Chapter 472
“Alright, Xu Ke, you can stay here. Let Miss Ariel accompany me to see the doctor.” Lin Mengyao released Xu Ke’s hand and turned to grab Ariel’s arm.
“Let me go with you. I see you look a bit pale, and I’m worried.” Xu Ke looked at Lin Mengyao with concern and said.
“No need, it’s fine with Miss Ariel accompanying me. You better get some food and stay with Xiaxia. I’m afraid she’ll be worried if she wakes up and can’t find us.” Mentioning Xiaxia brought a hint of warmth to Lin Mengyao’s expression, making her seem less cold.
Ariel initially didn’t move, just looking at Lin Mengyao, but soon she let go of Xu Ke’s arm and put a smile back on her face. “Brother Xu, you should leave. There’s nothing to worry about with me accompanying Yao Yao. A woman’s body is best understood by a woman. Maybe it won’t even require a doctor for me to cure Yao Yao, right, Sister Yao Yao?” Ariel put her hands behind her back, smiling sweetly.
“I didn’t know Miss Ariel had studied medicine, quite a surprise.” Lin Mengyao’s lips curled slightly, her sarcasm oozing.
“There are many things you don’t know about me. This is just the beginning.” Ariel said with a laugh; although her laugh was sweet, her eyes were full of fighting spirit.
Xu Ke wanted to follow to prevent a fight between the two, but he was unanimously pushed out by them, leaving the space entirely to the two women.
Once Xu Ke was out of sight, the previously tense atmosphere between the two women shifted radically. They stood as if caught in a storm, silently looking at each other’s faces.
“Leave Xu Ke.” Lin Mengyao said coldly, her gaze filled with contempt as she looked at Ariel.
“Why should I? Xu Ke is such a good man, I like him too. Why should I give him up just because you told me to?” Ariel crossed her arms over her chest, looking at Lin Mengyao with a rather unfriendly expression. Her smile had entirely vanished, becoming exceptionally sharp.
“You should know that he is already a married man. If you had any sense of shame, you would know this is an immoral act. What you are doing is destroying someone else’s family.” Lin Mengyao’s emotions became unstable, and veins stood out on her forehead.
“I know Xu Ke has a wife, so what? He still has an unparalleled attraction to me. I’m even willing to be his mistress for him, not asking him to marry me, just letting me stay by his side.” Ariel narrowed her eyes slightly, the corners of her mouth curving subtly.
“Do you not feel shameless for doing this? Do you feel no pangs of conscience? On one hand, you call me sister, while on the other, you use me to seduce my husband. Aren’t you afraid of retribution?” Lin Mengyao said through gritted teeth, her face icy cold.
“Shameless? What’s that? Have you forgotten where I come from? I don’t need such a thing as shame. Frankly speaking, that doesn’t matter much to me. For us, living is the most important thing, followed by pleasure, and grabbing whatever you are interested in, whether person or thing, who cares about the rest. I like Xu Ke, so I want him unless one day I find someone better, or I lose all interest in him. Otherwise, no one can separate us, do you understand?”
Ariel took a step forward, standing in front of Lin Mengyao, sizing her up and continued to speak, “Honestly, I don’t think you’re worthy of someone like Xu Ke. Being his lawful wife is your luck. Comparing looks, we’re evenly matched, but when it comes to body, you’re not superior to me at all. And I don’t care much for your personality either. You don’t understand Xu Ke at all, nor can you enter his world. To me, you are like a leech, selfishly sucking Xu Ke’s blood.”
“I’m not! You don’t understand the feelings between us. How dare you insult our relationship and dictate to us?” Lin Mengyao retorted.
“Am I wrong? Am I not stating the facts? You’ve always been taking from Xu Ke, but think carefully. Have you ever given anything back? It seems you haven’t. Instead, you’ve been endlessly taking from him. Everything you have now is given by Xu Ke. Is there anything you earned with your own hands?” Ariel took another step forward, pressuring Lin Mengyao.
“Ask yourself, in all your years with Xu Ke, have you genuinely tried to enter his heart and his world? Or have you just waited for Xu Ke to comfort and spoil you? Do you know what Xu Ke likes? Do you know what’s truly hidden beneath Xu Ke’s smiles and tenderness? You can’t answer because you don’t know anything. So what right do you have to tell me to leave Xu Ke? Aside from the title of wife, what qualifies you to stand in my way?” Ariel questioned again.
“If you really love him, you should let him find his own happiness, rather than suppressing his true nature, making a tiger become a cat by your side. I can accompany Xu Ke in doing many things he likes, which you can’t do. So just stand aside as Mrs. Xu and leave the rest.” Ariel patted Lin Mengyao’s shoulder, observing her several changes in expression with appreciation.
“I think sister’s illness is already cured, so I won’t waste time here with you. I haven’t seen Xu Ke for a while, I’m going to find him now, bye.” Ariel looked far off in Xu Ke’s direction, using a sweet and sticky voice to finish her words before quickly running towards Xu Ke, not caring at all that she wore a dress.
Her face also radiated a bright and cheerful smile. She loudly called Xu Ke’s name, not caring about other’s gazes. She approached Xu Ke and jumped onto him, wrapping her long legs around his lean waist and inserting her hands into Xu Ke’s hair, lifting his head and kissing him hard.
At that moment, Lin Mengyao suddenly realized why Xu Ke had fallen for Ariel. Such love was something she could never give. She admitted defeat.
Lin Mengyao comprehended, yet felt no relief. Instead, it seemed like a huge stone pressed on her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.
Lin Mengyao felt the stone she carried was incredibly heavy, so heavy it blurred her vision, making it hard for her spine to straighten. She almost stumbled back to Yu Xia’s side.
Seeing the person still asleep in bed, tears fell uncontrollably.