Chapter 139 Xiaoyue committed suicide
It was finally quiet outside the door. Qi Siwei was like a walking corpse with her soul drained out. She didn't even have the desire to say a word.
She didn't know how she ended up in such a hell. There was no light, no hope, only endless shackles from which there was no escape.
He finally got up, and his clothes rustled as he dressed. Qi Siwei turned to face the bed and curled up into a ball.
The dark shadow tidied himself up, and this time he did not leave quickly, but turned back to look at him, with a complicated mood in his mind.
As a child, he lived in the deep mountains and endured many days of darkness, which gave him extraordinary vision.
She was like a frightened rabbit. His heart was slightly moved, but before he could figure out what that feeling was, it was suppressed again.
Whatever that feeling is, it shouldn't exist.
He could not sympathize with a person who had destroyed his family, and he just said coldly: "If you want your family to survive, you must protect your own life. Otherwise, if you die, I will let your family reunite with you in the underworld."
The window was closed again, Qi Siwei slowly got up, and only a dim candle was burning in the room.
She had to clean up the mess left after the madness without leaving any trace of it.
After packing everything up, she soaked herself in the cooled bathtub.
This was a habit she had developed since that man appeared. Because she didn't know when he would come, she would always ask the maid to clean the bathtub the next day.
The cool water cleared her cloudy mind a little.
A strong sense of grievance surged in my heart, but it did not turn into tears. It seemed to be blocked and accumulated in my heart.
Such a secretive life made her live in fear. Qi Siwei suddenly wanted to get married. Once she married into the Jiang family, she would have the opportunity to end all this.
As long as she marries him, she will be a member of the Jiang family, and even after death she will be a ghost of the Jiang family.
This also fulfills my father's wish to get close to Jiang Jie.
This might be the last thing she could do for the Qi family.
**
Ruan Chenglin's family had been locked up in the Ministry of Justice's prison for several days. Now the family sat together on straw mats, looking depressed.
At first, Zheng Qiaohui would make a noise from time to time, clamoring to see the Ruan family, to see Ruan Qinghuan, to see the prime minister... But no matter how she made a noise, no one paid any attention, and over time she became quiet.
"The Pei family is really a piece of shit. When Xiaoyue married, our Ruan family gave her such a generous dowry, but they were still not satisfied and wanted to have sex with her." Zheng Qiaohui said with tears falling down her eyes. "Now we have also been persecuted and sent to prison. It has been several days, and my eldest brother didn't even come to visit. He really doesn't care about family affection."
"Mom, don't say that. My uncle's family cares about us, and so does my grandmother. When I went back from the last banquet, my grandmother knew that my sister was not doing well, and she also said that if she wanted to divorce, she would support her."
Ruan Chenglin raised his eyelids when he heard this, it was too late to say anything now.
Zheng Qiaohui retorted: "That's easy to say. I think it's obvious that he had heard about the Pei family's trouble a long time ago, but he didn't tell us the truth."
As soon as she finished speaking, she was slapped. Ruan Chenglin was annoyed by her quarrels: "How dare you say that? If you hadn't insisted on marrying Xiaoyue to Pei Chong, would this have happened?"
"Now that something has happened, how can you say that you want to blame all the problems on your elder brother and his wife?"
Zheng Qiaohui was frightened by Ruan Chenglin's beating and dared not talk back. However, she was unwilling to accept the result and glared at her daughter Xiaoyue angrily.
It's because she is useless and chose the wrong person.
"Fortunately, the Prime Minister protected Qingchi, otherwise he would have suffered in prison at such a young age." Ruan Xiaorou was exhausted and advised: "Stop arguing, I believe Sister Qinghuan will find a way to save us."
**
For several days, Ruan Xiaoyue didn't say a word. She just leaned against the cell door and looked up at the light coming in from the window high above.
She was not even twenty years old, but her life had already reached a dead end.
Ever since I was sent to prison, I have been thinking about the past from time to time, and then I realized that I was not only blind, but also blind in my heart.
When the banquet was held at the Prince's Mansion, Ruan Qinghuan gave her advice, saying that Pei Chong was not someone who could be trusted, and asked her to consider it carefully.
Later, she reminded herself that Pei Chong wanted to take the Ruan family's money, but she thought Ruan Qinghuan was deliberately trying to sow discord between them.
And why didn't she just cut the Gordian knot when her grandmother advised her to divorce that night? Why did she have to wait until Pei Chong used all means to target Qing Chi?
This time Qing Chi was lucky enough to escape danger because he was protected by Senior Xu.
But what if Senior Xu didn’t come that night?
She didn't dare to think further.
I just quietly looked outside, from the first rays of the sun to the dazzling light, then to the setting sun and the cold moonlight...
Dad, Mom and Xiaorou were all asleep. She looked at the people sleeping on the straw mat and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
Her family went to jail because of her. She was the main culprit for all this.
She reached down gently and picked up the broken pieces of porcelain bowl that she had hidden in advance.
The moonlight shines on the rough porcelain pieces, giving off a cold glow.
Ruan Xiaoyue raised her eyes to look at the window, then lifted her sleeves. Her hand holding the porcelain piece trembled slightly, casting a shadow on her wrist.
There was no sound when the sharp porcelain pieces scratched her skin. The pain made her bite her lips tightly, but her hands did not stop moving.
Ruan Xiaoyue used to be very afraid of pain and even more afraid of leaving scars, but now, these don't seem to matter.
She just wanted to end it all, end the disaster she had brought to her family, and end her own ridiculous life.
**
Since Qingzhou left, Ruan Qinghuan often went home to accompany her grandmother. Recently, because Zimo stayed at Ruan's house, his parents-in-law also often visited the Ruan family.
In the carriage, Meng Suqiu looked at her daughter-in-law who had lost weight, and said distressedly, "Qinghuan, now that something like this has happened to the second branch of the Ruan family, we know you are worried. Why don't you and He'an stay at your parents' home first and come back after the matter is settled."
The second branch of the Ruan family was thrown into jail. Most people would be scared to death if faced with such a thing, but she was able to deal with it so calmly, which showed her rare character.
"No need, mother. As soon as I get home, my mother will drive me back home. I will just go back to take a look and return if nothing else happens."
He'an has been very busy recently because Jiang Jie suddenly asked for leave from the emperor to prepare for his marriage. As a result, the Pei family's case was handed over to He'an for trial.
When Meng Suqiu heard this, she knew her in-laws' concerns and stopped trying to persuade them.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Ruan's house. As soon as I got off the car, I saw my parents running out in panic. It was obvious that something big had happened.
Seeing his daughter, Ruan Chengfu suddenly became more confident and stepped forward to hold Ruan Qinghuan: "Something happened, something happened."
Seeing this, Meng Suqiu advised: "Father-in-law, please tell me clearly what happened."
Zhou Yunzhi pushed the hesitant Ruan Chengfu aside and said, "Just now, someone from the Ministry of Justice came and said that Xiaoyue committed suicide because she couldn't bear the pain."
Ruan Qinghuan: “…”