Chapter 226 Exposing the Lies

Li Tingxi was not at the company, nor was he receiving any foreign guests. In fact, he was discussing Shen Xiyue's condition with a foreign doctor.

Deceiving Su Youling again weighed heavily on his mind. Not wanting to disappoint her, he agreed.

This is a good opportunity to explain to her face to face. He realized that one lie requires countless more to cover it up, and he didn't want to keep deceiving her anymore.

On the other end, Su Youling had just hung up the phone when she walked out of the mall.

She had already planned to ask Li Tingxi and Chen Cong about their release during dinner that evening, and also tell him about the baby, otherwise her belly would really be impossible to hide if it got any bigger.

Just as Su Youling was about to hail a taxi, Shen's mother caught up and grabbed her arm.

Su Youling's face darkened, and she immediately slapped her hand away without hesitation, warning coldly, "I see you haven't had enough of being in the detention center yet, have you?"

Looking at her hand, which had turned completely red, Chen's mother looked deflated, but she was not willing to let it go so easily. "Su Youling, I'm giving you this advice. If you really don't believe me, you can come with me to the hospital to verify it yourself."

Su Youling frowned. "Why should I let you manipulate me? It's obvious you don't have good intentions."

“I think you’re the one who’s scared,” Mother Shen changed tactics, abandoning her previous impatience and adopting an air of having seen through her all along. She looked her up and down with disdain. “You don’t really think Li Tingxi will marry you, do you? He can drop everything and stay up all night with my daughter, while you have to sneak around to see him. If you’re smart, you should be more dignified and stop bothering him.”

Su Youling unconsciously clenched her fists, the slight stinging sensation causing the images of those photos to involuntarily surface in her mind.

What she didn't understand was, if Shen's mother wasn't lying, why did Li Tingxi make such a solemn promise to marry her while concealing the fact that she was taking care of Shen Xiyue?

Undeniably, Shen Xiyue has always been a knot in her heart with Li Tingxi, and now it seems that this knot must be untied, otherwise she will not be able to convince herself to continue with Li Tingxi without any resentment.

Su Youling changed her mind in a flash, and looked expressionlessly at Chen's mother, whose eyes were testing her, "I can go to the hospital with you, but you need to understand one thing first. It's not that I'm being unreasonable, but that Li Tingxi refuses to let me leave."

Chen Muxin pursed her lips and said, "It's hard to say whether you're just being presumptuous."

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Twenty minutes later, Chen's mother led Su Youling to the hospital and went up to the third floor.

The closer Su Youling got to the ward, the heavier her steps became.

Li Tingxi, I'm giving you one last chance, and I'll trust you one last time. I hope you won't let me down.

However, when the ward door was pushed open, it was empty.

Su Youling breathed a sigh of relief for no apparent reason.

Just then, a nurse passed by, and Shen's mother immediately asked about it. The nurse said that Shen Xiyue had been taken to the garden on the first floor for some fresh air.

Mother Shen glanced at Su Youling and deliberately asked, "Was it my son-in-law who was with her?"

Thanks to the tireless promotion by Shen Cong and his wife, the doctors and nurses at the hospital had come to accept that Li Tingxi and Shen Xiyue were a couple. So the nurse answered yes and then left.

Su Youling's heart began to sink uncontrollably.

Seeing that she remained calm, Chen's mother concluded that she was putting on a brave face and led her downstairs without delay.

#Please do not use incognito mode whenever verification is required!

During this time, Su Youling kept telling herself to trust Li Tingxi.

However, the moment she arrived at the garden, all her mental preparation turned into a joke.

Li Tingxi, who kept saying that he was receiving foreign guests at the company, took off his coat and thoughtfully draped it over Shen Xiyue's legs, who was sitting in a wheelchair.

Just then, a withered leaf fell on Shen Xiyue's head. Li Tingxi gently and carefully picked it off for her. Shen Xiyue said something to him, and he immediately handed her his hand.

Su Youling then noticed that Li Tingxi was holding a thermos cup, and at that moment Shen Xiyue was already drinking water from the thermos cup from his hand.

Li Tingxi gazed at her tenderly and patiently. Their familiarity and tacit understanding made it hard not to believe they were a couple.

But then, Chen's mother's smug voice pierced her ears. "Open your eyes wide and see clearly whether I'm lying to you or not?"

Su Youling sneered, her trust in Li Tingxi completely vanished at this moment.

Li Tingxi, I gave you a chance, but you didn't know how to cherish it and disappointed me once again.

Unable to contain her anger any longer, she shoved aside her mother, who was trying to fan the flames, and strode aggressively toward Li Tingxi. When Li Tingxi noticed and turned around, she immediately slapped him across the face without hesitation.

Shen Xiyue exclaimed in surprise, "Tingxi!"

Li Tingxi's pupils contracted slightly. His first reaction upon seeing Su Youling was guilt and unease. The burning pain on his face made him directly realize how angry Su Youling was at that moment.

His eyes darkened, and his throat tightened. "Su Su, let me explain."

Su Youling was as cold as ice, but her eyes blazed with a fury that seemed capable of swallowing him whole. She forced a smile, but her voice was devoid of warmth. "What do you want to explain? Why did you, who should have been at the company receiving foreign guests, end up here in just twenty minutes?"

Li Tingxi opened his mouth and said, "Me."

“But unfortunately, I don’t want to know. Maybe you have a clone, maybe you’ve lied to me with similar excuses more than once,” Su Youling laughed self-deprecatingly, her gaze drifting over Shen Xiyue’s face beside her, feeling only irony. “Just like how you kept it from me that Shen Xiyue had returned to the country, and then you were seeing her behind my back. Li Tingxi, don’t you feel tired?”

Shen Xiyue, sitting in the wheelchair, blinked. Just as Li Tingxi was about to say something, she pushed the wheelchair with difficulty toward Su Youling, saying, "Lingling, you've misunderstood."

Li Tingxi instinctively wanted to help, but stopped himself when he realized what he was doing. When he looked up, he was met with Su Youling's mocking gaze, which made him even more agitated.

This was not in his plan at all, and everything went in the worst possible direction.

Shen Xiyue raised her face and looked up at Su Youling. Looking at Su Youling's face, which was exactly like her own, she felt a mix of emotions.

Reason told her that Su Youling was her sister by blood, and she felt guilty about Su Youling's past experiences. Moreover, she had sincerely hoped that Su Youling could forgive Shen's parents and accept them.

But now, Li Tingxi is the last straw she has to grasp.

Shen Xiyue bit her lip, but in the end, jealousy prevailed.

When she spoke again, she had put on a pitiful look. "Lingling, Tingxi didn't hide it from you on purpose. If you want to blame someone, blame me. If venting your anger will make you feel better, hit me."