Kim_Li_0078

#DARK ROMANCE 
Lin Yueyao spent five years of her youth married to Shen Xiao, a man whose heart was as cold as steel. She believed that her gentleness would eventually melt his indifference, but the only thing that melted was her own dignity.

Every night, she endured his cruel touch, his words like blades, and his silent disgust. But no matter how much it hurt, Yueyao clung on – for the sake of their son, Xuanxuan, and for the sliver of hope that someday he might see her.

That hope shattered completely when his first love, Bai Zhi, returned from abroad. The very night Bai Zhi came back, Shen Xiao left Yueyao alone to dine with her. His gaze, once cold and dismissive, turned tender only for Bai Zhi.

Then, just as Yueyao discovered she was pregnant again, Shen Xiao handed her divorce papers. Abandoned while carrying his child, betrayed by her husband, and discarded like a stain on his life, Yueyao’s world collapsed.

Even their son, Xuanxuan – the little boy she’d nearly died giving birth to, the one she raised with unwavering devotion – rejected her, clinging instead to Bai Zhi with innocent adoration.

But fate was crueler still.

Kidnapped straight from her hospital bed by men demanding ransom, Yueyao realised no one was coming to save her. Her husband hadn’t even noticed she was missing. As she lay in that abandoned factory, trembling in pain, all illusions crumbled.

She was done waiting for love from a man who treated her like dirt.

This time, she would save herself. And when she returned, it wouldn’t be as the pitiful Mrs. Shen, but as a woman reborn from ashes – with a heart no longer beating for Shen Xiao.

But will he realise her worth only when it’s too late?

Love After Divorce: Her Second Chance

His words sliced through her numbness like a blunt knife. Slowly, Yueyao lifted her hollow gaze to meet his. The raw pain in her bloodshot eyes made him stiffen slightly. He has never seen her look at him like that no matter what kind of fight or argument they had.

But before she could speak, another memory ripped through her foggy mind, slicing her heart apart. Auntie Mei seemed to have gotten badly hurt...

"Aunt… Mei…" she whispered hoarsely, her voice barely audible. Tears filled her eyes as panic twisted her chest, "Where… where is Aunt Mei…? Is she… is she alive…?"

She remembered the way Aunt Mei had shielded her from the kidnappers, taking a brutal blow to the head that left her limp and bleeding on the road.

"Tell me… please… is she alive…?" Yueyao sobbed, her entire body trembling uncontrollably. Aunt Mei was the only person left she could say was her family.

Chapter 31; Always crying