"Why are you with him?" The other woman asked curiously from her side.

"It's uh… we had a drinking session last night and…" she paused and eyed Si Hongqi to check his reaction when she continued, "I ended up sleeping in his place."

Lu Mengjie's side became quiet for a few seconds before her shout was heard, "YOU HAD SEX WITH HIM?!!"

Tian Ruyi had to distance herself from the phone because of her friend's sudden outburst in the other line. She was blushing hard because of the misunderstanding. 

"N-no, that's what I mean!" She quickly denied it. She never even thought of having sex with him... until earlier. "Nothing happened, at all!"

"Oh… bummer. This is your second time spending the night with him. You two need to step up your game!"

"Anyway, why did you call?" Tian Ruyi asked, hoping to distract Lu Mengjie from the topic. She was already getting embarrassed as she continued to listen to her words. It was a good thing that she didn't turn the call on speaker. She was sure that Si Hongqi would surely be distracted from his drive which could lead to their accident.

"Ah, yes. I almost forgot. Since you're already together, I want to talk about what you told me yesterday. I'm currently at the hospital and I can't leave my husband's side right now…"

"At the hospital? What happened?"

"It's a long story, I'll tell you about it once you get here."

"Very well, we'll be on our way."

After the call ended, Tan Ruyi received a message from Lu Mengjie. It was the name of the hospital where she was at.

"Mengmeng wants to see us," she informed Si Hongqi after keeping her phone. She even told him about the hospital that Lu Mengjie was at.

"Did something happen?" Si Hongqi inquired as he turned the car around to the other street.

Tian Ruyi carefully studied his expression since she was kind of worried for him. She already knew about his feelings for Lu Mengjie so it somehow bothered her if he was fine in meeting the woman who broke his heart. Seeing no change in Si Hongqi's face, Tian Ruyi didn't know whether to be worried or not for him. 

"I don't know… maybe? We'll find out once we get there."

…

Arriving at the hospital, Tian Ruyi and Si Hongqi met up with Lu Mengjie in the VIP room where Yong Liwei was in.

"We brought you some food," said Tian Ruyi as she handed the plastic bag to her friend.

"Thank you, Yiyi." 

Tian Ruyi eyed the unconscious man on the bed. "How is he?"

"He's fine… I'm just waiting for him to wake up."

"What happened?" This time, it was Si Hongqi who inquired. His eyes landed on the almost healed cut on her cheek.

Lu Mengjie sighed. She walked towards the table and placed the food they brought there before she went back to sit at the chair that was beside the bed. 

"We went to pick up our son last night..." She began telling them what happened that night and how they were ambushed by a group of mercenaries. She also told them how they were killed in the hospital by a person who disguised himself as a stranger.

"The last time I met you, you said that Bai Jingye was your husband." Si Hongqi sighed. "I told you that you can marry anyone but Yong Liwei. Now, look at what it got you."

Ever since Si Hongqi heard about Lu Mengjie's marriage with Yong Liwei, he was confused at first but soon, he thought that her marriage with Bai Jingye was probably fake. He soon confirmed it after Bai Zichen told him about it.

"Stop blaming me for it. I know that I should have listened to you but we can't change what already happened. Also… I don't regret being with Liwei, gege." Despite saying those words, she couldn't help but feel somehow guilty knowing that it wasn't the truth.

Ever since Lu Mengjie found out that Yong Liwei kidnapped her, her trust in him was shattered and it was at that moment that she regretted meeting him. She built a wall between her and her husband until… last night. The wall she built to protect herself was easily shattered when Yong Liwei saved her. He risked his life for her and it was only at that moment that made her question if what she remembered was the entire truth of what happened. Si Guanlin was involved and in the past, that man had tried to kidnap her… for fun, he said.

"I can't believe you're still saying that even after what happened." He shook his head in disbelief.

"It's because I love him. Back then, you asked me if I even know what love is… this time, I'm sure that I found my answer for that question." Unlike back then where her feelings could easily sway, it was different this time. Even if Si Hongqi was to kiss her, nothing would change now. She was confident that what she had for Yong Liwei was love.

Si Hongqi lowered his head, knowing that this time, she probably found the answer she was searching for from that man. He could already tell it from her gaze.

"Did you know that Chen Yuyan is actually your brother's lover?" Lu Mengjie asked, her eyes narrowed at the man standing beside Tian Ruyi.

Si Hongqi was quiet for a few seconds before he finally confessed, "yes, I knew."

"So you lied to me?"

"I lied to protect you, Mengjie," he snapped. "I knew that sick brother of mine was working with Yong Liwei. He is not to be trusted, never to be trusted!"

Lu Mengjie stood up from her seat, clenching her fists as she stared at him. She knew that she shouldn't blame him for trying to protect her but… "Things could turn out different if you were only honest to me… but you never were."