.
Upon thinking of this, Vermouth involuntarily took a step back.
The high heel clicked softly on the floor.
She lowered her head, her thick golden eyelashes drooping down, obscuring the emotions in her eyes.
"...You really know everything?"
"...That's right."
Lin Xiu nodded, her gaze falling on her pale face.
"Besides the fact that you and Sharon are the same person, I also know that you have taken some kind of drug that allows you to maintain a youthful appearance."
The moment the words left her lips, Vermouth's body jolted violently.
"I didn't eat that willingly!"
The witch's eyes were red, and she almost shouted it out.
The voice carried years of suppressed grievances and anger, like a volcano finally erupting.
"...You have no idea what I sacrificed for this!"
After she finished shouting, her gaze towards Lin Xiuyi was filled with sorrow and despair.
Two lines of tears slowly slid down her pale cheeks, gathered at her chin, and then dripped down.
"And now?"
Vermouth suddenly laughed, a laugh that, combined with two lines of tears, looked utterly bizarre.
"Now that you know I'm already a monster..."
Her voice gradually lowered, as if she were talking to herself, or perhaps questioning fate.
"Will you expose me to the public, or imprison me and make me your personal plaything?"
"Chris, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Lin Xiuyi never expected that simply telling the truth would cause her to behave this way.
Looking at the pain in the other person's eyes, he felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
Lin Xiuyi quickly stepped forward and hugged Vermouth tightly.
The witch's body was cold, like a block of ice.
The coldness seeped through his clothes, chilling his heart for a moment.
"Whether you're Sharon or Chris," Lin Xiuyi said softly, "regardless of whether you've taken your medication or not, my feelings for you will never change."
The person in his arms trembled slightly.
"Are you really?"
Vermouth looked up, her teary eyes filled with disbelief.
She clutched Lin Xiuyi's shirt helplessly, asking, "Don't you think I'm a monster?"
"Of course not," Lin Xiuyi quickly replied.
He had barely finished speaking when he was suddenly shoved hard.
Vermouth pushed him away forcefully and staggered back two steps.
"What you're saying is definitely a lie!" the witch almost screamed. "I will never believe you! If the rest of the world knew about my situation, they would definitely..."
She couldn't continue.
The light in those watery green eyes gradually faded.
Vermouth slowly raised her hand.
This time it's not the toy water gun that used to tease people, but a real gun.
The dark muzzle of the gun was pointed at Lin Xiuyi's chest.
"So what?" Lin Xiuyi looked at her and sighed. "You think that by killing me, your secret will be kept forever?"
He paused, his gaze fixed directly into the witch's eyes.
"Chris, in this world, there are no secrets that stay hidden forever, and no secrets that last forever. There are only whether you want to know and when the time comes to know."
"I know."
Vermouth's voice was as cold as ice, yet it carried a barely concealed tremor.
"As long as the secret exists, it will be leaked sooner or later."
She paused, a mad smile playing on her lips.
"But wouldn't it be enough to kill everyone who knows the secret before it's leaked?"
"When you first learned the truth, did you think I was ridiculous?"
The witch's voice rose and fell, like the mutterings of a madwoman.
"One person has to play both the role of a mother and a daughter. What's even more ridiculous is that her lover has also fallen in love with another version of herself, while the original me dares not tell the truth..."
She gave a cold laugh. The gun in her hand was still pointed at Lin Xiuyi's chest, but the finger holding the gun was trembling, and she hesitated to pull the trigger.
Lin Xiuyi looked into Vermouth's eyes. In those watery green eyes, there was anger, despair, fear, and something that was all too familiar to him.
He strode toward the witch.
One step, two steps, three steps.
Lin Xiuyi ignored the gun barrel that was already pressed against his chest, and simply walked quietly to her, standing very close to her.
"What are you doing?" Vermouth's voice trembled, and her hand gripping the gun shook even more violently. "Don't think I really won't shoot!"
"Don't worry," Lin Xiuyi smiled slightly, "You'll find out in a moment."
After saying that, he reached out and touched the witch's waist.
Vermouth's body stiffened slightly, and before she could react, Lin Xiuyi already had a small, sharp dagger in his hand.
That was her self-defense weapon hidden in her pocket, but now it had fallen into his hands.
"you!"
Before Vermouth could finish speaking, her eyes widened.
Because Lin Xiuyi gripped the dagger and slashed his own wrist with force.
The sharp blade sliced through the skin, and bright red blood gushed out instantly.
The blood was so red, so glaring, and shocking under the warm yellow light.
"W-What are you doing…" Vermouth's cold expression crumbled instantly.
Madness, despair, alienation—all vanished without a trace in that moment, leaving only naked panic.
The witch hurriedly dropped the pistol, which landed on the floor with a dull thud.
She grabbed the bed sheet next to her and tightly covered Lin Xiuyi's wrist.
Her fingers trembled violently, but she dared not loosen her grip on the wound in the slightest.
"Are you crazy? How could you do something like this!"
Vermouth yelled, pressing one hand firmly against the sheet while frantically searching for her phone on her body with the other.
"I'll call an ambulance!"
"Don't worry." Lin Xiuyi used his other hand to hold down her hand holding the phone. "You'll find out in a bit."
"You'll bleed to death in no time!"
Vermouth glared at him angrily, trying to pull her hand away but afraid to use too much force, lest she affect the hand he was pressing on his wound.
"Let go of me! There's an artery where you just cut me. What if something really happened..."