After Divorcing My Omega Ex-Wife - Chapter 17

Seeing Xie Qingyun like this made Shi Yun feel irritated.

What was she pretending for?

But the words that came out of her mouth were something else entirely. She put on a tearful expression, took a step behind Xie Qingyun, and grabbed her arm. “I’m fine, Qingyun.” Xie Qingyun turned back to look at her, somewhat surprised. Shi Yun shook her head, indicating that she was all right. “Auntie is only worried about your health.”

When she first saw Su Lirong, Xie Qingyun had felt a tiny bit of secret joy, thinking Su Lirong had come to see her after seeing the news online that she had been hospitalized. She had not expected that Su Lirong had come to make trouble for Shi Yun.

Seeing Shi Yun look so wronged, a nameless fire surged up in Xie Qingyun.

In the earlier years, Su Lirong had ignored her completely. Once she became famous, she stuck to her like a plaster. She arranged a marriage partner for her, yet nitpicked and complained about everything. After ruining her marriage, she now jumped out to act innocent.

Su Lirong could not stand Shi Yun acting like this. She pointed at her and said, “What are you pretending for, little girl?”

Her crimson almond-shaped nails almost poked Shi Yun’s face. Shi Yun was so frightened that she took a step back and held Xie Qingyun’s arm.

Seeing this, Xie Qingyun’s brows locked tightly, and she shielded Shi Yun behind her.

Feeling a slight force, the soft flesh on her arm was gently pinched. She glanced back and sensed Shi Yun’s fear.

The fire in her heart burned even stronger. Her fists clenched until they turned pale, and her voice lowered. “What right do you have to say that about Shi Yun?”

Her adoptive parents had educated her very well. Even at a moment like this, she still remembered to use respectful speech.

Su Lirong wanted to defend herself, but the moment she opened her mouth, she did not know what to say. Hadn’t it always been like this before?

She glanced at the two of them, their arms naturally linked together, intimate and inseparable. At this moment, she was the villain destroying them.

She suddenly rushed forward and grabbed Xie Qingyun’s hand, pulling her toward her side. “Qingyun, Mom is only worried about you.”

“Worried about me?” Xie Qingyun did not move, letting Su Lirong pull her like this. It was as if she had heard the greatest joke in the world. She gave a cold laugh. “Your way of worrying about me is not coming to take care of me when I’m sick and hospitalized, but coming to make things difficult for Shi Yun when she was hospitalized because she took care of me?”

Her volume suddenly rose. Xie Qingyun was furious. She did not know who had told Su Lirong about these things, but she was certain that person had bad intentions.

This had only happened yesterday, and today Su Lirong was already at their door.

Why were there so many people trying to destroy her and Shi Yun?

“I don’t know where you heard this news from.” She shook off Su Lirong’s hand. “But we cannot afford your concern.”

“Let’s go.” Xie Qingyun turned around, collected her emotions, and smiled at Shi Yun. Seeing that Shi Yun was still dazed, she raised her hand and scraped the tip of Shi Yun’s nose, then stroked Shi Yun’s long hair, soft as silk. “Silly, what are you spacing out for?”

In front of outsiders who did not know the truth, she only wanted to show as much intimacy between them as possible.

Su Lirong was a little confused, her gaze moving between the two of them. “You two… didn’t you divorce?”

Xie Qingyun turned her head. Her gaze was like a cold arrow.

It nearly pierced through Su Lirong.

Sure enough, paper could not wrap fire. Bad news like this spread from one person to ten, then from ten to a hundred.

It probably would not be long before everyone knew.

There were far too many people who could not bear to see her doing well.

“I think you’ve been too idle lately. I’ll stop your card.” Xie Qingyun’s patience was limited, and she issued her final ultimatum.

Over the years, Su Lirong and Xie Qianzhi had always had an open marriage. They only had to put on the appearance of a loving couple in front of outsiders. Su Lirong spent extravagantly, and after recognizing Xie Qingyun again, she had asked her for money several times, both openly and indirectly.

Xie Qingyun had thought of it as spending money to avoid trouble, so she had opened a supplementary card for her with a limit of one hundred thousand yuan. After that, Su Lirong had quieted down, though she would occasionally complain that the money was too little.

After Xie Qianzhi found out, he stopped the card he had given Su Lirong. She had made a fuss several times, but it had been useless.

If Xie Qingyun also stopped her card, she would have no income left.

The moment Su Lirong heard this, she became frantic. “Qingyun! I’m your mother!”

Xie Qingyun ignored her, took Shi Yun’s right hand, and smiled. “Let’s go.”

The way she held her hand was very intimate. Their fingers intertwined, warm palms pressed together, and her fingertips restlessly rubbed Shi Yun’s knuckles.

Shi Yun did not avoid it and returned a smile.

At least in front of the parents, she could not embarrass Xie Qingyun.

After all, the funds had not arrived yet.

Su Lirong was still immersed in the disastrous news that her card would be stopped. Seeing that they were about to leave, she roared, “You’re not allowed to go!”

Xie Qingyun walked in front, while Shi Yun fell behind.

Su Lirong did not dare provoke Xie Qingyun, so she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Shi Yun’s wrist. “You’re not allowed to go!!”

Her slender wrist was seized. Under the force, Shi Yun could not stand steadily and staggered twice, nearly falling.

She struggled free and pulled her arm back. Her skin was tender, and the moment it was touched, it reddened. Su Lirong had gripped the bone on the ulnar side, and a fine, dense pain spread out.

“Hiss…”

Shi Yun covered the injured spot and looked at Xie Qingyun resentfully.

Why was it that whenever people wanted to trouble Xie Qingyun, it always ended up falling on her head?

Xie Qingyun turned back and saw Shi Yun’s pitiful appearance. She immediately lowered her head and cupped Shi Yun’s wrist. Seeing the ring of red marks around her wrist bone, particularly obvious against her porcelain-white skin, she raised her head and shouted at Su Lirong, “What are you doing?!”

Over the years, the mother-daughter bond between them had never been well maintained, and Xie Qingyun was also very clear about the purpose behind them finding her.

After all, Su Lirong had given birth to her. Xie Qingyun was willing to provide material support within a certain range, but as for any other familial affection, they could forget it.

She could not give it, and she was unwilling to give it.

Su Lirong’s scalp went numb, her hand suspended in the air. “I… I didn’t.”

She waved her hands repeatedly and stepped back. “I only wanted to stop you two… Qingyun, don’t stop my card.”

She had not expected Xie Qingyun to protect Shi Yun to this extent. She truly held her in her palm for fear she would melt, to the point that she could even treat her own biological mother this way.

Xie Qingyun pressed her anger down in her heart. She also did not want to make the family relationship too ugly in front of Shi Yun. “I’m the one stopping your card. If you have a problem, come at me! Why are you pulling Shi Yun?”

Su Lirong had no way to defend herself. Her body trembled uncontrollably, and a few tears fell.

It was over. It was truly over.

She had failed to get money and even had her card stopped.

Behind her, Shi Yun gently tugged the corner of Xie Qingyun’s clothes and shook her head. “I’m fine. It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Xie Qingyun lowered her head to look. The red marks had faded. She turned Shi Yun’s wrist left and right several times before finally relaxing.

Shi Yun let her finish this series of actions and soothingly patted Xie Qingyun’s arm. “Let’s go.”

Xie Qingyun nodded and protected Shi Yun in front of her, letting her walk ahead. She turned back and glanced at Su Lirong, who was still crying, then left the stairwell coldly without looking back.

When they returned to Xie Qingyun’s ward, Xiao Cui entered carrying a bag of breakfast.

Seeing Shi Yun, she greeted her.

The people around Xie Qingyun were already used to Shi Yun appearing.

After setting down breakfast, Xiao Cui was very good at reading the room. She left the space to the two of them and swiftly took her own portion out.

Xie Qingyun watched Xiao Cui close the door, then impatiently pulled Shi Yun down to sit.

She carefully checked the place where Su Lirong had grabbed Shi Yun earlier again, then said apologetically, “It’s all my fault. I caused her to trouble you.”

The moment Xie Qingyun saw Su Lirong making things difficult for Shi Yun, frustration had rushed to her head.

Why had the hospitalization incident made it onto the trending searches?

Why had she failed to handle the relationship between Shi Yun and those people well?

Why had she not discovered Su Lirong had come at the first moment?

…

She had done too little, which was why Shi Yun had to face Su Lirong’s questioning first thing in the morning.

Xie Qingyun raised her hand and tucked the fallen strands of Shi Yun’s bangs behind her ear. Her fingers lingered beside Shi Yun’s ear for a long time without lowering.

She was so worried.

From the instant she received Shi Yun’s call, her heart had been hanging in the air. Only after seeing Shi Yun safe did she finally feel at ease.

She had always known that Su Lirong’s attitude toward Shi Yun was very poor, probably because Shi Yu privately gave Su Lirong money, while Shi Yun never indulged her behavior.

So Su Lirong had always held a grudge.

Thinking about it now, whenever she met Shi Yu, Su Lirong’s hand had likely been involved.

In the end, it was because of her own indulgence.

Thinking of this, Xie Qingyun wanted nothing more than to slap herself hard a few times.

The result of her confusion was that everyone had been able to ride over Shi Yun’s head and throw their weight around.

Shi Yun withdrew her hand and said calmly, “It’s fine.”

The calmer Shi Yun’s tone was, the more afraid Xie Qingyun became. If Shi Yun was truly angry and vented it at her, she would not be so worried. But this was like a sailboat drifting at sea, with only herself on the vast ocean.

Xie Qingyun half-knelt before Shi Yun and held Shi Yun’s hands with both of hers, pressing her forehead against them. “I’m truly sorry. I did so many wrong things before.”

Shi Yun felt warm liquid flow into her palm, drop by drop, as if it would never stop.

Tiny sobs sounded, accompanied by apologies.

Shi Yun turned her head away and did not look at Xie Qingyun. Morning light passed through the shade of the trees and scattered into the ward. Occasionally, there were a few honks outside. Her hand was tightly gripped, so tightly that there was even a faint trace of pain.

She could not tell where it came from.

It was as if her heart had also been seized.

Xie Qingyun must have protected Shi Yu like this before too.

Shi Yun pulled out one hand and placed it on Xie Qingyun’s hair, gently patting her head. “I don’t blame you for what happened today. No one knew Auntie would come.”

Because of filming, Xie Qingyun had to keep her long, straight black hair year-round. Her silky hair hung on both sides, and some of the layered strands poked into Shi Yun’s palm.

Like tiny needles, stabbing into Shi Yun’s heart.

Xie Qingyun’s heart was panicked. This Shi Yun made her very afraid. In the past, every Shi Yun she saw had always been flamboyant and unrestrained. Such a calm expression had never appeared on her face before.

She looked as if she was tired of all this, as if she could tell Xie Qingyun to get out of her life in the next moment.

She gripped Shi Yun’s hand tightly, like the first time she had held a trophy.

Refusing to let go.

That sense of unreality made it seem as if the trophy would fly away in the next moment.

She suddenly raised her head. “Tomorrow, when Qian Can starts work, I’ll have her transfer the money to you. I’ve thought it through. I can continue adding to the investment!”

Shi Yun finally reacted a little. She raised her eyes, a trace of confusion in them.

She had worked hard for so many days and endured for so many days. Had she gotten it this easily?

“Really?”

Seeing that Shi Yun finally reacted, Xie Qingyun held her hand and used it to wipe away her tears. “Of course!”

“My money is your money!”

Shi Yun found it funny. Ever since the day Xie Qingyun had said she could invest in her, she had never mentioned the capital injection again, as if the person who had said those words was not her.

Now, after Shi Yun had been made trouble for, Xie Qingyun immediately put it into action.

Did Shi Yun have to be miserable before Xie Qingyun was willing to spend money?

Shi Yun was afraid she would regret it. “Have you really thought it through?”

“Of course. Spending money on you is something I do willingly.” Xie Qingyun’s gaze was burning, her eyes holding a pool of spring water.

Shi Yun did not believe it.

If she truly wanted to give it, she would have done so long ago. Dragging it out until now was only because of what had just happened.

Shi Yun could not quite figure out why Xie Qingyun was being so decisive. She guessed it was probably guilt.

But the good news was that the money would arrive soon.

After that day, she had not met Zhao Zhilin again. The follow-up matters had all been left to the legal team to communicate, and unexpectedly, it had gone smoothly.

Shi Yun suppressed the secret joy in her heart while still having to pretend she did not care that much.

In her original plan, she had still needed to endure for a while longer.

Now that she finally no longer needed to exchange false pleasantries with Xie Qingyun, she felt an unprecedented liberation from the depths of her heart. “Thank you, Qingyun.”

The moment Xie Qingyun heard this sentence, she immediately stood up.

Ever since Shi Yun lost her memory, she had not heard Shi Yun say anything pleasant. Most of the time, things between them were difficult or ended in arguments.

The things Shi Yun had said last night had seemed coaxed out by pheromones, but at this moment, Xie Qingyun was unwilling to doubt Shi Yun’s sincerity.

Money really was omnipotent.

Xie Qingyun gained another source of motivation to earn money.

Earn lots of money. Work hard to support her wife!

She bent down and placed a kiss on Shi Yun’s forehead.

It was gentle and quick, like a dragonfly touching the water.

Both of them froze at the same time. Xie Qingyun had not expected that Shi Yun would not reject this subconscious action of hers.

Her heartbeat pounded like a drum, as if right beside her ears. Her fingertips trembled slightly, and her breathing became rapid.

The sweet peach scent spread through the air, so strong that even she herself could smell it.

Shi Yun did not resist. There was only a trace of confusion in her eyes. Xie Qingyun mistakenly thought she had received permission to continue. She raised her hand and held the back of Shi Yun’s neck.

Slowly, she moved closer.