She choked out bitterly, "Brother Yancheng, h-how could you… do that to me?! I've always treated you as my older brother! I-I shouldn't have believed your words! I really shouldn't have believed you no matter what you said last night! I should've just left you to your devices! Alas, I'm just too tender-hearted for my own good! I couldn't bear to leave you behind at the bar when you were all wasted. You kept calling out a woman's name, too. I was afraid that you might encounter danger, so I offered to send you home, b-but…"
More tears streamed down her face at the very mention of what transpired last night.
Even though Mu Yancheng was feeling frantically restless on the inside, he forced himself to keep his emotions in check and patiently listened to what the lady was saying.
While wiping her tears away, she intermittently recounted last night's events to him, which allowed him to get a rough idea of what had occurred.
