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 221 Are you willing to accept this?
Wei Ning had had enough of this PDA and didn't want to hear any more of her ostensibly giving pointers but actually showing off, so he just gave a perfunctory "uh-huh."
There was a wedding dress shop just a few meters away, so he quickly urged Su Youling to go in.
Su Youling didn't really have any ideas before coming, but once she entered the store, she was overwhelmed by the choices.
"How about this one?" She looked happy and couldn't help but turn to ask Wei Ning for his opinion.
Wei Ning glanced at it and shook his head. "So-so."
The next item—"Too plain."
The two were shopping when Chen's mother happened to pass by the wedding dress shop. She thought she was seeing things for a moment and went back to check.
Upon seeing that it was indeed Su Youling inside, she immediately frowned.
Su Youling came to the wedding dress store, could it be what she thought?
As Chen's mother approached, she noticed that the glass in the wedding dress shop wasn't very soundproof, and the sounds of people talking inside could be heard.
Inside the bridal shop.
Su Youling patiently picked out another one that she was relatively satisfied with, "I think this one is pretty good."
Wei Ning didn't object this time, but after looking her up and down a few times, he said without any mercy, "I think you're overestimating yourself. In a while, when your belly gets bigger, your waist will definitely get much thicker. Men are visual creatures. Just imagine what Li Tingxi will think of you like this..."
The smile on Su Youling's face vanished instantly. "Shut up, I don't need your opinions."
Wei Ning, however, got excited and insisted on giving some pointers.
Mother Shen heard everything clearly from outside, and stared wide-eyed in astonishment and uncertainty.
Su Youling is pregnant with Li Tingxi's child! The two are even preparing for their wedding!
What should we do about Yueyue?
Shen's mother was extremely anxious, especially when she looked up and saw Su Youling smiling happily in the wedding dress shop, which made her feel even more annoyed.
Back at the hospital, upon entering the ward and seeing Shen Xiyue looking lifeless, Shen's mother's pent-up anger exploded.
She glared at Chen Xiyue with exasperation, "Did you know that Li Tingxi and Su Youling are already secretly preparing for their wedding? If I hadn't caught Su Youling choosing a wedding dress, we probably would have been kept in the dark forever."
"No wonder Li Tingxi was in such a hurry to send you abroad. After the divorce, you will no longer be of any use to him, so he has to get rid of you as soon as possible."
A ripple appeared in Shen Xiyue's originally lifeless eyes, and her pupils trembled slightly.
Are they already preparing for the wedding?
Seeing that her mother was clearly emotionally unstable, she wanted to add fuel to the fire, so she sat down by the hospital bed, held her thin hand, and said in a very serious tone, "Su Youling is pregnant."
Shen Xiyue unconsciously bit her lower lip, making her already pale face even more frighteningly white.
The words "pregnancy" and "marriage" were like needles piercing her brain.
Seeing that she had successfully provoked her, Chen's mother added one last dose of strong medicine: "It's only because you're stupid that you actually believed Li Tingxi's nonsense. While you were suffering in the hospital bed, Su Youling was living a happy and comfortable life as a rich wife. Is that fair?"
"These should all belong to you. Are you willing to accept this?"
"Mom!" Shen Xiyue suddenly interrupted her, "Can't you leave me alone for a moment?"
Knowing that things were going well, Chen's mother decided to stop before leaving, not forgetting to say, "You should think carefully about whether you really want to go abroad."
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After the room quieted down, the pricking sensation in my head became even stronger.
Shen Xiyue picked up her phone and opened her contacts. Her eyes were fixed on Li Tingxi's name. Her index finger hesitated repeatedly, but in the end, she didn't dial the number.
She wanted to hear a negative answer from Li Tingxi himself, but she was even more afraid that it was all true, even though she might already have the answer in her heart.
Unconsciously, Shen Xiyue brought her right hand to her mouth and began to nervously bite her nails until she bit down to the flesh. She cried out in pain and came to her senses, staring blankly at her jagged nails.
What is she doing? Didn't she already know that this day would come sooner or later when she decided to divorce Li Tingxi? Even if Li Tingxi gets married, he has no obligation to inform his nominal ex-wife.
That's what she told herself, but the suffocating feeling in Chen Xiyue's chest intensified, and she desperately needed to catch her breath.
Shen Xiyue looked up at the curtains that had been drawn at her insistence, then looked at her right leg, gritted her teeth, and supported herself on the bed with both hands.
She finally managed to put her left leg on the ground, and a thin layer of sweat had already seeped out of her forehead.
In the past, it was always her mother who helped her get out of bed, but doing it alone was much more difficult than she had imagined.
Shen Xiyue carefully lifted her right leg off the hospital bed and slowly moved it down. It was only a few meters away from the window, but it took her almost three minutes to move over, leaning on her crutches.
The tiny, dense pain in her right leg, like being bitten by thousands of insects, was excruciating, but it was much better than right after the surgery.
Ironically, the doctor told her that the pain would gradually subside, and when the pain was gone... she would become partially paralyzed.
Shen Xiyue glanced at her right leg, a hint of unwillingness appearing in her eyes. To prove herself, she braced herself on her crutch with one hand, then reached out with the other to pull open the curtains, unlock the window, and push the window, but it wouldn't budge.
She bit her lip, refusing to believe it, and increased the force. Her hand, which was supporting her with the cane, was already turning blue and purple, and the window was finally pushed open.
Shen Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly unaware that her hands and legs were trembling slightly. However, just as she turned around to return to the hospital bed, she lost her balance and tripped over her crutches. Her only support leg gave way, and she fell forward.
"Ah!" Shen Xiyue only had time to protect her head. When she fell, her right leg was hit, and the pain surged up exponentially. She even had the illusion that she was back to the moment when the car tire ran over her leg.
Scalding tears instantly soaked my arm, and the sound of them dripping onto the ground could be faintly heard.
Shen Xiyue's face was contorted in pain. After a while, she turned over and shakily lifted her right trouser leg.
She only glanced at it, and the ugly, grotesque mass made her feel as if she had been electrocuted, and she immediately pulled her trouser leg down in fear and disgust.
All the mental preparation I had made beforehand collapsed at this moment.
Shen Xiyue clutched her head in anguish, her hands buried in her disheveled hair, clutching it tightly in a self-destructive manner. "No, how could this be my leg?"
Tears instantly streamed down her face. This was the first time since the accident that she had soberly realized that she was truly and completely ruined.
"Why? Why me of all people? What did I do wrong?" She pounded the ground with her fists in anguish, crying until her voice was hoarse.
This shouldn't be happening. She became like this because of Su Youling!