Marrying him meant facing hellish torment in the future.
If descending into hell was the choice Li Boyan gave her, she was willing to do it for her grandmother!
What happened to her no longer mattered—she only wanted to save her one and only family, her grandmother.
“Since you’ve made your decision, come with me to get the marriage certificate!”
Li Boyan extinguished his cigarette and strode forward with his long legs.
But Su Ning stood frozen in place, unable to process what was happening for a long time.
They had to get a marriage certificate?
She thought it would be enough for her to simply move in.
Without any official status.
So Li Boyan must have gone mad!
Even if Li Boyan wanted to torment her through marriage, how could she, a sinner, be worthy of getting a marriage certificate with him, becoming his lawful wife, or having Nian Nian call her Mommy?
What Su Ning didn’t know was that after marrying Li Boyan, he would become the calamity that plunged her into an abyss.
It took a long time before she finally lifted her feet and followed.
Jiang City Marriage Registration Office.
By the time Su Ning got out of the car and followed Assistant Song inside, Li Boyan had already finished signing. He proactively placed the marriage registration form in front of her.
Though Su Ning had already made her decision, her hand trembled uncontrollably as she picked up the pen.
As a result, her signature came out crooked and messy.
Even when taking the photo, the muscles in her face remained stiff.
“Sir, Madam, this is your marriage registration photo. You should at least smile a little.”
Smile?
Su Ning laughed bitterly inwardly. If the staff knew she was the murderer of Li Boyan’s wife, and that she had come here like a madwoman to register their marriage, would they still say such a thing to them?
As for Li Boyan, he acted as if he hadn’t heard a word. His face was dark and expressionless, remaining completely still.
Silent and unfeeling, stern and unsmiling—how could he possibly smile?
And so, from the moment Su Ning agreed to marry Li Boyan to the moment their marriage was officially certified, the entire process took less than forty minutes.
Without a proposal, without blessings, without a wedding, Su Ning and Li Boyan became a legally recognized couple!
Su Ning felt as if she were in a dream. In the marriage that lay ahead, she knew she could harbor no expectations, no complaints—only fear and unease…
On the way back to the hospital, the Rolls-Royce Phantom was terrifyingly quiet.
Su Ning’s nerves were stretched taut. Clenching her fists, she leaned against the car window, holding her breath, not daring to make a sound, wishing she could turn herself invisible.
“Take good care of Nian Nian. This is what you owe her!”
Li Boyan suddenly spoke, his tone carrying an indisputable command.
Su Ning’s heart tightened inexplicably. “I know.”
He added, “Tomorrow morning, I’ll have someone bring your grandmother back to the hospital. If you miss her, you can go see her.”
“Thank you!”
“No need. This is what you paid for with your cost.”
His cold, detached tone was chillingly unfeeling.
Su Ning laughed bitterly to herself, silently mocking Li Boyan.
Paid for with her cost?
This was all your doing!
If Li Boyan hadn’t used her grandmother to threaten her, she would never have agreed to marry him.
Nor would she have willingly sent herself straight to hell!
At the entrance of Jiang City Hospital.
After the car stopped, Li Boyan showed no intention of getting out. Instead, he instructed Su Ning,
“Make sure to take good care of Nian Nian. This is what you owe her, and what you owe me.”
His cold, detached tone carried an indisputable command.
“Okay.”
Su Ning replied softly, then opened the car door and got out.
In the hospital room, when Su Ning entered, Nian Nian was throwing a tantrum with Song Ma. “I want Mommy! I want to go find Mommy! You’re all lying to me! Mommy must have left again!”
Su Ning walked in, “Nian Nian, I didn’t leave.”
Nian Nian’s jet-black, glass-like bright eyes shimmered with sparkling light, immediately opening her arms for Su Ning to hold her. “Mommy, you finally came back. I thought you had left.”
Su Ning actively embraced Nian Nian’s slender body. “I won’t leave. I’ll never leave you again.”
She had already registered her marriage with Li Boyan. Even if she wanted to leave, it was no longer possible.
Song Ma was even more relieved. “It’s good that you’re back, it’s good that you’re back.”
As someone who had been by Nian Nian’s side, she sincerely hoped Nian Nian could be truly happy from the bottom of her heart, without regrets like other children with both parents.
“Mommy, tell me a story. I love hearing Snow White the most. Every time Auntie tells it, she messes it up.”
Nian Nian casually picked up the storybook that Song Ma had brought over and handed it to Su Ning.
“Okay.”
Su Ning opened the storybook and, imitating the way her mother used to tell her stories when she was little, began telling Nian Nian a story.
Seeing this, Song Ma closed the door and left.
Meanwhile, in an old residential house in the suburbs of Jiang City.
When Li Boyan barged in with his men, three men in black suits were sitting on the ground playing cards, the floor littered with melon seed shells and peanut husks.
Su Ning’s grandmother was locked hand and foot, tightly chained with iron chains in the corner of the room.
Her gray hair was messy, and although her clothes were neat, they were filthy. Rotten cabbage and leftover food were thrown in front of her.
It was clear at a glance that these people didn’t treat her as human.
Li Boyan’s face was gloomy, his eyes filled with ferocity as he swept over the three men on the ground, directly commanding, “Take her away for me!”
Immediately, several of Li Boyan’s black-clothed bodyguards stepped forward and quickly helped the old lady up from the ground. One of the bodyguards took out a master key and unlocked the chains on her wrists and ankles.
Before they could take the old lady away, the three men came over and blocked the bodyguard’s path.
The leader among them recognized Li Boyan and went straight to the point, saying, “Master Li, you can’t take her away. We won’t be able to explain this to Madam.
Li Boyan was unconvinced, gritting his teeth. “When you brought her here using my name, did you ever think about explaining it to me?
His face was gloomy, his eyes emitted a chilling and terrifying aura, intimidating everyone around him.
His powerful aura that commanded respect without anger was that of a natural king, irresistible.
“Master Li… this…”
“Get lost!
Li Boyan did not hold back, kicked away the man blocking his path, and strode forward.
After leaving the old house, Li Boyan said to Assistant Song, “Find a place and someone to help her clean up, change into clean clothes, and send her back.”
The “her” that goes without saying referred to Su Ning’s grandmother.
Assistant Song nodded. “Okay.”
Looking at the mentally disturbed, disheveled old lady, Assistant Song let out a helpless sigh.”
“If Miss Su saw this, she would be heartbroken.”
“Back to the company!”
Li Boyan interrupted Assistant Song’s words, pulled open the car door, and got in first.
In the old residential house.
The leader, seeing that Li Boyan had left, tremblingly took out his phone and dialed Madam Li Zheng Qiuyun’s number, reporting truthfully, “Madam… Master Li… took that crazy woman away.”
“Good-for-nothings, a bunch of good-for-nothings! You can’t even keep watch over a madwoman! What use do I have for you!”
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li on the other end of the line roared angrily and hung up the phone in a huff.