Everyone Loves Pei Jiyu

CHAPTER 21 - To Seek

After searching for a glass vase, I inserted a bunch of white ginger lilies before adding in broken pieces of aspirin.

It's said that aspirin can delay the withering of flowers, but in the end, those that would wither will eventually wither. I was also like those flowers, delaying my end through the use of medicine – dragging out my existence where life and death become uncertain.

I placed the vase down as I sat down opposite Qiao Yi.

I asked, "It's so strange that you'll wake up at noon."

With an impatient tone, he replied, "I will be meeting a troublesome person today."

I scoffed. "I think you're then the real troublesome person here. Despite having grown up, you're still behaving as though you're a young person squandering their youth. If you have spare time, why not go visit your wife?"

He stared at me, surprised that I knew of what happened, but didn't ask further.

He shrugged. "It would not look good for a broken-up couple to sit together and talk about their divorce."

I ridiculed him, "I think that it's worse to forsake your ex-wife and seek affection elsewhere."

He raised an eyebrow. "You seem to have a prejudice towards me?"

"Maybe you're not being objective enough towards yourself."

"You really have a prejudice towards me." Qiao Yi then said while lazing against the couch, "Do you feel that I had let down Zheng YiJia?"

Zheng YiJia was Chen ErXin's cousin.

Feeling aggrieved for her, I retorted, "Then, do you actually think you treated her the way you should? She miscarried because of you, but you don't even visit her!"

Finally looking dim, Qiao Yi said, "At that time, we didn't even know she was pregnant." He looked up at me again before continuing, "I don't care if you believe it or not, but I'm doing everything for her sake."

I snorted, "Everyone would say that they did everything for their lovers when abandoning them."

For your good, with good intentions – what a high-sounding reason. Instead, why not personally ask the other person whether they're actually doing well.

Despite my terrible attitude, Qiao Yi didn't get angry. He said slowly, "Originally, there were four people in the Qiao family – me, my parents, and my sister, but now I'm the only one left. The Qiao family is like a vortex that's gradually devouring everyone. If she continues to stay, she will not be happy. So, I just want to give her a way out before it's too late."

I said, "If the Qiao family is like a vortex, you could have just left."

After all, Zheng YiJia's family has a foundation in England, and after getting there, he could have started afresh. So why did he have to entangle himself with Qiao Lang till death? If he left now, Qiao Lang would also not have enough opportunities to strike.

Qiao Yi smiled gently while feeling desolate. "Among my family of four, my father was lying in the hospital after a car accident, and my mother committed suicide while my sister was admitted into a mental hospital. If it's like this, could I still leave, would I be able to leave?"

I was unable to find any words to say to that.

Not expecting that Qiao Lang's revenge would be so brutal, I didn't dare ask what had happened to the Qiao family.

Back in my room, I was trembling in pain but could only consume painkillers.

Looking at the increased frequency that I was consuming medicine, my condition had worsened, and I would have to leave the Qiao's house as soon as possible.