Chapter 13 Li Jingshen, I can live without you

Shen Zhichu was locked in her bedroom for three days. She couldn't get out, and even though she left her phone outside, she couldn't contact anyone for help.

I could get through the first day, but the more time went on, the more uncomfortable I felt.

The tap water was not filtered, so when she was really thirsty, she would drink a little. When she was hungry, she would chew up toilet paper and swallow it. When she felt pain, she would take stomach medicine and painkillers.

In order to maintain her strength, Chen Zhichu has been lying in bed. The cold sweat on her body gets wet and dry, dry and wet again, over and over again. Her already pale face is now as pale as the wall behind her. When the light shines on her, it feels like she is becoming transparent.

Three days was too long. Shen Zhichu had never felt that time was so unbearable as at this moment, especially at night, sitting in the dark, time seemed to have stopped.

She closed her eyes numbly, her mind in a daze. Cancer patients are very weak and can easily develop a fever if not careful. She touched her head, but since she had no thermometer, she could only check with her hand, and her temperature had indeed risen.

His eyes were dry and painful. It hurt to keep them open, but he couldn't fall asleep if he closed them. As time passed, Shen Zhichu's brain became more and more dull, like a broken embroidery machine that became inflexible.

The only thing that could support her at this time was what Li Jingshen said, that as long as she was locked up for three days, she would be able to get out.

But when will it arrive?

She rubbed the quilt covering her body, tucked her head in again, and curled up tightly with her arms around her body. It was very strange. Even though she was wrapped in the quilt, she was still cold. The cold was seeping out of every pore in her body, and her toes were curled up because of the cold.

His stomach felt so uncomfortable that even the other adjacent organs were in pain, as if they were infected by cancer cells and were rotting along with his stomach. Shen Zhichu clenched his teeth in pain, and a creaking sound came from his mouth.

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At this time, Shen Zhichu used all her strength to fight the pain. What she didn't know was that the outside world had already turned upside down.

Shen's company encountered its biggest crisis, with its shares falling. The disappearance of Shen Zhichu made the entire company panic.

Shen Changnan also suffered a setback recently. A real estate project he recently invested in turned into a coal mine. The coal mountain collapsed, burying 32 workers alive. 10 people were slightly injured, 15 were seriously injured, and 7 died.

With illegal mining and the loss of life, Shen Changnan will either be shot or spend the rest of his life in jail.

Even if the entire Shen family was sacrificed to save him, it would not be possible. Shen Zhichu, who had been imprisoned for three days, was reduced from the eldest daughter of the Shen family to the daughter of a criminal overnight, and everyone on the Internet was scolding her.

The accident fermented and became known to everyone in just one day. Li Jingshen saw that things were almost done and prepared to pick up Shen Zhichu to watch this good show.

The court will sentence Shen Changnan at ten o'clock in the morning. He wants to take Shen Zhichu to see with his own eyes that her father is sentenced to death. He thinks that Shen Zhichu's expression must be very interesting at that time.

It was originally planned to keep Chen Zhichu for three days, but in the end, they didn't pick her up until seven o'clock in the morning on the fourth day.

Li Jingshen was in a good mood and drove with a happy smile on his face.

Li Jingshen returned to the villa and went straight to the bedroom. The whole villa was so quiet that one couldn't feel that there was anyone else here.

The keys in his hand clattered. Li Jingshen lowered his head and walked carefully, picking out the keys one by one, and finally found the bedroom key at the end of the key chain.

He aimed at the keyhole and turned it counterclockwise twice. With a click, the door opened. Li Jingshen pressed the door handle down and slowly pushed the door open.

The room was dim, with curtains covering all the windows, keeping the light out. Li Jingshen looked around and finally saw Shen Zhichu hunched over in a corner on the bed.

He turned on the light, and the slight sound made the woman on the bed tremble. Li Jingshen frowned.

What is Shen Zhichu doing? Why hasn't he responded even though he's already come in?

"Chen Zhichu." Li Jingshen walked over and pulled back the quilt. Shen Zhichu, who had been locked up for nearly four days, looked pale and haggard, with lotus-green lips. He looked like a fragile object that would break at the slightest touch.

Li Jingshen had never seen Shen Zhichu so weak, and his heart twisted inexplicably and hurt.

"Get up! Why are you pretending to be dead?" As soon as his fingers touched her arm, he realized that her body was as cold as ice.

Li Jingshen panicked and bent down to pick up the skinny Shen Zhichu. He weighed less than three days ago. It turned out that not eating for three days could make one lose so much weight.

The feeling of holding it in my arms is like holding a little kid, with only bones left on the body, and it feels a bit uncomfortable.

The light outside was a bit dazzling. Shen Zhichu raised her eyelashes tremblingly. Her beautiful eyes were so scattered that they couldn't even focus on the human figure. They were empty and lifeless.

She finally made it through.

Shen Zhichu raised his head slightly and looked at Li Jingshen's chin, his thin lips, nose, and eyes, his gaze sweeping over them bit by bit.

The tears that had been held back for three days fell out. Li Jingshen felt it and lowered his head. Shen Zhichu looked at him straight with tearful eyes.

Shen Zhichu often stared at him intently, with deep affection in her eyes. Li Jingshen used to find it disgusting, but now Shen Zhichu's eyes seemed to have lost their light, and were pitch black inside. No matter how hard he looked, he could not find that bit of affection.

Li Jingshen's heart skipped a beat, as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, causing him to feel a dull pain.

Shen Zhichu was severely dehydrated, and the pain from her illness made her feel like a withered flower. She barely had the strength to speak. She strained her throat and uttered two words, "Where are you going?"

Li Jingshen carried her to the parking lot and said, "Let's go to the hospital."

"I don't go to the hospital." She had never liked going to the hospital since she was a child. To her, the hospital was the beginning of tragedy. Her mother died there. And if she went to the hospital for a checkup, she would definitely not be able to hide her illness from Li Jingshen.

Li Jingshen glanced at her coldly: "Do you want to die if you don't go to the hospital?"

I was almost dying. Shen Zhichu coughed a few times, which affected her stomach. She held it tightly, and said tremblingly with wet eyes: "Let's... go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce."

"You still want to divorce me?"

Li Jingshen's face was as cold as winter at this moment, and his eyes swept across Shen Zhichu's face, as sinister as countless knives.

Shen Zhichu had no choice but to swallow. After her throat moistened slightly, she spoke hoarsely and smoothly, "What else? It's not like I can't live without you. Li Jingshen, look, you locked me up for four days, but I was still fine, wasn't I?"

Li Jingshen pursed his thin lips. He was originally standing by the rear door. After listening to Shen Zhichu's call, he took a long step and came to the passenger seat. He hugged Shen Zhichu with one hand and opened the door with the other hand to let him in.

"Since you are fine, come with me to another place." He originally wanted to take her to the hospital, but it seemed unnecessary, as she was in good spirits!

He was rough in his movements, without any regard for Shen Zhichu's feelings. It would be better to say that he threw her than to knock her down. Shen Zhichu's head hit the steering wheel directly, and his head was buzzing.

Li Jingshen walked around the front of the car and sat in the driver's seat. The car door closed with a loud bang, shaking the entire workshop.

Chen Zhichu curled up into a small ball on the car seat. She seemed to be in pain somewhere, her face was very pale and her expression was a little ferocious.

Li Jingshen leaned over and, without caring whether she was sitting properly or not, he directly grabbed the seat belt and tied her to it, then stepped on the accelerator and turned around to drive out.

Shen Zhichu didn't know where Li Jingshen was going to take her. The car was driving very fast and Lu Jing flashed by. She grew up in Rongcheng and was very familiar with the city routes. She looked at the signs on the roadside.

Li Jingshen, are you taking her to the criminal court?

Where did he take her and what was he doing? Was he going to file for divorce? But divorce cases don't go straight to court, and there are divorces between husband and wife, so how could it involve a criminal case?

Shen Zhichu's mind was in a daze. He thought about this and that, and even after thinking so much that his head hurt, he still couldn't figure out the source.

She turned her head to look at the foggy sky outside the window. Thick dark clouds pressed down over the roof, as if they would collapse at any time.

In order to give Shen Zhichu enough energy to watch the rest of the show, Li Jingshen parked the car at a breakfast shop. He did not forget to lock the car when he got out.

Shen Zhichu smiled bitterly. With her body, she couldn't escape even if she ran. Li Jingshen was very confident in her.

Seeing Li Jingshen coming over with a cup of porridge, Shen Zhichu's eyes were dazed until he said "eat it." She reacted.

Chen Zhichu reached out to hold the porridge, and the warmth from the paper cup continued to pass into her hands. She lowered her head, bit the straw stiffly and took a small sip of porridge.

She had to admit that this was the best porridge she had ever tasted in her life, so warm and so sweet.

Tears welled up in his eyes. Shen Zhichu woke up and snorted, cursing himself in his heart: Shen Zhichu, is this all he has? Have you forgotten Li Jingshen's insults? How did he lock you up in the bedroom and ignore you for four days? How dare you be so moved?

But that was Li Jingshen, the Li Jingshen she had liked for sixteen years... She was just that kind of person, and a candied haws could win someone's true heart, otherwise she wouldn't have been thinking about him for so many years.

His stomach was filled with chewed-up toilet paper. He was already bloated, and now after drinking some porridge, his stomach felt churning, as if a stick was twisting inside him. Shen Zhichu bit the straw hard and retched.

Li Jingshen, who was driving, glanced at her and said, "Why, it doesn't suit your taste, Miss Shen?"

The tone was full of sarcasm. Shen Zhichu gritted her teeth and covered her mouth, swallowing back the vomit that had already risen to her throat. Her entire mouth exuded a sour smell. She didn't even dare to open her mouth, for fear that she would vomit it out if she moved her lips slightly.

It hurts so much...

Shen Zhichu had to slowly lean back in his chair, close his eyes, and purse his lips.

The porridge in your hands is getting colder and colder. When someone really cares about you, when you are retching, they will not ask about the porridge, but about your body.

Shen Zhichu put the porridge against her heart, but the porridge had already gone cold and could no longer warm her.

Arriving at the court, Li Jingshen parked the car in the underground parking lot.

Shen Zhichu reached out to push the car door, but couldn't open it after pushing for a long time. Finally, Li Jingshen opened the door and pulled her hand to get out of the car.

“It’s useless!”

Shen Zhichu pursed his lips and said nothing.

This time she had learned her lesson. Li Jingshen took the porridge cup from her hand and threw it into a trash can.

Shen Zhichu followed her gaze and then lowered her head as if nothing had happened. Her long hair blocked her profile, making it difficult to see her emotions.

I don’t know what case was being judged today, but the court entrance was crowded with people watching. More than ten police cars were parked at the entrance in a solemn manner, making people afraid to get close.

In addition to the police car, Shen Zhichu also saw the reporter's car, and the feeling of unease in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Shen Zhichu's legs didn't have much strength, so Li Jingshen put his arm around her waist, seemingly to be intimate, but in fact he was dragging her forward because he disliked her slow walking.

Some sharp-eyed people recognized Shen Zhichu and started pointing and talking at her, saying all kinds of unpleasant things.

Shen Zhichu was too far away to hear clearly, and could only vaguely hear one sentence.

"Your own father is about to be shot, and you are still hanging out with other men. How shameless!"

The only strength in Shen Zhichu's body was drained away in an instant. She almost "hung" limply on Li Jingshen, her calves trembling as if they were cramping.

She raised her head stiffly and looked at Li Jingshen. There was a faint sneer on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were as cold and sarcastic as always, which she could not understand.

"Why did you bring me here?" Shen Zhichu gritted her teeth. She had already vaguely come up with a conclusion in her mind, but the thought of that conclusion made her feel cold all over.

"You'll know once you get in. Why are you panicking?"

"I don't want to go in! Li Jingshen, let me go down. I don't want to go in. I want to go home!"

He looked like a dying man just now, but now he was struggling frantically, with a crazy look and fear in his eyes, like a madman.

"Chen Zhichu, you've already guessed it." Li Jingshen tightly wrapped his arms around her waist, quickened his pace, and the smile on his face became more and more sarcastic. "You can't stand it now, what are you going to do later?"