Whispers to the Soul: Surrendering to Love Snare

Chapter 1022 - 1041: Xi Xilan and An Liyan Face Off

At the scene, the faces of the three people turned ugly simultaneously after Xi Xilan finished speaking.

Was An Yuya frightened because she heard a shocking secret?

Xi Xilan’s anger hadn’t subsided yet.

As for An Liyang, his emotions were too complex, filled with heartache, struggle, and anger...

He felt heartache that his own mother would treat him this way.

He struggled, struggled with the facts in her words.

He was angry; if it weren’t for this woman and her many manipulations, would things have ended up like this today? For her reputation and status, she sacrificed her son’s happiness. Perhaps in her eyes, she only saw herself, and everyone else fell into two categories: those who could be used and those who couldn’t.

Those who could be used, she’d tightly hold onto, while those who couldn’t would become discarded pawns.

And as for what he meant to her, he already knew the answer.

Just someone she wanted to tightly hold onto, yet never could succeed.

Thinking of this, An Liyang grew angry again. His next words were even colder and more unfeeling, just like the impression he gave upon returning: "Want to die, is it? Then hurry up and die. Do you really still see me as that An Liyang from many years ago? Frightened and lost by your threat, worried about your safety. Now, when I think about it, I realize how foolish I was back then. You’ve gotten everything with such difficulty; how could you bear to easily die? So you won’t die; even if I died, you would still live well in this world."

"An Liyang, you evil son, if I had known you’d turn out to defy me like this, I should’ve strangled you at birth."

Xi Xilan gasped heavily with anger.

Yet the person before her looked indifferent, continuing coldly: "Indeed, when you gave birth to me, you should’ve just strangled me. Now you’re regretting it, huh? Then what were you doing back then? No, let me think; you were probably thrilled about having me because you could use me to achieve what you wanted, like staying in the An Family, continuing to entangle with your ex-husband, conveniently suppressing another kind-hearted woman."

Upon hearing this, Xi Xilan raised her hand, ready to strike.

An Liyang intercepted her mid-air, a cold smile flashing across his lips: "What, you don’t like hearing this? Don’t want me to mention Nannan’s mom? In my eyes, she’s an incomparably kind woman. Dad loved her all his life, and there’s a reason for it. If it were me, I would also fall in love with such a woman, whereas someone as insidious as you—I’d avoid as much as I can."

An Liyang continued to provoke the woman in front of him with his words, not deliberately perhaps, but because he had lost all reason and merely wanted to vent the repression held in his heart for so long.

And his words successfully triggered Xi Xilan’s years of pent-up resentment, simultaneously provoking his deep hatred towards someone.