Pure Love Imprisoned: My Ex-Boyfriend, Who Blamed Me, Imprisoned Me in Love

"He's not what you think he is," Lin Mian said.

The uncle frowned: "So what Zhiwen said was true?"

Lin Mian looked at her uncle and asked, "What are you referring to? The things I did with He Duoye, shooting Zhang Zhiwen?"

The uncle didn't immediately refute him. He paused for a moment and said, "What exactly happened to you abroad? Can you tell us about it?"

Lin Mian lowered her gaze, her emotions surprisingly calm at this moment; she was neither angry nor disappointed.

Zhang Zhiwen talked about many things, including bad things about He Duoye and how Lin Mian shot him. But Lin Mian also talked about how Zhang Zhiwen treated her.

To outsiders, those acts of abandonment and betrayal in dangerous moments may seem insignificant compared to things like guns and murder.

Lin Mian remained calm, but didn't want to say too much.

She said, "I had a good time there; He Duoye took good care of me."

My aunt asked, "So what kind of work does he do outside? Do you know anything about his affairs?"

"I know," Lin Mian said. "I know what kind of person he is. I've always known."

Lin Mian raised her eyes, looked into her uncle and aunt's eyes, and said in a calm and clear tone, "I know better than anyone what I'm doing and what I want."

The uncle and aunt fell silent, their expressions showing awkwardness and unfamiliarity.

They definitely disagreed with Lin Mian's ideas and actions. They really wanted to find out what He Duoye was doing outside, whether he had really killed anyone, and whether he was a dangerous criminal.

However, they hesitated to express their true thoughts and attitudes because they were only Lin Mian's relatives and had only briefly cared for her.

Lin Mian believed that they definitely had feelings for her, that they genuinely wanted her to be well, and that they were willing to lend a helping hand when she needed it.

But feelings are subtle and changeable; most of the time, knowing when to stop is the best approach.

*

Lin Mian left two bodyguards with her uncle and the others.

She walked out of the hotel with six burly men, settled the bill with the bodyguard captain at the door, transferred the money on her phone, and then looked up to see Mei Li standing in front of her, looking helpless and speechless.

Lin Mian blinked: "How did you know I was here?"

Meili said, "Why else? Of course, someone was worried and asked me to come."

Lin Mian found it strange and couldn't help but look around, wondering if she had been being watched the whole time.

"Stop looking, let's get in the car first." Meili pointed to the SUV parked by the roadside, which was the car she had just rented today. She had driven over as soon as she got the keys.

After getting on the bus, Lin Mian checked her phone messages; He Duoye hadn't sent any.

Meili started the car and asked, "Are you alright? Did your blind date do anything to you?"

Lin Mian shook her head: "I brought eight bodyguards with me, so Zhang Zhiwen wouldn't dare to scold me even if he wanted to."

Mei couldn't help but laugh: "You're pretty smart. If it were me, I wouldn't have thought of hiring eight bodyguards. I would have just brought my own knife."

She looked at Lin Mian: "Are you really alright? You don't seem to be in a good mood..."

Looking out the car window, Lin Mian asked, "How have you been feeling about your sister lately?"

He Duoye and Meizhu usually don't talk about their own situations.

For Lin Mian, since He Duoye said nothing, she had no way of knowing anything, but Mei Li could sense something through telepathy.

For example, if Meizhu is under a lot of pressure recently, Meili will become inexplicably anxious. If Meizhu is nervous or suddenly frightened, Meili will feel palpitations and unease.

Lin Mian and Mei Li could only guess at the current situation of He Duoye and Mei Zhu through these vague feelings.

But Mei Li doesn't always tell Lin Mian the truth, and she doesn't even bring it up on her own initiative. She only reveals a little bit when Lin Mian asks, or pretends that nothing happened.

Meili paused subtly for a second while driving, and said, "It's about the same as usual... My intuition isn't always accurate; it's also affected by my sister's and my menstrual cycles."

Lin Mian instinctively felt that it must be a bad thing.

Will I be plagued by troubles, as Zhang Zhiwen said?

Lin Mian unconsciously picked at her fingers. She knew that Zhang Zhiwen's words were meant to make her uneasy and uncomfortable, so that she would do something irrational.

She didn't want to be fooled, but she couldn't help feeling worried and scared.

Meili observed Lin Mian's expression and said, "Why don't you make a video call to Third Master first? He might be jealous."

Lin Mian didn't want to contact him yet.

Back in her newly rented apartment complex, Lin Mian went inside and continued tidying up the room.

Although she always rented a place, she had a lot of odds and ends, all packed in boxes. Lin Mian knelt on the bedroom floor, unpacked the boxes, and took out the cute little figurines one by one.

Meili circled her room twice, then left without saying anything.

Not long after, Lin Mian's phone, which was on the bed, rang. It was He Duoye calling.

She stretched out her arm, grabbed the phone, answered the call, pressed the speakerphone button, placed the phone on the floor, and continued organizing the contents of the box.

After being amplified, He Duoye's voice became even hoarser, and his lazy demeanor became even stronger, making him sound very unserious.

"You just met your ex-blind date, and you're already angry with me?" he said. "I haven't even started to get jealous yet."

Lin Mian said, "I'm not angry."

Even if I'm angry, it's not because of He Duoye.

He Duo asked Ye, "What happened to you?"

Lin Mian stopped packing, gripped the edge of the suitcase, paused for a moment, and asked, "Do you know how Zhang Zhiwen got back?"

He Duoye said, "I can probably guess it's He Jingjun."

Not long after Zhang Zhiwen left the manor, he was captured and sold to the industrial park. I heard that he suffered a lot there, being beaten and mentally abused, and lost a lot of weight.

Once a guy like that enters the park, it's a miracle he hasn't been completely exploited and killed; he has no chance of ever getting out.

The only way to get out of the park is to be rescued by someone with connections.

He Jingjun's methods are not as shrewd as her father's, and times have changed. He Jingjun cannot find a reliable person to subtly follow and threaten Lin Mian like her father did.

So she thought of Zhang Zhiwen, that good-for-nothing.

Spend some money to send him back, so he can cause trouble for Lin Mian.

If Lin Mian is in trouble, it's the same as He Duoye being in trouble. As long as He Jingjun can affect He Duoye, even just a little bit, then she'll have succeeded. After all, the only price she has to pay is money.

He Jingjun has never been afraid to spend money.

He Duoye asked, "Did Zhang Zhiwen speak ill of me to you?"

He said in a very casual tone, "You're not saying I have another woman on the side, are you?"