Chapter 181

Feng Peipei's expression froze: "No, it's impossible. How did you know..."

"You can peek at my medical records, but I'll definitely find a way to get yours."

Long after Feng Peipei drugged him, he obtained Feng Peipei's confirmed case through Zhou Hongsheng's means. It was written in black and white, which was much more credible than her empty words.

The corners of Shi Ye's mouth slowly raised into a malicious arc, a side of him that Jiang Zhinian had never seen before: "I remember that you are an orphan... Believe it or not, I can send you to a mental hospital at any time."

Feng Peipei stepped back in horror, muttering softly, "No, it's impossible. You're lying to me. You can't do it. You're scaring me, aren't you?"

Shi Ye lowered his eyes and looked at Feng Peipei with the eyes of a superior without any mercy, as if he was looking at a dispensable piece of trash: "You can try and see if I will let you go."

"You monster, you're sick." Feng Peipei saw a certain certainty in Shi Ye's eyes, which made her realize that he really had a way to send her in. "No, you can't lock me up."

"Why can't I? Remember what you said just now? Orphans, without anyone to support them, are destined to be bullied." His eyes grew colder and colder. The incandescent lights in the corridor were already dim, sometimes brighter and sometimes dim. In this bleak light, Shi Ye's expression was even more frightening. "Once I send you in, who do you think will come to pick you up?"

It was not until this moment that Feng Peipei truly felt the fear. She could not utter a word and could only stare at Shi Ye with trembling lips.

Shi Ye sneered and was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly a feeling of being watched came to his mind. With a bad premonition, he slowly raised his head and saw Jiang Zhinian standing by the railing with a panicked look on his face.

"She knows everything."

"He found out."

A sentence flashed through the minds of both of them at the same time, and it seemed as if they were nailed to the spot, unable to move.

After a long while, Shi Ye walked up the stairs and gently held Jiang Zhinian's arm: "Are you here to see me?"

Jiang Zhinian came back to his senses and tried to quickly cover up the topic: "Ah, yes, I wanted to ask if you wanted to have dinner together. I just got here and saw that you seemed to be talking about something, so I didn't go downstairs."

She originally wanted to add that she didn't hear what you were saying, but she felt that it would only make things more obvious. During this period of hesitation, Feng Peipei came to her senses and started to drag others into the matter.

"Jiang Zhinian, your husband is sick, mentally ill, he is a devil, Jiang Zhinian, you should leave him as soon as possible."

Jiang Zhinian turned around and saw Feng Peipei standing at the bottom of the stairs looking at her. She felt a little complicated. She really didn't know that Feng Peipei actually had schizophrenia...

So, does the dean’s mother also know about this?

She remembered that when she was a child, every time a parent came to adopt a child, the director’s mother would not bring Feng Peipei out. So, was this really the reason?

Feng Peipei realized that there was sympathy in Jiang Zhinian's eyes when she looked at her, and she couldn't help but feel angry. What she couldn't accept the most was Jiang Zhinian's sympathy, which made her even more painful: "Jiang Zhinian, why are you looking at me like that? Are you feeling sorry for me? Put away your hypocritical face, I don't need your pity. You know, I hate you the most in the welfare home."

She wanted to say some more vicious words to attack Jiang Zhinian, but she was frightened by Shi Ye's eyes and choked, unable to open her mouth.

Shi Ye retracted his gaze and patted Jiang Zhinian's arm: "Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria to eat first."

Jiang Zhinian took one last look at Feng Peipei's belly, nodded, and followed Shi Ye out of the stairwell.

The atmosphere was a little silent and awkward for a moment.

"How did the operation go?" He was asking about Xiaoyu's operation, which was a good topic.

"It's not over yet. The director's mom is watching over there. I'm going to take her place for dinner later."

"Pack up a meal for a while, otherwise there will be nothing to eat if it's too late."

"good."

The two walked towards the cafeteria arm in arm, as if nothing had happened.

…

Xiaoyu's operation was successful. Jiang Zhinian accompanied him back to the ward and sat beside him, waiting patiently for him to wake up.

"Dean Mom...you know about Pepe's situation, right?"

"What, thing?"

Jiang Zhinian tapped his head with his hand.

The director's mother was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "You already know everything... Pepe... Her mother was a homeless woman I rescued when I was young. Because she had a child, she was sent to the orphanage. Not long after she arrived, she suddenly became ill, ran into the middle of the street, and died."

Since then, she has always felt a little guilty towards Pepe, but she didn't dare to really let her be adopted by someone else, for fear that she would inherit her mother's problems and harm others in the future.

Jiang Zhinian sat quietly, thinking about his own things, and didn't say anything else.

…

When he returned home in the evening, Shi Ye went to the kitchen to wash his hands and cook as usual, but Jiang Zhinian was a little absent-minded.

She looked up information in the afternoon and learned that Feng Peipei's "schizophrenia" is a disease that may be inherited. What about Shi Ye's problem? Could it also be... inherited?

This conjecture made her uneasy.

After dinner, Shi Ye wanted to go to the kitchen to cut fruit, but Jiang Zhinian grabbed his arm.

"Shi Ye, I have something to tell you."

Shi Ye sighed softly, turned around and looked at Jiang Zhinian: "Go ahead."

"That is, your problem...is it hereditary?"

Shi Ye stood at the kitchen door, with the bright yet cold incandescent light of the kitchen behind him and the warm yet dim light of the corridor in front of him. In this interweaving of half light and half darkness, Shi Ye's expression gradually faded.

"Asperger's is considered a type of autism spectrum disorder, but it's not exactly the same and it's not hereditary."

"Then your father..."

"He's kind of a sociopath, so maybe that has something to do with it. But I have two half-brothers and a half-sister, and we're all just normal people."

The incidence of Asperger's disease is extremely low, and his case is a very mild one. Apart from emotional disorders, all other aspects are normal and have little impact on his daily life.

As far as he knew, one of his freckled brothers had a child and everything was normal so far.

Jiang Zhinian breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest: "It's good that it's not hereditary."

"If it's hereditary, I won't let you give birth to this child."

Jiang Zhinian heard "anger" in Shi Ye's tone for the first time, and couldn't help but feel a little flustered. In the past, when they were together, Shi Ye was like the sea, always tolerant and gentle to her.

But this time, she truly felt Shi Ye's emotions.

"Shi Ye, that's not what I meant..."