Chapter 1628: Chapter 1628: The Truth
So she made him drink, one glass after another, and he didn’t refuse at all, because he was truly happy.
But he didn’t expect to be shaken awake by a flustered servant, his head pounding from a hangover, and to hear news of her escape. In that instant, it felt like a bolt from the blue, shattering his sweet dream.
It was such a fleeting dream, just a dream in the middle of the night after all.
"Jun Yiyi, you’re truly ungrateful." Even someone as indulgent as him felt anger.
"Whether I’m ungrateful or not is none of Brother Ling Kong’s business. I’m going to turn off the communicator."
"Wait," he worked to suppress his anger, softening his tone, "Yiyi, come back. Don’t be willful. It’s too dangerous for you to drift alone at sea. These neighboring countries are unfamiliar to you. If anything were to happen, it wouldn’t be a joke."
"Even if it’s dangerous, it’s my own business to face by myself. I don’t need you to stand in my way. What right do you have to constantly be in my way? You’re not my family, not my parents, not my boyfriend. You’re nothing."
Nothing? Ji Lingkong felt a pang in his chest.
"I’m your future husband."
Jun Yiyi turned her face away, "That’s only self-proclaimed. I don’t acknowledge it. Don’t make me hate you any more, Brother Ling Kong. Will you let me go? I ask nothing from you, only to let me go."
"Do you really hate me that much?" Ji Lingkong’s face was as pale as paper, his smile twisted, his eyes turning cold as glass.
To say such things to him, as if he had done something unforgivable to her, wishing to never see him again.
Maybe he really had done something wrong.
He should explain clearly. Once she hears his explanation, she will understand, knowing he only wanted to protect her safety, and she’ll forgive him. Yes, she’ll understand, once she knows about Russell and the plot of those behind the scenes.
A strong hope suddenly rose in his heart.
"Yiyi, I didn’t actually intend to imprison you. There’s a reason for everything I’ve done."
Jun Yiyi was startled, "What reason?"
"Russell deceived you. He’s not a real investigative agent but a spy colluding with enemy forces. The documents he showed you, many were fabricated. It’s true that I interfered in your studies, but I didn’t hinder your admission to college. Getting into college was all your own merit. Also, the matter with Ares’s parents wasn’t my doing."
Ji Lingkong told her everything about Russell.
Jun Yiyi was utterly shocked, never imagining such a grand conspiracy behind the whole affair. At that time, she saw Russell’s credentials and was overwhelmed by the evidence and the events contained within, filled with rage and no doubt.
"Why didn’t you tell me earlier?"
"I only started suspecting and doubting after you left that night."
"But how did you know about Russell’s existence? I never mentioned him." Jun Yiyi was puzzled.
Ji Lingkong hesitated, but in the end, he said, "I tapped your phone, heard the conversation between you and him, then tracked him down and have been investigating him thoroughly. These days have been so busy because I’ve been trying to capture him and uncover the forces behind him."
Hearing the word ’tapping,’ Jun Yiyi’s eyes dimmed.
"So, you abducted me here because of this?"
"Yes, I guessed they wouldn’t hesitate to use you to lure me in, and they wouldn’t spare you, trying every means to kidnap you. So I thought of bringing you here, hiding you, so they can’t track you down."
