The news of Ji Pei's death reached Ji Ying's ears through the police.
Yang Heng adopted an official tone. "Mrs. Ji, Ji Pei's body has been sent to the city funeral home. It should be cremated tomorrow. Remember to claim it."
Yang Heng tried hard to suppress his subconscious aversion to Ji Ying.
Zhang Lu's description was deeply engraved in his mind. Although Yang Heng couldn't understand Ji Ying's distorted values, as a people's police officer, he couldn't show blatant prejudice.
Ji Ying looked stunned, apparently unable to digest the information in Yang Heng's words.
After a long while, she mumbled with trembling lips and stammered, "What did you say? Ji Pei is dead? It's impossible. He's been living well for so many years. It's impossible. You're lying to me..."
Yang Heng felt a bit sorry for seeing Ji Ying deceive herself, so his tone softened. "Ji Pei was suspected of murder. Now he committed suicide out of fear of punishment. The police station... has closed the case."
Hearing this, Ji Ying slumped to the ground, crying and laughing as she murmured, "Murder? How could he murder someone? The person he wanted to kill the most shouldn't be me?"
Yang Heng didn't know the entanglements between Ji Pei and Ji Ying. He just thought it was Ji Ying's conscience awakening and that she couldn't accept the news of Ji Pei's death for the moment.
After saying a few more words of comfort, Yang Heng left the Ji family.
Ji Ying was left alone in the medium - sized house.
She closed the door weakly. Her frizzy and curly long hair covered most of her face.
Ji Ying tightly covered her chest. The dull pain clearly and cruelly reminded her that all this was real.
But why did she feel pain?
Wasn't she always the one who loved herself the most?
Ji Ying looked back on her short first half of life. The faces of all kinds of men who were infatuated with her had become blurred.
Only Ji Pei's face was clearly imprinted in her mind.
Every bit about Ji Pei was infinitely magnified at this moment.
Ji Ying vaguely remembered that when Ji Pei was a child, he used to quietly watch her with those clear and eager eyes.
He would secretly put a glass of honey water on her bedside table and prepare delicious food for her.
But at that time, Ji Ying only cared about affairs between men and women. She was eager to fill that emptiness.
When did things start to change?
Ji Ying fished out a cigarette, took a trembling puff, leaned against the wall, and stared blankly at the night outside the window.
Later, that obedient and well - behaved little boy disappeared. Ji Ying knew that it was she who had killed that little boy with her own hands and pushed him into the endless abyss.
Ji Pei didn't even want to look at Ji Ying. The bone - deep hatred was engraved in his eyes. He wished Ji Ying would disappear from this world immediately.
It seemed that Ji Ying had become a stain on Ji Pei's life.
But the more so, the more perverted satisfaction Ji Ying felt.
She wanted to destroy all things that seemed beautiful.
So on that night, she made a mistake that could never be redeemed.
After waking up, Ji Ying wasn't as happy as she had imagined. Instead, the guilt and self - reproach welling up in her heart eroded her heart bit by bit.
Ji Pei avoided Ji Ying. Unless he had to go home, Ji Ying couldn't see his figure at all.
Ji Ying was used to being a parasite. She liked getting something for nothing and didn't like the feeling of working hard but only having enough to make ends meet.
Ji Pei's distancing made Ji Ying more and more panicked. She was afraid that the last bit of solace would leave her.
So she cut off Ji Pei's financial resources and forcibly possessed him.
The mother - son relationship was stained with an unethical color. Ji Ying even thought that in this way, Ji Pei would be forever marked by her and wouldn't leave her.
Ji Ying was too lonely. She was afraid of pouring too intense emotions on one person, so she fell in love with one man after another and played with them one by one.
Those men only lusted after her body. Ji Ying knew this very well.
But what could she do?
If possible, who would want to become a woman who was available to any man and was condemned by everyone?
Ji Ying was an orphan. Since she could remember, she had been picked up and raised by a madam.
If it weren't for the madam's help, Ji Ying would have died in the cold winter wind.
The madam didn't know how to do anything but serve men and find ways to get benefits from them.
Ji Ying was influenced by this. After the madam died, she took over the madam's old business.
Ji Ying was young and beautiful, attracting countless men.
Such a dazzling and outstanding Ji Ying was deeply envied by her peers.
They ostracized her and drove her out of that area.
Ji Ying didn't care. After all, she could live anywhere.
She took out her savings and bought an apartment.
Here, Ji Ying met the only man she had ever loved in her life. She thought she would turn over a new leaf this time.
However, that man cheated her out of all her money and then disappeared.
Ji Ying had no choice but to resume her old profession.
There was no longer any light in Ji Ying's eyes. She became more and more promiscuous, wandering among different men and finding pleasure in it.
Ji Ying didn't expect to be pregnant with Ji Pei.
Ji Ying didn't know who the father of the child in her belly was. Even if she found that man, she would only be humiliated.
For survival, Ji Ying received those guests even more frantically.
She thought that since she was already dirty, it would be better to be completely dirty.
Ji Ying squinted her eyes and came back from those past memories.
Then, Ji Ying staggered towards Ji Pei's room, fell on his bed, and greedily breathed in the residual smell left by Ji Pei.
A tear rolled down the corner of her eye, and soon, she couldn't stop crying.
Ji Ying cried loudly, like a wounded beast, groaning and roaring painfully.
"How could you be so cruel and just leave me alone! Clearly, the one who should have died the most is me!" Ji Ying tightly grabbed the bedsheet with her fingers, her face covered with tears, and her voice choked.
If it weren't for her selfishness, Ji Pei wouldn't have gone to extremes.
Ji Pei was very excellent. She had once attended his parent - teacher meeting. The teacher held Ji Ying's hand and praised Ji Pei highly.
Even though later, Ji Pei thought Ji Ying was embarrassing and never let her attend the parent - teacher meeting again.
Ji Ying always subconsciously ignored Ji Pei and was even stingy with a bit of care for him.
Who would want to admit such a mother?
"Peipei." Ji Ying shed tears of remorse. "It's too lonely underground. Can mom come to accompany you? This time, mom won't make mistakes again. Peipei, can you forgive mom..."
If she could start over, she wanted to be a qualified mother this time.
Ji Ying died too.
In the middle of the night, she climbed to the top floor of the apartment building and jumped off, ending her absurd and ridiculous life.
No one could tell who was more wrong in this story.
The story of the Ji family came to an eternal end here.