Reborn as His Intellectually Disabled Wife

Chapter 772 - 773: The Tree Falls and the Monkeys Scatter

The Bai Family collapsed rapidly.

When a tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

All those who had previously fawned over Bai Yuejie with warm greetings, gifts, and flowers vanished without a trace after the Bai family’s crisis.

Bai Yuejie had never cared for those gifts.

Though valuable, their intentions were too obvious, filled with a mercenary air.

Yet now, when all was gone, Bai Yuejie realized that having many people curry favor was not such a bad thing.

It at least proved your identity, your status had its uses.

What was terrifying was when you no longer had value, you were nothing.

Bai Yuejie once again sat in the hospital ward, her spirit in a haze.

Although she was alive, she might as well have been a walking corpse.

Uncle Liu had been tried for smuggling and murder as the principal offender and sentenced to death.

While others, as accomplices, received various sentences from ten years to life imprisonment.

When Bai Yuejie heard the news, she felt no fluctuation in her emotions.

It was then she realized that perhaps her feelings for these people were not that deep.

Not deep enough that she couldn’t cry even if they were all dead.

No tears, no sorrow, not even much emotional fluctuation.

Now, all she could do was stare blankly.

When Bai Zhengyuan was executed, she stared out the window all day.

The execution was at six in the morning.

After sitting by the window all night, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Near the bed, it seemed as though someone was watching her.

Bai Yuejie numbly turned around and called out, "Dad."

In the air, there was no response.

Bai Yuejie stared at the bedside table for a long, long time before she looked out the window again.

The sky was already bright, the morning sun piercing through the clouds, birds soaring high, their chirping sounds delightful.

Bai Yuejie squinted at the birds.

That was the freedom she could never achieve in her lifetime.

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Gao Lian finished the case he was working on and got promoted to captain by his department, jubilant, he called out a bunch of brothers for a joyful drink.

While they were drinking merrily that evening, he suddenly received an unknown call.

Out of politeness, Gao Lian soon answered, "Hello."

"Hello Officer Gao, do you remember me?" Fluent Mandarin, yet one could still faintly detect a foreign accent.

Though the accent was very subtle.

Upon hearing this voice, Gao Lian’s scalp exploded, he said, "You’ve got the wrong number."

"What?" Dongfang Xuanya saw the call was disconnected, somewhat confused, she turned to Shi Mei, "He said I dialed the wrong number."

Shi Mei curved her lips and softly laughed, "What do you think?"

"Hmph, he’s avoiding me!" Dongfang Xuanya was a bit angry, "It was just one night with him, I didn’t ask for much, why is he avoiding me! Xia Country men are really weird!"

Many people at the domestic departure gate turned to look at Dongfang Xuanya upon hearing this.

Shi Mei quietly moved a bit farther from her with their luggage.

Dongfang Xuanya thought she was just stepping aside and naturally followed, saying, "He’s clearly so capable, it wasn’t hard at all, he was happy too, why should he avoid me?"

Shi Mei’s face turned red, and she whispered, "Let’s talk about this kind of thing at home."

"What?" Dongfang Xuanya looked around, faced with stares, she still gave them a bright smile.

Dongfang Xuanya accidentally turned around and with a ’Huh’ said, "Your boyfriend’s here to pick you up!"