"Yes, you don't want to see her. I'll see her on your behalf and persuade her," Yao Feili knew she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart and would definitely see her.
His words made Meng Qi laugh. Meng Qi glared at him and said, "Who wants you to represent me? You're not allowed to see her either!"
"As you command, I'll listen to you," Yao Feili said, serving her food.
Meng Qi was no longer as angry after his teasing. She then realized that if Meng Yao returned to Lancheng with Song Jiaping, it wouldn't be entirely for her, right? There must be other important matters.
...
As soon as Meng Yao finished her call with Meng Qi, she looked at Song Jiaping with tears in her eyes and said, "Big sister is angry. She won't see us."
Song Jiaping put his arm around her and said, "It's okay. We'll go back and find Hong Jiaxi first and get the procedures he needs to do for you done."
He gently patted her to comfort her, thinking that Meng Qi's inability to accept it for a while was normal, but Hong Jiaxi was truly going too far.
It was clearly Hong Jiaxi who wronged Meng Yao first. Meng Yao had full reason to divorce him, not asking for alimony or compensation for emotional distress. He shamelessly acted like a scoundrel, yet had the nerve to come here and want to take Meng Yao back.
He couldn't let Hong Jiaxi think that Meng Yao was so easily bullied. He had to help Meng Yao get this divorce this time.
He had already booked their plane tickets back to Lancheng, and they were definitely going back!
Two days later, as they sat on the plane back to Lancheng, Meng Yao was still worried about what would happen if Jiaxi still refused to divorce her. She no longer wanted to see Jiaxi or have any further entanglement with him.
Before that, Song Jiaping had contacted Qin Tianyi and asked him to help find the best lawyer for divorce cases.
By the time they returned to Lancheng, Hong Jiaxi also received the court summons.
After a flight of more than ten hours, they arrived at Lancheng Airport. Meng Yao sent a text message to Meng Qi, "Sister, I've arrived in Lancheng and am staying at a hotel."
After sending the message, she didn't expect Meng Qi to reply and followed Song Jiaping to their reserved hotel.
After settling in, Meng Yao asked with some unease, "Jiaping, are we going to see Hong Jiaxi tomorrow? What if he still doesn't agree..."
"You rest in the hotel tomorrow. I'll handle this. When your presence is needed, you just need to sign," Song Jiaping stroked her head, telling her not to think too much.
Meng Yao looked at him in surprise and asked, "You don't need me to see him? You can handle it for me?"
"Yes, I know he gave you a nightmare, and I will help you end it. Such a scoundrel doesn't deserve to speak to you anymore," Song Jiaping said with firm conviction.
"Jiaping..."
"Don't say those words of gratitude and emotion to me. We don't need to say these things between us. Protecting you is my responsibility," he said, lowering his head to kiss her lips with restraint, and said gently, "You've been on the plane for a long time, and you must be tired. Get some rest early. I'm in the room next door. Call me anytime if you need anything."
Meng Yao hummed, knowing that her choice this time was the right one.
After Song Jiaping left her room, she lay on the bed, still savoring the kiss from earlier, looking forward to the moment they would truly be together.
He had said he would finalize her divorce from Hong Jiaxi and then officially marry her, and that they would only truly become husband and wife on their wedding night.
Meng Yao could feel his respect for her, which made her feel warm and safe.
Not long after, she fell asleep due to the fatigue of the journey.
When she woke up, it was already the next morning. As she was about to get up, the room's landline rang.
Meng Yao picked up the receiver and said sleepily, "Hello."
"Miss Huangfu, this is the front desk. Have you woken up?"
"I just woke up. What's wrong?" Meng Yao asked.
The other party said politely, "Mr. Song has prepared a exquisite breakfast for you. May we deliver it to your room now?"
"Oh, yes," Meng Yao hung up the phone and immediately dialed the room number next door, but no one answered.
Just then, the breakfast service arrived at the room. Meng Yao checked her phone and found a text message from Song Jiaping.
"I went out early this morning. Take care of yourself."
Meng Yao ate the exquisite breakfast with a warm heart, feeling like she had regressed to a baby, with Song Jiaping taking meticulous care of all aspects of her life.
After breakfast, she wanted to go for a walk. Her mood this time returning to Lancheng was completely different from before she left last time.
Months ago, when she decided to take the medicine to save Song Jiaping, her entire state and mood were very low.
Meng Yao went to that war-torn place, feeling that life and death were irrelevant. But after seeing Song Jiaping gradually get better and their future days filled with hope, she felt reborn.
As soon as she reached the hotel lobby, she saw Meng Qi consulting something at the front desk.
Meng Yao immediately walked over and called out, "Sister."
As soon as Meng Qi saw her, she said to the front desk staff, "No need to check. I've found the person I was looking for."
"Sister, are you here to find me?" Meng Yao asked in surprise. "How did you know I was staying here?"
"You only sent me a text message when you got back, and didn't say anything else. I had to do some checking and found out you were staying at this hotel, but I didn't know which specific room," Meng Qi wanted to hug her, but thinking that she was still with Song Jiaping, she became angry again.
Meng Yao said, "Sister, I'm staying in room 2203..."
Before she could finish, Meng Qi grabbed her hand and said, "Let's go, come back with me. Don't stay in hotels with Song Jiaping anymore, and don't associate with him from now on!"
Meng Yao broke free from her and said, "Sister, I've made up my mind. I want to be truly with Song Jiaping. I don't want to miss out again. No matter what, I want to spend the rest of my life with him! Please don't object..."
"If I don't look after you now, who will?" Meng Qi asserted her elder sister's authority. "Do you know that you're going to be with Song Jiaping? How will you face our parents? How will you face our father who is still in prison?"
Meng Yao hardened her heart and said, "Just pretend you don't have me! Song Jiaping and I won't be staying in Lancheng for long; we'll be moving far away from here. Sister, if you can't accept us, then pretend you don't have me as a sister!"
Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, staring at her in disbelief and saying, "For a man, you're being so heartless to your family?"
"I don't want this, I really don't. But I don't know what else to do," Meng Yao said with great pain. "If you ask me to leave him again as you said, then it's no different from dying. What use would you have for a sister who is just a walking corpse?"
Meng Qi also knew that her relationship with Song Jiaping had been deep for a long time, and she was conflicted about this matter.
Of course, she hoped Meng Yao would be happy. However, the enmity between Song Jiaping and their family had only recently passed. The thought that if it weren't for him, their parents wouldn't have ended up like this and the company wouldn't be in crisis, filled her with hatred again.