After searching for the Li family all night, Li Xin was nowhere to be found.
That night, Bai Xiaoran and Li Yunfeng took the drunk Pei Donglai to the hospital to sober up. Pei Donglai slept until the afternoon, then slowly opened his eyes and saw that he was still hanging from the bottle.
Li Yunfeng said: "How about coming from the east? Are you feeling better?"
"I'm fine, why did you send me to the hospital?" After saying that, Pei Donglai pulled out the needle and prepared to leave.
"Auntie is also in the hospital, West Building," Bai Xiaoran said.
"What's wrong with my mother?" Pei Donglai hurriedly ran to the west building.
Seeing his mother lying on the bed, dying, Pei Donglai hurriedly knelt beside his mother's bed, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Mom..."
Pei Donglai started crying, and Lin Xiaojie on the side said: "After checking, Auntie is fine, she is just too sad..."
"Xiaojie, thank you."
In the evening, Pei's mother felt a little energetic and said, "Donglai, I have something to tell you and Xiaojie."
After Li Yunfeng and Bai Xiaoran went out, Pei's mother said slowly: "You can remarry."
Pei Donglai was heartbroken when he saw his mother's haggard appearance, and did not dare to say no. Lin Xiaojie sat aside and did not speak.
Pei's mother: "Donglai, I talked to Xiaojie this morning and she agreed. You two have been together for a long time and you understand each other. It was just a misunderstanding before. Just solve it. Xiaojie is a good girl. She is much more reliable than the girl from the Li family."
After a while, the door was pushed open, and Pei's father came in with a midnight snack and said, "Dong Lai, your mother and I have also discussed how to remarry Xiaojie."
Mother Pei's eyes were fixed on her son. She was waiting anxiously for his answer, while Lin Xiaojie lowered her head and remained silent.
"Mom, let's talk about it later."
"Why do you want me to die? You are an unfilial thing." Mother Pei coughed again.
"Mom...Mom..., what's wrong with you? I'm going to call the doctor."
"Hold him," Pei's mother said to Pei's father while coughing.
Father Pei whispered in his son's ear: "If you don't agree today, your mother will really leave... Xiaojie has already agreed, what are you waiting for?"
Pei Donglai knew that his father was telling the truth. If he didn't agree to his mother today, the consequences might be serious.
Pei Donglai walked to the bedside, knelt down, took his mother's hand, and said, "Mom, I am willing to remarry."
Mother Pei smiled when she heard what her son said.
"Donglai, Xiaojie, you go home, your dad can stay here with me."
"Mom, I'm here with you."
"Why are you disobedient? Take Xiaojie back. Your friend is also waiting outside. Let's go quickly."
Pei Donglai knew his mother's temper, so he could only take Lin Xiaojie and Li Yunfeng back.
On the way, Pei Dong came and said, "I'll take you to have a midnight snack."
Li Yunfeng and Bai Xiaoran refused to go, while Lin Xiaojie did not speak and remained silent the whole way.
Li Yunfeng: "Dong Lai, are you really not going to find Li Xin?"
Pei Donglai knew in his heart that Li Xin did this carefully. Even if he found her, she would not marry him. What worried Pei Donglai was Li Xin's parents and her elderly grandmother.
Pei Donglai said: "Yunfeng, since you don't want to go for a midnight snack, I will take you back to the hotel."
Arriving at the door of the hotel, Li Yunfeng and Bai Xiaoran went upstairs, leaving Pei Donglai and Lin Xiaojie behind.
"Let's go for a walk outside," Pei Donglai said.
The two of them walked along the small river in the county town. "Dong Lai, I'm sorry, did Li Xin leave when she saw me coming?"
"none of your business".
"Why did you agree to my mother's remarriage?"
"Donglai, my aunt was in that situation at that time. Can I not agree?"
Lin Xiaojie then said: "I know you don't want to remarry. Let's act for auntie. At the moment, this is the only way I can think of."
Pei Donglai: "Do you really want to remarry?"
Lin Xiaojie was silent for a while and then said: "Donglai, our divorce is my problem. I feel sorry for you, but I have no choice. To be honest, I really want to be with you."
When Pei Donglai thought about the intimate scenes between Lin Xiaojie and Zhou Defei, he felt that Lin Xiaojie had a lot of powder on her face. She was really thick.
He actually said something like "I really want to be with you."
Pei Donglai said seriously: "Lin Xiaojie, I will not remarry you."
"Dong Lai, I was wrong, can you give me another chance?" Lin Xiaojie said with tears in her eyes.
"Aren't you and Zhou Defei together?"
"I'm not with him. It's a misunderstanding, really."
Pei Donglai smiled contemptuously, "What misunderstanding?"
"I..." Lin Xiaojie still didn't say it.
"You can leave tomorrow," Pei Donglai said coldly.
"What should I do, aunt?"
Pei Donglai ignored Lin Xiaojie and took her home.
Back home, Pei Donglai couldn't sleep for a long time. This Lin Xiaojie had tried every means to divorce her before, but now she actually wanted to remarry. I wonder what she was thinking?
What was the misunderstanding she was talking about? Pei Donglai clearly saw the intimate scene between her and Zhou Defei. Could it be that they were acting?
It's unlikely. Ever since Lin Xiaojie opened a law firm, she and Zhou Defei have often hung out together. Zhou Defei has helped Lin Xiaojie through family connections. As time goes by, the two must have feelings for each other.
Adults are different from students. In school, there is only love in their eyes, and everything else is just clouds.
But it's different in a complex society. Everything you do depends on relationships and RMB. Without these, success has nothing to do with you.
Pei Donglai knew that Lin Xiaojie was not this kind of person, but in the big dye vat of society, no one could guarantee that he would never forget his original intention and keep his mission in mind.
In the face of the temptation of interests, many people will make mistakes and even betray themselves. This is the cruelty of reality.
Pei Donglai would not agree to the remarriage. No matter how much grievances Lin Xiaojie felt at the time, just using her marriage as a bargaining chip had already exceeded Pei Donglai's bottom line.
But thinking of his mother's illness, Pei Donglai felt distressed. He thought to himself, how great it would be if Li Xin didn't run away from the marriage.
Pei Donglai regretted taking Li Xin to Hainan to see Zhang Yutong. When they were in Hainan, Pei Donglai had already seen some clues about Li Xin and Zhang Yutong's intimate behavior. At that time, he just thought that Li Xin did this to prevent Zhang Yutong from being sad.
She never expected that Li Xin would run away from her marriage.
Pei Donglai knew that Li Xin did this because she felt that she was inferior to Zhang Yutong, but Li Xin didn't know what it meant to be a good match. Even if she escaped from the marriage, she would not be able to marry Zhang Yutong.
Li Xin felt that this seemed to be a wise move, but in fact it was extremely stupid.
Her running away broke the hearts of her parents, and most importantly her grandmother who raised her.
Why is Li Xin so impulsive? How can a girl who seems quite sensible usually slip up at the critical moment? What on earth was she thinking? Pei Donglai wanted to know the answer.
