Chapter 472 - To Prove Innocence

He was frustrated.

How was Siying saved? Is his luck that good that he was saved from an abortion first and then a kidnapping?

In the end, he had to let it go. 

Liao Yuan had to search for some other method that could drive Zhiyuan and Xinyi apart. For him, that chance was the reunion gathering. He was confident that Xiaosi would have planned something for the truth to finally surface and bring Han Huizhong's true face.

But that really didn't have much connection to Xinyi and Zhiyuan's marriage. It wasn't something that could bring a crack in their marriage.

That's when he came up with the plan of exposing Xinyi's abortion. He dug around a little and found that Huang Rong was quite dissatisfied and furious with Xinyi for 'snatching' her fiance Qin Fuhua.

He chuckled.

Women like her are so stupid.

He dropped her a message using an unknown number and told her about Xinyi's abortion. He knew that she would automatically do everything the rest. With bitterness in her heart for Xinyi, she would make a way to expose this fact in front of everyone, mainly Zhiyuan.

Liao Yuan didn't know what actually transpired that night between them. It was just his conjecture that Zhiyuan was drunk, and he forced himself on her.

But he knew one thing for sure that he didn't know about Xinyi abortion attempt. In such circumstances, if he realized that Xinyi had tried to kill their child, what would his reaction be?

To Liao Yuan, he was actually quite puzzled as to how Zhiyuan could bear to live with Xinyi after what he did? Didn't his guilt consume him for doing such a terrible thing towards her? By that logic, he should have already initiated the divorce himself because he was an upright man who never tolerated injustice

If he was the cause for her pain, then Zhiyuan would have punished himself ages ago.

This means…

Liao Yuan narrowed his eyes.

There is something else that happened that night but which he doesn't know about. Something that hurt Xinyi too badly to think about abortion.

What could it be?

He thought about Zhiyuan's forced marriage by Han Huizhong, and the period he fell into depression when Caihong left him. The woman he loved and wanted to marry the most.

Is it possible…that he imagined Xinyi as her while…

At first, he thought it was impossible. A man like Zhiyuan wouldn't cross such a boundary.

But then he thought why was it not possible?

Liao Yuan himself was an example. 

He had dated women to forget Xinyi. But no matter how much he tried, he could only think about her. He could only see her face even when he spent time with his girlfriends. He always imagined that it was Xinyi instead of them.

So why could Zhiyuan not make that mistake?

It was still his guess, but it was getting stronger and stronger. There was no other reason which could compel Xinyi to take such a drastic step such as abortion. Not a woman like her at all.

So, this was it. The way to break their marriage was to open Zhiyuan's eyes to the truth. Once he learned the dark reality of that night, he would end the marriage himself burdened with the guilt.

There would be no way that he could still face Xinyi after what he did.

He waited. And waited and waited again for the news to come. But their divorce never surfaced.

Liao Yuan's patience was coming to an end. He finally ended his stay abroad and came back to China but not before doing a few things.

He returned and instead of Zhiyuan wallowing himself with responsibility for that night, he was instead chasing after Xinyi. The Han Zhiyuan he saw before and the one he met now was completely different. 

What…what kind of joke is this?

He fell in love with Xinyi?

Despicable! What right does he have to still stay beside her after knowing everything? What face does he still have left to show her?

Han Zhiyuan. I cannot believe that you could be so shameless. You have caused nothing but pain to her, yet now you want to start your married life again with her? Anew? Are you kidding me!?

Ah…Life is so unfair. No matter how much Zhiyuan did wrong, he still gets to be with her.

Well then…there would be no problem if I did a few wrongdoings too to get her, right? If Xinyi can forgive him, then she can forgive me too.

From there, he started his plan to finish their relationship once and for all.

Coming back to the present, Liao Yuan sighed. The park was already empty by now. The sky had turned dark.

He looked up and whispered, "It won't be for longer…"

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Even though Zhiyuan was in custody right now, Xinyi carried on with her work for their company. The foremost thing was not letting their investors lose trust in them.

For that, she promised them that Zhiyuan would soon be proved innocent. It was all someone's plan to frame him. The investors still had their doubts but decided to give them a chance.

Xinyi gave it a thought. She picked her phone and called Mu Chanli, the CEO of Mu Constructions.

"Xinyi! Did you hear the news? Bastards are reporting fake news everywhere! How dare they? I am gonna sue them all!"

"Calm down, Mr. Mu. It's no use even if we get agitated."

He let out a frustrated sigh. "How dare they point out that our quality testing was fake? I am Mu Chuanli! I never compromise with my work! Mu Constructions is the best construction company! As if I will use poor materials!"

"I know. There is only one way to prove that."

"How?"

"We will conduct fresh QA testing for all the materials we used in our hotel construction. We don't have anything to hide. We will do it even in front of the media and let the results be announced in front of everyone.. Then it will be proved that somebody had altered our submitted QA reports and Zhiyuan and Mu Constructions was falsely accused."