LOCAM 12

Chapter 12

He finally understood why this woman had been so bold the first time they met. If he had not pushed her away back then, things would have gone exactly as she wanted.

“No.” Su Li finally reacted. “What are you talking about? When did I get pregnant?”

Mo Xingyuan leaned against the wall. “Then why do you want to have my child?”

“I said I want to.” Su Li quickly explained. “I just want to. It doesn’t mean I must. If you don’t agree, then I won’t.”

“I don’t agree.”

Su Li was not surprised. She still explained, “I’m not pregnant. I didn’t go that far with He Shuming.”

“That has nothing to do with me.” Mo Xingyuan did not want to waste more words on her. “If you want a child, tell me. I won’t stop you from having one with someone else. But if you don’t divorce me and still get pregnant with another man’s child, I will kill you.”

His tone was light, but it reminded Su Li of the day he made a phone call and calmly said, “Handle it.”

Her body could not help but tremble.

“How is that possible?” Su Li took a deep breath. “I won’t.”

Mo Xingyuan straightened up. His deep eyes looked like a bottomless and dangerous abyss. The way he stared at Su Li felt like invisible tentacles reaching out, ready to drag her down at any time.

“You were the one who insisted on getting married. You’re also the one who refuses to divorce. Unless I die, you’ll just keep dragging this on.”

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Su Li had never liked drinking. Alcohol was bad for the body.

But sometimes, it really helped calm the heart.

“Do you truly like him, or are you just saying it?”

Lu Jing had just returned from a business trip. She did not even change her clothes before coming to the bar to find her.

This time was different from when Su Li discovered He Shuming’s cheating. Now there was a strange kind of sadness.

Su Li brushed her long hair over her chest and looked at Lu Jing. “Actually, I know Mo Xingyuan.”

Lu Jing was surprised. “Since when?”

“A long time ago.” Su Li stared at her glass. “The year my mom found out my dad was cheating, she couldn’t take the shock. She drove to the bridge and wanted to commit suicide. I couldn’t stop her. It was Mo Xingyuan who happened to pass by and pulled her back.”

“It’s a pity my mom didn’t cherish that.”

Su Li lifted the corner of her lips, but her eyes were shining with tears.

Lu Jing moved closer and gently hugged her.

“I’m fine.” Su Li smiled and took a sip of wine, pressing her lips together. “Mo Xingyuan saved my mom. He probably doesn’t remember, but when you mentioned his name that day, I remembered everything.”

“Before he left, I heard a woman in the car call his name. That’s how I knew who he was.”

Lu Jing had not known about this.

“So that’s why you married him.”

“Mm.”

Su Li held her glass. “I really hope it was a misdiagnosis. If he isn’t sick, maybe the woman he likes wouldn’t have left him.”

Lu Jing did not know what to say about Mo Xingyuan anymore.

The two of them drank quietly. Even the noisy environment around them could not shake their heavy mood.

“Do you really want to have his child?”

Su Li smiled faintly. “He doesn’t need it.”

“What if he does?”

“I’ll give birth.”

Lu Jing frowned at her.

Su Li poured herself more wine. “Jingjing, when I hear him say the word ‘die,’ my heart feels very uncomfortable. I don’t want him to die.”

Lu Jing understood.

No matter what, Mo Xingyuan had saved Su Li’s mother.

“Everyone has their own fate,” Lu Jing sighed. “There are some things we don’t have the power to change.”

Su Li knew that. She rested her head on the table, feeling low. “That’s why I want to do something for him. But there’s nothing I can do.”

Marrying him was only her one-sided wish—to have someone by his side in his final days.

But in truth, Mo Xingyuan did not need it at all.

Lu Jing understood. There was no solution to the situation.

She poured Su Li another drink and patted her back. “Just live your own life.”