After a blind date, a wealthy heir asked me to marry him.

The drinking party between the three men lasted until after 11 p.m.

Midway through, Fu Cheng, fearing that Lu Shiyi would worry, specifically informed his wife.

When Lu Shiyi heard that her husband was drinking, she changed her clothes again after taking a shower and putting on her pajamas, and drove over.

Fu Cheng's exact words in the message were: "I'm out drinking with He Ze and Zeng Ruijie. I'll be back late. You should go to sleep early and don't wait for me."

He was just telling the truth; he didn't specifically emphasize that he was drinking or that he wanted his wife to pick him up.

Lu Shiyi originally thought her husband might be working overtime tonight and was preparing to go to sleep first. However, after seeing Fu Cheng's message, she felt uneasy about the three grown men suddenly getting together to drink, so she drove over.

The key point is that she knows He Ze's foot is still in the recovery period, and he went drinking even while in a wheelchair, so something might have really happened.

When Lu Shiyi arrived, her bodyguard Aqi was waiting at the bar entrance. When he saw his young mistress coming, he was so frightened that he quickly ran away.

If the young mistress has seen him, and they happen to see him, he'll have to tell even more lies to cover it up.

He's noticed that Young Master Fu is paying more and more attention to his wife. Don't let his aloof demeanor fool you; he'll probably be henpecked in the future.

If Fu Shao's true identity were ever revealed, and his wife found out she had been deceived for so long, she might hold him accountable, and he might suffer as well.

Therefore, he should tell as few lies as possible to the young mistress.

When Lu Shiyi entered the private room, Zeng Ruijie was already drunk and unconscious, while Fu Cheng, although he had also been drinking, was still relatively sober.

He was somewhat surprised to see Lu Shiyi come in.

After seeing his wife reply "okay," he put his phone away and didn't see a second message.

He asked, "How did you know I was here?"

Lu Shiyi replied, "You sent me your location."

Fu Cheng: When did you post your location? I don't remember.

He genuinely doesn't remember.

It was sent accidentally during the reporting process, most likely by mistake.

Before Fu Cheng could ask any more questions, Lu Shiyi pointed to He Ze's wheelchair and said, "I can find out which private room you're in with just a casual question."

He Ze chuckled, "Sister-in-law, you've come at the perfect time. We're almost done."

Currently, he is in the best mental state among the three, because he only drank beverages all night.

Seeing Zeng Ruijie lying on the sofa with his eyes closed, his face flushed from drinking and showing signs of fatigue and worry, Lu Shiyi guessed that he was probably the main character of tonight's drinking party.

In the end, Zeng Ruijie and He Ze were picked up by their family driver and taken home.

Fu Cheng was picked up by his wife.

On the road.

Lu Shiyi drove, and Fu Cheng sat in the passenger seat.

He insisted on sitting in the passenger seat even after drinking; what a stubborn man.

Lu Shiyi glanced at her husband out of the corner of her eye. He wasn't asleep, which was good. If he fell asleep again when they got home, she wouldn't be able to carry him back.

Soft music played inside the car.

After a moment of silence, Lu Shiyi asked, "How is Zeng Ruijie?"

Fu Cheng turned to look at his wife.

The woman before him made him truly understand just how painful it must be for a close friend to lose their beloved.

Previously, he only knew that his friend had suffered the most tragic separation in the world, but he had no specific concept of what kind of heartbreak it was.

but now……

He didn't even dare to put himself in someone else's shoes and make assumptions.

After looking at it for a moment, Fu Cheng turned back and looked out the window at the night view of the street.

"He is not good, just like the pitch-black night outside the window. We all know that after the night comes the dawn, but he is stuck in this boundless darkness and can never get out."

Although Lu Shiyi didn't know exactly what had happened, she could sense that it was a very bad thing.

In the afternoon, Yao Yao called her to complain about encountering a scumbag and his mistress in the elevator, and she even mentioned that Zeng Ruijie had pulled her away, saving her from a car accident.

However, after that, Zeng Ruijie seemed to have lost his soul, and even this workaholic took half a day off to rest.

Considering Zeng Ruijie's condition that she had just seen in the private room, Lu Shiyi could roughly guess what was going on.

Then, before she could ask, Fu Cheng explained the whole story to her.

Including that car accident.

There were even some things that Zeng Ruijie didn't know.

"Later, I specifically asked someone to investigate. The gambler who took revenge on society actually had cancer. But that's not the point. The point is that shortly after the gambler was executed, his family received a huge sum of money and then went to other cities."

“I also had someone check the remitter’s information. The account came from overseas and was disguised in multiple ways, so it was impossible to verify the identity of the person making the remittance.”

“At that time, Zeng Ruijie was on the verge of a breakdown every day. Later, his family forced him to undergo psychological treatment. I always believed that the car accident was targeted at him, so I kept asking someone to help me keep an eye on him during that period. However, everything remained calm and the person behind it never appeared again.”

Lu Shiyi listened quietly, but she was shocked and even felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

She couldn't imagine how a person could bear such a tragedy.

Witnessing that scene firsthand was truly cruel.

"Did Zeng Ruijie or the Zeng family offend someone? Or do they have some competitors?" Lu Shiyi asked.

Fu Cheng shook his head. "No, the Zeng family has always been kind to people. As far as I know, they have never offended anyone. I have also investigated their competitors and found none that fit the bill. Moreover, Zeng Ruijie was just an ordinary employee in his own company at the time, starting from the bottom. His competitors would not have bothered him."

A moment of silence fell over the car, the atmosphere quite oppressive.

After a while.

“Even in the darkest of times, there will always be a ray of light that belongs to him.” Lu Shiyi said gently.

“He throws himself into his work every day now. To others, it might seem like he’s running away, but I think he’s struggling to find that light, that light that can help him break free from the darkness. The fact that he hasn’t given up shows that he has a stubborn streak, so I believe that he will get through this one day.”

Fu Cheng looked at Lu Shiyi. From some perspectives, she was much more positive and optimistic than him.

Or perhaps, her resilience surpasses his.

"Are you planning to keep the truth about his car accident a secret forever?" Lu Shiyi asked.

What is called the truth is only half the truth. The other half can only be investigated when the person behind it takes further action.

“Back then, his mental state was always poor, and I couldn’t tell him something that I couldn’t verify, because I was worried that he might do something extreme.”

"But later, I think I will find a suitable time to tell him. Just as you believe he can get through this, I also believe that he is now able to deal with it rationally."

"Yes, no one wants to be kept in the dark, especially by someone close to them, even if it's well-intentioned."

Fu Cheng turned his gaze and looked again out the dark window...