Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 366 - 379: Su Xingyu’s Terms

This proposal is different from before, no longer a half-hearted joke, but carries a sense of coercion.

Su Xingyu detected the ominous undertone in his words and dared not respond lightly, merely biting her lip and remaining silent.

Ouyang Yi laughed: "If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as your tacit agreement, okay? Soon I’ll announce our engagement to the media, and we’ll have a designer make your wedding gown. The timeline is tight, and you might have to settle for lesser options—there’s no time for a top-notch haute couture gown, but other custom designs are fine as well. On our golden or silver anniversary later, I can make it up to you with a perfect one."

Her heart chilled with fear, weakly refusing, "Don’t forget, I’m still married to Lu Shifeng; legally, I’m still his wife! He’s consulted with a lawyer, and the marriage is automatically valid when one returns from the dead!"

Ouyang Yi seemed surprised, then laughed again, "Oh? That’s my oversight. But Lu Shifeng truly cares for you, has he even gone to consult a lawyer? It’s okay, Xingyu, four years ago when you followed me to Country F, didn’t I establish the identity of Axing for you there? Axing is a citizen of Country F, not bound by Chinese law, so you can just marry me as Axing from Country F." He has planned every step meticulously.

She felt herself growing increasingly desperate, but still resisted with a dying struggle: "No." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Xingyu, you should learn to enjoy everything I’ve done for you," Ouyang Yi’s smile didn’t waver, his voice growing gentler, "Everything I’ve done for you, and for Han, it’s all for your benefit."

Upon hearing Han’s name, she felt a shock through her system.

Now, Ouyang Yi’s mask of pretense had been unveiled, shamelessly threatening her with Han, knowing it’s her Achilles’ heel. Even if she can disregard herself, she cannot dismiss Han!

"You..." she struggled internally for a while, her voice bitter, "Let me...think about it."

Ouyang Yi stepped closer, bowed his head and embraced her, gently planting a kiss on her lips. "Then, tonight, take your time to think about it." His voice was gentle like a gentleman’s, but his words were cruel.

What can be pondered over in one night?!

Clearly, he had already decided everything, only issuing her the final ultimatum!

"Three days. Three days." She gathered courage, forcibly swallowing the nausea from her lips and raised her head to look at him, "Ouyang Yi, you must give me three days. That’s my limit. You can’t have everything your way, haven’t you heard even a rabbit will bite when cornered?"

He paused and then, very magnanimously said, "Alright, three days."

Three days, he reckoned she couldn’t pull off anything significant.

In fact, both of them knew that what were those three days? It was clearly her buffer time to strategize and find a way out of this deadlock!

However, Ouyang Yi was very confident in himself.

He wasn’t concerned at all that she’d slip through his grasp.

Su Xingyu took a deep breath and made another request to him, "Now, I want to see Han."

"Han is in a very safe place, some distance from here."

"I want to see him right now!" She glared at Ouyang Yi, for her child was her treasure, she wouldn’t let her child face any harm!

Ouyang Yi indeed did not want to push her too hard, so he relented, "Alright, I’ll take you."

He called for a servant, gave some instructions.

The servant quietly left and soon returned, carrying a tray with an item on it. Ouyang Yi took it, opened it—inside was a long black silk ribbon, faintly gleaming with a strange and mysterious light.

He said to Su Xingyu, "Close your eyes."

Su Xingyu looked at him warily, "What are you trying to do?"

Ouyang Yi was very relaxed, "Aren’t you wanting to see Han? I’ll take you there right now, but the place is quite secretive and if you want to enter, you’ll have to cover your eyes."

In the end, he was not at ease about her.

Su Xingyu understood that it was because he feared she would recognize the route in and out, wondering where Han was locked away so mysteriously.

For the sake of her child, she resigned herself and closed her eyes.

Ouyang Yi took the black silk ribbon and moved behind her, skillfully tying it over her eyes, making a neat knot at the back of her head. "Does it feel uncomfortable anywhere? Did I tie it too tight?" He even asked considerately.

Su Xingyu was solely focused on seeing her child soon and didn’t care about those details, saying, "No, hurry and take me there."

Ouyang Yi chuckled slightly, reached out to hold her hand, leading her step by step towards outside.

Su Xingyu initially kept silently memorizing the route, but Ouyang Yi probably intended to confuse her vision, leading her through twists and turns until she had lost her sense of direction. She only remembered getting into the car with him, driving a considerable distance, then getting off the car and walking some more, before finally stopping.

There was the fragrance of plants and grass in the air.

Ouyang Yi removed the black silk ribbon covering her eyes, and it was then she noticed they were in a concealed valley, scattered with several buildings with white walls and black tiles, creating a harmonious elevation.

She couldn’t recognize where this place was at all.

She asked Ouyang Yi, "Where’s Han?"

Just as she finished speaking, she saw an elderly woman leading a child, and Han, seeing her, happily broke free from the old woman’s grip and ran over shouting, "Mommy, mommy!"

Su Xingyu crouched down, tightly embracing him, "Han, are you okay?" All the way she had been worried whether Han, taken by Ouyang Yi, would be mistreated. Finally meeting him now, a heavy stone in her heart barely lifted a bit.

Han stretched his chubby, short arms around her neck, saying endearingly, "Mommy, how did I wake up to find myself here? Just now, the old lady told me you’ll be busy for a while, so I would stay here for a time. When will you be done being busy to fetch me?"

Su Xingyu felt like her heart was being cut but had no choice but to comfort Han, "Yes, mommy is indeed a bit busy recently, but I’ll try to finish soon and come pick you up."

Always standing by her side watching their mother-child reunion, Ouyang Yi now crouched down as well, "Han, behave and stay here. When mommy and daddy have time, we’ll both come to see you."

The child felt a bit aggrieved but still nodded obediently.

Su Xingyu felt extreme heartache, turning to Ouyang Yi, said, "I want to stay here with him today and leave tomorrow."

Ouyang Yi raised his eyebrows slightly.

Su Xingyu pleaded, "The child has never been away from me for this long, I’m afraid he won’t get used to it, I... also find it hard to get used to."

Perhaps touched by the sorrow in her voice, or perhaps his compassion kicked in, in the end, Ouyang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Alright."