Chapter 289 If she wins the bet, Li Jingshen will go crazy
That day, she would prepare some great gifts for Li Jingshen that he would never forget for the rest of his life.
Shen Zhichu pinched his earlobe, where there was a light scar.
As if sensing her emotions, Niannian threw the ball of wool to Shen Zhichu, wanting her to play with it. Seeing that Shen Zhichu ignored it, Niannian rubbed her fingertips and licked it with her little tongue.
Shen Zhichu's expression changed slightly, and he gently touched its head.
Now, perhaps the only one who truly stays with her is this little thing.
At noon, Mrs. Zhang received a call from her daughter and went to the housekeeper in a panic to ask for a few days' leave.
The housekeeper had a complicated expression. It was almost New Year and Christmas, and he was planning to go back for his annual leave. But now that he was leaving, Mrs. Zhang also had something to do. So who would take care of Shen Zhichu?
When Li Jingshen came back, Butler Li told him that he and Mrs. Zhang wanted to ask for leave. If Li Jingshen agreed, they could take a relaxing vacation. If not, they would have to stay.
Li Jingshen thought about it and realized that Shen Zhichu couldn't walk anywhere now that his leg was broken, so it didn't matter whether there was one more person watching him or one less person.
"Mrs. Liu can take care of it alone."
Butler Li breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll be back soon."
Li Jingshen hummed and went to the room to see Shen Zhichu. She was sitting in a wheelchair, with a cloak draped over her body and a blanket covering her legs. Although she was wrapped tightly, she still couldn't warm up, and her palms were like holding a piece of ice.
Li Jingshen's palms were burning hot. He squatted in front of her and rubbed her soft hands slowly with his two hands, trying to bring her a little warmth.
"Mrs. Zhang and Butler Li need to take leave to go home soon, so Mrs. Liu will be the only one at home to take care of you. If you need anything, please call me."
"Will you answer my call?" This was the first time Shen Zhichu spoke to him in so many days.
Li Jingshen was startled for a moment, then quickly reacted, his lips curled up: "Of course I will accept..."
Shen Zhichu lowered his head and stroked the cat in his arms, and said in a low voice: "But aren't you getting engaged the day after tomorrow? If I call you for something, will you be able to come over at the engagement scene?"
Li Jingshen frowned, the soft light in his eyes dimmed slightly, and he asked with a grim expression: "How do you know? Who told you?" He had clearly warned the people in the villa not to talk too much.
Chen Zhichu said indifferently, "I turned on the TV today and saw the news that you and Xia Mingyue are getting engaged the day after tomorrow. Congratulations! You finally got your wish and are going to be with your sweetheart."
Holding Shen Zhichu's hand suddenly tightened, Li Jingshen said: "She and I are only engaged, not married. Shen Zhichu, do you remember what I said to you two days ago? No matter what happens, don't believe it. I am engaged to Xia Mingyue for a reason. I don't love her. The only person I love is you."
He didn't want Shen Zhichu to misunderstand.
However, Shen Zhichu didn't care. What did it have to do with her who he loved?
It's just that this situation is too familiar. She and Xia Mingyue exchanged positions, but Li Jingshen still stood there, playing both sides, with the red flag flying at home and the colorful flags fluttering outside.
The colder Shen Zhichu was, the more anxious he became. He placed his hand on her chin and forced it up to make her look at him. "Xia Mingyue has the same blood type as you. In three months, you'll have to undergo gastric cancer surgery. I'm afraid you'll have an accident on the operating table. This is a deal between her and me."
"You don't have to explain it to me so clearly."
Li Jingshen felt a chill in his heart. At this point, he had to admit that Shen Zhichu no longer loved him. He was the only one who continued to live in the lies he had made up, and was trapped in a circle.
If she doesn't love him, then forget it. When Chen Zhichu recovers from his illness, they still have plenty of time to slowly cultivate their feelings. The human heart is made of flesh and blood, and he doesn't believe that he can't soften her.
Li Jingshen took the cat down from her arms and massaged her legs as usual.
Her legs are already useless. If she doesn't press them, the muscles will atrophy and become ugly.
Shen Zhichu looked at the top of his head indifferently, and suddenly asked: "Li Jingshen, if I am gone one day, what will you do?"
Li Jingshen paused, not thinking too much about it, just thinking that Chen Zhichu was still thinking about leaving him.
"I won't let you go. Besides, you can't leave now."
Shen Zhichu seemed not to have heard these "vicious" words, and murmured: "I mean, if, if I suddenly disappeared, what would you do?"
She rarely asked such a unrealistic question in such detail. Li Jingshen felt as if a piece of his heart was missing. It was obviously just an assumption, but his heart felt empty and urgently needed something to fill it.
The hand holding Shen Zhichu's knee trembled slightly: "I will probably go crazy... I dare not think about the days without you, so... Shen Zhichu, you are not allowed to leave without my permission, and I will not let you leave." After he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Shen Zhichu staring at him and smiling.
Those dark pupils were like bottomless black holes, as if they would suck people in if they were not careful.
"Li Jingshen, do you love me?" Shen Zhichu asked softly.
"Love." It's more than just a simple "love." His feelings for Shen Zhichu are like a poison that has melted into his blood and into his bones, poisoning him beyond all cure. "If going crazy without seeing you is love, I would have been sick with love for you long ago."
Stared at by his fiery gaze, Shen Zhichu couldn't help laughing. Look, she won the bet. Two years ago, she told Qin Mo that she wanted to take revenge on Li Jingshen.
She bet that Li Jingshen would fall in love with her, and that he would regret it after her death, unable to sleep at night, unable to find peace of mind, regretting it for the rest of his life, and going crazy and turning into a demon.
Soon she would receive the bet.
When Shen Zhichu smiled, her sinister eyes softened a lot. She raised her hand and touched Li Jingshen's face: "Don't worry, I won't leave. I will stay here forever. Just like you said, my legs can no longer walk, and I will have to rely on you in the future."
Hearing her say this, Li Jingshen breathed a sigh of relief. He grabbed Shen Zhichu's hand, kissed her cold fingertips, and said in a serious tone, "Shen Zhichu, I love you."
Shen Zhichu's eyes became even deeper.
…….
The next morning, Mrs. Zhang said goodbye to Shen Zhichu.
"Zhichu, something happened to my daughter. I have to go back for two days and will be back to accompany you soon." She was reluctant to leave Shen Zhichu, and couldn't let her go here alone, but her daughter called hurriedly to ask her to go back.
As if she had known this for a long time, Shen Zhichu was not surprised and asked softly, "Mrs. Zhang, can I hug you?"
Mrs. Zhang quickly put down the luggage in her hands, leaned over and hugged Shen Zhichu's thin body in her arms.
Shen Zhichu hugged her greedily. Mrs. Zhang was so warm that she briefly experienced what maternal love was.
"Have a safe journey."
There was a large floor-to-ceiling window in the room, which made it convenient for Shen Zhichu to see the scenery outside. She sat there and watched Mrs. Zhang leave with her luggage. Her figure slowly disappeared into a small dot and finally disappeared.
Tomorrow is Li Jingshen and Xia Mingyue's engagement day. Li Jingshen will go to the hotel tonight to prepare and familiarize himself with the process. The atmosphere is extremely tense.
Li Jingshen felt uneasy and kept telling Shen Zhichu not to watch TV or surf the Internet, saying that he would be back soon and that he and Xia Mingyue were just taking advantage of each other.
On the day of the engagement banquet, many live broadcast platforms came to the scene, and reporters from various stations came to compete for coverage. Shen Zhichu didn't need to think about how lively the engagement scene of Li Jingshen and Xia Mingyue would be tomorrow.
When they set out in the evening, Li Jingshen hugged Shen Zhichu as usual, and kept saying the three words "I love you" in her ear, as if only this could dispel the guilt in his heart.
From an angle he couldn't see, Shen Zhichu's mouth curled up into a mocking arc. She reached out to help Li Jingshen adjust his tie: "I'll wait for you at home."
After Shen Zhichu's attitude changed back to when he lost his memory, Li Jingshen not only did not feel relieved, but became more and more uneasy.
The moment before leaving, he always felt that he would never see Chen Zhichu again after he left, and there was a voice in his heart that kept telling him to turn back.
Li Jingshen turned back every three steps, and Shen Zhichu was still sitting in the wheelchair looking at him.
Li Jingshen could only comfort himself: Shen Zhichu's legs are now disabled, and she can't leave even if she wants to. As long as he turns around, he can see her behind him.
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Mrs. Liu is not as attentive as Mrs. Zhang in taking care of others, but fortunately, Shen Zhichu doesn't like to trouble others, so he won't ask for help if he can avoid it.
She got up in the morning, dressed Chen Zhichu, and made some breakfast. Halfway through feeding her, the phone rang. She immediately put down her bowl to answer the phone, chatting and laughing with her until the porridge on the side had gone cold and she still hadn't come back.
After Mrs. Liu hung up the phone, she wanted to continue feeding Shen Zhichu with cold porridge.
Shen Zhichu couldn't help but frowned: "I'm full."
Mrs. Liu put down the bowl, cleaned up the used bowls, plates and spoons and took them to the kitchen to wash. After a while, someone called her again.
She held her phone in one hand and a broom in the other, sweeping the floor. "I'm not free today, so I won't go. Let's make an appointment another day."
Mrs. Liu was in a bad mood after hanging up the phone. Shen Zhichu saw it and asked, "Mrs. Liu, if you have something to do, please go out. I can be alone at home."
Mrs. Liu was delighted when she heard this, but when she saw Shen Zhichu's crippled legs, she felt like she had been splashed with a basin of cold water, "Your legs can't move..."
"It's okay. It's good that you can't move. That way I won't run around. Just come back before 2pm. Give me your number. I'll call you if anything happens. It doesn't matter if you eat lunch or not. You won't starve to death anyway."
This was quite touching. She was originally afraid that Li Jingshen would find out, but when she thought about it, Li Jingshen was at the engagement party at that time and had no time to ask about this.
I always only see new people laughing, but never hear old people crying.
Mrs. Liu asked tentatively, "Then I'll go out for a while. I promise to be back before two o'clock."
"Um."
Mrs. Liu was happy. She took the phone from the living room and put it where Shen Zhichu could reach it.
Although Shen Zhichu said she didn't need to eat lunch, she still took out a piece of cake from the refrigerator and put it next to Shen Zhichu, asking her to eat it when she was hungry.
Before leaving, she took Shen Zhichu to the bathroom, then happily left with her bag.
Shen Zhichu knew that these individual departures were orchestrated by Lu Tingchuan, who wanted her to die in an accident for convenience.
Shen Zhichu turned on the TV with the remote control, switched to a host channel, and looked at the conspicuous title below.
——Li Jingshen and Xia Mingyue’s engagement scene.
Their engagement ceremony was held in a church, surrounded by flowers and balloons, beautiful and solemn. She was reminded of her wedding with Li Jingshen.
In a small hotel, we invited a witness and went through the necessary itinerary.
"Li Jingshen, are you willing to spend your entire life loving Chen Zhichu? Regardless of health or illness, wealth or poverty, cherish and protect her forever, until death?"
——"I do."
Shen Zhichu suddenly couldn't help crying and laughing in his wheelchair, like a madman.
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