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Chapter 65 - 65 65 I Didnt Steal the Money
Chapter 65 - 65 65 I Didnt Steal the Money
?Chapter 65: Chapter 65 I Didn’t Steal the Money Chapter 65: Chapter 65 I Didn’t Steal the Money Aunt Sun’s daughter’s body slightly shook, and she slowly squatted down against the tree trunk, burying her face in her knees and began sobbing softly.
Lu Jingyan looked down indifferently at her heaving shoulders for two seconds, then turned towards the direction of the alley’s entrance and walked away, stopping after a few steps.
Sheng Xian seemed to have followed them at some point and was standing quite close to them.
Lu Jingyan thought about the words she had just said, and her fingers subconsciously tightened around her bag’s zipper.
Her expression didn’t change much; she met his gaze impassively for a moment before lifting her foot and walking over to a nearby car, pulling open the door and getting inside.
A heavy sensation pressed against Lu Jingyan’s chest; she habitually thought of finding a cigarette, and after rummaging through her bag, she belatedly realized that she had quit smoking a while ago.
She really couldn’t understand Aunt Sun’s daughter; her mother clearly loved her so much, yet she was trying to kill herself over such a trivial matter.
At least when she was abandoned by the whole world, she still had her mother.
As for her…
Lu Jingyan let out a soft chuckle, lifting her hand to roll up the car window.
Facing the cold night air that rushed into the car, Lu Jingyan remembered how, many years ago, she had barely escaped from a desperate situation and had first dialed her mother’s number.
It rang many times before it was answered.
Those many rings were the most tormented moments of her life.
When the call connected, her mother’s brisk voice came through, “I’m in a meeting, I’ll call you back later.”
She nearly didn’t get a chance to plead for help before the call was ended.
When she dialed again, there was no response.
Whether it was the wind or not, Lu Jingyan felt something gritty in her eyes.
She leaned back against the car seat, closed her eyes for a while, and when she opened them, she saw Aunt Sun clutching a black down jacket, her face panicked as she hurried out of the dimly lit alley.
She was looking around and calling out her daughter’s name.
Through the rearview mirror, Lu Jingyan saw Aunt Sun’s daughter, standing behind her car, look towards her mother in response to her voice.
Seeing her mother’s frantic demeanor, her eyes reddened again and she choked out a soft “Mom” as tears streamed down.
The voice was soft, scattered by the wind.
Yet, Aunt Sun, some distance away, heard it; seeing her daughter, she visibly relaxed and ran towards her.
She draped the jacket over her daughter and couldn’t help but scold, “Why would you run out without putting on a coat? What if you catch a cold?”
As she spoke, she saw the finger marks on her daughter’s face and her tone grew stern, “What happened to your face, who did this?”
Aunt Sun’s daughter didn’t speak but buried her face in her mother’s embrace, “Mom, I was wrong.”
Aunt Sun patted her daughter’s back, quietly wiping away her tears.
Lu Jingyan watched the scene reflected in the rearview mirror, staring quietly for a while before she raised her hand and rolled up the car window.
She took off her coat and draped it over her head; the woolen fabric made her eyes a bit sore.
In complete darkness, she sat, not knowing how long, when suddenly the car window was tapped twice.
Lu Jingyan pulled off her coat and turned her head to see Sheng Xian.
She unlocked the car, and Sheng Xian opened the rear door and Aunt Sun’s daughter climbed in.
Lu Jingyan twisted her head, puzzled, and before she could ask Sheng Xian what he meant, Sheng Xian had already followed Aunt Sun’s daughter into the car and sat in the back seat as well.
Sheng Xian handed a chilled beverage to Aunt Sun’s daughter.
She said thank you, took it, and pressed it against her face; after bowing her head and being silent for two seconds, she suddenly turned to Sheng Xian and said, “I didn’t steal the money.”
“Yang Qinqin’s money, it wasn’t me who stole it.”
“My family is indeed not well-off, and I am in need of money. I am a financially disadvantaged student at school, but I have never stolen money, nor do I condone such behavior.”
After a pause, Aunt Sun’s daughter added, “My phone and those skins in my game were gifted to me.”
She pursed her lips as if reluctant to say more, then after a long while, she whispered, “It was my dad.”
“The person who gave me those things was my dad.”