Chapter 251 He only has himself to blame

Li Tingxi's voice was powerful and resonant, landing heavily in the hearts of everyone present, including the netizens watching the live stream, making them feel the weight of this emotion.

So the truth is that Li Tingxi was cheated on by Shen Xiyue, and then the Shen family went crazy and forced their eldest daughter, who had been abandoned since childhood, to marry in place of her. Li Tingxi agreed in order to conquer the overseas market. Now the Shen family is bankrupt and regrets it, wanting Shen Xiyue to become Mrs. Li again. Unexpectedly, Li Tingxi is now determined to marry Su Youling. So the Shen family is furious and set up a scheme to smear Su Youling and Li Tingxi.

So, apart from Su Youling, no one is innocent.

This is a huge bombshell; I need to process it all. There might be a twist later, and Su Youling might not be the perfect victim after all.

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After the press conference, online discussions about the matter reached another peak.

Although the wind may not reverse all at once, Su Youling has indeed been cleared of the label of being a mistress.

The netizens who had been incited immediately turned their anger towards Shen Cong and his wife, as well as Shen Xiyue. They began to dig up the Shen family's past and actually found a lot of old dirt on the Shen family.

As for Shen Cong and his wife, Qin He sent them directly to prison. Li Tingxi submitted enough evidence this time. The two charges alone, illegally operating medical devices and forcing others to donate organs, were enough to send the two of them to prison for life.

At Li Tingxi's behest, the news of Shen Cong and his wife's imprisonment was deliberately leaked.

In his opinion, Shen Xiyue's abilities alone were far from sufficient to stir up such a huge commotion online; she must have someone helping her behind the scenes.

Li Tingxi's actions were intended to force Shen Xiyue to reveal herself and expose the mastermind behind it all.

Shen Xiyue, who is overseas, did indeed see the press conference.

After seeing Li Tingxi recklessly expose her scars and lay bare her despicable past, which she desperately tried to cover up, in front of everyone, Shen Xiyue was even glad that she had already gone abroad, otherwise she couldn't imagine what she would have faced.

Furthermore, upon learning that Shen Cong and his wife had been imprisoned, the last vestige of her obsession with Li Tingxi completely transformed into hatred.

Not only that, she even received anonymous abusive phone calls. Words like "bitch" and "go to hell" were commonplace, and there were many people who used even more offensive language. She was also harassed by paparazzi who called to say they wanted to interview her and pry into her information about her husband who was married abroad.

At first, Shen Xiyue was able to hold on, but after several rounds of bombardment, her emotions broke down.

In the dark room, a loud bang rang out.

The door was suddenly opened from the outside, and then the lights came on. Only a pair of sharp eyes and a cold, hard jaw could be seen from behind the masked man.

He glanced at the shattered remains of the phone on the ground, then walked to the bedside and placed a hand on Shen Xiyue's thin shoulder.

Shen Xiyue trembled violently like a frightened bird, then raised her head and grabbed his arm with both hands. Her bloodshot eyes churned with surging hatred and madness: "I don't want to receive treatment anymore. I want to go back to China immediately and fight Li Tingxi! He put my parents in prison, and he won't get away with it either. I want him and Su Youling to suffer a terrible death!"

A barely perceptible glint of cold light flashed in the man's eyes. His grip on her shoulders tightened, his voice a deliberately feigned hoarseness: "You..."

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How can I go back to China now?

Shen Xiyue looked at her legs, and the pain and self-loathing made her clench her fists and punch them hard.

This is all thanks to Li Tingxi and Su Youling!

The man grabbed her hand, stopping her from continuing to self-harm and forcing her to calm down. "I said I would help you, but if you insist on doing things your own way, I can't stop you. With your own strength, what can you do to fight Li Tingxi? He's deliberately provoking you to lure you into a trap. Going back is tantamount to walking into a snare!"

After Shen Xiyue stopped her madness, he softened his tone and said, "It's no longer safe here. We need to move as soon as possible. I will help you get revenge when the time is right."

Shen Xiyue stared at him resentfully, as if trying to see through his mask to reveal his true face. "What do you mean by 'right time'? My parents have already been sent to prison!"

The man didn't miss the doubt in her eyes. He narrowed his eyes, walked over, and grabbed her chin. "You need to understand one thing: you have no choice but to listen to me, unless you really want to be a complete cripple and watch Li Tingxi and Su Youling still be glamorous and sought after after ruining you like this."

After a period of internal struggle, Shen Xiyue gritted her teeth and asked him, "So I'm just going to sit here and wait to die? Public opinion has reversed, and now I'm the one everyone is pointing fingers at!"

"What's your rush?" The man released her hand, took out a cell phone and handed it to her, saying in an unquestionable tone, "Call Li Tingxi right now. Tell him exactly what I tell you to say, word for word."

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When Li Tingxi received the call from an unknown number overseas, he guessed that his own scheme had worked, so he wasn't surprised to hear Shen Xiyue's voice.

He went straight to the point: "Who took you away from the sanatorium?"

Shen Xiyue smiled bitterly, "Who would help a cripple like me? I just asked an old friend for help."

Li Tingxi didn't believe her and knew he wouldn't get an answer from her, so he could only threaten her with the Shen couple.

Shen Xiyue's attitude surprised him somewhat. "Tingxi, my parents deserved their fate. I don't blame you."

Li Tingxi couldn't help but sneer: "You spread rumors online to smear me, but now you say it's not my fault, Shen Xiyue. When did you become so hypocritical? Or is it that I never saw through you at all?"

Shen Xiyue's breathing became noticeably more rapid on the phone. After a long while, she said softly, "I do hate you. I hate you for changing your mind and falling in love with Su Youling. I hate how cruel you were to me because of her! But my hatred for you is based on my love for you!"

She broke down in tears at the end: "Li Tingxi, I even doubt whether you ever loved me at all."

Li Tingxi, who hadn't been sure before, now answered without hesitation: "I don't love you."

He didn't understand love before, and thought his feelings for Shen Xiyue were love. Now he realizes it was just infatuation at first sight, far from love.

Because true love arises without warning and deepens with time; it doesn't require the kind of strenuous learning he went through back then.

Su Youling was different. He would feel her pain and her joy, and he would go crazy at the mere thought of losing her.

Shen Xiyue stopped crying, then gave a bitter laugh: "You fell in love with a woman who looks exactly like me, yet you say it's not love for me, Li Tingxi, what do you really think of me?!"