Ivy!
Her phone number!
The eleven digits, so familiar, made Du Ruoxin’s heart tremble. How could the dial pad show Ivy’s number?
So… the phone was… Rong Jingyang’s?
This terrifying realization shattered Du Ruoxin, plunging her into despair.
Didn’t he say he only had one phone? Why was there another one hidden in the car?
Her body began to shake uncontrollably. Her heart grew colder and colder.
Du Ruoxin’s world seemed to crumble.
“Rong Jingyang…”
He…
Had deceived her…
And deceived her again…
With trembling hands, Du Ruoxin exited the dialer and scrolled through every app on the phone one by one: WeChat, QQ, Douyin, email…
The phone was brand new. All programs were logged out. This indicated Rong Jingyang had bought it only a day or two ago and hadn’t had time to set it up.
Or, was this phone only for Ivy?
Because she had deleted Ivy’s number from Rong Jingyang’s phone, he was afraid of adding it back and her discovering it, afraid she would argue and make a scene. So, he bought another phone specifically to contact Ivy privately?
“Ah—”
Du Ruoxin clutched her chest as if a centipede were burrowing within, her face turning ashen.
It hurt so much!
“Rong Jingyang, you, you—how could you do this!”
He was practically digging out her heart, scraping her bones, tearing her flesh, and pulling out her sinews.
He—
Du Ruoxin’s eyes were bloodshot. She collapsed onto the seat in pain, a sudden, chilling snowstorm raging in her heart.
Sorrow, pity.
“Didn’t we agree… to work on our marriage properly?”
“Didn’t we agree… you would cut ties with Ivy completely?”
“Didn’t we agree… that for the rest of our lives, your life would only contain me, the children, and our family?”
“Rong Jingyang, you lied to me!”
Ah—
Du Ruoxin’s heart ached, ached as if with a life-threatening angina. She couldn’t bear it.
Sweat beaded on her skin, coalescing into large droplets that slid down her face, breaking through her pores, and soaking her clothes.
But she was oblivious.
At this moment, the woman’s heart was being twisted like a knife.
“Madam, what’s wrong?” The bodyguard, sensing something amiss from the back of the car, glanced at the rearview mirror and asked, “Are you not feeling well?”
But Du Ruoxin didn’t answer. She felt as if she had fallen into a vast abyss, as if something were dragging her down, pulling her rapidly downward.
She couldn’t hear any sounds from the outside world.
She—
Had been shattered into pieces by the lie woven by the man she loved.
She—
Forgot to breathe, forgot her heartbeat.
She even forgot to live.
The bodyguard, seeing no response and hearing no echo from the back seat, called out again, “Madam?”
“…”
Still no answer.
What was happening? Hadn’t Madam woken up just now? She had spoken to him, and now there was no sound?
Something was wrong!
The breathing from the back seat grew increasingly rapid and erratic.
The bodyguard slowed down and turned to look back.
He gasped!
The scene in the back seat almost scared him to death!
Du Ruoxin was slumped in her seat, trembling all over, her face ashen.
“Madam!”
The bodyguard quickly braked, rushed out of the car, and opened the rear door.
“Madam? Madam?” He patted Du Ruoxin’s shoulder, calling out loudly.
Du Ruoxin still didn’t respond, only trembling more violently.
Damn it!
The bodyguard cursed under his breath and quickly pinched Du Ruoxin’s philtrum, “Madam, wake up, talk to me!”
Since he wasn’t sure if Du Ruoxin had hit herself somewhere, or if she had a fracture, he dared not move her carelessly.
He could only hope that pinching her philtrum would work!
If anything happened to Madam, he wouldn’t be able to live either.
While forcefully pinching Du Ruoxin’s philtrum, the bodyguard urgently called out, “Madam, your daughter is right beside you, what’s wrong? Wake up quickly!”
Ah—
So painful—
It felt as if someone were ripping her skin apart, tearing through her brain.
Du Ruoxin woke up from the pain.
“Mmm—”
She abruptly opened her eyes and, in pain, pushed the bodyguard away, “Let… let go…”
The bodyguard let out a sigh of relief and quickly retreated to the door, “Madam, you scared me to death just now.”
Du Ruoxin: “—”
Remembering Rong Jingyang’s betrayal and deception, tears streamed down the woman’s face.
Bodyguard: “Are you injured anywhere? I’ll take you to the hospital.”
Du Ruoxin raised her hand to wipe away her tears, “No need, I’m fine.”
Her heart was wounded, not her body. A hospital couldn’t solve her problem.
Du Ruoxin got up. Seeing her daughter sleeping so soundly, undisturbed, she held her daughter’s little hand, leaned beside the child, and closed her eyes, saying, “Drive.”
The bodyguard tried to persuade her, “Madam…”
Du Ruoxin said forcefully, “I’m really fine, nothing will go wrong.”
Bodyguard: “…”
Why was he so disbelieving? But he still got into the car, started the engine, and pressed the accelerator.
In the quiet car, the bodyguard, worried about Du Ruoxin having another episode, said as he drove, “Madam, the boss had an urgent matter and left first.”
“Before leaving, the boss instructed me to drive slowly and not to wake you.”