His words were calm, but his tone was filled with pain, helplessness and unwillingness. A sinister light once again flowed through his eyes.
I stared at him, stunned by his words.
In his mind, he recalled what Lou Shaotang had once said, about Di Jin's father being assassinated.
I composed myself, sneered, and said to him in a voice devoid of emotion, "This just proves that we really have no fate. This is God's will. So, Di Jin, just accept your fate and let go. "
Perhaps listening to me retort at his words, Di Jin's eyelids twitched slightly, but she quickly calmed herself down. She retracted the hostility in her eyes, returned her face back to her original calm, and said: "Yes, God made me miss you three years ago, but I have never given you up. I have been thinking about you every single day for these three years, and my love for you not only did not decrease even a single bit, it even increased exponentially every single day. "Actually, I had already planned to come back to find you after I had cleaned up everything."
He didn't know why, but the corners of his mouth curled up into a pleased smile, "However, I didn't expect that before I even had the chance to look for you, God would take the initiative and allow you to come to my side."
When I heard that, my heart skipped a beat.
'Could he be talking about … '
"That day, when I saw you in De Gaulle Square, Lisa, did you know how I was feeling? I had never experienced such ecstasy, such excitement, such excitement in my life. And so, without hesitation, I walked towards you. "
Indeed!
The smile on Di Jin's face was extremely joyous and sweet, but I was shocked speechless.
I never expected that his conversation that day was all an act, just to pretend to be my first meeting.
"Beautiful lady, do you mind if we sit together?"
"It's lonely to travel alone. Do you want me to accompany you?"
"If you want to sleep with me, I don't mind."
"My name is Franco, what about you?"
Scenes of that day flashed through my mind like a movie. What he said, his unruly attitude, and his punk laugh.
Oh right, I remember that he even called me by my name, Ying.
I was surprised at the time, but then he said another name that matched my name and dispelled my suspicions, thinking I had misheard him.
So it wasn't. I didn't hear wrong.
He knew that I was lying to him, that Lisa, that the homeless, were all lies.
He knew, he knew.
Other than that, he had also arranged for Lou Shaotang to meet him that day to talk about something. Even though he knew about my relationship with Lou Shaotang, he still acted along with me and introduced us as if we didn't know each other.
I always thought that my acting skills were easy to fool, but I didn't expect that he would treat it as an act and watch me put in all my effort to perform.
It was no accident that he had met him at the Michelin restaurant on the banks of the Seine.
And, as a prophet, he said that I would settle in France, that I would fall in love with him. At the time, I thought it was funny, but I didn't think about it.
Also, before the hotel, when he said goodbye to me, "Jet 'aime," which I didn't take seriously, turned out to mean something.
Also
At this very moment, the events with him in France were assaulting my brain.
At that time, I was completely in the dark, and thought that he was a rather wonderful encounter with me in a foreign land. He thought that our fated relationship had begun in Paris, and that it was finally Paris, but he had never expected to have any relationship with him, nor did he expect that he would disrupt my happiness with Lou Shaotang, bringing us endless darkness and endless pain.
But one thing I was right about, and that was that at the time I was sure he was hiding something.
"This is God's will. "Yes, you're right." Di Jin's words cut off all of my messy thoughts.
I looked back and saw that his smile had disappeared, and he was looking at me with a serious expression. "So, Lisa, I won't let go of you this time. You are mine, destined to be mine. "
His words, full of possessiveness, swept away all the complicated feelings in my heart.
I stared at him coldly. "You said that you wanted me to be your woman three years ago because I didn't marry Lou Shaotang for love. But right now, Lou Shaotang and I are in love, why did you come to break us up? "
"He's the one who broke us apart!" Di Jin immediately replied with a vicious face, "He has already divorced you, and yet he still wants to pester you. If it wasn't for him, you would be mine. He stole you from me! "
"…" I was speechless. Where did he come up with this logic?
"Since I'm not yours, how can I break up and take it away?" I retorted him, and said, "Di Jin, you're too paranoid."
"You will be mine. "Of course." His tone was firm, his expression resolute.
I looked at him coldly, impassively, not wanting to scold or argue. For someone who is extremely paranoid, saying more is just a waste of breath.
I want to prove to him with my actions that I am not his, that I am destined to be Lou Shaotang's, and that this time, he must let go.
The siren of the ambulance came from afar and stopped beside us. A few medical personnel s quickly got out of the car and carried the injured Qiao Chenfei in.
I looked at him the moment the door closed. His eyes were focused on me, determined to get it.
I secretly squeezed my hands. I was extremely nervous, but I still gave him a disdainful smile.
In order to avoid Xia Peiyun wanting to "cause a ruckus in the Heavenly Palace", I did not inform her, but instead called Qiao Chenfei's foster mother. After telling her about the situation, she immediately rushed to the hospital when she heard it. I then sent another message to Qin Lang, telling him to go directly to the hospital to find me.
When the ambulance reached the hospital, Qiao Chenfei's foster mother and Qin Lang had already arrived. Qiao Chenfei was sent to the emergency room.
Seeing the red light in the emergency room light up, I heaved a sigh of relief, and asked Qin Lang: "How is Lou Shaotang? Are there any new developments in the case? "
Contrary to my anxious mood, Qin Lang's expression was incomparably light, "Mr. Lou is fine, I've come to bring you to see him."
"Are you alright?" My brain short-circuited for 2 seconds and I reacted, "He was let out?"
I was skeptical and excited.
Qin Lang laughed, "No, Mr. Lou is still in the detention center, I'm bringing you to see him."
When I heard that, the surprise that I had just ignited immediately dimmed down. "Then how do you say he's fine?"
Seeing that I had started to get anxious again, Qin Lang said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lou is alright. He will tell you once we get there."
He wouldn't say such things to console me. I really wanted to know what was going on, so I nodded: "Alright, then we'll go over right now."
After greeting Qiao Chenfei's foster mother and telling her to give Qiao Chenfei a call after surgery, we left.
"Right, why are we able to visit?" Sitting in the car, I realised that Lou Shaotang had been detained for less than 48 hours.
Qin Lang's face revealed a complacent smile that I have never seen before, "There are our own people on top of this."
I was slightly surprised. I had never heard Lou Shaotang talk about him in the public security law before, but when I thought about what Yvonne had said before, I asked him, "Are there a lot of things that you and Lou Shaotang are hiding from me?"
Qin Lang was startled, his expression became serious again, as though he was thinking about something, and nodded.
Perhaps afraid that I would get angry, he immediately explained, "The reason why Mr. Lou doesn't tell you is because he doesn't want you to worry about him."
What he said was not wrong. I want to know how much Lou Shaotang has done to Di Jin that will endanger his life.
I understand Lou Shaotang's intentions, so I don't blame him.
"Let's go." I buckled my seat belt.
Qin Lang started the car.
I never thought that in just 2 short months, I would be in the second detention center. The only difference is, I entered it this time.
Much as I had seen on the rule of law, the detention center was heavily guarded and quiet, and there was nothing to be heard but the sound of footfalls. Although the lights here were quite bright and there were people walking around, the whole atmosphere gave off a gloomy feeling, making me feel cold all over.
I pulled up my windbreaker's collar and followed closely behind Qin Lang.
Because Qin Lang called someone before he entered, no one asked or stopped us, we walked unhindered.
They thought that I would enter the visiting room, but who would have thought that Qin Lang would bring me into a luxurious VIP guest room.
I was very surprised, but just as I was about to ask Qin Lang what was going on, he seemed to have guessed the doubts in my heart, and said with a smile: "Didn't I say it earlier, there's someone above Mr. Lou. How could they possibly let him sit on a bench?! "
I laughed and sat down on the leather couch.
Even though Qin Lang told me over and over again that Lou Shaotang was fine, I still kept it in my heart. It was as if I was sitting on pins and needles as my two ice-cold hands tightly clenched together.
Seeing my nervousness, Qin Lang poured me a cup of hot water. The water was placed on the table. Just as he was about to pick it up, the door to the guest room opened and Lou Shaotang walked in under the lead of a police officer.
As he had been taken away in the morning, he stood with his back straight, one hand in his pocket, his whole body composed, without the slightest concern of a criminal charge of murder and trafficking.
"Hubby!"
I stood up, excited, my teacup overturned, the hot water hot on my hand. But I didn't mind and walked quickly toward him.
"Wife!" He strode toward me, his face brimming with a confident, relaxed smile.
When I saw this, I was half-worried. He wanted to hug him, but it was a serious place, so he had to hold back and hold his hand.
Qin Lang tactfully left the room. But because of the rules, the police officers must stay here, but Lou Shaotang and I only have eyes for each other, that person is equivalent to air in our eyes.
"Hubby, what's going on? Why did Qin Lang say you're fine?" This question has puzzled me since the beginning of my journey.
A mysterious smile surfaced on Lou Shaotang's handsome face as he pulled me by the hand. Just as he was about to speak, he noticed that my fingers were burning red.
His certainty and his tenderness for me made me feel at ease, and my instincts told me that he was really all right, and though his heart was still in his throat, I was no longer in a hurry to ask.
"Does it still hurt?" he asked after a moment.
I shook my head and smiled.
He smiled in relief and led me by the hand to the sofa, where I sat down. When he saw the glass of water I had knocked over, he looked at the policeman and tilted his head toward the water dispenser.
His arrogant attitude wasn't that of someone who had been apprehended, it was more like he was standing in the 'heavenly paradise', arrogantly commanding his subordinates.
After all, now that he was guilty, he thought the police would ignore him, but he immediately obeyed and went to the water dispenser to pour me water.
I was extremely surprised. Although I knew that his men were up there, I didn't expect them to be so kind to him. Even the people down there were at his disposal.
The policeman placed the cup on the tea table. Lou Shaotang picked it up and passed it to me, "Drink."
I took it.
Lou Shaotang sat beside me and embraced me. Without waiting for me to ask again, he slowly spoke, "I had already expected that he would do this, so I made preparations in advance."
I naturally know that the "he" is referring to Di Jin.
"You knew that Di Jin would harm you?" I looked at him incredulously.
Lou Shaotang laughed wickedly, "He understands me as I understand him. When he agreed to cooperate with me, I knew that he was just playing the game. I knew what tricks he would use on me and what kind of drugs he would use. "
"Then what did you prepare?" I asked, puzzled.
Lou Shaotang placed the cup in my hand on the tea table, then leisurely leaned back against the soft sofa as he crossed his legs and smiled complacently, "Before we started our cooperation, I had already reported all of my documents to the police, so although the military account for the transaction was mine, I did not personally authorize it. Everything in the account was not done by me, it was done by someone else using my name. I intentionally encrypted the record to prevent Di Jin from being suspicious, because he knew that I would do things in a prudent manner and would do things differently. "
When I heard this, my heart dropped.
"Sly!" I laughed, but immediately frowned again. "What about the fingerprints?" I asked, my heart pounding again. You can be exonerated from trafficking in troops, but the evidence of murdering South American is all directed at you. You don't have any alibi, so what should we do? "
Lou Shaotang smiled, "Who says I don't have one?"
(You can go back to chapters 100, 101 and 103 if you wish to revisit the part where Di Jin met Tu Ying in France.) Looking back now would feel very different. Yes, it was like a different world, melancholy.)