166 The Joke is On You 2 (1/2)

Before Mu Jianyu went home, he received a phone call from Lin Meirong, informing him about her meeting with Li Xiuying that afternoon. She insisted that Ying was lying, that she was faking her amnesia.

”She's lying to you. Why can't you see that? Your wife remembers everything,” Lin Meirong told him over the phone.

Mu Jianyu was momentarily stunned at her words, wondering if she was telling the truth or not. Does Ying truly remember him? Did she not forget what he'd done to her? Or was it yet another lie from this woman?

”Stop this already, Lin Meirong. Whatever you say or do, I won't leave my wife for you,”

”Even if she is lying to you? I'm telling you that she's playing with you! Mu Jianyu, why can't you see that she's lying to you? She was unlike what people thought of her. She isn't a kind woman. She's heartless!”

”Shut your mouth!” Mu Jianyu snarled at her over the phone. ”Don't say that about my wife! She's not like that. You don't know anything about my wife!” He shouted back.

”And you do?” Lin Meirong laughed incredulously. ”Stop being blind and see that your wife is no angel! She's taking advantage of her accident to keep you by her side, to torment you. She won't let you go because she wants to take revenge on you, on us! Li Xiuying is doing this on purpose!” She countered.

Mu Jianyu swiped a hand over his face as he paced around his office, considering Lin Meirong's words. What if she was telling the truth this time? But did it really matter?

”No matter what you say to me, I won't leave her.” He made up his mind. It was his sin that he needed to pay and repent, ”Even if you're telling the truth, I'll accept everything. Ying can hurt me, she can do anything she wants to. It's her right. Nothing will change.”

And now, he was home. Back in his empty apartment, waiting for his wife to come home, Mu Jianyu felt like waiting for a ticking bomb about to explode.

But what if she really forgot everything? If he confronted her now, wouldn't that mean he was willingly coming clean to her?

”Ying, please.” He pleaded. He wasn't sure how Ying was taking the stupid revelation Lin Meirong did. He had no idea where she was and she wasn't picking up her phone.

Ying must be devastated by now. She must be hurting badly now and it was all his fault.

The sky was already dark outside and the snow was starting to fall again. Although he knew that Yu Lou and Su Ling would keep her safe, he still couldn't help but worry.

The front door opened and Li Chuntao came in with Yu Lou. Mu Jianyu immediately ran towards the door to meet his wife. He looked at his wife and his heart clenched inside his chest with the way her shoulder slumped, her head hanging low.

”We're home…” she muttered before walking past him towards the living area.

”Ying, where have you been?” Mu Jianyu followed Li Chuntao and saw her sitting on the couch with a troubled expression on her face. He remained standing a couple of feet away from her, not knowing what to do to console her.

”I… I need to be alone. I never expected my day would turn out to be like this.” Li Chuntao breathed out. ”I was waiting for you to come home and a woman called me to meet her.” She lifted her head and looked at him straight in the eyes. Mu Jianyu could see fear and uncertainty clouding her eyes.

”I don't know anymore, Jianyu. I'm confused. I don't know if I should believe her or not.”