Reborn Heiress: Seeking Revenge-Chapter 451 Li Wanying and Lin Mengjie 1(4)_1
"What is the meaning of this?" Lin Mengjie asked quietly, waves of pain shooting through her stomach. Her face still bore a gentle smile, but her eyes were cold as ice.
"Mengjie, can’t you see my heart?" Shangguan Hao stepped forward, reaching for Lin Mengjie’s hand.
SLAP! The sound echoed, exceptionally loud in the room. Lin Mengjie stumbled back several paces and then delivered a fierce slap.
"Mengjie, hit me, curse me. Let out all the anger in your heart—it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have been in the study; I shouldn’t have hurt you," Shangguan Hao said, a smile on his face. He took the slap without flinching, still smiling pleadingly as he explained.
"Hao, you obviously love me! Why are you so afraid of her? Is it because she has something on you? Tell me! You weren’t saying this just now. You clearly said you would divorce her. How can you treat me like this now?" Li Wanying cried, rising from the bed. She was wearing Shangguan Hao’s oversized shirt and knelt before Lin Mengjie.
"Mengjie, Hao and I truly love each other. Please, fulfill our wish, I beg you!" Li Wanying pleaded, tears streaming down her face like pear blossoms in the rain. She knelt quietly before Lin Mengjie, ignoring the onlookers’ whispers and curses, begging piteously.
"Li Wanying, you despicable creature! Get out of here! Get out!" Shangguan Hao roared, his eyes red with fury.
"Hao, why are you so afraid of her? Is it because of her family connections? The Lin Family may present themselves as merchants, but they’re secretly involved in the mafia’s dealings—arms, drugs, their influence even covers all of Beijing! By marrying her, aren’t you afraid of being reported? Collusion between officials and the mafia—are you willing to throw away your position? Your entire future?"
"She may have something on you, but if you just separate from her, divorce her, then it’s as if none of this ever happened! You’d still be on track to become the youngest officer. And now that everyone knows, Hao, you don’t have to be controlled by her anymore!"
As Li Wanying cried bitterly, she deliberately exposed Lin Mengjie’s identity, making sure everyone knew Lin Mengjie was the precious young lady of the Lin Family. No one knew about the Lin Family’s underworld dealings. Now that she had revealed it, the Shangguan Family, to preserve their current status, would surely forsake Lin Mengjie and choose her instead.
Moreover, she wanted everyone to understand that the one Shangguan Hao truly loved was her. The only reason he pampered Lin Mengjie was out of fear that Lin Mengjie would ruin the entire Shangguan Family. That was why he doted on her.
Li Wanying’s words once again made the Shangguan father and son turn pale. Lin Mengjie is Lin Wenbo’s daughter? Shangguan Zhi staggered back a few steps, as if devastated by the news. The Shangguan Family is completely ruined this time!
"I don’t care what her identity is or who she is! She is simply my Jiejie, the only wife I, Shangguan Hao, acknowledge!" Shangguan Hao declared, ignoring the agitated crowd and gazing silently at Lin Mengjie.
"Li Wanying, I truly underestimated you," Lin Mengjie said, having listened quietly without arguing or causing a scene. Her cold gaze was fixed on Li Wanying as she spoke, her voice devoid of emotion. That barely perceptible fragrance in the air made her stomach throb with waves of pain once more.
"Lin Mengjie, I beg you, spare the Shangguan Family! Spare Hao!" Li Wanying continued to plead.
Lin Mengjie echoed, a hollow laugh escaping her, "Spare them? Spare them..." As she spoke, she coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed backward.
"Jiejie!" Shangguan Hao cried out, catching the unconscious Lin Mengjie, his face contorted in agony. Holding her limp body, he began to weep softly. Men do not shed tears lightly, only when their hearts are truly broken. Seeing Lin Mengjie’s utter despair, and recalling the ice-cold gaze she had fixed upon him, Shangguan Hao’s heart twisted with a pain even greater than hers; his suffering was more profound.
"Quick, get her to the hospital! Mengjie is hemorrhaging! The baby is coming!" Liu Ruoling cried out, her entire body trembling in fright as she saw the blood pooling ceaselessly beneath Lin Mengjie.
"Oh, what sins has our Shangguan Family committed to deserve this? Such misfortune, such misfortune for our house!" Old Madam Shangguan wailed as she watched them leave. "What in the world is happening?"
"Wanying, you stay here for now. We’ll discuss everything after the child is born. I promise I won’t let you be wronged," Old Madam Shangguan said, helping Li Wanying up from the floor. She arranged a guest room for her, then hurried to the hospital. Soon after Old Madam Shangguan departed, the mysterious figure reappeared in Li Wanying’s room. "You did very well. Next, it’s the Li Family’s turn to make their move. Remember, whether that child lives or dies, it must remain with the Shangguan Family."
「At the same time」
The Lin Family also received the news. The Lin father and son rushed to the hospital. Seeing Lin Mengjie covered in blood as she was carried into the emergency room, they immediately accosted Shangguan Hao, slapping him multiple times. Lin Qingyu went further, landing several punches on Shangguan Hao and kicking him fiercely in the stomach. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
Shangguan Zhi and Shangguan Yu watched Shangguan Hao being beaten. Though their hearts ached for him, they knew all of today’s trouble was Shangguan Hao’s own doing. He deserved to be hit a few times. Even if he was going to have an affair, he should have at least been discreet about it. Alas...
Shangguan Hao didn’t fight back, silently enduring their fury. Their blows actually made him feel a fraction better; if it weren’t for him, Mengjie wouldn’t have gone into premature labor, nor would she have fainted from anger.
"Shangguan Hao, what did you promise me?!" Lin Wenbo roared at Shangguan Hao. "If it weren’t for your insistence back then, we would never have allowed Mengjie to marry into the Shangguan Family! You knew our family serves in the government while the Lin Family operates in the underworld—the two are fundamentally incompatible! For Mengjie’s sake, we’ve been trying our best to legitimize our dealings, but in the end, it was all for nothing!"
"Shangguan Hao, if anything happens to my sister," Lin Qingyu threatened, his voice lethally cold, "I will make your entire Shangguan Family accompany her in death!"
"Jiejie... she’ll be alright," Shangguan Hao mumbled, wiping a trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, his expression resolute. My Jiejie will live. She has to be alright. She definitely will be.ŸŸŸ
The baby had not yet been born, but the Li Family was already making its move. Shangguan Zhi received a phone call and hurriedly left the hospital. The Li Family, seizing this chance, moved to bind their fate with the Shangguan Family’s.
Otherwise, the Li Family threatened to expose the Shangguan Family’s collusion with the Lin Family in arms dealing. They would submit evidence proving that the Shangguans had sold decommissioned military ordnance to the Lin Family, thereby ensuring the Shangguan Family would be permanently erased from military circles.
