12dz Chapter 812: Lost Soul
Chapter 812: Lost Soul
In the quiet and luxurious Antai Technology Villa District in the North City area, Yu Fei drove An Yu's car steadily, slowly passed through the beautifully decorated iron gate, and drove into the courtyard of the An family villa.
The car bumped slightly on the cobblestone path, making a slight noise, as if telling of the fatigue of the journey.
After Yu Fei stopped the car, he skillfully unbuckled his seat belt and got out quickly.
He walked around the front of the car and quickly walked towards the passenger seat. With a concerned look on his face, he gently opened the door, extended his hand to An Yu, and said gently, "Sister An Yu, come here. I'll take you back to your room to rest."
At this moment, An Yu's eyes were filled with loneliness and fatigue, as if she was shrouded in an invisible haze.
She raised her head slightly, looked at Yu Fei, and said softly, "Xiao Fei, can you please stay? If my mom sees me later, I wonder how she'll get mad!"
There was a hint of helplessness and worry in her voice, as if she was filled with fear of the scene she was about to face with her mother.
Yu Fei looked at An Yi's pitiful appearance, and a wave of pity welled up in his heart. He smiled, revealing his white teeth, and said gently, "Okay, let's go!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his arm and naturally and intimately put his arm around An Yu's shoulders, giving her a kind of silent comfort.
The two of them walked straight towards the living room with slightly heavy steps.
As they approached the living room door, a noisy voice came over. Among them, Lou Fangyun's sharp voice was particularly prominent:
"Mrs. Fang is so lucky today! Mrs. Fang, please go easy on me, I've already lost a full 30,000!"
There was a hint of anger in his words, but also mixed with a kind of helpless ridicule.
The other two ladies also echoed, "That's right, Mrs. Fang's luck is unstoppable."
Mrs. Fang responded with a smile: "It's okay, sisters, let's go out and play together later, it's my treat."
Hearing this, the other ladies immediately smiled happily and said, "That's great. Thank you, Mrs. Fang."
For a moment, the living room was filled with laughter. When An Yu heard these sounds, she couldn't help but show a look of contempt on her face.
She really had no intention of joining in the social activities of her mother and these ladies. She just wanted to return to her room as soon as possible and get away from the noisy scene.
So, she didn't stop and prepared to go straight upstairs. At this time, Lou Fangyun seemed to notice An Yu's movements.
He asked in a deep voice, "Xiaoyu, I haven't seen you these days. Where have you been?"
There was a questioning tone in her voice, as if she was blaming her daughter for leaving without saying goodbye.
An Yu was already feeling depressed, and when she heard her mother's questioning, the rebellious emotions in her heart were immediately ignited.
She responded with a little impatience: "Mom, I'm tired, you guys have fun." There was a hint of indifference and resistance in her tone, and it was obvious that she didn't want to get entangled with her mother too much.
"Hey? What's your attitude? I can't say anything to you." When Lou Fangyun heard An Yu's response, she immediately became angry and raised her voice a few degrees as she complained.
She could not accept her daughter's perfunctory and disrespectful attitude and felt that her authority as a mother was challenged.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Fei hurriedly stepped forward, with a perfect smile on his face, and said sincerely:
"Aunt Lou, Sister An Yu and I went to our alma mater for a few days. We've been running around so much these days, and Sister An Yu is really exhausted.
You guys continue to have fun, I'll take her upstairs to rest." Yu Fei knew An Yu's mood at the moment,
He also understood Lou Fangyun's temper and hoped to ease the tense atmosphere through his own explanation.
When Lou Fangyun saw Yu Fei, a sunny smile instantly appeared on her face, as if the anger just now had never appeared.
She said enthusiastically, "Hey, Xiaofei! You two went out to play! Look at this girl, she never tells me anything she does.
You guys must be tired from playing! Come upstairs and have a rest! I'll tell Auntie to make you something delicious tonight."
Lou Fangyun's attitude towards Yu Fei is completely different from that towards An Yu. In her eyes, Yu Fei has always been a sensible and well-behaved child, and is naturally kind and pleasant.
Yu Fei smiled and nodded, saying politely, "Okay, thank you, Aunt Lou."
After saying that, he gently put his arm around An Yu's shoulders again, and the two of them walked straight upstairs, leaving behind everyone in the living room who were still laughing and talking happily.
Back upstairs, An Yu's bedroom, which was warmly decorated but seemed a little depressing at the moment, turned around, her eyes full of complicated emotions. She couldn't help but slowly stretched out her hands and put them around Yu Fei's neck.
Yu Fei was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect An Yu to do something so sudden. After a brief moment of shock,
There was tenderness in his eyes as he gently held her tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to protect her from all the storms in the world.
Yu Fei gently lowered his head, leaned close to An Yu's ear, and asked softly, "Sister An Yu, what exactly happened in the ward today?
Look at Teng Zijing... Teng Zijing didn't look so dispirited when he went in. Who is the important person living in the ward?
You know, Teng Zijing has always been proud and conceited, and he has never been so cowardly!" His voice was low and concerned, trying to find out the truth from An Yu.
An Yu could no longer suppress the tangled feelings in her heart, and tears burst out like a dam breaking in Yu Fei's warm embrace.
Tears fell like pearls from a broken string, one after another, and soon a large area of Yu Fei's shoulder was wet.
Her body trembled slightly, and she choked up as she said, "The person living in the ward is Teng Zijing's grandfather. Judging from his behavior and aura, he seems to be a very powerful person.
I heard Director Chang respectfully address him as "chief," so I figured he must be someone of extraordinary rank, possessing a very high status and prestige.
"So just because of his words, the two of us were acquitted?" Yu Fei frowned slightly and asked tentatively, his heart full of doubts.
An Yu slowly raised her eyes, looked straight into Yu Fei's eyes, nodded gently, and said with a hint of fatigue and helplessness in her voice:
"Well, he asked me to tell him what happened in detail. At that time, Teng Zijing was concerned about my dignity as a girl and felt that it would be too embarrassing for me to recount those past events, so he begged his grandfather to let him tell the story.
As a result, his grandfather thought he was not following the rules in such a serious occasion, so he called two armed guards and punished him by slapping him twice in the face on the spot. That scene was really scary.
Upon hearing this, Yu Fei couldn't help but sneer, his tone tinged with disdain: "Just because of this? He shouldn't have been beaten to the point of losing his soul! He's too fragile!"
After saying that, Yu Fei gently patted An Yu's shoulder, motioned her to sit at the head of the bed, then turned around and walked towards the tea table with steady steps.
He picked up the kettle on the table and slowly poured water into the cup, his movements gentle and skillful.
After filling a glass of water, he returned to An Yu with the glass and sat down on the bed beside her. He handed the glass to An Yu and said softly, "Sister, drink some water! Take your time."
An Yu took the cup of water and held it tightly in both hands, as if the water could give her some strength.
She took a sip, the water flowing down her throat, but it failed to ease the bitterness in her heart.
She took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to say, "Xiao Fei, do you know? The reason Qiu Beichen jumped off the building was because he witnessed Teng Zijing's violence against me."
Upon hearing this, Yu Fei stood up and looked at the exhausted An Yu with a sharp gaze. His eyes were wide open, and his face was full of shock and anger:
"What? Teng Zijing, this bastard, is a beast!" He clenched his fists in anger, wishing he could settle the score with Teng Zijing immediately.
An Yu's tears flowed out of her eyes uncontrollably again, and she continued in a trembling voice:
"Qiu Beichen could have stopped everything from happening. He chased upstairs and broke into Teng Zijing's bedroom.
Seeing my clothes scattered all over the floor, that scene seemed to have touched some kind of principle deep in his heart. His self-esteem got the better of him, and he stopped the action that should have been to rescue me.
I shouted at Beichen at the top of my lungs to save me, but instead of rushing over to help, he retreated from the bedroom step by step.
At that moment, Teng Zijing was completely enraged by Qiu Beichen's cowardice. He said to me who was struggling desperately, "Qiu Beichen is not a man I can rely on for the rest of my life."
Only he, only he, Teng Zijing, could bring me happiness, and yet he... did that to me.
At that moment, he completely abandoned his usual respect for me, as if he had lost his mind, and raped me."
Recalling that unbearable past, An Yu's body couldn't stop shaking, as if she was back to that desperate moment.
“If it weren’t for this investigation into the case where I stabbed him, he wouldn’t have taken the initiative to surrender to the police.
He was worried that his grandfather would use his status to put pressure on the judicial authorities, which would be very detrimental to me, so he chose to surrender himself, hoping to use this method to protect me and exonerate me."
After An Yu finished speaking, she gently wiped away her tears, her eyes revealing a hint of complicated emotions.
When Yu Fei heard this, the anger in his heart subsided a little. He slowly sat back on the bed and snorted coldly, "This kid still has some conscience."
An Yu bit her lip slightly, hesitated for a moment, then reached out and grabbed Yu Fei's arm, her eyes full of pain and entanglement.
He looked into Yu Fei's eyes and said, "Xiao Fei, the reason why Teng Zijing lost his energy and spirit after coming out is..."
Yu Fei saw An Yu's hesitation and felt uneasy. He asked hurriedly, "What is it? Sister An Yu."
An Yu pursed her lips, as if she had made a great decision, and mustered up the courage to say, "After Qiu Beichen committed suicide by jumping off the building, I was completely exhausted and slept for three days."
Yu Fei nodded and said solemnly, "I know. The time I went to the hospital to see you, the doctor told me you were gone."
"Yes, at that time, I really didn't know how to face you and my parents. Dad was busy with company affairs all day and was hardly home.
As for my mother, she's always been very cold to me since I was little. We'd always have a huge argument over a single disagreement." An Yu shook her head bitterly, her eyes filled with helplessness and sadness.
Yu Fei looked at An Yu, his heart filled with sympathy. He patted her hand gently and comforted her:
"Sister An Yu, don't be sad. Aunt Lou was raised in a pampered environment at home. Taking care of babies isn't her strong point. Don't take it to heart."
A contemptuous smile appeared on An Yu's lips, but within that smile was hidden an endless sadness:
"Later, I couldn't stay in this miserable place any longer, so I left Kuncheng and traveled abroad for more than three months.
Along the way, I walked and stopped, and finally stopped in Victoria, which was full of scientific research atmosphere.
Once, when I was visiting a project of a scientific research company, I suddenly felt unwell, my vision went dark and I fainted.
When I woke up again, I was already in the hospital. The doctor told me that I was pregnant with a cute little boy.
The moment I heard the news, it seemed as if the helplessness and despair of that night came back to me again, constantly tormenting me.
I was so upset at the time that I had an induced abortion in a fit of rage. Today, Teng Zijing heard that I had the baby aborted.
It was as if she had suffered a huge blow, so she was so distraught after coming out." After saying this, An Yu lowered her head, tears blurring her eyes again.