Do You Know What I Have Sacrificed for You

"How could you say such things to me?" Ye Liangchen seemed unable to accept it. "Do you have any idea how much I've sacrificed to save you all?"

Seeing that Li Qingxue was about to speak again, Ye Liangchen covered his ears, tears welling in his eyes as he muttered, "I won’t listen, I won’t listen, I just won’t!"

Faced with this side of Ye Liangchen, Hu Yuying and the other two instinctively stepped back, putting distance between them. They never expected that a simple trip to bathe would lead to such a scene.

"Why don’t you believe me? Why? This isn’t how things were supposed to be."

Ye Liangchen couldn’t understand—no, he simply refused to understand. Especially when it came to Hu Yuying. In his dreams of their past life, she had been gentle and serene. Yet in this life, she could utter such shameless words.

All of this was Long Aotian’s doing.

He had subtly corrupted Hu Yuying, warping her once-kind nature into what she was now.

His heart aching, Ye Liangchen turned to Hu Yuying. "Look at what you’ve become. You’re unrecognizable—utterly changed."

"Ye Liangchen, are you okay?" Li Qingxue frowned.

"Don’t speak." Ye Liangchen snapped his gaze toward her. "You’re no better. You criticize me for changing, but have you even looked at yourself?"

"You know Long Aotian has ill intentions, yet you still throw yourself at him, as if begging for his attention. Are you that desperate?"

"And you—" His eyes shifted to Lin Wanning, his voice thick with disappointment. "I thought you were different from them. But I was wrong. Do you even realize you’re treating a villain like family?"

"Are you insane?" The three girls exchanged glances, increasingly convinced that something was seriously wrong with him.

Without another word, they turned to leave.

Seeing this, Ye Liangchen chased after them. "What did you just say? That I’m insane? I’m trying to save you! How can you say that about me?"

"You don’t understand anything. Yet I’ve given everything for you—only for you to call me insane?"

Li Qingxue had heard enough. She spun around, furious. "What exactly have you sacrificed for us?"

"What right do you have to judge us? Do we need to rely on you to succeed? Since when? Our lives are ours to live—why should we hand them over to you?"

"Even if Long Aotian is as terrible as you claim, what if I’m willing? What then?"

Her anger was palpable.

"Fine, fine. So you admit it. Then let me tell you exactly what I’ve done for you."

Ye Liangchen closed his eyes, exhaling slowly. "I never wanted to say this. I wanted to bear it alone. But since you asked, I’ll spell it out—every sacrifice I’ve made."

"Hu Yuying, when Long Aotian mistreated you, I was the one silently raging for you. I even recorded his wrongdoings in a notebook, planning to avenge you someday."

"When I found out he dragged you into street vending, I feared you’d sink into that life. So I chose to save you—even after you rejected me, I still tried."

"And that time I took two slaps from Long Aotian for you—wasn’t that enough?"

"Li Qingxue, we’ve known each other for nine years. Nine years of me protecting you like an older brother. And what did you do?"

"You had the ability to retake the exams with me and still get into A University. But you refused. Nine years of care, and you couldn’t give me one year? Ha. You broke my heart."

"But I didn’t hate you. Instead, I pulled strings, spent money, just to come to Kyoto. I thought you’d be happy to see me—that you’d keep your promise to start dating in college."

"But you? You broke that promise. Made a joke of everything I did. Wasn’t that sacrifice enough?"

Finally, he turned to Lin Wanning. "You went to school in Ye Village as a child, didn’t you?"

"That’s right. I was your kindergarten desk mate."

"We’ve known each other since then. Even after I moved away, I came back one summer and helped you when you fell. Doesn’t that make us childhood sweethearts?"

"When I arrived in Kyoto, I recognized you instantly."

"And when Long Aotian tried to take advantage of you, I stepped in to stop him!"

Lin Wanning’s brow furrowed.

Seeing her confusion, Ye Liangchen smirked. "Don’t remember?"

"That day you and Long Aotian left the mall, riding back to campus—what did he do? He forced you to... to kiss him. I made noise to interrupt before he could go further."

"None of this would you even know if I hadn’t told you. I’ve been silently protecting you, sacrificing for you—and in return, you keep hurting me."

He poured out every grievance, every sacrifice, expecting tears, regret, a change of heart.

Instead, Lin Wanning pulled out her phone and dialed emergency services. "If you keep stalking us, I’m calling the police, you creep!"

"Ye Liangchen, from now on, let’s pretend we never met." Li Qingxue’s voice was firm.

Her anger had cooled. For someone like him, indifference was the only response.

Hu Yuying didn’t even glance back, tugging the other two away. Anyone who badmouthed "Brother Long" wasn’t worth another second. As for his so-called sacrifices? Delusions.

Long Aotian had never mistreated her—in fact, she was the one always relying on him. He’d helped her endlessly.

The street vending? That was his way of teaching her to earn money. Thanks to him, she’d saved enough for tuition and even helped her grandparents.

Every word Ye Liangchen said was either a lie or a fantasy. The most absurd claim? That Long Aotian had assaulted her.

It never happened.

Watching them walk away, Ye Liangchen clenched his fists. He’d thought they’d be moved by his sacrifices.

Instead, they chose to stay blind.

"I originally thought of giving you one last chance, but it seems I was too kind. Fine, fine, fine. Remember the words you said to me today."

"Without my help and salvation, your future is as clear as day. When the time comes, don’t blame me for not saving you!"

That’s what he said, but Ye Liangchen simply couldn’t accept this outcome.

He was a reincarnator, after all. If it weren’t for his desire to save them, would he have ever stooped so low?

How ungrateful! It was enough to make his blood boil.

The obsessions from his past life, combined with those of this one—Ye Liangchen couldn’t bear it. He truly couldn’t.

As he watched the three women walk away, their alluring figures swaying with every step, a dark seed quietly took root in his heart...

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