Chapter 108: You’ll Scare the Little Children (2/2)

But right now, she couldn’t and wouldn’t dare to.

A patient suffering from emotional detachment who had never developed feelings for anyone even at this age, who had just met someone whom he didn’t detest… Cheng Xi felt that Lu Chenzhou’s feelings were very likely just a temporary flood of emotions.

Shen Wei didn’t know what was going through her mind, and was even under the impression that Cheng Xi was opening up to that possibility. She couldn’t help but chuckle as she said, “Yes, you definitely will in the future.”

Playing cards had been surprisingly taxing on the brain, and both of them were mentally exhausted. After exchanging a few more words, they went to clean themselves up before going to bed.

Cheng Xi thought that Shen Wei would sleep more soundly that night, and didn’t make her take any medicine to calm her emotions. What she didn’t expect was that, in the middle of the night, Shen Wei suddenly told her, “Cheng Xi, I’m going back tomorrow.”

The shock instantly cleared her mind as Cheng Xi turned to face Shen Wei.

Shen Wei had been sleeping by her side, but her eyes were currently wide open. Cheng Xi couldn’t tell if she had just woken up or if she had never fallen asleep in the first place.

She inspected Shen Wei for a brief moment. “What’s the matter?”

“I can’t avoid this situation forever.” She laughed emotionlessly as she continued, “I want to deal with this matter as quickly as I can. If it drags on……” She then lightly caressed her stomach as her eyes drooped. “It would be bad for the child, and for me too. I’ve wasted enough of my time on a piece of garbage.”

Her words were logical, and even though Cheng Xi knew that her mental condition might not have fully recovered, Cheng Xi couldn’t forcibly keep her here. “Then get a daily check-up at the hospital, or at least call me daily, alright?”

Shen Wei smiled back. “You’re this worried about me?”

“Yes.”

Shen Wei smiled and obediently nodded.

Shen Wei’s brothers and parents all came to fetch her the next morning. Cheng Xi told each of them about the doctor’s instructions; she’d originally thought that, after Shen Wei’s nervous breakdown earlier, the Fu family would be scared of her and would accept a divorce, even if the pregnancy made things a little complicated.

But Fu Mingyi was actually unwilling to accept a divorce.

Not only was he unwilling, but he even called Cheng Xi in his desperation. “Can you help me change Shen Wei’s mind? She’s the one I truly love, and ever since I married her, I’ve never wanted a divorce.”

Cheng Xi couldn’t even think of a proper response.

Truth be told, Cheng Xi really wanted to look him in the face and say, “I’ve never seen a more shameless person!” But as a professional, she had to maintain a certain level of propriety, so she couldn’t reply so bluntly. Instead, she asked, “Then, why did you have an affair?”

“That was all before the marriage…”

“Before the marriage… so, while you and Shen Wei were dating?”

Fu Mingyi then used the all-purpose phrase that every man used to push the blame away after sinning. “She was the one who seduced me!”

“She was the one who seduced me!” and “I was framed!”

To Cheng Xi, these words were even more loathsome and detestful than “I made a mistake that all men make.” Without a second thought, she immediately responded, “Just because she seduced you, you fell for it? Are you a fish? Even fish know how to spit out bait after they realize their mistake! As for you, not only did you just bite down even more, but you even got the other party pregnant! Fu Mingyi, you-”

Considering that he was still married to Shen Wei, Cheng Xi felt that it wasn’t quite appropriate to call him “worse than livestock,” and tried very hard to restrain herself.

“The most important things in life are work and love. In both these cases, people have to learn to master their own emotions in order to avoid hurting important people and making mistakes. There are two ground rules: they can’t take money obtained through illicit means, and they can’t take emotions that shouldn’t have been offered to them. And since you took those illicit emotions, then you should deal with the resulting consequences. Rather than tormenting yourself with your tattered relationship, just break off ties with Shen Wei instead.

“Shen Wei isn’t a weakling. The reason she was so mad that she went insane was not because she loved you that deeply, but rather that she hated herself. So you’d better not come pining after her, or something that we can’t even imagine might happen.”

As harsh as it sounded, Cheng Xi was giving Fu Mingyi her earnest advice. When Shen Wei left, she had seemed calm, but the emotions that were boiling right beneath the surface…… Cheng Xi was honestly scared of them.

Unfortunately, Fu Mingyi didn’t listen, and his fate was tragic.

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