No one in Deer City doubted that the eldest heiress of the Xia family was mentally ill.However, the timing of Xia Xi's admission to the mental hospital could not have been too coincidental, given the timeline!After all, the shareholders' meeting was just a few days later, and given Xia Xi's prospects at the time, she stood a good chance of winning! However, she suddenly became a mental patient. Meanwhile, her stepsister married her fiancé right after that.The biggest winner seemed to be the stepsister who shared a different mother from Xia Xi—Xia Huan.When searching for information, Ling Yiran also looked into Xia Huan.Compared to Xia Xi's tragic experience, Xia Huan led a happy life. She was married to Su Zhehan, who was supposed to be her brother-in-law, with whom she had a son now.The car drove to Deer City and arrived at the mental hospital where Xia Xi was.However, a hospital staff member stopped them when they asked to visit Xia Xi.They said, "I'm sorry, but we do
The voice... sounded hostile. Ling Yiran frowned and glanced at Zhuo Qianyun. The expression of the staff member who led them here changed as if they had suddenly recalled something. They hurriedly moved to stop the three of them.However, Ye Wenming beat the staff member to it by blocking their way, while Zhuo Qianyun and Ling Yiran hurried toward Xia Xi's ward."But I remember you. These are the dishes I specially instructed the cook to prepare. Sis, you gotta finish them!" The woman's voice continued.Then came the muffled groans of struggle and the sound of pain.Zhuo Qianyun’s and Ling Yiran's expressions changed abruptly as they looked through the small window on the ward's door.A woman in a white hospital gown was being held down by two other people dressed as hospital nurses. One of them even pressed the head of the woman in the hospital gown into the food in front of her, which could not be seen.The woman's body and hair were covered with food. She was in such a mess.
"Have you had enough? She's mentally ill, and no one is allowed to visit her except her family. I'll call the police if you insist on staying!" Xia Huan warned fiercely."Even if she's a patient, you have no right to treat her like this. You’re treating her like an animal. She's your sister!" Zhuo Qianyun glared at her while clenching her teeth.Xia Huan smiled. "It’s exactly because she's my sister that I hope she can get back to normal. It’s stimulation therapy. You can ask her doctor if you don't believe me! If you don't fuck off, I'll call the police!"She said as she made a gesture to pull out her phone.Ling Yiran grabbed Zhuo Qianyun by the arm and said, "Sis Zhuo, let's leave first.""But...""Don't forget what you promised me when you came here!" Ye Wenming said as his face suddenly approached Zhuo Qianyun. He said in a voice audible only to each other, "It won't help if you stay here any longer. If you want to help your friend, do as I say now!"Zhuo Qianyun trembled,
"Where are you going?" Zhuo Qianyun asked."I'm going to meet Deer City's local tyrant and deliver a gift on my daughter’s behalf!" Ling Yiran said with a smile....Ling Yiran came to the Shen family’s house in the evening.Shen Weifang was a little surprised that Ling Yiran came alone. "Mrs. Yi, it's rare for you to come here alone. Did your two children run away from home again, so you came to me to look for them?""No, I'm in Deer City with my friends for something. Besides, Lil Jin asked me to bring Lil Fei a small gift," said Ling Yiran.Hearing this, Shen Weifang told a maid, "Call Young Master here.""Yes," the maid responded.After a while, Shen Jifei came down to the living room. As soon as he saw Ling Yiran, affection immediately appeared in his eyes.After all, Aunt Ling was one of the few who was kind to him even when he was looked down upon.Most importantly... Aunt Ling was Lil Jin's mommy!Shen Jifei walked over, but his eyes could not help looking around as
"There's one more thing I hope you can do for me if it's convenient, Mr. Shen," said Ling Yiran."Oh? I wonder what I can do to help you, Mrs. Yi?" Shen Weifang asked."I wonder how much you know about the heiress of the Xia family getting sent to a mental hospital, Mr. Shen," said Ling Yiran.Shen Weifang's eyes narrowed slightly. "What's the matter? Are you interested in this matter, Mrs. Yi?"Ling Yiran said, "I have a close friend who the heiress of the Xia family had once saved before, so she’s considered a friend of a friend. If I have anything that needs to be done in Deer City, I hope you can help us, Mr. Shen. The Yi family will return the favor in the future."Shen Weifang smiled. "Speaking of which, I owe the Yi family a favor. If the Yi family hadn't taken care of Lil Fei during that period, maybe he would have suffered more before I found him."After a pause, Shen Weifang said, "I don't know much about the heiress of the Xia family. I only know what was in the news a
"No, you can't... Ah!" With a scream, Zhuo Qianyun gasped and suddenly opened her eyes only to be met with darkness.She was confused between dream and reality for a while until she heard Ye Wenming's voice in her ear. "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"Then the lights in the room lit up, and Zhuo Qianyun saw Ye Wenming's face with a touch of eagerness and concern as he approached her.'Eagerness and concern. Is he... worried about me?'"What's the matter? What seems to be the trouble?" His face grew more worried when he saw her in a daze. He even laid one hand on her forehead.Zhuo Qianyun murmured, "I... just had a bad dream. I dreamed of Xia Xi... I dreamed that she was tortured and abused in the hospital..."She suddenly grabbed his hand and said, "Ye Wenming, I beg you. Let me see Xia Xi again as soon as possible. I want to find out what's going on. What she's going through isn't treatment at all. It's abuse!"Ye Wenming said, "I can take you to her as soon as possib
"Ye Wenming, I... want to save Xia Xi!" Zhuo Qianyun said.He asked in reply, "Just because she asked you to save her, you think she's normal and not mentally ill?"Zhuo Qianyun said, "Even if she's mentally ill, she shouldn't be abused. We saw with our own eyes what the nurses and her sister did to her! Her sister doesn't deserve to be her guardian!""If you want to deprive her of guardianship, you must have evidence to show that her sister is abusing her. But if the guardianship is transferred, it’ll be transferred to her father or stepmother. Do you think that her father and stepmother are unaware of what she's suffering in the mental hospital?" Ye Wenming said.Zhuo Qianyun said, "There's another way. Xia Xi is normal and isn't mentally ill. We can evaluate her mental state to prove that she's normal!" That way, Xia Xi did not need a guardian and she could get Xia Xi out of the mental hospital."She has been in the mental hospital for so many years. Even a regular person would
The next day, Ling Yiran gave Zhuo Qianyun some of the information she found about Xia Xi. It was mainly about Xia Xi and Su Zhehan's relationship. Su Zhehan fell in love with Xia Xi at first sight and courted her for a year. Then, they started dating, but Su Zhehan decided to break off the engagement on the eve of the wedding. One of Su Zhehan's best friends and Xia Xi got into an accident. They were in the same car. One could say that the man died protecting Xia Xi.After that, Xia Xi became mentally ill and was sent to a mental hospital. Later, Su Zhehan married Xia Huan.Looking at the information in her hands, Zhuo Qianyun froze. "Why did the name Gong Nanting never appear when we were investigating previously?” After all, it seemed that Gong Nanting had a complicated relationship with Xia Xi and Su Zhehan."The Gong, Su, and Xia families are affluent families in Deer City. It’d be a scandal to let the public know that the eldest heir of the Gong family die to protect his bes
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he