The Domineering Boss is Addicted to the Convict novel Chapter 1848

His unusual behavior made her freeze. "Jin, what happened?"

"Tell me if what I just said is right." There was a hint of urgency in his voice.

"Yes, you're right. You're the one I love the most, and I’ll always be by your side." Ling Yiran raised her hands and hugged Yi Jinli back. "Tell me, what’s going on?"

He did not say anything but continued to hug her tightly as his chin rested on her shoulder. Each breath seemed a little heavy.

"Jin, we're husband and wife. Whatever happens, I’ll face it with you," said Ling Yiran.

He was silent for a moment before saying slowly, "I... just feel bad for my father. He loved the woman so much that he even betrayed his family and left the Yi family just to be with that woman. But that woman abandoned my father and me without hesitation because he couldn't give her any more money."

Ling Yiran knew that the woman he was talking about was his mother. "It was her loss to have lost your father. She’ll find out that no man in the world will ever love her as much as your father loved her. She’ll regret it. She’ll regret the decision she made at that time."

"Regret?" Yi Jinli suddenly sneered. "How could a woman like her ever feel regret? She's probably enjoying her life right now!"

Ling Yiran slowly cupped Yi Jinli's face. "Jin, don't let your mother dictate your life anymore. Those things are in the past. No one knows where your mother is and whether she's alive or dead. But you have your own life. If you keep dwelling on the past, you'll never be truly happy. Jin, stop thinking about it, okay?"

"Stop thinking about it?" His eyelashes quivered gently. Then, he slowly looked up and stared at her. "What will you do if my mother appears in front of me one day?"

Yi Jinli muttered, "Yiran, will you stay out of whatever happens tomorrow? Just watch quietly. If that person... isn't 'her', I'll let her off the hook for your sake, but there's only one woman in the world that I won't let off the hook!"

If he let that woman off the hook, then the pain he suffered when he was little and his father's death would have been for nothing.

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Early the next morning, Ling Yiran wore a turtleneck sweater and accompanied Old Lawyer Kang and Mrs. Kang to the Yi family's cemetery.