Since she didn't love him, why did she marry Xie Qining?
Zhan Jiayi couldn't quite figure out Yang Shasha's train of thought.
Hearing the other party's silence for so long, William thought he had said something wrong and quickly said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said these things to you..."
"No, thank you for telling me this. Your feelings are very important to me," Zhan Jiayi emphasized, "Really, you've helped me a lot."
Only then did the other party relax and say, "Miss Zhan, don't worry. I'll find a way to investigate this matter."
"Then I'll wait for your news. Goodbye."
After the call, she still held her phone, lost in thought again. Her intuition told her that this Yang Shasha was very problematic.
She could ignore other things for now, but she had to find out the truth about Yang Shasha.
...
After returning home from the hospital, An Jing finally calmed down and decided to listen to Lan Yu and send Xiaoxiao to her biological father for the time being.
But he couldn't reach Lan Yu at all. He finally managed to contact the nanny they had hired.
The nanny told him on the phone, "Mr. Xiao, after I chased after her that night, Madam took her bag and left by taxi. She didn't take me with her, so I don't know where she took the child."
An Jing was disappointed and was about to hang up.
The nanny quickly said, "Mr. Xiao, I want to get paid. Are you at home?"
"Give me an account number, and I'll transfer it directly to you." After saying that, An Jing hung up.
He leaned back on the sofa at home, the quietness making him uncomfortable, as if he had returned to his single days.
It seemed Lan Yu was deliberately avoiding him, surely she wouldn't forgive him for that slap!
But no matter where she hid, he would find her and the child.
What he needed to do now was to arrange for Xiaoxiao first. Thinking this, he dialed the phone number left by Alva.
Alva was very happy to hear that he was willing to send Xiaoxiao over, and repeatedly said, "Good, good, I'll send you my home address."
"Then I'll take Xiaoxiao to see you as soon as possible." Although An Jing felt heartbroken, he didn't want to lose Lan Yu forever.
"What colors, toys, clothes, and food does Xiaoxiao like..." Alva said expectantly and excitedly, "I want to prepare her room and her favorite things in advance."
An Jing's heart ached. It seemed he had been too self-willed.
In fact, although Alva said he respected Xiaoxiao's wishes as much as he did, he was actually looking forward to Xiaoxiao returning to his side.
And here, Lan Yu and Xiaoxiao were not getting along well, but he used Xiaoxiao's unwillingness as an excuse to keep her, making a simple matter complicated, and hurting his relationship with Lan Yu.
It seemed he had made a mistake himself.
He told Alva everything he knew about Xiaoxiao's preferences, after all, he also hoped that Xiaoxiao would adapt quickly and be happy in her new environment.
Before picking up Xiaoxiao, he informed Tianyi and Susu of his decision.
Tianyi fully agreed, believing that he had finally thought things through.
Only in this way could he get his life back on track.
When Susu heard this, she felt reluctant to part with Xiaoxiao, but she also knew that only in this way could Lan Yu reconcile with An Jing.
"What are you going to say to Xiaoxiao? I'm afraid she'll have an emotional reaction."
"Don't worry about that, I'll make her understand." An Jing asked, "Susu, do you know Lan Yu's whereabouts? Has she contacted you?"
Susu said helplessly, "She contacted me once, but she still wouldn't say where she and the child were."
"Okay, I understand," An Jing said with a dejected tone.
Susu thought of something and suggested, "If Lan Yu's phone can't be reached, you can try sending her a message. Maybe she'll see it."
An Jing grunted and hung up, then booked tickets to go abroad with Xiaoxiao.
On the way to the airport to pick up Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao looked out the car window with a dejected expression, already knowing in her heart that her father didn't want her anymore.
Xiaoxiao didn't talk to him or ask him anything, which made An Jing feel very uncomfortable.
He had to take the initiative to explain to Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, I'm sending you to your biological father's place for a while. If you don't like it, I'll bring you back..."
"You're lying. You won't bring me back," Xiaoxiao said resentfully.
An Jing held her little hand and quickly said, "How could I? Even if you have a biological father, I will always be your father."
Xiaoxiao pulled her hand away and said angrily, "You're not my father, you never were!"
"Xiaoxiao!" An Jing grabbed her shoulders and looked at her, "I won't hide it from you. Mom and sister don't want to come home now. I have to work and can't take good care of you, so I can only send you to your biological father. You don't have no feelings for your biological father, so try living with him for a while. Maybe you'll be happier there than in Lancheng."
Xiaoxiao gave him no response, nor did she fuss about not going abroad. She looked out the car window again.
No one would understand her. In fact, she wouldn't be happy without Xingxing Gege.
She knew they were all still young and couldn't make decisions.
She had decided that even if she wasn't in Lancheng and couldn't see Xingxing Gege for a while, as long as they all grew up quickly, they could be together freely when they were older.
...
After learning of Xie Qining's death, Shasha was only stunned for a minute or two. Immediately, she cursed Xie Qining in her heart for being too useless. He couldn't even handle a few years in prison. It was good that he was dead!
In front of Xie Zhendong, she feigned immense grief, crying and wailing, wanting to go abroad to handle Xie Qining's funeral together.
Seeing her unstable emotional state, Xie Zhendong impatiently told her, "You stay home and take care of the children. You don't need to go."
But Shasha knelt and begged to go, her emotions out of control. The more she acted like this, the less Xie Zhendong dared to take her with him.
Of course, she didn't go as she wished. With Xie Qining gone, she actually felt much more relaxed.
After Xie Zhendong left, she could deal with Zhan Jiayi. If Zhan Jiayi's child was also gone, then her Jie Jie would be the sole heir, and no one would be able to compete with her.
She started having people watch Zhan Jiayi and also found out that Zhan Jiayi had pregnancy-induced hypertension and needed regular check-ups at the hospital.
Wasn't this a godsend opportunity? She would stage a car accident, and no one would suspect her.
...
A few days later, William called proactively.
Zhan Jiayi didn't expect him to have found something so quickly and asked, "Since someone bullied him in prison, didn't he tell the prison guards?"
"Such things are commonplace in prison. Even if he had told the guards at the time, no one would have taken it seriously," William said regretfully. "So, in the end, he chose to sharpen his toothbrush and stab his own throat."
Zhan Jiayi felt a chill hearing this, but she quickly felt that this was not something Xie Qining would do.
How could he be so cruel to himself?