Chapter 17
Li Qingchen drove his car into the river in the dead of winter. Although he was not in mortal danger, he was unconscious for two whole days.
As soon as he woke up, he saw his mother crying and saying that Yu Ying was dying.
Li Qingchen was stunned for a while before he came to his senses and hurriedly ran to see Han Yuying.
Seeing his beloved "white moonlight" lying pale and weak in bed, Li Qingchen felt incredibly heartbroken.
With tears in her eyes, Han Yuying confessed her feelings to him.
She said that in the past, when she liked other people, it was because she was confused and couldn't see her own heart clearly. In fact, she had always only loved Li Qingchen.
During her two years abroad, she missed him constantly. She wanted to return to China to win him back, but she didn't expect that he already had a girlfriend. She could only painfully withdraw, thinking that she would be content just to be able to watch over him and stay by his side.
But I never imagined that she would leave him now... perhaps forever!
Li Qingchen was moved to tears by Bai Yueguang's heartfelt confession. He held her hand and said that she was the only one he had ever loved, and that she had to hold on, otherwise how would he live alone?
Han Yuying shook her head, crying.
At this moment, Han Yuying's mother suddenly knelt down before Li Qingchen, begging him to get engaged to her daughter, as if to fulfill her last dream!
Madam Li chimed in, saying that an engagement is not the same as a wedding, and even if Han Yuying couldn't hold on and died, it wouldn't affect her son.
On the contrary, it can help create a deeply affectionate persona for Li Qingchen and gain more support from the Han family.
Madam Li had long been dissatisfied with her son's relationship with a poor and lowly orphan girl.
Madam Li initially thought her son was just playing around, but Li Qingchen's persistence towards Wen Xin over the past two weeks has given her a bad feeling.
She would never allow a lowly orphan to marry into the Li family.
Therefore, this engagement is entirely beneficial and without any drawbacks; only a fool would refuse it.
Li Qingchen originally intended to agree, but Wen Xin's image involuntarily surfaced in his mind, making him feel somewhat dazed.
He suddenly remembered that when he fell into the river and was unconscious for two days, Wen Xin hadn't called him or sent him a single message.
Li Qingchen still remembers that in the past, when he only had a small cut on his hand, she would feel especially sorry for him and take great care of him until his wound healed.
Once, he had a fever, and she stayed by his bedside, personally cooking porridge for him for all three meals.
Even when ridiculed by his mother, she silently endured it and continued to take meticulous care of him.
now……
Li Qingchen thought of that cold phone call and that chilling breakup text message…
Is she really going to break up with him?
No, that's impossible!
She loved him so much!
Han Yuying saw that Li Qingchen, who had been so affectionate towards her, was lost in thought, as if he was thinking of someone. His eyes were full of contradictions and... unwillingness!
That was the way he used to look at her, but not for her now.
Li Qingchen has indeed fallen for Wen Xin.
Han Yuying's heart was filled with resentment and twisted emotions.
Is fate playing tricks on her?
No!
The position of the young mistress of the Li family must belong to her.
She absolutely refused to become a laughingstock among the upper-class elites of H City, marrying someone worse than her so-called best friends and being ridiculed for the rest of her life.
Han Yuying lowered her head, tears falling, and shook her head, choking back sobs, "Mom, Aunt, please don't pressure Achen anymore. I'm already nearing the end of my life, how can I burden him? Just let me go in peace!"
“Yu Ying…”
Looking at her dying state, Li Qingchen felt both heartache and guilt. "Don't overthink it. I'm not unwilling. We're engaged, right? Okay, let's get engaged, right away."
As for Wen Xin, let's talk about her when she realizes her mistake and comes back.
It's time to make her feel a little insecure, to let her know that it's she who can't live without him, not the other way around.
Li Qingchen believed that Wen Xin would definitely appear once he got engaged to Han Yuying!
However, in his mind, he and Wen Xin had not broken up and were still boyfriend and girlfriend, but he felt at ease getting engaged to another woman without any guilt or unease.
All I can say is that the male lead is a complete scumbag!
If Wen Xin were still under the control of the Heavenly Dao plot, she would be tortured to death again.
But right now, it's still uncertain who's torturing whom!
As for Wen Xin, she and Li Qingchen have already broken up, so what does the male lead's situation have to do with her?
Well, as long as the lunatic doesn't show up in front of her, that's fine.
Of course, she had no time to care about the male lead right now, because she was busy comforting and taking care of her childhood sweetheart brother who was having another episode... so suspicious that he was making himself miserable.
This morning, Qin Zhan had breakfast with her and was about to take her ice skating when he suddenly received a call from Mrs. Qin. There was an urgent matter at the company that required his personal attention.
Qin Zhan's face darkened instantly, and he hung up the phone, clearly indicating that he didn't want to talk to him.
Wen Xin gently persuaded him for a long time, and he stared at her for a while before giving in. He went to the company with a cold and stern face, as if he had been called to work overtime by his boss halfway through a date with his girlfriend.
Wen Xin was both amused and exasperated, and could only silently sympathize with Secretary Lin and other working-class people.
Originally, she planned to spend her time at home reading and waiting for him to come back.
But Wen Xin suddenly remembered that the rent for her small apartment was due soon.
She changed her phone number, and if the landlord can't contact her, it will be bad if the rent is overdue.
There are still many of her professional books in the small apartment; it's time to go and retrieve them.
Wen Xin wanted to call Qin Zhan first to tell him that she was going out, but she was worried that he was in a meeting and it would affect his work.
She was afraid of distracting him by sending him messages. Once, during her second year of high school, she was just having menstrual cramps and, in a fit of pique, sent him a text message saying she wanted to eat red bean cakes from a well-known old shop in the east of the city.
As a result, Qin Zhan, who was accompanying Madam Qin to discuss cooperation with clients in the west of the city, disregarded everything and drove two hours to buy her red bean cakes and deliver them to her school.
Unaware of the full story, Madam Qin assumed her son was deliberately trying to embarrass her again, and scolded Qin Zhan harshly. The mother and son had a big argument, which terrified Wen Xin.
After that, she never dared to send him random text messages while he was working again.
Wen Xin believed that if she sent him a text message now, saying that she was going to her apartment to pack her things, he would definitely drop everything and come back to be with her.
The mother and son are likely to have another big argument.
After thinking it over, Wen Xin shook her head helplessly and simply had her family driver take her there.
So even if Qin Zhan knows she went out, he probably won't think much of it, right?
But clearly, Wen Xin underestimated her childhood sweetheart brother's condition.
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