Once Upon A One Night Stand

Jiang Chujing was soon imprisoned after Jiang Mengyao was arrested. During the short trial, Jiang Mengyao confessed everything quickly.

Jiang Chujing, on the other hand, had been denying all the charges with lies even when faced with a lie detector. Her high mental diathesis surprised everyone.

She no longer felt guilty of any evil deeds of hers since she had done too much wrong. She felt numb to everything, lying to others in an extremely calm tone as if she was telling the truth.

Out of everyone's expectation, Chen Bo, who had invented the DH23 poison, turned out to be the breakthrough in the case. This famous professor at the Affiliated University of the First Hospital in J City would inevitably be brought down from the pedestal.

Jiang Mengyao was not surprisingly sentenced to death with the progress of the case while Jiang Chujing's trial continued to be postponed. Everyone was waiting for Li Han's decision until the day the case was closed.

He told the person in charge calmly that everything would be carried out following the normal procedure.

Jiang Chujing was sentenced to death. Feeling sorry for Jiang Chujing's parents, Li Han couldn't watch her die. However, that didn't mean he would let her go. Jiang Chujing didn't regret what she had done at all and thus didn't deserve forgiveness.

The verdict was changed into life imprisonment. Li Han provided her with a single room in prison and the same medical treatment from another team of doctors, excluding George.

However, all of this meant nothing to Jiang Chujing since she just moved from one cage to another. And this time, Li Han wouldn't be there for her anymore.

She kept applying for Li Han's visit but never received any answer.

He wouldn't come.

Ever since she realized this, her health started to degenerate at a terrifyingly fast speed. At first, she wished that Li Han would come to see her after knowing her condition. However, no one ever visited her. She had been forgotten by everyone, left alone in such a narrow and damp room. Every minute of this miserable life made her want to kill herself.

And she actually killed herself on a night after six months, out of everyone's expectation.

No one knew what she was thinking at her last moment and how she managed to hide a knife in her sleeve while eating.

This woman, who had brought countless troubles and contradictions, finally ended her life in a tragic way by slashing her wrist.

She was right. Li Han was the source of every feeling she had in her life. There was no point in living without him.

She had been captured by this twisted love for her entire life until the last second.

Li Han was smoking on the balcony at home when he heard her death. His courtyard was covered in lush green vegetation at the end of summer. This was a season of vitality but all he felt was depression. Jiang Chujing was dead. Li Han wasn't sure what feeling he had when he heard this. Maybe he didn't feel anything at all since he had foreseen this end coming.

When he recalled their past, he realized he had never really known her. Jiang Chujing had been admiring him and even begging him for his love, which gave people a false impression that Li Han was in the dominant position in this relationship. However, the truth was Li Han had always been the passive one who struggled to run away from Jiang Chujing's pestering.

The funeral was simple. Either the ugliness and the hatred in this relationship or those seemingly happy moments would just disappear like bubbles.

The dead could not be brought back to life. This exhausting farce finally came to the end.

[...]

On the other side of the ocean, Shu Tian heard about Jiang Chujing's death from Meng Shichuan two days after the incident.

The woman, who had put Shu Tian in danger so many times, died like this.

Shu Tian had mixed feelings, not knowing how to react to this news. She didn't feel sad or sorry. Neither could she find any pleasure of revenge in her heart. She just sat there in peace with a tight chest. She had never expected Jiang Chujing to end her life so easily. In Shu Tian's opinion, a vicious woman like Jiang Chujing would try her best to get what she wanted until the last moment of her life. To Shu Tian's surprise, Jiang Chujing, a stubborn and paranoid woman, killed herself.

Shu Tian suddenly figured out that everyone in this world, including the villains who seemed to care about nothing, had his or her own weakness.

As Shu Tian stared out the window in a daze, Meng Shichuan walked slowly towards her and covered her shoulders with a thin blanket of pure wool. "Don't think too much. Have a rest in bed."

She was almost eight months pregnant and the due date was coming. The family hired a nanny and a doctor to take care of her at home. In a few days, she would go to the hospital and wait for delivery. It was no good for her health to be bothered by those things.

Shu Tian looked down at her bulging abdomen which had been flat when she came here.

As the fetus grew bigger, the increasing weight caused her ankles to swell. Her whole body was bloating. A pit would be left on her skin every time she pressed her finger on it.

Suffering from a strong pregnancy reaction, she found it extremely difficult to take food, especially during the period of 3 to 6 months when she relied on glucose and various nutrition needles to maintain alive. Shu Tian couldn't work while pregnant so she had been financially supported by Meng Shichuan in the past few months. Therefore, she always felt a little embarrassed in front of him.

In the past six months, Shu Tian had a better understanding of this man. He was mysterious but indeed a gentleman who didn't take advantage of her terrible situation or ask her for anything. They didn't spend time with each other frequently. Meng Shichuan came here once or twice a week, mostly at the weekend, and went on business trips on weekdays. Intentionally or unintentionally, he kept a distance from her so that she wouldn't feel offended.

Shu Tian read books on law in her free time, preparing for the bar exam in England after the baby was born.

The only thing she was happy about in this torment was that, as she was looking forward to seeing her baby, she didn't think of Li Han as often as before. Even if she did occasionally, his face would only flash through her mind for seconds and disappear quickly.

"Thank you, Meng Shichuan." Shu Tian said it solemnly with sincere gratitude.

Meng Shichuan was standing beside her. From this angle, Shu Tian's skin was fair and soft. Perhaps it had something to do with her pregnancy. Her face turned plumper and more smooth than before. Meng Shichun could see her slender neck and delicate facial features with her hair tied up. She was the most beautiful pregnant woman he had ever seen.

That was why he didn't dare to live with her, afraid to lose control of himself and hurt her. By going on a business trip and focusing on work, he tried to distract his attention from her. Fortunately, he was a man with great self-control.

"I'll send someone to take you to the hospital for delivery in a few days. You can relax and have a good rest there. Don't think about anything else," he whispered to her, covering up a trace of restlessness in his heart.

Stroking her abdomen, Shu Tian looked into the distance. After a long time of silence, she said in a choked voice, "This baby survived because of you. He will remember this for the rest of his life."

Touched by her words, Meng Shichuan felt like his heart was being tugged. Somehow, it didn't hurt but made him itchy.

Tenderness flashed in his eyes as he gave her a smile. "I saved him because of you. You should thank yourself for that."

Shu Tian's eyes turned red with an urge to cry. Living in a foreign country alone was hard. Meng Shichuan's words comforted her heart, which had been suffering from anxiety, like a warm current flowing into it. She couldn't help but pray to god. Please give all her luck to her baby so that he could come to this world healthy and safe.