Chapter 490: crush
Chapter 490 Crush
Xia Ling was led by him through the corridor, up the elevator, and into the small garden on the top floor.
The small garden is very quiet, with evergreen broad-leaved plants intertwined with sporadic flowers in early spring, fresh and pleasant. The outside was heavily guarded by the bodyguards brought by Li Lei, and the reporters could not and did not dare to come up. After all, Li Lei's power is at its peak now, and no matter how crazy they try to steal the news, they don't dare to offend him.
Xia Ling relaxed and felt the sharp pain in the wound on her lower abdomen.
Li Lei looked at her face and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xia Ling covered her abdomen with one hand, looked pale, shook her head, and said nothing.
"Let me take a look." Li Lei sensed something was wrong and helped her sit down on a low wooden stool, leaning against an evergreen tree. He squatted down and unbuttoned a few buttons at the bottom of her hospital gown. .
As soon as his fingers touched her clothes, she reached out and held them down: "Don't look at it, it's ugly." The scar was too deep and hideous, and she didn't want her loved one to see it.
Li Lei's hand paused slightly, raised his head, and gave her a reassuring smile: "I've never seen how ugly you are? When we first met, Er Mao was so frightened that I vomited you. Have I ever disliked you?"
She also smiled when she talked about their first encounter at that time. It was only two or three years ago, but it seemed like a lifetime ago.
In a blink of an eye, his fingers had already unbuttoned her clothes.
“Hey, you...” Why are you so bad?
Xia Ling just wanted to complain, but when she saw his expression, she stopped talking. His expression, which was smiling warmly just a second ago, was slightly frozen now. Looking at the bleeding wound on her abdomen, he felt so distressed that it was difficult to breathe. He reached out and carefully untied the white gauze wrapped around her waist.
The entire wound is exposed.
With years of experience in being shot and fired, Li Lei could tell at just a glance that it was a knife wound, which penetrated deep and hard into the lower abdomen and pierced the internal organs. How much pain should she feel when this knife stabs her?
“How could it be like this?” he asked.
Xia Ling was quiet for a moment and then said lightly: "Accidentally."
"Accidentally?" Li Lei didn't believe anything he said. "How could this big wound come out if it wasn't intentional? Was it Pei Ziheng's doing?" At this last sentence, his voice turned gloomy.
Recently, he had suppressed the Emperor until she was almost helpless, so he sent people to find out her whereabouts. Her subordinates reported that she had injured her abdomen for some unknown reason and was receiving treatment in the hospital.
So, Li Lei came to find her.
Even though I knew she was injured before coming here, seeing such a horrific wound made me feel angry. A few days ago, he let her stay with Pei Ziheng because he thought that at least Pei Ziheng could treat her well and not hurt her. But he was wrong, terribly wrong.
Even if she gave birth to a son for Pei Ziheng, Pei Ziheng would still be so cruel to her!
“Follow me, Xiaoling,” he said, “get away from that devil.”
Xia Ling shook her head, "I can't."
"Why, because of that oath?" Li Lei looked at her steadily with a pair of deep eyes, "Why don't you tell me that you stay with Pei Ziheng not because of love at all, but because of a relationship that concerns me? A life-and-death oath? Xiao Ling, you deceived me so much.”
Xia Ling was stunned, "You...how do you know that oath?"
Li Lei said nothing, lowered his head, and treated the wound in her lower abdomen first. The wound had been stitched up and was in the process of healing, but it opened again when reporters surrounded her, and bright red blood seeped out, leaving a mess on the hospital gown and her fair skin. Li Lei had been through a hail of bullets since childhood and was very experienced in dealing with trauma. After a while, he helped her stop the bleeding and skillfully wrapped the white gauze back bit by bit. Then he said: "Master of the State."
"ah?"
"Master Imperial Master came to me and told me about that oath." Li Lei said, "I just realized how long you have been deceiving... You don't love Pei Ziheng at all, and you were forced to give birth to a child for him. Right? You did it all for me! I should have saved you sooner."
Turns out, he really knew.
For a moment, Xia Ling was at a loss. She had never told him the truth, just because she was afraid that he would take her away at all costs if he found out. Now, he really had his thoughts rekindled. "You can't take me away," she looked at him seriously, "Li Lei, that oath is true and will be fulfilled. I can't joke with your life."
“That oath will never be fulfilled.” Li Lei said.
"Li Lei!" She was anxious. Maybe he thought the poisonous oath was untrustworthy and superstitious, but he didn't know about her two reincarnations, and he didn't know that there really was a mysterious and invisible force in this world.
"The oath will come true! I won't leave with you!" Xia Ling said eagerly.
Li Lei smiled gently: "Don't worry, Xiao Ling. I have been attacking that man's property recently, and the emperor is almost bankrupt. If he promises to break the oath and let you go, I will let the Pei family go. Otherwise, The glory of the entire Pei family will be ruined in his hands."
Xia Ling's mood was a little complicated. After a while, she said, "He will choose a career."
She said she didn’t understand Pei Ziheng, and she didn’t understand him at all. She said she understood him, but she understood him very well. That man was too power-hungry and would sacrifice everything for his career. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had so many troubles with him in her previous life. If it really came to a critical moment for his career, he would give up on her.
Li Lei narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Yes, he will choose a career."
This is what he has wanted to do a long time ago. When he attacked the emperor with all his strength last time, he was determined to force Pei Ziheng to make a choice. Unfortunately, at that time, Tianyi's power was too meager, and the best he could do was fight the Emperor to death. At that time, he was unable to achieve his goal and push Pei Ziheng into a desperate situation. In addition, Xiao Ling announced the news of pregnancy, so he gave up sadly.
But now, it’s different.
He already knew that Xiao Ling stayed with Pei Ziheng not because of love at all, and he had enough power to crush the emperor. If he didn't rescue the woman who belonged to him, his life would be in vain.
He looked at Xia Ling tenderly: "This time, we will be together."
Xia Ling asked: "Why did you suddenly become so powerful and able to force the emperor to this point? Is the emperor really going bankrupt?" She has not paid attention to the outside world these days, and she suddenly learned the news. , there is a dreamlike unreality. What will become of Pei Ziheng?
Li Lei smiled again: "Well, that's how powerful your man is."
“Tell the truth!” She rolled her eyes at him.
(End of this chapter)