It was almost half past nine when the car arrived at the Left Bank Courtyard.
After parking the car, Meng Sheng walked a short distance towards the elevator and saw a low-key black Bentley parked not far away.
She paused for a second, realizing that Pei Sui had returned.
She put away her phone and went straight upstairs.
In the shoe cabinet outside the door, she indeed saw a pair of familiar black custom leather shoes.
I suddenly felt like a storm was about to come.
She pursed her lips, pushed the door open and walked in. The light in the room was as bright as day, and the air was filled with a bit of coldness.
Pei Sui raised his head when he heard the door open, and the two looked at each other from a distance of eight or nine meters.
"Are you back? Did you go to Deqing Affiliated Hospital?" Pei Sui's voice was a little hoarse, and his eyes looking at her were deep and profound.
"Um."
Meng Sheng responded softly, walked over, and placed her bag on the sofa. The distance between them was reduced to more than a meter. She looked back at him with a calm gaze, but her voice was as gentle and calm as ever, with obvious concern. "Did you drink tonight?"
"No." Pei Sui's lips flattened and his voice lowered, "I lied."
He looked at her eyebrows and slowly added, "There is no dinner tonight. I will be back at eight o'clock."
Meng Sheng was completely stunned by his sudden confession, and his face showed a rare look of confusion.
But after two or three seconds, she came back to her senses, but was speechless, "You..."
"You lied to me too." The hoarseness in Pei Sui's voice gradually faded away, and he returned to his usual coldness.
"You didn't go to the north of the city on Tuesday night. You took a BYD car there the next morning."
Meng Sheng was actually mentally prepared. She guessed it when Yuan Siying said he had looked for her yesterday.
So even though she had so many surging emotions in her heart at this moment, she remained calm and didn't show any sign of distress.
She pursed her lips and sat on the single sofa not far away. In the silence, the air around them froze a little. After a long while, she asked, "Did you see the message Qiao Na sent me last time?"
Pei Sui nodded in acknowledgment, but said nothing.
"How much do you know?"
"Everything." Pei Sui looked at her and said, "I went to Qiming Mental Hospital today."
Meng Sheng was startled for a moment, then took a breath before nodding slightly. She asked with her red lips twitching, "Have you seen Ning Weiwei?"
"I saw it." Pei Sui looked at her with a gradually darkening gaze. "You should know the consequences of this matter. Why didn't you tell me?"
Meng Sheng heard the questioning and anger in his words, pursed his lips, and asked softly, "What are you referring to?"
Pei Sui frowned, clearly dissatisfied with her answer. "What do you think?"
"You think I did something wrong?"
Pei Sui was angered by her nonchalant answer. The anger that he had suppressed for an entire afternoon suddenly found a good outlet and burst out directly.
"Meng Sheng, stop beating around the bush and answer my question directly. Why did you hide such a big thing from me? Do you know what the consequences would be if the police found this clue? Why put yourself in such a risky situation? Is it worth it to sacrifice your own future for Ning Weiwei?"
"So what? This is my own future. What happens to it is all my own choice. Compared to regretting my choice today, I'm more afraid of regretting not sending that bastard Ning Weiwei to hell! Whenever I think of what my mother did to her in the past, it's hard not to hate her. There are even many times when I can't help but want to kill her."
Meng Sheng's originally calm mood was immediately affected by his words. Her voice couldn't help but rise, and her tone became more serious. "I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself. I'm afraid I'll get you in trouble. I don't want you to get wet holding an umbrella for me. Later, I'm even more afraid that you'll blame me and say that I ruined your career and your reputation. I can't bear it. I'd rather get wet by myself than get you involved in this heavy rain."
Pei Sui only felt his throat tightening and his heart seemed to be sinking into the abyss.
He couldn't describe the feeling he had as he listened to her words, only discomfort and a sharp sting.
I couldn't tell whether it was because I felt sorry for her or because she had excluded me.
It seemed as if he felt that his importance in her heart was not as high as those security guards.
He never knew he was so petty, but he felt uncomfortable. Moreover, he felt a little angry because she had hidden such a dangerous thing from him.
This was the first time in 31 years that I felt truly powerless.
"When you were thinking about these things, did you ever ask me what I thought? Maybe it doesn't have to come to this? You said you trusted me, but ended up hiding things from me and lying to me? Even if Ning Weiwei was only sentenced to five years after she went to jail, what would that matter? I'll always find evidence that she murdered your mother..."
"Not enough! Absolutely not enough! Can you guarantee that even if we find her, she'll be sentenced to death? I want her to be executed immediately. Can the law guarantee that? Even if she gets a suspended death sentence, what's the point of being released after a dozen years because of her good behavior in prison?"
At this point, Meng Sheng's eyes were already filled with tears, but he forced himself not to let them fall. His voice was as calm and natural as ever, without even a sob escaping from his lips. "She can live to 55, but my mother will always stay at 55 and will never have the chance to live to 65, so the law alone cannot resolve the hatred in my heart.
You have no idea how good my mother was to her, and you have no idea that compared to her wanting to kill me, the fact that she killed my mother is even more painful to me and I cannot accept it. Only Ning Weiwei's misery can ease the hatred in my heart."
"As a lawyer, you certainly believe in the law, and I do too. But some people aren't human at all, they're beasts, and the law can't truly punish them. I don't want to embarrass you, make you struggle, and betray your professional ethics as a lawyer. Just like now, we're just lovers, and I can't let you bear these unknown risks with me."
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