The judge, based on the evidence provided by her lawyer, ruled that she and Hong Jiaxi were to divorce.
When Mengyao heard the judge read the verdict, she felt as if she had been reborn.
As Mengyao and her lawyer left the courtroom, Hong Jiaxi could no longer hold back and chased after them, "Mengyao..."
She stopped and looked at him, coldly interrupting him, "I've said all I needed to say. There's nothing more between us."
After speaking, she left with her lawyer without waiting for Hong Jiaxi's reaction.
Outside the courthouse, she gratefully shook hands with Lawyer Li and said, "Thank you, you've worked hard."
"Given your ex-husband's behavior, not asking for your marital assets is already being extremely generous to him," Lawyer Li said.
Mengyao smiled, feeling a sense of relief, and said, "Being able to get rid of him and this marriage is the most important thing."
"Indeed. I'm also very happy to have been able to help you and Mr. Song this time. If you need any legal assistance in the future, feel free to contact me."
"Okay, goodbye." Mengyao turned and hailed a taxi, rushing to the hospital ward.
She wanted to share this good news with Song Jiaping. Now, as long as he could wake up, they could be together without any worries.
Hong Jiaxi also arrived outside the courthouse. Feeling dejected, he lit a cigarette and watched Mengyao's retreating figure. She was still as stunningly beautiful as ever.
He had once possessed her, and now they were worse than strangers.
She didn't even want to exchange a word with him, so eager to leave. Was she rushing to tell Song Jiaping this good news?
But wasn't Song Jiaping lying in the hospital as a vegetative patient?
Even if she left him, she could only be with a comatose vegetative patient, and there was no way she could be with another man.
A smile appeared on Hong Jiaxi's lips. He extinguished the cigarette butt directly in his palm, feeling no pain.
...
As soon as Susu got off the plane, she received a call from Tianyi.
On the phone, Tianyi said that Xiao Xingxing had gone to find Xiaoxiao and would send her Xiaoxiao's current address, asking her to change her flight to meet him there.
Fortunately, Susu had not yet left the airport and booked a flight to Xiaoxiao's location directly within the airport.
While waiting for her flight in the airport lobby, she wondered why Xiao Xingxing would go to find Xiaoxiao without telling her.
He and Xiaoxiao had played well together since they were children. It was understandable that he missed her and wanted to visit her.
Even if she knew, she wouldn't object. This child was really something, changing his phone number and not telling his family, making them all worried sick.
Susu changed her flight to this historic and ancient city and first found a hotel to settle down.
She sent the hotel's address to Tianyi and waited for Tianyi to arrive so they could go find Xiao Xingxing together.
Susu saw the flight information Tianyi sent and knew he would arrive a day later than her.
She was still a little worried waiting in the hotel, so she tried calling Xiao Xingxing's phone again, but it was still unreachable.
Susu decided to familiarize herself with the surroundings first. Following the address Tianyi had sent, she inquired her way there.
She saw that the place where Xiaoxiao was now living was a castle straight out of a fairy tale. It seemed that Xiaoxiao's biological father was definitely the most prominent noble here.
When An Jing was willing to send Xiaoxiao here, it was probably because she hoped Xiaoxiao would have a better growth environment.
She walked around the castle. Without rashly speaking to the guards at the castle gate, she acted like a tourist sightseeing.
Susu noticed that the security around the castle was very vigilant. Anyone who got too close would be driven away, and those who looked like tourists would be told that sightseeing was not allowed.
It seemed that not just anyone could casually enter the castle to see Xiaoxiao. She would have to wait for Tianyi and the others to arrive, and then have An Jing contact Xiaoxiao's biological father.
Tianyi had also contacted Xiao Xingxing's school, saying that Xiao Xingxing might be traveling here and asked the local police to notify the police here to help find him.
After walking around outside, Susu had to return to the hotel. No matter how anxious she was, she still listened to Tianyi and waited for him to arrive before looking for him together.
...
Xiao Xingxing had been confined in this small building for several days. His identification documents and mobile phone had been confiscated.
He had no way to contact the outside world. Calculating the time, he had long passed the date to return to school. His parents must know by now that he hadn't returned to school and would be worried.
Xiao Xingxing had tried to find a way to escape this small building, but the doors and windows were all locked, making it impossible to get out.
Alva insisted that he promise not to bother Xiaoxiao again before he would release him.
But he would never agree. Even if Alva let him go, he would still come back to find Xiaoxiao and take her out of this terrifying cage.
Seeing that he was still stubbornly unyielding, Alva couldn't be bothered with him anymore. He only had people send him food every day and kept him locked up, hoping he would eventually come to his senses.
Today, he had only been given a piece of bread and a bottle of mineral water.
It was already dark outside. Xiao Xingxing felt very hungry. He sat leaning against the wall, closing his eyes, just wanting to make himself forget the unbearable hunger.
At this moment, he heard a movement outside the window. Someone was rhythmically tapping on the iron bars outside the window.
He immediately opened his eyes. As he was about to respond to the person outside, he heard Xiaoxiao's voice.
"Brother Xingxing, are you okay?"
"I... I'm fine." Xiao Xingxing did not tell her that he was not getting enough to eat every day.
Xiaoxiao asked with a choked voice, "He hasn't abused you, has he? Why hasn't he let you go yet?"
Xiao Xingxing smiled and said, "No. Your father just wants to scare me by keeping me locked up. I'm not afraid."
"Brother Xingxing, are you really okay?" Xiaoxiao tugged hard at the iron bars outside the window, wishing she could rescue Xiao Xingxing.
Xiao Xingxing heard the loud noise outside and quickly said, "Don't make such a loud noise, be careful your father finds out. I'm really fine, you should leave quickly."
Xiaoxiao found that she couldn't budge the iron bars outside the window at all. With a tearful voice, she said, "What's An Jing's father's phone number? I'll help you contact him to pick you up."
"Uncle An Jing's phone number has never changed. He always hopes you'll contact him, so he hasn't changed his number." Xiao Xingxing wanted to resolve her resentment towards Uncle An Jing.
Xiaoxiao just hummed and said, "Then I'll find a way to contact him."
"Doesn't your father allow you to use a phone?" Xiao Xingxing asked. "Every time he locks you in the attic, besides scaring you and not giving you food... does he abuse you in other ways?"
Xiaoxiao endured the heartache and said, "He knows I'm afraid of the dark, so he locks me in the attic to scare me. Otherwise, he's fine. As long as I obey him and study hard every day, he's actually very good to me. You don't need to worry about me. After Uncle An Jing comes to pick you up, don't come to see me again. I'll be fine."
Xiao Xingxing forced himself to suppress his heartache, disbelieving what Xiaoxiao said.
He felt that this Alva was like a lunatic with extreme possessiveness. Judging by Alva's tactics over the past few days, he was determined to make him yield before giving up.