Holding the case report form, Shu Shu stood at the door of the emergency room blankly. Her eyes were glazed and her hands hung powerlessly at her sides.
Mom, as long as I'm fine, I don't want to lose you. Mom, don't leave me behind.
The entire Ling family was in an uproar. When Ling Wang saw the report, he couldn't believe it. However, Hu Xin didn't want to hold back anymore and kept scolding him.
"Eldest Young Master is back!"
With a dark expression, Ling Qiao rushed into the house. Hu Xin stepped forward and said, "Ling Qiao, hurry and call that illegitimate daughter over to the Civil Affairs Bureau for a divorce."
Ling Qiao didn't reply, only giving a white glance at Hu Xin. He walked up to his grandmother, looked at her, and solemnly said, "Grandmother, don't worry. The reporters are always randomly reporting about me, how could Shu Shu be that kind of person? Deceiving marriage... "Those reporters really know how to make things up. I didn't see much desire in her when she was getting married. It's more or less enough that she could escape from marriage, so why would she cheat on a marriage?"
Ling Wang's beautiful heart felt a lot more confident, "Right, why would such a good child lie to us? Our Ling family also won't be cheated that easily, right?"
"Mom, why haven't you given up yet? "I've long said that this Liu Shu doesn't look like a lady from a noble family. None of you listened to me, but it's good now. Everyone in our family has been deceived by this little swindler!"
"Alright, it's not messy enough. Say less!" Ling Zhiwei reprimanded her.
"Zhiwei, why are you talking about me too? You all just didn't want to listen to me. When I first saw her, I already felt that something was wrong! Ling Qiao, you've lived with her for so long, why haven't you noticed? Why are you so silly, my foolish son! "
Ling Qiao had been suppressing it all along, and upon hearing Hu Xin's endless rambling, he got angry, "Mom, my wife is mine, and I know very well whether she's a person or a ghost. We're still family, so if something happens, why don't you just keep criticizing and making fun of us?"
Hu Xin felt wronged. Back then, Ling Qiao had been unwilling to marry his, but for some reason, he was slowly drawn to Shu Shu's side, causing his to stand on Shu Shu's side. She was truly angry.
"Alright, alright, alright. If I don't say, I'll shut up and let them cause trouble …"
The butler kept on calling Shu Shu, but no one listened for a long time. In the end, he switched off his phone and said, "Madam, Young Mistress's phone has always been unanswered. Should we send someone to look for it?"
Ling Qiao said, "There's no need, it's not a big deal. It's all written in nonsense, so why are we in such a mess? She's still at work at this time, and the television station is well-informed. She's probably trapped here. I'll go pick her up!"
When they arrived at the television station, the entrance was completely surrounded by reporters. Forget about the car, even a kitten would find it hard to get in safely.
"Hello, Jia Qian, are you still at the television station?"
"Yeah, I can't get out of here."
"Is Shu Shu here?"
"My aunt said that she left as soon as she saw the news in the afternoon. She was afraid that she would be surrounded by television stations."
"Gone?"
"Right."
"Whose reporter is making this up?"
"It's the magazine's entertainment. But Ling Qiao, the information I received was that the content of the news was all true …"
"Bullshit!"
"…"
Ling Qiao hung up the phone and threw it to the side.
The first thing she thought of was Chun Shuyuan, which was their home. Other than going home, there was nowhere she could go. However, when she returned home, there was no one there. Shu Shu hadn't come back at all.
"Don't call me Liu Shu, my surname is not Liu!"
He used to say this when they were arguing, and now that he thought about it, Ling Qiao felt a surge of uneasiness, a sense of panic that he had never felt before. He swung his fist at the wall.
He rummaged through the boxes and found the marriage certificate that had been pressed against the bottom of the box. The day he had registered, they had signed separately, and when Liu Ziye had asked him to sign the marriage certificate, he had impatiently signed it. The picture on the marriage certificate was also synthesized afterwards. It was very realistic. He didn't notice from the start that the bride's name was Liu Shu or Shu Shu.
The marriage certificate didn't go through his hands. He only remembered Deng Zijun whispering in his ear, "CEO, I put your marriage certificate in the safe."
After rummaging for a while, he frantically searched for the safe. Every time he pressed a number, his hand would shake.
She said she wanted her own private space, and even if she got married, she didn't want to change her old life. At first he cared so much about her that she could do whatever she wanted, but then he started to care about her, and the more he cared about her, the more he trusted her, and he had to work all weekend, so he didn't have time to spend with her.
Ling Qiao believed that he could control everything, and there was only a one word difference between confidence and conceit. He never doubted her. Since he was a husband and wife, what was the need to doubt her?!
Ling Qiao's hand trembled slightly as he held the certificate. The two words written on it were exactly the same — Shu Shu, his wife. The wife who had lived for half a year was actually not surnamed Liu.
It was like being ruthlessly hit with a stick, a blow to the head! Was this his carelessness or her brilliance?!
Ling Qiao threw away his marriage certificate, ran out like a madman, and drove straight to the Liu family.
"Liu Ziye, Liu Ziye, come out here!"
His angry roar drowned out the sounds coming from the piano. Liu Yao turned her head to look at him, not daring to make a sound.
Zhang Lin had also seen the news. She had been on the phone the entire afternoon. Some were relatives, some were friends, some were the media. Seeing Ling Qiao walk over aggressively, she immediately went up to him and smiled as if nothing had happened. "Ling Qiao, your father hasn't come back yet, so why don't you find him for a drink?"
Ling Qiao didn't want to get angry at the woman, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Where's Shu Shu?" Did she come? "
"No, Shu..." "Didn't you go home?" Zhang Lin had an ugly expression on her face. She couldn't even disguise herself after what had just happened.
Ling Qiao was both angry and anxious, "Do you know where she is?"
Zhang Lin shook her head. "I don't know."
Liu Yao, on the other hand, softly said, "Elder sister might be at her own home."
"Yaoyao, child, don't talk nonsense!"
Ling Qiao walked to Liu Yao's side, lowering his head and asking, "Where is her home?"
Liu Yao looked at her mother who was shaking her head furiously, then looked at her brother-in-law who had an overbearing aura. She timidly said, "I only know where Big Sis lives. I only heard that it's in Phoenix District."
Phoenix District? Ling Qiao was startled. At that time, how did Shu Shu say it was a house that she had rented when she ran away from home? Ah, he really was an idiot, as dull as a pig.
He clearly remembered that the first time she sent two girls home, Shu Shu got off the car at Phoenix District. The second time he sent her home, she even sent her to her house downstairs. He was so close to the truth, but he was so conceited that she thought he knew everything about her.
Knowing how many houses her house was in and knowing that it was on the top floor, he knocked on a random door. The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man.
"Oh, Shu Shu, her mother's uremia has returned. She just called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital! "Ai, this mother and daughter pair are both miserable people …"
From the company to the Ling family, from the Ling family to the Liu family, from the Liu family to the phoenix district, from the phoenix district to the hospital, Ling Qiao became more and more anxious and worried, each time more and more worried. He was very sure that his heart was completely tied to Shu Shu.
He saw Shu Shu at the entrance of the hospital's operation room. That petite body fearlessly stood in front of the door of the operation room, staring at the light above. Ling Qiao suddenly lost his previous impulsiveness, as her mother was rescuing his.
"Shu Shu …" He softly called out to her, suppressing all the anger and doubt in his heart. He still felt sorry for her. He believed that she had her own difficulties and didn't want to bother about anything. They were husband and wife after all.
ShuShu silently turned her head. Seeing Ling Qiao, she was simply at a loss for words. "Ling Qiao, I don't want to say anything right now. My mom is saving me. I beg you, don't ask me anything, okay?"
Ling Qiao could not bear to continue asking. No matter how anxious he was, he suppressed it.
At this moment, his phone rang. Ling Qiao silently retreated a step and picked it up.
"Why?" The call was from Tang and Qing. He subconsciously didn't want to call her by name.
"Joe, where are you? My feet are hurting. Can you come and see me? "
Ling Qiao glanced back at Shu Shu, but still remained silent. "Alright, I'll be there right away." Since it was near, it didn't matter if he went.
She had dismissed her family and didn't allow them to come over to take care of her. She wanted to be alone in the hospital, and she knew Ling Qiao too well. The worse her life was, the more he couldn't let her go.
Ling Qiao's mood was downcast, and his complexion was very bad. However, when he saw Tang Beiqing's calm and gentle smiling face, his anxious heart slowly calmed down.
"Qiao …" She called out to him softly, sweat trickling down her forehead from the pain in her foot.
"Don't move." He took the towel from the bedside table and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Tang Thirty-Six faintly smiled. "Qiao, you're really nice to me."
Ling Qiao then slowly lowered his hand, giving the towel to her. While he politely distanced himself from her, he could not allow himself to sink into chaos again.
"I've seen the news and I know about your family's affairs. Joe, what are you going to do?"
He himself did not know what to do.
"Joe, I don't think Shu Shu is that kind of person. I've seen her before, and my intuition tells me that she wouldn't be the kind of person who would use tricks to deceive you."
"Is that so …" Ling Qiao smiled in agreement. "I don't think so too."
"Don't worry, she must have her own difficulties. Ask her carefully, don't quarrel, it hurts your feelings."
"Yeah, I know." What he had heard and what he saw proved that Shu Shu had deceived him, deceived the Ling Family. But it was Tang and Qing, who had comforted and encouraged her, and she had a better understanding of this.
"Qiao, I'm a bit hungry. I'm really not used to eating hospital food. Suddenly, I feel like I'm eating dry shellfish porridge with an art grid. However, this place is too far away from the art grid."
It was rare to find a bosom friend, so Ling Qiao was naturally very willing to do it for her. "Alright, I'll go buy one. Wait a moment, you won't need too much time to drive."
Tang Daqing smiled, her heart as clear as the moon. "Mm, thank you."
The operation lasted more than two hours. The street lamps lit up the outside, and the dark sky shrouded the land like a huge curtain.
The weather forecast was very accurate. It was snowing heavily.