Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 403 - 410 Two Paths

Chapter 403: Chapter 410 Two Paths

"Hmph, nothing to say now, huh? You bastard, marrying someone else but having me bear your child, do I owe you anything in this life?" Ye Yunzhu’s anger surged again as she saw the expression on Li Yifei’s face.

Li Yifei quickly embraced Ye Yunzhu tightly and pleaded, "Don’t be angry, don’t be angry, let’s talk this through calmly."

"Are you worried about the child or me?" Ye Yunzhu glared stubbornly at Li Yifei, waiting for his answer.

"Of course I’m worried about you. If we lose the child, we can try again, but if the child’s birth harms your health, I’ll be heartbroken."

The saying goes ’a pregnant woman’s needs come first’, so Li Yifei could only put Xu Yingying aside and focus on soothing Ye Yunzhu wholeheartedly at this moment.

Women are often more irritable than usual during pregnancy, which is a normal reaction. But Ye Yunzhu, feeling aggrieved, became even more irritable. She twisted Li Yifei’s arm forcefully and said through clenched teeth, "Easy for you to say. If I lose this child, I might never be able to get pregnant again for the rest of my life."

Li Yifei was taken aback and held Ye Yunzhu even tighter, being careful not to squeeze her stomach, as he asked cautiously, "What do you mean by that?"

"Humph, scared now? I knew you wouldn’t want this child once you were married, but at the hospital they said this might be my only chance to have a child. The operation I had for you when I was younger left me with aftereffects. It’s already a miracle that I got pregnant this time."

"Then we’re even luckier than if we had won the lottery. We’ve only been intimate twice, and the last time was just the other day. Are you saying it took just one shot?"

"Get out, you still have the mood to crack jokes. What are you going to do now? I must have this child; I can’t live without becoming a mother in this life. I can’t let this child come into the world without a father, can I?"

"That’s definitely not okay," Li Yifei replied decisively.

"Then you divorce Xu Yingying now, and we get married," Ye Yunzhu stated just as firmly.

Li Yifei was immediately troubled by her demand. If he hadn’t married Xu Yingying, he would definitely marry Ye Yunzhu right now, but since he was already married, the idea of divorce and remarriage made him truly feel that he couldn’t make this decision at once.

"Hmph, I knew your affections were phony," Ye Yunzhu huffed, pushing Li Yifei away and walking towards the couch.

Li Yifei quickly followed her step by step, ready to catch her in case she fell.

Feeling Li Yifei’s tension, Ye Yunzhu felt a small sense of happiness, but when she thought about his marriage to Xu Yingying, she was considerably angry again.

Having sat down, Ye Yunzhu glared at Li Yifei and said, "Now you have two options. One is you divorce Xu Yingying and marry me. The other is I just randomly marry some man to give the child a cheap father. I believe even if they knew the child wasn’t theirs, there would be someone willing to take it."

"No way!" Li Yifei immediately barked back with wide eyes.

"What are you yelling for?" Ye Yunzhu retorted with a glare of her own, "Are you saying the first option is impossible, or the second, or both are impossible?"

Ye Yunzhu knew very well that Li Yifei’s outcry was because of the second option. She had said it intentionally to provoke him as she’d been feeling upset lately, and making Li Yifei angry seemed to improve her mood.

Li Yifei took out a cigarette and was about to light it but hastily tossed it onto the table. This prompted a slight smile from the corners of Ye Yunzhu’s mouth. She knew Li Yifei did that because she was pregnant and he did not want to smoke in front of her.

"Yunzhu, this is really difficult for me... Can you give me some time, please?"

Seeing Li Yifei’s troubled expression, Ye Yunzhu’s heart suddenly softened, and with a gentle sigh, she said, "Alright, I won’t pressure you anymore. Do what you can, and don’t worry, I won’t find a cheap father for our child. No matter how tough it gets, I, Ye Yunzhu, will raise this child."

"Yunzhu!" Li Yifei grabbed Ye Yunzhu’s hand, and his voice suddenly choked.

Ye Yunzhu hugged Li Yifei, letting his head rest on her lap. The gesture was so natural, and even after not doing it for seven or eight years, it didn’t feel the slightest bit awkward.

"Stop feeling bad, I was just snapping at you to rile you up on purpose. You’re such an adult, and yet you still cry like that."

Ever since Li Yifei had joined the army, he had never cried again, but at that moment, he really wanted to. In front of Ye Yunzhu, he never had to pretend to be so strong, because she had been with him at his most vulnerable, and she had seen all his weaknesses.

If Ye Yunzhu had kept getting angry at him, hitting and scolding him, Li Yifei wouldn’t have felt good, but at least it would have let Ye Yunzhu vent a little and lighten his guilt. However, Ye Yunzhu wasn’t angry but was instead comforting him, which made Li Yifei’s heart ache, and his guilt towards her deepened.

And now, laying his head on Ye Yunzhu’s lap and holding onto her waist brought Ye Yunzhu back to the past and reminded Li Yifei of the times when he was bullied and she comforted him in the same way. With his face against her stomach, Li Yifei’s heart suddenly became tranquil, as if even the unborn child inside Ye Yunzhu could feel it.

The door opened, and Lin Sihao walked in, holding a big bundle of fiery red roses. However, seeing the position Li Yifei and Ye Yunzhu were in, his face turned ashen, he clenched his teeth, his eyes bloodshot as if he was about to shred Li Yifei to pieces.

Li Yifei didn’t get up, nor did Ye Yunzhu ask him to. Her palm continued to gently stroke his face as she said to Lin Sihao, "Young Master Lin, you’ve arrived."

This calm tone practically drove Lin Sihao mad. He roared furiously, "Ye Yunzhu, what do you mean by this?"

Ye Yunzhu smiled lightly and said, "I don’t mean anything. I am with my man. Do I need to ask for Young Master Lin’s permission?"

"Nonsense, do you have any idea what your status is now?"

"Of course, I do. But even if I am a township chief, I still have the right to date and show affection to my man, don’t I?"

"You... don’t forget that we are about to be engaged." Lin Sihao harshly threw the roses onto the coffee table.

Ye Yunzhu smiled faintly and said, "You also know that it’s only about to happen. It seems as long as we’re not married, I have the right to be with other men."

"You... you bitch!" Lin Sihao was furious. With his status, he could have any kind of woman he wanted, there were plenty more beautiful than Ye Yunzhu. But he cared so much about dating Ye Yunzhu not just because of his family’s reasons but because she always kept him at arm’s length, and it was that unattainable feeling that made him insist on marrying her.

He could endure Ye Yunzhu’s indifference because once she became his wife, she would naturally get better. But to see another man lying on her lap, he just couldn’t take it. Furious, he raised his hand to slap her face.

But a hand suddenly shot out, grabbing his wrist, and then Li Yifei slowly sat up with a chilling light in his eyes, enunciating each word: "Don’t touch my woman!" With each word Li Yifei uttered, he sat up a little more, twisting his hand, and Lin Sihao’s body involuntarily twisted with it.

By the time Li Yifei fully sat up, Lin Sihao had already knelt down with a thud, not out of fear but because Li Yifei was twisting his arm so much it felt like it would break.

Hearing Li Yifei’s tyrannical and cold words, Ye Yunzhu’s eyes immediately became infatuated. The Li Yifei she knew never had such dominance. This unfamiliar assertiveness might have seemed strange to her, but she utterly adored it. This was no longer the boy who needed her protection and comfort but a true man standing tall and proud.

"Let go! Let go! Goddamn it, let go of me!" Lin Sihao knelt on the ground, struggling, but any movement caused excruciating pain in his arm, so he could only curse through gritted teeth.

Li Yifei’s wrist shook slightly, and Lin Sihao’s head almost hit the ground. He cried out, stopped cursing, and hurriedly propped himself up with his other hand.

"You dare hit me, you dare hit me!" Lin Sihao screamed hoarsely. He had always bullied others, and this act of being made to kneel had always been something he forced upon others. Now, being forced to kneel before Li Yifei was something he simply couldn’t accept. He was at a loss for words, repeating the same four words over and over again.

Ye Yunzhu had been enjoying a tender moment with Li Yifei, but the sudden turn of events had left her panicked. With Lin Sihao’s powerful family background, taking down Li Yifei would be easy. She quickly grabbed Li Yifei’s hand, urging him: "Let him go quickly."

Li Yifei was completely obedient to Ye Yunzhu at that moment and immediately released his grip, asking softly, "Did I scare you?"

Ye Yunzhu gave Li Yifei a stern look, which initially carried blame but then softened with tenderness. She knew perfectly well that Li Yifei had acted because Lin Sihao came to hit her.

At that moment, Lin Sihao got up, rubbing his wrist with his left hand, his facial muscles twisted in pain. Grinding his teeth, he spat out, "Alright, kid, I let you off last time, but this time you dare to hit me—If I, Lin Sihao, don’t break you, then my surname’s not Lin."

Lin Sihao wasn’t just trying to scare Li Yifei; he truly harbored a killing intent at that moment. He wanted to destroy Li Yifei to vent the rage in his heart.