He stopped, looking at Ye Zhengchen’s car, and exchanged a glance with him through the windshield. Then he turned to me. “Xiao Bing, I’m leaving for another city. Before I go, I have a few words I want to say to you.”
“Go ahead.”
He handed me a bank card. “The money here is yours, returned… Thank you for doing so much for me.”
“I should thank you. I’m the one who wronged you, yet you still helped me hide things from my father…”
Before I could finish, Yin Zhongtian suddenly hugged me. “I’m sorry, Xiao Bing. Let me hug you one last time, like a brother.”
I hesitated because Ye Zhengchen was watching, but just as I was about to push him away, I heard him say, “Ye Zhengchen already told me. He said you were trying to save me, which is why he insulted you… He agreed to marry you for my future…”
“What?!” I pushed Yin Zhongtian away. Why would Ye Zhengchen say this, knowing it would hurt Yin Zhongtian?
“Xiao Bing, you’re too naive,” Yin Zhongtian said. “I never embezzled a single cent or committed any crime. I cooperated with the investigation team, revealing everything I knew. Even without Ye Zhengchen’s help, I wouldn’t have gone to jail. The death penalty was a rumor he spread to deceive you.”
My head buzzed, and the world spun.
I turned back to look at Ye Zhengchen, still sitting in the car, his expression unreadable in the sunlight.
“All of this was planned by him… including this case.”
“Case?” I shook my head in disbelief. “Impossible.”
“You’d never guess that the person in charge is Zheng Wei, Ye Zhengchen’s best friend. He knows every detail from the beginning.”
I wondered what I had done in a past life for fate to be so cruel. Just when happiness seemed close, it was snatched away.
“Why are you telling me this?”
“You have the right to know the truth.”
Truth?! I used to crave it, but now I wanted nothing more than to live in blissful ignorance. I would rather be deceived by Ye Zhengchen than confront the ugly reality.
I looked at Yin Zhongtian expressionlessly. “Don’t tell me… breaking up with me was also forced by him!”
