Episode 12 You don't deserve it
That night, Lin Ying did not go back to Yan Yiming, but directly booked another room.
The next morning, they returned to their room and quietly packed their luggage. Yan Yiming looked at her expression, seemingly too lazy to talk, and hesitated several times. That day, they had lunch with the organizers before leaving for Shanghai.
On the way back, Lin Ying said almost nothing to Yan Yiming. His expression was more resentful than ugly, so much so that he endured it until he entered the house.
Seeing Lin Ying going back to the second bedroom without saying anything, he grabbed her arm -
"Where did you go last night?"
Lin Ying confessed: "I opened a new room. I can't sleep well in the same bedroom with you."
"Do you hate me that much?"
"Shouldn't I hate you for doing that to me?"
"I am your husband, Lin Ying..."
"So you can hurt and humiliate me without restraint?"
Lin Ying finally looked at her husband. It seemed like she hadn't looked at him so seriously for a long time.
This person was once the purest existence in her memory, and the only person who was willing to share her thoughts and listen to her in the first twenty years of her life. But now, all those thoughts and listenings have collapsed in his self-righteous waste.
All he cared about was the fact that she loved him and her identity as his lover, regardless of who she was.
So when this fact is challenged and his identity is invaded, he will spare no effort to reveal his pitiful possessiveness to prove his importance, forcing Lin Ying to see Yan Yiming, but Yan Yiming never sees Lin Ying.
"Stop pretending to be innocent, Lin Ying. You know exactly what you did!"
"Then you have no right to judge me, you are not worthy!"
Snap——
He couldn't hold back and slapped Lin Ying in the face.
A very hard and solemn slap.
Lin Ying was stunned for two seconds before he felt the pain and numbness. He covered his fingers with his hands, but they were still cold.
"Yan Yiming, you are so pathetic."
"…What did you say?"
"You're so pathetic! A man like you, who was spoiled and loved by his parents since childhood, thinks that all the beauty in the world is prepared for you. All the unhappiness and unhappiness are against you. No one wants your paintings because others don't understand how to appreciate them. Now that someone is praising you and appreciating you, not only do you have no self-awareness, you even think that others are insulting your soul! Wake up!"
Lin Ying roared out with all his might—
"You are where you are today thanks to your good father. My dad was willing to let us get married because he values your father! Why do you want everyone in the world to revolve around you? Why do you have to hurt me to relieve your unnecessary pain? And you have repeatedly turned a blind eye to my pain!"
"When have I ever turned a blind eye to you? When have I ever come back without bringing you a gift? When have you ever been unhappy and I haven't tried to cheer you up?"
"Are you trying to please me or yourself? You said you'd take me on vacation after you finished painting. Didn't you want to go on vacation yourself? Every time I said I didn't want my mother-in-law to accompany me, did you ever say a word for me? You're just a messenger! Every time you make love to me, do you ever ask me how I feel?!"
"So you're cheating on me? And the person you're cheating on is Jiang Shu!"
Finally, he got the chance to say it out loud. Yan Yiming's eyes were red and his hair was standing on end with anger, which really made Lin Ying even more disgusted.
"Why? Is it more enjoyable to have sex with him? He can make you climax and make you scream, right?! Did you go to see him last night?"
"Yes! You're nothing compared to him!"
Lin Ying couldn't stand it any longer and admitted what he said. However, what was waiting for her was Yan Yiming's even heavier slap on her face and his palm on her throat.
"You stinking bitch!"
But Lin Ying seemed to be unable to feel the restraint on her neck. Despite her rapid breathing, she forced herself to declare word for word:
"Yan Yiming, let's get a divorce!"
After returning from Wuzhen, Jiang Shu immediately contacted a lock replacement company to come to his home to do the work.
A combination lock was installed on the villa that day, and no key could open it.
But what he didn't expect was that an uninvited guest came the next day and almost left him with a bruise on his face...
When Yan Yiming rang the doorbell, Jiang Shu saw the surveillance camera in front of the door. Although he had doubts, he still asked Liu Ma to open the door.
Then he told her to go back to the kitchen to work while he calmly went downstairs. But before he reached the living room, he saw Yan Yiming rushing towards him as he was coming downstairs, pretending to punch him. Fortunately, he was prepared and dodged, shouting in dissatisfaction -
"What are you doing here?"
"Don't you know what a good thing you've done?!"
Of course he knew it. He knew it when he heard the hysterical screams from next door in Wuzhen that day.
But he didn't expect that Yan Yiming was even braver than he imagined and dared to rush over directly... Since he could find this address, it could only be that Lin Ying told him, right?
Yan Yiming grabbed his collar angrily - they were of similar height, but he was smaller than Jiang Shu, so he had to strike first.
"Do you still have any shame, Jiang Shu? She is my wife, your sister, how dare you..."
However, Jiang Shu was not afraid of his intimidation at all. "Since you've already come to my door, why bother with all this nonsense?"
"She asked for a divorce from me. Did you teach her to do that?!"
Hearing this, Jiang Shu's eyes fell on the other person's face. He glanced at Yan Yiming's hand grabbing his tie and pushed it away with disgust.
"I teach her? At this point, do you still think she was instigated by someone to make such a request?"
"I know who Ah Ying is better than you do! Don't think I don't know, you shameless scumbag, it's because of you that she fell into depravity, that's why she's like this! You're such a bastard!"
Hearing this, Jiang Shu suddenly burst out laughing and teased him, "Yan Yiming, do you have any self-awareness? If you cared about her and respected her, would she have come to me?"
"I don't care about her, but you do? You respect her, so you seduce her into sleeping with you and then sow discord between us. Are you waiting for her to divorce me so you can take advantage of the situation? Don't dream, Jiang Shu, you're just an illegitimate child. If your mother hadn't been so capable back then, how could you possibly be worthy of..."
Boom——
This time, it was Yan Yiming himself who was injured. He staggered at the man's anger and nearly fell down the stairs. His nose was numb and blood oozed out of his nostrils...
Fortunately, Jiang Shu was able to control himself and just taught him a lesson, saying bluntly:
"Just because I'm a bastard, you're noble? What right do you have to shout in front of me when a giant baby who only knows how to beg his parents for help and vent his anger on his wife?!"
Aunt Liu rushed over upon hearing the noise and was so frightened by the scene that she panicked and said, "Oh my! What are you doing?"
Jiang Shu retracted his gaze, stood up and straightened his collar which had been messed up.
"Liu Ma, go get the medicine box and show it to him. Then send him away!"
Yan Yiming threatened: "Aren't you afraid that I will expose what you have done? Let your mother and stepfather see what good things you have done behind my back!"
Hearing this provocation, Jiang Shu's eyes were sharp, and he said contemptuously -
"Go if you have the guts. I'd like to see if you have the courage."
Then he went upstairs without looking back.
Afterwards, Yan Yiming didn't bother to argue anymore and left quickly. But Jiang Shu's mind was already in turmoil from the moment Yan Yiming punched him.
How is Lin Ying now?
The last time they met, in addition to being forced to be humiliated next door, she must have suffered a lot of other abuses. Yan Yiming could humiliate her so unscrupulously, and he must have beaten her.
That time at the boat party, beneath the slit of her cheongsam, he could clearly see the bruises on her knees. And when she leaned against his chest that night at the dock, the scratches on her neck were faintly visible...
When he saw these tiny scars and when she cried in his arms, he finally spoke his mind - "Aying, divorce Yan Yiming."
Not only Lin Ying, he also never dared to face this matter.
Sometimes, he even hoped that the two of them would always be like this, maintaining a relationship that was neither too close nor too distant, peaceful and stable, with her being her Xiao Yan wife and him continuing to be his stepbrother, and they could occasionally comfort each other...
But this kind of relationship is destined to be neither close nor distant.
He understood that there were only two outcomes between two people in an intimate relationship - either they became closer or they became strangers.
But for him and Lin Ying, neither of these two results seems to be true.
So what if I get divorced?
Can he marry her?
He once said, "If the person I like also likes me, I will marry her regardless of any difficulties."
It's ridiculous. Even if he is willing, Lin Ying may not be willing, and the family's right and wrong may not be willing either.
He also repeatedly comforted Lin Ying: "Don't always rely on other people's opinions", but when faced with such a difficult problem, he was accustomed to finding a way out for himself.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have liked her for so many years, but she wouldn't have noticed my feelings at all, and I wouldn't have been willing to fight for her even a little bit.
He called Lin Ying many times, but the other party kept hanging up and then the line became busy - maybe he was blocked.
That's normal. If you say you want to return the keys, it means the relationship is coming to an end.
Now that the truth has been revealed and she and Yan Yiming are in a very awkward situation, how could she still be willing to know the news about him, the instigator.
That night he stayed in the study, busy with the group's expansion in Hong Kong until eleven o'clock in the evening. By then Liu Ma had fallen asleep, but he had been working for more than two hours. His head ached, but he was not sleepy at all. It seemed that lying down would only intensify the tearing sensation.
He planned to walk around, but the space in the study and the contents on the bookshelves were obviously not enough to relax him.
So Jiang Shu put on a home jacket and went downstairs.
Seeing the kitchen, living room and entrance hall on the first floor, all connected in a white space, spacious and open, it made him feel extremely cold in this midsummer season.
Clang——
The thunder in summer is always accompanied by a sultry tide.
The rain falls so fast that it is always difficult to resist.
Fortunately, he didn't go strolling in the yard.
The tuberoses on the island are still blooming vigorously, but the tender roots are always at a disadvantage. The buds on the branches have not yet fully opened, and the flower buds have already drooped.
He walked over and simply trimmed the excess branches and leaves. The thick and delicate fragrance always reminded him of the last time they had a wanton and dangerous love affair...
That was almost a month ago.
The sound of thunder and rain gradually weakened, and he vaguely felt that the sound was particularly catchy at night.
Crackle...
Crunch...
There was some noise mixed in, but he didn't take it seriously.
Sob, sob...
The more the rain falls, the more like someone struggling and sobbing.
Jiang Shu didn't pay much attention to it at first, until he heard someone ringing the bell, he came back to his senses.
The moment he opened the door, the person he wanted to see most was standing in front of his door in the most embarrassed way.
It is not the rain that is crying, but the forest shadows.
The black hair was washed by the water and stuck tightly to the thin clothes, which were also soaked...
"I'm sorry, I...I thought you hadn't changed the locks yet."
She is crying.
Jiang Shu was not told by looking, but by hearing.
All that could be seen were the red and purple marks on her fair skin...
She sobbed, as humble as a raindrop that fell to the ground and disappeared silently.
"Can I...stay here...for a few days?"
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