You brought up the divorce. Why are you crying when your wife is gone?

My inquiry did not get a response from Xiao Li. He just stared at me and smiled meaningfully. Later he asked me, "Who do you hope to be?"

I hope? I hope who tortured Bo Yue so badly?

"I don't want it to be any of you."

I quickly replied to Xiao Li, "If it's really you, I don't need your compensation!"

Xiao Li laughed softly a few times, "I also know that you don't care, so I won't do such a boring thing."

I stared at Xiao Li for a long time, and after confirming that he was not lying, I took a few steps back and muttered, "Who could that be?"

Bo Yue became like this, who is helping me to take revenge?

Suddenly I didn’t understand anything.

But all the hurt that had been done to me was actually inflicted upon Bo Yue again. She became a lunatic, unconscious, and living in delusion.

I later learned through questioning that Bo Ye was locked up in a small dark room and tortured for three days, the three days when I went back to Bo's house. She was kidnapped, knocked unconscious, and then tied to a chair, with all kinds of torture instruments used in turn. Her clothes were covered with all kinds of filthy body fluids, including the fluids she discharged due to incontinence caused by electric shock. Her eyes rolled back, and she couldn't wake up even if I pinched her philtrum.

Lu Zaiqing told me that if you have time, go and see Bo Yue now.

What am I talking about?

He said that if you are in a bad mood, go and see it, and you will be happy for most of the month.

As soon as I saw this line of words, I laughed out loud on the spot. Lu Zaiqing said, "Tsk tsk, poor Bo Tiao, it's really not easy for him to serve you all the time."

I said, why don't you have pity on Bo Yue.

Lu Zaiqing said, I pity her? Then I can set up a charity foundation to accumulate merit. I pity our Bo Tiao. Being a brother is hard work.

Bo Zhuo was the elder, so no matter how bad Bo Yue was, he had to help. Later, Lu Zaiqing went to the hospital to see Bo Yue several times and said that Bo Yue had lost a lot of hair and was as thin as a skeleton. He seemed to be on drugs, confused and talking nonsense.

I asked Lu Zaiqing what Bo Yue said.

Lu Zaiqing said that she felt like she was already married to Xiao Li and even had a child, so she fantasized about a sweet little drama after marriage and didn't want anyone to wake her up.

I shook my head and chuckled twice.

Heaven is good to reincarnate.

I lost the desire to find out who did it. Bo Yue was now neither human nor ghost, and her life was worse than death, which made me feel particularly happy. In fact, I wanted to stimulate her more viciously and make her completely crazy, but this was just my inner thoughts. If I really said it out loud, someone would probably point at me and say that I was unreasonable and too extreme.

A month later, Bo Yue gradually regained consciousness and her original rationality returned bit by bit. The police began to investigate her cases. However, every time Bo Yue was asked about the key points, she would be evasive and evade the question. This even made me think that she was pretending to be crazy and stupid, deliberately pretending to be unconscious in order to escape legal sanctions.

I cannot tolerate Bo Yue's exploitation of legal loopholes. The harm she inflicted on Rong Xian and me is too much for me to swallow. I must see her disgraced and sent to prison before I can completely let go of this hatred.

No one has the right to accuse me or force me to forgive her.

During this period, we were very quiet. I didn't look for Xiao Li again. Jiang Lin said that Xiao Li was always being harassed by the police recently because Xiao Li's name often appeared in Bo Yue's mouth, which led to the police's high suspicion of him. Later, Rong Xian was also looked for. Rong Xian was sitting at home with Rong Yan to paint, and the police came to his door and scared him.

When I went to the police station to bring Rong Xian out, I looked at his eyes and I don't know what was wrong with my brain. He suddenly asked, "If Xiao Li didn't do what happened to Bo Yue... was it you?"

Rong Xian walked forward with his hands in his pockets, turned his head to look at me, then grinned and said, "If it were me, what would you do?"

I stood still as if struck by lightning.

Then my voice began to tremble, "Please explain clearly, is it -"

Rong Xian's eyes were deep, "Bo Yan, who do you hope it is?"

Xiao Li asked me the same question.

I stared at Rong Xian's face, and in a trance I seemed to see Xiao Li.

I said, “I don’t want it to be any of you.”

I don't want you to bear the sins for me. Even if I am the one who caused these things, it's okay. I can take all the responsibility.

But it wasn't me, someone else took care of everything for me, and that's what made me feel scared.

I don't want to implicate anyone.

I said to Rong Xian, "Are you..."

Rong Xian stopped talking and just laughed twice. Then he hugged me in his arms. His low voice was like a heavy hammer hitting my ears, and it made my whole body hurt. "You may never get a direct answer from me for this question. Whoever you think it is, it is that person. Don't be afraid. No one will be implicated because of you."

Even if it was really Rong Xian, he had the ability to get away with it.

My heart was trembling, "No, don't do anything stupid again..." Even if it's for me.

"I should be the one saying this to you."

Rong Xian ran his fingers through my hair, stroking it, and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't do stupid things again, Bo Yan, live well."

My eyes became hot and I had an urge to cry.

I wanted to ask Rong Xian, whether your memory has been restored, and whether you already knew everything, but I couldn't ask this question.

Perhaps what I cannot bear is the answer to this question. If Rong Xian knew everything and solved everything for me, what should I do?

Rong Xian sent me home. When I arrived at the Bo family, I saw Bo Tiao sitting in the hall. The moment I looked up, I found a deep sense of fatigue in Bo Tiao's eyes.

He said to me in a low voice, "You are back."

I said, "Yeah."

Bo Zhuo asked me again, "Now Bo Yue has become a mental patient, are you satisfied?"

I paused and looked back at Bo Zhuo, "Are you attacking me on her behalf?"

"I can't defeat you."

Bo Zhuo chuckled, "After all, everyone is protecting you. After all, you are the one who is willing to risk everything."

I frowned and approached him closely, then I could smell the alcohol on him. I said, "Have you been drinking?"

Bo Zhuo said softly, "Yeah."

"why?"

"It's too stressful."

Bo Zhuo met my gaze and said, "Do you know how it feels to suppress all your thoughts and shoulder all the responsibilities?"

If something happens to me, Bo Ting will be worried. If something happens to Bo Yue, Bo Ting will also be busy. After Bo Liang's death, Bo Ting is the backbone of the Bo family. He cannot favor one over the other, nor can he abandon anyone.

When I faced Bo Zhuo's tired face, I suddenly felt that everyone was like this. In this world, we all had shackles that were difficult to escape. We were bound and suppressed, so my freedom and indulgence at this moment seemed particularly ironic.

But I only forgot about Xiao Li.

I forgot that he is also a human being and he also feels pain.

I just felt sorry for Bo Zhuo in front of me, so I said, "If you are really tired, why not take a vacation and go travel abroad... Put the Bo family affairs aside for now, and you can hire a nanny to take care of Bo Yue."

Bo Zhuo didn't listen, but just kept talking to himself, "I know you didn't go back to the Bo family in the past few years because the Bo family has Bo Yue, so you have been unwilling to come back. Now that Bo Yue is not well, you moved back."

I froze.

"But Bo Yan." Bo Zhuo was hoarse, "I just want this family to be well. No matter how much I give, there will always be someone who will let me down and destroy me. Have you seen the romantic debts of our father when he was alive? I don't want to repeat the same mistakes. I just want the entire Bo family to be safe and stable in the future."

I won't speak anymore.

I know that Bo Ting is a sentimental person, even if he has a cold temper. He has always been taciturn, and perhaps in some ways he is very similar to Xiao Li, but Xiao Li is more willful, while Bo Ting is deeply imprisoned by responsibility.

"Bo Yan, I know that this idea is selfish for you, because you are the one who has been wronged, but you should also believe that I will protect you. You are still my sister..." Bo Zhuo couldn't go on. His choices and what I wanted were always in conflict.

He tried desperately to consider the overall situation, but I was stubborn and wanted to fight to the death.

I opened my mouth and found that everything was in vain. Maybe I should just throw everything away and start over, but the others, the others who were implicated, were left behind by me.

In the end, I just said sorry quietly.

I'm sorry that my willfulness has caused so much trouble to the people around me. But I have never made any progress.

Bo Zhuo reached out and hugged me, still trembling a little. He said to me, no matter whether we are related by blood or not, in my eyes, you will always be my sister.

The man's whole life is locked up by these words, these words that are gentle yet overly cruel.

All thoughts are false and empty.

I suddenly felt that this was like a farewell.

The atmosphere recently has made me feel for no reason... maybe it's time for this group portrait, this love farce involving so many of us to come to an end.

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A week later, Xiao Li and I were called to the hospital by Bo Yue. The police were waiting outside and said that it was Bo Yue who asked to see us again when he was conscious.

When we arrived at the mental hospital, the ward was full of policemen, but when they saw us, a few of them retreated, leaving only two people guarding. The other led the way and said, "The patient wants to see you, so don't say anything that will irritate her."

I said, "She might be stimulated by seeing me. Are you sure you still want me to come in?"

The policeman was somewhat surprised by my remarks. "You... never mind. Just go ahead. Maybe we can get some latest news."

I didn't say anything. The fact that they still call Bo Yue "patient" instead of "suspect" proved everything.

When I walked in, I saw Bo Yue handcuffed to the bed with one hand. He was skinny except for his eyes. The moment he saw me, they reflected a cold light. I frowned and stood outside the door. "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Bo Yue sneered weakly, "Why, I can't find you?"

Do you still need to pretend to be noble at a time like this? Dear White Swan sister.

I still stood at the door, showing that my attitude towards her was not affected at all, and said bluntly, "If you have something to say, just say it quickly. I don't have the leisure to chat with you about family matters, and there is nothing to chat about between us."

Bo Yue gritted her teeth and said, "Bo Yan, you are so wary of me, are you trying to scare me?"

I narrowed my eyes, "You can feel that way, if it can make you feel a little comforted, I don't care how you see me."

Bo Yue was irritated by me. The shackles on her hands rubbed against the bedside, making a clanging sound. I saw some red and swollen marks on her wrists. "Bo Yan, why are you pretending to be calm? I know you want to kill me! It's a pity that you don't have the right to judge me!"

Xiao Li was standing at the door. Bo Yue knew it and then shouted, "All of you get out of here!"