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Chapter 461: Chapter 461: She’s Bleeding
Shi Yan’s face turned instantly grim at the mention of ’breaking up’. He glared at Lin Man in a sinister manner, "If you’re going to continue acting unreasonably, then we might as well break up!"
"Shi Yan, say that again?"
Lin Man was livid, unable to accept the fact that Shi Yan had dumped her.
It was originally Shi Yan who had relentlessly pursued her for years, and now that she had taken a liking to him, was it because of Shi Yan’s ancestral graves were smoking? On what grounds could Shi Yan speak of breaking up?
If it wasn’t for her parents meddling that caused her to be dumped by Zhao Wenkai, why on earth would she have taken a fancy to Shi Yan?
"I said, if you continue being like this, then we should break up." Shi Yan looked at Lin Man, repeating what he had just said.
Ever since they got together, Lin Man never missed a day shopping and was always demanding to buy luxury goods.
Shi Yan’s savings were nearly depleted from his own extravagance, plus the expenses of running a few milk tea shops, he barely had anything left.
The milk tea shop, in its price war with Tong Yao, wasn’t making much, which hardly covered their daily expenses.
With Lin Man’s spending during this period and the resulting financial pressure, he wanted to go abroad again to continue his business, but Xiao Mingqiang was reluctant to go.
Xiao Mingqiang hadn’t really touched the money he had saved and had opened a hardware store, with life getting better each day, he had no intention of taking risks.
Shi Yan somewhat regretted that he had not learned to invest like Xiao Mingqiang. Now he didn’t have enough money to start a business, and with Lin Jinwu and Tong Xiangqiao constantly finding excuses to borrow money from him, he was feeling frustrated. Now with Lin Man creating a fuss and threatening him with a breakup, he was seriously considering breaking up.
"You’re breaking up with me for her?" Lin Man’s face distorted, as if something had occurred to her, she pointed at Dong Shanshan and said, "Have you two been fooling around behind my back?"
"Don’t talk nonsense, I have nothing to do with my boss." Dong Shanshan instinctively refuted Lin Man’s words, but couldn’t help glancing at Shi Yan.
Facing Lin Man’s unreasonable behaviour, Shi Yan’s patience was wearing thin, "What are you blabbering about?"
Seeing that there were many spectators and some were snickering at them, he tried to pull Lin Man aside, "Whatever you want to say, let us discuss it somewhere else."
Since he got together with Lin Man, Xiao Mingqiang had been mocking him for his lack of backbone, and was reluctant to have any contact with him. Coupled with his poor management of the shop, Xiao Mingqiang was rather critical of him.
Shi Yan was afraid of causing a scene here, in case Xiao Mingqiang got angry, so he wanted to pull Lin Man away to talk.
To Lin Man, Shi Yan’s behaviour seemed like an attempt to protect Dong Shanshan. She insisted on clearing up the issue on the spot. During their struggle, Lin Man accidentally fell to the ground, and immediately started cradling her stomach and crying out in pain.
Thinking that she was pretending, Shi Yan’s countenance darkened, "Lin Man, if you continue to act like this, we’re done here."
"I really have a stomachache." Lin Man turned deathly pale, feeling as if she had been stabbed in the lower abdomen, the pain made her want to writhe on the ground.
Seeing Lin Man’s ashen face, Shi Yan was just about to help her up when he heard someone cry out in fear, "She’s bleeding."
Hearing this, Shi Yan looked down to find her pants soaked in blood. Startled, he quickly bent down, picked her up, and ran towards the hospital.
"Did Shi Yan make Lin Man bleed?" Deng Wenwen, seeing Shi Yan carrying Lin Man out of the crowd, almost chased after them to find out what had happened.
Tong Yao furrowed her brows in thought for a moment, guessing, "Perhaps she had a miscarriage."
She only fell down, and wouldn’t bleed unless it was a miscarriage.
Deng Wenwen widened her eyes in surprise, "Lin Man had a miscarriage before she even got married?"
If Shi Yan doesn’t marry Lin Man, could Lin Man still find a husband?
The two had just enjoyed a good show, thinking that the matter would soon be over. Who would have thought that the next day, Tong Xiangqiao and Lin Jinwu would come to the shop and make a ruckus. They teamed up to beat up Dong Shanshan, demanding Shi Yan to marry Lin Man within a month.
Otherwise, they would accuse Shi Yan of rape.
This series of events left Tong Yao and Deng Wenwen dumbfounded. Wouldn’t the couple’s behavior tell everyone else that Lin Man was pregnant before marriage?
But then again, Tong Yao could guess why Tong Xiangqiao did that. After all, Lin Man was dumped by Zhao Wenkai, and now this happened. If Shi Yan doesn’t marry Lin Man, they would have lost another golden son-in-law.
If Lin Man’s reputation is ruined, it will be hard for her to marry into a good family. Using this incident as an excuse, they could force Shi Yan to marry Lin Man.
The incident lasted for two or three days, and Tong Yao had no idea how the two families had negotiated. In the end, Shi Yan agreed to marry Lin Man. Once Lin Man was out of her postpartum period, they would get married. Because Lin Sicheng’s wife felt that Lin Man was not a virgin bride, marrying from their home would bring bad luck, and refused to allow Lin Man to get married from their home.
After some discussions, they decided to let Lin Man marry from a hotel.
Lin Man, gnashing her teeth in hatred, had no choice but to agree. Shi Yan was unwilling to stick up for her, and Lin Sicheng’s wife used a divorce as a threat. Lin Man had no choice but to swallow this silent resentment.
After the wedding was settled, Tong Xiangqao and Lin Jinwu were not bothered by Lin Man’s embarrassment. They bragged everywhere that Lin Man had married a big boss and even sent invitations to Tong Yaohui without holding grudges.
Although the families were not in harmony, as an uncle, this was his only niece’s marriage. Lin Jinwu took the initiative to invite him. Though reluctant, he agreed to attend the wedding.
Tong Yaohui arrived home the night before Lin Man’s wedding. Wen Yun saw that he had become considerably darker and thinner, which distressed her greatly. At dinner, she proposed going to the mountain breeding farm with Tong Yaohui.
"This time when you go there, I’ll come with you. I’ll cook and do the laundry for you."
The longest the couple had been separated was this time. Wen Yun had always been worried about Tong Yaohui’s health, but his stubbornness caused him to insist on staying there. Unable to persuade him, she decided to accompany him.
As soon as Tong Yaohui heard his wife wanted to join him, he immediately shook his head and refused, "It’s not as comfortable as the city there, you’d definitely not be used to it. Why bother going there to suffer when you’re comfortable in the city? And more importantly, who would take care of Yaoyao?"
Wen Yun, who had resolved to accompany him, became hesitant when she heard that no one would look after their daughter. She was torn between her husband and her daughter.
Tong Yao’s eyes darted between the two, grinning as she said, "Dad, you should let Mom go and take care of you! In this half year you spent at the breeding farm, Mom has not been eating or sleeping well. She’s also become much thinner. If she goes to take care of you, I’d be a bit more relieved."
"You don’t need to worry about me. These days, I get off work at around four in the morning and won’t come back too late. There’s a phone at home. If you’re worried, you can call me every night."
Tong Yaohui’s brain tumor was very stable. Working and exercising every day at the breeding farm had improved his physical health. Plus, he genuinely wanted to stay at the breeding farm, which was why Tong Yao let him stay there.
