Ye Xi listened quietly, strangely, as if she were hearing someone else's story.
As if it didn't have much to do with herself.
"Back then, it was my cowardice, the family forced me to break up with her, and I had no power to resist... To hold on to me, she used all sorts of self-harming tactics to force me to comply, including attempting to jump off a building, slit her wrists, and take sleeping pills. Honestly, at that time I felt cornered as well... Later, she even threatened me with her pregnancy, but because of what had happened before, I didn't believe her, thinking it was just another lie to force me to give in, but I didn't expect..."
Ye Xi's hands under the table were intertwined, gripping tighter and tighter.
