Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 194 Killing the Cuckoo (9)

"Mom!" Fang Yi couldn't bear to hear his mother constantly targeting Li Tingyi. He wanted to defend him, but considering that saying it would only escalate the conflict, he swallowed it back.

“It’s not just for Li Tingyi. If I can’t protect him, and things blow up, Gao Li will find out about my relationship with Li Tingyi.” Fang Yihe looked into Fang Ma’s eyes. “Do you want me to divorce Gao Li?”

This sentence successfully hit Fang's mother's weak spot. She glared at Fang Yihe fiercely: "After you've dealt with this, stay away from Li Tingyi and don't have anything to do with him again!"

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Yan Zhen woke up the next morning, feeling dizzy and weak, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

She was alone in the ward, with an IV needle still stuck in the back of her hand. She subconsciously touched her stomach, and the heavy feeling was gone. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Successfully getting rid of the child would not only prevent Fang Yi and Ru Yuan from getting what they wanted, but also avoid being betrayed in the future.

At that moment, the door to the ward opened, and Fang Yihe walked in.

He looked tired, but when he saw that Yan Zhen was already awake, he quickly walked to the bedside, sat down, and took her hand, his face full of heartache: "Wife, how are you?"

Yan Zhen quickly composed herself, her eyes initially showing a hint of confusion, before she seemed to remember what had happened and subconsciously touched her flattened stomach: "Where... is my baby?"

Fang Yihe: "..."

His expression said it all. Yan Zhen became agitated and struggled to get out of bed: "Husband, where is the baby? Tell me the truth, is it... is it still there?"

Meeting her expectant yet fearful gaze, Fang Yi felt a rare pang of pity and shook his head very gently.

Yan Zhen stared at him blankly, then burst into tears.

Fang Yi hugged her: "Xiao Li, don't be like this. You're still young. We'll have children in the future. You can't get emotional right now..."

Yan Zhen put on a heartbroken performance, crying uncontrollably, and then, exhausted, leaned against Fang Yi's chest and silently shed tears.

Fang Yi held her silently, wiping away her tears from time to time.

After a while, seeing that Yan Zhen's emotions had calmed down a lot, Fang Yi asked, "The supermarket manager called the police yesterday, and the police are investigating. Do you remember what happened?"

Yan Zhen tried hard to recall: "I ran into Xiao Li at the supermarket and greeted him. At the time, I wanted to get the bird's nest from the top shelf, but the shelf was too high for me to reach, so I asked Xiao Li for help. He agreed, but when I got halfway there, the box of bird's nest suddenly fell down for some reason..."

At this point, Yan Zhen revealed a bewildered expression.

Fang Yi tried to guess her emotions and thoughts, carefully considered her words, and cautiously probed, "You mean, that box of bird's nest fell down by itself?"

Yan Zhen frowned deeply: "...I don't know."

"do not know?"

Yan Zhen looked conflicted: "The bird's nest fell from Xiao Li's hand, but... but I don't think he did it on purpose. Maybe something happened."

Fang Yi was overjoyed and quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

“I don’t think Xiao Li is that kind of person. He has no grudge against me and is your friend. There’s no reason for him to deliberately throw bird’s nest at me, causing me to get hurt and miscarry. It wouldn’t do him any good,” Yan Zhen analyzed seriously. “So I think he probably just slipped and didn’t hold it properly.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Yihe secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, she didn't suspect anything.

When Yan Zhen mentioned this, he seemed to remember something and quickly asked, "Before I fainted, I think I heard people arguing over at the supermarket. Is Xiao Li alright? Explain to the police that Xiao Li didn't do it on purpose, and we don't blame him."

Fang Yihe's eyes softened immediately upon hearing these words.

He didn't have any ill feelings towards Gao Li to begin with, but seeing her clearly heartbroken over the loss of her child and worried about implicating Li Tingyi, he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her.

“Tingyi is still at the police station. I’m going to handle this,” Fang Yihe said. “You get some rest. I asked Mom to make some chicken soup. I’ll bring it to you later.”

Yan Zhen nodded: "Okay."

After Fang Yihe left, Yan Zhen leaned back on the bed and gave a cold smile.

Given Fang Yihe's methods, it wouldn't be difficult for him to extricate Li Tingyi from this matter.

So she simply went along with it and did him a favor by saying she wouldn't hold it against him.

Judging from Fang Yi's deeply moved and secretly relieved expression just now, he was very pleased with her "not caring" and "not doubting".

Yan Zhen's purpose in orchestrating this "accident" was not to send Li Tingyi to the police station and put him on legal charges.

What she wanted was a deeper level of "sowing discord".

Fang Yihe went to the police station with a lawyer and issued a letter of understanding as Gao Li's husband.

After reaching a settlement, Li Tingyi left the police station.

Fang Yihe picked him up at a corner and drove towards Li Tingyi's residence.

The two remained silent throughout the journey.

The car stopped in the residential area where Li Tingyi lived. Li Tingyi didn't get out of the car in a hurry, but suddenly said, "I didn't do it. I didn't smash her."

"I know," Fang Yi said calmly. "You've been through so much, you must be tired. Go back, take a shower, and get some sleep. We can talk about other things later."

These words were spoken with great consideration, but as perceptive as Li Tingyi was, he sensed a hint of perfunctoriness and an attempt to move on from the matter. He immediately asked, "You don't believe me?"

Fang Yihe: "...No."

"Then what did you mean by looking at me like that in the hospital yesterday?" Li Tingyi's voice suddenly rose, his eyes fixed on Fang Yihe. "Fang Yihe, do you dare say you never suspected me?"

Fang Yi and silence.

Li Tingyi couldn't help but feel nervous.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

The two minutes of silence felt like half a century to Li Tingyi.

His eyes dimmed inch by inch, and a mocking smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "You really don't believe me."

He had grasped at Fang Yihe's appearance like a lifeline, thinking that Fang Yihe would stand firmly and without hesitation on his side, just like before.

But the truth is exactly the opposite.

Li Tingyi pushed open the car door, intending to get out.

“I checked the supermarket’s surveillance footage,” Fang Yihe suddenly said.

Li Tingyi paused, turned to look at him: "So?"

Fang Yihe took out his phone and showed him the copied surveillance footage.

In the surveillance footage, Gao Li greeted Li Tingyi warmly, but when Gao Li wasn't paying attention, he secretly rolled his eyes at her, his expression full of undisguised annoyance and disgust.

Then Gao Li asked him for help, and his height of 1.85 meters made it easy for him to take the bird's nest gift box off the shelf.

But when Gao Li reached out to support the gift box, wanting to help him with the burden of carrying things up high, he let go without warning, and the box of bird's nest hit Gao Li on the head, knocking her heavily to the ground.

It looks like a spur-of-the-moment malicious act of revenge.

Li Tingyi stared intently at the surveillance footage, as if watching a maliciously edited variety show. The surveillance footage amplified the evil he unintentionally revealed, confirming his "badness."

But that's not the case!

Li Tingyi looked at it three times, trying to find a flaw. When he opened it for the fourth time, Fang Yi took the phone from his hand.

“I have already appeased the Gao family, they will not cause trouble. I have also taken care of my parents. Once you sign the settlement agreement, this matter will be over and we should not mention it again.”

Fang Yihe has resolved everything, so Li Tingyi should be happy.

But seeing his "I won't hold it against you, you'd better watch yourself" attitude, Li Tingyi felt a mix of grievance and anger.

He couldn't help but say, "How many times do I have to say it? I didn't do it! You've been with me for so long, don't you know what kind of person I am? No matter how much I hate Gao Li, she's carrying your child, how could I possibly do such a thing to her?"

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned the child; the moment he did, Fang Yihe would think of that already formed infant corpse.

It was a girl, and her high, straight nose looked a lot like his.

She will be born into this world in just over a month.

But now, because of this "accident," she will never have the chance to call him "Dad" again.

Fang Yihe's eyes turned slightly cold: "I only believe what I see."