You tricked me into raising your son? You'll divorce me and become my aunt.

Cheng Xi was heartbroken.

He gently hugged Ruan Ning and said, "Baby, don't be sad. You still have me. Men can't be relied on."

Cheng Xi bought food for Ruan Ning and took care of her until she finished eating.

Then I sat by her bedside and chatted with her.

She had to go to work the next day and couldn't stay up too late with Ruan Ning.

I went home at 10 p.m.

The next day.

Cheng Xi was working overtime at the company and couldn't come to the hospital to visit Ruan Ning.

She was worried about Ruan Ning, so she told their mutual friend Gu Mingzhou about Ruan Ning's fall and hospitalization.

Gu Mingzhou made a special trip to the hospital to visit him.

He sat with Ruan Ning in the ward for a while, and seeing that she was not in good spirits, he suggested that he accompany her downstairs for a walk to get some fresh air.

Ruan Ning also felt bored staying in the ward all the time and wanted to go for a walk.

The two went downstairs together, and as soon as they stepped out of the elevator, two familiar figures walked towards them.

It was Fu Tingchen and Bai Xinyao, who had just finished their discharge procedures.

Bai Xinyao smiled and looked radiant.

Fu Tingchen walked beside her, carrying her bag in his hand.

The two walked side by side, and anyone who saw them would think they were a couple.

Facing each other, Fu Tingchen and Bai Xinyao also saw them.

Fu Tingchen's gaze swept over and stopped when he saw Ruan Ning's hospital gown.

He had been focusing all his attention on Bai Xinyao these past few days and had never asked about Ruan Ning's situation.

Seeing her in her hospital gown, pale and weak, with a thin frame, I felt a mix of surprise and indescribable emotions.

He instinctively stepped forward, his eyes filled with concern, "Why are you in the hospital?"

A mocking glint flashed in Ruan Ning's eyes. "Isn't this all thanks to you?"

Fu Tingchen frowned slightly, his expression darkening somewhat.

He thought Ruan Ning was deliberately keeping the reason for his hospitalization a grudge against him because of what happened last time.

Are you still angry about what happened last time?

"Last time you hit Xinyao in public, she could have called the police to hold you accountable. I stayed at the hospital to take care of her these past few days, and that's why she agreed not to pursue the matter."

Fu Tingchen said coldly, "Ruan Ning, you should know when to stop."

Ruan Ning couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"She's not going to hold me accountable?"

That night, it was clearly Bai Xinyao who provoked her and even pushed her downstairs.

Her subsequent actions were merely a counterattack.

But in Fu Tingchen's case, right and wrong were completely reversed.

Bai Xinyao became the one who was bullied but showed leniency and generosity.

She became the perpetrator.

And then there's Fu Tingchen, who has been willingly taking care of his sweetheart these past few days.

But now she says she took care of Bai Xinyao so that Bai Xinyao wouldn't pursue the matter.

Ruan Ning sneered, "Why don't you ask her why I hit her? She deliberately tricked me into going there, provoked me, and even pushed me off the building, so I hit her."

Upon hearing her say this, Fu Tingchen replied without hesitation, "Impossible."

"Xinyao isn't that kind of person."

He seemed very angry at what Ruan Ning said, and his expression turned even colder.

"I know you've never liked her and have a prejudice against her, but you don't need to fabricate these things to smear her in order to exonerate yourself."

He never once considered verifying the truth.

No consideration was given to adjusting the surveillance footage.

He only believed Bai Xinyao.

Whatever Bai Xinyao says goes.

Just as Ruan Ning was about to speak, Gu Mingzhou reached out and pulled her behind him.

A cold glint appeared in Gu Mingzhou's eyes as he looked at Fu Tingchen. "Have you always judged right and wrong by the same standards? You don't look at the facts, you just believe whatever others say?"

"You made a conclusion without even thinking about finding out the truth."

"Fu Tingchen, you are not good enough for her." Gu Mingzhou's magnetic voice was like it was wrapped in a layer of ice.

Upon hearing this, Fu Tingchen's face turned terribly gloomy.

No one had ever dared to speak to him like that.

Especially since these words came from another man.

The man wore glasses, had a gentle and refined demeanor, and a cool and handsome face. He was dressed in a gray bespoke suit, tall and elegant, exuding the air of a highly educated elite. Standing next to Ruan Ning, the two looked surprisingly well-matched.

Fu Tingchen found the sight of them standing side by side extremely jarring.

A strong sense of possessiveness inexplicably surged within him.

Nguyen Ninh is his wife.

She is the person who holds the title of his wife.

No matter how cold he was to her, he couldn't accept the presence of other men around her.

Besides, this person of the opposite sex looks so outstanding.

Fu Tingchen felt agitated, as if his personal possessions were being coveted and stolen.

He demanded forcefully of Ruan Ning, "Who is he? What is your relationship with him?"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Ning curled her lips into a cold smile, "None of your business."

Fu Tingchen's brow furrowed, and the restlessness in his heart grew stronger.

This is an emotion I've never felt before.

Very strange.

Everyone in the industry knows that Ruan Ning loves him very much.

For the past three years of their marriage, no matter how indifferent he was to her, she has always been a good wife.

There are never any other men around me.

But now, a man has appeared beside her.

Fu Tingchen's possessiveness flared up immediately.

He wanted to press Ruan Ning about her relationship with Gu Mingzhou, trying to suppress this inexplicable loss of control.

At this moment, Bai Xinyao gently tugged at his sleeve, "Tingchen, let's go. Shuoshuo is still waiting for us to come back at home."

Thinking of his children at home, Fu Tingchen suppressed the impulse in his heart.

Before leaving, he gave Ruan Ning a deep, thoughtful look.

After Fu Tingchen and Bai Xinyao left.

Gu Mingzhou looked at Ruan Ning and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Ruan Ning's expression remained indifferent.

She had long since realized that Fu Tingchen had never loved her in the slightest.

Over this period of time, Fu Tingchen's actions have gradually chilled her heart.

She was slowly withdrawing.

Now, when she faces Fu Tingchen, she no longer feels as heartbroken and sad as before.

"I'm fine, but he reminded me that I should hold Bai Xinyao accountable."

After saying that, Ruan Ning made a phone call to the restaurant she had visited that night.

The staff were asked to check the surveillance footage.

However, the staff told her that the surveillance cameras were broken that night.

What a coincidence!

Ruan Ning knew it was Bai Xinyao's doing.

It seems Bai Xinyao was prepared.

Without surveillance footage, the only recourse is to rely on the two eyewitnesses from that night to prove her innocence.

Unfortunately, the eyewitness is Fu Tingchen's brother-in-law, who will definitely side with Fu Tingchen.

Ruan Ning also didn't want to see the Jin family again.

So they never even considered contacting Jin Xiuhan.

Forget it.

Since we cannot pursue Bai Xinyao's responsibility through legal channels.

Then let's give them a taste of their own medicine.

After Ruan Ning finished her phone call with the restaurant, Gu Mingzhou spoke up with an ambiguous tone.

"Is this the kind of man you insisted on marrying, even at the cost of your future?"

Ruan Ning pursed her lips.

Memories drift back thirteen years.

Ruan Ning lived abroad with her mother until she was ten years old.

During the summer vacation when she was thirteen, her father took her and her mother on a trip to a Southeast Asian country.

In a small town, Xiao Ruan Ning accidentally got lost and fell into the hands of a human trafficking gang.

After several moves, she was locked in a small, dark room in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city.

That was a suffocating and desperate experience she would never forget in her life.

The warehouse was completely sealed off, with heavy iron doors and windows blocking out all light, making it pitch black.

There were several old iron cages in the room, and she was locked in one of them.

There are many other children here who were abducted like her.

Most of them are girls.

The children cried incessantly out of fear.

It was chattering and making a lot of noise.

Little Ruan Ning huddled in the corner of the cage, trembling all over with fear.

A damp, musty smell surrounded her, and the boundless darkness enveloped her completely.

Young children are trapped in a dark cage in a strange foreign land.

She thought she would never see her parents again in her life.

She thought she would be sold to some faraway place and die alone in a foreign land.

Until one day, the deathly darkness was finally broken.