In the middle of the night, there were lightning and thunder, and it started to rain heavily outside. The thunder was so loud that it was terrifying.
Lu Zhen was lying on the bed, looking at the dark ceiling above her head. She couldn't help but turn over and curl up. At this moment, she missed her brother Zhenghua very much. If he were still there, she wanted to talk to him.
The bedroom door was suddenly kicked open.
Lu Zhen was startled. There was no light in the room, and a man's cold breath was gradually approaching.
There was a flash of thunder, illuminating everything in the house.
The tall and handsome man was soaked all over, with water dripping from his short black hair.
"Why are you caught in the rain? It's raining heavily outside, don't you know to take shelter?"
"Lu Zhen." The man slowly approached, calling her name, with an unusually calm expression.
Lu Zhen looked up at him, but before she could say anything, she was slapped in the face so hard that she turned her head away.
Su Youzhang looked down at her, full of sinister intent, "Xiaodong's company just went bankrupt, and she was half-dead in the hospital. I thought she was Lin Huijin's only support now, but I didn't expect you to push her down the stairs and break her legs. What can she do now? Lin Huijin's only support is gone, are you satisfied?"
Lu Zhen covered her burning face, not knowing what she was thinking. After a long while, she looked up and slapped the man in the face without hesitation. Every word she said was cold and heartless. "I don't know what she said to you, but I didn't push her. She fell down by herself, so I'll give you this slap back."
Su Youzhang didn't dodge and took the slap. He just looked at her coldly with a frozen face, his voice without any ups and downs, "Lu Zhen, this time you make me completely disgusted. I have endured for so long, I don't want to endure it anymore. Lu Zhen, let's get a divorce."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhen raised her delicate chin, her eyes slightly red, but she was speechless.
It seemed that from this moment on, their marriage gradually fell apart and headed towards inevitable decline.
*
When Su Youzhang beat Lu Zhen, Su Yi was standing behind the crack of the door and watching. She heard her mother say that she did not push Ruan Zaizang, but she jumped down by herself. Su Yi blinked her eyes filled with evil and hated Ruan Zaizang and her daughter to the core.
*
But no matter what, Ruan Zaixiang lost his legs after all.
Lin Huijin cried until she was out of breath in the hospital, and angrily said to her mother: "Mom! Wait, I'm going to find that woman and avenge you!"
Ruan Zaixiang said sternly, "You are not allowed to go."
"Mom! She ruined both of your legs! I can't stand this anymore."
"You have to endure it even if you can't." Ruan Zaixiang looked out the window at the rainy night, his voice as cold as ice, "Didn't you see how much Su Youzhang cares about his daughter? If you go to seek revenge now, even if she beats you to death, Su Youzhang won't really blame her."
Lin Huijin was stunned and sat back on the chair, tears still on her face. "Are we just going to let it go like this? We're not going to pursue the matter even though she has harmed us like this?"
"What do you know?" Ruan Zaixiang glanced at her, the hatred in his eyes gradually becoming clearer, "I fell down by myself this time."
"What?" Lin Huijin couldn't believe it.
"Her daughter won't let us in, so we can't go in, do you understand? And if I really took Su Youzhang's card, it would be too late to put out the fire. After a while, we will still have a hard time. What I want is for Su Youzhang to owe us forever, and mom's legs are the price."
After hearing this, Lin Huijin was almost speechless.
Ruan Zaixiang continued, "Don't go looking for revenge on her, otherwise all my efforts will be wasted. Huijin, you have to understand that I did this entirely for you. Only in this way will Su Youzhang be willing to treat us well out of guilt."
From what happened today, Ruan Zaixiang has already understood that Su Youzhang has changed. Perhaps it is because the years have passed, and she is no longer the most important person in Su Youzhang's heart, or perhaps it is because he has let it go. Now in his heart, the most important person is the child named Su Yi. She cannot touch Su Yi, but she can touch Lu Zhen, the woman who took everything from her... If it were not for the Su family's objection, the woman living in that house with Su Youzhang would be her, and her Huijin would be held in the palm of Su Youzhang's hand like Su Yi.
After hearing this, Lin Huijin looked up, staring at her mother with tearful eyes.
Her mother was willing to sacrifice her legs for her. In the future, she will listen to her mother and repay her...
Ruan was thinking, "That little bitch is very important to Su Youzhang. Remember not to anger her on purpose when you see her. Act pitiful so that others... especially Su Youzhang, will think that she treats you badly. As long as we get through this period, we will have everything in the future. Huijin, mom will let you go to the best school and receive the best education. In the future, you will be a superior person and even better off than that little bitch. By then, when Su Youzhang is disappointed in her, we mother and daughter can take revenge."
Lin Huijin didn't say anything, but she took her mother's words into consideration and her expression gradually calmed down.
Yes, the most important thing right now is her future. If she can’t even go to school, what chance does she have to change her fate
*
Lu Zhen is sick.
This time the illness was particularly severe and long.
She lay in her bedroom, running a low fever, groggily thinking about what she had said that year.
She said that there is no destiny in this world and that man can conquer nature in everything. Because she worked hard and kept moving forward courageously, her dream finally came true. However, she did not expect that the life after marriage was not a dream but an endless nightmare from which she could not wake up.
She began to wonder in a daze why they had become like this.
In the end, after thinking it over, she only came to one conclusion: Su Youzhang didn't love her.
Then she became confused again and continued to think about this matter while lying on the bed. She told herself that Su Youzhang didn't love her, but she couldn't accept it, so she began to lie to herself that Su Youzhang actually loved her. After a long time, her mind began to become hazy. She often felt that Su Youzhang loved her, so that gradually, she had hallucinations.
But Su Youzhang basically never went home, so Lu Zhen's mood became very unstable. She became irritable and agitated, and would throw things at any time.
The first person to discover that something was wrong with Lu Zhen was Su Yi. One night, Lu Zhen came into her room, touched her head, and said in a tone of great self-blame: "I'm sorry, baby. Although mom loves you very much, I don't think I can take good care of you. I feel so guilty. Baby, I'm sorry. I'm leaving. You will never see me again, because death is my only relief..."
Su Yi was so scared that she opened her eyes immediately, looked at Lu Zhen with tears on her face, and held her hand tightly, "Mom, what are you doing? Why are you leaving?"
"I'm sorry, baby. Mom can't do anything right. Mom feels useless..." The patient with bipolar disorder was extremely sleepy at first, and then began to deny herself, thinking that she could not do anything right, was useless, and had low self-esteem, so she wanted to use suicide to get rid of it. In her heart, she also felt that life was meaningless, in short, she was world-weary.
"No, mom is very good. Mom is very good to Xiaoyi. Xiaoyi loves mom..." Su Yi coaxed her carefully, pulled her, and refused to let her go.
The young girl stayed awake all night staring at her mother, afraid that she would be upset and did not dare to look away for a moment.
Later, she took Lu Zhen to see a psychiatrist, who diagnosed that long-term depression had caused mental problems. If serious, she might hurt others or commit self-harm. The doctor prescribed medicine for her mother, and after she took it on time, her mood gradually stabilized.
Because Lu Zhen suffered from a mental illness, Su Youzhang was not legally allowed to divorce, unless it was a private agreement or she initiated the divorce.
Su Yi told Su Youzhang about Lu Zhen. Although she hated her father, she really felt that her mother needed her father. The deepest fall in Lu Zhen's life was falling in love with Su Youzhang.
Of course, Su Youzhang was not such a heartless person. After he knew that Lu Zhen was sick, he came back to visit her several times.
Every time Su Youzhang came back, Lu Zhen would be particularly happy. In order not to irritate her, Su Youzhang no longer said those cruel words to her, but treated her like a real husband and loved her very much. This was actually helping her with her treatment. Under Su Youzhang's care, Lu Zhen's mental state gradually returned to normal.
The memories are almost over.
(End of this chapter)