Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities

“Xia Ruoxin. I’m going to kill you.” Her pretty-looking face was contorted as she clawed at Xia Ruoxin without reason. Her long fingernails aimed to scratch her face, or at least a piece of a wall.

However, when her fingernails were about to reach Xia Ruoxin’s face, a force from somewhere held her hand back.

“Lui…” She looked back, her tears falling.

For the first time, she experienced the emotions called heartbreak, sadness, and hatred.

“Why? I’m your wife. I’m the one you love the most. Why did you stop me?”

“That’s enough, Manni.” Chu Lui held Li Manni’s arm tight. His cold voice could freeze one to death… and also one’s heart. “I thought I made it very clear that you don’t need to do this. I said that I wouldn’t divorce you. What else do you want to prove?”

Li Manni didn’t feel at ease with his words. In fact, her chest was filled with a sense of danger. Her heart was already blinded by hatred.

“Hah…” She laughed, so hard that she almost cried.

“Chu Lui. I gave you my everything, but this is how you treat me, letting others humiliate your wife?”

“Yes. He is that kind of man.” Xia Ruoxin sneered, and her eyes gleamed with slight sarcasm. “Don’t forget the things that he did to me just to make you his wife. Would you be able to live after experiencing all that? Humiliation. You’re not fit to say that.”

Chu Lui blanched. His thin lips that were pressed tightly together seem to tremble slightly. He couldn’t deny that, and he couldn’t explain himself. He had indeed done those sorts of things. Since he did it, he would admit it.

Xia Ruoxin flung the vase on the floor, and it shattered with a smash.

“Don’t act lovey-dovey in front of me. I’ve already seen your deep love for each other.” She looked at the disheveled Li Manni, her unwavering stare almost making Li Manni go mad with sinister.

No. She wouldn’t become a second Xia Ruoxin. She had a baby, yes, a baby. When the baby was out, no one would take away what was all hers anymore: Chu Lui, money, status, and everything.

It was all hers, everything. No one should even think of snatching them all away. She didn’t realize how twisted her heart was starting to become or how she was almost losing her mind.

Was it herself or someone else that changed her so?

She wanted to hold onto the things the more she cared about them. The more she liked them, the more she wanted to have it all to herself. Even if it wasn’t the best—as long as she liked it, she had to obtain it.

She raised her head and wailed without restraints, like raindrops on a pear blossom, which was now wilted. Her makeup was ruined after all, and she looked like a stray cat that had appeared out of nowhere—ugly and dirty.

Chu Lui’s thin lips twitched, and he was starting to become speechless. He reached his hand out and wiped away the tears on her face. “You’re tired. I’ll take you home.”

Li Manni finally revealed a smile between her weeps. “Lui, I knew it. You still love me. The one you love most is just me.” She rested her head on Chu Lui’s shoulders. Chu Lui stiffened, his conflicted black eyes landing on Xia Ruoxin.

The love Li Manni claimed pressured him so much he couldn’t breathe.

He didn’t know that at that time, Li Manni had her lips curved gleefully. Her red lips parted as she seemed to say.

I won…

Xia Ruoxin turned around. She didn’t know why, but her heart twinged slightly.

She didn’t care anymore. Not anymore. It was none of her business who loved or didn’t love who. She just didn’t wish to see them again, and for them to stop showing off their love in front of her and treat her as a tool to improve their relationship. She was really disgusting.

She opened the door. The light outside landed on her eyes, and there was an instant where it pierced her eyes sharply. Instinctively, she covered her eyes with her hands and blocked the sun.

After a while, she slowly moved her hands away, her eyes watering up. It must be from the sun. She laughed at herself mockingly and then left the place with huge strides.

The elegant man donning a suit in the shop kept looking outside. It was unclear if he was following after the woman. When she was here, he stayed. When she left, he was no longer present, too.

Even if his body was here, his soul was off to who knows where.

…

Li Manni stabbed the steak in her plate forcefully. She used the fork to put a piece into her mouth. The bloody meat filled her with an indescribable elation. She lowered her head again and drew out the blood from the steak. It was like the blood and meat of a certain woman. When she stabbed another piece, Chu Lui reached his hand out and took her plate away.

“Stop eating it. It’s bad for the baby.”

“Okay, then I’ll stop.” Li Manni answered obediently. She pulled Chu Lui’s hand to her stomach. “Lui, do you feel that? Our child is growing. He’s already a month old. In less than a month, we can see him.”

Chu Lui’s fingers twitched as he wanted to move away, but in the end, he could only let it stay on Li Manni’s stomach. It was a child, one connected to him by blood, and the child he had looked forward to for four years. No matter if the baby was a girl or a boy, they would be the apple of his eye. The thing he wanted most was right here beside him in front of his eyes. It was so near, and he just needed to wait… but why were his emotions so heavy?

Butterflies couldn’t fly forever. Similarly, happiness only lived in the beginning and never lasted.

“Lui, let’s go for a walk, okay? The doctor said that walking is good for the mother and the baby.” Li Manni rested her chin on Chu Lui’s arm and said coquettishly. “Let’s go to the park. I want to take a walk, like how we did in the past.”

She mentioned the past deliberately, trying to make him recall their blissful days in the past. He used to bring her there often and doted on her like a princess. Now, the princess was still a princess, but Chu Lui was no longer Chu Lui.

What could she do to make this man stay?

Chu Lui wanted to draw his arm away, but Li Manni held him tightly. At last, he answered, “I still have things to do in the company. Next time.” He stood up and took the suit he set aside just now. The medium-well steak was still on the table, untouched. In the past, he thought the food here was decent, but now, he found it hard to stomach.