152 You Are My Wife (2/2)

Mrs. Mo consoled her. ”It's okay, you can get treated for them. Did your mother-in-law hit you?”

”Umm.” Mo Li released her hands and rubbed her eyes, smiling at her mother. ”I'm fine. It'll be gone after I give it a rub.”

”How dare she hit you, she's really gone overboard!” Mrs. Mo's heart ached for her daughter, yet she could not do anything. ”When your husband comes back, tell him about it. If he stands up for you, your mother-in-law wouldn't dare to hit you anymore in the future.”

Mo Li pressed her lips together as she replied, ”So what if I do, it'll only let my mother-in-law think I'm asking for a fight. Mother, if I were not still so young and if not for you, I might have been dead long ago.”

Mrs. Mo gently held onto her face, her heart torn with grief. ”Li Li, as long as you're alive, there is always hope. You'll have nothing if you die.”

At this moment, Byron returned. Mrs. Mo turned and left the room.

Looking at her face, Byron went forward and asked her, ”Did Mother do this?”

Mo Li took the ice cubes from the maid and applied it on the mark on her face. ”It's fine.”

”I'm sorry, honey.” He sat on the bed. ”Lie down and apply it.”

Mo Li nodded, taking off her slippers and lying down. Seeing how he pulled the covers for her, she said frankly, ”The doctor told you everything, right?”

”Umm.”

She looked up at him. ”I didn't have an abortion done before, I really didn't.”

Byron looked into her eyes. ”I believe you.”

The three words went right into Mo Li's heart and her eyes brightened as she gazed at him. ”Byron, you're too nice to me.”

”You're my wife.” He got up and took the hard-boiled egg from the maid before laying down beside her. ”There's nothing wrong with being ill. It's not some incurable disease anyway, you'll get better. I'm not in a rush to have children.”

Mo Li held her face, her heart feeling especially warmed by his words.

Not long after Byron lay down on the bed, he got up and left again as something cropped up. After he had just left, Mo Li received a call from Byron's ex-wife, Annie, which surprised her.

Half an hour later, Mo Li appeared at a teahouse not far away from her home, wearing sunglasses and a face mask.

She was the only one seated in the private room. Seeing that Mo Li had arrived, Annie casually shouted, ”Mo Li, have a seat.”

Mo Li sat right opposite her, her eyes fixed on her. ”Why did you ask me out?”

”What's the hurry, I just wanted to give you a reminder. You don't have to overthink about whether I'll harm you. I have better things to do than that. I just felt uncomfortable about something, so I wanted to talk to you about it.” She reached out to pour some tea.

”I don't think I have anything to talk to you about, and I don't need you to remind me of anything either.”

Annie gave a forceful laugh with her lips pressed together. ”Hey, brat, although you're an unwanted good that's not worthy of Byron in any way, I still think you should listen to advice from your husband's ex-wife. After all, I don't have any intention of remarrying him, and I will never use this to sow discord. Furthermore, I've lived with him for a pretty long time.”

Mo Li softened her tone considerably. ”Just tell me what you want to say then, I'm listening.”

”How did Byron tell you the reason for our divorce?”

”He didn't really say much about it. He only mentioned it briefly, I didn't really probe into it.”

Annie crossed her leg. ”Did he say that I initiated the divorce because I couldn't stand the strict customs and etiquette that had to be adhered to?”

”Wasn't it?”

”Let me tell you this, Byron and I fell in love and got married. We'd been married for six years and always had a good relationship. I didn't really want to have children, but I was still willing to bear children for him in the end. Why would I get a divorce just because of customs? It was because he completely shattered my image of him, so we divorced. Young lady, the position as the Princess Consort is not such an easy one. I see that you haven't removed your sunglasses and face mask since you came in, did you get slapped?” She seemed like she had seen through everything, even the way she said it made it seem like nothing.