After all, she was the girl he had been openly in love with for so many years. Even though he saw through her hypocritical facade and his initial affection had faded, he still couldn't help but want to care about her.
“Ji Yan, if you are willing to accept my apology and reconcile with me, I can go to Liang Feifan right away and break off this engagement with him.” Ling Tian was eager to turn things around and hurriedly continued.
"I know everything that happened tonight. I'm sorry to see what happened to you. But I really don't want to be some kind of naive sucker. I suppose it was Liang Feifan who broke off the engagement with you, which is why you turned your attention to me, right?"
Ji Yan closed his eyes in sorrow. Although his tone was very calm, Ling Tian could hear the self-mockery in his words.
She wanted to explain, but didn't know what to say.
After thinking for a long time, I finally decided to take a gamble. "Besides you, I can be considered to have nothing. If you don't want me either, what hope do I have in this world? Rather than living a wretched life, I might as well die."
“Ling Tian, I know you too well. Your will to survive is stronger than most people's, so how could you be willing to die because of such a small setback? Don't joke around, it's getting late, I'm going to sleep.” Ji Yan's lips trembled slightly. After making some mental preparations, he hardened his heart and refused her with a fierce but weak tone.
"Ji Yan, tell me the truth, have you fallen for Ling Mo, that scheming vixen?"
Ling Tian couldn't understand why, even after pleading with him so much, he still wouldn't turn back and reconcile with her.
In Ji Yan's heart, Ling Mo was already a goddess-like figure, like the moon in the sky and the snow on the mountain, pure and noble, beautiful and clean, and he dared not desecrate her in the slightest.
Upon hearing Ling Tian's slander against Ling Mo, Ji Yan's brows furrowed tightly, and his expression turned cold in an instant.
"Unless there's nothing else, don't call me again. Ling Tian, take care of yourself."
"Ji Yan..."
Ling Tian listened to the short busy signal coming from her phone, then collapsed dejectedly into the pouring rain.
Despite the bitterness in his heart, he could no longer shed a single tear.
In the police station, Ling Mo lazily tilted his head, staring intently at Ling Tian, who was disheveled in the heavy rain, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
Only after the police led Ling Yunlong out of the interrogation room did she reluctantly turn her gaze away.
At the same time, when Ling Yunlong saw Ling Mo and Zhan Hanjue who had come with him, his heart skipped a beat, and he sighed inwardly that something bad was about to happen.
Judging from this situation, Ling Mo and Zhan Hanjue have most likely already recognized each other.
In this way, the lies he told back then will also fall apart on their own...
Zhan Hanjue stared coldly at Ling Yunlong, whose eyes were darting around and who looked extremely guilty, and asked angrily:
“You better tell me honestly what exactly happened back then! Why did you set fire to my and Ah Ying’s love nest? Why did you trick her into a contract marriage with you? Why couldn’t you treat her well after you married her?”
Seeing that his scheme had been completely exposed, Ling Yunlong stopped hiding and braced himself, meeting Zhan Hanjue's sharp eyes:
"Want to know why? Then I'll tell you everything."
The main reason I meticulously planned all of this was because of my love for A-Ying. I couldn't win against you, yet I couldn't control my own heart. Helpless, I could only seize the opportunity to get close to her when you weren't around.
To put it bluntly, all of this boils down to one sentence: "I love her."
"If you love her, would you recklessly cheat on her with her best friend? If you love her, would you disregard her feelings and imprison her in a dark and gloomy bedroom?" Zhan Hanjue was particularly indignant, and suddenly swung his fist, punching Ling Yunlong hard in the cheek.
"ah!"
Ling Yunlong hadn't expected Zhan Hanjue to dare attack him so violently in the police station. His hands trembled as he covered his cheekbone, which seemed to have been shattered, and he cried out for help to the police officers nearby.
"Officer, help! Help me!"
Seeing this, Baihu strode forward and blocked the police officers who were rushing over.
After explaining Zhan Hanjue's identity and purpose to the police officer, the officer simply nodded slightly and then turned away, pretending not to have heard Ling Yunlong's cry for help.
"You think anyone can save you? Today, I will personally avenge Ah Ying for what she did back then."
Zhan Hanjue's bloodshot eyes were filled with bone-deep hatred, and his raised fist slammed even harder into Ling Yunlong's face.
Ling Yunlong was beaten and howled in pain.
In utter despair, he turned his gaze to Ling Mo, who stood motionless beside him, watching the spectacle unfold. "Save me! For all these years of kindness in raising me, save me!"
"You still have the nerve to ask for help? If it weren't for you, how could my daughter and I have missed so many years!"
Seeing that Ling Yunlong still dared to ask Ling Mo for help, Zhan Hanjue was furious and kicked Ling Yunlong, breaking two of his ribs.
"hiss--"
Ling Yunlong gasped in pain, curling up on the ground like a boiled shrimp.
To save his life, he forcibly suppressed the resentment and anger in his eyes, feigning ignorance, and asked in return:
"Who told you that Momo is your daughter? Don't be ridiculous. How could I be so kind as to adopt your daughter? I told you seventeen years ago that she was an abandoned baby I picked up from Renhe Hospital."
"Even now, you still dare to lie?"
Zhan Hanjue casually grabbed a police baton and struck Ling Yunlong's knees several times, intending to cripple his legs.
Ling Yunlong groaned in pain, struggling to pull his phone out of his pocket, and hurriedly said:
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