Don't meet me in your next life.

He turned around, walked back to the sofa, picked up his coat and put it on. "I understand, let's go."

After saying that, he walked out without looking back.

Shen Che got into the car and started the engine.

The carriage was eerily quiet throughout the journey.

Shen Che's hands gripping the steering wheel were bulging with veins, revealing his inner anxiety and unease.

"Where do you want to go?" Shen Che suddenly broke the silence.

Xiang Yi looked out the window. "To the hospital."

He glanced at her sideways, then continued driving.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Shen Che parked the car and helped her out.

Xiang Yi didn't know what he was going to do, so she could only obediently follow behind him.

Shen Che stopped in the hospital corridor.

He turned to look at Xiang Yiyi, "Let's go get a checkup first."

"A check-up?" Xiang Yi looked at him, puzzled. "You injured your head, shouldn't you go to the hospital for a check-up?"

"No!" Shen Che's attitude was firm. "I need you to confirm whether the child in your belly is mine."

Xiang Yi was taken aback.

He actually suspected that the child in her belly wasn't his?

Ah.

Shen Che, you are a ridiculous man!

What makes you think that the child I'm carrying is yours?

Shen Che, let me tell you, the child in my belly is not yours at all.

"I don't believe it!" Xiang Yi's expression changed drastically. "What makes you think you can say such a thing?"

Do you need evidence?

Shen Che stretched out his right arm, grabbed her shoulder, and pinned her against the wall.

Xiang Yi was forced to look up at him.

"Didn't you say the baby in your belly isn't mine? Then let me feel it and get a DNA test!"

"no!"

Without a second thought, Xiang Yi refused outright.

She didn't want him to touch her body because he was a complete bastard.

Her reaction was exactly what Shen Che had expected.

A hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Are you so scared because you feel guilty? Or..." He paused, his gaze turning sinister, "...do you have a relationship with Shen Moli?"

Xiang Yi's eyes widened, and a surge of grievance welled up in her heart.

"What did you say?!" A flash of anger crossed Shen Che's face.

She actually thought he was unfit to be the child's father!

Shen Che grabbed her slender arm. "I won't allow you to talk like that!"

"I'm going to say it anyway! Let me go!"

Xiang Yi struggled with all her might.

A hint of ferocity flashed in Shen Che's eyes as he tightened his grip on her.

Xiang Yi felt as if her arm was about to break, and gasped in pain.

“Let me go!” she screamed.

However, Shen Che did not let go of her.

His gaze was piercing, fixed intently on her eyes, as if trying to see right through her.

His gaze was so dangerous, as if he could tear her apart at any moment.

"Shen Moli doesn't love you, but I do! Why won't you be with me? What is it about me that Shen Moli can't do?!" Shen Che's voice was like a venomous snake, coiling around her ear.

Xiang Yi felt a buzzing in one ear.

Boom!

It felt like a bomb had suddenly exploded in Shen Che's mind.

Xiang Yi's words were like a thunderbolt, leaving him paralyzed.

His expression froze, his lips trembling. "What...what did you just say?"

"I said, I wouldn't stoop to sleeping with you! Shen Che, I hate you!"

Xiang Yiyi's words entered Shen Che's ears clearly, leaving him completely stunned.

His gaze fell on her swollen lips, and a sharp pain rose in his heart.

"Why, why did this happen!" Shen Che's Adam's apple bobbed laboredly, his voice hoarse and dull.

He shook his head in disbelief, muttering to himself as if in a daze, "No! You're lying! I don't believe it! How could you be with Shen Moli? He would never touch you! Yi Yi, you must have been forced, right? You must have been framed, right?"

Shen Che's words were undoubtedly a blow to Xiang Yi.

So that's why he questioned the child in her womb.

She naively believed that he would at least believe that the child in her belly was Shen Moli's.

"What makes you so sure the child in my belly isn't yours?!" Xiang Yi bit her lip and roared angrily, "Because I don't love you, so you think the child in my belly won't be yours either! Shen Che, let me tell you, you don't deserve to be the child's father!"

"You're lying!" Shen Che suddenly shouted frantically.

He grabbed Xiang Yiyi, dragged her into the ward, threw her onto the bed, and quickly pressed his tall, imposing body against her.

"What did you say? I'm not fit to be the child's father? What right do you have?"

"You're not fit to be the child's father?"

Shen Che narrowed his eyes. "Should I ask you this: if there weren't the marriage agreement between us from the Shen family, would you still have fallen in love with me? If I didn't have the surname Shen, would you still have married me?"

His aggressive tone left Xiang Yi with nowhere to escape.

She felt short of breath, her chest felt bloated, and a burning anger was raging within her.

"Let go!"

She used all her strength to try to push him away.

“No.”

Shen Che pressed himself close to her, his voice low and hoarse, "Yi Yi, I love you."

Xiang Yi's heart clenched, as if she had been stabbed hard by something, and the pain made her feel like she was suffocating.

Her eyes were red-rimmed, and she stubbornly pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress her emotions.

Looking at her, Shen Che felt a pang of regret.

He didn't know why he said those words today, but at that moment, all he wanted was to keep the woman in front of him.

She grew thinner and thinner, her face turned pale, and even her lips lost their color, making her appear increasingly delicate.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, like butterfly wings, making her look pitiful.

He couldn't bear to hurt her.

So he softened his tone, "Yi Yi, I know I'm a jerk, but I was forced into this. I truly love you!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yi found it amusing.

"You loved me, so you gave me away to someone else, and then came back to me?"

Shen Che was taken aback. "I didn't! Yi Yi, you know I love you, why don't you believe me?"

Xiang Yi gave a bitter smile.

Love? Ha, what an ironic word.

"Shen Che, do you think that our families are a perfect match, and that we're the best choice for you?" Xiang Yi sneered. "Let me tell you, Shen Che, you're wrong! I don't love you at all, you know that? The only person I'll ever love is Shen Moli. What are you to me?!"

Hearing her righteous and stern words, Shen Che's anger surged. He pinched her chin with his fingers. "What am I? In your heart, am I just someone untrustworthy?!"

"Yes! That's right!" Xiang Yi sneered, meeting his gaze without fear. "So, Shen Che, get out of my way!"

She desperately pushed against his chest, but he didn't budge.

Shen Che's gaze gradually turned deep and cold.

"Yi Yi, I hate your cold and stubborn attitude the most." Shen Che's voice was sinister, carrying a strong warning.

"Ha!" Xiang Yi smiled mockingly.