Chapter 564: Plaintiff Mo Tingshen Defendant Mo Li

Bo Yanching had blocked the suggestion, “I need to drive later.

I’m not drinking.”

Yaen Chi looked at him incredulously and with great confusion, “What’s with you guys, treating dating as if you’re entering a monastery?

Next time you sit before me, should we discuss the teachings of Buddha?”

“Who else?”

“Mo the Fox, of course.”

“He doesn’t count,” Bo Yanching replied, picking up a piece of winter bamboo with his chopsticks, “he’s atoning.”

Yaen Chi raised his eyebrows slightly, took a sip of his drink, and glanced over to see the others enjoying themselves.

He then turned back, leaning his arm casually on the back of his chair.

“I heard from Xu Shu that there are signs of awakening.”

Bo Yanching glanced at him, “Has he mentioned it to Tingshen?”

“He has, Mo the Fox didn’t go over, he’s at home taking care of Chu Yao.

Poor girl, she can’t be left alone,” Yaen Chi expressed some rare sympathy.

Bo Yanching asked, “Who exactly spread the news about the fiancée?”

“The Qiao Family, I guess.”

Their circle didn’t have much impression of Qiao Man, having seen her up close only once.

She was young then.

The Qiao Family, having only this daughter—who was a late blessing—doted on her excessively.

She was adorned with diamonds or jade, but had a deeply ingrained sophistication, moving with the elegance of a lady of status.

However, she was young, without much say of her own, groomed by Mother Qiao like a doll:

Pretty, very refined.

Later, having seen her a few more times from a distance, his appreciation had grown.

She appealed more to him than before.

The Mo Family and the Qiao Family were old friends, with Tingshen’s betrothal set while he was still in the womb.

It was nothing more than a joke among the elders, a token engagement.

Tingshen intended to withdraw from it, but Qiao Man, being naturally gentle, neither cried nor made a fuss.

That soft temperament made it impossible for Tingshen to handle her; he decided to wait until Qiao Man grew up a little more to discuss breaking off the engagement.

Who could have known that on her eighteenth birthday, only Tingshen and Mrs.

Mo attended from the Mo Family?

That night, Mo Li attempted to assault Chu Yao, but Mo Suizhi discovered them.

They fled the family home and on the road, they collided with Qiao Man, who was driving Tingshen’s car.

Lack of timely medical help left Mo Suizhi crippled and Qiao Man in a vegetative state.

As for Chu Yao …

She nearly lost her life.

That was the first time they saw Tingshen hysteria, disregarding everyone else, sparing no expense to save Chu Yao.

He endured three days and nights outside the operating room, with doctors taking turns to operate, and they finally saved Chu Yao’s life.

Afterward, upon awakening, Chu Yao was immediately taken to court by Mo Li.

The reason was that Chu Yao, heartless and ungrateful, had come home asking for money and upon being refused, stabbed Mo Li twice and abducted Mo Suizhi.

Attempted murder, along with Mo Suizhi’s injuries, could have kept Chu Yao in prison for life.

But Tingshen was determined to save her, submitting evidence.

The trial wasn’t made public, and the final outcome sentenced Chu Yao to ten years in prison.

She intended to appeal, but Tingshen suppressed it.

She stopped causing trouble then, even though Tingshen, sacrificing his reputation and even dabbling in illegality to free her, found Chu Yao stubbornly self-destructive; she requested imprisonment and refused to follow him.

If Tingshen insisted, she would kill herself in jail.

Tingshen had no choice but to agree to her demands.

But what Chu Yao didn’t realize was that the case was appealed.

The plaintiff was Tingshen, the defendant, Mo Li.

Similarly conducted in a closed hearing, the outcome moderated Chu Yao’s sentence to three years.

Three years.

Chu Yao was released from prison.

Qiao Man also showed signs of awakening.

Yaen Chi said, “Xu Shu visited a few times, checked her condition, and indeed there are signs of her waking.

Her fingers are responding; the Qiao family went there, stayed in the hospital for a day.”