raknovel Chapter 52 What are you doubting?
Chapter 52 What are you doubting?
Speaking of Lu Shibai.
Li Jiangyan had heard a lot about his deeds.
Therefore, he couldn't understand why Sheng Tingwang had become the kind of person he was now.
"He doesn't even resemble half of his biological father." Li Jiangyan recalled some things, "Maybe he resembles his mother. Before his father sacrificed his life, his mother abandoned him and eloped with a rich man, leaving Huacheng. Now her son is also rich, so I guess there will be some excitement in the future."
Wen Shu was also taken aback.
She had never heard of this.
"His mother's still alive?"
"You think Sheng Tingwang is all alone?" Li Jiangyan laughed at Wen Shuyi, who still didn't know enough about Sheng Tingwang. "You're too naive. Sheng Tingwang only lost his biological father, not his whole family. Back then, Old Master Sheng adopted him because Lu Shibai saved Old Master Sheng's life, and he was just repaying a favor. It wasn't that Sheng Tingwang was homeless."
Wen Shuyi indeed did not understand Sheng Tingwang.
I didn't know that six years ago.
Even six years later, I still don't understand.
His family relationships are even less clear.
While she was lost in thought.
Xia Yini suddenly called Wen Shuyi.
"Hey, Yi Ni."
"Wen Shuyi, you know I'm getting engaged soon, right?"
Wen Shu also didn't know why Xia Yini suddenly brought this up. "Of course."
"Before I get engaged to Tingwang, I'd like to ask you, is there anything between you two that goes beyond a superior-subordinate relationship?"
That was a very tactful question.
The unspoken meaning was expressed very clearly.
Wen Shuyi hesitated for a moment and gave an uncertain answer.
"Yi Ni, what are you doubting?"
"I heard Xiaoduo call you 'Mom,' and I want to know, is this child yours with Sheng Tingwang?"
Xia Yini's keen insight.
This was beyond Wen Shuyi's imagination.
But she still awkwardly explained, "The children in the orphanage call us 'Mom,' Yini, you're overthinking it."
"Whether I'm overthinking it or not, I'll find the answer myself. Shuyi, I've heard some things about your past with Sheng Tingwang. It wasn't a clean relationship between you, but I don't mind your past. In the future... I hope you stay away from him."
It's a suggestion.
It's also a warning.
Wen Shuyi silently agreed, "Don't worry."
The car drove into the Sunshine Avenue residential area.
Li Jiangyan got out of the car and first took the sleeping Duoduo out of the car.
Turning his head, he saw Sheng Tingwang standing in front of him.
"What, are you afraid I won't send her back?" Li Jiangyan handed Duoduo to Sheng Tingwang. "Sheng Tingwang, if you want to marry someone else, then let Shuyi go. If you want to live a good life with her, then treat her better, at least be a decent human being."
Fearing that the two would start arguing again, Wen Shuyi quickly said to Li Jiangyan, "Brother Jiangyan, you should go back first. Be careful on the way."
"You should get some rest too."
Li Jiangyan glanced at Sheng Tingwang through the car window, then drove away.
After returning home.
Wen Shuyi put Xiao Duoduo on the bed, covered her with a blanket, and came out.
She had something to tell Sheng Tingwang.
"When you and Xia Yini get engaged, I want to go back to Bincheng."
Sheng Tingwang frowned. "Escaping?"
"No." She wasn't as emotional about his situation as he thought. "Qiao Shen's fees at the rehabilitation center need to be paid. I need to go back to pay for him and check on his condition."
A barely perceptible hint of disappointment flashed across Sheng Tingwang's eyes.
He immediately acted as if nothing had happened, saying, "Can't the money be paid online? Do I really have to come all the way here? His illness won't see any progress anytime soon. If you want him to receive good treatment, you can bring him back to Huacheng. I can help you with that."
"No need." She really didn't need Sheng Tingwang's help.
When he hid Qiao away back then, he didn't even think about treating his illness first.
"Do you want to go back to Bincheng, or do you want to elope with some man?"
Wen Shuyi looked up at Sheng Tingwang.
How could he say something like that?
She genuinely found it funny. "I'm single now. Even if I run off with some man someday, it would be considered mutual affection. Elopement? Your mother was the one who eloped back then. I..."
Wen Shuyi hadn't finished speaking.
Sheng Tingwang's large hand had already gripped her neck.
His eyes were bloodthirsty red.
Wen Shuyi secretly finished calling out.
She saw the murderous intent on Sheng Tingwang's face.
She spoke too quickly, and even mentioned the thorn stuck in his chest.
She wanted to explain that she hadn't meant it.
He gripped her so tightly she could barely breathe, let alone speak.
"Wen Shuyi, who gave you the audacity to speak ill of my family?"
Wen Shuyi patted the man's large hand, her face pale and purplish, "I, I just... cough, cough..."
She simply couldn't breathe.
I had the illusion that I was about to die.
Sheng Tingwang's dilated pupils slowly contracted, as if he had been electrocuted, and he suddenly released his grip.
A hint of apology flashed in his eyes as he raised his fingertips to check her injuries.
The finger marks on Wen Shuyi's neck were obvious. Her terrified eyes trembled slightly as she took two steps back. "No, don't come any closer. I, I didn't mean to mention your mother. I'm sorry, Sheng Tingwang. You, don't... don't come near me."
Perhaps, it wasn't until just now that she truly understood.
All the things Sheng Tingwang did to her were neither out of love nor resentment.
There was absolutely no affection between them.
If there is.
Even if there were only a slight possibility, he wouldn't have thought of strangling her the moment she said something wrong.
This was the closest she had ever come to experiencing death.
But it was in the hands of the man she once loved.
"Shuyi, I..." he tried to explain.
Wen Shuyi retreated repeatedly, running back to her room as if fleeing.
She, who never had the habit of locking the door from the inside, locked it from the inside.
Yes, she was afraid.
What she feared was that Sheng Ting's actions weren't enough to kill her; he would also harm Xiao Duoduo.
In the living room.
Sheng Tingwang grabbed at his hair.
He was consumed by endless self-blame.
How could he hurt her just because Wen Shuyi mentioned the mother who had haunted his nightmares for thirty years?
He shouldn't have.
It really shouldn't have been done.
He closed his eyes, and he heard his mother's words before she left.
"Ah Ji, go to sleep like a good girl, okay? Tomorrow morning, Mommy will take you to the market and buy you your favorite denim jacket, okay?"
He was only a few years old then.
Believing her mother's words without a doubt, she said, "Mom, I want the one with the five-pointed star on it, okay?"
"Okay, whatever Aji likes, Mommy will buy it for Aji. Be good and go to sleep."
He closed his eyes contentedly.
When I woke up in the morning.
Instead of a denim jacket adorned with a five-pointed star, he was greeted with the news that his mother had eloped with someone else.
He remembered that his father smoked all night.
From then on, he had the same nightmare every night: his mother holding his little hand as they bought a denim jacket at the market, while a man whose face he couldn't see snatched his mother away from him.
He would wake up crying from his dreams.
Then they searched everywhere for their mother.
His mother was a taboo subject for him.
Without any prior notice, he attacked Wen Shuyi.
He shouldn't have done that.
This reduced the little trust they had left to ashes.
There was a knock on the door.
Wen Shuyi's heart clenched in fright.
She knew it was Sheng Tingwang.
But she didn't dare open the door for him.
He knocked a few times, but she didn't open the door, so he left.
In the morning, she deliberately got up very late.
Only after she heard Sheng Tingwang leave did she bring Duoduo out to eat.
"Xiao Wen, what happened to your neck? Why are there bruises?" Aunt Wang didn't know what had happened last night. "It looks pretty bad. How did this happen?"