Liang Shi: "..."
She didn't want to get involved, but since Liang Xinhe had already brought it up, she could only ask, "What's wrong?"
Liang Xinhe sent a long voice message, and you could hear his anger even through the screen. "I went home last night to confront them, but Mom sided with Liang Xinran. I asked Liang Xinran a few questions, like why she took Lingdang out, and why she apologized for my daughter when Lingdang denied it. I've never laid a finger on Lingdang in all her life, and this is what happens when I only went to the company for a few days! I'm so furious!"
"I hadn't even started yelling at her yet, I just asked her a few questions. And then! She fainted. I'm speechless. Isn't she supposed to be from the countryside? My daughter Lingdang didn't faint when they pointed their fingers at her and yelled at her, but she did... I'm so angry."
“Liang Shi, let me tell you, I finally understand why my brother was so decisive back then. This person is a menace if she comes back. I got beaten up too! Our mother has gone mad. She's turned her back on everyone for her sake. She used to spoil you, but she would never do something like this for you. Now she's really gone crazy. What my sister-in-law said when she left home was so true. She's completely bewitched by Liang Xinran!”
Liang Xinhe's distinctive voice made him so angry that his speech trembled, but Liang Shi was still able to discern a pattern from his angry words.
Last night, Liang Xinhe went home and confronted Liang Xinran, but Qiu Zimin protected her, and Liang Xinhe was also beaten by Qiu Zimin.
Liang Shi felt a mix of emotions upon hearing this, thinking that Qiu Zimin was truly possessed.
Are daughters your own flesh and blood, but sons aren't?
When the whole world is trying to stop you, don't you ever reflect on your actions?
But Qiu Zimin did not reflect on her actions and instead chose to go against the whole world.
As a result, Liang Xinran fell into a coma, and Qiu Zimin was so angry that she had chest pains and was hospitalized.
...
What a show!
After listening to his voice message, Liang Shi sent an "okay" emoji.
Then tell him to calm down.
Liang Xinhe hasn't replied yet; he's probably busy.
She waited there for a short while before Shen Hui finished signing and came out. She didn't need anyone to pick her up; she could leave directly.
She didn't even glance at Liang Shi as she passed by, and just kept walking. But Liang Shi called out to her, "Dr. Chen, wait a minute."
Shen Hui stopped in her tracks, didn't turn around, and said coldly, "What are you doing?"
Liang Shi walked over and apologized to her gently, "I'm so sorry about what happened last night. I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
"You didn't warn me before you hit me." Shen Hui's light brown eyes swept across her face, indifferent and cold. "Don't you think it's too late to say that now?"
Liang Shi: "...I'm really sorry, but it was an emergency. How about I treat you to breakfast as an apology?"
Shen Hui: "No need, just don't come to our hospital again."
Liang Shi: "..."
Having been rebuffed, Liang Shi awkwardly touched the tip of his nose and asked earnestly and politely, "Dr. Chen, may I ask why you dislike me?"
"Hmm?" Shen Hui looked at her. "I hate you?"
Liang Shi nodded: "Yes, I felt it last night. You seem to be... hostile towards me."
"It's an illusion," Shen Hui said. "The truth is, I don't think much of you."
Liang Shi: "?"
"This is our first meeting, isn't it?" Liang Shi said. "Why do you say that?"
"A married person still having ambiguous relationships with other people." Shen Hui laughed contemptuously: "Does your wife know?"
Liang Shi: "..."
“I didn’t!” Liang Shi said, “Who have I been involved with? Dr. Shen, you can’t wrong me…”
“Shen Hui.” Zhao Xuning suddenly interrupted her.
She ran towards her against the faint morning light. Shen Hui's light brown pupils only glanced at her briefly, then stepped back as she ran, keeping a distance between them, her hands in her trench coat pockets, exuding indifference and aloofness.
Zhao Xuning asked anxiously, "Are you alright?"
Shen Hui said coldly, "You should care about the people you should care about."
Zhao Xuning frowned: "Huh?"
Shen Hui raised her chin at Liang Shi, "I didn't ask you to come, so why did you come to see me? Dr. Zhao, messing around with a married man, you're really something."
Zhao Xuning: "?"
Shen Hui chuckled lightly, her eyes devoid of warmth: "Sorry, I forgot, Dr. Zhao has never had any bottom line."
Liang Shi & Zhao Xuning: "..."
Liang Shi now knew where her inexplicable hostility came from.
Just as Zhao Xuning was about to deny it, Liang Shi suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Xuning's arm, "Oh, Dr. Shen, so this is what you mean? My wife and I are in a marriage of convenience, but Dr. Zhao and I are true love."
Zhao Xuning: "?"
Chapter 98
Zhao Xuning tried to pull his arm back, only to find that Liang Shi was stronger.
...
In that instant, Zhao Xuning decided to go to the gym after get off work today and train for an extra half hour every day from now on.
Liang Shi and she went through a power struggle, and then Liang Shi tossed his hair, trying to make himself look charming and alluring.
Zhao Xuning lowered his voice, gritting his teeth, "Are you crazy?"
Liang Shi poked her waist. "I'm helping you."
Zhao Xuning: "..."
The word "damn" was already on Zhao Xuning's lips, but he swallowed it back down.
She let out a soft sigh. "You'd better be."
The whispers between the two seemed particularly irritating to Shen Hui.
Once upon a time, Zhao Xuning, who appeared aloof and cold to others, always had only her by his side; now, she has someone else.
She would smile at others, and show different expressions to them.
Zhao Xuning, who is usually impatient, will accompany others to school, quietly stand by and wait for them to finish taking photos, and will even open the door for them when they enter.
They will rush to help when others are in danger.
You will become someone else's emergency contact.
Shen Hui is no longer the most special one by Zhao Xuning's side.
"I should have expected this," Shen Hui thought.
The moment they parted, they became strangers.
From now on, we will not be related in our marriages.
Shen Hui's eyes dimmed, she turned her face away from the two of them, and brushed a stray hair behind her ear.
When Zhao Xuning came in, the door wasn't closed. The wind was particularly cold in the early autumn morning, making her nose red and her eyes a little dry. She was quite tired after staying up all night.
She has to go to work at 10 a.m., and now she only has enough time to go home, take a shower, and change her clothes. She doesn't even have time to catch up on sleep.
Thinking about it like that made me feel even worse.
Shen Hui pulled her coat tighter around herself as it was blown open by the wind, and walked straight past the two of them.
Liang Shi called out, "Dr. Shen, don't go! Xu Ning and I will treat you to dinner to thank you for speaking up for us last night."
Shen Hui: "No need."
She stood still, without turning around, otherwise she would have seen Zhao Xuning gazing affectionately at her back, and his outstretched hand instinctively reaching out to grab her.
Shen Hui's voice was colder than the wind on a late autumn morning, "You eat, and I wish you a long and happy marriage."
"It's time to let myself off the hook," Shen Hui thought.
She sniffed, her thin back looking lonely and desolate, a sight that broke one's heart.
"Shen Hui," Zhao Xuning called out, "I..."
Before she could finish speaking, Liang Shi pinched her, then ran to Shen Hui and said, "Dr. Shen, don't go yet. I have something to tell you, something really important."
Liang Shi then asked Zhao Xuning to go in and help her pay the fine and sign the papers. The action was quick and efficient, and it was completed in less than three minutes.
When they came out, Liang Shi was still blocking Shen Hui's way.
The two stood facing each other. Shen Hui was shorter than Liang Shi, so she tilted her head back to look at Liang Shi. "I'm just an insignificant ex-girlfriend. I don't care about your business with Zhao Xuning."
"Then I'll tell you," Liang Shi said stubbornly, "don't you see how happy Xu Ning and I are?"
"I don't want to see it." Shen Hui scoffed lightly. "You were very happy when you were with your wife."
Shen Hui gave her a disgusted look. "Last night you were standing up for your wife, and today you're all lovey-dovey with Zhao Xuning. You and Zhao Xuning are truly a match made in heaven."
Liang Shi: "..."
"Huh?" Liang Shi's heart was pounding, but he still stubbornly replied, "Xu Ning and I are truly in love. You don't even wish us well, is it because you still have feelings for her?"
Shen Hui: "..."
"How should I offer my blessings?" Shen Hui asked. "Should I record a vlog for you? Or should I give you a wedding gift when you get married?"
Shen Hui scoffed, "I advise you to get a divorce first, so you don't end up in jail for bigamy. But even if you do, it doesn't matter, Zhao Xuning can use his connections to get you out."
Liang Shi: "..."
“Then Dr. Shen doesn’t need to worry.” Liang Shi acted in an affected manner. “Dr. Shen is so worried about Xu Ning, is it because you still love her?”
Shen Hui: "...Get out."
“You’re so angry because you still love her,” Liang Shi said. “Otherwise, why would you always speak harshly to her?”
Shen Hui raised an eyebrow, her light brown pupils staring straight at her, her expression increasingly indifferent: "What does it have to do with you? You think Zhao Xuning is happy because her eyes are similar to mine? Do you think she really loves you? No. There's only one person she loves, and that's herself. Don't take yourself too seriously."
"So you think I'm your substitute?" Liang Shi said, "Then I'm willing to be a substitute. Anyway, you and Xu Ning can't be together, so I can be her substitute for life. If you're so capable, come back and take her away from me."
Shen Hui: "..."
"I'll leave it to you," Shen Hui sneered. "It's something I don't want anyway."