Chapter 108 Never Give Up
Li Tingxi returned to the hotel alone and immediately saw Shi Yan pacing back and forth in the lobby.
Compared to his presentable appearance last night, he looked rather disheveled today. His hair was messy and hanging haphazardly over his forehead, with dark circles under his eyes and stubble growing out. He looked quite dejected.
Li Tingxi indifferently withdrew his gaze, treating him as if he were invisible, and entered the elevator directly. Just then, a call came from headquarters, requiring him to return to City A as soon as possible.
At that moment, Shi Yan saw Li Tingxi's back and quickly chased after him, forcefully pulling open the elevator door that was about to close. "Li Tingxi! Why did you run away as soon as you saw me?"
"I'm going back this afternoon," Li Tingxi replied calmly, then hung up the phone, staring expressionlessly at Shi Yan. "You'd better get out of the elevator before I make a move!"
Shi Yan clenched her fists. "Li Tingxi, you deceived everyone, including Lingling! Although you've erased all traces online, the Lingling I know is definitely not Shen Xiyue, the woman you were dating and proposed to. While you were being all lovey-dovey with Shen Xiyue, Lingling was dating me. Does she have the ability to be in two places at once?"
The elevator doors closed, leaving only two people inside. The already cramped space felt even more confined due to the gloomy atmosphere.
Li Tingxi scoffed, "So?"
"You admit it? Shen Xiyue and Su Youling are completely different people. Back then, Lingling suddenly dropped out of school and was picked up in a luxury car. I checked, and it was the Shen family's car!" Shi Yan straightened his back in front of Li Tingxi like a victorious general. "Although I don't know why Lingling replaced Shen Xiyue to marry you, you have deceived the public, deceived your business partners, and deceived everyone all these years!"
"You only find out now that she wasn't being kept by an old man? Isn't that a bit too late?" Li Tingxi said sarcastically. "Late-blown affection is worthless."
"You!" Li Tingxi's words hit Shi Yan's sore spot, but he asked himself if he was more affectionate than Li Tingxi. "At least my love for Lingling is complete. You have Chen Xiyue in your heart, and you have a new lover, your secretary. Everyone is saying that you are going to kick your current wife out. Where do you put Lingling?"
"Call her Mrs. Li!" Li Tingxi suddenly punched the person against the elevator wall. With a ding, the elevator doors opened, but no one got off.
Shi Yan was startled by the ferocity in his eyes, but at the same time, he was also smug. "You've hit a nerve, so you're getting angry? Lingling didn't follow you willingly at all, so she'll leave you sooner or later. She doesn't care about the position of Mrs. Li. What she wants is pure love, which I couldn't give her before, so she broke up with me without hesitation."
Li Tingxi narrowed his eyes, a dangerous killing intent emanating from them.
“But what I couldn’t give you before, you still can’t give me now.” Shi Yan suddenly laughed and pushed Li Tingxi away hard. “I can give her everything she wants now. At least I’ll let people know that my wife’s name is Su Youling, not some bullshit Shen Xiyue!”
Bang!
Li Tingxi punched him hard in the face, the force of which made Shi Yan's cheek swell and turn red. He flew out of the elevator like a kite with a broken string, almost getting caught in the closing elevator doors. It was extremely dangerous!
"Even if you have the guts to kill me, it won't make Lingling stay with you forever. You only know how to force her to stay with force, Li Tingxi, you're a robber!" Shi Yan stood up, covering his lip. The more pain he felt on his face, the more arrogant his provocative tone became.
Li Tingxi thought of Su Youling's recent aloofness and indifference, and how her words conveyed her desire to leave him and pursue her ideal of independence and freedom.
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He was unwilling to get close to her in his actions, and even intimacy was indeed something he forced Su Youling to do, just as Shi Yan said.
The pleasure of the previous night instantly turned into a sharp blade, stabbing deeply into his heart, causing Li Tingxi's anger and panic to combine and transform into a terrifying ferocity.
"Shi Yan!" Li Tingxi strode over, his clenched fists bulging with veins, his eyes filled with a murderous intent that seemed capable of killing someone. This powerful killing intent finally made Shi Yan feel fear, and he staggered back, stammering, "You..."
"Coward!" Li Tingxi suddenly sneered, loosened his fist, stomped on the man's chest, and mocked him with his head down, "Instead of coming here to show off to me, you should think about how to go back to your family—about how your company's stock price plummeted because you seduced Mrs. Li!"
"It really is you!" Shi Yan's expression changed.
He then remembered that the reason he rushed over to find Li Tingxi was because he had tried to expose Li Tingxi's marriage scam last night, but in the end, he failed and instead caused his own company to be hacked, resulting in huge losses and even causing the stock market to become volatile.
Such a sudden change was clearly orchestrated by someone behind the scenes. He had initially suspected that Li Tingxi also had such great power in B City.
Now it seems that he was right to do it!
"Do you think you can make me give up my love for Lingling by threatening me with this?" Shi Yan was indignant that she had lost to this man.
"Love?" Li Tingxi mocked, increasing the pressure of his foot. "Stop being so self-pitying! You love yourself more."
"What do you know!" Shi Yan retorted sarcastically. "Do you think coercing and threatening her like this is true love?"
“I may not love her, but at least I won’t hurt her.” Li Tingxi kicked the man away, completely exasperated. “You think last night’s revelation hurt me? The Li family has countless ways to handle public relations. In the end, the only one who will be pushed to the forefront is Su Youling, who has no background. You idiot!”
Like a bolt from the blue!
Shi Yan was stunned. "I...I didn't mean to hurt her. I wanted to help her escape her suffering..."
But he knew in his heart that Li Tingxi was right. He knew better than anyone else how ruthless people in wealthy families could be for profit.
Su Youling has stayed by Li Tingxi's side for three years without even being entitled to a name, which shows how awkward her current status and position are.
Once the truth comes out, everyone will push her out to take the fall. Li Tingxi can still play the role of a deceived person to gain public sympathy. In the end, the world where only Su Youling is injured will be achieved, and she will suffer social death and be condemned by everyone.
“I’m warning you, if you dare to pester her again…” Li Tingxi looked down at him coldly, “I will make you disappear from her sight forever.”
Shi Yan stared blankly as Li Tingxi strode away, his eyes glazed over, the powerful aura of menace pressing down on him, leaving him unable to recover for a long time.
After a long silence, he slammed his fist on the floor. "I will never give up like this!"
...
Li Tingxi did not appear again in the following days.
Su Youling was happy and carefree. At work, she reformed and improved the management of Yitao Culture. After get off work, she would go home to accompany her mother and listen to music and do prenatal education before going to bed.
After taking the medicine, my morning sickness improved a lot.
She was just waiting for the right moment to leave.
Unexpectedly, accidents always happen faster than plans.
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