A Pursuit of Beloved Wife

Proofread By Yu Bing

After hearing these words, Yuexi is paralyzed, as if splashed with ice-cold water, from head to toe. Frozen there in shock, she finds the remaining warmth left in her heart dwindle away. Without uttering a word, she withdraws her gaze and turns over, with her back turned slightly away from Li Fengjue. The latter stands behind her, with his eyes fixated on her, also says nothing.

Nobody knows how time slips away. After a long while, Yuexi hears his footsteps fade away and die out. Yuexi grabs the corner of the quilt with her slender fingers. Tears roll down her face silently. Chen Ying is right. Whoever falls in love first is the loser. Her situation is even worse. There’s never been love between them. At least for Li Fengjue, he never puts her in his heart.

Yuexi stays in hospital for half a month. During this period, Chen Ying comes to visit her and takes care of her as long as she has time; Ren Qun frequently comes to her ward as well, without complaining; some colleagues from her company also pay a visit to her occasionally. On the contrary, Li Fengjue never shows up after that until that day when Yuexi is discharged from hospital. With no expression on his face, he takes her into the car. The destination is Fengdu.

Yuexi knows that Li Fengjue’s patience with her has reached the limit, so he can’t wait to take her back to his home. It has been three months already since she came to Li’s house last time. Looking at this large and imposing house, she feels uncomfortable. She seems to be stuck in that nightmare still. Everything that happened here during her last visit is still vivid. She doesn’t like this place.

Yuexi is taken to the hall. That makes her feel like an accused person brought to a trial before a judge. Li Yan, Li Fengjue’s grandfather, is sitting in the center, with Li Fengjue’s parents Li Yang and Bai Zhu sitting on either side. Li Fengye and Li Ya sit next to Li Fengjue’s parents. Li Fengjue goes straightforwardly. He says with a cold face, “I’ve brought her here.” Li Ya stands up and comes up to hold Yuexi’s hand like an intimate friend, ” You must be tired from the long journey. Do you need to take some rest? ”

Glancing at her coldly, Yuexi withdraws her hand with contempt and says coldly, “There is no need.” Li Yang looks Yuexi up and down, scrutinizing her. He frowns and says with an unpleasant tone, “I don’t know what charm you have to make Li Fengjue this obsessed with you. He even cuts off Xu Tianyun’s hand for you!” He did it not for me, but for himself.

Of course, Yuexi won’t say it out loud. She knows for sure saying that will not make an unpleasant situation suck less, on the contrary, it will invite more hostility toward her. Her eyes fixated on the floor, she says nothing. Li Fengjue who stands aside indifferently, also makes no attempt to justify for her or himself. Instead, it is Li Fengye who steps out to speak for her, “A-jue is so easily manipulated and he will not do things on impulse. Since they are already married, Yuexi is one of our Li family. Since she is a family member, that Ajue helps her is also a way of helping our family.”

Li Ting looks displeased and glances coldly at Li Fengjue, “You don’t have to say good things for him. He is spoiled since a small child. He knows nothing but stir up troubles. Our family’s reputation is tarnished by him!” Baizhu comes to the rescue when she notices that Grandpa Li is about to burst with anger, “Since it already happens, there’s no use crying over spilt milk. Maybe it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise, who knows? Look at Yuexi! She is pretty and they are young and madly in love with each other, maybe we can expect our grandson soon.”

Li Yang seems to be persuaded. But he still wears a long face and he continues to scold them, “Since you’re married, you should be responsible for your own behavior! We are not in a position to say anything about it. Your eldest brother and Li Ya have no child, now you two have to work harder. You can’t get officially married before your child is born!” Yuexi has been silent for a long while. What do they mean by saying this? Does that mean she can only enter the family under one condition: by giving birth to a child? If there is no child, she wouldn’t be accepted by the Li family.

She takes a quick glance at Li Ya from the corner of her eye. She sees the latter sitting aside in embarrassment. The expressions on her face hard to describe, she fixated her eyes on Yuexi as if trying to see her through. For a long time, there is only silence, and everyone is waiting for Li Fengjue’s answer. He turns his head to glance at Yuexi, and snorts coldly, “To make a baby with her? How can such a woman deserve me?”

All the people are in shock upon hearing this and they cast a curious look at him. Li Ting frowns, “What do you mean by that? Don’t you want to marry her?” Li Fengjue walks up to her slowly, reaching for Yuexi’s chin and laughing sarcastically, “With her? What a joke! She is nothing but a plain Jane, neither fancy nor glamorous. Besides, she is a divorced woman. I was only with her just to get rid of the Xu family. Now that my goal is achieved, this woman is useless.”

He lets go of her chin fiercely. His dark eyes look cold and Yuexi sees her own reflection in his eyes, which looks embarrassed. Although this is the answer she knows long ago, but it is very strange when she hears him saying it out, why does her heart hurt so much? For him, it is nothing but a relationship that he can take advantage of and now he can snap out of it. But for Yuexi, it seems like she has lost the most precious thing in the world. Her heart feels empty, as if swept by a big gust of wind which takes away everything. It’s hurtful even to breathe.

Li Fengye stands up, fixating his eyes onto Li Fengjue. He asks, “So, there are no feelings involved?” “Ha, do you think I have such a bad taste for women?” Li Fengjue’s eyes full of contempt, he gives her a disdainful glance. Li Fengye frowns, but Li Ya, who is standing next to him, seems very happy. Li Fengjue’s parents and grandpa who don’t seem to recover from the shock, say nothing.

Yuexi withdraws her eyes with a calm look on her face. She says, “I know that my presence makes you all feel uncomfortable, and I know you all hate me too. I will say I’m sorry for that, for everything. Between Li Fengjue and me, there is nothing but a marriage certificate, no emotions involved.” She pauses for a while and then turns around to look at Li Fengjue. He still stands there still with that familiar emotionless look, as if listening to other people’s business, and he doesn’t care about what Yuexi said.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

She laughs suddenly, “From now on, I am out of Li Fengjue’s life. You can rest assured.” After saying these words, Yuexi withdraws her gaze, turns around and is just about to walk away, only to find somebody pulling her wrists from behind. Feeling a slight twinge in her heart, she stops. Before she turns around, she senses a card thrusted into her hand and she hears a cold voice behind her.

“This is your salary. It needs no password. I will let Liu Rui send you the divorce papers.” The temperature in his palm slowly fades away, with only a cold card left in Yuexi’s hand. She holds the card tightly with her slim fingers. She really wants to turn her head and throws the card onto his face and tells him she doesn’t need it at all!

But she doesn’t. Since they both need to get something out of this marriage, she for the money, while he gets rid of Xu family, by taking advantage of the relationship and each other, they both achieved their ends. Why not take the money? She isn’t that hypocritical by pretending not willing to accept his money. Besides, taking the money means the end of the relationship. Then to accept the money is the only choice left to her. With this in mind, she puts the card into her pocket and looks back with a big smile, “Thank you, Mr. Li.”