Now that Lingjao had been kicked out of the Jin family, and the scandal between her and Hepeng spread on the Internet and was known by everyone. She already became an object of the upper class’ derision.
She could no longer threaten the Jin family and Darren to accept her. Ever since she was driven out of the Jin family, it had been more than a month since she last saw Darren.
She missed him, missed him very much. She wanted to return to his side but could not get close to him.
“Lingjao, thank you for staying true to me. Thank you for allowing me to be reborn.”
“Lingjao, marry me as my bride and stay with me forever, okay?”
“Lingjao, I only like you. You are my only Mrs. Jin.”
“Lingjao, even if we don’t have children, we’ll be together until we are old.”
It felt like it was just yesterday when he said those words to her. She remembered every word and every word she had said to him.
Lingjao thought of the bits and pieces that had happened when she was with Darren. She was so happy, and their relationship was so sweet. But now she was left with bitterness and pain that she could not bear.
She really missed him, really wanted to hear his voice.
She picked her phone and dialled the number that she had memorized by heart.
Lingjao held her phone while her tears kept falling like broken beads. She gritted her teeth, wiped away her tears, and made a call, but the other party hung up.
When she called again, the line was busy. She kept calling, and the line kept being busy….
It seemed that he had blacklisted her, so her calls could not go through.
Lingjao looked at the ordinary two-bedroom house, at the clothes she wore which were from a year ago, and at this place that was smaller than her old bathroom. She felt like a disgusting rat.
This was a place that Jingtong rented for her, which was the last kindness she would receive.
She was not accepted by not only the Jin family, but also the Xiao family.
Life was worse for her than it was for Zhan at that time.
Zhan… Zhan… Zhan…
Lingjao poured the water in her hand into her mouth fiercely and then placed it heavily on the coffee table.
She wanted to return to her once-glamorous life. She wanted everyone to look at her with envy. She wanted to hold Darren’s arm and walk with her back straight.
Suddenly there was knock on the Door.”Who’s that?”
“It is Darren.”
Lingjao opened the door. Standing at the door and staring at her handsome husband, she felt her eyes moist with tears.
“My dear… you finally come to see me? I’ve been waiting for you for so long.” Lingjao was about to fall into the man’s arms, while he stepped backwards.
Darren ducked her and gazed at her as plague, which made Lingjao feel sad, and she whispered, “Dear…”
Darren cast cold eyes on her and said, “Lingjao, speak in a normal if you want me to give you more time, or I’ll leave right now.”
“Sure, sure. I… You come in first.” Lingjao backed off and led him into the room.
“Darren… Are you coming to pick up me back?” Lingjao was still in her ridiculous illusion.
“Stop you unrealistic delusion.” Darren only had these four cold words to her.
Lingjao felt her heart tightened after listening to his words and looked at Darren broken-heartedly, “Darren, I’ve been pregnant for almost four months and if you treat me like this, our baby will get hurt.”
“Lingjao, tell me who’s the donator?” Darren still wanted to sound out whether she would tell the truth, “I will consider giving you a more comfortable living environment if you tell me the truth.”
“Darren, I’ve told you many times that I forgot the family involved and they don’t want to be bothered as well. So I can’t.”
“Lingjao, they really don’t want to be bothered, or you just want to hide the secret that the donator is Zhan!”
Lingjao suddenly turned pale and was forced to step back by Darren.
“You… What are you talking about! Zhan… Well… How could it be him!” Lingjao thought it as a joke, “I was the one who found the cord blood to save you! Darren, I did!”
“You still want to lie to me? Lingjao, you’re hopeless.” Darren threw the documents collected by Rex out of his pocket to her and shouted out, “Widen your eyes and read it!”
Lingjao looked down at the documents and bent to pick them up.
She read the documents and the more she read, the more her hands shook and the paler her face turned.
“Do you really think that I’m a fool and you can keep it secret forever?”
“No… No, it’s not true. It’s not true! Darren, you have to trust me!” Lingjao tore up the documents in her hands and said, “Did Zhan give it to you? He’s the one who lied to you. He’s trying to cover up the fact that he betrayed you and gave birth to a bastard! I’m your wife. You should believe me! Darren!!!”
“Shut up!” Darren grabbed her by the neck and pushed her against the wall, “Lingjao, how wicked you are. You lied to me for five years! And you didn’t feel any regret even now!”
“You are so vicious to separate Zhan and me with your evil plan! I thought he betrayed me, and I fell for your plan to drive him out of my world! He’s your brother, Lingjao, How could you do that to him?”
“What’s the big deal that he’s my brother? I was treated worse than him since I was a kid. Even the Jin family chose him for their son, and you love him! My love for you is no less than him, but you never took a fancy to me! Why could he be with you while I could only watch you from a far distance?” Lingjao finally admitted her mistake.
“Since all of you think he is beautiful and pure, I want you to see his shamefulness and meanness! I destroyed his brilliant side in front of you, so you’ll think I’m better than him… And I succeeded…”
“Lingjao, how dare you!” Darren tightened his fingers, and pinched her so hard that she was hard to breath and coughed.
“Just kill me. Strangle me to death. I will be glad that my child and me can die at your hands.” Lingjao did not struggle, waiting for his punishment.
Darren stopped his hand, lowered his eyes and scanned Lingjao’s abdomen, “Lingjao, even you die a hundred times, it could not abate my anger, but the child is innocent. No matter how vicious I am, I would not hurt a child!”
“Darren, forget Zhan, I will be with you and our child. We will be a happy family.” Lingjao felt the strength of his hand loosened, and thought there was room to negotiate.
“I won’t kill you now, but that doesn’t mean I won’t in the future! Lingjao, I won’t forgive you. Not in my life! I even curse you to die in your boots!” Darren took his hand away from her neck.
There was a red mark on Lingjao’s neck, clearly visible on the snow-white skin.
Darren had already got the answer he wanted, and there was no point in staying.
Time would not go back to five years ago, nor would it let Zhan return to his arms.
He was struggling between pain and despair, which made him feel worse than death.
Darren turned to leave. Seeing that he was leaving, Lingjao jumped on him and hugged him from behind, “Darren, don’t go, please don’t go!”
“You make me feel sick and you make me feel more of an asshole!” Darren pulled off her hands around his waist and Lingjao fell to the ground because she lost her support.
Darren walked quickly to the hallway and was ready to turn the door handle, but Lingjao’s words came from behind.
“Darren, is it my fault that you and Zhan are where you are today? Yes, I have plotted you, but if you had trusted him a bit, if you firmly believed in your love, you would not have misunderstood him! Compared with us, Darren, you are the one who really hurt Zhan!”
Lingjao’s words, like needles, pierced Darren’s heart, and made him feel guilty to the extreme.
Lingjao was right. He was the one who really pushed Zhan into the abyss!
“Are you going to ask Zhan for forgiveness? He won’t forgive you! He had already married to Yibo. You can’t go back with him!” Lingjao reminded him of reality.
“Lingjao, you know what? I wish I had died, so that he didn’t have to suffer so much. I never denied that I am a jerk!” Darren took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down,” I don’t want to ask him to forgive me. I just want to give my life to him!”
“No!” screamed Lingjao. “You said your life belongs to me! I forbid you to give it back to him!”
“You will not control me! Lingjao, mind your own business!” Darren pulled open the door.
The light outside cast light on him, soft and hazy, as if he seemed to fly away.
And then the door closed, and the room became dark again.
“Darren, no, no…” Lingjao yelled at the door and fell to the floor in tears, “Zhan, it’s your fault. You made Darren hate me, and you made me become what I am now. I will never let you off, never!”
After Darren left, Lingjao cried for a long time before she calmed down.
And her eyes went dry…Lingjao didn’t know how she spent those twenty-four hours in the dark. She dressed herself as beautiful as ever, then made a phone call and went out, “See you at the Shadeway Teahouse.”
***
Hospital….
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Yibo woke up more than two hours later and saw himself lying in a snow-white ward with Fanxing standing guard.
“Mr. Wang, are you awake? Do you want to drink water? Or are you hungry?” When Fanxing found out that Yibo was awake, he quickly asked.
Yibo was still a little weak at this time, and his face was pale. “What’s wrong with me?”
“Mr. Wang, you fainted,” Fanxing said to him, “You have a high fever of 39, 2 C. Don’t you know?”
It turned out that he had a fever. No wonder his body temperature was slightly high in the morning, but he did not care.
It was rare for him to catch a cold, let alone a fever.
Unexpectedly, he was actually ill this time. It was a high fever, which proved the saying that sickness comes on horseback.
Yibo wanted to sit up, so Fanxing gave him a hand and placed a pillow behind him.
“The doctor told me that drinking warm water can detoxify.” After hearing Yibo cough, Fanxing poured water for him.
Yibo took the warm water.
“Mr. Wang, I called Mrs. Wang, but his phone was turned off… I couldn’t find him for the time being.” Fanxing felt that he was also becoming more and more useless, and it was because of Mrs. Wang every time.
“No need to call him.” Yibo put the cup on the bedside table. “He is gone.”
“Gone? Where did he go?” Fanxing asked in confusion.
“Don’t mention him in the future.” Yibo glared at him with displeasure.
Fanxing shut his mouth obediently and felt that he was always the unlucky one whenever his boss argued with his wife.
“Go through the discharge procedures. I have to be discharged.” Yibo could not lie there calmly.
As soon as he stopped, he would think about Zhan. He needed to keep himself busy and feel paralyzed so he could forget about Zhan “ruthlessness”.
“Mr. Wang, you still have a high fever. Besides, the doctor said that you have to be hospitalized for observation for at least three days to make sure you don’t get pneumonia…” Fanxing dared not finish his words with “you’ll get brain damage from fever”.
“Mr. Wang, please cooperate with the doctor.”
“It’s just a high fever. I can’t die from it. I said that I have to be discharged from the hospital, so go do it!” Yibo insisted.
Fanxing stood still and did not want to be held accountable.
“If you don’t go, then I’ll go.” Yibo reached out and pulled out the needle from the back of his hand.
“Mr. Wang, you can’t…”
Yibo did not listen to Fanxing’s advice at all. He lifted the quilt and got up. But the moment he stood up, his feet became weak, and he almost knelt on his knees.
Fanxing hurriedly supported him to sit on the bed. “Mr. Wang, there is no shame in being ill. You just need to treat it.”
Yibo gave Fanxing a sideways glance, but Fanxing persisted, “Even if you don’t want to be hospitalized, you have to finish the IV therapy before you leave. Otherwise, you’ll faint again if you leave in your current state.”
“When you fainted in the conference room, you frightened everyone, Chairman Wang probably heard about it to some degree. You don’t want him to come to Chongqing to visit you, right?”
Yibo did not want to faint again. This was a risk given his current condition, so he compromised.
Since Yibo did not speak, Fanxing guessed that he acquiesced.
“Then I’ll ask the nurse to give you an IV again.” Fanxing rang the bell on the bedside.
Yibo lay back on the bed, and the nurse put the needle in him again.
Yibo was not a person who liked having people care about him, but the person from who he actually wanted to receive care was not around.
***
Shadeway Teahouse private room.
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“I haven’t seen you for a long time, and you look even more charming.”
“Take a seat.” Without looking up, Lingjao filled his cup with tea..
The man walked over and sat on the opposite side of her, looking at the fragrant tea in front of her, “You are not only beautiful, even the tea you cooked is so fragrant, just like you.”
“Do you still want me?” Lingjao smiled.
“Aren’t you afraid? Mrs. Jin.” The man addressed her that on purpose.
“If I were afraid, I wouldn’t be fooling around with you.” Lingjao reached out her arm and pressed the cup of tea to his lips. “Hepeng, don’t play tricks in front of me. You’re no gentleman.”
Hepeng finished the tea and took her fair hand in his. “Did you miss me? Or do you want me to satisfy you?”
“I miss you… and I also want you to satisfy me.” Lingjao let him touch her hand, no longer caring his flirtation.
Hepeng was so excited that he couldn’t wait to sleep with Lingjao in the teahouse.
“You’re not going to send me to the prison again, are you?” Hepeng was cautious.
“Am I an idiot? Would I have made such a mess of myself?” Lingjao hit his hand. “The person who reported us last time was our acquaintance!”
“Who is it?” asked Hepeng.
“It’s Zhan.” Hatred gradually accumulated in Lingjao’s eyes.
“Is it really him?” asked Hepeng, feeling Lingjao’s hate.
“He admitted it to me himself. Can it be false?” Lingjao gritted her teeth, “He’s the one who wants to destroy us, so he had someone followed us and reported us.”
“It’s because of him that we both end in this! I wish I could skin him, draw his sinews, and drink his blood!”
Hepeng picked up the hot tea and took a sip, “That’s your business with him.”
“Is it nothing to do with you? If it hadn’t been for him, would Yibo have dealt with you?” Lingjao sneered, “What do you look like now? Are you still a man? Are you just going to throw in the towel and let Zhan live a happy life?”
“Or what can we do now?” Hepeng put his teacup down and laughed at himself, “Not only now, even it was before, I could not compete with him. Behind him is Yibo. No one can stand up to him. Have you not suffered enough? Anyway, I’ve had enough, I don’t want to suffer any more. If you want to fight against Zhan, that’s your business. Don’t get me into it.”
Hepeng was afraid now and did not dare to provoke Zhan. He wouldn’t forget Yibo’s cold eyes. Until now, the thought of it would send a chill down his spine.
Lingjao was so upset seeing Hepeng so discouraged. “Are you willing to live a coward life like this? If it hadn’t been for Zhan, you would still be a master of the Feng family, living a free and happy life. But now, you are no better than a beggar! I will feel shameless if I were you!”
“I just want to live a peaceful life, and to die a good death is better than to live a bad life! Don’t harass me with that. I won’t be fooled by you again!” Hepeng stood up and was about to leave, “I advise you not to fight against Zhan. You are not protected by the Jin family nor the Xiao family. You won’t win over him at all! I’m leaving, take care.”
As Hepeng strode away, Lingjao closed her eyes and took a deep breath, looking at his back and shouting, “Stop!”
“No matter what you say, I’m not going to help you fight against Zhan again!”
Lingjao also stood up from the table and walked a few steps to Hepeng. She suppressed her anger and smiled with charm at Hepeng.
Now that she was at a disadvantage. Those who once surrounded her were now gone. They not only laughed at her, but also treated her as a virus and stayed far away from her.
Looking around, there was only Hepeng who was willing to be with her, and she had no choice but to rely on him.
She couldn’t just let Hepeng go.
“You really don’t want to listen to me?” Lingjao smiled and looked up at him, tapping her fingertips on the buttons of his shirt.
Hepeng was so fascinated by her bit by bit.
“What do you want to do?” Hepeng swallowed hard.
“I’ll do whatever you want.” Lingjao ran her fingertips up along the buttons of his coat, her arms wrapped around his neck. “You really don’t miss me after not seeing me for so long?”
Hepeng looked at Lingjao, who was so close to him, and whose beautiful eyes were blinking, She was so close to him, and her smell made him dizzy and made his mouth dry.
He grabbed her waist by the way and said, “Lingjao, are you trying to use honey trap?”
“Are you willing to fall for it?” She said plainly. Her eyes were fixed on his face as she said the last words. “Hepeng, I can see that you are the only one who has ever been nice to me.”
After that, she put her face against his chest and said softly, “I will be yours from now on. And I will have nothing to do with Darren anymore!”
“Really?” Hepeng thought it was a little unreal.
“Of course.” Lingjao nodded.
“Lingjao, how can I believe you…”
Before Hepeng finished speaking, Lingjao hugged his shoulder and stood on tiptoe to kiss his mouth, stopping what he was going to say.
Lingjao kissed him clumsily. Her initiative made Hepeng’s mind blank, and he couldn’t restrain himself anymore.
He clasped her waist, actively and passionately kissing her back.
The vibe got hotter and hotter, so that Hepeng could not help but press Lingjao down on the tatami.
They kissed so affectionately that he couldn’t wait to taste her beauty…
Clothes and pants were thrown down the tatami. The two persons clasped together, having an exciting time.
The scent of tea filled the air, and the man and woman were indulged in having sex…
After a long time, everything became calm.
Hepeng was still insatiable and held Lingjao tightly in his arms.
Today she was submissive and warm, and made him feel respected.
“So you believe me now?” Lingjao shot the works.
Anyway, Darren would not forgive her if he knew all the truth. What she had to do was not let Zhan be so happy.
“If you want to take me in, you’ll have to offer more than to tempt me.” Hepeng feared nothing when he had Lingjao by his side. “I have already got you, but your heart…”
“Don’t worry.” Lingjao’s red lips were close to his ear, blowing a trace of heat to him. “Both me and my heart belonged to you and perhaps there are other unexpected gains.”
“I’m looking forward to it.” Hepeng gave her another hard kiss on the lips.
After that, they dressed themselves and sat down by the tea table. Lingjao said, “I have fulfilled your wish. How about mine…?”
“Do you really have to mess with Zhan?” Hepeng asked her again.
“It’s he that goes against me!” Lingjao’s anger flared up again. “I won’t let it go until I vent my anger.”
Hepeng frowned, “Lingjao, I know you don’t want to be reconciled, but the reality is that we don’t have the ability to fight against him. Let’s live a peaceful life. I will be good to you in the future.”
“Zhan bullied me. Don’t you care?” Lingjao reached for his hand, her eyes wistful, “If you help me destroy Zhan’s reputation and make Yibo abandon him, then I’ll live with you.”
It was too tempted for Hepeng. Now there were few women who wanted to live with him.
After so many ups and downs, he didn’t have the heart to handle the tricky things.
“Don’t you say you love me, Hepeng? If you love me, just show me your manhood, okay? You are my man, and I’m your woman. I will rely on you. Please, help me.” Lingjao looked pathetic, and her eyes were moist.
“What do you want me to do?” Hepeng couldn’t resist Lingjao’s begging and gave in.
“To pay him back in his own coin.” Lingjao squeezed his hand. The meaning in her eyes was clear.”You want him to be raped by a man, and then take pictures and send them to Yibo, or to publish them to the public?”
Hepeng looked into her eyes and read what she meant.
“Yes, I’ll let him taste what has happened to me.” Lingjao confessed, “And I’m not just getting him one man, I’m getting him many. Let him enjoy himself.”
“Who dares to touch Yibo’s man?” Hepeng couldn’t be able to find anyone.
“There are daredevil people out there, and don’t tell them who he is.” Lingjao curled her lips and laughed insidiously.
Seeing that Hepeng didn’t answer her, she asked, “What’s wrong? Are you scared? Or you feel sympathy for him?”
“Neither. I’m worried about you. What if Yibo knows that?” Hepeng didn’t want Lingjao to take the risk, because the price was too big, too big for them to afford.
“Death is the worst! Besides, this is a society ruled by law, so it is impossible for him to kill people.” Lingjao added, “We’ve got to be very careful this time. They mustn’t know we did it.”
“Lingjao, this is Yibo. This is too risky.”
Lingjao saw that Hepeng was hesitating.
“Risky? The riskier it is, the larger gains it would be.” Lingjao sat down beside him, “So, I’m going to give you a surprise gift.”
“What gift?”
Lingjao then put his palm on her abdomen.
“Can you feel it?” Lingjao asked him with a smile.
Hepeng twitched his lips. “What do you mean?”
“Hepeng, you’re going to be a father, and this is our baby.” Lingjao revealed the answer and confirmed what Hepeng had in his mind.
He suddenly hugged Lingjao tightly but lightly, afraid of hurting Lingjao and the child.
“I’m going to be a father?” Hepeng was very happy.
“Is the surprise worth the risk?” Seeing that Hepeng was so happy, Lingjao knew she got the right chip.
Hepeng released Lingjao from his arms, looked at her in the eye, and grabbed her arm. “How can you prove that this child is mine and not Darren’s?” Hepeng was not too silly.
“I would love to have a baby now, but I would never be a dad and raise someone else’s bastard!”
Lingjao immediately held up three fingers and said with a look of sincerity, “I swear that if this baby isn’t Hepeng’s, then I’m going to be killed as soon as I…”
Hepeng hastily covered her mouth, and looked gloomy, “No, it will harm the child!”
Lingjao took off his hand. “What do you want me to do?” she asked helplessly.
“You’re asking me to take the risk, so you have to make sure that the baby is mine, or I won’t take the risk.” Hepeng had to let her know his bottom line, “If I die, I have to be sure that I have a descendant.”
“What are you talking about? I’m sure you’ll be all right.” Lingjao took his arm and rested her head on his shoulder. “I’m not asking you to kill someone. What are you afraid of? Besides, I don’t believe Yibo would be with Zhan if he has been ruined by other men.”
“Just take me as an example, Darren not only didn’t stand up for me, but also kicked me out of family and divorced me. This is the reality, and the family of upper class cares about the face. Would the Wang family, a notable family among the notables, accept a person who is dirty and messy?”
“Yibo and the Wang family can’t wait to get rid of him, let alone not to stand up for him. The Wang family won’t make itself as a joke. So, you can rest assured. I am your woman now, and I am pregnant with your baby. How can I harm you?”
“As long as you deal with Zhan, the three of us will live a good life together, and I will take good care of you in the future okay, Hepeng?”
Lingjao’s voice and eyes were so soft that it made people unable to refuse her.
“You are saying the nice things, but I have to know that this baby is one hundred percent mine, otherwise, I won’t risk it.” Hepeng kept his last bit of sanity.
“You don’t believe me? So why do you say you love me? It’s a lie, isn’t it? All you want is to have sex with me!” Lingjao was a little angry.
“This has nothing to do with whether I love you or not. I want to prove that the child is mine.” Hepeng emphasized.
“This baby is not Darren’s! You know he is in poor health, and he seldom touches me when I am with him. Only with you can I feel the true happiness of being a woman!” Lingjao couldn’t afford to piss off Hepeng, except that she found a suitable person to help her.
“I believe in science. I want to see the hospital’s evaluation.” Hepeng was determined.
Lingjao felt headache. “I have to give birth the baby before you have the test.”
“Well, then after the child is born, have him tested. As soon as the report proves that the child is mine, I will do what you ask me to.” Hepeng didn’t want to take risks in vain.
“It is still months away. I can’t wait that long! I want to see Zhan to be abandoned right now!” It was as if there was a fire burning in Lingjao’s heart, and it would not be calmed until Zhan lost everything.
Hepeng frowned at her suffering look.
“How about this. After I give birth to this child, I will be pregnant with yours again.” Lingjao tried to negotiate with him. “You have to believe me. This baby is yours.”
Hepeng didn’t seem to be listening to her. He picked up his phone and searched for something.
Seeing that he did not pay attention to her, she got up immediately, “OK, if you don’t want to help me, then I will find someone else who is willing to help me. Even if I sell myself again and again, I will make Zhan live a miserable life!”
Hepeng grabbed her hand. “Sit down.”
Lingjao didn’t sit down, but pulled away from him, “Why should I stay if you don’t help me?”
“I checked that the fetus can do paternity test. When you are pregnant for 4 months, you can test the DNA in amniotic fluid. You’re pregnant for four months now. We don’t have to wait that long.” Hepeng showed what he had searched to Lingjao, “Lingjao, if you’re serious about living with me and giving me a baby, then we should do the test right away.”
Lingjao touched her lower abdomen. She was silent for a long time before she nodded.
But for some reason her tears welled up her eyes.
In fact, whether the child was Darren’s or Hepeng’s, she knew better than anyone else. The reason why she did not want to do the test was just to deceive herself for a longer period of time, but the time had come.
Hepeng stood up and held Lingjao in his arms. “Don’t be afraid. I will always be with you.”
“Okay…” Lingjao gripped his shirt, nodding in his arms.
“Darren, from now on, you and I are set apart.” thought Lingjao.
***
At this time, Darren was already sitting on the flight to Tianjin. He had struggled for a long time before making such a decision.
After he knew the truth, he also thought not to disturb Zhan, because Zhan was living a wonderful life now, but he could not help the strong desire to meet him. He felt guilty for what he had done to him and wanted to make things clear with him face to face, so he left Chongqing.
After Darren arrived at Tianjin, he took a bus to Tinhau Town, which was situated on the edge of Tianjin. There were many high mountains and dense forests here.
Zhan’s grandfather’s home was in a village in Tinhau Town. Darren only went there once. It was when Zhan was 16 years old, and they came here during the winter vacation.
Standing in front of the door, Darren was a little nervous and timid.
Darren knew that if he knocked on the door, he would see Zhan.
Before he decided to come here, he was full of enthusiasm, with only one idea in his heart that he wanted to see Zhan immediately. But he did not have that impulse after he was close at hand with him.
He was afraid that Zhan would not want to see him and would not forgive him. He himself did not have the face to meet him and ask for forgiveness.
He was a complete jerk!
Darren slowly withdrew the hand that was about to knock on the door, and then turned and walked away.
He dressed casually, carrying a black backpack, with a black luggage in his hand, and then left silently.
Darren had not gone far before he heard a familiar laughter.
He hurried to a corner and hid, poking his head out to look at Zhan’s grandfather, Zhan, and Fei, who were coming back down the path.
They might have gone to the farm, as they had picked some vegetables back, talking and laughing happily.
Darren had not seen Zhan laughing so heartedly for a long time, as if Zhan had returned to when he was 16.
How much he missed that time. They were so young and sweet by then, but finally they had lost to the reality and Lingjao’s scheming mind.
Darren clenched his hand and felt his eyes sore.
“We’re home at last.” Fei said in a childlike voice.
Grandpa unlocked the door, and the three entered, one after the other, and then they shut the door.
Darren looked at the closed door for a while, slowly unclenched his fist, and then left.
By now it was too late to go back to the county and find a place to live, and Darren didn’t plan to leave.
He found a house not far away, which was just across the street from the Jiang family. There were fields and some fish ponds around here, and Darren could see Zhan’s and grandpa’s activities.
“Auntie, I am going to stay here for about a week, I will give you some money.” Darren then took out three thousand from his wallet and gave it to a fat woman.
Darren knew that cash was often used in the countryside.
Zhan looked up at the sky and thought of Yibo in the distance.
How was he? Was he angry that I had been gone these days? What was on his mind when he found that my phone had turned off?
Had he been utterly disappointed by me? Had he signed divorce agreement? Were we already strangers now?
Too many questions collided in Zhan’s heart, Oh…
“Mom, I miss Daddy. I want to call Daddy.” Fei tugged at the hem of Zhan’s dress, drawing his mind back.
Zhan squatted down and took Fei’s little hand. “You can’t get a cell phone here, Fei has to keep her missing in heart.”
“When are we going home? I’m afraid Dad can’t take care of himself when he’s alone at home.” Fei was worried.
“Dad is an adult, He’ll take care of himself. And there’s Mr. Fanxing and an aunt at home. Don’t worry.” Zhan calmed Fei.
“Mom, did you have quarrels with Dad?” Children were sensitive, and Fei was no exception.
“How come?” Zhan was nervous when asked, “Mom hasn’t seen Grandpa for many years, and it’s the first time for you to meet Grandpa, Shall we spend time with him?”
“Yes.” Fei nodded knowingly.
“Then go and help grandfather.” Zhan took Fei’s hand and went to the kitchen.
Zhan and Fei lit the fire for Grandpa, Grandpa cooked the fish on the stove. Soon the smell of cooking fish filled the room.
“Wow, it smells good.” Fei sniffed the rich aroma and licked her lips, like a greedy kitten.
“You are drooling. Hurry to wash your hands, and dinner is ready.” Grandpa smiled at Fei.
“Great.”
Just as they were about to have dinner, someone knocked at the door.
Grandfather wiped his hand and then opened the door, Zhan and Fei stood nearby.
It was the neighbor, PuteriCadbury.
“Mr. Fengmian, do you have visitors? I can smell the fish you cooked.” Puteri smiled.
“No.” Grandfather shook his head,
“I saw a handsome man standing by your house today, dressed like he’s from a big city.”
Grandpa was in a maze, not knowing who Puteri was talking about.
He looked back at Zhan and Fei not far behind him and thought it might have something to do with them.
Zhan stood still, paler than before.
When he heard Puteri’s description, he thought the man might be Yibo.
Did he really come here? Did he come to see me?
If he had come looking for me, why hadn’t he knocked at the door?
Or did he feel regret to come here, so he went away again?
Countless questions flooded in Zhan’s mind, making him feel upset.
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