I thought she had a change of heart.

But in the next moment.

Su Li forcefully shook off my hand, her sharp nails scraping across my face, and blood flowed instantly.

She glared at me.

“Lu Xiao, no matter what, he is not as despicable as you!”

“And you don’t need to threaten me. The end of our relationship can only be decided by me!”

I ignored the wound on my face and stepped forward to block her again.

No matter how willful she usually was, no matter how much she hated me, I could endure it.

But today, she cannot go with Gu Jiang.

This should be the last time we are together.

I asked her in a voice that was almost pleading,

“Have you forgotten what day it is today?”

“I can tolerate anything you do usually, but can you come home with me today!”

Su Li turned her back to me and pondered for a long time.

“I haven’t forgotten, but I won’t go back to spend it with you!”

“Because I find every day spent with you disgusting!”

She forcefully shook me off and turned to leave with Gu Jiang.

I stumbled and crashed into a nearby table, the pain making it hard for me to stand up straight.

A wave of intense pain hit me, combined with an allergic reaction to alcohol, and my head began to throb violently.

Suddenly, a wave of dizziness washed over me, and I fell to the ground; this was the fifth time I had fallen this month.

I didn’t know how many more times I would face such situations in the days to come, but I still hoped she would turn back and look at me.

Hearing me fall to the ground and make a pained sound, Su Li only paused for a few seconds.

“Even if you kneel down and beg me, I won’t go back with you!”

“Your actions have no effect on me; they only make me look down on you even more!”

She walked away without looking back, taking all my hopes with her.

My heart ached in waves, the pain gripping me, making it hard to stand.

My stomach burned uncomfortably, churning violently, and I hugged the trash can to vomit everything out.

Just as I finished throwing up, Zhao Heng walked in and saw my disheveled state.

He immediately came over to help me up, and when he saw the sweat on my forehead, he panicked.

“Mr. Lu, what happened to you?”

To avoid being discovered by Zhao Heng, I forced myself to stand up straight.

“I’m fine, my stomach was just uncomfortable. Don’t tell anyone.”

Zhao Heng was about to take me home when I glanced at the time.

“Go cancel the reservation at the restaurant for tonight.”

Zhao Heng hesitated, seeing how unwell I looked.

“But this was arranged a month ago.”

“Do as I say.”

Zhao Heng supported me outside, and the fresh air helped ease my headache a little.

“Investigate Gu Jiang’s background thoroughly, and look into everyone who gets close to Su Zong.”

Many people had appeared around Su Li, but my intuition told me that Gu Jiang was definitely not ordinary.

Very few people could be as obedient as he was, even daring to provoke our relationship to our faces.

Zhao Heng had been with me for so many years; he understood my intentions.

“Mr. Lu, you’ve done so much, yet Su Zong still doesn’t know. Why not just tell her directly?”

“And I’ve noticed your health hasn’t been right lately. Shouldn’t you get checked out?”

I released Zhao Heng’s hand. “The reason I’ve kept you around is because of your loyalty.”

“That doesn’t mean you can teach me how to do things.”

Zhao Heng immediately stood up straight. “Okay, I’ll take care of it right away. Should I take you home first?”

“No need, I have other matters to attend to.”

The IV drip I hadn’t had time to hang in the emergency room was still there, and with the allergy, I had to return to the hospital again.

When I returned to the hospital, I unexpectedly encountered Su Li and Gu Jiang again.

Seeing me, the doctor anxiously asked,

“Where have you been? Don’t you know your condition is critical? How can you just run around?”

The doctor smelled the alcohol on me and frowned as he scolded me.

“I just told you the precautions, and you didn’t listen at all. If something happens and we can’t save you, your family will blame us for our lack of skill.”

He shook his head, frustrated, and dragged me back into the emergency room.

“If you don’t think about yourself, at least think about your family.”

Family? What family do I have left? Perhaps family is no longer family.

Who would care about my life or death?

I couldn’t help but joke, “Don’t worry, doctor, they definitely won’t be concerned about me.”

“Well, you still need to cooperate with the treatment. Maybe you can spend more time with them…”

I forced a bitter smile and lay on the bed.

They probably all hoped I would die sooner to repay Chen Nuo’s life.

After the doctor rambled on, “You’ll get an IV first, and I’ll check your scans later.”

The bright light from the adjacent bed was blinding, so I asked the doctor to draw the curtains around my bed.

Lying alone on the bed receiving the IV, I closed my eyes and fell into deep thought.

Perhaps my sins were too heavy, which is why I contracted this life-threatening illness.

The persistent headache made my memory worse, leaving me in a daze.

The emergency room was busy, filled with patients brought in urgently at night.

Various sounds filled the air: the cold beeping of machines, the busy voices of doctors, and the sounds of sorrowful crying.

All of this filled my heart with fear.

But the heart-wrenching cries outside made me envious.

Because I thought if I died, probably no one would cry for me.

I quietly closed my eyes, feeling death drawing near, when suddenly a familiar voice rang in my ears.

“You two can receive IVs in this bed; just ring the bell for a change of medication.”

“Okay, doctor.”

I suddenly opened my eyes.

It was Su Li and Gu Jiang.

They were in the bed next to mine.

After the doctor hung Gu Jiang’s IV and checked his name, he left.

The two were silent for a moment, then Gu Jiang turned to Su Li and said,

“Ah Li, are you really not going back to accompany Mr. Lu? I’m afraid he might misunderstand.”

Su Li answered without any hesitation, “I won’t go back.”

“How he thinks is his business; it has nothing to do with me, and I don’t care.”

“But you are still married; I don’t want to cause any misunderstandings because of me.”

Su Li suddenly let out a light laugh. “What marriage? I could never love him.”

“Doesn’t he want to have me? Then I’ll just fulfill his wish.”

If I remembered correctly, she had never spoken about our marriage like this in public.

Because even though we had been in a cold war for so long, she would still put on a facade outside.

But now she revealed her true feelings to Gu Jiang, and at that moment, it felt like a knife had stabbed straight into my chest.

And at that moment, I finally understood.

My hidden love had indeed received a response, but it had also pulled me into darkness.

I had gained a heart that did not belong to me.

Gu Jiang suddenly asked tentatively,

“Then why don’t you get a divorce? It would make you suffer less.”

Faced with Gu Jiang’s question, Su Li fell silent.

After a long while, she finally spoke again.

“I won’t divorce him unless he dies.”

Her words felt like an invisible sword that stabbed me again, twisting as it went.

The heart-wrenching pain made my head throb.

I forced myself to endure the discomfort, tightly gripping the quilt beside me through the curtain.

So this was how she chose to take revenge on me.