The door opened, and Li Ying stood in the doorway. Jing Chi felt like he wanted to die. Before he could react, Li Ying rushed into the room, pulled Nan Shiran away, slapped her hard, and then quickly helped Jing Chi put his clothes on.
“Yingying…”
"Don't say anything, I believe you," Li Ying reassured him as she buttoned his shirt.
Nan Shiran laughed coldly: "How naive. Li Ying, you came here after receiving a message from Jing Chi, right? Then tell me, will Aunt Jing and I let you leave here?"
Li Ying buttoned up Jing Chi's clothes, then turned to look at Nan Shiran.
"Using such despicable means to seduce someone else's husband, Nan Shiran, don't you have any shame?"
“You’re the shameless one! Why did you follow Lu Xingzhou to the countryside and go to the flood control front? And you even slept with someone. You’re even more despicable.”
Li Ying knew that it was a stain on her life, but it wasn't what she thought. She had been drinking and was drunk, so she entered the room in a daze. She didn't expect there to be anyone in the room, nor did she expect that the person in the room would do such a thing.
"That was my fault. I was drunk at the time, and I had impure thoughts. It had nothing to do with Li Ying!" Jing Chi confessed.
"Very well, since you love each other so much, I will grant your wish today."
Nan Shiran pulled a pistol from a drawer, pointed it at Li Ying, and said in a menacing voice, "I invited you to watch this show just to lure you into a trap. You finally came. Since you're here, I'll send you away today!"
"Nan Shiran, you've done so many stupid things to achieve your goals. Do you really think you can escape the punishment of the law?"
Li Ying spoke calmly.
Nan Shiran laughed, a wild laugh: "Stop giving me that nonsense. I've escaped countless times already. This time, with Aunt Jing as my witness, I can kill you without paying for it."
Li Ying did not flinch, looking directly into Nan Shiran's eyes, and said calmly, "Nan Shiran, you probably don't know why I dared to come alone, do you?"
Nan Shiran was taken aback: "What do you mean?"
Li Ying smiled faintly: "Do you really think that everything you did was flawless and no one noticed? Or do you think that everyone else is a fool and only you are smart?"
Nan Shiran was immediately flustered and wondered if her plan had been exposed. But that was impossible. Only she and Aunt Jing knew about her plan, and Aunt Jing would never reveal it to anyone.
Li Ying must be trying to scare her with her words.
"Li Ying, stop putting on airs. Is it because you've fallen for their trap and are afraid to face your failure, trying to buy time?"
Li Ying gently shook her head, then turned to Jing Chi and said, "Alright, stop acting."
Nan Shiran was astonished.
Jing Chi had already sat up in bed and was tidying his clothes.
"You weren't poisoned?" Nan Shiran didn't believe it. "That's impossible. I clearly put poison in the house, why weren't you poisoned?"
“Because I took the antidote beforehand.” Jing Chi got off the bed, his eyes deep and dark. “I knew that coming back would not bring good news, but if I didn’t come back, I wouldn’t know what you were planning. So Li Ying and I came up with this plan to take the antidote beforehand.”
After much discussion, the two decided to take the risk and staged this whole charade.
Nan Shiran took a step back, laughing at her own foolishness and self-righteousness.
"I thought I was the heroine in the book, able to control the whole situation, but I never expected it to turn out like this. But so what? Have you ever considered that this is the Jing family!"
A series of footsteps approached, and Nan Shiran knew that Aunt Jing had arrived.
Sure enough, Aunt Jing strode over, accompanied by Leng Yan and several subordinates.
"Aunt Jing, our plan was flawless, but we didn't expect them to have made preparations in advance. Jing Chi wasn't poisoned at all." Nan Shiran was still somewhat disappointed.
If the plan succeeds, she can take Jing Chi away without anyone knowing, bring him back to the Nan family, and have him with her for the rest of his life.
Jing Chi looked at Aunt Jing, his eyes filled with anger and disappointment.
"You keep saying you love me, that I am your life, but what you did was collude with others and then harm me in a heartless and unjust way."
Aunt Jing clenched her fingers, glaring angrily: "Isn't it all because you're obedient! If you were obedient, why would I have collaborated with Nan Shiran to design you?"
"Obey? You want me to live according to your wishes, to live a life I don't like, and that's your reason for wanting your son to obey as a mother?" Jing Chi said angrily.
Aunt Jing was heartbroken.
“Son, the greatest pain in my life was giving birth to you, and it was when I learned you were poisoned that my heart ached and I suffered. I know that no matter how much I resent your father, you are still my son, and I cannot lose you. I tested the medicine on myself to detoxify you. I have done so much for you, yet you only love Li Ying, this is how you treat me?”
Li Ying stood in front of Jing Chi, her face cold and stern, her expression righteous.
"You're using your so-called maternal love to morally blackmail your son. Is this how you act as a mother?"
Aunt Jing pointed at Li Ying's nose: "Shut up! He's my son, he's the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to, he has my blood in him. I gave him life, so he has to listen to me."
Li Ying found it amusing: "Who said that just because you gave birth to him you have the right to control his life? He is a person, not an object, not something you can manipulate at will. Yes, you gave birth to him, you gave him life, he should be grateful to you and repay you, but he should never be a puppet."
“I am also a mother, and I can understand your feelings, but I do not agree with your approach. From the moment a child leaves our bodies, he is a complete individual. He belongs only to himself and can only belong to himself. But you insist on using the gratitude for giving birth to bind your son to yourself. This is not maternal love; it is control.”
Aunt Jing didn't want to listen to Li Ying's fallacies, so she spoke to Leng Yan behind her.
"Don't let this woman say another word, Leng Yan. Your chance to shine has come. Kill her, and I'll give you the antidote!"
Leng Yan, who had been silent all along, slowly pulled out the pistol from his waist and raised it.
"If I kill them, will you give me everything from the Jing family?" Leng Yan pressed.
"If you kill Li Ying, I will give you everything the Jing family owns!" Aunt Jing promised.
“I can help you kill Li Ying, but I have one more question that you must answer honestly!” Leng Yan asked the question he most wanted to know.
"What's the problem? Tell me."
Leng Yan gripped the pistol tightly and said his question, word by word: "You just need to tell me who my biological parents are!"
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