Chapter 426 - Chapter 426: Chapter 426: Obsessive Love (1/2)

Chapter 426: Chapter 426: Obsessive Love

“What?”

Lin Nansheng’s body trembled upon hearing the news, nearly losing his balance completely. Fortunately, I stood by his side and quickly steadied him with my hand.

“Uncle Lin, you must take care of yourself! This isn’t a recent event; it happened many years ago.”

Clinging to my arm tightly, Lin Nansheng’s voice shook as he said:

“You’re saying Xianjing has passed away?”

“Yes, she left us long ago!”

In an instant, Lin Nansheng seemed to have taken a heavy blow, his vigor drained away, making him appear several years older in the blink of an eye.

He staggered backward, clutching his chest with a hand, his face contorted in extreme pain.

Just then, Wu Lijuan came to open the door, and upon seeing his condition, helped me support Lin Nansheng into the house.

“I have some acute rescue heart pills here…”

Having been sick before, Wu Lijuan had stocked up on various heart medications at home. Noticing that Lin Nansheng had a heart problem, she quickly administered the pills.

She then gave him a cup of boiled water to drink.

After taking the medication, Lin Nansheng’s previously pale complexion gradually regained its color.

The pained expression on his face also disappeared.

“Uncle Lin, is it serious? Should I take you to the hospital to have a look?”

“No need, it’s nothing. It’s just an old ailment,” he waved his hand dismissively. Seeing that his condition had returned to normal, I introduced him,

“This is Mrs. Song, she is…”

Before I could finish speaking, Wu Lijuan took over the conversation, as I had briefed her on the general situation over the phone prior to our meeting.

At that moment, she took the initiative to introduce herself,

“You must be Mr. Lin, right? I am Xianjing’s sister-in-law, and also her close friend…”

“Mrs. Song!”

“You can call me Lijuan. Actually, I was a classmate and close friend of Xianjing, oh!”

After Song Shixiong was convicted, Wu Lijuan had long since divorced him.

Therefore, she preferred not to be referred to as Mrs. Song in public.

Lin Nansheng was deeply distressed,

“How did Xianjing die?”

“After giving birth, she suffered from postpartum depression. At its worst, she had suicidal tendencies. Later, I brought her to see a doctor, and after medication, she got much better. But at some point, she stopped her medication on her own. On the surface, she seemed no different from usual. Then one day, out of the blue, she hung herself with a rope…”

As Wu Lijuan recounted the past, tears streamed down her cheeks.

I couldn’t help but cry along.

Lin Nansheng was filled with guilt,

“It’s all my fault! It’s all my fault! I failed to take good care of her! I let her down! If only I had visited the Song Family more often back then, if only I had understood the situation better, she wouldn’t have gone through this suffering. How foolish I was!”

People often do foolish things in their youth.

“Mr. Lin, it has already come to this, there’s no need for self-reproach. This was Xianjing’s fate, oh!”

Wu Lijuan sighed deeply.

Removing his glasses, Lin Nansheng’s old tears blurred his vision.

No amount of tissues could keep up with them.

After consoling him for a long time, Lin Nansheng’s emotions gradually stabilized. However, despite accepting the harsh reality, disappointment was undeniable in the depths of his eyes.

His former lover, never to be seen again.

The thought was indeed distressing.

After a while, Lin Nansheng composed himself and looked at Wu Lijuan,

“Did she leave any last words or instructions before she departed?”

Wu Lijuan sighed,

“She left a letter! Wait here, I’ll go see if I can find it!”