Dating After Divorce - Chapter 49

Almost ten days have passed since Pei Yi came to Yuan Township.

Pei Xuan, who is far away in Haishi, will inevitably miss her daughter.

Her husband, Zhou Ruguang, is obsessed with medicine. He has endless operations and experiments every day. He has been coming home less and less in recent years. Her eldest son, Pei Yi, is now teaching abroad and only has time to come back during Chinese New Year. As for her second son Pei Li, on the other hand, inherited his father’s professionalism and lived in the company’s office as his home.

Pei Yi returned to China and left without staying at home for a day.

As a mother, she naturally knew the reason, it was for Luo Zhen.

Pei Yi has always had a good impression of Luo Zhen.

She was still hesitating whether to urge her daughter to go home, but her sister-in-law Zhou Ruhong took the initiative to contact her, saying that the hospital was not busy recently, so she could pick up Pei Yi back to Haishi.

She didn’t think too much about it, because Zhou Ruhong and the Pei family were very close, and among the three children, Pei Yi was the most beloved.

Because she was worried that Pei Yi would not go home, Pei Xuan kept waiting for Zhou Ruhong to arrive in Yuanxiang before telling her daughter about it.

When receiving the call from Pei Xuan, Pei Yi was still being interviewed in the province.

As soon as the show ended, she rushed back from the province immediately.

She thought that Zhou Ruhong was coming to the hotel to find her, but she didn’t expect that the two would meet at the bar——

Moreover, she happened to bump into the scene where Zhou Ruhong and Ning Rou were talking.

Does Zhou Ruhong know Ning Rou?

Pei Yi stood there, wondering what she was thinking.

She saw the fear, shock, and panic in Ning Rou’s eyes, which made her more and more sure that there must be some kind of connection between Ning Rou and Zhou Ruhong.

But she didn’t show it.

Her gaze swept across Ning Rou’s body, very calm and indifferent. After a few seconds, she turned her head and looked at the kind woman beside her.

“Auntie came to Yuanxiang, why didn’t she go to the hotel to find me?”

“Didn’t I send the address to Mom?”

Her tone, with a little complaint, was like a child’s anger, she didn’t hide it at all, she just said what she was thinking.

At a glance, you can see that it is a child who grew up in the family’s favor.

Zhou Ruhong’s expression softened a little after hearing this.

“I went to the hotel this afternoon, but you weren’t there.”

“Your mother said you had several interviews here.”

“Don’t forget, the reporters from Hai Shi are also waiting for you to go back.”

“Have you started preparing for the solo concert next month?”

“Your father and your two brothers asked me about this two days ago.”

The two aunts and nephews have not seen each other for a long time.

Ning Rou stood aside, quietly watching the two talk, with cold tiles on her back, and her hands and feet were cold.

She couldn’t hear what Pei Yi was saying, and she didn’t have the heart to listen, because all her attention was on Pei Yi’s eyes—

Those eyes were the same as hers, and the same as Zhou Ruguang’s, and the pupils were covered with light gray.

She finally knew where the familiarity with Pei Yi came from when she first met Pei Yi.

As early as ten years ago, she had met Pei Yi in the basement.

If I remember correctly, that year, she was only twelve years old, and Pei Yi was only five years old.

Five-year-old Pei Yi secretly followed Zhou Ruguang and slipped into the basement through a secret passage because he was fond of fun.

She saw in the corner of the basement a large box covered by a black cloth.

Out of curiosity, she lifted a corner of the black cloth, and it was only then that she realized that the thing covered by the black cloth with no gaps was not a box, but a large iron cage.

In the cage, there was a girl older than her, wearing a white hospital gown, with a thin body, hugging her legs and huddled in the corner alone.

There are many patients in the hospital, some are basking in the sun in the yard, some are sleeping in bed.

Pei Yi has never seen a patient locked in a cage.

The lock of the cage was not buckled.

There was no one in the basement, and she approached slowly, removing the lock from the door.

She opened the door, waved at the girl, and urged her with a milky voice.

“Come out and play.”

The girl heard her voice, but did not respond.

So, she pulled the door of the cage a little further.

The door was heavy and her hands were sore, but she didn’t let go.

“There’s the sun outside.”

The girl finally moved when she heard this sentence.

The cage was so small that the girl couldn’t stand up, so she could only bend her body and walk out. Unfortunately, before she came to the door, Zhou Ruguang came back from the pharmacy next door.

The iron door closed, the black cloth fell, and the girl’s world fell into a desperate darkness again.

She was leaning against the door of the cage, outside the black cloth, there were the cries of children and the scolding of Zhou Ruguang.

She heard the word ‘Dad’.

It turned out that it was Zhou Ruguang’s daughter.

Soon, the door of the cage was locked again, and there was a rush of footsteps in the basement, and then there was no other movement.

The girl pulled the black cloth up from the gap, her fingers stretched out, and the scorching sunlight came in from the window, so warm and desirable.

She saw at the door of the cage, a small, pink-wrapped candy.

It was the sweet candy that Zhou Ruhong had never given her.

Ning Rou knew that Zhou Ruguang had a family and a daughter, but she didn’t know that his daughter was Luo Zhen’s good friend, Pei Yi.

She looked at the girl in the white dress opposite her, young, beautiful, confident and proud, and she showed noble elegance everywhere in her gestures.

It was difficult for her to connect Pei Yi with the little girl back then.

But that’s what it is.

Pei Yi was the little girl who broke into the basement and left her a candy.

The more anxious you are, the more likely your ears will hurt.

She couldn’t hear the sound, and at the moment of pain, Pei Yi left with Zhou Ruhong.

When she raised her eyes, she saw Zhou Ruhong looked back at her.

Her eyes were calm, and she couldn’t see her emotions, but it made her heart sink fiercely.

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Pei Yi is a very smart person.

It wasn’t until he returned to the hotel that he pretended to be casual and asked Zhou Ruhong about Ning Rou.

“Why is Auntie going to the bar tonight?”

“You don’t know that Ning Rou, do you?”

In her tone, she could vaguely hear her dissatisfaction with Ning Rou, not all of it was true, and some disguises mixed with lies could better deceive people.

Zhou Ruhong’s expression changed slightly, but she quickly calmed down.

“Your mother said you often go out to bars with your friends.”

“Your phone was turned off when I called you, so I went to the bar to find you.”

“As for the woman, I don’t know her. I found her cell phone, so I chatted with her a little more.”

“If I didn’t want to pick you up, why would I come to Yuanxiang?”

Perfect reason, nothing to be questioned about.

Pei Yi nodded, the confusion and confusion in his eyes completely disappeared in front of Zhou Ruhong.

She didn’t ask any further questions, and after sending Zhou Ruhong into the room, she also returned to her room.

The clock on the wall is past twelve o’clock.

Pei Yi didn’t turn on the light, stepped in the dark, walked to the window, and completely opened the curtains.

She didn’t move, she just stood in front of the window, her body was hidden in black, motionless, looking at the door of the hotel——

Just as she was waiting for Luo Zhen to appear before.

This stop is a full two hours.

Just after two o’clock in the morning, she saw her aunt go out from the door of the hotel, and the direction of travel was the bar.

At this point, it was exactly when Ning Rou got off work.

Pei Yi hid in the darkness, looked at Zhou Ruhong so quietly, and left all the way.

This happened on the last day of the night shift.

All of Ning Rou’s good moods disappeared.

How could she be so happy?

Her heart has never been so tired as it is now.

Zhou Ruhong came to Yuan Township not to pick up Pei Yi, but to warn herself.

She wanted to call Luo Zhen, she wanted to tell Luo Zhen her grievances, she wanted to tell Luo Zhen all the truth about her—

It’s too painful to live with a secret.

She thought that one day, she would not be able to hold on.

From the bar to Pingyang Road, she lost her soul all the way.

Only when I thought of Ning Baobao at home did my heart calm down a little.

She thought that Zhou Ruhong would not come to find her again at such a late hour, but she did not expect that when the cart was passing by the old alley, she still saw Zhou Ruhong in the corner at the end of the alley.

Obviously, Zhou Ruhong appeared here just to wait for herself.

Before she could speak, a warm and pure woman’s voice sounded in her ears.

“Why do you still need to contact Luo Zhen?”

“Do you know how much risk I took to let you go back then? How much did I do for you to prevent them from finding you?”

Zhou Ruhong’s voice was full of reprimands.

When Ning Rou left, the experiment was forced to be suspended. The loss of funds alone was an unimaginable number for ordinary people, not to mention the diagnosis and treatment bases that were forced to close.

After Ning Rou was pregnant, the pregnancy membrane showed signs of life. At that time, Zhou Ruguang was abroad, so she concealed it. The pregnancy membrane tracking device was also secretly damaged by her, and it took three months before it was repaired.

It was also within these three months that Ning Rou left Tianhai City.

If the distance is too far, the tracker will not have much effect. Zhou Ruguang could not find anyone, so he went to the forum to post a bounty post. She also privately tried every means to persuade Zhou Ruguang to delete it.

Zhou Ruhong looked at Ning Rou’s face, her chest heaving up and down slightly because of anger.

Ning Rou’s words are always rare.

Not expecting to hear an answer, she took a card out of her bag and handed it over.

“I’m here this time, and I still hope you don’t go back.”

“What he wants now is not you, but your daughter.”

“Here’s a card, enough for you and your child to live without food and clothing for the rest of your life.”

“As for Luo Zhen, don’t contact him anymore.”

“If she knew that you gave birth to a daughter for her back then, do you think she would just ignore it?”

“Her career, her relatives, and herself are all rooted in the sea market. If you don’t want to hurt her, it’s best not to tell her anything.”

“Without you, it’s not a bad thing for her, because she will meet people who are better, better, and more suitable for her – such as Pei Yi.”

“The Pei family can make her career even better. When her mother had a difficult labor, it was Pei Yi’s father who rescued them. Her sister Luo Baiyue was also delivered by Pei Yi’s father. As for Pei Yi, She and her have been good friends since childhood, and the two of them have the same topics and hobbies, if they can be together, it will be a good thing for the Luo family and the Pei family.”

Zhou Ruhong calmly analyzed the pros and cons of Luo Zhen and Pei Yi being together, with a calm tone and a soft voice.

Ning Rou pursed her lips and listened quietly, with no expression on her face.

Her heart was pinched so hard that she couldn’t even breathe.

She felt sad.

Never in her life had she felt so miserable as now.

She has always regarded Zhou Ruhong as a family member, and she also thought that Zhou Ruhong also regarded herself as a family member, so she did so many things for herself.

In those cold and painful days and nights, Zhou Ruhong was her only light, giving her the only family affection in her life.

But now, she found that compared with Pei Yi, she was nothing.

Zhou Ruhong never regarded her as a family member.

As long as Zhou Ruhong has a little love for her, she will not say the indifferent words just now.

She opened her lips, and there was endless sadness and pain in her throat.

After a long time, he asked softly.

“Pei Yi called your aunt, don’t tell me, am I?”

“If not, why did you save me in the first place?”

“Let me die in the lab, die on the operating table, die in those operations, wouldn’t that be alright?”

“I thought that there was also a relationship between us.”

Four inquiries in a row sounded slowly from the air.

Zhou Ruhong’s face changed drastically in an instant.

It never occurred to her that Ning Rou had already known her life experience.

Her hands began to tremble, because she was too panicked, her five fingers lost strength for a while, and she couldn’t even pick up the card.

She didn’t know how to answer Ning Rou’s words.

Several minutes passed before he spoke again, and he had to tell another secret as well.

“I promised your mother that I would rescue you and give you freedom.”

After saying this, she couldn’t stay any longer.

In the darkness, she saw Ning Rou looking at herself, those gray eyes were clean and flawless, but they were full of sadness and heartbreaking.

She almost fled, she didn’t even pick up the card on the ground, she turned around and walked out of the alley.

Ning Rou’s tears also burst at this moment.

Outside the old alley, Pei Yi hid in the dark shadow, with a look on his face that could no longer be described as shock.

She couldn’t believe what secret she heard tonight–

Ning Rou gave birth to a daughter for Luo Zhen, and Ning Rou was her half-sister.

Every conversation between Zhou Ruhong and Ning Rou completely shattered her impression of her happy family.

She saw Ning Rou crying with her face covered, so wronged and pitiful, like a kitten abandoned by her master ruthlessly, weak and helpless.

She seemed to see Ning Rou who was standing under the sun, sweating profusely, blushing and frowning, looking for photos seriously.

She felt incredible—

This woman she looked down upon from the first time she met was actually her sister.

The whimper sounded intermittently in her ears, which made her feel extremely irritable, but she couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable.

In these restless unease, she remembered a little vague memory——

Black cloth, iron cage, girl, Zhou Ruguang’s scolding, and a candy she had thrown on the ground.

That was the first and only time Zhou Ruguang scolded her.

She couldn’t possibly forget.

But the truth was that she didn’t remember anything, and it wasn’t until she saw Ning Rou squatting in the corner crying tonight that she regained this memory.

She remembered something again. After being taken out of the basement by Zhou Ruguang that day, she saw a doctor, then fell asleep, and when she woke up, she completely forgot about it.

Ning Rou was still crying. This cry seemed to be telling her that the doctor’s father, whom she admired, proudly, admired, and liked the most, was behind his back what a terrible devil he was.

She raised her eyes, looked at Ning Rou, and there was a chill in her heart.

Both Zhou Ruguang and Ning Rou.

She took out her mobile phone and called her mother Pei Xuan late at night at 2:30 in the morning. With a trembling voice, she asked a question she didn’t want to ask but had to ask.

“Mom, before Dad got married to you, did he–did once?”

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