Chapter Sixty-Four: She was his lifelong redemption...

"Lu Tian, Lu Youyou's father was your savior. Is this how you repay her?"

The very first sentence lacked any care or concern from a husband.

Instead, it was filled with criticism and blame on behalf of the third party.

He pressed a hand to his forehead and sighed, "Tian Tian, Lu Youyou is pregnant. To save you in the lake, she was struck in the stomach by the boat's hull and is still unconscious."

"So, President Fei has come to beg me, his wife, to run around and arrange medical treatment for your mistress?"

The outpatient hall was bustling with people coming and going.

Since Fei Jing had already shattered all decency for the sake of Lu Youyou, why should she bother holding back?

The man, however, smiled. "That child belongs to Youyou's ex-boyfriend, Lu Tian. Do you want me to commit adultery during our marriage this badly, just so you can justify your affair with Li Yanchen?"

A merchant born cunning and calculating.

In fact, long before this, Lu Tian had been well aware that Fei Jing possessed a dark and deep mind; to achieve his goals, he had no bottom line.

Yet back then, the filter of love had been far too strong.

Because she loved him, she had to tolerate all his flaws.

Until now, all those endless forbearance born of love were slapping her in the face with stinging, ironic mockeries!

"Wife, the memorial tablets of your late parents, the elderly folks at the Pastoral Home...

"Can you just abandon them all so easily for the sake of a pretty boy?"

Fei Jing leaned in, pulled out his phone, and played a five-minute video.

In the video, Lu Zhi was seen personally lifting his parents' memorial tablets, holding them high above a steel drum burning with raging flames.

The tongues of fire leaped upward, crackling and snapping.

Then, the camera angle shifted.

Inside the Pastoral Home, the grandfathers and grandmothers were gathered together in the small dance hall.

Beneath the wooden floor of the dance hall, a clear trail of fuse was laid out...

"Fei Jing, the greatest mistake of my life, Lu Tian, was falling in love with a hypocritical beast like you!" Lu Tian crushed her nails into her palms, gritting her teeth.

Fei Jing, however, remained remarkably calm.

He squatted down, tenderly holding her hands which had repeatedly and subconsciously tried to self-harm, and pressed them against his forehead.

"Tian Tian, when I was one month old, my mother poisoned my milk.

"By the time I was a year old, there wasn't a single patch of unblemished flesh on my body.

"Later on, while she entertained men with business at home, I would lie right beside them on a tattered sofa.

"There were many times when, if I hadn't run away, that woman would have dragged me down with her!"

With every single word that fell,

Lu Tian's palms were stained with a trace of icy, clammy moisture.

The man was crying, large, distinct tears rolling down his face.

"Until I met you, wife. You were the only one who treated me like a normal human being."

Therefore, he could cheat. He could fall in love with other girls.

Yet he would never, ever let Lu Tian go.

Because she was the redemption and support of Fei Jing's entire life...

"Contact the head of the Li family and have Ruan Ning treat Youyou.

"And lift the medical blockade against the Fei Group immediately!"

Think back to the utter humiliation of him and Lu Youyou being driven out of the central hospital—it truly was the most embarrassing moment of President Fei's life.

Lu Tian bit her lip, remaining silent.

The man kissed her soft cheek, attempting to entice her step by step. "This is Jingang. No matter how powerful the Nordic Li family's reach is, that woman cannot find your parents' memorial tablets, and the elders at the Pastoral Home are even less..."

"Fine, Fei Jing, I agree."

Her capitulation was entirely within Fei Jing's expectations!

Yet for some reason, the moment their gazes locked,

It felt as though something within her had truly, completely burned out, never to exist again.

"Wife, I'll pick you up from the hospital later. Let's go home."

"Mhm." Lu Tian lowered her gaze, her expression bland and distant.

Anxiously, he grabbed her hand, desperate to confirm something. "We are still husband and wife, and you still love me, right?"

"Yes."

Clearly an affirmative answer, yet it carried an extremely ridiculous undertone.

Fei Jing pulled her into a tight embrace. "Tian Tian, I know you can be stubborn and bullheaded, holding a grudge against Youyou. That video was just a desperate measure, don't take it to heart."

"Oh."

Every response was reduced to a single syllable.

She didn't even bother to spare him another glance. "Someone, I'm feeling a bit unwell and would like to return to my ward to rest for a while."

"Yes, Miss Lu."

The personnel from the Nordic Li family blocked Fei Jing, who attempted to follow.

Before nightfall, Ruan Ning made a trip to the Fei Group's practically empty hospital.

Lu Youyou and the child in her belly were, for the time being, saved.

However, the medical staff had resigned en masse.

Fei Jing had spent a significant sum of money, and Lu Zhi's bail had also become the talk of the town online.

Inside the conglomerate, panic had set in and chaos reigned supreme.

"So, you used the treatment of Lu Youyou to muddy these murky waters even further?"

Over the phone, a voice altered by a voice changer sounded stiff and mechanical.

Lu Tian leaned back against the hospital bed and smiled faintly. "Only when the internal affairs of the Fei Group are in chaos can I pull the wool over Fei Jing's eyes and swiftly transfer the shares."

After all, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of theoriole behind.

Ever since Lu Zhi stirred up trouble by the lake, she had calculated every single move.

The sound of the current carried a heavy, prolonged silence.

"What? Is Madam Li afraid of me?"

"You certainly calculated me into your scheme. But what if I hadn't cooperated?"

"You wouldn't." Lu Tian turned her head slightly to look at the crescent moon hanging like a hook outside the window, her expression numb and cold.

She added, "I suppose it won't be long before we formally meet, Madam Li."

Beep, beep, beep—

The head of the Li family hung up unilaterally.

Hepatobiliary Hospital.

Simon stepped out of the pantry and handed a cup of coffee to Li Yanchen, who was holding the voice changer.

He sighed. "It's been over a dozen years, old Li. Are you sure what you love isn't just the pure, cute little girl from your memories?"

As for the present Lu Tian, she seemed more like the flip side of Fei Jing himself!

All night long, Li Yanchen merely toyed with the voice changer in his hand without a word.

Simon patted his shoulder and advised, "Draw the line somewhere. A woman like Lu Tian is too terrifying, you two are simply not suited for each other. Besides, your parents would never agree!"

Leaving the Hepatobiliary Hospital.

Li Tuantuan lay soundly asleep across his father's lap.

The car's Bluetooth screen displayed an incoming call from [Mother].

He hung up three times.

[Mother] sent a text message.

—[Son, your father seems to have found out about the time I drugged him all those years ago.]

—[Find that hostess as soon as possible so we can uproot the trouble once and for all. Your father won't pursue it further then.]

Monday morning.

Lu Tian still required a wheelchair, but fortunately, the nursing team sent by the Li family to the estate was exceptionally professional.

Lu Youyou carefully supported her lower back and protected her stomach, leaning intimately against Fei Jing.

Before long, a young woman dressed in a European-style maid's uniform emerged carrying a bowl of specially prepared seafood congee.

The young girl immediately reached out happily. "Brother-in-law, you're so good to me! Was this specially prepared for me? Sister, don't be too envious~"

Before her words faded away,

A resounding slap landed across her face.

The bowl of congee was disdainfully tossed into the trash can by the young maid.

Lu Youyou clutched her swollen cheek, flung her soft, delicate body into Fei Jing's arms, and wept pearblossoms washed in rain.

"Wuhu, brother-in-law, to save sister, I almost lost my life and the baby's.

"I just wanted a bowl of seafood congee now, does sister have to bully people like this?"

Regardless of whether Lu Tian actually struck her or not, the one at fault in the end would always be her!

The young maid scoffed. "Miss Zhao Youyou, have you forgotten that you are merely a servant in this household? A bowl of seafood congee worth thousands of yuan—for you to even touch it is a desecration, isn't it?"

With her final sentence, the woman looked directly at Fei Jing as she spoke.

Lu Youyou grew emotional. "My surname isn't Zhao, my name is Lu Youyou, I am Lu Youyou!"

"Is that so? Then why does Miss Lu Youyou's household registration still bear the surname Zhao?"

Fei Jing had always promised to process her name change paperwork.

Yet that matter had simply been dragged out indefinitely!

Lu Zhi had urged him several times, but every attempt had sunk into the sea without a trace or follow-up.

Having finished her meal, Lu Tian prepared to leave.

She needed to meticulously prepare for her meeting with Fei Jing later that Monday in the persona of Rachel.

However,

The man delivered a flying kick, striking the young maid who was defending Lu Tian until she vomited blood...