Chapter 72 Hospitalized After Being Beaten

Lin Xiyin had no idea what happened after she left.

She never expected that she would run into Pei Muye while she was with Chi Tianlin.

In fact, Chi Tianlin is right. She is free to associate with whomever she wants and make friends with.

Pei Muye had no right to restrict her.

Especially since the two are getting a divorce.

Ultimately, they just want a divorce, they haven't actually divorced yet.

Put yourself in her shoes. If Lin Xiyin saw Pei Muyi with a woman today, and that woman was someone Lin Xiyin disliked.

Similarly, Lin Xiyin's mood wouldn't be good either.

Lin Xiyin sighed, took a shower, lay in bed, and then sent a message to Chi Tianlin.

She asked: Did you play mahjong again after I left? Did you lose?

Chi Tianlin quickly replied: I lost, I lost terribly. Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?

Lin Xiyin replied: Why should I compensate you?

Chi Tianlin: I lost because you left.

Lin Xiyin: This only shows that you are not skilled enough.

Chi Tianlin: Okay, then when will Teacher Lin teach me?

Lin Xiyin: I'm not kidding anymore. I might be very busy lately and won't have time to have dinner with you.

Not long after Lin Xiyin sent out the message, her phone rang.

Wu Xinyue was taking a shower when Lin Xiyin answered directly, "What's wrong?"

Chi Tianlin said, "Because you ran into Pei Muye today, you don't want to see me anymore?"

Lin Xiyin had to admit that Chi Tianlin was quite perceptive in this regard.

But she certainly couldn't say that: "No, I told you before that I'm very busy. And I'm pregnant, so I try to eat as little food as possible from restaurants."

"They're good at making excuses," Chi Tianlin said. "Is it really not because of Pei Muye?"

Lin Xiyin said, "Do you still doubt my determination to divorce him?"

"I don't doubt you," Chi Tianlin said. "Didn't you see how determined Pei Muyi was to catch them cheating today?"

"What do you mean by catching someone in the act..." Lin Xiyin frowned; "Don't speak so harshly."

“Of course I don’t think that way, it’s Pei Muyi who thinks so,” Chi Tianlin said. “I think he still has feelings for you and won’t easily agree to a divorce.”

Lin Xiyin exclaimed as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world: "How could that be? The person he likes is not me."

“I’m not blind,” Chi Tianlin said. “He definitely has feelings for you.”

Lin Xiyin thought for a moment and said, "Possessiveness, I guess. He's always been domineering, autocratic, and aloof. He doesn't allow others to covet or possess what's his. So it's normal that he gets angry when he sees me with you."

"Really?" Chi Tianlin's voice was tinged with doubt. "Are you sure he doesn't love you?"

“I’m absolutely certain,” Lin Xiyin said. “That’s why I’m divorcing him.”

"And what about you?" Chi Tianlin asked, "He doesn't love you, so do you love him?"

For a moment, Lin Xiyin remained silent.

Chi Tianlin added, "I want to hear the truth."

Lin Xiyin smiled and said, "There's nothing I can't say. He used to be everything to me. But now... he's nothing."

Chi Tianlin smiled and said, "That's good. I won't say anything more. I wish you a smooth divorce."

"Thank you for your kind words."

“However, I don’t agree with the suggestion of not meeting,” Chi Tianlin said. “If we meet, it might provoke Pei Muyi and make him get a divorce sooner.”

Lin Xiyin said, "I don't want to use such methods. Mr. Chi, if you really consider me a friend, please... let's see each other again after my divorce."

"Then I'll wait for your good news about the divorce."

If we don't meet, then we don't meet. But if we do meet, the injury on his face is hard to explain.

"Okay, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiyin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought of what Chi Tianlin had just said.

He said that Pei Muye had feelings for him.

How could that be?

If Pei Muyi had even the slightest feeling for her, she wouldn't be willing to get a divorce.

We've come to this point because we've been heartbroken and repeatedly disappointed.

Therefore, she told Chi Tianlin that Pei Muye was once her everything.

Now, he is nothing.

Lin Xiyin was unaware that after she left, Pei Muye and Chi Tianlin got into a fight.

Pei Muyi was unaware that Lin Xiyin had decided to temporarily refrain from meeting with Chi Tianlin.

Lu Zuofan personally drove Pei Muye home.

On the way, he was very puzzled: "What are you doing? What are your identities? How can you start a fight like this? Especially you, you started it. If Chi Tianlin wants to frame you, it will be hard for you to get away with it."

"What identity?" Pei Muye scoffed. "I'm about to get a divorce, what identity could I possibly have!"

"Fine, let's get a divorce then." Lu Zuofan said, "You think you're lacking in women? There's something I've never asked you: Lianyi is coming back, you know that?"

Pei Muye hummed in agreement.

“I knew you knew!” Lu Zuofan immediately perked up: “Lianyi has been playing with us since we were little. When she comes back, you have to give her a proper welcome.”

Pei Muye hummed in agreement again.

Lu Zuofan glanced at him: "Speaking of which, Qingwan is Lianyi's cousin. When Lianyi was about to go abroad, she specifically asked you to take good care of Qingwan."

Pei Muye simply hummed in agreement.

"You can't speak anymore?" Lu Zuofan asked. "All you can do is 'hmm'?"

Pei Muye looked down out the car window: "What do you want me to say?"

“Speaking of Lianyi, or Qingwan…” Lu Zuofan said, “If you ask me, both of them are more suitable for you than Lin Xiyin. I don’t know why the old man insisted that you marry Lin Xiyin back then. The Lin family can’t offer you any help at all…”

Pei Muye said, "I don't need it. If my business needs a woman's help to do better, what has all my hard work over the years amounted to?"

"It's not that I'm denying your efforts, it's just that sometimes it's easier to work together when you have the best combination of strengths."

“Then I’d rather work harder myself,” Pei Muye said. “I don’t need an arranged marriage.”

"Yes, you have the ability. But if there's a shortcut, who would want to go through all that hardship?"

Pei Muye withdrew his gaze: "Go to the hospital."

Lu Zuofan was taken aback: "Why go to the hospital?"

Pei Muye said, "Just go when I tell you to!"

Lu Zuofan had no choice but to turn left at the intersection: "You were really too impulsive today. Although Chi Tianlin is a scoundrel, we can plan this out. You don't even like Lin Xiyin, so why did you fight with him?"

Pei Muye suddenly scoffed.

Lu Zuofan asked him, "What's wrong?"

Pei Muye asked, "You've dated so many women, have you ever liked any of them?"

“I like them all,” Lu Zuofan said. “Pure, cute, sexy, and radiant—each has its own charm. You just don’t understand.”

“Yes, I don’t understand,” Pei Muye said. “So, you don’t understand me either.”

“We’ve known each other for so many years, how could I not understand you?” Lu Zuofan said. “If you ask me, you should have married Lianyi back then, and there wouldn’t be so many problems now.”

He always looked down on Lin Xiyin because he felt that people like them were best matched with women of equal social standing.

What advantages does Lin Xiyin have besides being good-looking?

To them, beautiful women are everywhere.

Besides, if all else fails, after the marriage, he can do whatever he wants outside; what woman can't he have?

Unfortunately, Pei Muye followed the old man's arrangement and married Lin Xiyin.

After marrying him, he remained chaste and virtuous, without any extramarital affairs whatsoever.

He didn't understand at all.

To be fair, aside from their attitudes toward women, he and Pei Muye got along quite well in other aspects.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have been brothers for so many years.

Anyway, he couldn't understand Pei Muyi's current actions at all.

After taking the person to the hospital, Lu Zuofan went back.

The next morning, Lin Xiyin received a phone call.

It was Pei Muye calling.

Although Pei Muye hadn't contacted her recently, Lin Xiyin still felt a little guilty after seeing him last night.

She answered and asked, "What's up?"

"I'm in the hospital."

The name Pei Muye made Lin Xiyin's heart skip a beat.

"He was beaten by Chi Tianlin."

Lin Xiyin could no longer sit still: "Chi Tianlin hit you?"

Pei Muye hummed in agreement.

Did they get into a fight?

when?

Why didn't Chi Tianlin mention this when I was chatting with him last night?

Moreover, Pei Muye was hospitalized.

Was the fight that intense?

Pei Muye added, "Come here."

Lin Xiyin could only say one thing to Wu Xinyue before driving to the hospital.

Pei Muye posted that the location was a private hospital. Lin Xiyin had heard of it and only knew that it was very expensive. But after going there, she found that it was not a hospital at all, but more like a high-end sanatorium.

It's even prettier than a sanatorium.

Pei Muye's hospitalization was like staying in a presidential suite.

He was lying in bed with bruises on the corner of his mouth.

Lin Xiyin asked him, "Are there any other injuries?"

It's not like you should be hospitalized just because of a bruise on your face.

"Rib fracture."

Lin Xiyin was taken aback: "A fracture?"

Pei Muye looked at her and said, "Yes, you have a fracture."

Lin Xiyin still couldn't believe it: "How could this be..."

“Of course not.” Pei Muyi looked at her, his gaze deep. “Don’t you know what kind of relationship I have with him? Lin Xiyin, we’re not divorced yet, and you’re already so eager to go to his side?”

"He and I are just ordinary friends!"

“I told you, he could never be a true friend to you. His only purpose in being with you was to humiliate me. And clearly, he did just that yesterday.”

"That's not how it is..."

"Then give me one reason why he insists on being friends with you. You are the wife of his mortal enemy, with no business dealings or family ties. Why do you think he would want to be friends with you?"

Lin Xiyin couldn't say it.

Because she knew that Chi Tianlin had indeed had ulterior motives when he first approached her.

This is something that Chi Tianlin himself admitted.

But what about now?

Chi Tianlin said he really wanted to be friends with her. Was it really that pure?

Lin Xiyin didn't know.

Pei Muye looked at her: "I just don't want you to be deceived."

Lin Xiyin looked down at him: "So what? What do I have that's worth him lying about?"

“Lin Xiyin!” Pei Muye frowned. “Why can’t you understand? A person like him is always calculating in everything he does!”

"I understand," Lin Xiyin said. "Since you have a fracture, you should rest and recover."

"Are you leaving?" Pei Muye said, "These past few days, you've been taking care of me at the hospital..."

Lin Xiyin said directly, "You want a pregnant woman to take care of you? Or can't you afford a caregiver?"

"I'm injured, and it's probably related to you, isn't it? You can stay here and do nothing, just keep me company."