"Shen Heyu, you can deceive me, but you can’t deceive yourself. Don’t you truly believe that the voice in the recording just now was yours? You know everything, right?"
"Shen Heyu, I’m starting to see through you. Haven’t you always told me that you didn’t like Pei Yansi, which is why you took advantage of someone else as a stepping stone to escape a life with him?"
"But why are you now begging Pei Yansi in your dreams over and over not to leave? Doesn’t this mean that you have actually always been in love with Pei Yansi?"
Shen Heyu looked up and saw the deep gaze in Lu Yi’s eyes. She instinctively shouted, "Enough, don’t say anymore!"
"If you don’t want to listen, I can shut up, but even if you can avoid what I’m saying, can you escape from your own heart? Ask yourself, do you really want to stay away from Pei Yansi and draw a clear line between you two?"
"That’s right, that’s what I’ve always thought. No matter what you bring up, the only answer I can give you is this one. So can you now answer my question? Are you and Chen Wenzhou in cahoots?" Shen Heyu looked into Lu Yi’s eyes, and even though he had denied it so many times, her intuition told her that he might have already betrayed her.
"Since I’ve asked you so many times, and you still insist you have no feelings for Pei Yansi. Then the answer I can give you now is the same: I am an enemy of Chen Wenzhou, I would never join hands with someone like him. Moreover, I already explained the statement I made earlier; it was information I got from the Chen family. How much longer are you going to make unreasonable demands?"
"Is it me who is being unreasonable, or is it you? I don’t believe your excuses. I should have realized long ago that you have changed, that you have become a completely different person I don’t recognize. What could such a you not do?"
Shen Heyu looked at Lu Yi with disappointment. At that moment, she wished she had never met Lu Yi, so he could have remained the gentle and kind person he was, rather than becoming completely unrecognizable as he was now.
Hearing what Shen Heyu said, Lu Yi’s laughter grew even harsher. His smile truly sent chills down Shen Heyu’s spine, as if she were in an icy cave, finding his smile eerie.
"I’m saying, isn’t it about time you stop? When I was gentle and considerate, although you got used to my care, you never fully accepted me in your heart. Now that I have become the type of person you like, become like Pei Yansi, you say I’ve completely changed, then you look at me with eyes full of disappointment, as if I’ve committed some unforgivable sin."
"Lu Yi, you misunderstood me, what I meant is..."
"Enough, don’t say anything more!" Regardless of what Shen Heyu said, it was ultimately something Lu Yi didn’t want to hear. Since that was the case, why should Lu Yi listen to her nonsense? He gestured emphatically, cutting off Shen Heyu’s words in a very domineering manner.
"In a nutshell, don’t harbor any more feelings for Pei Yansi. You clearly know that it’s impossible and not suitable for you two, and he’s about to get married to another woman."
"After all this time, don’t you understand the Chen family, and don’t you know what Chen Lingmeng is like? Once she has Pei Yansi, she will hold onto him tightly and will never give you a chance to breathe. In this lifetime, you and Pei Yansi have no fate. If you still want to be with him, you might as well go to the temple and pray to the gods to bless you to meet earlier in the next life."
"Not to mention, don’t forget that you are already a married woman," he said. "How much longer are you going to ignore me? I am your legal husband, yet you’ve been entangled with another man behind my back. I’m telling you, I’ve had enough. If I catch you in a mess with him again, don’t blame me."
"Lu Yi, I’m going to say this to you once again, regardless of whether you like it or not, our marriage must be dissolved," Shen Heyu stressed once more, her words once again hitting Lu Yi’s nerve.
He and Shen Heyu had been legally married for quite some time, yet they hadn’t had much physical contact. The time before, it took an outsider, Chen Wenzhou, setting a trap, trying to get the two of them to consummate the marriage, but in the end, it turned into a complete mess.
Now, Shen Heyu was using this to provoke him, and Lu Yi’s anger surged to his throat. His face turned bright red with fury, and like a jackal pouncing on a deer, he lunged violently toward Shen Heyu.
"You’ve said all along that this has been a marriage in name only, haven’t you? Well, I’m going to make it a marriage in name and in reality right now."
Lu Yi had lost control. He grabbed Shen Heyu’s hand as if he were desperate, trying to kiss Shen Heyu, but she kept struggling fiercely.
Because Shen Heyu resisted all the way, Lu Yi couldn’t kiss her as he wished; instead, Shen Heyu scratched a few gashes on his collarbone, leaving several bloody marks like those made by a cat’s claws.
in a fit of rage, Shen Heyu used all her strength to slap Lu Yi across the face, waking him up. He looked at Shen Heyu’s disheveled appearance, and there were even a few tears at the corner of her eyes.
Lu Yi couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked at Shen Heyu. Shen Heyu pushed the stunned Lu Yi away, raised her hand, and clutched her neckline tightly, refusing to let Lu Yi see any part of her that was exposed.
She stood up with disordered hair, her eyes fiercely glaring at Lu Yi, as if wanting to devour him.
"Lu Yi, remember this, if you dare touch a finger of mine in the future, don’t blame me for fighting you for my life," Shen Heyu glared at Lu Yi fiercely. As soon as Lu Yi snapped back to reality, she immediately pushed him away and staggered out of the bedroom door.
Because she had been struggling and resisting the whole time, Shen Heyu was now out of strength.
Just as she stepped out of the room, she instinctively wanted to lean on the wall for a small rest, but then she suddenly saw the mottled bloodstains on the wall. Those bloodstains had dried and turned black; her heart clenched suddenly, and her figure swayed, nearly falling to the ground.
"If you don’t want to see me anymore, I can leave," Lu Yi said disjointedly. "Just stay in the room and rest well. The doctor has said that your body is too weak right now, you need to rest up well."
Lu Yi’s voice rang out abruptly by Shen Heyu’s ear, just as she saw the mottled bloodstains on the wall and turned her head abruptly to see Lu Yi’s face again.