"There is a medicine that can do that," the doctor said. "These kinds of mental patients are all escaping reality. There is a medicine that can make her briefly remember what she is trying to escape from, making it impossible for her to remain in her delusions. She will be in unbearable pain, wishing she were dead."
"As long as there's a way," Tianyi said coldly. "I'll have someone send a check tomorrow, and please prepare this medicine for me."
The doctor left the Qin family mansion without asking further questions.
Tianyi said to Xiao Lin, "Sophie has already confessed to the process of killing Aunt Chen. But she has a mental illness and will not be punished by law. I will punish her myself."
"I understand, Young Master and Young Madam were so good to her, how could she do such a thing? Aunt Chen cannot have died in vain," Xiao Lin said indignantly.
"It's good that you understand," Tianyi instructed him, his eyes bloodshot. "I want her to live a life worse than death! From now on, you will be the one to give her water and food. Remember to put that medicine the doctor mentioned into her water."
After speaking, Tianyi kicked the lawn fiercely, uprooting the weeds and sending them flying into the air.
...
Susu returned home, but had no appetite for the abundant dinner laid out for her.
She propped her chin in her hand, waiting for Tianyi to return before eating.
Didn't Tianyi say he would be resting at home today? Why wasn't he here?
An Jing had called her earlier, saying that Sophie had already left Lancheng and returned to Paris.
He had also sent her Sophie's departure records and an electronic image of her international flight ticket.
She had checked the time of this flight; it was the morning after Sophie had drinks with Tianyi.
Had Sophie booked her flight the day she had drinks with Tianyi? She had been preparing to leave all along but hadn't told Susu a single word?
She recalled Sophie answering her call for Tianyi that night, and the words she had spoken were both provocative and boastful.
Why had Sophie suddenly acted this way? Had she harbored dissatisfaction towards Susu for a long time?
Susu thought of something and suddenly stood up, leaving the dining room and running into Sophie's room.
When she saw the state of Sophie's room, she was stunned. It was in disarray, with all the previously neatly arranged items scattered everywhere.
She called out loudly, "Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei! Come here for a moment!"
Xiao Mei ran over upon hearing her and quickly asked, "Young Madam, what is it?"
Susu told her to look for herself and asked, "Who did this? Why is Sophie's room so messy?"
Xiao Mei hurriedly picked up the jumbled clothes and items on the floor, saying, "I don't know, Young Madam. I've never entered Miss Sophie's room. She also instructed me not to enter her room. When she's not home, she always locks the door..."
Susu didn't listen to her explanation any further and began searching for Sophie's passport. However, after rummaging through all the cabinets and drawers in the room, she couldn't find it.
Xiao Mei didn't know what had happened and remained silent, quietly tidying up.
Susu slumped into a chair. Now she could be sure that Sophie had planned this all along, returning to Paris without a word of farewell.
But hadn't Sophie's family already agreed to sever all ties with her? Would she be able to rely on her family after going to Paris? How would she survive?
Susu hadn't kept Sophie's mother's phone number, only knowing an address for their family. She had no way to contact Sophie or her family at all.
No matter what, she wanted to ask Sophie, to get a clear answer, why she had treated her like this?
"Young Madam, look quickly, these are men's pants. Why would Miss Sophie wear men's underwear?" Xiao Mei asked, finding the pants strange while tidying the clothes.
Susu recognized them as Tianyi's underwear at a glance. She snatched the underwear from Xiao Mei's hand and examined it carefully, confirming her suspicion.
Xiao Mei picked up a shirt from the floor and said, "This shirt is also men's. It looks familiar. Doesn't the Young Master have a similar one?"
Susu's heart began to race. Staring at the light blue shirt in Xiao Mei's hand, she was completely stunned, unable to comprehend how Tianyi's clothes and underwear were in Sophie's room.
What had happened between them?
"Give me the shirt," Susu said, unable to lift her own hand.
Seeing Susu's unusual expression, Xiao Mei, who had never seen Susu so flustered and wary, quickly handed her the shirt.
Susu's hands trembled as she clutched the shirt and hurriedly left Sophie's room. She ran back to the master bedroom on the second floor and searched the section in the walk-in closet where Tianyi kept his shirts.
Soon, she found the new one she had bought for Tianyi. Comparing the two, they were identical in style and color.
Her heart churned like a stormy sea, and many thoughts flooded her mind...
Every time she worked overtime and returned home, she saw Tianyi and Sophie laughing and playing with the children. Several times, she had a fleeting feeling that they were the real family.
Once, she had also stumbled upon Sophie leaning in Tianyi's arms, with Tianyi embracing her... and at the men's clothing store, Sophie's familiarity with this shirt far surpassed her own.
They, they had already had something between them for a long time. Only she had been foolish enough to think it was her imagination.
Sophie treating her like this and leaving without a word, was it because she was afraid of this matter being exposed and couldn't face her?
But Tianyi had been very open with her. Was his bad mood these past few days also related to this matter?
Susu stood in the walk-in closet for a while, then hung Tianyi's newly bought shirt back.
Holding the shirt she found in Sophie's room, she went from the bedroom downstairs and instructed Xiao Mei, "Throw away this shirt and the underwear. Don't let the Young Master know we found these."
Xiao Mei nodded blankly. Although she still didn't understand, she followed the instructions without asking further questions.
Susu sat back down at the dining table and began to eat alone.
She then remembered seeing Sophie dressed scantily more than once or twice at night. It seemed Sophie dressed like that to wait for Tianyi, and Tianyi must have eventually succumbed to Sophie's temptation.
She felt as if the food was becoming saltier as she ate, and tears unknowingly fell into her bowl.
...
After Tianyi left the Qin family mansion, he received a call from An Jing.
An Jing proactively invited him to find a place to have a few drinks. Tianyi did not refuse and went to their usual bar.
Seeing how Tianyi was drinking, An Jing knew he was extremely troubled. He wanted to comfort him but also knew that comfort would be of no use.
Anyone would be upset by such a situation, and it was also very troublesome. Someone who had been kind to them as a couple had caused the death of their closest relative.
If it were him, he probably wouldn't fare any better than Tianyi.
An Jing couldn't just watch him keep drinking and stopped him, saying, "Don't get too drunk. I have something important to tell you."
"What is it?" Tianyi asked, putting down his glass.
"I've investigated some things. Besides having Mark as an assistant, Yang Sijie also adopted a girl when he was abroad. This girl is an abandoned Asian orphan."
Tianyi's eyes lit up. "He really does have someone closer around him. Where is this girl now?"