Chapter 255 We Can Never Go Back

After finishing speaking, Grandpa Yin waited for Su Youling's reply.

Su Youling remained silent for a moment.

Logically, she had been looking forward to this day for a long time, but instead of feeling relieved as she had imagined, she felt as if something was blocking her chest.

"Let's wait a bit longer, I haven't decided yet." She was surprised when she said it.

After hanging up the phone, she nestled into the sofa in the living room, her mind filled with everything Li Tingxi had done since arriving in B City, and the scalding tears she had just shed, as if they were still warm on her hands.

In short, I'm feeling very upset.

Just then, a notification sound from her phone interrupted Su Youling's thoughts.

Upon seeing the anonymous text message on her phone, she paused for a moment, then clicked on it and found it was an audio recording. Her hand instinctively pressed play.

"Tingxi, do you really love Su Youling?"

It was Shen Xiyue's voice, tinged with a hint of sobbing.

Is this a recorded phone call?

Su Youling unconsciously bit her lower lip, her heart suddenly leaping into her throat.

Soon, Li Tingxi's cold and indifferent voice came from the phone: "I don't love you."

Su Youling felt a momentary blankness in her mind, and her heart, which had been pounding, quickly plummeted to the bottom.

The conversation on the phone continued.

Shen Xiyue stopped crying at Li Tingxi's answer and softly questioned him, "Then why did you still marry her?"

“If it weren’t for my mother’s interference, I wouldn’t have misunderstood Su Su and caused her to lose her child.”

Li Tingxi was interrupted by Shen Xiyue halfway through his sentence: "So you only feel guilty towards her, right? The only person you've ever loved is me!"

"Yes." He answered decisively, without the slightest hesitation, as if afraid that Shen Xiyue might misunderstand.

Su Youling gave a sarcastic sneer, her fingernails digging almost into her palm from the force.

Shen Xiyue burst into laughter through her tears, but quickly added sadly, "It's a pity we can't go back, and there's my leg..."

"How do you know it's impossible? It's up to you."

If I go back to you, will you let my parents go?

"I promise you, I will take good care of your parents."

"..."

After the recording ended, Su Youling felt as if the blood in her body had frozen, and a chill seeped into every cell.

She chuckled softly, her hand resting on her lower abdomen trembling slightly. "Baby, do you think Mommy is being silly?"

She was so stupid! She almost gave in to Li Tingxi, but in the end, it was all just crocodile tears.

So what exactly does Li Tingxi mean? He doesn't love her, yet he imprisons her like a criminal and goes to great lengths to create the illusion of loving her. Is it all just to market his devoted lover persona again?

Su Youling couldn't help but think of Li Tingxi in the most despicable way, and the more she thought about it, the more terrifying he seemed.

Just as I was lost in thought, my phone suddenly started vibrating.

She stared intently at the unfamiliar number on the caller ID for a long time, only answering when she was about to hang up. Her eyes darkened slightly: "Chen Xiyue, you released the recording, didn't you? What are you trying to do? Assert your dominance and force me to back down?"

She couldn't help but sneer: "Instead of using these low-level tricks on me, you might as well tell Li Tingxi to just let me leave..."

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Before she could finish speaking, Shen Xiyue suddenly interrupted her, "Lingling, you've misunderstood me."

“I don’t know what you mean by recording, and it’s not meant to assert any sovereignty,” Shen Xiyue paused, then sighed softly. “Although you hate me and my parents and are unwilling to admit it, in my heart you will always be my twin sister, who is connected to me by blood.”

Su Youling frowned in disgust and retorted rudely, "My mother is my only family in this world. Please don't say things that annoy me."

Shen Xiyue was silent for a moment, but she wasn't angry. She continued, "Lingling, I want to tell you that I don't want to compete with you. I'm a cripple and I have no right to compete with you."

She choked up at this point, her voice tinged with a hint of pleading: "I want to ask you to forgive Tingxi and be with him properly. I promise I will never bother you again. As for my legs, consider it repayment for the favor I did for you when you took my place in the marriage. Let's just consider all the past grievances wiped clean, okay?"

Su Youling could perfectly imagine Shen Xiyue's pitiful expression at this moment.

Shen Xiyue's legs... no matter what, it was indeed because of her that Zhao Xinning ruined them.

The thought of this made her feel like she had a fishbone stuck in her throat.

"You mean you're going to give Li Tingxi to me?" Su Youling smirked sarcastically, her eyes as if covered in ice and snow, revealing no trace of indecisiveness. "Chen Xiyue, save your ridiculous saintly heart. I don't care, and I don't deign to want it."

After saying that, she immediately hung up the phone and called Grandpa Yin instead, saying, "I've made up my mind."

From now on, she will completely withdraw from Li Tingxi's world, and she never wants to be involved in his messy affair with Shen Xiyue again.

...

When Li Tingxi woke up the next day, his head felt like it was going to explode, and the back of his head was also throbbing.

He always kept to himself when socializing and rarely got drunk.

Recalling everything that happened at the banquet last night, he even wondered if it was all a dream. He called out Su Youling's name but no one answered, and he panicked.

Just as I was about to get out of bed, my phone rang.

He answered the phone while slipping on his slippers and walking outside.

Li Fengmin's angry rebuke came through the phone: "Li Tingxi, I told you to deal with the negative online comments as soon as possible, but you're acting like you want to take all the blame yourself. You tried to be a hero in front of a woman, but look how badly the company's stock price has plummeted! Get back to City A right now!"

Li Tingxi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Youling having dinner in the dining room downstairs. After returning to his room and closing the door, his eyes instantly turned cold. "What if I say no?"

Li Fengmin was breathing heavily on the other end of the phone, clearly furious. He suddenly raised his voice: "I'm your father! Do you have the right to say no? Do you really think that just because you're the president of Li's Group, you can disregard me? Let me tell you, I've already brought Qidong back. If you still don't repent, then get out of Li's Group! I have more than one successor!"

"Don't think I don't know why you sent your mother away. If you don't break up with that woman Su Youling, forget about the position of president of Li's Group, you won't even get a penny of my inheritance!"

Li Tingxi ignored his threat and scoffed, "Give the inheritance to whomever you want, I don't care. Li Fengmin, listen carefully, from now on you can forget about interfering in my affairs."

He narrowed his eyes. "If I find out that you and Li Qidong dared to lay a hand on Su Youling, I wouldn't mind sending you to prison to enjoy your old age, and also to keep you and your son company!"