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

[Some chapters have been deleted and modified, and the plot is no longer coherent, so we've moved up to chapter 48. Chapters after chapter 48 are all new chapters.]

Wenya and Toka's wedding was held in a neighboring city. Because it would take half a day to drive there, they set off a day early and were expected to arrive around dusk. They would then stay at the Omani family's hotel for two nights.

I brought quite a few people with me this time.

Last time, in order to allow Lin Mian to make an appearance, the two sisters, Mei Zhu and Mei Li, did not show up, but this time, the Amman family invited all four of them.

Moreover, He Duoye's father required He Duoye to bring Lin Mian along, a fact that Lin Mian learned from Mei Li.

So, in the end, He Duoye took everyone with him, including Uncle Jixiang, and only Li Mingshao was left behind to watch over He Duoye's territory in case anything unexpected happened.

They set off at noon and will probably arrive in the evening.

Several cars were already parked at the door, and servants were moving back and forth, carrying the things needed for this trip.

The weather hasn't been very good lately, and today is no exception, with a persistent drizzle.

Lin Mian didn't want to use an umbrella or get wet in the rain, so she stood in the villa's hall until the servants put everything into the trunk and everyone got into their cars. Only then did Lin Mian quickly walk out.

She beat Meili to the punch and jumped into the car before she could.

Because there were many people, they traveled separately: the two sisters in one car, and He Duoye and Lin Mian in another car, but Lin Mian didn't want to see a certain dog.

She took Meili's seat: "I'll switch seats with you, you can go keep the Third Young Master company."

Meili: "..."

She looked up at the car in front of her.

He Duoye stood in front of the car door, dressed in dark clothes. He was very tall, and the servants had to raise their hands high to shield him with an umbrella, but the dark umbrella did not hide his expression of being amused and angry.

Mei Li asked directly, "Did you two have a fight?"

Lin Mian: "...No, it's just...don't you want to go and keep him company? You're the second wife, you know."

Meili was speechless after Lin Mian's words. She seemed ready to argue with Lin Mian, but Meizhu spoke up at that moment: "Go on, Lili."

"Fine." Mei Li reluctantly closed the car door and gave up her seat.

The car door isolated her from the outside world. In the quiet, Lin Mian felt Mei Zhu watching her, but she pretended not to notice and lowered her head to straighten her skirt.

"I've never seen anyone throw such a tantrum at Third Master," Meizhu said.

Lin Mian had heard similar remarks when she first arrived. She replied, "Maybe it's because I'm the first woman he brought back from outside, so I'm just going to be a little ungrateful."

Meizhu smiled immediately, with a cool and aloof older sister vibe: "No, it's just because you're special."

Lin Mian didn't take those words seriously.

The car door was opened again at this moment, and He Duoye's long legs appeared in front of the door. He said to Meizhu, "Go to the front."

Meizhu immediately grabbed her bag and got out of the car.

Seeing this, Lin Mian immediately got out of the car, determined not to ride in the same car as He Duoye.

When she moved to the front, Uncle Jixiang was standing by the roadside, smiling at her.

Lin Mian paused, a surge of displeasure at being spied on welling up inside her. With a cold expression, she asked Uncle Jixiang, "Is it very beautiful?"

Uncle Jixiang paused for a second in surprise, and when he looked again, Lin Mian had already walked several meters away, leaving only her slender back. Uncle Jixiang looked at her back, and his smile returned.

This is taking advantage of being favored and becoming arrogant, Uncle Jixiang thought.

In the end, they changed positions.

Lin Mian and Mei Zhu were sitting in the car in front.

The convoy set off, drove out of the manor, and headed in another direction.

Lin Mian leaned against the car window, staring at the unfamiliar scenery outside. She looked listless and lacked energy. Mei Zhu looked at her for a while, then raised the partition in the car and asked, "Did you really have a fight with Third Master? What happened?"

Lin Mian rested her head against the glass. Instead of answering, she asked, "Didn't you two argue with him?"

"No one here has ever argued with him," Meizhu said, adding, "including Li Mingshao, who has been with him for over four years."

Lin Mian was actually surprised. It would be strange if she and He Duoye didn't argue for a week, mainly because He Duoye was such a jerk.

Although their arguments were more like playful fighting.

But that was many years ago. Lin Mian put the past behind her, resting her forehead on the cool glass, and said, "Then you all have very good tempers."

Meizhu couldn't help but laugh: "No one dares."

She told Lin Mian about He Duoye's arrival. Because he was new to the area and was being treated like a spoiled young master by his father, many people disliked He Duoye and targeted him, trying to set him up and see him suffer.

They set a trap, provoking He Duoye to start a fight, escalating the conflict and then dragging the He family behind him into it.

But He Duoye didn't argue with them. Instead, he picked up his weapon and knocked everyone to the ground. Although he himself was seriously injured, after that, no one dared to provoke him again.

"I heard these things from Li Mingshao," Meizhu said, "but they should be true."

Lin Mian was stunned for a moment, but couldn't resist her curiosity and asked, "Do you know where the gunshot behind him came from?"

Meizhu nodded.

He Duoye wasn't originally staying at the Pearl Building. He was kept by his father and then sent to some dangerous areas to handle dangerous missions and people.

Initially, He's father planned to keep He Duoye under his watchful eye.

He Duoye hated being watched by his father, so he made a deal. He would deal with the Bai family, whom the He family had always wanted to get rid of but had never gotten away with.

The other party is also a large family, and it is simply impossible to get rid of them in a short period of time.

Therefore, He Duoye chose the most direct and also the most dangerous method: killing the leader of the opposing family.

When the head of the Bai family went into the mountains to make a deal with drug dealers, he intervened. The battle was extremely chaotic and bloody. The drug dealers were all reckless people whose minds had been ruined by drugs; they even killed members of the Bai family.

So the plan went more smoothly than He Duoye had anticipated, because the Bai family patriarch had his head blown off by the drug dealers, but it was also more troublesome than He Duoye had expected, because after killing the Bai family members, the drug dealers turned around and began to hunt down He Duoye.

He knew the plan was extremely dangerous, so he only brought He's father's men, with only Li Mingshao being one of his own.

In the end, everyone died in the dense forest, except for him and Li Mingshao.

He was shot at that moment. Li Mingshao didn't even know he'd been shot because he looked perfectly fine. It wasn't until he killed the last pursuer and they ran out of the woods that they managed to steal a car by the roadside.

After getting into the car, He Duoye calmly told Li Mingshao that he had been shot and might die.

Lin Mian was stunned when she heard this. She seemed to see a picture in her mind: He Duoye, who was seriously injured and on the verge of death, but was also extremely calm, as if nothing had happened.

He is that kind of person.

If Lin Mian had been with him at the time, he probably would have said, "You're going to be a widow."

No, if it had been Lin Mian, she would have discovered that He Duoye had been shot much earlier.

"Later, Li Mingshao took him to hide and treat his injuries, fearing that the Bai family and those drug dealers who were not yet dead might suddenly come looking for him and take his life." Meizhu's voice interrupted Lin Mian's untimely thoughts.

"They hid outside for two months, and everyone thought he and Li Mingshao were dead... Of course, in hindsight, it's clear that he survived and won the deal with his father."

Meizhu looked out the car window. The car had been driving for half an hour. On both sides of the road were dilapidated mountain village farmhouses and vast fields.

"That's why he was able to come here and live in this manor."

Lin Mian was silent for a moment, then said, "He has always been very capable."

He was far more powerful and unfamiliar than Lin Mian knew. It was as if, after leaving Lin Mian, he had entered another world and lived a completely different life from Lin Mian.

This was a life that Lin Mian didn't understand and couldn't enter.

She looked at the bag on her lap, which contained the miniature pistol He Duoye had given her, but she probably wouldn't have the courage to actually use it to kill someone.

The scenery outside the window continued to rush past, and Lin Mian couldn't help but think that this scenery was completely different from that in China.

Once she is sent back to her country, she will never see these sights again.

Meizhu suddenly spoke up again: "Now that you've heard Third Master's story, would you like to hear about me and my sister?"

Lin Mian nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

"Actually, Meili and I are also Chinese. We were born in a very poor mountain village. In my memory, my mother was always mentally challenged, wore dark clothes, and had very short hair. When I called her 'Mom,' she would look at me and smile."

"My father was silent and irritable. He would slap my sister and me for no reason, but most of the time he would kick us. I guess that's easier to hit hard that way."

"When my sister and I grew a little older, I don't know how old we were because we didn't have birthdays. Anyway, one day, a man and a woman, two strangers, came to our house and took my sister and me away."

Meizhu smiled and said casually, "Then we were sold here and became prostitutes, sleeping with men endlessly every day... from one place to another, and then facing different men."

As she spoke, she noticed Lin Mian's expression and smiled calmly and gently: "You don't need to think we're so pitiful. I don't think we're so miserable. At least my sister and I have climbed out of the mud."

She turned to face Lin Mian, showing her her current elegance and poise: "Look, aren't I doing very well now?"

Lin Mian nodded: "Actually, the first time I saw you, I thought you were very beautiful."

Meizhu smiled and said, "The day Third Master took us away, my sister and I swore that we would never sleep with disgusting men again, and now, our wish has come true."

She looked into Lin Mian's eyes and said, "I think what I'm saying might be wrong, a very serious mistake, but I still want to tell you."

"Lin Mian, neither Mei Li nor I have had any relationship with Third Master," she said. "I hope you won't argue with him these next few days."