Chapter 182 Life is not a romantic drama

"Li Tingxi, you!" Lu Chennuan instinctively wanted to question him, but her voice suddenly stopped.

What did Li Tingxi just say?

Mrs?

Isn't Su Youling his kept mistress?

When did she become his wife?

Shocked gazes lingered between Su Youling and Li Tingxi. Lu Chennuan looked as if she had seen a ghost, her mouth agape but unable to utter a single word.

She suddenly looked at the priceless pink diamond ring on Su Youling's finger. Her previously shocked and hesitant eyes widened instantly, her pupils contracting rapidly, and her eyelids almost twitched from shock. "You...you're wearing...that..."

This is not just a priceless, one-of-a-kind pink diamond, but more importantly, it carries the meaning of a lifetime of devotion to one person.

This is an emotional experience that so many people in modern times yearn for, yet it is also a sweet fantasy that no one dares to believe, existing only in the creations of humankind.

Among the people Su Youling knows, apart from Li Tingxi, no one else has such strong financial resources and ambition. Even Shi Yan could not have done this.

"This was given to you by Li Tingxi? Are you his wife?" Lu Chennuan scrambled to Su Youling's side, grabbed her fingers, and stared at the pink diamond, looking like she was about to cry, her jealousy overflowing.

"You are... Shen Xiyue?"

"Now, I am Su Youling." Her tightly furrowed brows had relaxed at some point. Su Youling stood up and took two steps away from Lu Chennuan with disgust, saying coldly, "Lu Chennuan, what happens to the Lu family is none of my business. The revenge I seek is not personal, but the matter itself, and it has nothing to do with the Lu family."

Lu Chennuan couldn't hear what Su Youling was saying at all. She staggered and fell to the ground, murmuring between tears and laughter, "Su Youling... Shen Xiyue... so that's how it is! You've all been fooling everyone..."

If she had known all along that Su Youling was Li Tingxi's wife and a trap set by Li Tingxi to take over Yitao Culture, why would she have gone to the trouble of drugging Su Youling at the banquet?

Even if she's out of her mind, she wouldn't let a delay she can't get...

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Go and offend the high and mighty Li Tingxi.

But it all just happened so coincidentally. She courted disaster all the way, thinking she was always a cut above Su Youling, but in reality, she lost at the starting line from the very beginning.

It's all Zhao Xinning's fault, that bitch!

She couldn't possibly be unaware of the true relationship between Su Youling and Li Tingxi, yet she had been secretly instigating her to deal with Su Youling without ever revealing the underlying implications.

“Su You… No! Mrs. Li, I was wrong! I’m sorry, I really didn’t know you were Li Tingxi’s wife. It’s all Zhao Xinning’s fault for constantly instigating me to deal with you and saying a lot of bad things about you, which made me prejudiced against you.”

Lu Chennuan excitedly ran to Su Youling, grabbed her shoulders and explained incoherently, "The Lu family and the Li family have always kept to themselves. My father has always praised President Li for being young and promising, and he wants to have the opportunity to cooperate with him. If I knew your identity, how could I be so stupid as to drug you?"

Li Tingxi's face darkened, and he grabbed Lu Chennuan's arm, shoving her away. "Don't touch her!"

"Okay, okay, I won't touch it..." Lu Chennuan swallowed hard, her face full of regret, tears streaming down her face. "President Li, Mrs. Li, if you want to punish someone, come at me alone. Please don't target Lu's Group."

No wonder Li Tingxi was so angry and made such a big move.

Rumor has it that Li Tingxi loves his wife very much, but she drugged Su Youling, and Lu Han even kidnapped Su Youling and almost killed her. It's understandable that the couple wants to find a scapegoat.

If she humbles herself and sincerely apologizes first, and then gradually tries to win him over with benefits, there is still room for reconciliation.

Lu Chen felt uneasy and wanted to kneel down and play the victim, but Su Youling pulled him up by the arm.

Li Tingxi looked at her

Her heart softened, her expression darkened slightly, and she frowned with displeasure, not approving of such womanly compassion.

Lu Chennuan's eyes immediately lit up with a fiery light, "Mrs. Li, I knew you were beautiful inside and out..."

“It’s true what they say, old habits die hard.” Su Youling shook her head, suppressing the last trace of sympathy in her eyes, and looked at her expressionlessly. “Lu Chennuan, you’re not apologizing to Su Youling, nor are you regretting drugging me and scheming against me and Lu Han to settle a personal score. You’re here because of Mrs. Li’s status.”

"I……"

"The Lu family will become the target of public criticism, which has nothing to do with the Li family. You might as well go back and ask your father how many dirty things he has done in secret to offend the Yin family and others, which is why such a great Lu family has come to this point where everyone is turning against it and has to ask you, a young lady, to lower yourself to apologize to me and save the family?" Su Youling's dark eyes seemed to be stained with ink.

“I can’t tolerate any nonsense. You drugged me, and although it didn’t cause any serious consequences, that’s because I was lucky to survive, not because you’re innocent. If you really want to save the Lu family, then you should personally force-feed me the drug you gave me back then.”

Lu Chennuan's wishful thinking was shattered by Su Youling's few words before she could even begin. She trembled and gritted her teeth as she looked at her, "What?"

Li Tingxi curled his lips, finding Su Youling's vengeful little face even more adorable and heart-fluttering. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at Qin He.

Qin He understood immediately and turned to prepare.

Su Youling naturally didn't let the two of them off the hook. After Qin He left, she walked back to the bedside and sat down. She seemed a little tired from talking and even picked up a cup to drink some water to ease her nausea.

My hands were suddenly empty.

Li Tingxi took the cup.

"What are you doing?" Su Youling glanced at him, a little confused. This guy had a long face, what was he unhappy about again?

"Who gave you permission to drink cold water? Do you still want to?"

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"Have you recovered?" Li Tingxi glared at her irritably and poured cold water into the flowerpot.

Su Youling touched her nose. In her moment of emotional excitement, she hadn't paid attention to the water temperature at all; she just wanted to moisten her throat.

I didn’t expect Li Tingxi to become so attentive now. Does this mean that she holds a place in his heart and mind now, and that she is quite important to him?

Lu Chennuan, sitting in the corner, stared blankly at this scene.

The two interacted warmly and familiarly, as if they had spent countless days and nights together, forming their own cozy and romantic little world that no one else could enter.

Her anger, resentment, panic, despair, and helplessness seemed to disappear in the eyes of these two men; they were complete outsiders.

Li Tingxi turned around and went to the water dispenser to get a glass of warm water. Then he took out the medicine from the drawer and, as if familiar with the process, took it out according to the dosage and order and placed it in front of Su Youling.

"It's time to take your medicine."

“…Oh.” Su Youling was taken aback for a moment, then her heart softened. Although Li Tingxi had a stern face and a cold tone, she still felt the air was warm.

Since wearing this ring, it was as if she had opened a forbidden door, and she no longer deliberately avoided certain feelings she had for Li Tingxi.

The more she let things take their natural course, the more she realized how good Li Tingxi was to her, hidden in the details of their daily lives, making her heart flutter uncontrollably.

Su Youling swallowed the medicine, the bitter taste spreading between her lips and teeth, barely managing to regain some of her rationality.

no!

We cannot fall so quickly.

The matter between Li Tingxi and Shen Xiyue has not yet been settled, and she needs to leave herself a final way out.

Now, she is pregnant, has elderly parents to care for, and young children to raise, so she has no right to take a gamble for love.

Life isn't a romantic drama, and she didn't want to become a love-struck madwoman.