The summer is hot, and the night is also hot enough to make people unable to sleep. I don't like to turn on the air conditioner, so I try not to turn it on. At this moment, it should be too hot to fall asleep. However, after I said those words, I felt cold all over, and in an instant, it seemed as if all the cold air was condensed in my heart.
Feng Zhenyang remained silent for a long time, as if he was shocked. After about half a minute, he half believed and half doubted: "Shen Jiaying, you are not lying to me, are you? What's going on?"
"Do I have to lie to you? Do you think I lied to you just to help Zhao Yicheng?" I asked Feng Zhenyang in a deep voice without any emotion.
Obviously, I was the one who asked for help from him, but I couldn't be kind to him. Things have developed to this point today. I can't escape responsibility, Feng Zhenyang can't escape it, and God... can't escape it either.
Later, someone asked me what I regretted most in my life. I said that I fell in love with someone I shouldn't have loved and encountered a romance that was not meant for me. There are some things that you shouldn't have, but you try desperately to grab them, and the result is only more pain.
I once wanted to hold on to the relationship between Feng Zhenyang and me and get entangled with him, which led to the current result.
Feng Zhenyang probably didn't want this to happen. Realizing that the matter might be related to him, his voice suddenly became heavy: "Shen Jiaying, what happened? Why did you hurt my seventh uncle?"
"Because Feng Nan is a pervert!" It's strange. Even though I beat Feng Nan like that, I still grit my teeth and hate him to the core when I mention him: "He said that you stole his woman, so he wants to take revenge on you..."
“Are…are you okay?” Feng Zhenyang naturally understood what I said and realized the seriousness of the matter. He changed his indifference and became extremely nervous: “He didn’t do anything to you! This bastard!”
I no longer cared whether Feng Nan was a bastard or not. I just hoped that nothing would happen to Zhao Yicheng. Until now, I was already shocked. I didn't expect Zhao Yicheng to make such a decision. I no longer loved him, but I was grateful to him. This matter had nothing to do with him, but because of me, he was dragged into this dispute.
In this unfair world where the strong prey on the weak, I know that I cannot escape the blame for hurting Feng Nan. Although I feel wronged, I should bear the blame myself. I paused and said, "If Zhao Yicheng hadn't arrived in time, maybe I would have been..."
"I know it's difficult for you to help me. If you can't help, I won't blame you." Maybe because it was late at night, I was much calmer. I calmly said to Feng Zhenyang: "You just need to help me prove that I was the one who hurt the person and it has nothing to do with Zhao Yicheng."
I don't know if Zhao Yicheng offended someone or if someone was really helping me, but the police didn't even give me a chance to speak. Logically, they should have investigated the case seriously, but how could they be so irresponsible and easily solve the case? If they say there is nothing fishy about this, I absolutely don't believe it.
"Feng Zhenyang, your family... really didn't know that I hurt Feng Nan?" I raised the question again. With such a big incident, no matter how the media tried to cover it up, as family members, they should know about it. Besides, wasn't there a surveillance camera on that road? Didn't they watch the surveillance
I have too many questions in my mind, but these are not the focus now. The focus is to clear Zhao Yicheng of suspicion first. If the Feng family wants to sue, they can sue me.
Feng Zhenyang didn't think so. He was also a little confused: "I don't know. This matter was handled by my fifth uncle. Logically, it shouldn't be like this. My fifth uncle has always been smart and it's impossible for him not to see it. Besides, if you hurt my seventh uncle, there would be surveillance. This..."
"Shen Jiaying, you wouldn't lie to me just to save Zhao Yicheng, would you?" Feng Zhenyang became suspicious again: "I remember you did a lot of stupid things for him before, and now you're being stupid again?"
Even now, Feng Zhenyang still believed that I was lying to him in order to help Zhao Yicheng, so I said bluntly: "If you don't believe me, you can check the surveillance footage of that road. If you didn't see me taking action, then there must be a section missing."
"Feng Zhenyang, could it be that you did something?" Although I felt that Feng Zhenyang's reaction was not like that, I couldn't think of anyone else except him, and I didn't know who else would be able to deal with the Feng family and shut up the media.
If the people who attacked me were not from the Feng family, and the people I hurt were not from the Feng family, then the company could handle it. But the Feng family is different. The Feng family is one of the four largest chaebols in China, and the company cannot control the mouths of those media.
"I... do you think I would do that? Shen Jiaying, do you think you are too charming?" Feng Zhenyang was a little angry, and then he said a lot of infuriating words: "Would I cheat because of you? And you specifically put the blame on Zhao Yicheng to frame him! Do I have to? I'm not inferior to him!"
Do I think I am too charming? When did I think I was charming? Who else do I know in the Feng family besides him? Let's talk about his mother. She helped me out of guilt for my mother, but his mother is not in the capital. Can she help? Who else but Feng Zhenyang could know about it first and block all the news about me!
All right! Just think of myself as being too charming. Now I need help from someone, so I can’t quarrel with him! I put away my anger and explained to him calmly: “I don’t think that way, but I can’t think of anyone else except you.”
I seldom speak to Feng Zhenyang in such a polite and even undignified way. Many years ago, I always liked to scold him and say that he was a petty temper tantrum. I never thought that one day we would become like this. If we had never fallen in love, perhaps we would not have come to this point today.
At that time, I thought I was completely finished, completely ruined. My eyes were sore and tears slid down the corners of my eyes, cold. My heart was also cold, and the words I said were polite and cold: "Feng Zhenyang, I'm begging you this time. I won't embarrass you again in the future. I only ask you to help me prove that I was the one who hurt the person and it had nothing to do with Zhao Yicheng. I can't let him take the blame for me."
I am timid, but I am not irresponsible. Even if I am scared, I will not let Zhao Yicheng take the blame for my own sake. This is the first time in my life that I have begged someone so humbly, but I never thought that the person I would beg would be Feng Zhenyang. It is really unpredictable.
Maybe Feng Zhenyang was not used to my tone, his attitude suddenly improved a lot: "Jiaying, I didn't mean that, I just... I just, anyway, I didn't mean that! Where are you now? I think... I know what's going on."
Feng Zhenyang's tone was very serious: "Zhao Yicheng is definitely responsible for this crime. I think my fifth uncle should know that it was you who hurt my seventh uncle, but he wants Zhao Yicheng to bear this crime. Otherwise, my seventh uncle, who is already notorious, will have a worse reputation. Therefore, Zhao Yicheng is definitely responsible for this crime. If you admit that it was you who hurt my seventh uncle, I'm afraid you will be splashed with dirty water and you will never be able to clear it in this life."
"You...what do you mean? Why would your fifth uncle do this?" I was shocked. I thought it might be Feng Zhenyang who put the blame on Zhao Yicheng, but I never expected it would be Feng Yue.
Feng Zhenyang sighed and said helplessly, "Of course it was to save my seventh uncle's face. If people knew why he was beaten, the old man would feel even more ashamed, but he would not blame my seventh uncle. He would put all the blame on my fifth uncle. It has always been like this. My fifth uncle is a businessman. Of course he would not do anything that is not good for himself. He is still looking forward to the old man handing over the family business to him after a hundred years. Although the old man is now in his seventies and almost eighty, his body is still strong."
"What will happen to Zhao Yicheng? How does your family plan to deal with it?" My slightly relaxed heart became nervous again.
Feng Zhenyang paused and responded in a low voice: "Even if he doesn't die, he will definitely not have an easy life. After all, he injured my seventh uncle so badly, the old man will not let him go easily."
"But I was the one who hurt your Seventh Uncle!" I was so anxious that I blurted out without thinking: "Tell your grandfather that I hurt your Seventh Uncle and it has nothing to do with Zhao Yicheng. I... I won't talk nonsense. As long as they let Zhao Yicheng go, come to me if there is any problem!"
Hearing this, Feng Zhenyang remained silent for a long time, and finally laughed and said, "Come for you, what can you do? Can you bear it? I know the old man's methods very well. If he comes for you, not only you, but also your brother Shen Shiqi will be implicated by you. Zhao Yicheng is more important or Shen Shiqi is more important. You have to think clearly, which is more important, you should know in your heart."
"But Zhao Yicheng is innocent!" I couldn't help crying out loud after all. "Zhao Yicheng is innocent. If it weren't for you and me, he wouldn't have been involved in this dispute for no reason, and wouldn't have become like this."
Maybe because he didn't like Zhao Yicheng, Feng Zhenyang didn't think Zhao Yicheng was innocent. He asked me coldly, "How do you know Zhao Yicheng is innocent?"
"He is innocent! If it weren't for the entanglement between you and me, Zhao Yicheng would never have anything to do with your Feng family!" At this moment, I was extremely angry. I didn't expect Feng Zhenyang to say such a thing. Even if Zhao Yicheng had hurt me before, he was innocent. How could I let him take the blame for me because of prejudice, and even... he might lose his life.
I was extremely emotional, but Feng Zhenyang was so calm: "Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. There is a solution to this matter, but Shen Jiaying, the only solution is that you will be deserted by everyone."
"What do you mean?" I was confused with tears on my face. (To be continued)