Announced divorce, madly criticized Ling Shaochang for kneeling down

"Either accept the truth or ignore it."

These words have been lingering in Ling Che's ears since he left the Ling family manor.

A speeding sports car was driving aimlessly on the highway late at night. The man in the driver's seat held the steering wheel with one hand and rested his other hand on the convertible window, lighting one cigarette after another between his fingers.

The cell phone in the car rang, he took a look and pressed the answer button.

The other party's voice echoed in the sports car, "Mr. Ling, according to Ling Xiu De's financial transactions from ten years ago, several of them did come from Qiao He. The recent call records also show several calls from Qiao He and Mrs. Qiao of the Qiao Mansion."

After the words fell, the other party did not hear the next instruction from this side for a long time, and called out again, "Mr. Ling?"

"Continue to investigate his dealings with Zhuang Ce and Ling Xiu De."

After saying this, he hung up the phone, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and drove into the night.

......

It was already late at night when we left Qiao Mansion.

After taking the medicine, Qiao Xile's fever subsided and his mental state improved a lot. With Qiao Ruyi's comfort, he slowly fell asleep.

She promised Qiao Xile that she would stay with him at Qiao Mansion for a few days, so she returned to Yujingwan from Qiao Mansion late at night to pack some things to take with her.

Before returning to Yujingwan, she thought that Ling Che should have fallen asleep in the villa in Xishuiwan, so she drove to Xishuiwan first.

When we arrived at the villa, the security guard informed us that Mr. Ling had gone out for something.

Qiao Ruyi glanced at the time. It was so late at night, why was he still out doing business?

She went back to Yujingwan to pack her things, hoping to get back to Qiao Mansion before Qiao Xile woke up.

Otherwise, the child would be sad and cry secretly when he wakes up and can't see her.

There wasn't much to take with me, and when I was almost done packing, I heard the sound of a sports car being parked downstairs.

Ling Che is back!

Qiao Ruyi's face lit up with joy and she hurried downstairs.

Just as I ran around the living room and to the entrance, someone outside pressed the code and opened the door.

Their eyes met for a moment, and Qiao Ruyi was standing at the door looking at him with a smile.

"You have quite a tacit understanding. I go home and you go home too."

There was no usual smile on Ling Che's handsome face. He stared at her with his deep eyes and said nothing.

Qiao Ruyi noticed something was wrong and took his left hand with both hands. "What's wrong? What did you do when you went out last night?"

His hands, which were usually warm and burning, were now a little cold.

Qiao Ruyi took his hand in hers and rubbed it gently, trying to give him some warmth.

Ling Che stared at her delicate face with his deep eyes. After a while, he pulled his hand away from hers.

Her palm fell empty, and Qiao Ruyi looked at his back as he turned and walked into the living room, feeling dazed for a moment.

what happened?

She followed him, "Ling Che?"

Ling Che ignored him, took off his coat and threw it casually on the sofa, then took a bottle of wine and a glass from the wine cabinet.

His face was cold, his lips were tightly pursed and he remained silent.

Qiao Ruyi suddenly felt uneasy.

After pouring wine into the glass, Ling Che sat casually on the sofa, tilted his head back and drank half of the glass.

As he stared at her, the gentleness in his light brown eyes was gone.

Qiao Ruyi's heart tightened, and she walked up to him, "Do you... have something to say to me?"

Ling Che raised his glass, looked at her, and finally uttered a word, "What about you? Don't you have anything to say to me?"

His voice was low and hoarse, not as gentle as usual, but with a hint of coldness.

Qiao Ruyi originally wanted to tell him that she was going to stay at the Qiao Mansion for a few days to accompany Qiao Xile.

But Ling Che obviously didn't mean this.

Qiao Ruyi's heartbeat quickened, and her throat felt a little blocked. It took her a long time to speak, "I'm sorry."

However, the other party did not become less cold because of these three words.

Ling Che scoffed and looked at her innocent expression, "What are you sorry for?"

"Is it because you feel sorry for hiding it from me, or is it because of Qiao He?"

Ling Che’s words made Qiao Ruyi’s heart tremble.

As expected, he still knew it.

Qiao Ruyi's fingertips hanging at her side trembled slightly, not daring to look him in the eye, "Qiao He—"

"Why didn't you tell me right away?"

Ling Che interrupted her, a hint of irony in his lips. "You already knew about the relationship between Qiao He and Zhuang Ce, and you've already met Grandpa, but you didn't tell me right away. Instead, you promised Grandpa that you didn't love me anymore and wanted to divorce me."

A short, cold laugh escaped his chest. "Qiao Ruyi, where do you put me?"

Hearing his cold questioning, Qiao Ruyi was speechless. The blood in her body seemed to be frozen, and her originally warm hands turned cold for a moment.

She thought that this matter could not be concealed for too long, and Ling Che would definitely find out about Qiao He.

She originally wanted to punish Qiao He in her own way as an apology to Ling Che.

But she didn't expect that he knew the truth before her.

Faced with his questioning, she could not say anything.

She remained silent, and the sneer on Ling Che's face grew thicker, and the suppressed anger in his chest burned even more fiercely.

He drank the remaining half glass of wine in his hand in one gulp, then stood up and walked in front of Qiao Ruyi, looking down at her condescendingly.

"You were the one who said that we should be honest with each other and not hide anything. Qiao Ruyi, is this what you meant by honesty and trust?"

He pressed forward step by step, and Qiao Ruyi retreated step by step, her palms red from being pinched by his nails.

"Grandpa knows the truth, you know the truth, even Xu Zhaozhao knows the truth! I'm the only one who's been fooled by you all!"

Qiao Ruyi suddenly raised her head. Xu Zhaozhao also knew?

But Ling Che didn't give her time to think about it. He grabbed her hand and pounded it against his left chest, his eyes gradually turning red. "Qiao Ruyi, is lying to me fun? Do you feel bad hiding it from me? If I hadn't been so fucking in love with you and hadn't begged and pleaded not to divorce you, would you have succeeded?"

He held her hand tightly and pounded his chest, and Qiao Ruyi's tears flowed down.

She tried desperately to pull her hand back, but he held it tighter.

"No...it's not like that." Qiao Ruyi's eyes were red. "When I found out about this, I wanted to tell you...but..."

"But grandpa forced you to do that, didn't he?" Ling Che grabbed her hand, his eyes red. "I've asked you countless times, why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me?!"

He pushed Qiao Ruyi against the wall like an enraged lion. "Do you want to quietly destroy the Qiao family and punish Qiao He for me, and then sneak away with your shame towards me, or do you plan to keep me in the dark and then tell me how much you've done for me to help Qiao He atone for his sins?"

All the plans in her heart were exposed by him one by one, and Qiao Ruyi burst into tears.

Her eyes could never hide things, and Ling Che saw through him immediately and knew he was right.

He suddenly let go of her hand, took a step back, and smiled coldly.

"Qiao Ruyi, no matter which one it is, I won't accept your kindness."