Chapter 13 I Can't Be Your Ideal Wife
"That child is not mine."
Ji Ying was slightly taken aback, but quickly came to her senses.
"Then swear that Gu Lingxue's miscarried child has nothing to do with you. If it does, may your whole family be struck by lightning."
"Yingying!"
This time, Gu Yanchen was genuinely unhappy.
"I'll say it one last time, I did not betray our marriage."
Ji Ying's lips curled into a mocking smile.
"So you want me to believe that in the days to come, you will continue to pamper and protect her in the name of responsibility. Even if she needs her husband's warmth, you will give it to her without complaint, and all of this has nothing to do with romance?"
"Gu Yanchen, are you treating me like a fool?"
Gu Yanchen's fingertips suddenly turned icy cold. "What made us lose even the slightest bit of trust?"
Ji Ying tilted her head and thought about the question seriously.
When did she start to distrust him?
"Do you accept the police's findings regarding the cake shop explosion?" she asked.
"If you have any questions, you can apply for administrative review."
He remained calm, and even his breathing rate did not change.
Gu Yanchen was hiding his true intentions too well, and Ji Ying felt that it was from this moment on that she realized it was.
She lowered her voice, "I can't be the wife you're looking for. We're not a good match."
Gu Yanchen chuckled, grabbed her left hand, and pinched her ring finger with two fingers.
"The decision to divorce is not yours. Yingying, from the day you married me, we were bound together. It's been four years, and I thought you would have understood the weight of the title 'Mrs. Gu' by now."
Ji Ying felt a chill on her fingers and realized that her lost wedding ring had returned.
No, that one is sunk to the bottom of the sea. Even if he finds the location of the sunken car, he may not be able to retrieve it.
And if he knew what happened to her the day he flew to Gu Lingxue's side, and still reacted this way, she could only believe one bloody truth:
Her marriage was a scam; she was merely a fig leaf and a shield that Gu Yanchen had found.
Thinking of this, Ji Ying suppressed her bitterness, took off the ring, and slammed it heavily onto the floor.
"Don't use responsibility as a pretext. If it's gone, it's gone. What does this fake responsibility represent?"
"Ji Ying!"
Gu Yanchen stood up angrily.
She lost hers. He had specially found the craftsman who made their wedding rings, retrieved the original design, and spent a lot of money to rush to make it. Yet she didn't cherish it.
Caught off guard, Ji Ying fell off his lap.
It hurt a lot, but she smiled.
"You reveal your true, vicious side when I don't cooperate with your sentimental performance?"
...
Gu Yanchen went to the study.
Ji Ying was also in a bad mood.
Aunt Yang heated up dinner for her to eat, but she sat at the table without any appetite.
"Sister Yang, what is a normal married life like?" Ji Ying asked dejectedly.
Mrs. Yang opened her mouth awkwardly, and after a while, she replied, "I don't know, my husband passed away the day after our wedding."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ask."
Ji Ying quickly apologized.
Mrs. Yang was in a fairly good mood.
“It’s okay, my dear wife. Although I can’t let go of him, I’ve moved on. Although I haven’t experienced a normal married life, my husband and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and I know what it’s like for two people to love each other.”
"What does it look like?" Ji Ying asked curiously.
Aunt Yang laughed, "Like you and President Gu, you often bicker, but he always gives in to me, and I always give him a way out."
Ji Ying understood her words of advice and lowered her eyes without saying a word.
Aunt Yang added, "Madam, if you feel there are too many distractions, why don't you go on a trip with Mr. Gu? In a place where no one will interfere with your relationship, you can strengthen it."
She thought about it.
"By the way, the snowscapes in the Southern Hemisphere are beautiful right now, why don't you and Mr. Gu..."
"I don't like snow, and we can't go that far."
Ji Ying didn't touch the dinner on the table, and got up to go back to her bedroom.
At that moment, my phone received a text message.
It was sent by the lawyer she had commissioned during the day to initiate an investigation into Gu Yanchen's overseas assets.
The other party said that they were not feeling well and needed to rest for a while, so they could not take her case. They would compensate her according to the agreement and then said a lot of apologetic things.
Ji Ying knew that this was Gu Yanchen's doing.
As long as he gives the word, no one in Kunshi will take her job.
Ji Ying plopped down in the chair, the air seeming to turn into heavy lead weights pressing on her shoulders, making even breathing difficult.
She sat alone by the window for a while, then picked up her pajamas and went to take a shower.
As soon as I reached the bathroom door, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen.
She, who never experiences menstrual cramps, has been experiencing unexplained lower abdominal cramps several times since being discharged from the hospital.
Ji Ying frowned and was about to squat down when Gu Yanchen supported her from behind.
"What's wrong?"
His voice was as gentle as ever.
"Stomach cramps."
Ji Ying withdrew her hand and stood up straight.
Gu Yanchen discovered that after returning from Aalborg, she was very averse to his touch.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"You can't shower in the study..." Gu Yan paused, "Do you want to shower first, or together?"
Did he think he was joking when he initiated a divorce asset investigation?
"You go first, my stomach hurts, I need to rest for a while."
Gu Yanchen didn't force her. He lingered his gaze on her lower abdomen for two seconds, asked nothing, and closed the bathroom door.
Less than two minutes later, his phone, which he had left outside, rang.
It's a custom ringtone.
Ji Ying didn't want to get involved in his immoral relationship with Gu Lingxue, so she turned a blind eye.
But the phone rang twice, as if it was urgent.
She hesitated for a moment, then swiped to answer the call when it rang for the third time.
"Brother, a few people have come to the ward, they..."
"I'm not your brother."
Ji Ying interrupted her.
The other party was stunned.
Ji Ying continued, "He's taking a shower. I'll have him call you back when he comes out."
"Okay... okay, thank you."
The other party hung up the phone, somewhat embarrassed.
Ji Ying checked the time; it was already past midnight. She must have timed it perfectly to call and annoy her.
A while later, Gu Yanchen came out after taking a shower.
She brought a bathrobe in, but came out wearing only a towel.
Ji Ying didn't dare look at him. "Your sister wants you to call her back."
Gu Yanchen paused, put on his bathrobe, picked up his phone, and went out.
Ji Ying wore a faint sneer on her face.
A dozen minutes later, Gu Yanchen finished his call and returned to his room, exuding a cold and stern aura.
"Her presence doesn't affect you, so why did you kick her out of the hospital?"
"What?" Ji Ying was confused.
"She attempted suicide and was rescued multiple times, but her body has not yet recovered. Not only did you take back her right to live in the villa, but you also kicked her out of the hospital. Do you want her dead?"
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