Chapter 230 She is pregnant with Shi Yan's child.
On the other end, Li's mother looked at the ambiguous photos she had received on her phone and raised an eyebrow in satisfaction.
Su Youling, I'd like to see how you manage to marry into the Li family!
At the hospital, after taking care of Shi Yan and finishing dinner, Su Youling remembered that she had promised Li Tingxi that she would cook for him that night. After hesitating, she still called the villa.
Upon learning that Li Tingxi had not gone there, the last glimmer of hope in her heart was completely shattered, and she suddenly felt both stupid and ridiculous.
What is she still hoping for? Isn't Li Tingxi's attitude already quite clear?
Su Youling asked the maid to tell Wei Ning that she had something to do and wouldn't be going back, and then she hung up the phone.
Just then, a nurse came to check on the patients. Coincidentally, this nurse was the same one who had led Su Youling to the hospital earlier. She recognized Shi Yan at a glance and couldn't help but praise him for having such a considerate and good wife who was always busy taking care of him.
Shi Yan smiled happily and nodded in agreement, but a hint of heartache and guilt showed on his face. "She's pregnant and still has to work so hard for me. I should be the one taking care of her."
The nurse immediately looked like she had bumped into something, and just then Su Youling came in.
Shi Yan quickly changed the subject, asking Su Youling if she was tired and if she wanted to sit down and rest for a while.
The nurse immediately made room for them, and then silently closed the door behind her after leaving.
"Lingling," seeing Su Youling's furrowed brows and obvious preoccupation, Shi Yan had a guess in his mind and cautiously probed, "There are nurses here to take care of me. It's so late, how about I ask Li Tingxi to come and pick you up?"
Upon hearing the name Li Tingxi, Su Youling's face immediately fell, and she coldly scoffed, "Don't mention this person in front of me again. I have nothing to do with him from now on."
Shi Yan's suspicions were confirmed, and a determined glint appeared in his eyes.
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Li Tingxi had actually remembered that he had made a promise with Su Youling to have dinner at the villa that evening, which she had cooked herself. However, after the farce that happened during the day, he knew that this dinner, which was supposed to be a confession session to enhance their relationship, had been ruined.
He originally planned to go to the villa to apologize to Su Youling after dealing with Shen Xiyue's matter, but then an urgent matter at the company suddenly came up that required him to go there in person.
By the time he finished working overtime, it was already evening. When he arrived at the villa, he didn't even see a trace of Su Youling.
He instantly realized the seriousness of the problem. More than being annoyed, he felt uneasy. He was afraid that something had happened to Su Youling. He called her, but no one answered. He couldn't even reach Wei Ning.
The maid told him that Su Youling got up early this morning to busy herself with decorating the wedding room, saying she wanted to give him a surprise.
Li Tingxi felt even more guilty and was about to go upstairs to take a look when his mother suddenly stormed in, pointing her finger at him and giving him a stern lecture: "I warned you repeatedly before to break up with Su Youling, but you didn't listen and still want to marry her."
“She hasn’t even married into our Li family yet, and she’s already given you such a huge green hat, and she’s even parading around with her lover. If you really marry such a shameless woman, where will your mother put her face?”
Li Tingxi looked completely bewildered, but his face turned ashen after realizing what she meant. "Mom, you can't just say whatever you want. If you don't like Su Youling, there's no need to drag her into it."
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"Pour this dirty water on them."
"I personally witnessed her and Shi Yan going to the OB-GYN for a prenatal checkup. The evidence is right in front of you. See for yourself whether I'm making baseless accusations!" Mother Li sneered, raised her hand, and threw the file bag in her hand at him.
Li Tingxi caught it in one go, and his originally calm expression cracked inch by inch after seeing the pregnancy report inside and the intimate photos of Su Youling and Shi Yan.
He stared at the pregnancy test report in disbelief, looking at it several times. After carefully recalling the events, he quickly remembered Su Youling's instinctive action of protecting her lower abdomen when she was being slapped by Chen's mother at the hospital.
Although it was only for a moment, and she quickly put her hand down, her instinctive action couldn't lie.
He didn't notice anything unusual at the time, but now he realizes something is wrong—she's pregnant.
Li Tingxi gripped the medical report tightly without realizing it, his eyes as dark as ink, like dark clouds about to fall.
Seeing his inner turmoil, Li's mother continued to embellish the story, recounting how intimate Shi Yan and Su Youling were when she saw them at the hospital.
Li Tingxi's temples throbbed as he listened, and even though he didn't want to be provoked by her, he found it hard to stop himself from having wild thoughts.
Actually, his first reaction upon seeing the pregnancy test report was one of surprise and delight. He naturally assumed that even if Su Youling was pregnant, the child would be his.
But then he thought, if the child really was his, why didn't Su Youling dare to tell him?
The photos were right in front of him, and the pregnancy test report showed that Su Youling's pregnancy occurred after she and Shi Yan reunited. This timing was too ambiguous, and almost all the evidence pointed to the possibility he least wanted to believe.
Seeing that he was still silent, Li's mother made the decision for him in a tough manner: "Li Tingxi, let me tell you, you must break up with Su Youling completely right now. Anyway, you and Shen Xiyue are already divorced, and I don't expect you to remarry her."
"The Li family has been facing unprecedented public relations challenges lately due to the negative news surrounding your divorce. The board's dissatisfaction with you has frequently reached your father's and my ears. To salvage the situation, the fastest solution is a marriage alliance. This time, I don't care whether you like it or not, you must follow my arrangements and go on a blind date!"
Although Li Tingxi felt somewhat embarrassed by his suspicion, he was mostly unwilling to believe it.
At least in front of Li's mother, he still didn't want Su Youling to suffer such humiliation from her.
“Mom, this is just your side of the story. I haven’t verified whether the things you gave me are real or fake. There’s no point in talking about it now. I will investigate myself.” Li Tingxi stared intently at Chen’s mother, his attitude leaving no room for refusal. “If this child is really mine, no matter how you try to stop me, I will marry her.”
Madam Li was so angry that her chest heaved violently. Before she could say anything more, he rudely ordered the servants to escort her out.
"Mom, although I don't know where you found out about this villa, you need to understand one thing: this is the wedding room I prepared for Su Youling. Without my permission, you'd better not come uninvited."
Li Tingxi's merciless warning completely broke down Li's mother's defenses, and she threw a tantrum outside the villa for quite a while before reluctantly leaving.
After she left, Li Tingxi immediately drove to the private hospital where Su Youling had her check-up.
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