Two days later, Ke Chuyao arrived suddenly, several days ahead of the agreed time.
This time, she was dressed even more ostentatiously than before, looking as if she were on a runway at first glance.
Song Xi lay in bed, her face as pale as ever.
"How is it, have you made up your mind?"
She got straight to the point, her tone not very polite.
Song Xi still feigned a soft, timid demeanor and asked cautiously, "Miss Ke, may I ask you a question? Why did you break up with Lou Yuming back then?"
Ke Chuyao's expression stiffened. "That's between the two of us, it has nothing to do with you."
Actually, it wasn't Ke Chuyao who broke up with him. She had a great study opportunity abroad and wanted Lou Yuming to go with her. However, he couldn't let go of his work here. In a fit of anger, she said if he didn't go with her, they would break up. She never expected Lou Yuming to agree.
Ke Chuyao had absolutely no idea that the words she spoke out of childish pique would actually be taken seriously by him!
Ke Chuyao had always known that Lou Yuming was with her partly due to pressure from Madam Zhang. He didn't actually like her, but Ke Chuyao didn't care. As long as she liked him, it was enough. Moreover, she felt that Lou Yuming wouldn't like anyone, and as long as it was her by his side, it was enough.
However, she never expected that on the day before she left, she went to his office, intending to try and persuade him one last time. Instead, she accidentally found a photograph of a little girl and an old man. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
She recognized the old man; it was Grandpa Zhang, Zhang Qi's grandfather, the head of the Zhang Corporation.
But the girl was completely unfamiliar to her.
Why would Lou Yuming keep such a photo? Ke Chuyao was extremely curious and investigated for a long time, only to learn that Grandpa Zhang had sponsored many impoverished families back then, and this girl might have been one of them.
Ke Chuyao assumed that Lou Yuming kept the photo because he missed the old gentleman. But the moment she saw Song Xi, she knew that the girl in the photo was her!
An unsettling thought began to form in her mind.
Could it be that she, Ke Chuyao, was the substitute?
Ke Chuyao dared not think about it, and was afraid of Lou Yuming knowing the truth. Therefore, in less than a week, she rushed to the hospital, wanting to force Song Xi to make a decision.
It was clear that neither Song Xi nor Lou Yuming knew about this. Ke Chuyao had already secretly made up her mind.
It would be best if Song Xi agreed, but if not, she wouldn't hesitate to resort to coercive measures.
To protect her own happiness, she would do anything!
"Have you thought about it?" Ke Chuyao asked coldly.
"I'm afraid Lou Yuming won't agree."
Hearing this, Ke Chuyao found it absurd. "Song Xi, don't flatter yourself! You're not that important to Lou Yuming. I'm negotiating with you now, don't provoke me."
She dropped the pretense.
Song Xi asked, "What if I don't agree?"
"Then don't blame me for being impolite! It doesn't matter to you, but what about your younger brother? With just a word from me, I can make him disappear from this hospital. You've been trying so hard to get involved with Zhang Qi and get close to Lou Yuming, all for your brother's treatment. This is your only chance!"
Song Xi nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly took out her phone from under the covers. "Did you hear that? This is my only chance."
The moment her words fell, the door behind them opened.
Lou Yuming held his phone to his ear, his gaze towards Ke Chuyao chilling, like a sharp blade.
"I heard."
Under Ke Chuyao's terrified expression, the man slowly lowered his phone. His thin lips parted, his voice ice-cold, "Long time no see, Miss Ke."
"Song Xi, how dare you scheme against me!" Ke Chuyao tried to calm herself, but the tremor in her voice betrayed her current guilt and fear. "Yuming, let me explain..."
"Enough!" Lou Yuming's aura was imposing. He said coldly, "Miss Ke, openly threatening my wife, it seems you don't have me in your eyes."
Ke Chuyao was stunned. "...Wife?"
Song Xi pulled out two small red booklets from under the pillow. "I'm sorry, we're already married."
"Impossible!"
Ke Chuyao ran over frantically. She snatched the marriage certificates and examined them closely, only to find that they were real!
"Impossible, impossible!"
Seeing her like this, Song Xi felt a pang of sympathy for some reason.
She hadn't expected that the place Lou Yuming had asked her to keep quiet about last time was the Civil Affairs Bureau!