She didn't have the courage to take a step inside and stood at the door with tears in her eyes.

My heart suddenly felt like it was being pricked by needles.

The housekeeper, who was about forty years old, saw her hesitation and looked unhappy, so she asked, "Mrs. Ling, aren't you going in?"

Qiao Ruyi shook her head slightly, her chest feeling like it was clogged with sponge. It took a lot of effort to squeeze out a few words, "How long has she been here?"

"Miss Bai has been in a coma for three years."

"President Ling hired the best medical team in the world to help Miss Bai wake up sooner."

Three years...

In the past three years, Ling Che never mentioned this matter in front of her, and she felt at ease pretending not to know and did not ask any further questions.

But there are some things that you can’t avoid by pretending not to know and not asking questions.

The housekeeper added, "It was Miss Bai's birthday a few days ago, and President Ling came to visit her."

"Mr. Ling comes every year on Miss Bai's birthday."

"Although Miss Bai hasn't woken up yet, the room is full of all the gifts President Ling sent. She will definitely be very happy when she wakes up."

"..."

Qiao Ruyi could no longer hear the rest of the words.

She said nothing and turned and left.

If she hadn't come here today, she might not feel so bad.

She really wished she had never set foot in Ling Che's secret manor.

......

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the afterglow of the sun shines into the villa of Yujingwan through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

A silver-gray sports car was parked in the yard.

As soon as Ling Che entered the room, Aunt Zhang reminded him, "Master, the young mistress came back this afternoon and she seems to be in a bad mood."

Bad Mood?

Ling Che suddenly remembered that when she called him in the morning, there was no other emotion in her tone.

He went upstairs and found no one in the living room.

There was no one in the bedroom either.

Pushing open the door of the study, Qiao Ruyi was sitting at the desk with her back to him, her expression invisible.

"You're back so early today?"

Ling Che loosened the tie around his neck with one hand, walked in front of her, and looked down at her.

Qiao Ruyi lowered her head, her long hair falling down to cover her cheeks.

His eyes were fixed on his right hand.

Following her line of sight, Ling Che noticed that the necklace he had given her was lying in the palm of her right hand.

His eyes narrowed slightly, "What's wrong?"

"Purple is not my favorite color."

Qiao Ruyi raised her head and looked at Ling Che with cold eyes, "Is there someone else who likes purple?"

Ling Che's face darkened. "What do you mean?"

"Ling Gong, Miss Bai." Qiao Ruyi stood up and raised the necklace in front of him. "You are the real owner of this necklace, right?"

Ling Che's face was as cold as ice, his eyes tinged with chill, "You went to Ling Palace?"

"Can't I go?" Qiao Ruyi asked with red eyes.

Ling Che got angry and yanked the tie off his neck and threw it to the ground, "Who the hell told you to go?"

"If I don't go, how would I know that the Miss Bai you've been thinking about is lying there!"

Qiao Ruyi suddenly threw the necklace in her hand towards Ling Che's face, tears streaming down her face. "If you like her so much, why did you marry me? Why?!"

Why marry her!

Why has she been trapped for three years!

Why should she be like a thief who steals other people's happiness!

The necklace hit Ling Che's neck, leaving a red mark, and then fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.

Her eyes were red, "You can obviously break off the engagement, why did you keep me trapped for three years, Ling Che!"

"I trapped you?"

Ling Che's eyes were sinister as he grabbed Qiao Ruyi's wrist. "Didn't you work hard to get this position? If it weren't for you, would she be lying there half-dead? Qiao Ruyi, you got what you wanted, so what right do you have to complain?"

Tears rolled down her cheeks as Qiao Ruyi looked at him in disbelief. "I made her lie there? What did I do?"

Ling Che grabbed her wrist tightly, his eyes stern, "You know what you did!"

She even wants his life, so what right does she have to ask what he has done?

He exuded an oppressive coldness, and the force with which he pulled her wrist was so strong that her fair skin quickly turned red.

Qiao Ruyi felt heartache.

The pain comes in waves.

This is the man she has liked for three years.

What on earth did she like about him?

“Ling Che…”

Her eyes were red, tears streaming down her face like beads from a broken string. "Our engagement was arranged by you and my father. It's a business marriage, and I can't do anything about it. But if you hadn't wanted to marry me and wanted to break off the engagement, I wouldn't have said a word."

"But this marriage is yours, not mine!"

She didn't do anything, so how could she become the sinner?

Ling Che sneered, his eyes cold and expressionless, "What? Do you regret it now?"

"Have you ever liked me?" Qiao Ruyi met his cold gaze. "In these three years, have you ever liked me, even a little bit?"

She was actually still thinking self-deprecatingly that if Ling Che liked her, she could still pretend to take it for granted and sit in this position.

Ling Che's cold eyes fell on her face, his thin lips pressed into a line, and he said nothing.

Silence...she understood.

The phone in his pocket rang.

Again and again, eagerly.

Qiao Ruyi raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, struggled to break free from his hand, and turned her back to him.

Ling Che answered the phone and responded briefly.

Then he looked at Qiao Ruyi and said to her in a cold voice, "From now on, you are not allowed to go to Ling Palace without my permission."

After saying this, he raised his foot and prepared to leave.

"Ling Che, let's get a divorce."

Qiao Ruyi's voice was not loud, but firm.

Ling Che paused and looked back, a hint of danger in his cold eyes.

"What did you say?"

Without waiting for Qiao Ruyi to answer, he took two or three steps forward, turned Qiao Ruyi's body around, grabbed her jaw, and said through gritted teeth, "Say it again!"

With mist in her eyes, Qiao Ruyi could hardly see the outline of Ling Che's face.

Her eyes were filled with tears, which finally rolled down and hit Ling Che's palm.

"divorce."

She said calmly, "I will return this position of Mrs. Ling to you, Miss Bai."

"divorce?"

There was a bloodthirsty coldness in Ling Che's eyes, like an angry beast, and he stared at Qiao Ruyi's eyes.

He said word by word, "Qiao Ruyi, don't even think about it!"

Qiao Ruyi suddenly lowered her head and bit hard on the back of his hand.

It took all her strength.

She didn't let go until a faint taste of rust came into her mouth.

There was a row of bloody teeth marks on the back of Ling Che's fair hand, but he seemed to feel no pain at all and didn't even frown.

Qiao Ruyi suddenly pushed him away and yelled, "Is this fun, Ling Che? Is it fun to be entangled like this for three years?"

"Since we have no feelings for each other, can't we just part ways amicably?"

She burst into tears, picked up the manuscript on the desk and threw it at Ling Che like crazy.

"In the past three years, I've done enough for the Ling family and for you! I've been patient, generous, and indifferent. I'm tired of being Mrs. Ling!"

"Just let me go, and I'll do what you want, okay?"

"Ah?" She looked at the expressionless man in front of her with tearful eyes, "Divorce, okay?"

Blood flowed down the back of his hand. Ling Che clenched his fist tightly and slammed it on the desk.

"I told you not to even think about it!"

He took a step forward, grabbed Qiao Ruyi by the back of her neck and pulled her towards him.

He lowered his head and bit her lips fiercely, licking the sweet taste at the corner of her mouth with the tip of his tongue, his voice so low and hoarse that it chilled people.

"Qiao Ruyi, listen carefully."

"I will be entangled with you for the rest of my life, even until I die!"

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