Chapter 7 The Truth of That Year

She had made a point of wearing light makeup today and had even spritzed on some seductive perfume.

When her soft body pressed against his, it was like a bewitching water snake entangling him.

Under the warm lighting, her features all seemed much more delicate.

For some reason, despite Shen Jiangqing's beautiful face before him, the image that flashed through his mind was Ning Yichu's mocking expression, and he coldly pushed her away, "It seems your foot is fine now."

"Aling, don't go!" Shen Jiangqing grabbed him, "Please don't leave tonight? For five years, you haven't touched me, even the servants are laughing at me for being an abandoned wife..."

"The doctor has said, you are not suited for strenuous exercise, rest early."

Shen Jiangqing was nearly infuriated to death, she had a heart disease, but that didn't mean she couldn't do any exercise at all!

"Then kiss me, just like ordinary lovers do..."

Li Lingyang grew a bit impatient, "Jiangqing, stop making a fuss."

"Are you still blaming me? Blaming me for using such methods to have a child back then?" seeing that he continued to resist her, Shen Jiangqing suddenly spoke with a feeling of grievance.

Li Lingyang furrowed his brows, his voice turning icy, "What nonsense are you talking about again?"

Shen Jiangqing choked up.

"I'm sorry, I stole your sperm and went through artificial insemination at that time, I truly just wanted to keep your child, I didn't expect it to lead to your divorce with Yichu."

Li Lingyang had fallen into a ravine due to a car accident when he was young, and it was Shen Jiangqing who saved him.

Later, when they reunited in college, he didn't have anyone he liked, and Shen Jiangqing assumed the role of girlfriend, both intentionally and unintentionally. He was grateful for her saving his life, and thus accepted the status quo.

Then when he and Ning Yichu got forced into marriage because of a scandalous photo in bed, Shen Jiangqing had also been unexpectedly kidnapped, though it was later proven to be a mix-up. Nonetheless, there were rumors that the kidnappers were arranged by Ning Yichu.

Two years later, Shen Jiangqing suddenly got pregnant!

He had never touched her, so naturally did not believe the child was his.

The result was that he learned Shen Jiangqing had someone steal his sperm for artificial insemination, and it was even twins!

"Let's not talk about the past anymore. If I blamed you, I wouldn't have let you give birth to the child," Li Lingyang's deep dark eyes showed a flicker of emotion. Speaking indifferently, he told her to rest early and turned back to his own room.

For these five years, they slept in separate rooms, living together, but only to take care of the twins.

Recently, Granny Li had started to miss the children, and so she had taken them over—otherwise, he wouldn't have brought Ning Yichu here.

Shen Jiangqing watched the man's tall figure with a resolute gaze.

This man was the youngest Night Emperor of Imperial City, controlling the livelihood of myriads of people, and she would not allow anyone to take him away!

The next morning, Ning Yichu slept in quite a bit. When she came downstairs, Shen Jiangqing was languidly lying on a divan, being massaged by a maid.

Seeing Ning Yichu arrive, she immediately sat up, her face sincere, "Lady Ning, I'm really sorry about last night, I will be more careful in the future."

Ning Yichu was speechless, so early in the morning and there was another display of affection. It was relentless.

She lazily responded with an "Oh."

The maid brought in food, and she began to eat heartily.

Seeing Ning Yichu's lack of response, Shen Jiangqing's eyes turned malevolent, and she purposefully staggered as she stood up.

The maid timely supported her.

Shen Jiangqing lowered her voice, a coy expression on her face, "I'm sorry to make you witness such a scene, Lady Ning, Aling... he was too rough last night. I kept saying my back was sore, but he was still like that; fortunately, he massaged me for a long time this morning."

Ning Yichu watched her insincere and calculating act, and chuckled lightly, "Next time I'll remind President Li to be a little gentler in bed, especially since you have heart disease, too much activity and you might end up in the ICU."

Shen Jiangqing felt as if a heavy punch had struck her, petrified on the spot.

Her reaction - why was it not as she had expected?

"Alright, I'm full now, you enjoy," Ning Yichu elegantly took a napkin, wiped the corner of her mouth, and went back to her room to ponder her escape route!

She had inquired, and Li Lingyang had an important meeting today and wouldn't be home; it was the perfect time for her to escape.

That afternoon, Ning Yichu got everything ready and secretly called Chen Bao.

The little fellow was a notorious hacker, breaking into the security system surveillance of Imperial Bay should be a piece of cake.

As long as there was no surveillance footage, they wouldn't be able to catch her so quickly after her escape.

Soon, Chen Bao's voice came through the Bluetooth earpiece, "Mommy, I've taken care of the surveillance. You can start now."

"Okay, wait for me on that small path halfway up the mountain with your godmother," Ning Yichu said, sneaking out of the room. She planned to climb down from the second-floor window using the drainpipe to avoid being seen by the bodyguards.

But as she passed by a secluded storage room at the end of the corridor, she heard a suppressed, somewhat twisted female voice.

"... Ning Yichu is back, and she almost infuriated me to death today! Why didn't she die out there five years ago? What's she doing back now?"

"A child? I didn't see that one, probably perished in that fire years ago, but we still can't let our guard down..."

"I know Li Lingyang doesn't love her now, but I'm afraid that old matter will come to light again."

"Although you say that, that child was stolen after all, you know the truth as well as I do. I'm worried they'll rekindle their old flame. Help me find two..."

The voice was intermittent, and Ning Yichu couldn't hear it clearly but could vaguely confirm she was being cursed for returning.

Through the not-so-tight crack of the door, she saw the twisted and ferocious face of Shen Jiangqing bathed in the lustrous sunlight.

Where was the slightest hint of nobility and elegance from the morning?

Ha, it seemed she really made her quite mad today, hiding here and complaining to someone.

With no time to deal with her, Ning Yichu pushed the window open, successfully climbed down the drainpipe, then sprinted to escape through a hole in the back garden.

Not until she entered the small path downhill did she resume her conversation with Chen Bao.

At that moment, an old, beat-up Polo stopped at a secluded little path on the mountainside.

A handsome little chap jumped down, accompanied by a cute little girl. Both wore matching yellow duck masks, their big eyes rolling around as if surveying the environment.

Next to exit the car was a tall, curvaceous, and sexy woman, also wearing the same mask, revealing only her full, smooth forehead and similarly rolling eyes.

This was Ning Yichu's best friend, the controversial darling of the entertainment industry, Fan Yuke!

She seemed like a mature woman, but one word revealed her ditzy, sweet innocence.

"Oh my, look kiddos, that up there is the super luxurious Imperial City Dragon Bay, supposedly one villa is worth over a billion, your scumbag dad owns several, such a capitalist tycoon..." she pointed and said at the end of the road.

"Godmother, think bigger, you're at least a celebrity in the entertainment world."

"Chen Bao, babe, you don't know, out of a hundred fans I have, 88 are haters, all the hype, no money coming in."

Chen Bao's forehead nearly twitched with three black lines as he said helplessly, "Infamy is still fame, though."

"Look, sweetie, here's your laptop, quick, see how your mommy's doing..." Fan Yuke handed over a kawaii laptop to Chen Bao.

Chen Bao opened it, and his little hands tapped away so quickly that they seemed to leave afterimages on the keyboard.

Then, Fan Yuke saw the laptop screen divided into eight segments, each corresponding to different surveillance areas.

Pointing at the screen, she excitedly informed Ning Yichu through the Bluetooth earpiece, "Chu Chu, I see loads of bodyguards moving out in the villa, they must've realized you've escaped..."

Ning Yichu understood that Shen Jiangqing must have started looking for her after noticing she was missing.

"Tell me the safest escape route."

Chen Bao looked at the map for a moment, "The road ahead is too open, you'd be exposed too easily."

"Then I'll find a corner to hide. You guys come in the car to pick me up."

Ning Yichu finished speaking and found a hidden spot in the roadside bushes to hide herself.

Every so often, she heard black luxury cars going up and down the road, probably thinking she had escaped via the main road and searching for her.

Ning Yichu held her breath and waited patiently, knowing people tend to think predictably. Realizing she had escaped, the bodyguards' first reaction would be to think she had fled down the mountain, neglecting that the most dangerous place could indeed be the safest.

As long as she hid for a while longer, and the bodyguards all went down the mountain, she'd be safe.

However, just then, she heard a rustling sound behind her, accompanied by very light footsteps.

Ning Yichu's nerves tensed up instantly, thinking a bodyguard had found her, but when she turned around, she saw a cute little girl with a ponytail sticking up on her head, holding a transparent little bag, looking at her perplexedly—as if questioning why she was hiding there.