Qin Shanshan couldn’t say she loved Tang Yuanxiao anymore. There was only hate—a hate so strong she couldn’t stand the thought of him getting away scot-free.
Why should he get to live a carefree life, completely unaffected, and still be able to marry and have children in the future?
She wouldn’t accept it.
Yes, the man that night had been Su Dan, not him, but he still had to take responsibility.
Because it was that old hag, Mrs. Tang, who had drugged her.
The suffering she endured from losing her innocence was all the Tang family’s fault.
The Tang family had to take responsibility!
If they wouldn’t, then they could forget about living in peace!
With Qin Shanshan thinking this way, Tang Yuanxiao’s peaceful days were over.
She couldn’t get into the family compound, and Mrs. Tang wouldn’t come out. Everyone in the compound knew who she was, so she couldn’t even lie to trick the woman out.
Qin Shanshan went and staked out the place for two days, but Mrs. Tang never appeared. In the end, left with no other choice, she went to find Tang Yuanxiao.
Tang Yuanxiao had only just enjoyed a few days of peace and quiet when Qin Shanshan showed up.
Qin Shanshan knew Tang Yuanxiao definitely didn’t want to see her, so when she got to his school, she lied and said her name was Su Li.
Security at the school was strict, but relatively lenient for visitors who didn’t go inside. Since Qin Shanshan didn’t try to enter, they didn’t check her ID.
When Tang Yuanxiao got the message that a "Su Li" was looking for him outside the school, he rushed out without a second thought.
He ran to the school gate as fast as he could, imagining countless reasons why Su Li might be looking for him, but the one possibility he never considered was that the person waiting wasn’t Su Li at all.
"Su Li—"
Tang Yuanxiao skidded to a halt. When he saw Qin Shanshan behind the guard post, the name died on his lips.
Upon seeing Qin Shanshan, the eager anticipation on Tang Yuanxiao’s face instantly turned to ice, and his eyes filled with wariness.
Qin Shanshan saw the change in Tang Yuanxiao’s expression as clear as day.
She clenched her jaw, her hands tightening into fists so hard her nails dug deep into her palms.
Qin Shanshan’s eyes narrowed, and a mocking smile spread across her face.
"Running out here so eagerly... you really thought it was Su Li, didn’t you? How ridiculous."
Tang Yuanxiao let out a breath. "What are you doing here?"
An indescribable sense of loss and self-mockery washed over him.
’Why didn’t I use my head? As if Su Li would ever come looking for me.’
"I’m here for a reason, obviously." Qin Shanshan crossed her arms and walked forward.
After taking a couple of steps, she noticed Tang Yuanxiao hadn’t followed. Qin Shanshan sneered, "You’d better keep up. My patience is wearing thin. Don’t test me."
Qin Shanshan had completely hit rock bottom and had nothing left to lose. If provoked, she could explode at any moment.
He who wears shoes fears the one who is barefoot. Right now, Qin Shanshan was the barefoot one.
Tang Yuanxiao gritted his teeth. "What is it you really want?"
"I don’t want to waste my breath on you. If you don’t want me to rip my clothes and scream assault right here and now, you’ll get over here."
Qin Shanshan’s own patience was wearing thin, and she spoke without any courtesy.
Hearing Qin Shanshan’s words, a vein bulged on Tang Yuanxiao’s forehead, and his fists clenched so tightly they audibly cracked. He was angry, frustrated, and powerless. In the end, he had no choice but to follow.
Because Tang Yuanxiao knew Qin Shanshan would do exactly as she said.
Causing such a scene at the school gate would be absolutely intolerable.
Qin Shanshan went into a coffee shop not far from the school gate and sat down. After Tang Yuanxiao took a seat, she cut right to the chase.
"Tang Yuanxiao, your family has to take responsibility for me. I’m going to marry into the Tang family."
Qin Shanshan then laid out her reasoning.
Tang Yuanxiao’s heart sank to the pit of his stomach.
The thing he had been dreading deep down had finally happened.
Qin Shanshan was using the fact that his mother had drugged her to come after him.
"...Your mom drugged me and I lost my innocence, so your family has to take responsibility. And you, Tang Yuanxiao, you’re just a widower who’s already had two wives. Even without my innocence, I’m more than good enough for you."
"Just pretend you’re marrying a widow or a divorcée."
Over the past few days, Qin Shanshan had completely changed. Before, she knew how to hide her true feelings, but now, she made no effort to conceal them.
She gave off a dark, gloomy aura, her thirst for revenge on full display.
She would marry Tang Yuanxiao again, not for love this time, but to spite him and torment them all.
They had ruined her life, so they could forget about ever getting rid of her!
She didn’t care how much Tang Yuanxiao hated or loathed her, or whether he would ever treat her as a wife.
They would just torment each other. They would have to support her, compensate her, and atone for their sins. It was what they deserved!
The determination and hatred in her eyes were unmistakable.
"The person you should be looking for is Su Dan. Wasn’t he willing to marry you? Didn’t he even go to your house to propose? Your family already agreed. You shouldn’t be coming to me."
Tang Yuanxiao looked Qin Shanshan straight in the eye. "If I was ever going to marry you, I would have done it already, not waited until now."
If he had been willing to marry her, he would have compromised and done so long ago.
He said in a low voice, "Qin Shanshan, have you still not come to your senses?"
He hadn’t been willing to marry her before, and it was even more impossible now. Why couldn’t Qin Shanshan see that?
Qin Shanshan’s face twitched. "Oh, I’m wide awake now. More awake than I’ve ever been."
"I’m telling you, Tang Yuanxiao, you don’t have to marry me. But if you don’t, you can just wait for your mother to die!"
The more Tang Yuanxiao didn’t want to marry her, the more determined she was to do it.
No one was going to have an easy time.
Tang Yuanxiao looked at Qin Shanshan, utterly speechless.
"We both know exactly what happened. Stop saying these things."
Tang Yuanxiao stood up and walked away.
Qin Shanshan shouted an ultimatum at his retreating back.
"Tang Yuanxiao, I’m telling you, I won’t rest until I get what I want!"
After that day, Qin Shanshan made her final decision.
She would not marry Su Dan. She had to marry into the Tang family and get justice for herself.
Qin Shanshan’s antics really infuriated Su Dan.
Su Dan was truly frustrated. The wife he’d practically secured was about to fly away. How could he not be angry? He had been so patient for so long, but Qin Shanshan wasn’t moved in the slightest and insisted on making such a scene.
Su Dan dropped the pleasantries. He started following Qin Shanshan every day and also told Miao Fenghua to come quickly.
Qin Shanshan didn’t care whether Miao Fenghua came or not; she continued with her own preparations.
Just when she felt that all her preparations were complete and all she needed was the right opportunity, she suddenly fainted.
Su Dan had been following her the whole time. Seeing her collapse, he immediately rushed her to a nearby hospital.
When Qin Shanshan woke up, she was hit with a bombshell.
She was pregnant.
"Haha, this is great! I’m going to be a dad! Haha!"
Calculating the dates, it had to be the fruit of that one night.
Su Dan was ecstatic when he heard the news. A baby! With a baby, Qin Shanshan would definitely have to marry him!
This was great news for Su Dan, but for Qin Shanshan, it was a bolt from the blue.
"Impossible, impossible! I can’t be pregnant! It was just one night, how could I get pregnant so easily!"
Qin Shanshan was going crazy. How could she possibly be pregnant?!
If she was pregnant, what would happen to her plan?
"Shanshan, we should go back quickly. We need to hurry up and arrange the wedding. If we wait until your belly starts to show, we’ll become a laughingstock."
Qin Shanshan was on the verge of a breakdown, and Su Dan was right there, twisting the knife in her heart.