After Breaking Up, I Married the Dying Tycoon in a Flash
Chapter 15: Come With Me

Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Come With Me

An An bit her lip, like a drenched dog, and quickly turned to leave.

Shiheng came down from upstairs and saw An An’s figure disappearing from his sight.

Bian Yue sat on the sofa with an arrogant demeanor.

Shiheng looked at Bian Yue and asked softly, "You’re not planning to let Shi An’an leave the crew?"

"One thing at a time; I don’t want to mix work with personal matters," Bian Yue paused and chuckled, "Besides, flies don’t sting seamless eggs."

Shiheng’s expression darkened, and he heard Bian Yue say, "Half an hour ago, I already contacted uncle about calling off the engagement. Judging by the time, they should be arriving soon."

Shiheng’s hand gripped the stair railing tightly.

"Do you really have to be so ruthless? Bian Yue, have you thought about the consequences of calling off the engagement now?"

"Shiheng, I am the young miss of the Bian Family! I have my pride. You think you can threaten me with my parents’ inheritance to fake marry you? Impossible!"

Bian Yue’s face turned cold as she leaned back on the sofa, "The inheritance can’t be touched without my approval. If it comes to it, let it stay in the Swiss Bank for a lifetime! If I die, it will all be donated! That would be a good deed, too!"

It’s as if Shiheng met Bian Yue for the first time today. The Bian Yue before him maintained that unchanged arrogance, but what was different was that he had thought she was innately fragile, that without help, she would helplessly cry.

But clearly, she would rather be shattered than be whole.

Shiheng felt a sudden shock in his heart.

Then Bian Yue paused before speaking again, her tone even colder, "I know in the marriages between noble families, many women just whitewash peace as long as their husbands don’t father children outside. They eagerly wait for when their husbands grow tired and return, even thanking God, saying a prodigal son has returned! But I, Bian Yue, cannot do that! My man can only belong to me!"

The silence between the two was so stifling that it seemed to scorch the air.

Shiheng’s face was stiff, his usually graceful features clouded over. He walked over to Bian Yue, his hand clenched into a fist, about to speak, when Bian Yue had already stood up.

She held a vibrating phone in her hand. She picked it up and signaled to Shiheng, "Just as I finished dealing with Shi An’an, uncle has arrived."

Bian Yue’s voice was indifferent, "Shiheng, today I will fulfill your wish and set you free."

Shiheng felt a tightness in his breath, his mind went blank, as Bian Yue gracefully walked away.

In the Li Family hall, Shiheng’s father, Li Tingmo, and his mother, Tang Yuwei, had arrived.

Tang Yuwei, approaching her fifties, was well-maintained. She wore a Chinese embroidered dress with her hair coiled up, her face serene.

Seeing Bian Yue, she smiled and walked towards her, saying softly, "On the way here I was just saying, we have such rare good weather today, I thought of taking you and Shiheng out. Our family hasn’t had dinner together in a long time."

Bian Yue smiled, feeling Tang Yuwei’s well-accustomed tight grip on her hand.

Their demeanor was as intimate as mother and daughter. In the whole of Xiangjiang, not many noble daughters could get along with their future mother-in-law so well.

But Bian Yue came today to personally sever this bond.

Bian Yue followed Tang Yuwei’s steps and sat down by her side.

"Thank you, auntie, for always taking my side. Over the years in the Li Family, you have been very kind to me, and I am grateful."

Tang Yuwei, seeing her docile, exchanged glances with the silent Li Tingmo by her side, then looked at Bian Yue and said softly, "You child, you know that auntie loves you? Then why are you acting like a child and talking about breaking the engagement with Shiheng?"

"I’m not throwing a tantrum. There have been problems between Shiheng and me for a long time. I’ve been ignoring them, but now I want to face this issue." Bian Yue raised her head, looking at Li Tingmo, "Uncle, this engagement with Shiheng, let’s end it here."

Anger flashed across Li Tingmo’s eyes. His face stern, he said, "Is it because Shiheng bullied you? Bian Yue, don’t be afraid. Your auntie and I won’t side with that little miscreant!"

As he spoke, Shiheng had already come in. He regained his usual composure and smoothness, and said, "This marriage affair really isn’t necessary."

This statement was like pouring fuel on the fire, as Li Tingmo strode towards Shiheng, father and son confronting each other at the doorway.

"Shiheng! Bian Yue is the only daughter of the Bian couple. Have you forgotten what you said at the Bian family’s ancestral hall when you took her back to the Li Family!"

Li Tingmo’s voice was cold and full of anger, "You said you would take care of Bian Yue for a lifetime!"

Bian Yue sat next to Tang Yuwei, watching the Li Family father and son drawn swords against each other, her heart unavoidably panicking.

In Bian Yue’s memory, Shiheng and Li Tingmo were always distant and polite to each other.

But now, to say there was a deep hatred between them wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

"Dad," Shiheng’s lips curled in a bitter smirk, adding fuel to the fire, "I was only 18 back then. You wanted me to take on another person’s life! I did as you asked, but now I’m tired. I want to shed this burden; is that not allowed?"

Burden?

Bian Yue’s face turned pale.

So the so-called salvation was Shiheng’s reluctance from the very beginning?

Li Tingmo, pointing at Shiheng with trembling fingers, struggling with his words for a moment, finally burst out in rage, "You really have the gall, Shiheng! You’re trying to anger me to death!"

"Between Bian Yue and me, there is no possibility," Shiheng’s gaze passed over Li Tingmo, looking towards Bian Yue, "Let’s do as Bian Yue said and call off the engagement. That’s also my intention."

"Butler!" Li Tingmo’s voice was deep, "Apply the family law!"

Tang Yuwei, who had always been sitting peacefully like a Bodhisattva, changed her expression dramatically. She stood up, "Husband, Shiheng’s health is not good, you can’t use the family law!"

But the butler was already handing over a black rattan whip as thick as a wrist to Li Tingmo.

The rattan had been soaked in tung oil, once used to strike someone, the marks would not heal for half a month, and if beaten several times more, it would result in flesh tearing and blood oozing in a blurry mess.

Li Tingmo took it, his face showing ferocity as his scholarly demeanor vanished, "Li Shiheng, for the last time I ask you, do you want to annul the engagement?"

Li Shiheng, seeing the panic in Bian Yue’s eyes, calmly knelt down, "I want to annul the engagement, dad, Bian Yue is now an outsider, let her leave."

"Bian Yue!" Tang Yuwei, seeing that Li Tingmo was serious, couldn’t help but burst into tears, tugging at Bian Yue’s wrist and pleading, "Hurry up and say something! Say you were just joking, that you don’t want to break off the engagement with Shiheng!"

Bian Yue never thought things would turn out like this.

She saw Li Shiheng’s upright kneeling posture, looking as if he was willing to bear the consequences, knowing that he had long awaited the day to rid himself of her, even at the cost of bone-deep injury.

But Bian Yue takes responsibility for her own actions, "Today’s decision to call off the engagement was raised by me, if uncle wants to hit someone, hit me."

Li Shiheng’s eyes were filled with malice as he glared at Bian Yue, "I told you to get lost right now!"

Before Bian Yue could open her mouth, Li Tingmo had already swung the rattan down, and with a muffled thud, bloodstains seeped out from Li Shiheng’s back, a shocking sight.

Tang Yuwei could no longer hold back, she slapped Bian Yue across the face, "Ungrateful wretch! If it weren’t because you’re an orphan of the Bian Family, the Li Family wouldn’t have taken you in! It’s your good fortune to be matched with Shiheng!"

Bian Yue was stunned by the slap, and even Li Tingmo hadn’t expected Tang Yuwei, in her eagerness to protect her son, to actually strike Bian Yue.

Li Shiheng’s back ached intensely but he barely let it change his expression, yet at the moment Bian Yue was hit, his face turned extremely pale.

Bian Yue saw the resentment in Tang Yuwei’s eyes.

That slap and harsh words made the warmth and beauty Bian Yue always believed had started to fester.

Until footsteps from outside broke the eerie standoff atmosphere.

The man was dressed in black, matching the gloomy atmosphere outside, becoming even more unapproachable, with an aura so pressing.

It was Shen Jinci.

"Mr. Shen, how come you are here?" Li Tingmo asked with a puzzled expression.

Shen Jinci did not speak. He walked in, his aloof, fair complexion indifferent, until he saw the mark on Bian Yue’s face and his brow furrowed imperceptibly.

The man spoke softly, "Since the engagement is cancelled, I’ll take her with me."

His presence was so overwhelming that, as he took Bian Yue’s hand in front of everyone, no one objected.

And Bian Yue just felt his palm warm, as he held her hand, a warmth reaching to her nose.

He looked at her, protectively and inquiringly, "Will you come with me?"

Just now, Tang Yuwei’s slap had shattered all of Bian Yue’s illusions.

Bian Yue had never expected the Li Family members to treat her as equal to Li Shiheng, that was a delusion.

But after so many years of companionship, if Tang Yuwei’s words earlier were sincere, then her treatment towards Bian Yue was truly cold.

Bian Yue lowered her head, allowing Shen Jinci to lead her bewildered self away.

As the two passed through the hallway, Li Shiheng finally spoke up, his voice suppressed, "Mr. Shen, taking someone away at this time, isn’t this interfering with the Li Family’s private affairs?"

"Bian Yue’s engagement with you has already been annulled, what private matter?" Shen Jinci’s voice remained indifferent, and he subconsciously tightened his grip feeling Bian Yue’s cold palm.

This time, no one spoke again.

Not until the figures disappeared, did Li Tingmo angrily throw the rattan aside, turning to Tang Yuwei, "What did you just say to Bian Yue! Is that what an elder should say!"

"Husband, now that there are no outsiders, why are you still pretending!"

Tang Yuwei was unconvinced and angry, she knelt down to help the wounded Li Shiheng, her voice filled with grievance, "You’re crazy! For a Bian Yue, you beat our son like this! How could you be so heavy-handed!"

Li Tingmo looked coldly at Li Shiheng, hating himself for not being forceful enough before, for not waking up this rebellious son.

"What do you think was the reason for Shen Jinci’s sudden appearance here just now?"

Li Tingmo coldly said: "Li Shiheng, if you don’t think carefully, Bian Yue might really end up running off with another man!"

Li Shiheng sneered, unable to maintain his calm expression due to the increasingly sharp pain, his voice hoarse, "As for Bian Yue, I have long regarded her only as a sister, but Bian Yue, apart from me, could never fall in love with someone else."

Tang Yuwei helped Li Shiheng up, distressed and in pain, "Don’t talk anymore! Mom will take you to rest."

Elsewhere, inside the car.

Shen Jinci was holding an ice pack, intending to apply it to the bruise on Bian Yue’s face.

But before his hand could touch her, he was stopped by Bian Yue, "I can do it myself! Thank you, Mr. Shen!"

Shen Jinci stuffed the ice pack into Bian Yue’s hand and said nothing more.

Bian Yue carefully brought the ice pack close to her face, testing the pressure, her frown easing.

As the car drove smoothly, Bian Yue finally had the mind to ask, "Mr. Shen, how did you know I was at the Li Family?"

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