bayedsolid Chapter 249 Fabricating Stories
Chapter 249 Fabricating Stories
Chapter 249 Fabricating Stories
Pei Chuyao felt increasingly pained as she listened.
"It's all my fault...it's all my fault..."
"Why didn't I realize sooner that Zhuang Yi was this kind of person? I actually... trusted him all along!"
"I was actually thanking him for not giving up on finding Qinghui, but he told me that Qinghui was also his good friend, and kept saying that it was what he should do?"
"It's okay, Chuyao, it's okay, all of that is in the past, and none of this was your fault," Pei Yuning felt bad too, and hugged Pei Chuyao into her arms. "None of us could have imagined that Zhuang Yi was this kind of person."
“Yes, Chu Yao,” An Shuhai also said, “The most important thing now is to rescue Qinghui first, and we can think about other things later.”
Pei Chuyao was speechless; she could only nod slowly a few times to indicate that she understood.
To make Pei Chuyao give up completely, she mustn't know that Wei Qinghui has been found. The best way to do that is to lock him up and prevent him from having any contact with the outside world.
Zhuang Yi considered many places to imprison people, but the best way was definitely to find a remote mountain forest, where the chances of being discovered would be the lowest.
However, he also considered that moving people also carries risks. Currently, only Zhuang Yi's people have been in contact with Wei Qinghui, and he can still control the news from spreading. But if Wei Qinghui is to be moved from Hecheng to other places, a lot of preparations will definitely need to be made. The more people Wei Qinghui comes into contact with, the greater the risk of being discovered.
So in the end, he decided to just find a place in River City and lock the man up.
An Ling didn't need to say anything; others could guess what would happen next.
The Zhuang family had already been operating that high-end sanatorium on Shuiming Island for over a decade. At that time, Shuiming Island's commercial development was not as complete as it is now, nor had it become a popular tourist destination. If Zhuang Yi wanted to keep Wei Qinghui in Hecheng, that would undoubtedly be the best choice.
But how to coax Wei Qinghui to come to the island and get him to stay obediently in the sanatorium is also a problem, isn't it?
Although he could forcibly tie someone up or inject them with drugs to make them lose consciousness before bringing them to the island, Wei Qinghui is a living, breathing person. If he finds something is wrong, he will definitely make a fuss or even try to escape. So these are not long-term solutions, are they?
It's obvious that Zhuang Yi has considered all these issues.
Zhuang Yi had already decided to keep the person locked up indefinitely; he couldn't keep them unconscious or bound forever.
Zhuang Yi felt that Wei Qinghui was, after all, his friend. He only wanted Wei Qinghui to separate from Pei Chuyao and didn't want to treat him too cruelly.
The others scoffed inwardly.
Does Zhuang Yi think his actions weren't cruel enough?
He locked up a perfectly good person for ten years, and he still thinks he deserves to be called Wei Qinghui's friend?
What is this called? Trying to find a sliver of comfort for one's last remaining conscience?
So he devised a plan and made up a story to deceive Wei Qinghui.
Regarding Wei Qinghui's identity, Zhuang Yi didn't lie. He told him in detail that Wei was an orphan who was abandoned and then adopted, and that Wei's parents had abandoned him after their divorce, making him feel like an orphan with no one to care for him.
[Also, there's the matter of the relationship between Wei Qinghui and Pei Chuyao.]
[Given that Zhuang Yi had already mentioned Pei Chuyao's name, rather than trying to arouse his suspicion, it's better to tell him directly that the two were originally a couple.]
The others found it increasingly strange.
There was no fabricated story, was there? Wasn't everything just the truth told to Wei Qinghui?
But Zhuang Yi then told Wei Qinghui that he had drowned because he had committed suicide by jumping into the sea.
Zhuang Yi told Wei Qinghui that he suffered from a severe mental illness, during which he would become highly aggressive. During his last episode, he nearly killed Pei Chuyao, and when he regained his senses, he couldn't forgive himself and chose to end his life by jumping into the sea.
To make the lie more believable, Zhuang Yi even forged Wei Qinghui's medical records and showed him photos of himself and Wei Qinghui together to prove that the two were good friends.
Although Wei Qinghui had lost his memory, he couldn't accept that he had actually hurt his girlfriend. So when Zhuang Yi offered to arrange for him to receive treatment at a sanatorium, Wei Qinghui agreed without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, Pei Chuyao lost control of her emotions. She gripped Pei Yuning's hand tightly, her whole body trembling.
Unexpectedly, Zhuang Yi even used Wei Qinghui as an excuse to go to the sanatorium.
But she knew she couldn't break down yet, at least not until she rescued Wei Qinghui.
But once Wei Qinghui entered the place Zhuang Yi had arranged, it would be impossible for him to get out.
Zhuang Yi arranged for the person to stay in a separate small house at the southeasternmost tip of Shuiming Island, which was quite a distance from the normal operating area of the sanatorium. Ordinary people would never go there.
He later built a high wall around the cabin, and Wei Qinghui was confined to the room most of the time on the grounds that he was aggressive. He was only allowed to walk around the yard outside the cabin once a week with someone accompanying him.
[In fact, what was called treatment was reverse treatment. Zhuang Yi was afraid that Wei Qinghui would try to escape after realizing that something was wrong, so he sent people to give Wei Qinghui regular injections of drugs that would make him lose his strength.]
After the guards told Zhuang Yi that Wei Qinghui seemed to have regained some of his memories, Zhuang Yi, fearing that he would eventually regain all his memories, gave him another drug to confuse his memories, keeping him in a state of confusion for the past ten years.
Not to mention Pei Chuyao, even the others couldn't bear to listen anymore.
In An's parents' memory, although Wei Qinghui had such a growth environment, he was optimistic and always had a sunny and positive energy. Whenever he had free time, he liked to take Pei Chuyao outdoors, either to travel or to sketch, which made Pei Jinwen complain to them that their daughter was being "lured" away from home.
But they all knew that Pei Jinwen was happy when he said that.
Pei Chuyao has been very sensible since childhood and has a very introverted personality. In addition, she took over the Pei family business at a very young age and always had high expectations of herself, putting a lot of pressure on herself. However, she seemed much happier after being with Wei Qinghui, so Pei Jinwen was very satisfied with this prospective son-in-law.
But a person with such a personality was imprisoned in such a small area for ten years, and even remained in a state of mental instability for ten years due to being injected with drugs. Even a complete stranger would feel heartbroken to hear this, yet Zhuang Yi, who was once Wei Qinghui's friend, could be so cruel.