Qiao An took out his phone, pulled out the text message, and handed it to everyone.

Then, she said meaningfully, “Li Zecheng, touch your conscience and say that you saw this message, right? However, you thought that I was the one in danger, so you chose to leave me in the lurch, right?”

Li Zecheng was forced into a complete breakdown by Qiao An. He roared, “Why didn’t you tell me that Ze’en was in danger?”

Qiao An laughed bitterly. Tears came to her eyes.

At this moment, Li Xiaoran punched Li Zecheng and he fell to the ground. Li Xiaoran stepped on his chest and said angrily, “Li Zecheng, if Li Ze’en is in danger, you will save her immediately. If Qiao An is in danger, you will leave her in the lurch, right?”

“You bastard, how could you do this to Qiao An?”

The uncles pulled Li Xiaoran away.

Li Zecheng got up in a sorry state and glared at Qiao An with a gloomy face. “Qiao An, I admit that I’m not noble, but you’re no better than me. You deliberately didn’t tell me that Ze’en was in danger, right?”

Qiao An looked at him coldly. “Yes.”

Li Zecheng said, “So you can’t escape responsibility for Ze’en’s tragic encounter.”

Qiao An couldn’t be bothered to argue with Li Zecheng. She took out a recording pen, opened it, and handed it to the old man.

From the recorder came the voice of Qiao An advising her. “Ze’en, you’ve had too much to drink. Come home with me.”

Li Ze’en sneered. “Qiao… An, who do you think you are? Why do you care about me? Don’t think that just because you and my brother are married, you’re the young mistress of the Li family? A pheasant will always be a pheasant. How can you become a phoenix?”

Then there was a roar of laughter.

Qiao An said, “Whether you believe it or not, I really wanted to save her. She was unwilling to leave with me. Later, I was threatened by the other party. If I interfered again, they would deal with me. I could only leave. After I sent Li Zecheng a message asking for help, my phone was confiscated by them.”

Qiao An didn’t say anything else.

Old Master Li turned to ask the butler, “Have you found the surveillance cameras?”

The butler said, “Master, Miss Qiao is right.”

The old man slammed the table and stood up. He grabbed the ashtray on the coffee table and threw it at Li Zecheng.

Li Zecheng’s forehead was hit, and blood instantly gurgled.

Old Master Li reprimanded, “Li Zecheng, it’s your selfishness that caused your sister to suffer this calamity. This is retribution for your disloyalty and disrespect to your wife.”

The old man was too angry.

His blood pressure soared and he felt dizzy! Everyone could only help him down.

Third Madam also pulled the injured Li Zecheng down to treat his wound.

The hall instantly fell silent.

In the corner, Li Ze’en glared at Qiao An with bloodshot eyes.

She accused Qiao An of being heartless. “Qiao An, you used me as a bargaining chip to take revenge on my brother. You won.”

Qiao An looked at Li Ze’en. The once high and mighty Missy had now become a rag doll. She did look a little tragic.

Qiao An felt a trace of apology, but she didn’t give in to her heart.

She said calmly to Li Ze’en, “Ze’en, if you follow me obediently when I ask you to, I don’t think they will make things difficult for you in public. It’s you who never took me, your sister-in-law, seriously. Your actions today are all because of your arrogance.”

“Qiao An, we’ll see. I’ll definitely repay you tenfold or even a hundredfold for the humiliation I suffered today,” Li Ze’en said through gritted teeth.

“You don’t know what’s good for you.” Qiao An didn’t want to talk to the unreasonable Li Ze’en anymore. She turned around and walked into the courtyard to relax.

She waited in the courtyard for a long time, but no one came to greet her. Qiao An knew that Old Master wouldn’t interfere in this matter anymore. After all, Li Zecheng had made a mistake, so Old Master would only stop.

Soon, Li Zecheng came out. Without even looking at her, he drove away in his luxurious car.

Qiao An knew that it was time for her to leave.

She dragged her exhausted body slowly to the sidewalk.

It was as if a ship had anchored in the sea and forgotten the direction it had not returned to.

“Qiao An.” Li Xiaoran caught up.

Qiao An looked at him in a daze. His previous aggressive attitude was completely gone. At this moment, he was filled with a blank expression.

“Doctor Li, do you also think that I shouldn’t have done that to Ze’en?”

Li Xiaoran stared at Qiao An’s calm eyes. There was no warmth or anger. It was exactly the same as the day she jumped off the building and he pulled her back to the hospital.

Her heart nearly stopped then. Her eyes couldn’t focus. Her world was probably disillusioned.

Li Xiaoran said sadly, “You don’t have a heart. They asked too much of you.”

Qiao An laughed bitterly. “Yeah, my heart died a long time ago. Where’s the love?”

Li Xiaoran’s gaze suddenly landed on her neck and was shocked by the shocking red bruise. Li Xiaoran’s eagle eyes narrowed. “Qiao An, how did you get the wound on your neck?”

Qiao An was silent.

She always felt that family scandals should not be aired in public.

Li Xiaoran said angrily, “Did Li Zecheng hit you again?”

Qiao An nodded.

Li Xiaoran was furious. “If you don’t divorce such a man, are you going to keep him for the new year?”

Qiao An was silent.

“What’s so good about him that you can’t forget him?” Li Xiaoran said dejectedly.

“He’s not good in any way, but he’s the man I chose. Since I was blind back then, I should continue to be blinded by him for the rest of my life.”

If he didn’t make it easy for her, she would make it difficult for him.

Li Xiaoran sighed repeatedly.

“You were clearly my wife back then, so why didn’t you walk with me for the rest of your life?”

Qiao An’s heart trembled. Did he think she didn’t want to spend the rest of her life with him? She dreamed of marrying him.

Just as they had agreed, he earned money to support his family, and she was in charge of being as beautiful as a flower. She would send him out in the morning and bring him back at sunset. She would raise a pair of children. She would teach them to read and write, and he would take them for a fitness walk.

The house didn’t need to be big. It just needed to be warm.

She didn’t need a lot of money. As long as it was enough.

He loved her and protected her. She tolerated him, understood him.

Such an innocent longing was now destroyed by Li Zecheng.

Li Xiaoran looked at her steadily. “Qiao An, your father said that two years ago, you had always dreamed of being my bride, right?”

“Why did you and Li Zecheng get together so quickly after coming to the capital?”

Looking at Li Xiaoran’s sincere gaze, Qiao An was a little lost.

She wanted to tell him the truth, but…

She did not want to ruin Lu Mo and Xiao Ran’s relationship.

“Hehe.” Qiao An laughed softly. “It’s probably because Li Zecheng is handsome and rich that I fell into his gentleness.”