Hearing his words, Qiao Ruyi smiled, and the inexplicable gloom in her heart was swept away.

"Young Madam, come here." Aunt Zhang came over with a frown on her face. "Give me the ice in your hand and get a new one."

Qiao Ruyi was about to remind her to be quiet, but Aunt Zhang failed to receive her signal. She spoke with both heartache and anger, "How could I hit you like that? Look at the damage to your face. It'll take days for it to heal."

Aunt Zhang's words came through the phone without missing a word.

Sure enough, the next second, the man's low and cold voice came over, "Who hit you?"

Qiao Ruyi quickly covered her phone and looked at Aunt Zhang helplessly.

Aunt Zhang understood instantly, covered her mouth and walked away.

The man on the phone didn't hear her answer and asked coldly, "Qiao Ruyi, who's asking you this question? Qiao He or Li Ling?"

"Don't listen to what Aunt Zhang says—"

Before Qiao Ruyi could finish her words, the phone was hung up.

Looking at the hung-up phone screen, Qiao Ruyi's face hurt even more.

She looked at the little white cat that was sleeping soundly beside her and said, "What should I do? Your dad is angry."

Twenty minutes later, the sound of a vehicle driving into the front yard was heard.

Ling Che is back.

As soon as he entered the room, he strode towards Qiao Ruyi, who was sitting on the sofa working, with a cold face. Before the latter could say anything, his face was lifted up by someone.

He still had a chill from outside, and when Qiao Ruyi met his deep, cold eyes, she saw the anger about to burst out from the depths of his eyes.

Ling Che looked at her red and swollen face covered with fingerprints for a few seconds without saying a word, and was about to turn around and leave.

Qiao Ruyi immediately guessed what he meant and quickly grabbed his hand, "Ling Che."

Ling Che's handsome face tensed up, and he turned his head to look at her. "Is this what you call not being bullied? Your face was beaten like this, and you still say you haven't been bullied?"

Qiao Ruyi quickly put down the computer on her lap and stood up from the sofa. She wanted to explain, but she felt a little unsure. "Yes...something small happened."

Ling Che asked her coldly, "Is this a small matter?"

He didn't even bother to use any strength when pinching her face, and now that her face was beaten like this, he still called it a small matter.

"It's a big deal if you beat them up, make them bleed, and disfigure them, right?" He frowned. "Qiao Ruyi, when did you become so patient?"

If Aunt Zhang hadn't let the secret slip, she would have kept it from him.

He tried his best to control the tone of his voice when speaking to her, but Qiao Ruyi could clearly feel his anger at the moment, and even the veins on the back of her hand holding his were bulging.

"Let me explain to you." Qiao Ruyi was afraid that he would rush to Qiao Mansion to settle accounts with Qiao He, so she quickly told him everything that happened today from beginning to end.

After hearing this, Ling Che's frown not only did not relax, but instead deepened.

"Is this why you did this?"

"Yeah." Qiao Ruyi lowered her eyes, "I want to kick them out of the Qiao family."

"It's just kicking them out, is it necessary to make such trouble?" Ling Che was puzzled. There were many ways to kick them out, and he could do it in minutes. Was it necessary for her to put herself in such a difficult position?

"Ling Che." Qiao Ruyi looked up at her. "Can I handle this myself? Just like you wanted to avenge Uncle Ling yourself, let me handle these shameful things happening to the Qiao family myself, okay?"

She knew Ling Che had many ways to help her, but she didn't just want a result, she wanted the process.

She must get an explanation from her mother and Aunt Chen for their deaths.

Her eyes were earnest, and Ling Che couldn't refuse.

"I won't stop you from doing anything you want, but you mustn't get hurt." His warm fingertips caressed her red and swollen face. "Just like what happened today, if it happens again next time, I can't guarantee what I will do to the people in the Qiao Mansion."

"Okay." Qiao Ruyi nodded heavily when she heard him give in.

Suddenly, something occurred to him and he glanced at the time. "Didn't you say there was an important meeting this afternoon?"

Ling Che frowned helplessly, "Do you think I still have the mind to attend a meeting? My wife was beaten up, how can I sit there and attend a meeting?"

"It's not that serious..." Qiao Ruyi muttered, looked into his deep eyes, and then lowered her head guiltily, "Okay, it's quite serious."

Anyway, I don’t dare to go out and see people these two days.

Seeing her bow her head and admit her mistake, she looked like a fluffy kitten. Ling Che raised his hand and ruffled her hair. "Han Luochen has returned to China. We were planning to have dinner together tonight."

Qiao Ruyi suddenly looked up at him, her eyes sparkling.

Ling Che curled his lips and said, "But with you like this now, I can't explain to them. We can only get together in a few days."

......

Joe Mansion.

In the study, there was a woman's aggrieved sobbing.

The phone on the table rang, and Qiao He picked it up with a frown.

On the other end of the phone, the man politely called out "Dad".

When Qiao He saw Ling Che calling him late at night, he guessed what it was about.

"Ling Che, what happened today——"

Before he could finish his words, the person on the other end of the line took over and said, "I know everything that happened today. Ruyi also told me not to pursue it."

The man chuckled, "Dad, Ruyi is my wife, and the distinguished young lady of the Ling family. I don't want this kind of thing to happen again. If she returns from the Qiao Mansion injured, I will definitely pursue the matter thoroughly."

The man's words were calm yet oppressive. Qiao He knew his character too well and knew he would definitely do what he said.

After hanging up the phone, Qiao He looked coldly at the woman who was still trying to sob softly, "Alright, stop crying. It's because of what you did that Ling Che called to hold you accountable."

"Can you blame me for this?" Li Ling cried until her makeup was smudged. "Qiao Ruyi is not a pushover. She did what happened today on purpose!"

She had been crying for hours, and Qiao He had a headache listening to her. "You keep saying she did it on purpose. Why did she deliberately target you?"

"She must have known something." Li Ling wiped her tears and sat across from Qiao He. "Hubby, don't you think it's strange? She's been talking about Yin Rufang's death all the time, and she even said I was the one who killed her."

Qiao He frowned and handed her the medical records from the drawer. "Take a good look at her and see why she's always talking nonsense!"

Li Ling looked at the medical record in her hand and opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Schizophrenia?"

Qiao He's face was heavy. "It's all my fault for neglecting her over the years. That's why she became like this."

"That's not right, husband." Li Ling's face suddenly became serious. "Why would he suddenly become schizophrenic?"

It must have been a trick that little bitch Qiao Ruyi came up with just to mess with her.

Qiao He asked in a deep voice, "Do you suspect this medical record is fake? Did Ruyi lie to me?"

Li Ling smiled quietly. "I happen to have a friend who works in a hospital. I'll check tomorrow to see if this medical record is real and if the hospital has any information about Ruyi being ill."

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