Chapter 56 Exposure
Li Yanzhou seemed to be talking about a trivial, everyday matter, his voice lazy and casual.
However, Luo Tingwei's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at him in disbelief.
"What...what did you say?"
Don't be so surprised.
He smiled and gently stroked the corner of her lips. "Haven't you already severed ties with your father in your heart? The deal I made with him was just to make everything seem legitimate."
"From now on, you can stay by my side without worrying about anything else. Nothing will hold you back anymore."
After he finished speaking, he took her hand, seemingly trying to ease her anxiety.
Before Luo Tingwei could recover from the shock of being traded, she quickly turned to another important point.
"You just said you gave him a liver transplant?"
She was more shocked by this than by the money.
"But why did he..."
She glanced at the funeral scene on the shore and didn't continue.
Li Yanzhou's voice remained flat, "I gave him a piece of pig liver, but he was unlucky and couldn't withstand the rejection."
"I thought he could hold on for a while, but tsk, it's only been a few days."
"I imagine he must have been in a lot of pain in his last few days."
The man before me spoke in the most understated words about a matter of life and death.
Every word, every phrase, sounded utterly indifferent, yet seemed to strike her heart with swift and precise precision.
She couldn't help but wonder if he meant to criticize her.
He was telling her that he had saved her time and time again, that he was her savior, and that she should learn to be grateful.
Not only that, her father and brothers could be easily manipulated by him, so she was no exception.
Her heart skipped a beat.
She couldn't help but look up at him, and saw that his face didn't seem to have changed much; he remained indifferent.
Despite his indifference, there was an invisible pressure emanating from him.
Finally, he stared at her and asked in a calm voice,
"Have you been taking your medicine properly these past few days?"
Luo Tingwei met his eyes, and her breathing became rapid involuntarily. Could it be that he had discovered something?
Having said that, before she could respond, he continued, pressing her further.
"The servants said your stomach hasn't been feeling well these past few days. What's wrong?"
What happened...?
A bitter feeling welled up in Luo Tingwei's heart. She had been vomiting every day, which had naturally ruined her stomach.
She forced herself to speak in the most natural tone, "That medicine is so bitter. I drink it every day, and it makes me feel nauseous and upset in my stomach."
"Good medicine tastes bitter, but if it helps you, you have to drink it even if it's bitter."
He seemed to believe her, reaching out to stroke her face, his voice softening slightly.
"Honey, you can stop when you get pregnant."
"I see."
She sighed inwardly, but could only put on a submissive expression.
Luo Shengtian sold her off, openly and honestly...
What else could she say?
Knowing that she had a poor appetite, Li Yanzhou specially asked the kitchen to prepare a lot of appetizers and added several other medicinal herbs to the medicine to reduce its bitterness.
Luo Tingwei continued to induce vomiting, but it went more smoothly when she took the medicine.
Privately, she and Lin Zeyuan continued their contact, but they became more discreet.
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That day, in the study, a subordinate quietly reported, "Lin Zeyuan has arrived on the island."
Li Yanzhou's gaze remained fixed on the screen in front of him. He twirled the pen in his hand a few times before finally slamming it down heavily on the table with a "thud."
A sigh came from who-knows-where.
Luo Tingwei ultimately disappointed him.
The time on the ship was already his way of giving her a warning and a chance, hoping she would learn to behave herself.
Unexpectedly, she remained incorrigible.
On the screen in front of him were the emails she and Lin Zeyuan had exchanged in secret, one by one, easily exposed to him.
On this coconut grove island, everything is under his control, and nothing is a secret.
"Oh……"
Inducing vomiting? Contraception? Yes, it's possible.
When Li Yanzhou stormed in angrily, Luo Tingwei was hiding in the bathroom, trying to induce vomiting.
Once outside, she was caught off guard and met the man's icy, cold eyes.
"you……"
Why would he come at this hour?
There were still damp spots on the corners of his mouth.
For a moment, her scalp tingled, and she just stood there blankly, even forgetting to speak.
What are you doing in there?
He calmly rose from the sofa and walked towards her step by step, each step exuding a powerful sense of pressure.
Luo Tingwei took a few steps back, forcing herself to remain calm.
"Going to the toilet..."
"Really? You still won't tell the truth, or do you only listen if I install a camera in the bathroom?"
Luo Tingwei trembled at his words, "You, you're crazy, what are you trying to say? I'm not lying to you..."
He stared into her eyes for a few seconds, then suddenly burst out laughing.
"Okay, very good."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Li Yanzhou didn't even turn around, and said calmly, "Come in."
When the door opened, two doctors in white coats walked in.
"Come on, take a look at her."
Before she could finish speaking, the two doctors walked towards her. "Miss Luo, please cooperate with us."
...
“Young Master Li, Miss Luo’s body is still very cold. Logically speaking, she has been taking medicine every day for more than a month, and her condition should have improved.”
"Young Master Li, the report is in. No traces of the drug were detected in Miss Luo's stomach."
All the evidence points to her committing a grave error.
Luo Tingwei's expression suddenly changed, and she didn't even dare to look up at him. She stood silently in place, her legs weak.
After dismissing the doctor, Li Yanzhou leaned back on the sofa, slowly lighting a cigarette. The smoke quickly blurred his face, and his voice, though calm, carried a hint of suppressed danger.
"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"
"You really don't want to have my child?"
Luo Tingwei knew that any explanation would be useless, so she simply told him the truth, "I told you a long time ago that I didn't want to be a mother so early, but you didn't care what I said and insisted on doing it your own way."
"What can I do? What do you think I can do?"
Upon hearing her words, Li Yanzhou suddenly sneered, "You're talking to me about human rights?"
"Little princess, young lady, you might have had a choice in the past, but what are you now? You are a commodity that I bought from your father with a price tag, just a commodity. What right do you have to talk to me?"
These words were very hurtful; he didn't actually mean to be so harsh.
But the thought that she had secretly hooked up with Lin Zeyuan again and wanted to escape from him made him want to use the most vicious words to belittle and hurt her.
He admitted that he got her pregnant out of selfishness, wanting to keep her by his side, but it was also because he genuinely wanted to marry her.
Once she gives birth, the old man will have nothing to say, and their child will be the rightful heir of the Li family.
Unfortunately, she didn't understand any of these things.
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