Chapter 233 Let Me Go
Outside the operating room, Li Tingxi paced back and forth anxiously, glancing at the operating room door every now and then, lost in deep self-reproach.
Qin He arrived at this moment and was startled when he saw the man's bloodshot and dejected eyes. He cautiously reported the situation with Shen Xiyue to him, "President Li, Director Shen's emotions are unstable. She finally managed to take her medicine and fall asleep, but then woke up crying and saying she wanted to see you..."
Li Tingxi had no interest in listening to any of this, and glared at him irritably, saying, "Shut up."
Qin He immediately shrank into a corner, lowering his head to minimize his presence.
Li Tingxi frowned. Every time he closed his eyes, all he could see in his mind was Su Youling's eyes before she went into the operating room—a mixture of hatred, disappointment, and pain that clenched into a dull ache in his heart.
Shi Yan's provocative attitude and his words also bothered him.
However, he was blinded by anger and jealousy at the time, but now that he has calmed down and thought about it carefully, he realized that Shi Yan's behavior was too deliberate, and there were also various coincidental timings.
The nurses gossiped that Shi Yan and Su Youling were a couple, and when he arrived at the ward, he saw Shi Yan and Su Youling being "ambiguous."
Given his completely unsurprised expression when he appeared, and Shi Yan's hypocritical attempt to play the victim immediately after Su Youling arrived, it was hard for him not to suspect that Shi Yan had planned this all along.
Realizing that they might have been set up, Li Tingxi immediately looked at Qin He and ordered, "You go and investigate Su Su's pregnancy right away. I need to know every detail, from when she found out she was pregnant to which hospitals she went to for prenatal checkups."
"Madam is pregnant?" Qin He looked surprised. After processing the news, he couldn't help but advise Li Tingxi, "President Li, pregnant women are very sensitive. I think you should send Director Shen away as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings with Madam."
Upon hearing this, Li Tingxi's already anxious mood became even more irritable.
Can he say that a misunderstanding has already occurred?
He hadn't even figured out how to explain it yet, and so many things had happened one after another.
Qin He then realized that Li Tingxi's decision to have Su Youling pregnant was simply because he suspected the child wasn't his.
Now he truly empathized with Su Youling, and was quite annoyed. "President Li, Madam isn't the kind of woman who's fickle..."
He then went on and on praising Su Youling, and it was only then that Li Tingxi realized how much Su Youling had quietly sacrificed for him.
"Mr. Li, the onlooker sees more of the game than the player. You probably don't realize how much your wife cares about you."
Qin He's words struck a nerve with Li Tingxi, and he suddenly realized what he had done.
Even Qin He trusted Su Youling completely. He kept telling Su Youling that he loved her, but he hurt her time and time again.
Li Tingxi swallowed the bitterness in his throat and suddenly asked him, "What do you think would happen to her if the child were lost?"
Qin He realized something, glanced at the operating room with barely concealed shock, and swallowed hard. "Then the lady must be heartbroken and won't come back."
"Heartbroken and disillusioned, I will never look back." Li Tingxi murmured these words, his eyes filled with regret and pain.
In that instant, he even had the thought that he wouldn't care even if the child was actually delayed.
As long as she and the baby in her womb are safe and sound, as long as she is willing to stay by his side forever.
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Li Tingxi had never felt that time could pass so slowly.
Half an hour later, the surgery ended, and Su Youling was wheeled into the ward. When she woke up, both of her eyes were unfocused.
Upon learning that her child was gone, she neither cried nor made a fuss, but she didn't even give Li Tingxi a second glance.
Li Tingxi tried to persuade her, "Su Su, you're still young. After we get married, you can have as many babies as you want."
Su Youling felt that even retorting to him was a waste of her energy, so she turned her back in resistance, her hand under the blanket touching her lower abdomen, and she sneered inwardly.
How dare this executioner, who would even kill his own flesh and blood, bring up marriage? Does he still dream of marrying her?
Li Tingxi would rather be beaten and scolded by her than be ignored like this. His eyes darkened. "Su Su, aren't you curious why Wei Ning hasn't shown up yet? As long as you stop torturing me like this and stay by my side obediently, I won't do anything to him."
Su Youling finally spared him a glance, but it was full of sarcasm and disdain. "Who's torturing whom here? Li Tingxi, this is all the despicable threatening tactics you have. I feel nauseous just looking at you. Get out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a pillow was thrown at Li Tingxi's face.
Li Tingxi neither dodged nor evaded the blow, which Su Youling saw as nothing more than hypocrisy, and no longer stirred any emotion in her heart.
Seeing the hatred almost overflowing in her eyes, Li Tingxi felt a pang of unease. "Su Su, it's okay if you hate me. I will spend my whole life making amends..."
“Li Tingxi, that’s a living, breathing human life! How will you make amends?” Su Youling’s eyes turned bloodshot. “He’s already fully grown, and in a few months he’ll be born into this world, calling me Mom, Dad…”
She swallowed her words, glaring fiercely at Li Tingxi, "How could you be so heartless?"
Li Tingxi's heart skipped a beat, but the image that flashed through his mind was of a child calling Shi Yan "Dad." His eyes turned cold for a moment, then he stepped forward and grabbed Su Youling's shoulders, saying in a deep voice, "Su Su, we will have our own child in the future, and I will love him with you..."
Su Youling stopped struggling, her blood seemingly frozen, and looked up at him in disbelief. "What do you mean? What do you mean, that we'll have our own child in the future? Who do you think this child is?"
Her overly shocked reaction made Li Tingxi unconsciously frown, and he forcefully suppressed the faint sense of panic that arose in his heart.
He stared intently into Su Youling's eyes, trying to see if there were any signs of pretense. "People at the hospital are all talking about you and Shi Yan being a couple. Don't tell me you didn't know, especially since Shi Yan himself admitted that the child in your belly is his."
Su Youling finally understood why he beat Shi Yan so badly and forced her to have an abortion. He probably came to the hospital not because he was worried about her and wanted to explain, but to "catch them in the act".
This reason was even harder for her to accept than Li Tingxi abandoning his own flesh and blood.
Su Youling found it laughable, and she did chuckle softly. As she laughed, tears involuntarily streamed down her face.
"Li Tingxi, what exactly do you take me for?"
The voice was so soft it was almost inaudible, but Li Tingxi heard it clearly, and the hand holding her shoulder trembled uncontrollably.
Su Youling raised her teary eyes to look at him, her gaze filled with a deathly coldness. "Li Tingxi, let me go."
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