A Substitute Bride With Multiple Identities
Chapter 24 I Won’t Let You Go

Chapter 24: Chapter 24 I Won’t Let You Go

Fu Yanhe raised his eyebrows in surprise as he looked at the woman sitting across from him, noticing the slyness that flickered in Shen Yanhe’s eyes, which sparked a bit of interest in his own pitch-black eyes.

His long hands pulled out a disinfecting wipe and leisurely cleaned his clearly defined fingers, asking her, "Do you need me to back you up?"

The Shen Family was not exactly a benevolent household, and their relationship with her was far from good.

They not only married her off to him, a disfigured and crippled waste, but they also deceived her into going to the Steton 404 Hotel yesterday. If he hadn’t arrived quickly, she would have been defiled.

That place was a den of wolves, and he was somewhat worried about letting such a tender, soft wife return alone.

If he accompanied her, it might deter some of the Shen Family’s petty criminals.

After all, she was now his wife in name.

No one could bully his people.

To his surprise, Shen Yanhe shook her head and directly refused him, "No need, I can go back by myself."

Fu Yanhe’s wiping motion paused, a shadow of gloom passing through his eyes, now obscured by long, thick lashes, and a low-pressure aura surrounded him, unhappiness rising in his heart.

Before he could speak, her sweet and hesitant voice rose again, "It’s just..."

He lifted his gaze to see Shen Yanhe sitting across from him, looking at him with a bit of embarrassment, asking, "If you’re free these days, could you accompany me to see Shen Huai?"

"He knows that I’m married now and wants to meet his brother-in-law."

The darkness in the man’s deep black eyes dissipated as he nodded regally, agreeing, "I can."

Shen Yanhe’s eyes curved like a cat’s, "Thanks, I’ll prepare the medicine for you when I come back today, and proceed with the second round of detoxifying injections tonight."

Fu Yanhe nodded regally and instructed the driver to take her to the Shen Family’s place later.

Then he said to her, "If the Shen Family bullies you, call Wu Fang. Wu Fang will bring people to back you up."

His long hand struck the table twice, a shadow of unyielding darkness playing over his disfigured face, his voice icy, "You’re now mine, Fu Yanhe’s person, my wife. Though I may be crippled, I still have the power to protect you."

Though his voice was cold, it filled Shen Yanhe’s heart with warmth, and she promised with a smile, "I will, thank you, Yanhe, you are a good person."

He gave her money, supported her, and this eldest son of the Fu Family wasn’t as terrifying as the rumors made him out to be.

-

At the Shen Family villa.

After Shen Yingying released her clarification, the rate at which she lost followers on the red app and on Weibo slowed down.

Her loyal fans also helped to clarify for her, and as she saw more comments in her favor increasing, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She hadn’t fully relaxed when she received news from a friend that Chen Haowu, the second young master of the Chen Family, was hospitalized last night.

Shen Yingying’s vision darkened as a bad premonition rose in her heart, and she hurriedly asked her friend what happened.

[You Old Six]: I heard it’s because he provoked someone he shouldn’t have. Not only were his hands and feet crippled but his, you know, also got crippled. He can’t use that thing to bully women anymore.

[You Old Six]: Hahaha! I don’t know which godly figure did it, but they crippled that old lecher’s tool of crime. It’s fantastic! That bastard even deliberately took advantage of me last time...

Upon reading that his limbs and that thing had been crippled, Shen Yingying’s vision went dark. She flipped her phone over and placed it face down on the table, not continuing to read the following messages.

She had been wondering why, after a day and a night, Chen Haowu hadn’t messaged her, and there had been no movement from Shen Yanhe either.

It turned out that Chen Haowu was hospitalized!

This was beyond Shen Yingying’s expectations and not within her calculations, giving rise to an unpleasant premonition in her heart.

Yesterday, the only person Chen Haowu had contact with was Shen Yanhe. Was it possible that Shen Yanhe was behind his downfall?

But that’s not right. Shen Yanhe is so cowardly. How could he possibly have the courage to stand up to Chen Haowu?

Shen Yingying denied it in her heart, but that uneasy feeling grew heavier and heavier. Unable to resist, she picked up her phone and made a call to Chen Haowu, trying to probe him.

As soon as the call connected, before she could even ask, Haowu’s sinister voice came through, "Shen Yingying, you dare to call me? You bitch, how dare you scheme against me and make me offend the Fu Family!"

Shen Yingying’s heart skipped a beat, and her face went pale with panic. She could only brace herself and feign ignorance, "Second Master Chen, are you mistaken? I didn’t scheme against you... "

Before she could finish speaking, Chen Haowu laughed coldly and said in an extremely sinister tone, "Don’t bother denying it. The woman you sent me last night, she was from the Fu Family, even Yanhe’s woman! Do you know you’ve ruined me!"

Shen Yingying’s eyes widened suddenly, her face showing disbelief.

How did he find out?

Could it be that last night, the Fu Family had come to rescue Shen Yanhe?

How is that possible?

Fu Yanhe is clearly not interested in women and has a terribly nasty personality. He is even less pleasant to strange women.

How could he possibly have gone to save Shen Yanhe?

Before she could voice her questions, another voice came from the phone.

"Shen Yingying, you just wait, this isn’t over!" Chen Haowu’s cold voice was bone-chilling, "You’ve made me suffer so much; I won’t let you off the hook!"

Shen Yingying’s hand trembled, and the phone in her hand dropped onto the soft carpet with a thud. The call was cut short with a beep, and an endless panic surged within her.

The tightly shut door of the bedroom was then pushed open from the outside by Gan Danxue, who walked in somewhat frantically, "Yingying, did you hear about Chen Haowu being hospitalized? He didn’t fail to get what he wanted last night, did he?"

"Or did the Fu Family find out about our plan to entrap Shen Yanhe?"

"No way!" Shen Yingying clenched her teeth, her pretty face full of gloom and distortion, "Shen Yanhe couldn’t possibly tell the Fu Family, and they wouldn’t take up his cause!"

"But, it is said that he was hospitalized because of the Fu Family’s people..." Gan Danxue was extremely anxious, afraid that their plot against Shen Yanhe had really been discovered by the Fu Family. If that were the case, they would be finished!

Fu Yanhe was not someone to be trifled with!

"Isn’t today Shen Yanhe’s return visit?" Shen Yingying tried to calm down, still bearing a hint of malice in her eyes, "Once she arrives, we’ll question her."

Shen Yingying still couldn’t believe that the Fu Family would stick their necks out for country bumpkin Shen Yanhe.

"Right, right," Gan Danxue suddenly remembered and nodded repeatedly, "Today is her return visit, and with no one at her home, and that old hag in the countryside, she’s bound to come to the Shen Family."

"We are now her only relatives in Haicheng, and we still have Shen Huai in our hands. No matter how much that little bitch makes a fuss, she wouldn’t dare to truly turn against us."

Gan Danxue thought she could use this as leverage over Shen Yanhe. Her previously frantic heart settled slightly, and she waited with Shen Yingying in the living room for Yanhe to arrive.

However, after almost three hours, they still hadn’t managed to make her appear.

Meanwhile, Shen Yanhe, after leaving the Fu Family Manor, had the driver make a detour to a garden to buy flowers, then arrived at a graveyard, standing in front of a tombstone.

Attached to the tombstone was a photo of a young woman.

The young woman had fair skin and delicate features, possessing a pair of cat-like eyes identical to Shen Yanhe’s. She held a bouquet of sunflowers, smiling radiantly at the camera with curved lips.

Shen Yanhe placed the bouquet of sunflowers she carried in front of the tombstone, her cat eyes gently curved, her smile tender, "I’ve come to see you."

"Mom."