Dating After Divorce - Chapter 71

Pei Yi’s bag is on the sofa.

Looking at Ning Rou’s pale and beautiful face, she suddenly remembered that a month ago, because she took Luo Zhen’s photo, the other party stood in the sun for two hours.

It’s impossible to say no to guilt.

She took the photos secretly at first because she felt that Ning Rou was not worthy of Luo Zhen’s liking.

Luo Zhen loves Ning Rou so much that for Ning Rou’s sake, he didn’t even care about his own body, and traveled thousands of miles from Haishi to Yuanxiang, which was as hot as a stove, and stayed for more than ten days.

What about Ningrou?

Ning Rou not only betrayed Luo Zhen, but also gave birth to other men.

This made her feel unwilling.

Unwilling for Luo Zhen, and unwilling for herself.

Unwilling Luo really fell in love with such a woman; unwilling to be inferior to such a woman.

She thinks that the ‘punishment’ against Ning Rou is just, so she doesn’t feel any guilt when she steals Luo Zhen’s photo.

But it turned out that her guess was downright wrong.

Just a photo made Ning Rou willingly torment for two hours in the midsummer heat.

Pei Yi asked herself, if it were her, I’m afraid she wouldn’t be able to hold on for 30 minutes.

It was impossible for her not to regret her actions that day.

Because, even Ning Rou’s daughter is Luo Zhen’s own flesh and blood—

Ning Rou risked being caught and gave birth to a daughter for Luo Zhen.

Pei Yi couldn’t deny that she did something wrong.

Regardless of whether she and Ning Rou are related by blood, she is just as wrong.

It takes a lot of courage to admit that you’ve made a bad judgment, that you’ve done something wrong, and that you’ve hurt innocent people.

Not to mention, her father, Zhou Ruguang, also imprisoned Ning Rou in the laboratory for more than 20 years, and did so many terrible things to Ning Rou.

The more she thought about it, the more she blamed herself.

The loud music in the hall drowned out her voice.

Fortunately, there were lights in the corridor, so Ning Rou could tell the shape of her lips and finally see what she was talking about—

“Feel sorry.”

“Please wait for me.”

An inexplicable apology made people confused.

Ning Rou opened her eyes, and before she could answer, she saw Pei Yi turned and walked towards the corner.

It seems to be going to get something.

No matter how she thought about it, Ning Rou couldn’t think of what Pei Yi would give her back.

She didn’t leave, just stood there obediently and waited.

When Pei Yi turned around, what she saw was Ning Rou standing in the dark and dim aisle waiting for her to pass.

Ning Rou’s lips were slightly pursed, her back was straight, and her upper body was wearing a loose yellow short-sleeved sleeve, which looked a little old and turned white after washing.

Pei Yi clenched the bag in her hand and moved her lips slightly.

This bag is a limited edition.

A month and a half ago, in order to celebrate her return to China, Pei Xuan deliberately paid a high price and asked someone to buy a bag she had liked for a long time from a luxury store abroad, just to give her a surprise.

Under these circumstances, she couldn’t help thinking of the case record in Zhou Ruguang’s study.

She has mother pain.

What about Ning Rou?

After Ning Rou was born, have you seen her mother?

She thought about it for a long time, even her temples were aching, but she still couldn’t come up with an answer.

All she knew was that the culprit behind all of this, the culprit who almost drowned her with guilt and sympathy, was Zhou Ruguang—

Zhou Ruguang killed two families at the same time.

Zhou Ruguang harmed Ning Rou, Ning Rou’s mother, and also her, and Pei Xuan.

At this moment, she still dared not think about how Pei Xuan would react if one day she knew what Zhou Ruguang had done to her ex-wife and daughter.

Her breathing stagnated involuntarily, the strength under her fingers became stronger and stronger, the leather of the black bag was deformed by her pinching, and it was not until the fingernail of her thumb was broken by the zipper that she calmed down a little.

She stepped forward and was about to return the photo of Luo Zhen to Ning Rou, when a tall, thin man just walked in outside the door.

As soon as the man saw Ning Rou, he quickened his pace.

Before Pei Yi approached, he had already come to Ning Rou.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them walked towards the end of the aisle without knowing what to say.

Pei Yi stood there, and saw Ning Rou look back at her, and then left with the man.

She didn’t stop there, hesitated for two minutes, and quickly chased after her.

The wine store was stolen and all the wine in it was stolen.

Although there are only 30 bottles left, they are worth at least 60,000 yuan.

Ning Rou is the administrator. As soon as she appeared, everyone’s eyes gathered.

In the past, due to regulations, employees could not come down to the basement. Today, when this happened, many people came to watch the fun and wanted to see what the newly renovated wine barn looked like.

It is estimated that there are twenty or thirty people around the door of the warehouse, all of whom are bar employees. Even the cleaning aunt is watching a play in the crowd with a broom.

Liu Wei is the manager, and his position is the highest among the people present.

He didn’t speak, and the others didn’t dare to speak.

“Xiao Zhou, I already asked Xiao Ning, her key is still there, where’s your key?”

Hearing this, the tall and thin man immediately took off a bunch of keys from his waist, and found the spare key of the wine warehouse from inside.

“Mine is too.”

The lock of the wine cellar was not broken, it must have been opened from the outside with a key.

The only person with the key is Ning Rou and Zhou Ting in the entire bar.

Now both of them have the keys, which means both of them are suspect.

With dozens of pairs of eyes watching around, Zhou Ting turned to look at Ning Rou and added another sentence.

“The key has always been with me.”

Ning Rou heard the hint in this sentence, and relaxed her lips to emphasize.

“I haven’t lost my keys either.”

Both of them said that their keys had not left their bodies, and Liu Wei could not handle it.

The wine barn door was wide open, and he was the only one who had entered since the theft was discovered.

The surveillance inside has long been destroyed, and nothing was recorded of what happened last night.

He hasn’t called the police yet, but looking at it now, it seems that he can only let the police/policeman handle it.

He took out his mobile phone and was about to call 110, when a question full of words sounded in the air, pointing the finger at Ning Rou for the theft of the wine warehouse.

“Didn’t you spend the night in the lounge two days ago?”

“Why is it so coincidental that the warehouse was stolen last night when you weren’t here?”

Ning Rou’s face changed slightly, but when she spoke, her voice was much louder than usual.

“When I want to live here is my own business and has nothing to do with the warehouse theft.”

She has always had a weak personality, but she also knew that Li Mei couldn’t let Li Mei pour dirty water on herself, otherwise, she would not be able to tell.

The air conditioner in the warehouse was on all day.

The cold wind drifted from the house to the outside, and the temperature at the door became lower and lower.

She didn’t seem to expect that Ning Rou would refute her words, Li Mei’s expression was a little surprised, and she sneered after a few seconds.

“Didn’t you already know someone was coming to steal the bar?”

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of discussion in the air.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, Liu Wei immediately stopped Li Mei’s guess.

“This kind of thing can’t be nonsense!”

Li Mei laughed when she heard the sound, and spoke more vigorously as if she hadn’t heard it.

“Brother Liu, are you still protecting her?”

“For more than 60,000 wines, you have to find someone to take responsibility?”

It was as if he had already determined who the thief was.

Ning Rou pursed her lips. When she looked up at Li Mei, she saw a smug smile flashing across the corner of the other party’s mouth. In her heart, she instantly understood what was going on.

Her face turned pale involuntarily, and it seemed that there was no blood at all.

“If you think this matter is related to me, please show evidence.”

evidence?

Li Mei just waited for this sentence.

“Since you are so confident, then you can open the door of the rest room and let us go in and search.”

“Maybe, there is stolen wine hidden inside.”

As soon as her voice fell, Zhou Ting also echoed.

“My truck and dormitory can also be searched casually.”

The two sang together, and Liu Wei also guessed the name.

Obviously, this is a trap.

Even Pei Yi saw it, the man and woman in front of him had already prepared their lines in advance, just waiting for Ning Rou to take the blame this time.

In this case, let alone Ning Rou didn’t know how to deal with it, any employee present would not be able to prove her innocence.

Pei Yi stood on the outside, watching Ning Rou’s face turn white a little bit, watching Ning Rou’s hand trembling slightly against her waist, quietly, walking over the crowd to Li Mei, blocking Ning Rou behind.

“If I lost something, shouldn’t I check the surveillance first?”

“Why are you so eager to search the room?”

“Are you worried that after watching the surveillance, you can’t rely on Ning Rou?”

Three questions in a row left Li Mei speechless.

The basement is full of bar employees.

Pei Yi was wearing a small white lace dress, with a pair of dark gray low-heeled leather shoes under her feet, and her shoulder-length black hair was loose and poured on her shoulders like ink, which made her whole body look so good that she even scolded people. At the time, his expression was very gentle and graceful.

She had a raw face that no one had ever seen before, but Li Mei recognized it at a glance. It was the order she gave Ning Rou a month ago.

“You are Ning Rou’s friend!”

Li Mei’s eyes widened, as if she had discovered a secret.

Pei Yi bent her lips, smiling politely and distantly.

“Any questions?”

“I’m Ning Rou’s friend, so I speak for Ning Rou.”

“I don’t know what is your relationship with this Mr. Zhou?”

As soon as Li Mei opened her mouth, she pushed all the faults onto Ning Rou.

Another way of thinking is actually maintaining Zhou Ting.

Pei Yi asked, and brought the rhythm back.

Li Mei’s lips moved and moved, realizing that she could no longer play tricks with the woman in front of her, she casually perfunctory, and immediately changed the subject.

“It’s just a colleague relationship, of course.”

“You said to check monitoring, what kind of checking method?”

“When people come to steal things, do they still keep the surveillance and wait for you to find evidence?”

Before she finished speaking, Li Mei sneered, as if mocking Pei Yi for putting her hope on surveillance.

Liu Wei, who had been silent for a while, also made a sound at this time.

“The four cameras in the house were indeed smashed.”

Pei Yi raised her eyes and looked into the room, her face still calm.

“What about outside?”

“Is there no surveillance outside?”

Liu Wei shook his head with some regret in his eyes.

“At that time, I was in a hurry to open, and I didn’t have time to install it outside.”

Pei Yi looked at Liu Wei, blinked quietly, then raised her head, pointed to the door frame of the door, and asked again.

“Really not pretending?”

“Could it be that you have a bad memory?”

“If I’m not mistaken, there should also be cameras on the door frame.”

Pei Yi saw it early that among the more than 20 people present, only Liu Wei was sincerely helping Ning Rou.

She is confident that Liu Wei will cooperate with her in this scene.

Sure enough, just as she put down her hand, Liu Wei also looked towards the door.

There is no camera above the door frame.

Yes, there are only three golden round nails, which the decorator forgot to pull out.

The lower part of the nail is buried in the wall, and the three round faces are exposed. Because it is too high, people on the ground can’t see it clearly, and the lights at the door are a little dim. At first glance, it looks like a surveillance camera.

Not a professional, so I can’t tell the difference.

Liu Wei understood Pei Yi’s suggestion.

He patted his forehead, made a sudden appearance, and continued to follow the other party’s words.

“I remembered.”

“The boss later said that it’s not enough to have surveillance in the room, and it has to be installed outside. One night, a worker was found again.”

“It’s just that I was not there that day. If you hadn’t reminded me, I would have forgotten.”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on the door frame, and the expressions on their faces were different.

Most people are happy, after all, the thief can be found with surveillance.

There were only three people’s faces, and there was a little panic.

Li Mei turned her head to look at the young man, and the two looked at each other with a panicked expression.

The young man inquired about the decoration company in advance and confirmed that the workers only installed four cameras in the wine warehouse in the basement, so they dared to come down to study how to open the lock of the wine warehouse.

Where do you know that there is a camera installed on the door frame.

Capsized in the gutter.

Li Mei already wanted to leave.

But Pei Yi’s eyes were fixed on her face, and she didn’t even dare to move.

“Since there is surveillance, there should be no need to search Ning Rou’s room.”

“Manager Liu, call the police.”

Call the police–

Hearing these two words, Zhou Ting was the first to panic.

Before Liu Wei even answered, he explained the matter clearly by himself.

“Manager, Li Mei stole the wine!”

“She asked me to drink after work last night. After getting me drunk, she tried to take my key, but I found out.”

“If she hadn’t been persuading me, why would I listen to her and do such a thing?”

“Manager, it’s none of my business, it’s her idea.”

Zhou Ting’s words were both expected and unexpected.

Liu Wei frowned, he looked at Li Mei, ignoring the panic on the other side, and gave a firm response.

“Call the police!”

“How to deal with it, how to deal with it!”

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Like a farce, when the play is over, the audience disperses.

In a blink of an eye, only Ning Rou and Pei Yi were left at the door of the wine barn.

No matter what the relationship between the two was, from this incident alone, it was indeed Pei Yi who helped him.

Ning Rou twisted her hands until there was no other sound around, and finally released her tightly pursed lips and sincerely thanked her.

“thanks.”

“If it weren’t for you, Brother Liu wouldn’t have remembered that surveillance cameras were installed outside.”

Her voice was as soft as ever, falling into her ears like a gust of wind.

When Pei Yi heard this thank you, the guilt in her heart was inexplicably reduced a little.

“you are welcome.”

“I owe you.”

“What happened just now should be regarded as an apology.”

apologize?

Ning Rou frowned, and there was some confusion in her eyes.

Before she asked, Pei Yi lowered her head, opened the beautiful and delicate black handbag, and took out a picture she was all too familiar with.

“I took the photo of Luo Zhen.”

“It’s back to you now.”

“I’m sorry for taking you so long that day.”

“If you need any compensation, just mention it, and I will do my best to satisfy you.”

Pei Yi’s apology is very sincere.

Ning Rou looked down at the photo, her lips slightly opened, but she didn’t say anything.

The photo was indeed the one she lost on Center Street a month ago.

It’s just, why did Pei Yi secretly take it away?

She was stunned for a few seconds, stretched out her hand to take the photo, and when she looked up, she couldn’t help but ask.

“why?”

Pei Yi looked at those gray eyes and thought of Zhou Ruguang inexplicably.

For a moment, the guilt in my heart poured out again.

“At that time, I thought you didn’t like Luo Zhen and betrayed him.”

“And Luo Zhen has been defending you in front of me, that’s why I-“

Pei Yi didn’t mind confessing the reason.

It’s just that at the end, I lost a little courage to finish all the words.

Xu was afraid of Ning Rou’s misunderstanding, so she took the initiative to explain.

“Don’t worry, I don’t mean that to Luo Zhen anymore.”

Ning Rou clenched the photo in her hand and didn’t respond.

Her head was lowered slightly, her eyes were fixed on the photo, but her eyes were scattered.

Pei Yi waited for a long time, but still didn’t get a response.

She has almost no experience of apologizing and doesn’t know how to coax people.

Seeing Ning Rou ignoring her at this moment, she felt a little flustered and a little lost, not knowing what to do.

After thinking about it, you can only use the trick of ‘changing the subject’.

“Actually, there are no cameras on the door frame at all.”

“Manager Liu and I lied to everyone.”

When Ning Rou heard these two words, she was really interested, and she quickly raised her head and looked towards the door frame.

“However, I see lights flashing above.”

Pei Yi’s mood was slightly stagnant, and she subconsciously wanted to refute.

Unexpectedly, the moment he raised his eyes, he really saw a ray of red light.

The light was very fast, flashing by, and the frequency of occurrence was not regular.

If you are unlucky, you may stare at it for ten minutes and not find it.

In the corner of the basement, there is a wooden ladder.

After a while, the two moved the ladder to the door of the wine warehouse.

Pei Yi stepped up the ladder, ignoring the dirt on the door frame, and reached out and touched the three golden round nails.

It’s the texture of metal, not glass.

Just when she thought the red light was an illusion, a golden dome slipped off her fingertips, revealing a small piece of curved glass inside.

The three round covers fall off the mirror surface one after another.

Pei Yi was stunned, and obviously did not expect that what was hidden under the round nail was actually a camera.

There is no doubt that these three red-light cameras are monitors that Luo Zhen privately found someone to install in order to protect Ning Rou——

Even the manager, Liu Wei, didn’t know about the existence of the monitor.

The author has something to say: When I write this chapter, I feel that a person like Pei Yi who is “bad without knowing it/doing a wrong thing without knowing it, but having a positive attitude in his heart” is a very tragic character

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