"Lai Yuaner has an impressive sister. Sister Wen told me that it was her idea for me to record a VCR slandering Tang Li," Shen Na said, her heart growing more and more afraid as she spoke of Lai Shengxia: "If she finds out it was me, she would leave no stone unturned to find me. I’m scared she’ll find someone to deal with me and Lai Yuaner’s parents would also settle the score with me."
Even if she had returned to her hometown, the Lai Family People would have no trouble finding her.
When Han Jifeng heard her mention Lai Shengxia, his heart was anything but calm. It was only in dreams years later that he saw clearly what kind of person Lai Shengxia was.
Her schemes and machinations were no less than any man’s.
Therefore, he had been deceived by her for years without knowing.
He had someone drug Lai Yuaner because he anticipated that Lai Shengxia would send her sister abroad.
If Lai Yuaner was not in the country, the Lai Family People would have no reason to make things difficult for Tang Li.
In his dreams, Tang Li was constantly oppressed by Lai Yuaner, and even when mentioned by the Lai Family People there was no fondness, later on due to Lai Shengxia’s death. Now that reality could start over, if she wanted to keep her distance from the Lai Family People, what he could do was to try as much as possible to make amends.
Han Jifeng noticed Qin Yueru at the door of the sickroom, hung up the phone, and went to support her: "Why aren’t you lying in bed?"
"I came to see if you had finished your call."
Back in the sickroom, Qin Yueru sat on the edge of the bed: "If I hadn’t run into Tang Li today, I would be alone in the hospital and wouldn’t know what to do."
Han Jifeng poured her a glass of water: "Next time, have the housekeeper accompany you to the hospital."
"I used to say that you and Tang Li being together wouldn’t be bad, but today, I heard she has someone else she likes."
At those words, Han Jifeng paused in the act of placing the kettle.
"I only saw that Tang Li was suitable to be taken home but forgot she is still young," Qin Yueru sighed softly. "Her heart isn’t settled. She might like you today, but she could like someone else tomorrow. No wonder she hasn’t come over to the house since."
"On the other hand, Lai Shengxia came to the house twice this month."
Han Jifeng did not pick up on that remark.
Qin Yueru looked at her son: "I hear from her that the breakup was forced by her family. Her relationship with her fiancé is quite ordinary. She’s about your age, and her character and temper are quite good. Apart from being engaged to someone else, I can’t find any fault in her. When it comes to emotional matters and marriage, I don’t want you to settle, but if you truly like her..."
"We’re already in the past. She has her own life now, and in the future, I will also have my own family."
Qin Yueru: "I see that she—"
Han Jifeng interrupted his mother: "My wife can be anyone, but it can never be her again."
At night, just as Tang Li finished booking her plane ticket and hotel, her cellphone received a push notification with news.
[Lai Yuaner’s assistant makes a first public response to the bungee jumping incident, claiming to be a scapegoat, and is now on the run, fearing being "silenced" by the Lai Family.]
Shen Na recorded another segment of the VCR, which quickly spread through various marketing accounts on Weibo.
In the video, Shen Na, Still with a broken arm and leg and in a simple house, claimed that Lai Yuaner made up an apology letter without her consent to clear her own name, and that the record she made slandering Tang Li in the VCR was also instructed by Lai Family People.
"Lai Yuaner has long disliked Tang Li, and back when Tang Li was filming the drama version of ’Original Sin,’ the film version’s director said her acting was better than Lai Yuaner’s. After Lai Yuaner’s sister found out, she went to Tang Li deliberately and tricked her into signing with Tianhua, planning to use the contract trap to shelve Tang Li and prevent her from taking on roles."