Yan Zheng walked over and sat by the bed, admiring the platinum lover’s knot ring on her ring finger.
Si Yueting frowned. This pair of wedding rings was specially chosen by Yan Zheng at the mall when they registered their marriage.
She claimed they symbolized “eternal unity and growing old together.”
He had only worn his symbolically once before tossing it into a drawer.
An inexplicable fury surged from the depths of Si Hanche’s heart!
Was this country bumpkin mute not satisfied after hearing him call her “sister-in-law”? Was she deliberately flaunting her wedding ring to remind everyone of her status as the young madam of the Si family?
How disgusting!
Just as everyone was puzzled about what Yan Zheng intended to do, the ring on her finger suddenly reflected a glint of light.
Shen Mengyu squinted her right eye at the intense glare and instinctively shielded her eyes with the back of her hand.
Si Hanche’s handsome face darkened. He was about to say that Yan Zheng had gone too far!
Mengyu’s eyes were already impaired—how could she be so vicious…
He suddenly froze in place.
Old Mrs. Si pointed angrily at Shen Mengyu,
“You claimed your right eye was blind, didn’t you? So you were faking it all along! Is this the scheming woman you’ve been defending, third son? It seems the one who’s blind—both in eyes and heart—is you, you foolish boy!”
Si Hanche released Shen Mengyu and coldly stared into her panicked eyes,
“Mengyu, you never lost your eyesight, yet you wanted Jiang Mingyan to donate her corneas to you?”
“Jiang Mingyan slapped me and viciously grabbed my hair to smash my head against the sink. I was so angry I just wanted to teach her a lesson. Hanche, you know me—I’m so kind-hearted. How could I possibly really want her eyes…”
Shen Mengyu’s tear-streaked, pitiful appearance stirred a flicker of sympathy in Si Hanche’s heart.
[Why don’t you elaborate on why Jiang Mingyan hit you?]
Yan Zheng’s leisurely internal monologue caused Si Hanche to frown.
Hmph, if having a reason justified randomly hurting others, how many hospital beds would ever be enough!
Yan Zheng gazed at Shen Mengyu, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, looking delicate and vulnerable.
[Isn’t it because you said that Si Hanche loves how wild and uninhibited you are in bed? And that even if he married a woman like Jiang Mingyan, he wouldn’t have the slightest interest in her even if she stripped naked in front of him!]
Si Hanche’s face stiffened, and he instinctively glanced at Jiang Mingyan.
He had never said anything like that to Shen Mengyu!
And Jiang Mingyan never explained that this was why she hit Shen Mengyu?
How did Yan Zheng know about this?
Why would Jiang Mingyan confide in a mute rather than talk to him?
Yan Zheng’s words were baseless. Si Hanche pondered but still couldn’t believe that the always pure Shen Mengyu would say such vulgar things!
[Shen Mengyu has a habit of recording phone calls. Last night, she even called her aunt to share the good news, saying she’s about to become the Third Young Madam of the Si family!]
Old Mrs. Si was furious!
This scheming woman would only set foot in the Si family over her dead body!
Si Hanche noticed the corner of a pink phone peeking out from under Shen Mengyu’s pillow.
As if possessed, he picked it up, opened her call history, and indeed found the call she made to her aunt last night.
“Hanche-ge, what are you doing with my phone?”
Under Shen Mengyu’s bewildered gaze, Si Hanche turned on the speakerphone.
“After I told Jiang Mingyan about the positions Si Hanche likes to use on me in bed, she slapped me as expected. I pretended to hit the sink and framed her for it.”
“Hmph, not only do I want Si Hanche to break off the engagement with her, I also want Jiang Mingyan to lose an eye so she can never work as a jade carver again!”
“What does it matter if she’s a wealthy heiress? If she dares to compete with me, Shen Mengyu, I’ll make sure this bitch ends up with nothing!”
…
Shen Mengyu didn’t know why Si Hanche had suddenly checked her phone call records. She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she clung to Si Hanche while stammering an explanation,
“Hanche, please let me explain, those words were all made up between my aunt and me…”
The wrongly accused Jiang Mingyan showed no anger or resentment, her face carrying the calmness of a heart turned to ashes,
“Although I don’t need to compensate Shen Mengyu with an eye anymore, the matter of breaking off the engagement still stands. Si Hanche, I never want to see you again.”
As Jiang Mingyan walked out of the hospital room, Si Hanche instinctively moved to chase after her.
Shen Mengyu, who was clinging to him, fell heavily to the ground. The IV needle on the back of her hand was abruptly pulled out, spraying blood all over her!
“Oww it hurts so much… Hanche you promised me you’d never let me feel pain again…”
Si Hanche abruptly halted his steps.
He remembered how Shen Mengyu had lost both parents since childhood, living helplessly at her aunt’s house, always bearing marks of abuse on her body…
When he turned and saw the knife scar revealed on Shen Mengyu’s arm through the blood-splattered sleeve, he didn’t continue pursuing Jiang Mingyan. Instead, he stepped forward and picked Shen Mengyu up.
Shen Mengyu wrapped her arms around Si Hanche’s neck, secretly pleased with herself.
She now had Si Hanche completely under her control. Even if that old hag objected, Si Hanche would still marry her!
“Let me show you something.”
As Si Yueting spoke, he forwarded the content Qin Zhao had just sent him to Si Hanche.
Yan Zheng looked at Si Yueting’s phone, her long hair that had been tucked behind her ear cascading down all at once, brushing past his ear.
The dangling ends of her hair tickled the back of his hand, her warm breath spraying across his distinguished nose bridge. Si Yueting’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his eyes darkening.
Yan Zheng hadn’t expected that Si Yueting would actually investigate Shen Mengyu’s background?
Not only were Shen Mengyu’s certificates fake, even her educational background turned out to be fabricated.
She wasn’t a photography graduate student at all, but merely a technical secondary school graduate?
[Tsk tsk, Si Hanche who values diplomas so much – his mentality must be completely shattered on the spot?]
Shen Mengyu’s fake certificates and educational background made Si Hanche’s expression instantly turn ugly, but Yan Zheng’s cutting remark made him even angrier as he glared coldly at her!
Then they heard Si Yueting say coldly,
“Low education doesn’t mean poor character, but poor character is truly beyond cure. I think the one who really needs to fix their eyesight is you, third brother.”
Old Mrs. Si unceremoniously added another blow,
“What’s the use of high education? You’re a medical doctor, yet you still got played by a technical school graduate?”
Being dissed by Yan Zheng was one thing, but now he had to endure mockery from his elder brother and grandmother too!
While Si Hanche suppressed his anger to question Shen Mengyu, Shen Mengyu resembled a pear blossom battered by a storm – her face deathly pale, lips trembling as her eyes reddened.
[Shen Mengyu will definitely say: I did this because I love you too much, I was forced to forge these because I was afraid I wouldn’t be good enough for you.]
[If Si Hanche with his pig brain believes these pitiful lies again, then he’s truly stupid!]
Shen Mengyu didn’t know why she was having such bad luck today! Everything seemed to be coming at her at once!
She could only put on a pitiful act, tugging at Si Hanche’s sleeve while crying and complaining,
“Wuwu Hanche I was wrong, you’re just too outstanding. I was afraid others would think I’m not good enough for you, that’s why I was forced to agree when Auntie suggested fabricating those things. Everything I did was because I love you so much!”
Yan Zheng suddenly let out a soft “pfft” of laughter.
[Though Shen Mengyu’s aunt probably never dreamed she’d not only be cheated on, but also end up taking the fall for this little white lotus!]
[Loving someone so much that you hire people to stab them, then pretend to be their savior – would you want that kind of love?]
Shen Mengyu was furious inside. She had acted so pitiful and convincing, yet this damn mute was actually undermining her performance?
A chill ran down Si Hanche’s spine, and he almost reflexively pushed Shen Mengyu away!
Two years ago, there had been a medical dispute at the hospital. When he went to get his car after work, he was surrounded by a group of family members. One emotionally charged relative pulled out a knife and stabbed at him when Shen Mengyu, who happened to be in the parking lot, rushed over without regard for her own safety to save him, leaving a scar over ten centimeters long on her hand.
Si Hanche had always believed this was just an accident.
Hearing that all of this might have been orchestrated by Shen Mengyu, he secretly clenched his fists.
He wouldn’t ask his elder brother to investigate this matter – he would look into it himself!
He could tolerate this country mute calling him a pig brain.
But if his investigation proved she was slandering Shen Mengyu, he would insist that his elder brother divorce this vicious woman no matter what!