Chapter 24 A Sudden, Bizarre Incident
Since Su Youling filed for divorce, she has made no attempt to hide her true nature from him—resilient, strong, indomitable, vengeful, and willing to shed blood rather than tears…
Despite being framed by Li Qidong, abandoned by Yaosheng, under pressure from public opinion within the company, and threatened by him, she remained calm and methodical, persuading Ding Muyan and delivering a resounding slap to Li Qidong's face.
Faced with Shen Jiang's betrayal and everyone's slander against Lin Lexi, she clearly distinguished between public and private matters, and sought revenge for her grievances. Even after being injured, she did not forget to rush back and stomp on Shen Jiang to vent her anger. Her savageness was actually quite adorable.
The only two times I felt wronged and vulnerable were because of him.
The coercion at the Li mansion, and now...
Looking at her broken eyes, her sudden panic and helplessness, Li Tingxi wanted to comfort her, to explain, and to say that he had never believed the photos in the first place.
But the woman standing in front of him was Su Youling, not Shen Xiyue.
Neither he nor Shen Xiyue had ever taken the initiative to apologize or try to salvage the relationship... Even after she betrayed him and went overseas, he simply chose to accept a new substitute to vent his anger and resentment.
Why did he have the idea of bowing down and explaining to Su Youling at this moment?
For a long time, no one moved.
The dead silence between the two was broken when hotel staff knocked on the door and brought in a first-aid kit.
"Come here, let's change your dressing." Li Tingxi pulled Su Youling down to sit, putting aside all his messy thoughts. He only saw her blood-soaked gauze, which was quite an eyesore. "Don't you want this face anymore? You're injured like this and you still insist on coming on a business trip. Do you know how deep the water is in Chenzhou?"
Su Youling didn't understand the concern in his voice; her mind was filled with the thought that he was so nervous because he cared about her face. She couldn't help but laugh at herself, "If this face were disfigured, would you let me go so easily?"
"Do you have to talk to me like that to make me angry?" Li Tingxi had been trying to calm himself down and communicate with her peacefully, since the two of them hadn't spoken to each other peacefully in a long time and always seemed tense whenever they met.
But he realized he had underestimated Su Youling's ability to make people angry; the more obedient she was in the past, the more rebellious she became now.
In her anger, she used too much force, almost damaging her stitched wound. Blood beads welled up again, and Su Youling gasped in pain.
Li Tingxi was deliberately getting revenge on her!
A petty, vindictive man!
"You're so high and mighty, you can get angry however you want. How could I, a mere stand-in, possibly have the power to affect your emotions?" Su Youling felt utterly exhausted.
"I've been your substitute for three years, working hard without complaint, isn't that enough? Li Tingxi, I'm not Shen Xiyue, and I never wanted to be Shen Xiyue! Even slaves have a term of service. Our agreement ended because of you, and you've vented your anger, so why are you still targeting me like this?"
"Targeting?" Li Tingxi almost pressed the disinfectant swab into her wound, controlling his strength to avoid killing this heartless woman.
Faced with her questioning, he truly couldn't understand his own thoughts.
Just as he didn't understand why he had come all the way back from abroad in the middle of the night, he was only worried that Su Youling had fallen into Li Qidong's trap, but when they met, he made a complete mess of the situation.
He only knew that he didn't want to let go of Su Youling easily, whether it was out of habit or something else; his actions were simply following his heart.
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“Speaking of the agreement, we haven’t officially divorced yet, and the agreement isn’t completely over.” Li Tingxi was always ruthless in negotiations, never giving an inch. “I only agreed to a separation, but you’ve already started to act recklessly and defy me at every turn! I told you to stay at the Li Mansion, but you dared to secretly move out; I told you to take a proper leave to recover from your injury, but you ran off on a business trip without a word!”
Su Youling opened her eyes wide. "You're being unreasonable! I moved some of my luggage out to be closer to my mother! The production department had an accident, and I was the one who signed the contract. What's wrong with me going on a business trip for the company?"
"You're wrong for not listening! I told you to stay away from other men, but one minute you're with Li Qidong, the next you're at Heaven on Earth looking for Ding Muyan, and then a detective classmate pops up inviting you to live with him. Is this what you call being hardworking and dutiful?" Li Tingxi got angrier and angrier as he spoke. "You're clearly trying to drive me crazy!"
Su Youling really wanted to kick this unreasonable guy out, but perhaps she was too angry, and the nausea she had just suppressed came back up in a vengeance.
Her expression suddenly changed, and she shoved Li Tingxi aside and rushed into the bathroom.
"Su Youling!" Li Tingxi watched her hurried and frail figure as a rare emotion called regret rose in his heart. He himself did not know why he was so easily aroused when he was facing Su Youling!
He wanted to go in and take a look, but Su Youling locked the door from the inside and he vomited violently inside.
Li Tingxi asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Why are you vomiting like this?"
"It's nothing, just an upset stomach." Su Youling was worried that he would overthink things, so she quickly explained and couldn't wait to persuade him to leave. "Li Tingxi, I'm really tired, can you leave first?"
Li Tingxi's face darkened. He was both worried and angry, and he restrained himself from continuing the conversation with her, otherwise he was afraid that he would be driven to death by this heartless woman.
Li Tingxi wanted to call the front desk to buy some stomach medicine and food for Su Youling, but the call inexplicably dropped, and there was a knock on the door.
Xiao Han called out anxiously from outside, "Boss, are you alright?"
Li Tingxi went to open the door, and the moment he turned the doorknob, he heard a slight tremor in the air. He instinctively stepped back and shouted, "Get out of the way!"
When Xiao Han saw the door was ajar, he assumed it was Su Youling coming to open it and, worried that something might have happened to her, hurriedly tried to push the door open and come in.
As the door was pushed halfway open, a huge basin of dog blood suddenly rained down from above, filling the corridor with a strong, pungent stench.
Xiao Han stood frozen in place, completely bewildered, staring at the president standing in the boss's room, utterly unable to react.
Who am I? Where am I? Why am I suffering such an undeserved calamity?
Li Tingxi coldly stared at his assistant, who was covered in so much drama and looked completely inhuman, and frowned fiercely. "Call the police."
"President Li?" Xiao Han suddenly snapped back to reality. "Where's Boss? Is she alright? I just went downstairs to get her something to eat, but someone lured me away..."
He tried to come in for a look, but he was covered in sticky dog blood and could hardly move. He suddenly stepped on something, picked it up, and saw that it was a terrifying doll with needles stuck in its eyes.
The doll had a few words engraved on its belly: "Mind your own business, or you'll die a horrible death."
Suddenly I felt a sense of horror, like watching The Ring!
Xiao Han was so frightened that she threw the doll away.
Li Tingxi frowned, about to throw away the scare prop, when a hand picked up the doll before he could stop it.
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