Chapter 23 Shuzhi is already married to someone else, how could you possibly marry her?
Qin Shuzhi's words were like a bolt from the blue.
Chen's mother's smile froze on her face, so shocked that she thought she had misheard. "Shuzhi, what, what did you say?"
Qin Shuzhi said, "I broke up with Shen Yichen on my birthday."
"This, how is this possible? You were about to get married, how could you break up?"
Qin Shuzhi said calmly, "His ex-girlfriend Zhou Siyan came back, and he chose her, so it ended between us."
"What?"
Mother Shen stood up abruptly, furious. "Zhou Siyan?"
"That vain woman, she heartlessly dumped Yichen back then because he went blind, and now she has the nerve to come back and ruin your relationship?"
Seeing that she was so angry that she could hardly breathe, Qin Shuzhi helped her sit down, saying, "Please don't get angry, take care of yourself."
Mother Shen held Qin Shuzhi's hand tightly, "Shuzhi, don't worry, I assure you, that woman will never be able to enter the Shen family. The position of the young mistress of the Shen family will definitely be yours."
"Auntie, I appreciate your kindness, but it's impossible for me and Shen Yichen to be together anymore."
Qin Shuzhi raised her right hand, revealing her ring. "As you just saw, this is my wedding ring, but it wasn't given to me by Shen Yichen."
Mother Shen was taken aback, "...Not Yichen?"
"I married someone else."
When Qin Shuzhi thought of Shi Yuanxing, her expression softened. "My husband is a very good person."
"What?"
Chen's mother was filled with shock and disbelief. "You...you married someone else?"
"Yes." Qin Shuzhi said calmly, "I don't know why Shen Yichen didn't tell you that we had broken up. I came here today mainly to make this clear to you."
"From now on, I will have nothing to do with Shen Yichen anymore, and this is the last time I will come here."
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Upon learning from the hospital that Qin Shuzhi had gone to pick up her medicine, Shen Yichen knew that she had returned to the Shen family.
However, when he returned and parked his car in the yard, he saw Qin Shuzhi come out of the house.
Qin Shuzhi noticed his car immediately, her expression darkened, and she quickly walked towards her own car.
"Book knowledge".
Shen Yichen got out of the car and quickly stepped forward to block her way.
Qin Shuzhi frowned and said coldly, "Get out of the way."
Seeing her cold face, Shen Yichen sighed helplessly, thinking about her recent attitude towards him, "It's been so many days, and you're still angry with me?"
Qin Shuzhi was tired of saying "we've broken up."
Too lazy to waste any more words with him, she pursed her lips and walked straight past him.
Shen Yichen grabbed her arm tightly. "Stop fooling around, okay?"
Qin Shuzhi looked at his hand holding her with disgust and warned coldly, "Let go."
Seeing that he had no intention of letting go, she irritated and resisted, forcefully shaking him off and saying sharply, "Shen Yichen, what exactly do you want to do?"
Shen Yichen deliberately lured her home today in an attempt to reconcile with her. Seeing her agitated state, he silently took out an exquisite jewelry box from his suit pocket and handed it to her.
"Here, your birthday present. You forgot to take it that night."
He thought that his gesture of goodwill would soften Qin Shuzhi's attitude.
Unexpectedly, the moment he brought up what happened on his birthday night, Qin Shuzhi's disgust for him skyrocketed, and she laughed in exasperation:
"I can't accept Mr. Shen's gift."
She didn't even glance at the broken thing in his hand, and turned to walk towards her car.
However, as soon as she opened the car door, a hand pressed down and closed it.
Qin Shuzhi turned around and glared at the man behind her, her face full of cold anger.
Under the warning in her eyes, Shen Yichen took two steps back, stood still, and said in a low voice, "That night... I really shouldn't have left you alone. I apologize to you. I'm sorry. Please don't be angry anymore, okay?"
If apologizing can make her calm down, then he is willing to humble himself once.
He didn't want to continue the cold war with her.
"I dare not accept such praise."
Qin Shuzhi gave a mocking smile and said, word by word, "It's just a birthday, it happens every year. How could I dare to trouble President Shen to celebrate such a trivial matter with me?"
Shen Yichen suddenly remembered what he had said that night—
"It's just a birthday, it happens every year, what's wrong with missing one?"
And what she said: "Is it too much to ask you to spend your birthday with me...?"
For a moment, his face stiffened, and his eyes flickered. "Shuzhi, I..."
"Also, Mr. Shen's valuable gifts should be given to your sweetheart, not to someone like me who has nothing to do with you anymore."
After Qin Shuzhi finished speaking, she opened the car door and quickly got in.
Seeing this, Shen Yichen tried to reach out to stop it, but before his hand could touch the car door, it slammed shut with a "bang".
Immediately afterwards, the car drove past him.
Watching the car speed away, Shen Yichen subconsciously took a few steps after it, his hand tightly gripping the jewelry box, but he had a vague feeling in his heart that... there was something he could no longer hold onto.
Inside the house, Mrs. Shen was so angry that she felt short of breath, dizzy, and had a headache. She finally managed to catch her breath, but when she looked up, she saw Shen Yichen walking in with a sullen face.
Enraged, she suddenly stood up, grabbed the cup of tea that Qin Shuzhi hadn't drunk a drop from, and threw it directly at Shen Yichen.
Caught off guard by the spilled tea, Shen Yichen, already in a low mood, frowned and looked at his mother, "Mom, what are you doing?"
"do what?"
Chen's mother rushed up to him and demanded, "I'm asking you, are you involved with this woman Zhou Siyan? Have you done something to betray Shuzhi?"
Shen Yichen took out a few tissues to wipe the tea stains off his shirt, but paused when he heard this. "Shuzhi complained to you?"
"Just tell me, isn't that right?"
Mother Shen angrily asked, "Did you abandon Shuzhi for that woman?"
Shen Yichen's head throbbed from the yelling. He sat on the sofa and said, "Mom, don't listen to Shuzhi's nonsense. It's not true."
"No? Then let me ask you, did you go out and fool around with that woman late at night on Shuzhi's birthday?"
"What nonsense! Yan Yan was injured that day, I just took her to the hospital."
Isn't this exactly what it means to abandon Shuzhi for that woman?
Mother Shen's chest heaved with anger, and she glared at him with a look of utter disappointment. "What kind of bewitching potion did that woman give you? Why did you let go of such a good girl like Shuzhi and insist on having that snobbish, low-class woman?"
"Don't forget, when you almost lost everything because of your blindness, that woman surnamed Zhou dumped you and ran away abroad. It was Shuzhi who stayed by your side, encouraging and supporting you, and helping you make a comeback. After you got together, she was even more considerate of your busy work schedule, often taking care of me and running around to fulfill your filial duties. Now, where has your conscience gone? How could you betray her, let her down, and abandon her?"
"Let me tell you, as long as I'm alive, Zhou Siyan, that heartless and immoral woman, will never set foot in my Shen family!"
Mother Shen bombarded him with questions, and only then did Shen Yichen find a chance to interject, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? The person I'm going to marry is Shuzhi. How could Yan Yan possibly enter the Shen family?"
"Marry Shuzhi?"
Even Chen's mother was amused by his words. "Daydreaming! Shuzhi is already married to someone else. Do you think it's your turn to marry her?"
"What did you say? She...married someone else?"
"Yes, she just told me herself."
After a moment of panic, Shen Yichen quickly calmed down. "Impossible."
They've already arranged their marriage, how could she possibly turn around and marry someone else?
“What’s impossible? There are plenty of men out there who would fight to marry a girl as good as Shuzhi.” Mother Shen glared at him with disdain and resentment at his lack of self-respect. “Only you are so blind to her beauty.”
"Mom, she's lying to you, it's all fake."
Shen Yichen said confidently, "She just saw that I've been ignoring her these past few days, so she deliberately came to you and said these things, just hoping that I would coax her."
"Fake?" Mother Shen pointed excitedly at her ring finger. "She's already wearing her wedding ring, and you still think it's fake?"
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