Shen Yueru saw him approaching and glared at Lin Xi. "You're so slow in speaking that you made me worried and angry."
Shen Yize stared at the prominent slap mark on Lin Xi's face, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.
He turned his head to meet Shen Yueru's eager eyes and asked in a flat voice, "How's Grandpa?"
"The doctor said it's chronic cor pulmonale. He said he had some difficulty breathing when he went to sleep at night. He started gasping for breath at dawn, and his face turned blue. He's better now and out of danger. But it really scared me. Your second uncle's family is all here. Don't be stubborn, boy. When Grandpa wakes up, just go along with him. Don't work so hard only to ruin everything because of your stubborn temper."
After hearing this, Shen Yize walked towards the ward. When he left, he glanced at Lin Xi standing aside. "Go to the nurse and get some ice to apply. Don't go in and scare people."
Lin Xi stood stubbornly, unmoved. She pursed her lips slightly, and there was a coldness in her eyes that Shen Yize had never seen before.
"Yize, Grandpa's condition was very dangerous tonight, but you were nowhere to be found. Grandpa values you so much. Is this how you repay him?" Second Uncle Shen Weifeng came up and scolded him.
Shen Yize saw that Grandpa was sleeping soundly with oxygen and sneered. "Second Uncle, you stay here and guard him well. This is a great opportunity to show your filial piety. I won't compete with you."
After saying that, he walked out of the ward, and Shen Yueru angrily followed him out.
"Shen Yize, what are you thinking? It's such a critical time. How can you be so confused?" Shen Yueru growled in frustration.
"Do you still want the shares in Grandpa's hands? The shares he promised to transfer to you when you married Lin Xi were only half, not all of them. Don't forget that Grandpa still holds 15% of the shares. That's not a small amount. If your second uncle gets them, he can shake your position in the Shen family."
Shen Yueru got divorced when she was young and had been living in the old Shen family house with her daughter. She had always liked this nephew, and after Shen Yize's parents passed away, she treated him as her own son.
At this moment, however, Shen Yize was looking indifferently at the woman standing by the window at the end of the corridor.
"Auntie, Grandpa has cor pulmonale, not a problem with his mind. Don't worry. He's been shrewd all his life and has his own plans."
With that, he walked towards Lin Xi.
Shen Yueru knew that he was so stubborn that even ten bulls couldn't pull him back. She shook her head helplessly and turned around to go back to the ward.
"Let's go. Grandpa won't wake up for a while. Even if you want to show your filial piety, he won't see it."
Lin Xi slowly turned around. Staring at the mean - mouthed man, her eyes were cold. "Shen Yize, please sign the agreement. Find a time and we'll go through the formalities."
After saying this casually, she left directly.
Shen Yize looked at her stubborn back, took out a cigarette, and the slowly rising smoke made it impossible to see his expression at this moment.
...
At seven o'clock in the morning, Lin Xi was woken up again by a phone ring after just falling asleep for a short while.
She answered the phone in a daze. "Hello?"
"At this time, you're still sleeping. Doesn't Yize need to have breakfast or go to work?"
Hearing this voice, Lin Xi felt a headache, and she was also worried that something had happened to Grandpa.
"Auntie, how's Grandpa?"
"Grandpa needs to eat something light when he wakes up later. Ye Nan Villa is close to the hospital. I've already told Sister Liu. Send Grandpa breakfast as soon as possible."
It was still an uncompromising tone, which made Lin Xi take a deep breath. Considering that Grandpa was still in the hospital, Lin Xi gritted her teeth and endured it.
When she got home, Sister Liu was making breakfast in the kitchen, and on the living room sofa, Shen Yize was curled up.
Seeing her, Sister Liu hurried over. "Madam, Sir..."
The person on the sofa belatedly turned around to look at the person standing at the door.
"How do I take this medicine?"
Shen Yize's voice was cold, low, and had the weakness he only had when his stomach hurt.
Lin Xi's heart tightened. Every time he had a stomachache, he was stubborn and refused to take medicine, just huddled up and endured it. It was always she who took care of him and coaxed him to take the medicine.
It seemed that this time the pain was really severe. Otherwise, how could he take the initiative to look for medicine?
But at this moment, Lin Xi was so angry that she laughed. The medicine was right in front of him, but he didn't know how to take it.
"You take this medicine often. Don't you know how to take it? Shen Yize, you won't die from the pain. You're going to die from being stupid. Since you don't know, just take it however you like. Anyway, it won't kill you."
She had slept for less than three hours all night and got slapped for no reason, all because of this bastard. The more Lin Xi thought about it, the angrier she got.
She had really spoiled him over the years. He didn't even know how to take medicine!
"So you want me to die that much?"
"Shen Yize, you've had this stomachache for a long time. If it could kill you, you'd have been burned to ashes long ago."
The usually gentle and lovely woman was speaking with thorns in her words today.
Sister Liu felt uneasy and silently went back to the kitchen to pack the food. Madam had always been gentle. Why was she so hurtful today?
"Hiss." Shen Yize suppressed the pain in his stomach, paused for a while, and said coldly, "Sorry to disappoint you. For the time being, you can't get rid of me."
Looking at his pale face, although Lin Xi's words were still harsh, her voice softened a bit. "Take two pills from the yellow bottle and one from the white bottle. If you don't want to die of pain, take the medicine."
After watching him take the medicine, Lin Xi said in a flat tone, "Shen Yize, your body is your own responsibility from now on. I'm not your nanny."
Shen Yize sneered. "Are all the unemployed people so arrogant these days? Or do you wish I were dead so that you can inherit my estate?"
His demeaning words made Lin Xi's expression freeze for a moment. They pierced through her eardrums and reached her heart, stabbing her heart deeply or shallowly.
She had always known that she meant nothing to him, but she didn't expect that he would think of her as a parasite.
After a long silence, Lin Xi said calmly, "I may be useless, but I'm not that desperate to inherit your estate. It's boring to live like a widow waiting for money. I'd rather find a normal man and enjoy life."
Shen Yize snorted with contempt. "Hmm, it seems your professional course grades should be okay."
Lin Xi's originally sour mood turned into confusion at this moment.
"Professional course?"
After a few seconds of thinking, she remembered that her major was acting and suddenly understood.
This scumbag was saying that she was good at acting. First, he suspected that she made Grandpa pretend to be sick, and now he thought she was acting. Even the most confident men aren't as self - assured as him.
Lin Xi gritted her back teeth and ignored him. She picked up the food box prepared by Sister Liu and went to the hospital.
On the way, she cursed Shen Yize in her heart while scrolling through Weibo. She couldn't sleep in on a good morning. Even though they were getting divorced, he was still making trouble for her.
When she saw Chu Xin Yi's post on Weibo, Lin Xi's heart suddenly tightened.
Chu Xin Yi had posted a Weibo at dawn: Thank you for your company and protection year after year. I'm very happy!
The picture showed two hands holding their respective wine glasses, tilting them to touch each other, and there was also a heart - shaped Black Forest cake.
The netizens below were boiling, celebrating the sister's official relationship announcement.
The man's hand in the photo was Shen Yize's. That unique watch couldn't be on anyone else's wrist.
Celebrating his sweetheart's birthday in the middle of the night. This was really something only a favorite could do!
Drinking and eating cake in the middle of the night. No wonder he had a stomachache.
The momentary heartache she felt when she heard his voice just now made Lin Xi feel ridiculous. This man was willing to endure the pain for his sweetheart.
If she hadn't interrupted his good time, maybe they would have already become a couple.
There's no comparison without harm. What kind of life had she lived all these years? A woman's best years were wasted on waiting, waiting for him to come home, waiting for the day when he could accept her.
In five years, Shen Yize had never taken the initiative to celebrate her birthday. She had never won his heart, let alone his love.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi sent a WeChat message to Shen Yize: "Mr. Shen, please find some time tomorrow. Let's go and get the divorce certificate."