Chapter 212 The Madness That Destroyed Everything

Shen Cong didn't hold back at all in this slap. The anger that had been building up since she came out of the detention center finally exploded. Shen Xiyue was almost sent flying by the slap, and her already thin body collapsed onto the sofa like a piece of paper.

For a few seconds, Shen Xiyue's mind went blank. When she came to her senses, half of her face was swollen and burning as if a million needles were pricking her. She didn't even dare to touch it.

Although Chen's mother was also angry at her daughter's stubbornness, her heartache for her daughter ultimately prevailed, and she came over to help her with red eyes.

Shen Xiyue reacted and almost instinctively dodged backward, then lost her balance and fell to the ground.

She looked incredulously at Shen Cong, who was clearly still furious and had a blank expression on his face. Her eyes showed fear and hurt.

"Are you really my parents?" Shen Xiyue's tears welled up instantly, and she growled in a hoarse voice, "You're not doing this for my own good at all; you're just trying to force me to die!"

Before Shen Cong and his mother could react, she staggered to her feet and ran toward the door.

The loud slam of the door closing made Shen's mother's heart skip a beat.

She looked at Chen Cong, somewhat bewildered. "Yueyue won't do anything stupid, will she? It's all your fault, why did you hit her so hard?"

Shen Cong frowned, looking at her as if she were making a mountain out of a molehill. "You're more trouble than you're worth. Don't you know your daughter? If she really had the guts, she wouldn't have let Su Youling steal Li Tingxi away."

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After running away from the Shen family, Shen Xiyue slowed down and walked aimlessly for a while.

Exhausted, she collapsed to the ground, covering her face and weeping. Tears streamed down her swollen cheeks, and the dense pain brought out her deeper grievances and resentment.

It took Shen Xiyue an unknown amount of time to calm down. She didn't want to go back and face Shen Cong and his wife, so she continued to walk aimlessly.

When she came to her senses, she realized that she had unknowingly walked near the Li Mansion.

Shen Xiyue bit her lower lip. She couldn't figure out what this meant, but she really wanted to see Li Tingxi.

Thinking this way, she hesitated but still called Li Tingxi.

"Tingxi," as soon as she opened her mouth, Shen Xiyue's tears, which she had managed to hold back, welled up again. She sobbed uncontrollably and couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Li Tingxi's temples throbbed from her crying. He patiently asked her, "What happened to you?"

Shen Xiyue shook her head, sobbing as she tried her best to speak coherently, "I...I'm...near the Li Mansion...can you...see me?"

Li Tingxi frowned. "Where are you? I'm coming to find you."

When Li Tingxi found her, Shen Xiyue was squatting in front of a rest bench by the roadside, her hands tightly gripping her phone, curled up in a ball, looking thin and pitiful as she sobbed.

In that instant, Li Tingxi could no longer see the aloof and smiling demeanor he once had on her. After all, Shen Xiyue had always been pampered and protected, and rarely had she been so miserable and disheveled.

He hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, stood next to Shen Xiyue, and handed her a pack of tissues.

Shen Xiyue raised her head, her swollen eyes and red, swollen half of her face contrasting sharply with her fair skin, making her look particularly jarring.

Li Tingxi frowned instinctively.

Shen Xiyue quickly stood up, saw her disheveled appearance in his eyes, and buried half of her face in his eyes again.

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She asked him, somewhat embarrassed, "Do I look ugly like this?"

She was already starting to regret coming to find Li Tingxi.

Li Tingxi didn't reply to her, but instead reminded her to sit down and wipe her tears, "Try to calm down first."

Shen Xiyue pursed her lips and did as she was told. Seeing that Li Tingxi was standing still, her eyes darkened, and she silently wiped away her tears.

After finally calming down, she said an apology, feeling embarrassed.

“I didn’t mean to bother you, but I’m afraid I can’t keep my promise to you. If my parents insist on not going abroad, I will leave on my own.”

She raised her head, showing only half of her normal profile to Li Tingxi, her tearful eyes looking pitiful. "But I want to ask you to help me send them to the countryside. Although I know you will protect Su Youling, just in case, I think this method is safer."

Li Tingxi didn't press her for details, and went along with her words, saying, "Your parents might not cooperate."

Shen Xiyue gave a bitter smile. "I know you have a way. I just don't want them to make the same mistake again, and I don't want them to suffer the consequences."

Li Tingxi nodded. "I promise you."

Shen Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled gratefully at him.

Li Tingxi looked at her face, which was still obviously swollen even though she tried to hide it, and frowned again. "Sit down first, I'll go buy you some medicine."

Before Shen Xiyue could respond, he had already gone to the pharmacy on the other side of the road.

Shen Xiyue stared blankly at his back, then immediately got up and followed him.

As the two left the pharmacy, Shen Xiyue held the medicine in her hand while uncontrollably glancing at Li Tingxi out of the corner of her eye.

After realizing that Li Tingxi hadn't looked at her at all, her heart sank, and a bitter smile appeared on her lips.

For a moment, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

“I’d like to sit here a little longer, why don’t you go back first?” Shen Xiyue broke the silence.

Li Tingxi glanced at her, a glance that contained no deeper meaning; it was simply an instinctive reaction to hearing her speak.

Then, the next second, he nodded and headed towards the Li Mansion without looking back.

Shen Xiyue didn't know why, but she was suddenly stimulated by his gaze, and her nose felt a little sore.

Just then, a black van drove up from the side road and sped toward where Li Tingxi and Shen Xiyue were at an incredible speed.

In the flickering light, Zhao Xinning's face was contorted with rage.

Go to hell!

Su Youling! Li Tingxi!

She has nothing left now.

Those two ruined everything for her, damn it!

The distance was only about 300 meters. The moment Shen Xiyue noticed it, her eyes widened in horror, and she instinctively called out to Li Tingxi.

Li Tingxi heard the engine sound at this moment and turned around.

The two looked over at the same time, and the person sitting in the driver's seat was none other than Zhao Xinning, who had been missing for a long time.

At this moment, Zhao Xinning had clearly lost her mind, her bloodshot eyes filled with a madness that wanted to destroy everything.

Zhao Fu was arrested, and she lost everything overnight. Naturally, she didn't want Li Tingxi and Su Youling to have an easy time either.