Chapter 821: Chapter 820: In Love with the Status
"But... she hadn’t expected that Liu Zheng married her because... he had fallen in love with her identity.
She was just a country bumpkin!
"Zheng, I am an orphan! I am just an ordinary person!" Lin Ruoxuan was getting somewhat emotional, "Did you marry me for my identity?"
"How... how can you think that way?" Liu Zheng’s frown deepened.
"If you love my identity, I can give it back to you! If you are interested in me as a person, I can play along in a drama!" Lin Ruoxuan said resolutely, "But, Liu Zheng, I don’t love you! I never have!"
Liu Zheng looked at her, his eyes shimmering with complex emotions.
After a long while, he sighed, "I won’t give up on you! You are my wife!"
His stance was clear; he was very persistent.
"..." Lin Ruoxuan was stunned, and after a long time, she slowly shook her head, "It’s not going to work, I am not worthy of you, Liu Zheng, we are not suited for each other..."
"You are mine!" Liu Zheng interrupted her, seriously saying, "You are the only woman I have ever acknowledged, I don’t care if you are a country girl! In my eyes, you are the most beautiful girl in the world, I love you, so, even if the whole world opposes us being together, I won’t give up!"
"..." Lin Ruoxuan was dazed.
"Ruoxuan, don’t worry, with me here, I will never let you be wronged. I will make you into the most dazzling princess!" Liu Zheng promised solemnly, "Ruoxuan, marry me!"
"..." Tears flowed down Lin Ruoxuan’s cheeks again.
"Ruoxuan, don’t cry, I will protect you with my life! You must believe me! I will give you happiness!"
"..."
"Is that okay? Ruoxuan..."
"Okay..." Lin Ruoxuan nodded, "I agree with you, but I hope you can respect me, I hope... between us, there can be equality, fairness!"
"Mm... I promise you!" Liu Zheng vowed solemnly, "Ruoxuan, believe me, I will never let you down!"
His words warmed Lin Ruoxuan’s heart, and her tears flowed even more fiercely...
...
"What did you say? You want to marry her?!" A furious roar echoed through the Lin Family’s grand hall.
"Dad, Ruoxuan and I truly love each other, why don’t you approve?" Lin’s father asked with a frown.
Lin’s mother’s face was very grim. She walked up to hold her husband, saying, "Zheng’s parents have already arranged a match for him, let’s just settle this marriage! Zheng, come here, explain it clearly once more!"
Lin Ruoxuan stood on the second floor and heard this talk, a scornful smile lifted at the corner of her mouth.
Liu Zheng walked down, seeing his mother’s expression, he awkwardly said, "Mom, you don’t understand, there is real affection between Lin Ruoxuan and me!"
"Zheng!" Lin’s mother glared at him, "You are our son! The one to inherit our wealth! How can you abandon the whole family for a woman?!"
"Dad, Mom, I’ve said it before, I only love Lin Ruoxuan!" Liu Zheng was very firm.
"Ridiculous! You are being ridiculous!" Lin’s father exclaimed furiously, "Have you both gone mad? Thinking about getting married?"
"Dad! I’m not crazy!" Liu Zheng said, "Ruoxuan likes me!"
"You can’t marry!" Lin’s mother said, "Have you forgotten how she treated you initially? How can you marry a murderer back home?! Zheng! Listen to mom! You can’t marry her!"
"Mom!" Lin’s father frowned, "Lin Ruoxuan is not a murderer! It was my misunderstanding back then... she didn’t mean to hurt anyone..."
"Slap--"
Lin’s mother slapped him hard, scolded, "Then why is she coming to you now?!"
"..." Lin’s father fell silent.
"Let me tell you!" Lin’s mother’s face darkened, "She is approaching you for money! Don’t be fooled by her!"
"Mom!" Lin’s father displeased, "She isn’t that kind of person!"
"You..." Lin’s mother’s chest heaved violently, "You..."
"Mom, don’t push Zheng anymore!" Lin Ruoxuan finally couldn’t hold back and came out to intercede, "Zheng loves me! We truly love each other!"
Lin’s father turned towards Lin Ruoxuan, his eyes revealing a trace of relief, "Ruoxuan, it’s good you think this way! Zheng is an excellent kid, I approve of you, marrying him, you won’t be at a loss!"
"..." Lin Ruoxuan’s heart was very bitter, she couldn’t accept Liu Zheng marrying her!
"What did you say?" Mrs. Lin’s tone suddenly turned cold, "You want to marry her?"
Mr. Lin’s face also looked terrible as he said, "Ruoxuan, since Zheng likes you so much, you should marry him!"
Mrs. Lin shoved her daughter to the ground, pointing at her nose and scolding, "Slut! How dare you seduce my son! Are you trying to die faster?"
Ruoxuan, holding her abdomen, struggled to her feet and said, "Auntie! Please show some respect! Nothing untoward has happened between Zheng and me! I haven’t done anything outrageous! You must not slander me like this!"
"Hmph, I’m slandering you?" Mrs. Lin mocked with a laugh, "Ruoxuan, when you married our son at first, I really went out of my way to please you! You’re not even grateful, and now you’re bewitching Zheng, you’re shameless!"
...
Ruoxuan bit her lip and said no more, leaning on the wall as she walked out.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin grabbed her arm and yelled, "Where do you think you’re going?"
"Let go!" Ruoxuan glared at her coldly. "Try touching even a single hair on me again!"
"Fine!" Mrs. Lin was not intimidated. "You think you’re still who you used to be? You’re nothing but trash now; I’m not afraid of you!"
Ruoxuan sneered, "I am indeed trash now! What are you going to do about it?"
"I’m going to kill you!"
"You dare!" Ruoxuan kicked Mrs. Lin’s hand away and turned to walk outside.
"Ruoxuan, stop right there!" Mrs. Lin shouted, her voice followed by a cadre of wives and concubines of the Lin Family, all of them chasing after her. "I’m going to kill you today and see how you’ll seduce Zheng after that!"
In a moment, the people brought by Mrs. Lin surrounded her, beating her as she did not fight back but merely tried to escape, crying out for help as she ran.
However, Mrs. Lin’s men were too many and Ruoxuan, a fragile woman, couldn’t withstand the mob’s assault.
"Ah...!" Ruoxuan screamed as she fell to the cold cement floor, pain piercing her back.
"Dad..." Mr. Lin ran over, pulling his wife up, his face looking terrible as he looked at the disheveled Ruoxuan.
"Ruoxuan!" Mrs. Lin stared at Ruoxuan venomously, "I’m telling you, you must die today!"
With that, she waved her arm, commanding her people to continue beating Ruoxuan.
Ruoxuan’s forehead was smashed open, blood gushing out abrasively, hatred filling her eyes as she kept dodging Mrs. Lin’s attacks, but there was no escape.
"Ruoxuan!" Mr. Lin’s voice was anxious and worried, "You need to run!"
"You... you go!" Ruoxuan’s face was as pale as paper, despair in her eyes. "Go quickly..."
"Ruoxuan!" The struggle was evident on Mr. Lin’s face.
Just then, a loud rumbling sounded as several black Mercedes came speeding up, stopping at the entrance of the Lin residence, and several police officers in uniforms disembarked.
The police rushed into the house, subduing the chaotic servants. They turned their stern eyes to the Lin family and asked coldly, "Who called the police?"
Mr. Lin hesitated for a moment before finally saying through gritted teeth, "It was me who called the police!"
A police officer pulled out his identification and said coldly, "I am Mayor’s Secretary, Zhang Kai, you all are to follow me back to the station for questioning!"
Hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Lin’s faces drastically changed, their eyes filled with resentful poison as they unwillingly looked at Ruoxuan.
Seeing her parents’ hateful eyes, a heavy regret surged in Ruoxuan’s heart, yet she didn’t regret making such a foolhardy choice!
Ruoxuan didn’t want to implicate Liu Zheng, so she decisively decided to leave the Lin family!
The police arrested Mr. and Mrs. Lin and took them to the station.
"Mom, what are we going to do? What are we going to do?!" Mr. Lin was panic-stricken, not wanting to end up in prison, never to come out.
Mrs. Lin was also terrified, knowing the gravity of the charges against her would lead to jail time.
Just then, Ruoxuan’s cellphone suddenly rang; she pulled it out and saw an unknown number.
Hesitant for a second, she pressed the call button, "Hello?"
A male voice came from the other end, "Miss Lin, hello! I am the General Manager of Lin Corporation, do you remember me?"
"I remember," Ruoxuan’s voice was faint, "Mr. Li, what can I do for you?"
"It’s like this! I wanted to discuss something concerning our company’s new product launch, hoping Miss Lin could provide some advice!"
"Please, go ahead!"
"I know, Miss Lin, you have reservations about our company! But this design proposal is managed by you, I hope you can help our new product achieve greater success!"
