Chapter 51: Hospitalization

“No! I’d rather die than let another woman touch me!” Wen Lan Sheng broke free from Wen Ming Yue’s grip and came to Fan Xia’s side, clutching her arm tightly. Hot tears flowed from his eyes, but his heart was trembling with cold.

He pleaded, almost begging: “Xia Xia, don’t push me to someone else. I only love you. I won’t marry any other woman in this life except you. It’s all my mother’s fault. Please don’t be angry, okay? I beg you.”

Fan Xia ignored him. Her cold gaze clearly declared that she had been angered by Wen Ming Yue, which was why she had spoken of breaking things off, even willing to give up the man she loved.

“You… haven’t actually registered your marriage?” Xie Cen opened his mouth in surprise. He never imagined that Fan Xia, who was willing to spend a fortune on a wedding, would be reluctant to spend a dozen yuan to get a marriage certificate.

“That’s right,” Fan Xia looked at him and said: “My parents had their wedding ceremony first and then registered their marriage. I wanted to do the same as them. But I didn’t expect that just two days after our wedding, you would use my status as your daughter-in-law to push all responsibilities onto me!”

Xie Cen hurriedly said: “Fan Xia, what are you saying? Lan Sheng’s mother really lost her head because she lost so much money. She spoke without thinking. Please don’t take offense. Come, come, sit down and have some water. We’re all family, let’s talk this over.”

She laughed coldly: “I don’t think there’s anything to talk about. I treated you as family, but you never treated me as such. For Wen Jing’s job, I went out begging and pleading, trying to get her into a comfortable and reliable state-owned enterprise. Who knew I’d be stabbed in the back like this?”

Hearing her words, Xie Cen was so anxious he almost stamped his feet. Fan Xia’s cold gaze swept over him, making his hands and feet turn icy. He felt uncontrollable fear, and beneath that fear, a bit of guilt.

He hadn’t expected that Fan Xia still had Wen Jing, who had been unemployed, in her thoughts, even using her connections to find her a job in a state-owned enterprise.

But that tiny bit of guilt was quickly frozen by Fan Xia’s ice-cold gaze. A chill ran from the soles of his feet up his body.

Now they had no house, no car. If before, the whole family had squeezed into Fan Xia’s small two-bedroom apartment to save on rent and keep money for their retirement.

Now even the remaining 500,000 yuan had been lost by Wen Ming Yue’s stock trading. The two of them couldn’t scrape together even 10,000 yuan if they pooled all their money. They had to stay at Fan Xia’s place, otherwise they would truly be homeless, forced to live on the streets.

Before, they had relied on Fan Xia’s feelings for Wen Lan Sheng, so they could shamelessly stay at their place. To get the money back, he and Wen Ming Yue had even discussed using Wen Lan Sheng as leverage, threatening Fan Xia that if she didn’t compensate them for their losses, they would make Wen Lan Sheng divorce her.

If Fan Xia was willing to compensate them, that would be perfect, and they could continue to use Wen Lan Sheng to demand support from Fan Xia in the future.

Even if Fan Xia refused to give them money, it wouldn’t matter.

They would make Wen Lan Sheng really divorce Fan Xia. After all, they were husband and wife. After divorce, they could still get a considerable amount of money from her pocket.

If they hired a lawyer to file a lawsuit and found evidence of Fan Xia’s affair with Rong Xiu, this apartment might even be awarded to Wen Lan Sheng. They could sell it in a minute to clear the debt and still buy a nice apartment with an elevator in a slightly more distant location.

But for all their calculations, the couple never imagined that Fan Xia and Wen Lan Sheng hadn’t actually registered their marriage. They weren’t legally married at all, at best just in a common-law relationship. So he and Wen Ming Yue weren’t legally Fan Xia’s in-laws either.

Legally, they had no relationship with Fan Xia at all. Forget about extorting money from her. If Fan Xia wanted to kick them out, she could simply throw their bags and luggage outside, like chasing away beggars, and no one could do anything about it.

Fan Xia had kicked them out before, and now from her demeanor, she was clearly infuriated by Wen Ming Yue, to the point where she didn’t even want Wen Lan Sheng anymore.

Without even the last chip that could bind Fan Xia, would she show any mercy in her actions?

Xie Cen felt a chill run down his spine. He was truly afraid. He didn’t want to work hard all his life only to end up living like a roadside beggar, holding a broken bowl and begging on the streets.

He looked urgently at Wen Ming Yue and said in a low voice: “Lan Sheng’s mother, say something!”

Wen Ming Yue also hadn’t expected that Fan Xia hadn’t actually registered her marriage with Wen Lan Sheng. Many of the arguments she had prepared in her mind were instantly shattered by that one sentence, scattering like a defeated army.

For a moment, she stood there in a daze as too many complex and terrifying consequences flooded her mind.

Gucheng Group’s stock was still falling, and it looked like it might even hit the limit down. She didn’t care that she had lost all her money, but she hadn’t told Xie Cen that she had also borrowed money from Old Zhang, Old Zou and others, and even used leverage.

Just this morning she had been dreaming of being a multimillionaire, but in less than an hour, she had a million yuan of debt on her shoulders. This debt was snowballing bigger and bigger as Gucheng Group’s stock continued to fall. The only person who could save her was Fan Xia, but Fan Xia hadn’t registered her marriage with Wen Lan Sheng. Her last escape route was blocked.

With a boom, Wen Ming Yue couldn’t bear the pressure and collapsed, her hands and feet twitching like chicken claws.

“Lan Sheng’s mother!” Xie Cen cried out shrilly.

“Mom!” Wen Lan Sheng also rushed over.

“Quick, take her to the hospital!” Xie Cen shouted, pinching Wen Ming Yue’s philtrum.

Fan Xia unhurriedly took out her car keys: “I’ll drive you there.”

Several people, including the sleeping Wen Jing, were woken up and went to the hospital with Wen Ming Yue.

This hospital happened to be a private hospital under the Shanhai Group. The doctor, knowing she was the assistant to a group director, was extra careful in examining Wen Ming Yue. After a series of tests, the doctor said to Fan Xia: “Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with the patient’s body. It’s just that her emotions were suddenly agitated, causing her blood to rush up, leading to spasms in her hands and feet. She just needs to rest quietly.”

“Thank you, doctor.” There was a hint of disappointment in Fan Xia’s tone. Why couldn’t her blood have rushed to her head and killed her outright?

“Thank heavens, thank heavens. Thank you, doctor.” Xie Cen kept thanking the doctor, holding the unconscious Wen Ming Yue’s hand and crying uncontrollably: “Lan Sheng’s mother, thank goodness you’re alright. If you had passed away, what would Jing Jing and I do?”

“Dad, what exactly happened?” Wen Jing had been sleeping with her headphones on and hadn’t heard their earlier argument. Only when Wen Ming Yue fainted from anger did she realize the seriousness of the situation.

Xie Cen told her everything in detail.

After listening, Wen Jing’s face turned green with anger. She couldn’t help but scold: “At your age, why did you try to play the stock market? Do you have any professional knowledge? You just went there to be harvested like leeks. Now it’s all gone, how are we supposed to live from now on?”

As she finished speaking, her eyes turned to Wen Lan Sheng and Fan Xia standing nearby. She didn’t dare scold Fan Xia with her decent job and solid financial background, but she certainly dared to scold her own brother Wen Lan Sheng.

So she pointed at Wen Lan Sheng’s nose and said angrily: “You too, you’re at home all day, how come you didn’t know to keep an eye on Mom? She’s an old person who doesn’t understand, but don’t you understand either?”

Wen Lan Sheng was already in turmoil because Fan Xia wanted to separate from him, and now Wen Ming Yue had fainted. His mind was even more of a mess.

Wen Jing’s accusations ignited the fire in his heart: “You have the nerve to talk about me? Aren’t you at home all day too? All you do is play games. If you had any ability, you could go out and find a job yourself, support Mom and Dad. Would Mom need to play the stock market at her age? It’s all because you’re useless! Our family used to have a house and savings, and you squandered it all! What can you men do besides dredging up old issues?”

Wen Lan Sheng spoke heatedly: “Am I not telling the truth? If you’re so capable, why don’t you go redeem our family’s house?”

“Alright, alright, stop arguing!” Xie Cen wiped his tears and intervened.

Fan Xia watched coldly from the sidelines, finding this family’s dog-eat-dog spectacle quite entertaining.

“Fan Xia, you see how Lan Sheng’s mother is now…” Xie Cen looked at her hopefully, his aged and hunched body emanating a pitiful old man’s aura, as if twisting into a rope of morality around her neck.

Fan Xia turned away, her gaze sharp as a knife, mercilessly cutting off his vain hopes. She walked out of the hospital room with her back to the family.

“What are you standing there for? Go and persuade her to come back.” Xie Cen said in a low, stern voice.

Wen Lan Sheng immediately followed her out of the room. He saw Fan Xia leaning against the hospital’s cold wall, as lifeless as a corpse, with faint traces of worry between her brows. The white fluorescent light above her head was like scattered mist, swirling around her.

“Xia Xia-” Wen Lan Sheng reached out to pull her, but she dodged.

Fan Xia’s tone softened a bit, but still carried a stubborn air: “If you’ve come to plead for your mother, forget it. I won’t help her fill the hole.”

“No, that’s not it.” Wen Lan Sheng shook his head immediately and said urgently: “I’m not asking you to help my mother.”

“Really?” Fan Xia finally looked at him seriously.

Wen Lan Sheng nodded quickly, afraid she would become distant again due to distrust.

“That’s good.” Fan Xia sighed and pulled Wen Lan Sheng into her arms, her tone revealing a grievance that couldn’t be shared with outsiders: “I didn’t expect things to turn out like this either. I had warned her early on that the stock market was risky, but your mother wouldn’t stop. She was like someone possessed. What could I do?”

“I lost 400,000 yuan myself. I just paid the down payment, and I still have to pay the mortgage. I can’t possibly give her another 500,000 yuan. Lan Sheng, do you understand my difficulty?”

“I understand, I understand.” Wen Lan Sheng held her tightly, as if wanting to embed her into his body: “I know you work hard out there. I know. It’s all my mother’s fault. I don’t blame you. I won’t ask you to help her repay the money either. What I care about is… is…”

“Is what?” Fan Xia stroked his hair, her gentle eyes gazing at him.

Wen Lan Sheng’s nose stung, like freshly squeezed lemon juice poured onto his heart, bitter and sour. He clutched Fan Xia’s collar, tears welling up in his clear eyes, his voice choked with sobs: “What I care about is why you want me to marry someone else? Xia Xia, you said you would marry me. We had a wedding ceremony. I am your man. How can you say you don’t want me just like that?”

“I’m sorry, I was just angry at your mother. I spoke nonsense.” Fan Xia kissed Wen Lan Sheng haphazardly: “How could I not want you? How could I bear to let you marry another woman?”

Wen Lan Sheng burrowed into her arms and cried silently. He was truly scared, especially when Fan Xia had said so calmly about breaking things off with him and letting him marry someone else. His mind had gone blank for a moment, all the blood in his body seeming to freeze.

It took Fan Xia a long time to comfort him before he calmed down.

At this time, a male nurse came out to tell her that Wen Ming Yue had woken up. Fan Xia told him to go in and see her.

Wen Lan Sheng looked at her and asked: “Xia Xia, are you really not coming in with me?”

Fan Xia said helplessly: “She gets agitated just by seeing me. I’m afraid if I go in, she’ll get worked up again. It’s better if I don’t go in. Out of sight, out of mind.”

Wen Lan Sheng nodded: “Okay.”

Wen Lan Sheng walked into the hospital room. Wen Ming Yue’s scattered gaze gained a bit of focus.

Xie Cen also eagerly came forward and asked: “How is it? Have you made up with Fan Xia?”

Wen Lan Sheng nodded: “We’ve made up. Xia Xia was just speaking in anger. We’ll still go register our marriage.”

“That’s great!” Xie Cen hurriedly asked: “What about repaying the money? Did Fan Xia agree to that too?”

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*Spotlight on Finished Novel Translations*

Male Lead, The Black-Hearted Lotus (Female-dominant)

Short intro by Yuushi L:

At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings. Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him. The male lead couldn’t believe it; he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.

Synopsis:

Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?

Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?

Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?

The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.

The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.

Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~

Note: Yes, although it’s a female-dominant novel, there’s female giving birth in this book. Girls who mind this, please enter with caution.

The male lead, the little bitch, falls in love with the female lead first~

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