After the tycoon went bankrupt, he was raised by the villainous female supporting character and beca

Chapter 328 Shen Yan Hui's Suicide
The news of Shen Yanhui's suicide reached Xie Zhaoyuan's ears late one night three days later.

At that time, Xie Zhaoyuan had just prepared a gift for Shen Yanhui when Pei Xingzhi suddenly informed her that Shen Yanhui had committed suicide.

The word "suicide" was too unfamiliar to Xie Zhaoyuan, and she had no way of associating it with Shen Yanhui.

She didn't believe Shen Yanhui would commit suicide, let alone that Shen Yanhui would die, until she saw Shen Yanhui's stiff and pale body at the funeral home.

"She committed suicide by burning charcoal. When Uncle Shen found her, she had already passed away." Jiang Mian put her arm around Xie Zhaoyuan's shoulder and said the cause of Shen Yanhui's death with a heavy heart.

"She left a suicide note at home. The last sentence of the note was, 'Xie Zhaoyuan was kidnapped and imprisoned by Qin Wushuang for half a month right after she finished her postpartum confinement. She hasn't recovered physically or mentally yet. Please don't let her see me die; she'll be terrified.'"

That's why we notified you last.

"...Why?" Xie Zhaoyuan clung to the edge of the coffin, looking blankly at Shen Yanhui lying quietly inside.

Shen Yanhui obediently closed her eyes, her expression as peaceful as if she were asleep. If she weren't sleeping in a cold coffin, Xie Zhaoyuan truly wouldn't believe she was already dead.

"Why?" Xie Zhaoyuan's legs went weak, and her body slumped uncontrollably downwards.

"Why did you commit suicide?" She braced herself against the edge of the coffin, supported only by Pei Xingzhi and Jiang Mian. "Shen Yanhui, didn't you say you were going to travel around the world and settle down somewhere close to the sea? Why did you hide it from me and commit suicide?"

"What happened to you? Why can't you go on living?"

She didn't wail or cry out in despair. She stood obediently by the coffin, like a helpless child who couldn't find the answer, wiping away her tears with grievance while sobbing and questioning Shen Yanhui.

But Shen Yanhui would never speak to her again.

"Shen Yanhui, why don't you want to live anymore?" She was so anxious that she kept pounding on the coffin, her eyes filled with tears.

"I just prepared a gift for you, how could you commit suicide? Didn't you say you'd always keep in touch with me? You lied to me..."

"Zhao Zhao." Song Yihuan wiped away her tears and walked to Xie Zhaoyuan's side, taking her arm. "Zhao Zhao, Xiao Shen left you a letter. She probably wrote down all the things you can't figure out in the letter. Do you want to read it now?"

"The letter..." Xie Zhaoyuan sniffed, then turned to look at Song Yihuan, "Where is the letter?"

Song Yihuan took a pink envelope out of her coat pocket: "The letter is here."

Xie Zhaoyuan snatched the letter away, hurriedly wiped away her tears, and hid the envelope in her bosom, intending to go to a corner to read it.

Pei Xingzhi held her in his arms and walked with her to a secluded corner.

She walked to a corner of the wall, leaned against Pei Xingzhi and slowly sat down. Then she carefully took out the envelope, but suddenly saw a line of words in the lower right corner of the envelope.

—This is a letter for Xie Zhaoyuan! No one else is allowed to open it! Anyone who does is a dog!
The short line perfectly captured Shen Yanhui's fiery and willful nature. Xie Zhaoyuan's tears, which she had just stopped, surged up again instantly.

“A-Yuan…” Pei Xingzhi felt heartbroken seeing her like this, but he didn’t know how to comfort her, so he could only wipe away her tears with his palm again and again.

She bit her lip, forcing herself not to cry, and then slowly opened the envelope and took out the letter Shen Yanhui had written to her.

There were several sheets of paper, and Shen Yan wrote a lot of things to her.

Xie Zhaoyuan writes:
I'm so sorry, Xiaoyuan, please forgive me for lying to you. I can't leave.

This process is one with me; if I want to destroy it, I can only destroy myself first. But I don't have the courage to tell you the truth to your face. I'm afraid you'll feel guilty and won't be able to accept it.

Actually, my time travel wasn't an accident; it was intentional on the part of the program. She coveted Qin Song's body, so she used me as a shield to bring me here. My arrival wasn't to complete any mission, nor to seduce Pei Xingzhi, but to create an opportunity for her to successfully obtain Qin Song's body.

But the prerequisite is that your soul must leave Qin Song's body, that is, to die.

If she had asked me to kill you when I first transmigrated here, I might have gritted my teeth and done it. But now you are my friend, my best friend here, and I really can't bear to watch you become her victim.

I tried various methods to stop her, but all of them ultimately led to two paths: your death, or my death.

I came to this world with a mission. If I fail to complete it, I will be eliminated by the system, and the key to completing the mission lies with Pei Xingzhi. I can only complete the mission and leave this place by making Pei Xingzhi fall in love with me. But obviously, that's impossible.

Pei Xingzhi only has eyes for you, how could he possibly fall in love with me? My mission was destined to fail the moment you transmigrated, and my life began its countdown at that moment.

My death was predetermined, but yours was only to satisfy her selfish desires. Even if I were to go crazy and cooperate with her to kill you to complete the mission, I still wouldn't be able to win over Pei Xingzhi, and I wouldn't escape the fate of being erased by the system. So, I finally decided to end this chaotic and hopeless mission directly, and die sooner rather than later.

But initially, I didn't choose such an early date for my death. I didn't want to leave so soon; I wanted to stay with you friends a little longer. But unfortunately, she was just too unruly.

To force me to obey her orders, she began to use her privileges to control my body, making me voluntarily undress in front of Pei Xingzhi and a group of men until I was completely naked.

I couldn't bear this humiliation, so I made a last-minute decision to die sooner rather than later.

During the time I was cut off from the outside world, I didn't actually go anywhere. Instead, I stayed at home, putting up a final showdown with her. When you came to my door, I was holed up in the living room. I heard you crying outside, and I also heard you cursing at me. I really wanted to come out and talk back, but unfortunately, I was too pathetic at that time. I didn't dare to see anyone, so I could only hide like a mouse until you and Pei Xingzhi left.

Xie Zhaoyuan, becoming your friend is the most unexpected and happiest thing that happened to me here. When you hear the news of my death, please don't be too sad, because I felt a great sense of accomplishment for saving you!

All good things must come to an end, and even the best of friends will part ways one day. Just think of me as breaking up too hastily.

Don't be sad, and don't feel pressured. Live well with my heart.

When he's old enough to remember things, remember to tell him his godmother's name is Shen Yanhui. After all, I gave him such a big pure gold peace lock when he was born!

Okay, that's all for saying goodbye. If possible, I hope you can design a set of gorgeous jewelry for me yourself; I've always wanted one.

—Shen Yanhui, finally free.

After reading Shen Yan's letter, Xie Zhaoyuan broke down in tears.

She carefully folded the few thin sheets of paper, then held them tightly in her arms, stroking them gently with her palm while silently weeping with her mouth open.

“A-Yuan…” Pei Xingzhi touched her face, tenderly pulled her into his arms, and let her head rest on his shoulder.

She cried until her whole body trembled, her heart aching terribly, yet she couldn't utter a sound. Pei Xingzhi held her for a while, then immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Ah Yuan." He patted Xie Zhaoyuan's face and said to her anxiously, "If you're sad, cry it out. Cry out loud. Don't hold it in."

Xie Zhaoyuan wanted to cry out, but her throat felt like it was blocked with cotton, and she couldn't make a sound no matter what she did.

"A-Yuan!" Pei Xingzhi panicked a little. He patted Xie Zhaoyuan's face a few more times, and seeing that Xie Zhaoyuan's face was red and she couldn't make a sound, he grabbed her hand in desperation and bit her wrist hard.

The intense pain pierced Xie Zhaoyuan's heart like a needle. Xie Zhaoyuan shuddered, and finally, a sound came out from her spasming throat.

"what!!"

"Ahhhh!!!"

Although it was a desperate scream, it was still better than not being able to make a sound at all.

"It's okay, it's okay..." Pei Xingzhi hugged her again and patted her back gently with his palm. "It's okay, A-Yuan. It's okay to cry it out. It'll make you feel better."

Xie Zhaoyuan couldn't speak, she could only clutch his clothes and cry until her heart ached and her voice became hoarse.

The snow was still falling outside, with goose-feather-like snowflakes fluttering and filling the sky.

The New Year was approaching, but Shen Yanhui had already left.