You Are My Whole Life

Li Chengyun smirked, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "You really think highly of yourself, don't you? You think I would marry you just because you want to marry me?"

An unfamiliar bitterness washed over her. Yu Jingrong stared at him, her voice calm yet serious, "Do you really want to get married? I don't think so. I'm sure you don't want to be under any woman's control. The only reason you came to the Yu Family to propose is because the match was arranged by our grandfathers before they died. But that was a long time ago. Now, in terms of family status, the Yu family and the Li family are worlds apart. Even if you marry me, it would be for show, and you'd divorce me anyway. I... I... don't love you, which is perfect for you - you wouldn't have to bear any clingy, annoying wife. And they, well..."

Li Chengyun gazed at her coldly, cutting her off, "Are you done?"

His curt five-word sentence was laced with chilling, fleeting undertones of threat and dominance.

"..." She hadn't finished, but Yu Jingrong suddenly found herself too fearful to utter another word.

A chill flashed in his deep eyes. Li Chengyun's lips thinned, and he took a step back, circling her and heading for the door.

Everything was at stake for Yu Jingrong; she couldn't let Li Chengyun walk out on her without more answers.

But just as she was about to chase after him, she heard her brother, Yu Chenxi, screaming from within the Yu Mansion, "Ahhh!!!"

Upon hearing her brother's anxious cries, Yu Jingrong quickly turned and rushed back into the mansion.

Immediately upon entering the living room, she saw Yu Chenxi raging like a furious wolf, his face red with anger, glaring at Yu Qinqin.

Yu Qinqin glared back at him coldly, seemingly at a loss for words, "What the hell are you shouting for? If you're not well, go take medicine!"

Yu Qinqin's outburst earned her a warning shout from the family elder, "Qinqin."

Yu Qinqin looked clearly displeased. Despite her grandfather's warning, she lowered her voice but continued to speak in a mocking tone, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken to my big cousin like this. But Grandfather, was I wrong? Where was she when the Yu Family was at its most vulnerable and in need of help? Now that the Yu Family has some good fortune, she swoops right back in and even resorts to tricks. Isn't this disgraceful and shameless?"

"It's not wrong, but...cousin, what good does it do to say this to big brother Chenxi," Ji Duoduo, clinging to Yu Chenxi, looked at Yu Qinqin, her eyes innocent as a lamb's.

Opening and then closing her mouth, she was about to say something more, but, upon seeing Yu Jingrong entering the room, a look of helplessness crossed her face, and she decided to hold her tongue.

Upon seeing Yu Jingrong, Yu Qinqin's face filled with disdain.

She glared coldly at Yu Jingrong and spat out, "Don't think I'm only saying this behind your back. I'd say the same thing to your face. And I'm not wrong. What have you done for the Yu Family over the years? You were nowhere to be found when the Yu Family was at its worst. Now, when there's good fortune to be had in the Yu Family, you're the first to show up."