She had looked into Song Jiaping's situation at the time. Song Jiaping was neither from a declining prestigious family nor had a prominent family background, nor could he have had any grievances with the Huangfu family. This made no sense, absolutely no sense!
However, if this were true, it would explain why Song Jiaping loved Mengyao yet kept evading her.
Moreover, Song Jiaping had acted against the group's interests when he was in the company. She had also suspected Song Jiaping of being a commercial spy sent by another company. So, he had also been seeking revenge within the group.
"Don't be too sad for now. Is there perhaps a misunderstanding? Mom and Dad wouldn't do such a thing. It must be Song Jiaping who is mistaken. I will investigate this matter," Mengqi promised her.
Mengyao looked at her blankly and said, "Even if you clear everything up now, what has happened has already happened. In fact, no matter what his reasons were back then, it's not important anymore. Even without these reasons, he and I will never have a chance."
Putting aside the entangled feelings between Mengyao and Song Jiaping, Mengqi found what Song Jiaping said about their parents' actions to be too terrible.
What if it were true? Then their parents would go to jail, or even face the death penalty. This was no laughing matter.
"If you think about it this way, there's no need to be so sad. But I still need to investigate these things he mentioned. Only when we know Mom and Dad are innocent can we be at ease."
Mengyao's mood calmed down considerably, and she nodded, saying, "Sister, you're right."
"Don't tell Mom and Dad about this for now. If it's a misunderstanding, I will talk to Song Jiaping and make him stop doing foolish things out of hatred. Otherwise, if Mom and Dad find out, it will cause a bigger misunderstanding." Mengqi was afraid that if her parents knew Song Jiaping harbored such intentions and motives, they would deal with him without distinguishing right from wrong.
"Okay, I won't tell them."
Mengqi hugged her, feeling heartbroken that Mengyao's romantic life was so bumpy. She could only hope that all the bad things that happened to Mengyao would pass.
After discussing with Yao Feili, she took Mengyao back to her own home that night and called her parents to let them know Mengyao was with her, so they wouldn't worry.
Mengyao slept in the guest room at Mengqi's house. Although she no longer cried sadly, she didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.
She was woken up by her phone ringing in her sleep. She answered the call with a headache.
"Mengyao, it's me. Please, can you not press charges against Jiaxi? If he goes to jail, his life will be ruined."
Mengyao recognized the tearful voice of Jiaxi's mother.
She opened her eyes, her voice already a bit hoarse as she spoke, "Auntie, this is not something I can decide. Jiaxi injured someone, and the police will determine the charges..."
"I know, there's a video of the incident online. He injured your sister. But we've already been to the police station. The officer in charge said that as long as the victim doesn't pursue the matter and issues a letter of understanding, he can be detained for a few days and won't be sentenced." Jiaxi's mother said anxiously.
Mengyao didn't want Jiaxi to go to jail either, so she said, "I need to discuss this with my sister. She was the one injured at the time, and it requires her consent."
"Please plead with your sister for us. Our Hong family will be grateful to you," Jiaxi's mother said, crying. "I know Jiaxi wronged you, but honestly, didn't we all treat you well when you were in the Hong family? Jiaxi grew up with you. Even if you divorce in the future, you still have marital affection. He acted on impulse, and you wouldn't send him to his doom, would you?"
"Auntie, I understand what you mean," Mengyao agreed. "I will persuade my sister, but Jiaxi... does he have psychological problems? If he's okay this time, you'd better take him to see a psychologist. Otherwise, I'm afraid his condition will only get worse."
"Okay, okay, I understand," Jiaxi's mother sighed. "This child might have relapsed."
Mengyao asked, "Did he have psychological problems before?"
"It was after you left him before that he searched for you everywhere like he was crazy, but couldn't find you. For a while, he stayed at home and didn't go out. We thought he was hit hard by the breakup and would be fine after some self-adjustment." Jiaxi's mother recalled. "Who knew that one day he suddenly hit himself in front of us and said some nonsensical things."
Mengyao had heard Jiaxi mention once that he had been depressed for a while because of her. Now, hearing Jiaxi's mother explain the process in detail, she felt that she had harmed Jiaxi.
Jiaxi's mother continued, "We took him to see a doctor. The doctor said he had depression, and he recovered after some treatment. I thought he had returned to normal long ago, but I didn't expect it to happen again. Mengyao, Jiaxi did it all for you! I met that woman and I know Jiaxi wouldn't truly like that kind of woman. His erratic behavior outside was also because..."
"Auntie, you mean his misbehavior was also because he loves me?" Mengyao felt that her early decision to leave Jiaxi and go abroad was not done properly, but later she chose to marry Jiaxi with the intention of living a good life with him until old age. Did this also become her fault?
"No, no, that's not what I meant. He did wrong, and he shouldn't have been messing around behind your back." Jiaxi's mother immediately changed her tune.
Mengyao said, "Auntie, I will persuade my sister not to press charges against Jiaxi. After he's released, please have him complete the divorce procedures with me as soon as possible."
"We will definitely do that. But your mother said that you want to divide half of Jiaxi's assets during the divorce. Regarding the division of property, it won't be that quick. We will also need to hire a lawyer to calculate it."
"What property division? As long as we can divorce quickly, I don't care about these things." Mengyao was a little surprised.
Jiaxi's mother was also puzzled and said, "You don't know about this? Oh, oh, it must be your mother who pities you and wants to fight for more benefits for you."
Now, all she wanted was for Mengyao to get Jiaxi released. As for the property division, they would discuss it during the divorce. According to Jiaxi's father's wishes, they had already started transferring some of Jiaxi's assets, hoping to reduce the amount as much as possible.
They originally thought that Jiaxi marrying Mengyao would be a great thing for the Hong family, but they never expected it to turn out like this. It was truly a loss of both people and wealth.
"I will ask my mother about this. If you have nothing else, I'll hang up now." Mengyao hung up decisively.
She put her phone aside and closed her eyes, wanting to sleep a little more. But her phone rang again. She saw it was her mother, Wu Xiufang, calling.
It seemed she couldn't sleep anymore, so she sat up and answered the phone.
"Mom."
"With such a big incident, how could you and Mengqi hide it from Dad and me! No wonder you stayed at Mengqi's house last night. This Jiaxi is getting more and more outrageous. This time I'm going to find a lawyer and make sure he spends ten years in jail!" Wu Xiufang said angrily and with a strong attitude.
"Mom, Mengqi and I are fine. I want to let it go..."