Seeing Mom ignoring them, Dudu immediately adhered to the principle of “When you make a woman angry, you must make up immediately,” reached out his chubby little fingers and poked Mom’s foot, “Mom, Mom…”
Yu Shanshan was tickled by him, pulled her foot back under the blanket, hummed, closed her eyes and said, “Don’t touch me, Pangpang! I don’t want to talk to you!”
Dudu pouted, then climbed to the head of the bed and gently pulled Yu Shanshan’s hair, innocently shifting the blame: “Mom, it’s Dad’s fault, Dad is not good! It’s not my fault, just ignore Dad, I’m still your good baby, don’t ignore me.”
Yuan Long: … Is it really okay to blame Dad who just gave you the red envelope? Doesn’t your conscience hurt?
Yu Shanshan squinted at the shameless chubby kid in front of her, and said angrily, “You’re not a good baby, just as bad as your dad. You were just making fun of me earlier, don’t think I’ve forgotten!”
Dudu instantly regretted his moment of triumph and teasing Mom about her red envelope not being as thick as his own. Now he had made Mom angry again. Mom was so petty, it was difficult to cheer her up. It was exhausting to cheer her up every time.
After some thought, Dudu leaned in and kissed Yu Shanshan’s cheek where the gauze covered, but felt that he didn’t kiss the skin sincerely enough, so he kissed Yu Shanshan’s eyes and nose that were exposed outside the gauze again, and said in a childish voice, “Mommy, I kiss you, I love you, don’t be angry, okay~”
This chubby kid actually learned to sell meng to seek forgiveness! But except for his dad, she could resist all other male charms.
At that moment, Yu Shanshan glanced at him disdainfully and said, “Chubby, you kissed me with saliva all over your face, I’m even more angry now!”
“Mom is petty!” Dudu pouted, patting his chubby thighs. This mom was so hard to please, it was too much, kissing wasn’t even enough! I won’t talk to her anymore!
So the mother and son ignored each other and stepped on each other, and the hospital room temporarily fell into a cold war.
Yuan Long rubbed his nose, not commenting on the childish mother and son, deciding to go out for a while to let the mother and son settle their differences on their own.
So he took his phone and went to the corridor to call his grandfather to wish him a happy new year, and also to tell him about the situation here, so that the old man wouldn’t worry. After making the call, he also called his parents and aunt and uncle to say a New Year greeting.
After making the call, Yuan Long returned to the hospital room, only to find that the mother and son, who had been cold-shouldering each other before the call, had reconciled completely in the short ten minutes he was away. At this moment, they were happily watching the Spring Festival Gala together, just in time to see a funny sketch. The mother and son laughed heartily together.
Dudu covered his mouth and said, “Mom, this uncle is so funny!”
Yu Shanshan said, “Haha, yes, I also think this person is really funny…”
Yuan Long chuckled. He knew that the mother and son would never be at odds for more than ten minutes. This time, it was probably the chubby son sacrificing his own red envelope to please his mother.
The mother and son happily watched the gala for two hours, and by the time it was eleven o’clock , Dudu was so tired that his eyelids were fighting, and he gradually fell asleep next to Yu Shanshan’s pillow.
Seeing this, Yuan Long picked him up and put him on the nearby bed to sleep, covered him with a blanket, and kissed him on the forehead, whispering, “Son, Happy New Year!”
Dudu, who was sound asleep, smacked his lips, as if dreaming of something delicious.
Yuan Long went to the bathroom to get hot water, used a towel to gently wipe Dudu’s face and feet, then went to change the water to take care of his wife.
Yu Shanshan closed her eyes and said nothing, letting him wipe her face and feet.
Yuan Long kissed her on the lips and looked at this petty woman who hadn’t looked at him all night, smiling and asking, “Are you really angry with me?”
Yu Shanshan remained silent. She wasn’t angry with the chubby son anymore, but this bad man couldn’t be let off so easily. How dare he treat her and the chubby son differently? The chubby son got so many red envelopes, but she got so few. Did it even have two hundred yuan inside?
Sure enough, when a husband is married, he doesn’t know how to cherish anymore… Men are all big pigs!
Seeing her increasingly angry face, Yuan Long smiled, and then calmly opened the red envelope that hadn’t been touched all night in front of her, shook it in front of her, “Don’t you want to see how much money is inside? At least it’s my token of affection.”
Yu Shanshan was furious, opening her eyes to glare at him.
Yuan Long chuckled, seeing that she was about to explode, he leisurely opened the red envelope in front of her, slowly pulling out a… necklace.
The diamond at the bottom of the necklace sparkled brightly under the light, almost blinding Yu Shanshan’s eyes.
Shanshan widened her eyes in disbelief as she looked at the necklace, then at him.
“It’s not money, is it? It’s actually a diamond necklace?” Yuan Long slowly put the necklace around Shanshan’s neck, then lightly tapped her nose, ‘silly girl, did you really think I would only give you that little red envelope? Your husband still has a strong survival instinct, how could I dare to do such a thing?”
Shanshan’s anger disappeared in an instant, replaced by tears as she looked at him affectionately, calling out, “Husband, you’re so good to me.”
Yuan Long leaned down with his hands on her face, his lips almost touching hers, asking softly, “Are you still angry?”
Shanshan immediately shook her head. If it weren’t for her head injury, she would have shaken it like a rattle drum.
“Do you like the New Year’s gift I gave you?” Shanshan changed her head shake to a nod. She liked it, she liked it very much.
“Then how will you thank your husband?”
Shanshan immediately puckered her lips to kiss him, but unfortunately, she was just a little too far away, and she immediately became anxious, “Oh, lower your head a bit, I can’t reach you.”
Seeing her eager to kiss him, Yuan Long chuckled and said, “Wife, Happy New Year.” Then, he took the initiative to lower his head, fiercely pressing his lips against hers, sucking hard. For a moment, the quiet hospital room was filled only with the sound of their kissing.
At that moment, the clock outside struck twelve, and the new year arrived.
—
After staying in the hospital for half a month, Shanshan returned home to recuperate. Since Yuan Long had to work, he couldn’t stay at home to take care of her, so Grandpa Yuan had Aunt Lian come over to take care of mother and son. With Aunt Lian’s help, Shanshan and Dudu were well taken care of, and her injuries healed quickly.
Meanwhile, there was news from the police that Yu Ziqi had been arrested at Haicheng Airport and was now being escorted to the capital public security bureau for investigation.
Due to the Yuan family’s attention, the capital public security bureau attached great importance to the case and quickly interrogated Yu Ziqi.
The result of the interrogation was consistent with the initial speculation. According to Yuziqi’s confession, she sought help from Shanshan but was rejected, which fueled her hatred and desire for revenge. She claimed to have no accomplices and to have conceived the plan on her own.
After repeated questioning and investigation by the police, the conclusion reached was that Yu Ziqi’s actions were motivated by personal revenge.
Upon hearing the results of the interrogation, Yuan Long frowned and rushed back to the capital overnight to request a conversation with Yu Ziqi. The detective in charge of the case was Yuan Long’s childhood friend, so he allowed Yuan Long to talk to Yu Ziqi alone.
The police brought Yu Ziqi back to the interrogation room.
At this point, Yu Ziqi no longer had the glamorous appearance she once had. The half-month of fugitive life had left her physically and mentally exhausted, and repeated interrogations after being caught had made her psychologically unstable. At this moment, her face was pale, her hair unkempt, and dark circles under her eyes, indicating that she was going through a difficult time. But there was no sympathy for her.
With her hands in handcuffs, Yu Ziqi avoided eye contact with Yuan Long when she saw him.
Yuan Long silently scrutinized her for a while before speaking, “Someone instigated you to retaliate against Shanshan, didn’t they?”
Yuziqi pursed her lips and spoke with resentment and dissatisfaction, “No, I did it on my own. I’ve always resented Shanshan. Why should she, my sister, live such a good life while I suffer? I had no choice but to beg her, but she humiliated me. Since I had nowhere else to go, I decided to drag her down with me before I died!”
Yuan Long didn’t believe her words at all. After she finished speaking, he spoke again, “How much did the person behind you promise you? Did they promise to ensure your safety in prison and get you out quickly?”
Yuziqi shouted, “I already said no one instructed me! How long are you going to interrogate me? Otherwise, tell me who you want me to confess, and I’ll confess! Are you satisfied now?”
Yuan Long’s tone remained unchanged, “Did they promise to pay off all your debts and solve all your current troubles after you get out of prison?”
Yuziqi’s pupils shrank, and she turned her head away angrily, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Not sure what I’m talking about?” Yuan Long smiled and added, “Did they even promise to give you money when you get out of prison, allowing you to leave the country and live freely overseas? No one will ever catch you, no one will ever scold you again, and you can live the life you want?”
Yuziqi’s eyes twitched violently, looking at Yuan Long in confusion, not understanding why he would say such things. Was he deliberately testing her or did he really know something?
Yuan Long patiently waited for her response, not saying a word until she became increasingly panicked and confused.
“I believe the conditions offered to you by the other party were very tempting, making you reluctant to confess. But let me tell you, no matter how many benefits they promised you, I will make sure none of them come true!”
“Do you want to get out of prison quickly? Impossible. I will make sure you spend the rest of your days behind bars! No one can get you out of prison, and no one can send you abroad! I, Yuan Long, always keep my word! Do you want to try?”
As Yuan Long said these words, his expression was exceptionally fierce, his eyes cold enough to scare anyone. Yu Ziqi was terrified and couldn’t dare to meet his gaze, but she couldn’t help but sweat profusely. Her previously firm decision began to crack under his harsh words, and she started to doubt herself.
The Yuan family was so powerful. If Grandpa Yuan decided she couldn’t get out of prison, or even if someone was to kill her in prison, it would be very easy to do.
Yuan Long continued, “When you are tortured in prison, will the other party care about what happens to you? Since you can’t get out, they won’t be able to do anything to you. At that time, you’ll be calling for help, but no one will answer. Have you ever thought about what you’ll do then? Do you really believe the other party will eliminate all the pressure and get you out, fulfilling all their promises to you?”
“It’s impossible!” Yu Ziqi subconsciously retorted, only realizing she had slipped up after speaking, and dared not say anything more, tightly shutting her mouth.
Yuan Long didn’t mind and continued, “You want to say you have something on him, so if he doesn’t help you get out, you’ll expose him, right?”
Yu Ziqi’s heart trembled, incredulously looking at Yuan Long, not understanding how he knew everything.
Yuan Long shook his head, “You’re really naive. You think with his abilities, even if you expose him, what difference would it make? It would just be your word against his, and he could easily clear his name. Then he could turn it around and make sure you can’t speak in prison. Do you think it would be difficult for him?”
Yu Ziqi’s face turned pale, devoid of color. Indeed, with that person’s influential family, even if she exposed him, would it really make him suffer? No, she might end up suffering herself.
Unable to hold her resolve any longer, Yu Ziqi panicked and asked Yuan Long, “What will happen to that person if I expose him?”
Yuan Long tapped his fingers slowly on the table, “As long as you expose that person now, I can guarantee you’ll be out of prison in a few years. Given your situation, you’ll probably only get five or six years at most. But if you don’t talk now, I’ll make sure you never get out in your lifetime. You know I’m not joking.”
Of course, Yu Ziqi knew Yuan Long wasn’t joking. The Yuan family could easily crush her.
At that moment, Yu Ziqi couldn’t hold on any longer and burst into tears. “I’ll talk! I’ll talk! Someone asked me to retaliate against Yu Shanshan. He said as long as I killed Yu Shanshan, he would arrange for me to go abroad immediately and give me a sum of money to live worry-free overseas.”
Yuan Long suppressed his anger, clenching his fists. “And then? What did the other person say?”
Yu Ziqi choked out, “Later, when the other person found out Yu Shanshan was fine, he contacted me and said if I got caught, I should take all the blame. He would get me out within six months and send me abroad, saying he had already bought a villa for me overseas, ensuring I”d live comfortably for the rest of my life.”
Yuan Long’s veins bulged on the back of his hand from the tension as he gritted his teeth. “Who is this person?”
With a determined heart, Yu Ziqi finally revealed, “He’s Zheng Family’s young prince, Zheng Qize.”
What? Yuan Long was astonished. How could it be him? He had no connection to Shanshan. Why would someone want to harm her?
“You’re not lying to me?”
Yu Ziqi no longer dared to trust Zheng Qize, eager to spill all the details about him. “I’m not lying! It’s really him! When he asked me to do this, he didn’t want to show his face. He just called me, but I’m not stupid. If things went wrong without a face to find, I wouldn’t be able to find anyone. So I insisted on him meeting me in person. Later, he personally appeared to make me retaliate against Yu Shanshan. And because I knew it was him, I dared to believe.”
Furrowing his brows tightly, Yuan Long’s intuition told him that it wasn’t Zheng Qize who wanted to harm Shanshan, but someone else. But who could that person be?
The police immediately recorded Yu Ziqi’s confession and went to interrogate Zheng Qize at the Zheng family. Normally, they wouldn’t act so swiftly, especially against a prominent family like the Zhengs. But the victim in this case was from the Yuan family, and the only male heir of the current generation was almost killed. Compared to the Zheng family, they couldn’t afford to offend the Yuans.
Zheng Qize didn’t expect Yu Ziqi to expose him. When he was taken to the police station, he quickly regained his composure and denied everything, refusing to admit to anything.
However, Yu Ziqi had secretly recorded their conversation with a recorder, and Zheng Qize’s voice in the recording left no doubt. It was indeed him who instigated Yu Ziqi to harm Yu Shanshan.
Faced with ironclad evidence, Zheng Qize couldn’t deny it anymore.
When the police asked Zheng Qize the reason for harming Yu Shanshan, he stubbornly claimed it was simply because he didn’t like her and wanted to harm her. He refused to provide any further information.
No one believed his words. Zheng Qize and Yu Shanshan had no connection whatsoever. They didn’t even know each other. There was no reason for him to harm Yu Shanshan, who had no grudges or conflicts with him.
The case thus reached a deadlock, and the police didn’t dare to draw conclusions hastily. After all, Zheng Qize was the young prince of the Zheng family, and they couldn’t afford to directly convict him.
At this time, the police investigated Zheng Qize’s social connections and the list of people he had been frequently meeting recently. When Yuan Long saw this list, one name made his pupils constrict.
Recently, Fu Mingyue had been frequently associating with Zheng Qize, often dining together, showing an intimate relationship.
Yuan Long’s brows furrowed instantly, taking out his phone and making a call to Yuan Ran. When the call connected, he went straight to the point, “What’s the relationship between Zheng Qize and Fu Mingyue?”
Yuan Ran was surprised that his big brother called her, but upon hearing the question about Fu Mingyue, she pouted and asked, “Why? Are you finally starting to care about Mingyue Jie? You used to ignore her completely.”
Yuan Long didn’t have the patience to listen to her nonsense, so he shouted, “Get to the point! What’s the relationship between Zheng Qize and Fu Mingyue?”
Yuan Ran was startled by his urgency but still obediently replied, “Zheng Qize has been fond of Mingyue Jie since childhood, pursuing her for over ten years. Despite Mingyue Jie never showing interest in any other men due to you, Zheng Qize has been persistent. Although he’s lacking in other areas, his devotion to Mingyue Jie is genuine. You see, Mingyue Jie is still very popular, unlike you—”
Yuan Long hung up the phone before she could finish her sentence, his eyes cold.
Fu Mingyue, it’s you!
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