met free Chapter 1 Bear with it
Chapter 1 Bear with it
Lin Zhi couldn't understand why a man could be so energetic in bed even if he didn't love her!
After another intense and shameful encounter, her body felt like it was about to fall apart.
A thin silk quilt was draped over her slender waist, but it couldn't cover the marks all over her body.
My eyes welled up with tears when my gaze fell on the exquisite gift box on the bedside table, and a self-deprecating smile flashed across my face.
She didn't even need to open it to know that the gift box contained a pair of candy-shaped diamond earrings.
For five years of marriage, Li Tingze has only ever given this gift, regardless of whether it's a big or small holiday.
Ah, her husband never cared about her as his wife, but he knew exactly how to save time on her.
Lin Zhi opened the locker door and casually tossed a new copy inside.
Just then, the bathroom door opened, and the tall and slender Li Tingze walked out.
His short, stiff black hair was still dripping wet, and water droplets ran down his handsome face, from his neck to his abs, and then...
"What, you don't like it?"
Li Tingze walked to Lin Zhi's side, glanced at the identical gift box in the cabinet, and casually took the clothes and put them on.
Lin Zhi followed him, like a docile pet that had been tamed, obediently buttoning his clothes.
"like."
His cold attitude dimmed her expression slightly. She gave a bitter smile and asked, choking back tears, "But, does it matter?"
Whether she likes it or not is not the point; the point is that she has no choice.
His marriage to her was based on sex, not love.
Li Tingze gave a cold laugh and grabbed her wrist: "Lin Zhi, what right do you have to look down on me?"
"I didn't." Lin Zhi struggled instinctively for a moment.
"If you do, you'll have to bear it!" Li Tingze grabbed Lin Zhi by the back of her neck, forcefully pulled her and threw her onto the bed, reminding her, "Don't forget, back then you went to great lengths to coax Grandpa into giving me a death order to marry you. It's all your own fault."
Lin Zhi's face was pale, and it took her a few seconds to find her voice: "The reason why Grandpa made you marry me back then was entirely because of Grandpa..."
Li Tingze had no patience to listen any longer.
He opened the drawer and tossed a birth control pill in front of her.
Lin Zhi looked at the medicine Li Tingze threw at her, gave a bitter smile, and asked in a choked voice, "Do you really have to do this to me?"
"Trying to gain status through your son?" Li Tingze's face turned cold as he pinched her cheek and said indifferently, "You're not qualified."
Not qualified?
Lin Zhi felt a sharp pain in her heart, lowered her eyelids, and whispered, "It's Grandpa who keeps urging us to give birth to a child for the Li family as soon as possible..."
"Is it Grandpa urging you, or are you afraid of losing your position as Mrs. Li and want to have a child as a bargaining chip?" Li Tingze coldly interrupted, slapping her face away: "Don't even think about it, I'm not going to have a child!"
Lin Zhi felt a pang of sadness when she thought of the expectant look in Grandpa Li's eyes when he urged her to have a baby. His cold and piercing words made her feel utterly disheartened.
She picked up the birth control pill, her fingertips trembling slightly, and swallowed it without hesitation.
"I've taken the medicine, you can rest assured now." His tone was somber.
Li Tingze glanced at her indifferently.
He grabbed his suit jacket and walked away without looking back.
Lin Zhi watched his heartless back as he left, slowly closed her eyes, and two lines of tears welled up in her eyes.
I felt a sharp, cramping pain in my abdomen.
She thought the pain would subside after a short while, but the frequency of the cramps became more and more intense, causing her to have difficulty breathing and almost faint.
Despite the excruciating pain, Lin Zhi took out her phone and dialed Li Tingze's number, but the call went unanswered after several attempts.
Just as he was about to give up, Li Tingze accepted the call.
"what's up?"
Lin Zhi said through gritted teeth, "Tingze, my stomach hurts so much, can you come back now..."
Li Tingze impatiently interrupted her.
His tone was unpleasant and perfunctory: "I have urgent business to attend to. If your stomach hurts, just take some medicine yourself. If that doesn't work, I'll have the maid take you to the hospital..."
His words were as cold and indifferent as ever.
Lin Zhi's vision had already blurred, and she fainted from the pain...
……
When Lin Zhi woke up again, she was already lying in a hospital bed with an IV drip in the back of her hand.
After half an hour.
After the IV drip was finished, the doctor examined her again.
After confirming everything was correct, I instructed her, "Ms. Lin, your health is fine for now. Please come back for a follow-up examination in a while. In the meantime, pay attention to eating a light diet and keeping your emotions calm. Abdominal cramps can range from mild to severe. If it happens again, I may have to have surgery."
After explaining the precautions, the doctor led Lin Zhi through the discharge procedures.
After Lin Zhi finished picking up her medicine, she was about to leave when she saw Li Tingze leading Su Nianqing towards the VIP ward area around the corner. The two looked at each other from time to time, their eyes filled with undisguised love.
Lin Zhi froze, a dull pain shooting through her chest, and the medicine bag in her hand fell to the ground!
When he said he had urgent business to attend to, did he mean he was busy spending time with other women?
Driven by instinct, Lin Zhi followed.
She stood at the door of the ward, looking through the glass window at Li Tingze, who was usually cold and aloof towards her, now showing great care and consideration for Su Nianqing inside the ward.
It turns out he wasn't incapable of being gentle and considerate; it's just that the object of his affection wasn't her.
Indeed, Su Nianqing is Li Tingze's unrequited love, his white moonlight.
Back then, he spent a fortune decorating the venue, intending to propose to Su Nianqing, but Old Master Li arranged for her to make a surprise appearance, turning her into his proposal partner, which became known throughout the city.
From then on, he felt only disgust and hatred towards her.
It felt like my heart had been stabbed, leaving me utterly chilled.
Lin Zhi couldn't stand it anymore.
He turned to leave, but then he heard a conversation coming from inside the ward.
"Aze, I heard from your mother that Lin Zhi's health has improved. Fortunately, Dr. Han is returning to China at the end of this month after completing his advanced studies. Please arrange her and Nian Qing's liver transplant surgery as soon as possible."
"When Nianqing has recovered, you can keep your promise, divorce Lin Zhi, and marry Nianqing back to the Li family."
"..."
It was like a bolt from the blue.
Lin Zhi couldn't hear a single word that followed. Her body trembled uncontrollably as she bit her lower lip to suppress her grief and anger. All color drained from her face.
No wonder Li Tingze's mother would send her a nourishing soup to the new house every month and then watch her drink it herself!
No wonder Li Tingze, who didn't love her, still forced her to stay by his side.
It turns out that all of this was just to remove her liver and transplant it to Su Nianqing.
She always believed that he didn't love her, and that their marriage was only arranged by their elders. She thought that if she tried a little harder, she could warm his cold heart after marriage.
She hoped that feelings would develop over time, and that one day their relationship would be able to improve.
After all, the Li and Lin families were old friends, and they had known each other since childhood, for over a decade. She had loved him for over a decade.
It seems she was just being delusional and having too many fantasies.
A cold pain shot from her back straight to her brain, making her more awake than ever before.
She wants a divorce!
Life is so long, she shouldn't demean herself just for a man who doesn't love her!
She must leave him!