Half an hour later, the driver took Zhan Bei Jue to Lu Ming Zhe's car.
The car door opened, and seeing him half-dead, leaning weakly on the steering wheel, Zhan Bei Jue pushed him.
"What's wrong? You were unclear on the phone. What happened?"
Lu Ming Zhe unbuckled his seatbelt and stumbled out as if he had drunk too much.
He opened the back door, slid onto the seat, and covered his eyes with his hand.
"Let's find a place to drink. You drive the car."
Zhan Bei Jue drove the car onto the road.
Lu Ming Zhe remained silent, and after several minutes, he still hadn't recovered.
Zhan Bei Jue looked at him, looking miserable, through the rearview mirror and couldn't help but ask.
"Were you tricked? Your mom was right, Xiang Wan is a骗子 (piàn zi - swindler)?"
Lu Ming Zhe's voice trembled.
"If she were a swindler, I wouldn't be this miserable. The problem is she has no flaws at all."
"She suddenly said she didn't want me anymore. What the hell is this?"
Zhan Bei Jue wasn't good at comforting people.
Even if he could empathize with others, he couldn't say any cheesy words.
Moreover, seeing him like this reminded him of his past self.
He had laughed at himself quite a bit back then.
He couldn't help but tell the truth.
"Heaven's will is done. It seems someone has come to put you in your place. This is your retribution."
Lu Ming Zhe didn't argue with him and gave a bitter smile.
"That's right, it is indeed my retribution. It's all retribution!"
"We've known each other for four years. For the first three years, I didn't take her seriously. Now that she's gone, I realize I can't live without her. I'm just a damn fool!"
Didn't she get pregnant with your child?
Zhan Bei Jue wanted to ask this question.
But then he thought of Jiang Nan Fang back then…
Women, once they become ruthless, can do anything.
As for the child, it's in her belly, so they truly have no say.
"Stop sighing. If you really can't live without her, now that she's just left, hurry and look for her. Don't be like me, delaying for so many years."
"How can I look for her? If I could, I would have already."
Speaking of this, Lu Ming Zhe slowly sat up and gave a self-mocking smile in the rearview mirror.
"Back then, I used to laugh at you, always thinking you were useless. Now, looking back, damn it, I'm completely following your old path."
"Did Xiang Wan learn from Jiang Nan Fang? Her methods are exactly the same as hers. She disappeared without a trace. I want to find her, but I don't know where to start!"
"That capable? It seems she really doesn't want you anymore."
Zhan Bei Jue had no sympathy and even felt like laughing.
Lu Ming Zhe kicked his seat in anger, and Zhan Bei Jue finally held back his smile.
"Doesn't she have a brother studying here?"
"I beat up her brother, but he insisted he didn't know anything. His sister doesn't even contact him anymore. I'm truly at a loss."
Then Zhan Bei Jue also didn't know what to say to him.
After all, he wasn't a master at charming girls.
Moreover, his past with Jiang Nan Fang was a negative example, and he didn't know how to impart experience to him.
He could only take him to a club and accompany him in drinking glass after glass.
The wine intoxicates, but the person also gets drunk.
Soon, Lu Ming Zhe started to ramble incoherently.
Zhan Bei Jue asked someone to prepare a room for him and helped him inside to rest.
He then took out his phone, found a contact in his WeChat, looked at it repeatedly, and sent a message.
"I'm coming over now."
The other party replied instantly with an OK gesture.
Then they sent a string of words, asking him to bring a few cases of wine, some food, and some fruit.
Zhan Bei Jue complied, driving around the city for a long time before parking the car in a secluded small villa.
The door was already unlocked, and he pushed it open.
In the luxurious and bright living room sat a very beautiful and exquisitely dressed young woman.
Upon closer inspection, there was a slight resemblance between their eyes and brows.
"Where's what I asked for?"
Seeing him enter, the woman slowly got up from the sofa to greet him.
"In the car."
Feeling a bit warm from the alcohol, Zhan Bei Jue took off his jacket and hung it on his arm.
"How is she? Has her condition improved?"
"Heh," the woman sneered.
"I told you half a month ago that she was not doing well, and now you're asking if she's improved after half a month. You're truly filial."
"If she hadn't improved, her bones would have rotted by now. What would be the point of you coming?"
Zhan Bei Jue listened to her taunts calmly.
"Stop with the useless talk. Isn't there still you?"
"Go get the things yourself. I'm going upstairs to take a look."
The woman rolled her eyes at him, put on slippers, opened the door, and went to the trunk to get the items.
He quietly went upstairs to the room.
Only a floor lamp was left on in the room, casting a dim yellow light.
On the large, white bed lay a quiet middle-aged woman.
Zhan Bei Jue walked over, stared at her sleeping face for a few seconds, and then reached out to smooth her hair.
"Mom, I've come to see you."
The woman didn't react. Her face was pale, but her features were still sharp and delicate, no different from before the incident.
Zhan Bei Jue picked up her hand again and looked at it.
It was very clean, and her nails were neatly trimmed.
He sighed, tucked her hand back under the covers, and turned to go downstairs again.
The woman had moved all the items to the doorway and was dragging them in bit by bit.
Zhan Bei Jue didn't help and calmly asked her.
"You haven't answered my question yet. How is she doing?"
The woman only gave him a lazy glance after moving all the items inside and closing the door.
"My capabilities are limited. I'm not a skilled medical expert, so what can I tell?"
"Anyway, she's been sometimes lucid and sometimes groggy lately. If she's not sent to the hospital, you should prepare for the worst."
After his mother had tricked Jiang Nan Fang to the rooftop and they fell together with Ke Teng.
To avoid expanding the scandal and affecting the Zhan family's reputation, Zhan Bei Jue had immediately sealed the news.
He also had Jing Fang come forward and ordered everyone who had filmed the incident to delete the videos from their phones.
To Jiang Nan Fang and the Ke family, he claimed that his mother had died after failing to be resuscitated.
In reality, it was to somewhat lessen the anger of Jiang Nan Fang and Ke Jing Yu.
After all, Ke Teng was seriously injured at the time, and Jiang Nan Fang hated his mother to the bone.
If she had told her that she wasn't dead, Jiang Nan Fang might never have ended up with Zhan Bei Jue.
Knowing this deeply, Zhan Bei Jue hid his mother in this unknown place.
He dared not let anyone other than himself know.
He was very worried.
What would Jiang Nan Fang's reaction be if the truth came out and she discovered the massive deception he had committed…
It was truly pitiful.
Zhan Bei Jue had always longed to have another child with Jiang Nan Fang.
He always felt that an additional little angel would strengthen his resolve to keep her.
Unexpectedly, after finally getting pregnant, such a thing happened.
This was why he had been in low spirits recently.
The woman currently living with his mother was Zhan Bei Jue's twin sister from the same mother and father.
She had no Chinese name, her English name was Melody.