translated_Chapter 46

46: Under the Marriage Tree

Jing Yueming groggily woke up, the surroundings no longer the dim lights of the detention center.

A soft quilt covered his body, and the sunlight outside the window was bright.

It was a rare good day in winter.

He recognized the logo on the quilt as the private hospital Qiu Ci had taken him to before.

“Hiss~” His head still throbbed faintly.

He had fainted in the detention center’s toilet, probably hitting something.

Why had he gone to the detention center in the first place?

Because the paint he gave to Ai La contained thallium, which led to her death.

Ai La’s will also stated that she would leave all her assets under her name to him.

So now, had he poisoned Ai La for those assets?

How ridiculous. Where would he have gotten thallium?

Qiu Ci must have replaced the paint. Qiu Ci certainly had the opportunity to do so.

He also had ample motivation for Ai La’s company and estate.

It wasn’t because of any liking or secret love that he approached Jing Yueming.

He was completely targeting Jing Yueming.

Not long after he woke up, the door to the room was opened.

Tsukimi Rin walked in.

“You’re awake.” Tsukimi Rin placed the breakfast she bought on the table.

“Tsukimi Rin, I’m innocent. I don’t know anything,” Jing Yueming pleaded.

“What’s your reason? You went to the Hangzhou International Auction last year. One of the auctioned items on the spot was thallium metal.”

Jing Yueming recalled, “I went with Ai La at the time. If I wanted to harm her, would I have bought poison under her nose?”

“There’s no way around it. Right now, it’s not enough for me to believe you. The police have to believe you.”

“I really didn’t expect this. I should have listened to you, Tsukimi Rin. I don’t want to go to jail.” Jing Yueming was extremely helpless. Qiu Ci was incredibly wealthy, while Jing Yueming had nothing.

No money, no power, no family, no friends.

Tsukimi Rin took out her phone, “There’s another way.”

Jing Yueming looked up hopefully, “What way?”

The phone showed a surveillance perspective, the content being Qiu Ci’s office. He was hugging Qiu Ci’s neck and kissing him.

Two men.

“Your identity is special. If it’s exposed that you’re his lover, the rest can be handed over to public opinion. Whether you were with Qiu Ci for money or anything about Qiu Ci, this can all stir the pot. We’re too passive now. All the evidence is what they want us to see.”

Jing Yueming frowned, “How much of this stuff do you have?”

Many pictures in the album, shopping, buying groceries, kissing in the car…

After Jing Yueming finished watching, his thoughts were complicated, “This isn’t beneficial to me either.”

“I’ll take care of the rest. It’s just that this plan concerns you, so I thought you should agree. Jing Yueming, you need to think clearly. You’re not just facing lawsuits and imprisonment, but also public pressure. Even if you can prove your innocence, you’ll still be greatly affected after you get out.”

“Is there no other way?” Jing Yueming felt his head still throbbing faintly. Was he really going to accompany Ai La?

Tsukimi Rin shook her head, “You might not know, but your tutor strongly recommended you for a publicly funded study abroad program. You have a strong talent, and you shouldn’t fall here because of this matter. As long as you clear your name, you can still go abroad to develop. Think about it carefully.”

“What will happen to him?”

“Disgrace and ruin, something like that. Anyway, he won’t have an easy time.”

“Is being gay very serious in their circle?”

Tsukimi Rin was shocked, “What?”

Spending too much time with Qiu Ci, it was too difficult to be sure. That person who confronted Tsukimi Rin on the high platform last night.

The person who framed Jing Yueming was him.

Didn’t Qiu Ci think that he would be secretly filmed, that he would be caught, when he did these things?

He knew it all, but he never deliberately tried to hide Jing Yueming’s existence from others. In this regard, even Ai La couldn’t compare to him.

If it was just to smear him, would opening his legs and sleeping with him not be too demeaning for a president?

“I don’t want to do this. He… I can’t do it. Let me go to jail. It’s too tiring to figure these things out. Sorry.” Jing Yueming felt like a big stone had been lifted, and he resigned himself to fate. “Sorry, am I like a little girl, indecisive?”

Tsukimi Rin was momentarily dazed, “No.”

“Huh?”

“Indecisiveness means you have a kind heart. It’s not just a feminine trait. No wonder he likes you.” Tsukimi Rin sneered.

Tsukimi Rin didn’t say anything else.

After she left, the doctor and police came in.

“Mr. Jing, don’t worry. You’re just overly frightened.”

Jing Yueming eagerly asked, “What about the blood test? Is there any thallium poisoning or something?”

“Don’t worry, it’s almost negligible. The content won’t affect you. It should be almost metabolized.”

“Will there be any other sequelae?”

“No.”

Only after hearing this from the doctor did Jing Yueming breathe a sigh of relief.

After the observation period, there was nothing else.

Jing Yueming was taken back to the detention center.

School was about to start.

He had no family, and he couldn’t contact Zhang Kaizhe.

What would his classmates and teachers think if they knew he was in jail?

What was the sentence for murder?

Twenty years or life imprisonment?

Should he just go for the death penalty?

It was really painful to struggle every day over whether Qiu Ci loved him or not.

Qiu Ci killed his own sister for the estate.

But when Tsukimi Rin approached him, he still softened.

Qiu Ci loved him so much.

Jing Yueming once thought that Qiu Ci would give him anything he wanted.

Under the marriage tree, when he asked Qiu Ci if they could write their names together.

Qiu Ci was thinking of marriage.

If it was just to frame him, then why make it public to everyone, willing to take him to his friends’ sides.

Jing Yueming wasn’t worth Qiu Ci’s insincerity towards him.

Amidst the entanglement and pain, he thought of Ai La again.

Ai La was thinking of her younger brother before she died.

The “Twins” in the exhibition hall, the two babies were no longer soaked in amniotic fluid.

It was a hell full of blue ghosts.

It was thallium for money and murder.

I miss you so much, I miss the living Ai La, I miss Qiu Ci before the opening of the exhibition.

If he could do it again, he wouldn’t care about the “Twins.”

He would be more concerned about whether Qiu Ci would be sad because Jing Yueming couldn’t let go of Ai La.

Wouldn’t he mention him so frequently either.

An unexpected person came to visit him.

Su Yuyang’s light blue hair was already fading, “Hello, hello.” He said into the microphone to the person inside.

Jing Yueming was not energetic, “What is it?”

“Cough, cough.” Su Yuyang cleared his throat, “How have you been recently?”

Jing Yueming sneered, “Would I be doing well?”

“Don’t worry, Qiu-ge won’t harm you. He hasn’t been doing well either recently.”

“If he’s not doing well because of heartbreak, I might be a little happy.” Jing Yueming forced a smile.

“I’m serious.” Su Yuyang said seriously, “Tsukimi Rin has revealed his sexuality, and the things she’s brought out are more excessive than you think, so Qiu-ge has also been suffering recently.”

“What?” Jing Yueming’s pupils constricted, “I didn’t allow Tsukimi Rin…”

“The things are in her hands, so naturally she can do whatever she wants. But don’t worry, they’ve been censored for you. No one knows who the person with Qiu-ge is.”