Yin Tangyi actually stood up for her? Li Shengxia stared at him in bewilderment. She wondered if this was an act of kindness towards a stranger or an act of nostalgia for a past lover.
The circumstances of their breakup were so bitter, still burning vividly in her mind. Such intense love-hate had shattered everything that was good between them. Why was he not ignoring her completely?
She came to her senses and refused him in a faint voice. "That's not necessary."
Nonetheless, he acted as if he did not hear her. Extending his hand in an expectant manner, he gently took her by her fair wrist and repeated, "Let's go."
Li Shengxia watched as his lanky figure shrouded her. In his seemingly unruffled gaze, there was a loneliness that could not be concealed.
Her body suddenly trembled slightly. He was still the same as before, but she was not. Her Ah Yi was no longer hers, and she had lost the right to his tenderness.
She broke free of his grasp and told him, "I can walk by myself."
His empty fingers felt unusually cool, and his gaze at her revealed a subtle restlessness. How he wished she had come here just for him, to see if he still had any lingering regrets. In that case, he would boldly take her hand and run away with her to the ends of the earth. Wherever she went, he would follow!
However… Her eyes showed nothing but clear indifference. When she looked at him, she seemed to be looking at a stranger.
She even said the words he did not want to hear at all.
"It's your engagement banquet today. Your fiancée is right beside you."
Yin Tangyi looked at her and said steadily, "I'll stop the engagement for you."
He said it so matter-of-factly that Wen Ting'er was stunned! Naturally, Qiu Haitang's expression turned sour as well! She had gone to such trouble to get her son engaged — how could it be broken off just like that!
Li Shengxia breezily spat out a few words. "I'm sorry, but I'm already married."
His expression froze for an instant, and he could barely choke out, "Married? How's that possible?" He was still waiting for her to change her mind. How could she be married?
Wen Ting'er immediately looked delighted, 'A few days ago, I heard that her stepmother wanted to marry her off to a man she'd never met. Marry off — more like sell off. To think that it's actually true? Looks like Li Shengxia is being tormented by that person?'
"Since you've gotten married, we wish you well," Wen Ting'er said out loud. 'Tangyi, don't you agree?"
Yin Tangyi paid no mind to Wen Ting'er at all, and neither did Li Shengxia. This embarrassed Wen Ting'er to no end and she unconsciously balled her hands into fists.
Yin Tangyi looked a little jittery as he stared at Li Shengxia. "Shengxia, since you've come, this means you still care about me…"
Still, Li Shengxia gazed back at him serenely. "I didn't come here to see you, and I don't regret the decision I made back then."
His face stiffened. He could only stare at her dazedly as if this was all just a dream.
Li Shengxia's heart clenched brutally. She knew that he might be waiting for her to turn back, but in some matters, there was no turning back once a choice had been made.
She chose to let him be happy, chose to pick up the shambles behind her, chose to… Lose him.
She had to extinguish the expectation in his heart because from now on, they were no longer a possibility…
She looked into his eyes and added on faintly, "Please, don't get me wrong—"
The whole scene seemed to come to a standstill.
Unexplained emotions flickered in his eyes as he looked at her quietly as if all his pride and dignity had been crushed under her foot—
Everyone was taken aback, and some of them started to snarl, "What did she say! Is she mad? She dares to talk to Young Master Yin in that manner!"
"Why is she acting like some grand lady? She's not worthy of Young Master Yin! She's never been worthy!"
"Right, who does she think she is!"
Yin Tangyi looked somewhat injured. Although he tried his best to hide it, he still could not cover up a flash of disappointment and agony. Why did his Shengxia hurt him like this? Could she not see that this engagement banquet was just a show he put on to get her back?
"Shengxia, you're lying! How can you possibly marry a stranger! Just say the word—I'll take you away. Wherever you go, I'll follow you."
"I won't make the same mistake twice." Li Shengxia turned to leave after saying this. She could not continue to face Ah Yi who was riddled with emotional scars because of her.
"Shengxia—" He reached out to seize her wrist. "Just say the word, and I'll let bygones be bygones."
This man who once resolutely abandoned glory and wealth to run far and wide with her, this man she deeply longed for… This man who stood by her even after she hurt him…
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, a young master who had all the luxuries he wanted. He would abandon everything for her, but she could only helplessly abandon him…
This was because, if only she left him, he could possess the world once again.
Li Shengxia stopped breathing. It would have been possible yesterday… But today… It was impossible.
Li Shengxia stared at him, about to speak, when Qiu Haitang glided over coldly.
Qiu Haitang pulled her son aside and glared at Li Shengxia in fury. "You b*tch, what are you trying to do? Is it not enough that you harmed him once, so you want to harm him a second time?"
"This time, it wasn't me who seek him out. He was the one who sought me out," Li Shengxia calmly said to Qiu Haitang.
Slap—
Qiu Haitang delivered a slap to Li Shengxia's face without any restraint and rushed at her, crying out agitatedly, "You took the money, then turn around and act all innocent. Don't make me repeat myself: Get lost, get lost from my son's life, get lost—"
Li Shengxia cradled her face, her eyes glinting furiously.
She would never forget when Qiu Haitang paid her a visit. Her ice-cold eyes and her chilling, cruel words, which demolished her dignity, bit by bit.
—Miss Li, please take a look at yourself. You can never match up to our Tangyi!
—Take this money! Otherwise, you'll end up with both hands empty!
—So what if you eloped with him? I froze all his cards and took back his inheritance rights. In the end, he still came back obediently!
—Take it, aren't you short of money? You're not a rich young miss in the first place, so why are you acting like one?
—Here's the money you want. From now on, you're not allowed to appear before him. You have no right to disrupt his life!
Each sentence was engraved onto Li Shengxia's heart, never to be forgotten.
At this moment, Qiu Haitang was seething. "What are you? You dare to speak to me that way!"
That was right. What was she?
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