"Su Chen, how could you say that to me?"
Lin Shiya looked completely shocked, her mouth hanging open in utter disbelief.
Ever since they had met, Su Chen had held her in the palm of his hand.
How could he call her dirty and disgusting today?
The old Su Chen had never been like this. Why had he suddenly become so vulgar and hot-tempered?
"What, are you the one feeling wronged now? You've already posted your marriage certificate on WeChat Moments, and you're still afraid of me talking about it?"
Pulling out his phone, Su Chen showed Lin Shiya the post that Xu Lang had uploaded.
"The marriage certificate came from the Civil Affairs Bureau, didn't it? And you're wearing the wedding dress right now. Am I not allowed to call you disgusting?"
"Lin Shiya, let me make this crystal clear: if you want to have this wedding, go ahead and have it; if not, get the hell out! I couldn't care less!"
Lin Shiya's lips parted slightly, her tears falling like broken beads, looking every bit like a fragile glass doll about to shatter.
"Su Chen, I don't even know what you're talking about. Are you... going to cancel the wedding?"
The man standing before her was the one she wanted to marry, yet he was talking about canceling the wedding.
Lin Shiya's heart was breaking.
Nearby, Xu Lang stopped what he was doing and hurried over again.
"Brother Su, this is all my fault. I only posted that to show my mother, it didn't mean anything else."
"I thought you wouldn't be this angry."
"I'll delete the post right now, immediately! You and Sister Yaya must not have a misunderstanding over this."
Hearing him say that, Su Chen suddenly burst out laughing.
You register a marriage with my fiancée, and I shouldn't be angry?
You drag my fiancée here to hold a wedding ceremony, and you expect us not to have a misunderstanding?
Are you out of your mind, or am I out of mine?
Xu Lang!
I must have been out of my mind!
I raised and nurtured an ungrateful wolf like you with my own hands!
"Sure, no misunderstanding."
With that, Su Chen raised his foot and kicked hard straight into Xu Lang's abdomen!
"Go to hell, I've put up with you for a long time!"
With a muffled groan, Xu Lang was sent flying several meters away!
Then, with a heavy thud, he crashed hard onto the floor below the wedding stage.
A wave of exhilarating relief washed over Su Chen.
The pent-up depression inside him dissipated quite a bit.
If this were the past, Su Chen would never have done such a thing.
But things were different now.
Who gives a damn about public image or consequences anymore?
I'm dying as it is, and you expect me to wear a green hat?
In your dreams!
Seeing Xu Lang scramble back to his feet, Su Chen instantly grabbed a chair from nearby!
"Brother Su, don't be impulsive..."
"Su Chen, what are you trying to do? Have you lost your mind?"
Lin Shiya lunged forward, spreading her arms wide to block Xu Lang instantly!
"Even if I've lost my mind, you're the one who drove me to it!"
Lin Shiya shielded Xu Lang resolutely, her clear eyes blazing with anger.
Su Chen's hand loosened, and with a loud thud, the chair dropped to the floor.
The moment she threw herself in front of Xu Lang, he had already lost.
Even smashing the chair to pieces would be completely meaningless.
"Su Chen, stop being so petty. We already cleared everything up just now, why are you still holding on to it?"
Lin Shiya's delicate brows knitted together in a tight frown, her tear-filled eyes suddenly turning cold.
"It's just registering a marriage, why make such a big deal out of it?"
Su Chen wore an utterly desolate expression, letting out a hoarse, mirthless laugh.
"Good! Well done!"
"It's just registering a marriage, no big deal!"
"Hahaha!"
The louder Su Chen laughed, the more the corners of his eyes grew damp.
A despairing chill originating from the very marrow of his bones seemed to devour his entire body.
Lin Shiya's expression grew increasingly ugly.
"Can you stop making a scene? Is there no end to this?"
Su Chen slowly raised his head, his smile freezing on his face as his lips moved slightly.
"Lin Shiya, have I spoiled you too much? Where on earth do you get the nerve to think I wouldn't care?"
"My fiancée registers a marriage with another man, wears a wedding dress, and holds a wedding ceremony, and you expect me to accept it calmly?"
"In your eyes, am I really that cheap?"
"Were you planning to sleep with someone else for a while before marrying me, just to practice your skills?"
Before Su Chen even finished speaking, Lin Shiya's body began to tremble violently. She glared at Su Chen with absolute fury, her lips quivering.
"Su Chen, you've gone too far! How can you say something like that? Apologize right now, or I'll postpone the wedding."
"Apologize? Postpone the wedding?" Su Chen let out a cold laugh.
"Apologize to your ancestors! Lin Shiya, from this day forward, you and I are completely through, and we have nothing more to do with each other!"
As Su Chen finished speaking, his heart felt as though it had been violently gripped by something, wracked with an agonizing pain.
He staggered forward a couple of steps, and that wave of dizziness washed over him once more!
Su Chen pulled out his medicine bottle, his shaking hands unscrewing the cap, and popped a handful of white pills directly into his mouth without even bothering to count them.
His entire mouth tasted bitter, and so did his heart.
Watching Lin Shiya and Xu Lang standing side by side in front of him, Su Chen delivered one more kick to Xu Lang.
"Get lost!"
Then, a heartbreaking cry rang out once more.
Lin Shiya stood rooted to the spot, completely dumbfounded.
What was Su Chen saying?
Completely through!
Nothing more to do with each other?
How could he do this, how could he treat her like this!
With so many people present, he had humiliated her to this extent and even talked about cutting ties—he had simply gone too far!
It was just registering a marriage with someone else, and she had already explained that it wasn't real.
Why did he still have to act like this?
"Su Chen, how could you treat me like this?"
Lin Shiya's voice choked with sobs, tears blurring her vision.
She fought back the tears to keep them from falling, but everything before her was already a blur.
"Sister Yaya, it hurts so much... Help me, it hurts so much... I can't breathe."
Xu Lang cried out while clutching his stomach and rolling on the ground, looking up at Lin Shiya with a pitiful expression.
"Xiaolang, are you alright? Hang in there, I'm taking you to the hospital right now!"
Wiping away her tears, Lin Shiya hurriedly knelt down beside Xu Lang.
...
Inside the car, Su Chen panted heavily.
He only prayed that before the medication took effect, that damn dizziness wouldn't strike again.
Su Chen rested his forehead against the steering wheel and reached up to massage his temples.
Suddenly, he felt a strange weakness in his right hand.
Glancing down, he realized that half of his forearm was soaked in blood.
On his upper arm, the flesh was torn open, exposing the bone beneath.
Satching a handful of tissues, Su Chen pressed them hard against the wound.
When he raised his head again, he happened to see Lin Shiya running in a panic toward the north gate.
Someone was carrying Xu Lang on their back, following closely behind Lin Shiya.
"Xiaolang, hang in there, I'm taking you to the hospital!"
Lin Shiya's face was etched with anxiety as she walked, comforting Xu Lang along the way.
She hadn't even noticed Su Chen's car.
Right now, Lin Shiya's eyes and heart were entirely occupied by that male best friend of hers named Xu Lang.
"Heh..."
Su Chen let out a bitter, self-deprecating laugh.
He had merely kicked Xu Lang twice, and Lin Shiya was already panicking this much.
And what about him?
He had a terminal illness, and surgery might not even save his life, yet Lin Shiya hadn't even bothered to ask.
Was this the fiancée he had loved for five years and planned to spend the rest of his life with?
In an instant.
Su Chen's heart turned to ashes.
"Su Chen, what a fool..."
At the same time.
Closing the video feed on his screen.
The man slowly stood up, but without turning around, he said in a low voice, "So, you're saying he already knows?"
"Yes, news from the hospital confirms... it has been diagnosed."
The man's body stiffened slightly as he casually flicked the cuff of his suit jacket.
A ray of sunlight streamed through the window.
The man's pale, cold face was gloomy, his facial contours growing even sharper.
"Contact the hospital and make sure of the exact time for Su Chen's surgery."
"Yes, Boss, I'll handle it right away."
After the subordinate left, the corners of the man's mouth curled upward slightly.
"Su Chen, if one day you found out you owed me your life, what choice would you make?"
"Would you be a shooting star that flashes past, or would you..."
"Clatter!"
The family crest dropped to the floor.
The oppressive aura emanating from the man instantly turned bone-chillingly cold!
...
Meanwhile.
Inside Lin Shiya's car.
"I'm sorry, Sister Yaya, I made Brother Su angry. But I never expected him to be so violent—we had already cleared things up, and yet he still hit me."
"Sister Yaya, once we get back, please apologize to Brother Su first and beg him to forgive you. Don't let my situation ruin things between the two of you."
Lin Shiya's mind was an absolute mess; all she could think about was the angry, piercing gaze in Su Chen's eyes.
"Xiaolang, this isn't your fault. Su Chen was just being too impulsive. He hit you twice, and you didn't even fight back."
"He's disappointed me too much. I've never seen this side of him before. He has to apologize for this."