Chapter 1384: I Only Want You (82)

Pei Yi’s expression was unpredictable. He had thought that by not visiting her for half a month, he was being very cautious already. To think that they actually still found out about it.

“Today, in front of Mother and your unborn child, let me tell you. Pei Yi, if you dare to save her, it’ll be akin to throwing my pride away. I’m your wife now. If that happens, I don’t know what I’ll be capable of.”

After hearing this, Pei Yi had yet to say a word when Mrs. Pei hurriedly a.s.sured her, “Xiaotian, don’t worry. Mother’s here. I won’t let him do that. Don’t worry.”

Tian Tian immediately replied gently, “Okay. I know Mother cares for me the most.”

“You’re my daughter-in-law. If I don’t care for you, who would? Take care of the child in your stomach. Mother is waiting for this child to be born.” Mrs. Pei’s gaze toward Tian Tian was filled with warmth.

“Yes, I will.”

Watching how ghastly her son’s expression was, Mrs. Pei remarked, “Can’t you just let your mother not worry so much about you? Yi’er, treat Tian Tian well and don’t let her down. Also, I don’t think there’s anything great about that woman either. What’s the use of looking pretty? There are plenty of pretty women out there. Don’t be bewitched by her. Mother knows that you’re just playing with her, you won’t fall for her. Am I right, son?”

Pei Yi looked at his mother’s gaze and could only reply, “Mother, take care of your body. I’ll get going first.”

“Yi’er, Mother doesn’t want you to see that woman again. Do you hear me?”

Seeing her cough vigorously to the extent that she even spurted out some blood, Pei Yi hurriedly responded, “Alright, I got it. I won’t see her anymore.”

Hearing him agree to it, Mrs. Pei could finally rest at ease.

Tian Tian, who was sitting at one corner, rest a.s.sured as well.

After leaving his mother’s place, Pei Yi headed to the mansion.

The house was still there, but the people living inside were no longer around.

Despite having not gone there for half a month, he could still feel her presence inside the house.

Inside the bedroom, the blanket was folded neatly on the bed and the room was kept extremely tidy.

On the bedside table, she had left the bank card that he had given her.

She had not taken all of the clothes inside the wardrobe. She did not even have many decent clothes, to begin with, and yet she had still left some of her clothes behind.

Sitting at the side of the bed, he did not know what was wrong with himself as well. He just felt empty inside, like a piece of him was missing, at the thought of there being no one to wait for him to come home here.

Just thinking of this actually made him feel depressed.

He remained seated there for a long while like this without moving.

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“Sorry, I can’t help you with this,” Tang Zhijing told Jing Chu frankly. “I’ve spent money to find out, and Pei Yi’s wife is out to put you into jail. She doesn’t agree to a settlement. It’s impossible that Pei Yi doesn’t know about this, but there’s no response from him at all. It looks like he has no intention to meddle in this.”

Every word of his went straight for Jing Chu’s heart like a cold and sharp knife slicing it apart. “I already guessed that.”

“Can you tell me the details of the whole matter?”

She slowly explained the whole matter to him from start to finish and finally lamented, “Maybe I’m just born with a jinxed life. I concede this. I’ll just have to wait until the day my sentence ends.”

Looking at her expression, Tang Zhijing couldn’t help but feel pity for her. Perhaps to give her some hope, he suggested, “I’ll help to search for a utopian place in this world. Maybe I’ll be able to find it.”

She flashed a forced smile at him. “Sure, go search for it. If you find it, I’ll be extremely grateful to you.”

“…”

After they had stayed for a short while at the detention center, she and Fat La.s.s were brought to court. As the accused mastermind behind the crime, she was sentenced to two years in prison while Fat La.s.s was charged as the accomplice and sentenced to a year.

Jing Chu was most apologetic toward Fat La.s.s as she had not done anything at all yet was dragged into prison for no reason with her.

It was the same for herself as well.

She had originally wanted to call Sister Xiaoning for help but recalled what Pei Yi had once said to her. If she dared to tell An Xiaoning, he would try to inform the group of people who had once captured her.

She did not dare to do so.

Fortunately, she and Fat La.s.s were allocated to the same jail cell.

The cold handcuffs were removed from them once they entered the cell.

There were two women inside. One was young while the other was slightly older. Watching the two of them enter, the two inside started to scrutinize them from head to toe.

Jing Chu and Fat La.s.s sat down on one empty corner inside and stuck close to the wall, hugging their legs and not saying a word.

“Newcomers, what are your names?” the older woman asked in an unfriendly manner.

Fat La.s.s replied, “I’m Fat La.s.s.”

“I’m Jing Chu,” she replied as well.

“What offense did you commit to get sent in here?”

“We didn’t, we were framed…” Fat La.s.s replied with a stammer.

The two women were obviously in disbelief. “Alright, quit acting in front of us. There are no cops in here anyway.”

“We were really framed,” Jing Chu reiterated. “It’s okay if you guys don’t believe us. We really didn’t commit any crime.”

“Hahaha,” the young woman laughed heartily as she clapped. “Looks like someone’s here to accompany me. Hahaha.”

Jing Chu noticed that the woman wasn’t really old but appeared as if she wasn’t in the right state of mind. She looked extremely haggard as well.

“This Sister, you…”

“She’s in prison because she was framed as well. How did the two of you get framed?”

Jing Chu did not dare to mention Pei Yi’s name but simply explained briefly, “Earlier, I was. .h.i.t by a woman’s car. She offered me 900 thousand dollars as compensation, all saved inside a bank card. I don’t have an identification card, so I wasn’t able to get a bank card done. I haven’t spent this money all this time, so, when I… withdrew some money, the woman claimed that I picked up her card and stole her money inside. That’s why the police captured me.”

“What?!” The older woman was simply speechless upon hearing her words. “Are you stupid? Since you have no identification card or bank card, why didn’t you let her write a written statement to prove that she gave you this card as compensation?”

Jing Chu lowered her head. “At that time, I was unconscious. I didn’t see her after I woke up.”

“Then, who was the one who pa.s.sed you that card?”

Jing Chu held onto Fat La.s.s’s hand as she replied, “My… my boyfriend.”

“Your boyfriend is another dimwit! You were sent here for no rhyme and reason, and not only did you not receive the money for compensation, you even have to serve a jail sentence. What are the police in R Nation doing? Did they not check the dashboard camera of the car that hit you and run an investigation?”

“She… she’s powerful and…” Jing Chu stammered as she went on, “She’s my boyfriend’s wife now.”

The two women were thoroughly dumbfounded.

“Then you’re completely screwed. Your boyfriend is in cahoots with her. The two were probably together long ago and were preparing to land you into trouble, but you were still too stupid to realize it. You never know, that woman might have hit you intentionally back then.”

“Probably not. At that time, she still didn’t know me. We only met after that.”

“But…” The older woman was perplexed. “Your boyfriend’s wife? Why does this sound especially strange? You’re the mistress? Or is she the mistress?”

“When I was together with him, they hadn’t gotten married yet. Later on, they got married…”