She patted him again and again before saying softly, "Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. There are no more nightmares. I'll stay with you."He did not know whether to laugh or cry. 'Does she think of me as a child?'However, it was as if that lingering fear faded little by little along with her pats and gentle voice. Then, sleep caught up to him.'Stay with me…' It seemed that with her company, he would not be afraid.Not even Yi Jinli himself knew he would fall back asleep so soon.Hearing the sound of his even breathing, Ling Yiran stopped and called out softly, "Jin?"He had fallen asleep and did not answer her.She breathed a sigh of relief. He was asleep, and his brows did not furrow as before. In his sleep, he looked just like an angel—So pure and serene.It was completely different from the way he looked in front of people.Perhaps, he was an angel only to her.As for the dream of the little boy and the little girl, she did not want to tell him until she got to the bott
However, his eyes seemed to be looking at another person even though he was currently facing the one before him. 'Substitute... Who was the substitute?'Once, he imagined what the little girl would look like when she grew up. The women he found more or less had traces of the figure he imagined.After seeing Ling Yiran, he felt as if he had seen the little girl.However, Ling Yiran was not the one he had been looking for. It was this woman, Hua Lifang, who saved his life.He had also seen photographs of Hua Lifang growing up, and indeed, when she was eight or nine years old, she looked exactly like the little girl he remembered.However, the adult Hua Lifang did not look like what he thought she would look like when she grew up. She looked somewhat similar to Ling Yiran, with similar eyebrows, eyes, and jaws, but when they were together, you could not mistake them.Their auras were quite different."Lichen?" Hua Lifang's voice rang, interrupting Gu Lichen's trance.Gu Lichen imm
Perhaps when that happened, she would end up miserably.Hua Lifang's heart trembled, but now that she had embarked on this path, there was no turning back.She would hold on to Gu Lichen no matter what. As long as Gu Lichen did not know the truth, he would be her biggest backup!...Yi Jinli took Ling Yiran to the detention center where they met Wan Yuming.He was a middle-aged man in his 40s with a slightly chubby figure and an unfamiliar face. He was just a stranger to her.However, this stranger had done her such a disservice!'Without this person, I wouldn't have gone to prison for three years. I wouldn't have had to suffer so much. I’d still be a promising female lawyer, doing what I wanted to do for the rest of my life!'At first, Ling Yiran thought she would not be able to see Wan Yuming before the court hearing. After all, he had already fled abroad.However, she did not expect to see this man in the detention center so soon.Fear appeared on the man's face when he ca
Yi Jinli's eyes glistened as he lowered his eyelashes gently. "Maybe he's having a hard time after framing you. He’s been abroad, and if he didn't want to come back, we wouldn't have been able to catch him so soon. He voluntarily returned and surrendered himself when he knew that they’re investigating the case again."Of course, what he did not say was that Wan Yuming was willing to surrender himself because he had used a lot of means to force the man to do so."A hard time?" Ling Yiran snorted. "Can he be forgiven just because he had a hard time? It's like murdering someone and asking forgiveness from the victim. Don't you find it ridiculous? I just didn't die in prison. If I had died in prison, there's no way I could stand in front of him!"Every word she said was like a whip, whipping his heart and making it harder for him to breathe."So... You won't forgive him, right?" asked Yi Jinli in a mutter."Yes, I can never forgive a man who has done me so much harm!" replied Ling Yir
"Mr. Yi, I... I've done as you said. Please, let me live!" Wan Yuming said hastily.Yi Jinli's eyes were dark. The man in front of him was one of the main culprits in making Yiran bear the crime. "As long as you never say what you shouldn't, you can keep your life."Wan Yuming was relieved.If he could, he would never even think about turning himself in. He was only forced by Yi Jinli.Even abroad, when someone like Yi Jinli wanted to go after someone, there was no getting away from it."Then, my family..." Wan Yuming said nervously."I won't touch your family since they don't know what you've done. However..." Yi Jinli's voice paused. Wan Yuming had just felt the slightest bit of relief when he was suddenly nervous again. "What you made Yiran suffer and what you made her pay back then, you must now pay back twice as much." Wan Yuming was eager to defend himself, but Yi Jinli had already stood up as if he was too impatient to hear more from him. "Wan Yuming, I'll let you keep y
"Why’d you want to come here?" Yi Jinli asked with subtle hoarseness in his voice."When I was a child, I used to play on this hill. Even though we weren’t allowed to play here because the adults said it was dangerous, I’d still sneak up the hill. I felt like an explorer on the hill," said Ling Yiran.On the other hand, Hua Lifang was not a big fan of coming here."All children do that," he said."Back then, I always thought I’d find some secret on this hill. For example, treasures, alien spacecraft, or maybe I’d discover some time passage. Wasn't I silly?" said Ling Yiran.Perhaps in the eyes of an adult, this hillside was not that big even if it was connected to the mountain behind it. However, in the eyes of children, it was like a new world."No, it's adorable. However, you've grown up now. This is just a hill, after all. Come on, it's getting late. I'm worried it'll be quite late when we get back to Shen City," said Yi Jinli.Ling Yiran nodded, but she looked back at the hi
"Even if they were going to reverse the case, it shouldn’t have happened so soon! Following the normal procedures..."However, before Hao Yimeng could finish, she was interrupted by Hao Qirong. "Don't forget who has her back now!"Hao Yimeng fell silent. 'It's Yi Jinli!'The so-called normal procedure's timeline was only applicable to ordinary people."All right. Whatever it is, once the news is reported, the Hao family still needs to put on a show. We can't offend the Yi family over this, got it?" Hao Qirong repeatedly warned his daughter.Hao Yimeng's delicately manicured nails almost crushed her phone.She had stepped on Ling Yiran in front of a lot of media and made a big splash about the fact that Ling Yiran killed her sister.Now, what her father said was equivalent to asking her to apologize to Ling Yiran publicly. Was that not slapping herself in the face in public?"Yimeng, do you hear me?" Hao Qirong's voice was serious. "Don't drag the Hao family through the mud. I w
He lowered his head, his eyes falling on her. She was leaning on his shoulder. 'If she knows the truth, would she still think... It’s great to have met me?'Probably not.'Once Ling Yiran was sound asleep, Yi Jinli gently moved and gingerly picked up Ling Yiran. He went back to the bedroom and put her down on the soft bed. Then, he gently stroked her hair with his fingers. "Yiran, everything ends here, all right?"The truth of her case ended here, and so did her past with Gu Lichen.'Let's not pursue either of these matters any further!''It's for the best!...A reporter spread the news of Ling Yiran's case reversal on the internet.For a moment, there was a great deal of discussion about it.Of course, Ling Yiran was just a promising rookie lawyer who had been cleared of a wrongful conviction. It was Ling Yiran's ex-boyfriend, Xiao Ziqi, and Hao Yimeng, a celebrity, who were the topic of discussion.Although the reporter who broke the story said that he had interviewed Hao