Chapter 6 Chapter 6 "The climax is coming! Showdown, no more pretense! ...
In front of the big screen of the underworld live broadcast, the audience ghosts were discussing——
"Hey, this man is so disgusting!"
"Oh my god, No. 037's mother is so miserable..."
"Just now, when I heard her say that it's troublesome to persuade her daughter to be beautiful, I was quite angry. Why can't she empathize with her daughter? But if she has experienced this, then I can understand her saying this... Of course, she is still not a competent mother in some aspects, as she said herself."
"That's what I was saying. How could he possibly win over such a beautiful woman simply by relying on a face after plastic surgery? She must have seen many handsome men since she was a child. She can't be so superficial. I didn't expect there was such a hidden story..."
"I'm really going to feel sick. Even though I don't need to eat as a ghost and there's nothing to vomit, Li Ming is so vicious. He could have come up with such a vicious method decades ago. If the woman was a little weaker, he would have forced her to death!"
"Um, I'm speechless. Does No. 037's mother trust her father so much? She didn't notice anything wrong for all these years. Judging from the situation, if she had suspected it earlier, she would have easily found it..."
"You sound like you think it's all her mother's fault for trusting her disgusting father too much. I'm speechless too. Is it her fault that she didn't realize the man next to her is so vicious? Before you criticize the good guys for being too kind, can you please criticize the bad guys for being too insidious?"
"But from a precautionary perspective, one should still be cautious and a little suspicious, especially when someone suddenly approaches you and makes obvious overtures."
"But if they're truly a good person, they'd probably feel bad if they were suspected, so it's really hard to gauge the degree of suspicion. The mother of girl No. 037 was too young back then. In fact, judging by her complete trust in Li Ming for so many years, we can tell she truly is a very pure person. Her family is truly wealthy and doesn't care about material needs. Back then, she was slandered and made a fool of herself, and Li Ming happened to appear at that time to accompany her. With both her parents dead, her grandparents sick, and having to drop out of school to work, it's truly a tragedy that evokes sympathy. It's no surprise she was tricked into this."
"Tsk, with a son-in-law like Li Ming, didn't Miss No. 037's grandparents try to stop their daughter back then? If only they had done some more research..."
"Just check it out if you say so. This isn't a novel. Do you think it's that easy to check someone's background?"
"Hahahaha, ten minutes. I want all the information about this person~"
"I don't know how long ago that girl No. 037 died, but even if she died recently, this must have happened at least 20 or 30 years ago when her parents were young. Back then, many things weren't connected to the internet, and taking a picture required going to a photo studio. It wasn't as easy as finding someone's photo now. Li Ming was willing to borrow money and get plastic surgery just to get close to Ah Ying. I guess he's hiding everything he can from the past..."
"Yeah, and Li Ming doesn't seem to have any relatives on his side. At least he hasn't introduced them to my wife's side. It's not surprising that he hasn't been exposed. But it does show that he's quite lucky..."
"Damn, why does this kind of rubbish have such good luck? Even the plastic surgery thing is so unfair!"
"Because there's no limit to the amount of scumbags out there, they're willing to 'take risks'. A few lucky ones, like Li Ming, have managed to scam people for decades, but he's now been exposed. Many more probably never succeeded at all, and some have even been sent to prison."
"I feel like the world is falling on girl No. 037. Her expression... well, to be honest, I can't tell her expression right now, but her tears are quite obvious."
"Hey, didn't the extradition officer just say that No. 037's father initially wanted to take revenge on her mother, but gave up after he became her gigolo? I don't think I heard her parents mention that part just now."
"I don't know if her mother has found out herself. If she hasn't, her father will definitely not confess. When he was found out about the plastic surgery just now, his first reaction was to say 'I just love you too much' to shirk responsibility. He didn't even mention the time when he schemed against her marriage."
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Inside the extradition office, No. 037 looked at the picture of his parents on Zhiyin's wall with tears in his eyes: "How could my father be such a person..."
In the image on the wall, Qi Ying was also questioning Li Ming: "How could you lie to me for so long with such a clear conscience?"
Li Ming still knelt in front of Qi Ying and didn't get up. He denied it frantically: "No, I didn't! Ah Ying, I didn't do what you said!"
"I... yes, I had plastic surgery. I was afraid you would dislike me so I kept it a secret from you. I was wrong about this, but Ah Ying, I loved you so much back then. I took the risk of having plastic surgery just to be able to stand up straight in front of you. I just wanted you to like me. I would never hurt you!"
"That bastard Sun Daqi told you all this, didn't he? You can't believe him, Ah Ying. He's not my good brother. He's been blackmailing me with my plastic surgery for years. If you don't believe me, I'll show you our chat history. In all our chats, he only asked me for money, and I gave him money, without even saying a word..."
Qi Ying looked at Li Ming's defense with cold eyes.
Li Ming swallowed his saliva and continued, "I met him while working part-time. After the plastic surgery, I completely cut off contact with everyone I knew. It was only when I saved you that I ran into him again. He originally wanted to teach me a lesson for being such a hero and saving the damsel in distress, but somehow, by sheer luck, he actually recognized me from my name, age, and the scar on my hand from moving rebar!"
"He's been threatening me all these years. If I don't give him money, he'll tell you about my plastic surgery. I know it's not a good idea to keep being blackmailed, but I really don't want you to hate me. Plus, he seems afraid of pushing me too far, so he doesn't ask for much. So many years have passed like this..."
"Until a few days ago, he asked me for money again, but our little treasure just passed away, and I was in no mood to pay attention to him. He must have deliberately framed me because of this! Ah Ying, don't believe him..."
"Aying, apart from the plastic surgery and the blackmail he inflicted on me, I've never squandered anything else over the years. I only loved you as a person, not your family's money. I really haven't harmed you in any way. You can hit me or scold me, but don't doubt my love for you!"
Qi Ying closed her eyes in despair: "Do you think that since it happened so long ago and Sun Daqi is the only one who said it, and there's no other evidence, you're betting that I'll believe your excuses?"
"Aying, I didn't... I'm not trying to quibble, I'm telling the truth!" Li Ming said quickly, "We've been married for so many years, you know me best. You can't believe Sun Daqi's one-sided words. Besides, he once blocked you in an alley, and I saved you. You can't believe him and not me!"
Qi Ying said sadly, "If I knew what kind of person you were, I wouldn't have been kept in the dark for so long, and our little treasure wouldn't have thought it was all bad luck or a genetic mutation until he died..."
Hearing this, Li Ming cried out, "Aying, Aying, I know Xiaobao's passing is a huge blow to you, but it's also a huge blow to me. Xiaobao is my daughter too! If I could do it all over again, even if you kicked me out, I would tell Xiaobao the truth. It's not her bad luck, it's not her fault, it's all my fault... I'm willing to give my life to get Xiaobao back!"
Qi Ying shook her head: "What's the point of saying this now... I can't live with you anymore, let's get a divorce."
Li Ming was struck by lightning: "Aying!"
Then he quickly adjusted himself, tried to hold Qi Ying's hand again, and pleaded, "Divorce is fine, Aying. I lied to you. I'll accept any outcome as long as you're comfortable. But Aying, I can't admit to something I didn't do. If you want to divorce me because you believed Sun Daqi's words and think I was the one who secretly harmed you, then wouldn't that only make your loved ones sad and your enemies happy?"
"Aying, Xiaobao is gone, but we still have two sons. One is thirty and the other is twenty-seven. They just lost their little sister, and now their parents want to divorce. What do you think they will think..."
"The eldest son is planning to marry his girlfriend. We've all met that girl and her parents. If we divorce now, our future in-laws will inevitably be worried. What if they don't agree to let their daughter marry our eldest son because of this? Our son will be so upset. Ah Ying, can you please think about it again..."
Qi Ying shook off Li Ming's hand and said word by word, "Okay, then no divorce."
Li Ming was about to act ecstatic when Qi Ying continued, "Then let's call the police and report Sun Daqi for blackmailing you for so many years and so much money, okay?"
Li Ming's smile froze on his face.
Qi Ying: "See if Sun Daqi still insists in front of the police, claiming that the money you gave him was his legitimate 'dividends'. After all, it was he who helped you with the plastic surgery and spread rumors about me. He feels quite aggrieved that he saved the beauty and made you the hero, while he became the clown..."
"Li Ming, you know what? I discovered Sun Daqi through your transfer records. I went to Sun Daqi to question him about the truth of that year. Sun Daqi probably felt that you were exposed and that he would no longer be able to get the money from you. So, in order to get the money I promised him, he said everything. Now you think there is no evidence, so you are stubbornly denying it. Are you betting that I will be convinced by you?"
"Do you know what Sun Daqi said that disgusted me?"
Qi Ying said with disgust and pain, "He said, if he had known I was so easy to deceive, he shouldn't have given you this opportunity to climb up the social ladder. It's not as good as asking for money from you as it is to be my husband..."
Li Ming gritted his teeth. Even though Qi Ying had already seen that he was refusing to admit it, he still had to continue pretending. And what if... After all, after so many years of relationship, didn't he know how soft-hearted Qi Ying was...
"Aying, it's really not me. It's Sun Daqi who is trying to sow discord between us. He is jealous that I can get your favor. He always likes to say how lucky I am these years..." Li Ming said.
Qi Ying asked coldly, "Since he's making this up, why don't we just trust the police's interrogation skills and call the police to clear your name? Why did you resist calling the police just now? Anyway, I know about your plastic surgery now. Wouldn't it be better to send Sun Daqi, who has been blackmailing you for so many years, to jail?"
Li Ming defended himself: "Aying, I just think that family disgrace should not be made public, and Xiaobao just passed away, and everyone has been very tired recently..."
"Yes, there have been so many things, so there is no need for one more. How about this, if after calling the police, it is found out that Sun Daqi was just using your plastic surgery to threaten you, and that you two had conspired to scheme against me back then, then I will not care that you deceived me with plastic surgery for so many years, and we will not divorce, okay?" Qi Ying asked sarcastically.
Li Ming pursed his lips tightly. "I... Ah Ying, to be frank, you still don't want to believe me. Isn't my love for you the best proof? After so many years of relationship, can you please believe in your own feelings..."
"Enough, enough, Li Ming!" Qi Ying was a little overwhelmed when she saw that he still refused to tell the truth and reveal his true face. "I've already said it all, Sun Daqi told me everything! Why haven't you realized it yet? Why are you still using love to disgust me... Didn't you want revenge on me in the beginning? You've been pretending for so long that you really think you're a love saint who's only devoted to love?"
Li Ming's prepared defense was stuck in his throat.
At this point, Li Ming finally accepted that Qi Ying was serious about "divorce" and it was not just a casual outburst of anger.
After all, Qi Ying didn't just learn these things from Sun Daqi, but she didn't get angry when she first learned about it. Even before Xiaobao's funeral ended today, Qi Ying's attitude towards him was still "normal."
So she had made the decision in advance and was just revealing it now.
Since that was the case, Li Ming finally stopped making excuses and denying things. He stood up from the carpet and said to Qi Ying, "Okay, since you don't care about our past relationship, then I don't need to bother trying to coax you anymore."
Qi Ying watched his expression change, and for a moment she didn't feel disappointed.
In front of the big screen of the underworld live broadcast, the ghosts in the audience became excited——
"Here it comes! The climax is coming! No more pretending!"
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