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Momo felt puzzled but didn't want to answer the question. Ji Bing laughed, and Momo frowned as she asked, "Why are you asking this"

"I'm just curious. Can you tell me the truth" Ji Bing asked. "I want to know everything about you. You're so excellent that many girls must like you. Have you ever liked another girl before"

Momo sighed and said, "No!"

"Really no"

Momo replied, "No!"

Ji Bing seemed to feel reassured but also more anxious. Her expression was hard to read as she closed her eyes and rested. Momo didn't want any misunderstandings between them and said calmly, "Ji Bing, you're too tired. It's easy for your thoughts to wander when you're this exhausted. Go back to sleep and don’t overthink it."

Ji Bing did not speak.

Her recovery was quick, but the question of where to recuperate arose again. During Ji Bing’s hospital stay, Ye Wei and Mo Jue, along with Shiyi, didn't visit her once; naturally, neither did Mo Chen or Mo Yao. For more than half a month, it had been only Momo who came by alone. Momo had once pleaded with Ye Wei to come see his future daughter-in-law, but he ignored him. Momo found this very difficult.

He felt that his family was quite hostile towards Ji Bing, and he could do nothing about it. Perhaps they just didn't like her.

If Ye Wei didn’t want to do something, forcing or coaxing her wouldn’t work; she simply wouldn’t come if she didn’t want to, and without her, Mo Jue would definitely not show up either. Xiao Bai kept pondering over where Ji Bing had possibly offended Ye Wei, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out the reason.

Ji Bing was in a very bad mood for these past half a month; she looked extremely haggard and frail. No matter what Xiao Bai tried to do to make her laugh or cheer up, nothing worked. Ji Bing obviously had some grievances but Xiao Bai didn't know why.

On the day of discharge, Xiao Bai brought Ji Bing back to a hotel near their house. But she still kept silent and sullen; it was impossible to justify her staying elsewhere while Xiao Bai's family lived nearby. All he could say was that his parents disliked having visitors around when they were home – which was true. He didn't dare to bring Ji Bing back without telling Ye Wei and Mo Jue first, as Ye Wei would definitely beat him up.

Ji Bing smiled but remained silent. She wanted to head back to Washington; she packed her bags intending to leave, but Xiao Bai stopped her, warning that it was dangerous for her to go back now since the FBI were waiting for her to come home, and doing so would mean walking into a trap. If something happened again, they wouldn’t be able to escape as easily as this time. But Ji Bing insisted; she saw no point in staying in Rome anymore.

Xiao Bai was utterly exhausted and couldn't understand why Ji Bing was being so stubborn.

Ji Bing played back her recorded phone calls for Xiao Bai, as she had the habit of recording their conversations over the past year. She had listened to the call about them breaking up again and again.

She wanted to make things look peaceful, but she found that she was also proud at heart, so she couldn’t do it. Looking very confused, Xiao Bai didn't understand what she meant until Ji Bing played him this recording: “You said you wanted a breakup; do you remember”

Bai Xia listened to the recording in disbelief; he had no recollection of ever saying such words. How could he have broken up with Ji Bing so cruelly, and how could he have claimed that he loved someone else but not Ji Bing

Who could have forged this

The first person Bai Xia suspected was who might have fabricated the recording to sabotage his relationship with Ji Bing. But Ji Bing only smiled wearily and said, "No one has forged it. The truth is that you did say those words."

Bai Xia couldn't find a word to defend himself. Ji Bing looked at him calmly, "For these few months, I've been suffering greatly. I hope you can give me an explanation again, but you haven’t. Instead, I started drinking heavily and falling into depravity. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m so tired, Bai Xia. You would be sick of a person like me too."

Bai Xia listened to his own voice and found it strange; Ji Bing looked at him with sorrowful eyes, "Who did you fall in love with I don’t want to lose for no reason."

Bai Xia raised his head, "Ji Bing, I swear I have no recollection of saying such things."

Ji Bing gave a bitter laugh; Bai Xia grabbed her hand anxiously, "Believe me. I truly didn’t say it. This recording is strange to me too."

"Stop lying to me!" Ji Bing cried out in frustration. "Please don't lie anymore, Bai Xia."

"I’m not lying," Bai Xia explained urgently. "During my detoxification period, I sometimes wasn’t very clear-headed, under immense stress daily and tired all the time, often with suicidal thoughts. Occasionally I would lose control and do things that even I couldn’t comprehend. Mama and Papa know this. This might have been what I said when I was unclear-headed, randomly hurting people around me, just like how I once hurt Leader Brother. So… can you forgive me On the phone, you wouldn't be able to see my expression; maybe at that time, I wanted nothing more than to die and made this call hoping you would forget about me so as not to suffer later on. Now standing here in front of you, trying to explain it all, why do you believe a cold machine but not the living me"

Qi Bing was taken aback when she tried to detect any hint of guilt in Xiao Bai's explanation, but found none. Xiao Bai was so sincere and enthusiastic in expressing his love and apology that Qi Bing couldn't help but wonder if she had misunderstood him.

"Xiao Bai, is it true"

Xiao Bai nodded solemnly, "Yes, I rushed back from Riyadh as soon as I heard you were hurt. How could I not love you Even though my drug addiction hasn't been completely cured and there are so many dangers in coming back, for your sake, I still returned."

Qi Bing's eyes brimmed with tears; she couldn’t pretend to be unmoved by Xiao Bai’s words, "If I find out you’re lying to me, I won't forgive you anymore."

"How could I lie to you" said Xiao Bai as he held Qi Bing’s hand. "Please don't keep this cold expression; it's just a misunderstanding."

Qi Bing raised her hand, the diamond ring on her finger glinting softly in the sunlight. She asked, "You said we would get married when you return. Were you conscious or not when you said that"

Xiao Bai grinned, "Honey, of course I was conscious; a man doesn't forget his proposal, does he"

Qi Bing lowered her head and smiled softly. Xiao Bai felt moved and entwined his fingers with hers. Since Qi Bing was so worried and anxious, as her boyfriend, it was his responsibility to do something to reassure her. If he couldn’t make his girlfriend feel secure and happy, what kind of boyfriend would he be

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