Chapter 1069: Hardship Reveals Who Is Best

Prison.

Shi Ran brought a lot of food that Qi Heng likes to eat to visit him.

Ever since Wang Yingzhi and the Chen siblings caused that scene, the supervision of Qi Heng in prison hasn't been as strict.

The Vice President has been running around these past two days, and the President has also spoken up, ordering that this matter be reinvestigated.

Therefore, the supervision of Qi Heng has relaxed a lot; Lady Qi and Shi Ran have both come to visit him one after another.

Although Qi Heng is a serious offender, he hasn't suffered; the living facilities in the cell are very complete, even better than the dormitory he had at the grassroots level.

"You actually gained weight?"

Shi Ran looked around at the environment; it didn't look like a prison visit, but rather like dropping by for a chat.

Qi Heng smiled: "Yeah, I eat and drink well here, I don't know how comfortable it is, it's just that I can't go online or communicate with family outside, that part isn't good; when a person lies on the bed, it's always easy to miss someone."

Shi Ran tilted her head and asked: "Miss who?"

Qi Heng: "Miss my mom."

Shi Ran:...

She thought he would say he missed her, but it turned out to be his mom; well, there was nothing wrong with that, but it just felt a bit uncomfortable.

"Hmph!"

She turned her head away, acting haughty.

Qi Heng: "Are you unhappy?"

"No, I'm very happy, very happy indeed."

Qi Heng: "Are you happy that I'll soon gain my freedom? Dad had Mom send a letter in this morning, saying I'll be able to get out in these next few days."

He stood in front of Shi Ran, his gaze burning as he stared at her without blinking, so hot it was as if he wanted to roast Shi Ran until she melted: "Actually, I lied just now; missing my mother is out of worry, missing you is true longing."

Having nearly brushed shoulders with the Grim Reaper, Qi Heng had opened his mind.

Some things, if you can say them to someone's face, don't wait, lest you wait for the so-called right time, only to find there is actually no opportunity left.

Her face was a little red, and she felt her face was very hot.

So she lowered her head and didn't respond, placing the bag she was carrying in front of Qi Heng: "For you; if you don't like it, I'll take it back."

"I like it, it's all mine."

He domineeringly hugged the food bag tightly to his chest, his nervous appearance as if someone would really snatch it from him.

"Is that necessary?" Shi Ran glared at him.

He was righteous and confident: "It is necessary; you finally came to visit me, and you want to take back the things you brought? Not a chance."

"Hmph! I shouldn't have come!" Before Shi Ran came, she had prepared a belly full of words, but none of them were used; they just bickered as soon as they met.

Qi Heng: "Can you have a little sympathy? I'm already in prison, a person prepared to be executed, and you shouldn't come to see me?" He feigned pity.

Shi Ran: "You won't die; a scourge lasts a thousand years."

Qi Heng: "I know."

She asked: "How do you know?"

Qi Heng said: "It's very simple; I just know you will definitely come to save me."

Shi Ran:...

She looked like her mother, but her personality was like her father's; she wasn't very good at saying sweet words, and she wasn't very used to hearing such things either.

"It wasn't me who saved you."

"I know, it was Wang Yingzhi, but she was also brought to L Country by you; and during this time you accompanied my mom, running around for my affairs, I know it all."

"How did you know that?"

Qi Heng: "Don't worry about how I know; anyway, I just know. Ranran, I'm sorry."

He apologized sincerely: "During that time I didn't respond to you, it wasn't that I was really angry at you, and even less that I misunderstood you; it was that I was very confused about my future, and I was afraid I couldn't give you a good future..."

Shi Ran interrupted him: "What you're saying is ridiculous; must my future rely on a man's struggle? Why can't I become a big tree myself and let a man rely on me?"

Qi Heng smiled: "How can that work? Women are water and men are mountains; men are born to bear responsibility and provide women with something to rely on. Have you ever seen two big trees growing closely together? There is only one person who bears the responsibility, and that person must be a man."

"Hmph! Fallacy, twisted logic; my mom and dad are both big trees, and they have lived together for so many years, very happily." Shi Ran said with disdain.

Every time they talked about this topic, the two of them would argue endlessly, but not once could they reach a conclusion.

By the end of the argument, the two of them would giggle and share a bag of potato chips, and the topic would be considered finished.

Seeking common ground while reserving differences; Shi Ran did not yet realize how much this matter would affect her life later on.

From that day on, Shi Ran went to the prison every day to report, check in, and visit Qi Heng.

What was excessive was that she even brought her homework inside to help Qi Heng catch up; he had truly fallen behind on too much schoolwork during this period.

The two of them, whose academic performance had originally been on par, saw Qi Heng's grades plummet because of the changes regarding Vice President Qi some time ago; catching up was not easy, but he had to make progress bit by bit.

Finally, Qi Heng ushered in a retrial.

Because of insufficient evidence and the fact that the Chen family maid Marie was more suspicious of having committed the crime, Qi Heng was acquitted.

On the day her son's grievances were cleared, Lady Qi's health miraculously improved; although she was still a bit weak, she had been busy at home for half a day without appearing tired.

Looking at her son, whom she hadn't seen for a month, but who had been raised white and chubby in prison, Lady Qi believed this was all Shi Ran's credit!

She urged her son to return to A Country immediately, to leave L Country as quickly as possible, the further the better.

Wait until the Zhu Family brothers are caught, then let her son come back.

He didn't want to leave; his father needed help, his younger sister was young, and his mother had just recovered from a serious illness; no matter the reason, he shouldn't go far away from home now, but his mother insisted, so he could only obey.

Q Country.

A very small tribe in the primeval Forest.

"Heavens! What kind of ghost place is this? I don't want to live here, let's go, let's go to the metropolis, to a prosperous big city..." Chen Furen looked around with disgust, then pulled her son's hand and begged.

"Qingrui, can you take me with you? I don't want to stay here."

The mother and son fled the Chen family in a hurry; she had thought she could go outside and enjoy endless wealth and glory, but the result was coming to a place like this.

What a lousy place, the grass grows taller than a person, and even the place to live is a thatched hut!

A thatched hut, mind you; the door is a straw curtain, the bed is just wooden planks, uneven and jagged, and what is spread on top is also thatch.

Her bed at least has an extra bedsheet, while as for the others, they just spread thatch and cover themselves with thatch.

She never even dreamed of this kind of environment, and she is unwilling to stay here for even a minute, wanting only to leave immediately.

"Mom, get it clear that we are currently fleeing, not on vacation; it is impossible for everything to be as you wish. If you want to avoid being discovered, you must lie low."

"Have you lived in an environment like this before?"

Although Madam Chen is delicate, she is also a mother; seeing her son not even frown, she suddenly wondered if he had also lived in this kind of environment before?

"Mm, the place where I lived before was even more arduous than this."

Zhu Qingrui told his mother about the place where he once lived; in fact, there was an element of intentional exaggeration, he did it on purpose.

He intentionally spoke more exaggeratedly and miserably so that his mother could calm down and honestly stay behind.

As a result, his mother hugged him and started to cry, crying from noon until night, crying until her eyes were red and swollen, and crying until Zhu Qingrui's brain ached.