The Cunning CEO's Contract Wife

Chapter 213 The person that night was me

Ye Chuchu didn't notice anything amiss. Seeing that Lin Ran didn't speak, she assumed that Lin Ran had tacitly agreed with her words, and she was even more excited.

"Lin Ran, you should know what the best choice is, right?"

"Don't even think about playing tricks. A woman as unclean as you makes Brother Jingchen feel disgusted just thinking about you!"

Lin Ran trembled, but this time she did not back down.

On the contrary, she looked straight up at Ye Chuchu with a mocking smile on her face.

"Ye Chuchu, you don't actually think that Xiao Jingchen will marry you as soon as I divorce him, do you?"

"You don't understand him at all. He doesn't like anyone."

Ye Chuchu looked at Lin Ran for a long time, then suddenly laughed.

"Lin Ran, you don't actually think you're the same as me, do you?"

Ye Chuchu tossed her hair triumphantly, her joy at the impending victory clouding her judgment. She even blurted out the secret.

“I’m not like you. Long ago, Jingchen and I already told him that he would take responsibility for me.”

“If it weren’t for your meddling, I would have married him long ago.”

"You just stole my things."

Ye Chuchu spoke each word carefully, and every word pierced Lin Ran's heart.

She stared blankly at Ye Chuchu's smug and boastful expression, her throat tightening.

"You...how could you possibly be like this?"

If Lin Ran still had a sliver of hope of winning before, after hearing this, she no longer had the energy to argue.

"No wonder he always treats you specially."

Lin Ran murmured softly, her face, as white as paper, filled with bitterness. After a long while, she slightly raised her head.

"When?"

Seeing her defeated expression, Ye Chuchu was overjoyed and inadvertently revealed the time.

"Of course, it's before you get married!"

As soon as she said it, Ye Chuchu covered her mouth in regret.

Fortunately, Lin Ran was engrossed in her own world and didn't notice anything amiss.

Ye Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief and then unceremoniously told them to leave.

"If you know, then get out of here and stop getting in my way."

“Brother Jingchen is definitely mine, so you should stop struggling and just give him back to me.”

Lin Ran didn't speak; she shook her lips forcefully to keep herself from fainting.

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is."

She closed her eyes, and a single tear slid down her cheek.

She didn't ask any more questions and turned to leave the Ye family.

Now whatever she says will only humiliate herself.

Late at night, the sky was bright, and the cold moonlight shone on the ground, as if it were covered with a layer of silver frost.

Lin Ran walked forward absentmindedly, her mind replaying all the moments she had shared with Xiao Jingchen over the past few months like a movie.

"No wonder, no wonder you treated Ye Chuchu so differently even though you married me."

"So you two were together all along, and I was the only one who didn't know anything."

Lin Ran murmured softly, but suddenly, she stopped in her tracks.

No, that's not how it works, it shouldn't be like this.

Xiao Jingchen clearly disliked Ye Chuchu so much when she stayed at the villa before.

Lin Ran vaguely remembered that Ye Chuchu had wanted to go to Xiao Jingchen's study, and the two of them had even argued about it.

"Before getting married...before getting married."

Lin Ran frowned and repeated the time, as if something suddenly popped into her mind.

The time when that stranger took her body was before her marriage.

Lin Ran stopped in her tracks, her brows furrowed.

She flagged down a car and returned to the villa.

However, she didn't go to the master bedroom, but instead found a guest room and started thinking about what Ye Chuchu had said.

If Ye Chuchu really had a relationship with Xiao Jingchen, why would he have let her go so easily on their wedding day?

They even urged her to go and have the surgery.

Unless... Ye Chuchu is lying!

Given Ye Chuchu's personality, if things were really as she said, she probably would have already spread the news far and wide.

How could she possibly still have the chance to marry Xiao Jingchen?

And what happened afterward—if it was really as she said, then why did she bother to please Xiao Jingchen?

Lin Ran clenched her fists, her eyes filled with excitement.

There is only one possibility: the man who took her body that night was Xiao Jingchen!

Ye Chuchu, however, substituted herself for Li, claiming that it was actually herself.

Lin Ran couldn't help but smile, and the weight that had been hanging over her heart finally lifted.

Because of that incident, she often felt that she had let Xiao Jingchen down, and even hated herself.

But things are different now; the person that night was Xiao Jingchen.

Lin Ran couldn't help but gently touch her flat stomach, her face full of affection.

"Baby, don't worry, I won't let you lose your father right after you're born."

Lin Ran could tell that Xiao Jingchen wasn't entirely without feelings for her. She knew that as long as she told him the truth about that night, he wouldn't be angry anymore.

Lin Ran couldn't help but chuckle, then leaned against the wall and fell asleep.

The next morning, when Xiao Jingchen woke up, he felt a terrible headache and his throat was so dry it felt like it was about to burst into flames.

Just as he was about to call for help, a glass of warm water was handed to him.

Xiao Jingchen was taken aback, his throat bobbed, but he didn't say anything, he just silently drank the water.

"Xiao Jingchen!"

Seeing that Xiao Jingchen was about to leave again, Lin Ran quickly called out to him and grabbed his sleeve.

"Xiao Jingchen, please don't leave yet. I have something to tell you."

Lin Ran spoke with a pitiful expression, which softened Xiao Jingchen's heart, but he didn't show it on his face at all, and stopped in his tracks with a cold expression.

"Xiao Jingchen, those things are all true. I was cheated on before my wedding..."

At this point, Lin Ran gritted her teeth, seemingly a little embarrassed.

Even though Xiao Jingchen already knew about this, he was still furious when he heard Lin Ran admit it herself. His eyes were red as he glared at Lin Ran.

"Xiao Jingchen, if I told you that you were the one that night, would you believe me?"

After a long pause, Lin Ran found a suitable way to speak. She looked up slightly at Xiao Jingchen, a hint of nervousness in her eyes.

"it's me?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingchen suddenly smiled, his eyes filled with sarcasm.

"If it was me, why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I just found out myself, Xiao Jingchen, please believe me, okay?"

"Ye Chuchu is lying to you. It was me that night."

Lin Ran said in a soft voice, her voice trembling.

Xiao Jingchen almost couldn't resist the urge to bend down and comfort her, but then his eyes darkened as if he had thought of something.