Su Youli is forced to marry as a substitute, suppressing her true nature to become the obedient replacement that satisfies Li Tingxi—servicing him in bed at night and working tirelessly by day.
...Chapter 125 Did Li Tingxi hear it all?
Su Youling froze abruptly.
Although Li Tingxi did not grow up in a wealthy family, his innate nobility and refinement were unmatched by ordinary people, and he rarely uttered such vulgar words.
In the past, their time in bed was mostly for release; they never really had any romantic moments or used crude language to stimulate their desires.
Now, right in front of me, he's saying he wants to sleep with another woman...
Besides feeling uncomfortable, Su Youling's ears uncontrollably turned hot and red.
Li Tingxi's unrestrained behavior made her feel that he was being too flirtatious!
She's really crazy!
"Don't tell me these things." Su Youling struggled to get up, eager to run away, feeling uncomfortable all over. "I don't care, and I don't want to hear it."
But the more she tried to escape, the more annoyed and angry Li Tingxi became, and he pressed her against the hood of the car and kissed her fiercely.
"I don't want to hear what you have to say!"
Su Youling didn't struggle, not because she didn't want to, but because she vaguely heard the door opening inside the house and was afraid that her mother would find something after getting up.
"Ugh... Li Ting... let go..."
But Li Tingxi was furious, and his fierce kiss left her only able to utter broken words, completely out of tune.
The door opened.
There seemed to be footsteps approaching, accompanied by the sounds of her mother and Xiaolin talking.
"Xiaolin, have you seen Lingling?" Su Hong groped her way outside, her voice full of worry. "How could she disappear so early in the morning?"
We can't let them see this!
Su Youling nudged Li Tingxi, her stomach churning again. Her face turned deathly pale, her eyes red with anger, and she took a hard bite.
Only when the taste of blood filled their mouths did Li Tingxi regain his senses. He stared blankly at Su Youling's red eyes, tears welling up with anger.
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Her eyes were brimming with tears, looking so pitiful that it made one feel both moved and regretful.
At this moment, Xiaolin opened the gate outside the courtyard first and saw the two people entangled in front of the car. She subconsciously covered her mouth.
"What's wrong? Is Lingling back?" Su Hong followed closely behind her. Seeing that Xiaolin suddenly stopped moving, she quickly reached out and asked, "Lingling, where did you go?"
Su Youling immediately shoved Li Tingxi aside, ran over quickly to block Su Hong's view, and said in a hoarse voice with a hint of blood in her voice, "Mom, I feel stuffy in the house, so I came out for a walk this morning."
“You…” Su Hong hesitated, afraid that she would let something slip, and Su Youling quickly helped Su Hong to go inside. At this moment, Li Tingxi stepped forward, not to be outdone, and coughed, “Auntie, good morning.”
"You? Xiao Li?" Su Hong turned around and vaguely saw Li Tingxi's tall figure. She was startled. "So early, what brings you here?"
"I……"
“He came to discuss today’s meeting with me. I couldn’t sleep anyway, so I called him over to talk.” Su Youling interrupted Li Tingxi and glared at him. “Now that we’ve finished our business, I need to take the morning off. You can go to the company by yourself.”
Li Tingxi's eyes darkened. "Auntie, can you stay for breakfast? I'm rushing to the company now, and I'm afraid I won't have time to eat on the way."
Su Youling cursed inwardly, "You have time to wait here for food, but no time to go out for breakfast? You're kidding me!"
Su Hong hesitated for a moment, but since the guests had already arrived, she couldn't turn them away, so she quickly asked Xiao Lin to invite them in.
Li Tingxi glanced at Su Youling, his eyes filled with arrogance, as if he had won the fight.
The elementary school student is very naive.
"Mom!" Su Youling muttered softly, "You know perfectly well that he has ill intentions."
“Lingling, Mom knows your current situation isn’t suitable for starting over, but since they’re here, we can’t just turn them away.” After watching the two enter the house, Su Hong took Su Youling’s cold little hand and rubbed it. “You ran out so early in the morning, are you blaming Mom?”
"No, I just blame myself. I'm such a grown-up, and I still make you worry all the time," Su Youling said softly. "I'm sorry, Mom! I was too willful in this matter."
Last night, she almost agreed to let her mother abort the child.
But the acid churning in her stomach pulled her out of her momentary emotional breakdown, and she remembered her original intention in keeping the child.
She told her mother her true feelings and insisted on keeping the child. Su Hong couldn't persuade her otherwise and collapsed in her room from crying.
Although she kept the child, she felt guilty for failing her mother's expectations and couldn't sleep well all night.
Seeing Li Tingxi, that culprit who caused all this trouble, first thing in the morning makes me realize I really didn't bite him hard enough.
“Mom understands you. If I hadn’t been forced back then, I would have wanted to…” Su Hong’s eyes reddened again, making Su Youling feel guilty. “Mom, don’t think about it anymore! I swear I will never repeat the same mistake. I will wait until your eyes are healed, and then we will find a place to start a new life. You will help me take care of the children, and I will be responsible for earning money to support the family.”
Su Hong sensed something was wrong and pulled Su Youling a few steps outside. "Lingling, are we moving again? Is it related to your boyfriend? Who exactly is he?"
Su Youling didn't want to say much, but that person was right there in the house—a big shot in City A who could do whatever he wanted!
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However, Su Hong was inherently stubborn and sensitive, especially in this matter. In the past, she could keep it a secret, but now that she had a child, she became exceptionally perceptive.
“If you don’t tell me, I have ways to find out.” Su Hong urged, “I don’t want to know about my daughter’s marriage from other people. After keeping it a secret for so many years, Mom should know what you’ve done for me.”
Su Youling knew she meant what she said, so she could only compromise softly, "Mom, that person is Li Tingxi, the president of the Li Group!"
"The Li family?" Even though Su Hong was blind, she had heard of Li Tingxi, the legendary businessman in City A, after so many years in the sanatorium. She knew how powerful the Li family was there.
No wonder Lingling refused to tell her the truth; such a powerful figure was not someone they could afford to offend.
"No! We must leave here immediately." Su Hong's expression suddenly changed, and she grabbed Su Youling, trying to get her luggage back. "If a family like theirs knew about the child in your belly, they would either cruelly force you to abort it, or they would force you to leave the mother and keep the child. I can't let you follow in my footsteps!"
This time, she was willing to risk her life to protect her daughter.
Hearing the commotion inside, Li Tingxi vaguely heard strange words like 'stomach' and 'mother and child', and frowned as he came out.
Before he could speak, Su Youling, feeling guilty, had been keeping a close eye on the sounds inside the house. As soon as she saw him come out, she grabbed her mother's hand and gave it a suggestive squeeze.
His mother's voice suddenly became uncontrollable. Could Li Tingxi have heard something?
If he finds out about the child's existence, the outcome will be one of the two scenarios the mother described.
But none of them were acceptable to her!
Is all this hard work going to be for nothing?