My husband had a small family with a female celebrity outside our marriage. He took her to all the parties and introduced her to his friends. His friends even called her “sister-in-law.” The celebrity was spoiled by him. She hung on his neck and said, “I dropped my necklace in the water.” As soon as she said this, my husband looked at me. I immediately understood that he wanted me to go into the water to retrieve the necklace. My face turned pale. “No, I can’t. I’m pregnant, and it’s winter.” He looked at me coldly and said in a low voice, “So what if you’re pregnant? It’s worth it if it makes Emma smile.” “If you don’t find the necklace today, you’ll regret it.” I knew he was threatening me using my mother. I didn’t resist anymore and walked into the lake step by step. I don’t know how long I searched until my hands and feet were numb, until blood seeped out from under me… The staff pulled me ashore. As I was losing consciousness, I heard Emma’s affected voice. “Oh, she fainted.” “James, didn’t you say she was in good health? Is she faking it?” “How disgusting, she’s on her period and didn’t say anything. She smells of blood, so dirty.” Then came the sound of people inhaling sharply. I could feel everyone stepping back in disgust. I struggled to open my eyes and saw James frowning at me. “She likes to pretend, just leave her here. We don’t need to care about her.” Hearing this, the people around me scattered. As they left, they didn’t forget to criticize and mock me. I completely passed out. When I woke up again, James was sitting by the hospital bed looking at me with boredom. “Heh, finally decided to wake up? I thought you were going to die.” He yawned. I looked at James’s face, full of sarcasm and contempt, and felt only sadness. I struggled to speak: “The baby is gone, isn’t it?” James was still smiling, without a trace of pity in his eyes. “That’s right, you lost another child.” This was already the third time. My heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. The first time was because he encountered an enemy, and I took a knife for him. That knife didn’t take my life, but it took my child’s life. The second time was when I discovered he had a home outside with Emma. In that villa, the servants all called her “young madam.” Seeing me cry, James showed no sympathy. He even felt pleased. “Someone like you can cry?” “Are you crying purely for the death of that child, or because you can’t keep a child to secure your position as Mrs. Pei?” Look at this. Prejudice in the heart is like a mountain. He despised me. Even when I cried for losing a child, he thought it was because of my position as his wife. Emma walked in at this moment. She swayed her hips, full of charm, and walked gracefully to James’s side. She held his arm, with a coquettish and lovely smile on her face. But her eyes kept glancing at me, full of contempt and provocation. “James, why does she look so awful? It’s just losing a child.” “She looks like she’s dying. Is she deliberately seeking sympathy?” Emma’s voice was so sweet it could drip water. James seemed to enjoy it very much. As if deliberately putting on a show for me, he even affectionately tapped her nose. “Maybe my darling is right. Isn’t Olivia always a scheming person?” I didn’t feel as angry and intolerable as I had imagined. In the past, when he said such things about me, it was painful to breathe. Now I could even laugh out loud. People always change. Just as James, who once cared for me so much, had changed beyond recognition. I knew why he hated me. It wasn’t just him hating me; I hated myself too. Emma was still smiling sweetly. “James, let’s go. Weren’t you going to accompany me to the auction?” But unexpectedly, James didn’t move. Under Emma’s puzzled gaze, James kissed her forehead. “Be good, go by yourself. I need to stay with her.” “Why!” Emma was dissatisfied and glared at me. But I was already numb, lying on the hospital bed without any reaction. James quickly comforted her. “Because there are reporters outside. For the sake of the company, I have to put on a show.” Getting this answer, Emma broke into a smile. “Alright then.” They were still chatting and being affectionate, but I was lost in memories. Five years ago, I encountered a medical dispute at the hospital.
I was a doctor. Because I failed to save a child during surgery, as the chief surgeon, I was resented by the patient’s family. On my way home from work, the patient’s family went crazy and stabbed me with a knife. I was supposed to die. But James’s mother saved me. She took the knife for me. Before she died, she asked me to live a good life with James and to take care of him for her. After James’s mother died, James seemed to become a different person. He said he loved me in public and wanted to marry me, but on our wedding night, he almost strangled me to death. At that time, I realized that James hated me. He married me only to torture me. Before I was about to die, I seemed to see James’s mother. In a daze, I remembered her words before she died, asking me to take good care of James and never leave him. I agreed. I owed the Pei family. My life was exchanged for James’s mother’s life. So for these years, I allowed James to torture me. It was as if only in this way could I alleviate some of my guilt. Living with the burden of someone’s life was too painful. I struggled to sit up and looked at James. “Let’s talk.” James impatiently looked at me. Then he said to Emma, “Darling, go to the auction by yourself. If you see anything you like, just tell my assistant. I’ll chat with her for a bit.” James’s assistant had always looked down on me and was always imperious towards me. But he was very respectful to Emma. Emma reluctantly agreed. Before leaving, she didn’t forget to tell James not to stay with me for too long, saying she would be jealous. That look seemed to say that I was the mistress. After Emma left, only James and I were left in the hospital room. I was really tired. I felt that if I continued like this, I would die. Even if James wouldn’t let me go, I wouldn’t let myself go either. So I wanted to save myself. I understood. I couldn’t be tortured by James for a lifetime just because his mother lost her life for me. Moreover, three years ago, I also took a knife for James, and I lost a child because of it. At that time, I even thought, why not just let me die? That way I wouldn’t owe James anymore. These years, I’ve been tortured by James to the point of wishing for death. I’ve lost three children in a row. It’s enough. “James, let’s divorce. Let’s get a divorce.” James was stunned. Then he laughed out loud. He seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. “Divorce? You? You think you can leave me?” “You’ve already had your medical license revoked. If you leave the Pei family, you won’t even be able to support yourself.” I swallowed hard, trying hard to suppress the bitterness welling up inside. Back then, the patient’s family made a big fuss. The hospital fired me to settle the matter. In the end, I even lost my medical license. At that time, I thought the medical license issue was done by the patient’s family. Later I found out it was James. To better control me, he personally ruined my career. “I have hands and feet. I won’t starve to death,” I tried to squeeze out a smile. “Is that so? What about your mother’s medical expenses? Without the Pei family’s help, can you afford the medical expenses?” James stood by with his arms folded, sneering. My heart twisted in pain. Mother was indeed my biggest weakness. In the past, I really didn’t dare. But a few days ago, the hospital notified me that my mother’s condition had improved and she could be transferred to a regular ward. With my savings from these years, if I took on a few more jobs, I could still manage. But James didn’t know. After all, he never cared about anything related to me. Perhaps in his eyes, my mother was still critically ill.
Thinking of my mother, my tone carried a hint of lightness. “It’s okay, I’ll take on a few more jobs. I’ll manage somehow.” But James’s eyes grew colder. He wasn’t happy inside. Especially seeing that I could still smile. Was divorcing him making me so happy? Finally, he dropped a sentence, “Don’t dream. I haven’t tortured you enough yet. I won’t let you go.” Then he left. The door slammed shut with a thunderous bang. I stayed in the hospital for a few days. During these days, James didn’t come to see me again. As soon as I was discharged, James’s father sent a message. He asked me to return to the Pei family’s old house. I couldn’t refuse. I immediately hailed a car and went. Before I even walked through the gate of the Pei house, the servants who saw me all showed contemptuous looks. They gathered together and whispered. “Why is she so thick-skinned? After being treated like that by the Pei family, how can she still shamelessly come back?” “For what? Of course for money.” “If you ask me, Miss Emma is the most suitable to be Mrs. Pei. She’s beautiful and kind-hearted.” One of the newly arrived young maids was confused. “But no matter what, the madam is still the legal wife. Even if Miss Emma is true love, she’s still the third party.” The maids were still discussing, but I had no intention of listening. Butler Wang, who never changed his expression when facing things, led me to the back garden of the villa. This was my second time here. The first time was when James and I were getting married, he took me to the Pei family ancestral hall. And the Pei family ancestral hall was in the depths of the back garden. I was a bit surprised. Just as I was about to ask, I saw three people sitting in the pavilion. James’s father, James, and Emma. As soon as he saw me, James’s father put on a stern face. “Why aren’t you kneeling in the ancestral hall yet?” I clenched my hands. James’s father had always hated me. Because he deeply loved James’s mother. He hated me for causing James’s mother’s death. I understood him, so I never refused James’s father’s unreasonable demands. Even if he got angry and made me kneel down, or humiliated me in front of others… I endured it all. I nodded and turned around, walking towards the direction of the ancestral hall. Behind me, I faintly heard Emma’s coquettish laughter and James’s father’s harsh curses. James, on the other hand, hadn’t spoken from beginning to end. Walking into the ancestral hall, I knelt down. I looked at James’s mother’s memorial tablet, exhausted and helpless. James’s mother actually didn’t like me very much before. But she was also the kindest person to me besides James. She once said to me, “You and James are not the same kind of people. Your family backgrounds are too different. It’s not feudalism, but your worldviews and ways of dealing with the world are different. You’ll live a very tiring life together.” At that time, I was very stubborn and naive. I believed that love could overcome all difficulties. But she just shook her head, looking at me with pity and pain. I never imagined that James’s mother would take a knife for me. “Auntie Pei, I feel like I can’t go on anymore. I’m going to break my promise to you…” I choked out. At this time, footsteps came from behind. I didn’t need to turn around to know it was James. “What? Being such a drama queen, still pretending to be pitiful in front of my mom?” “Too bad, she can’t hear you.” His voice was cold and sarcastic. “James, let’s not torture each other anymore. Let’s get divorced.” “Olivia, you want to leave me, leave the Pei family? I’m telling you, what you owe my mom, you can never repay in this lifetime!” I laughed bitterly. “How can I repay it? Do I have to pay with my life?” “No, you’re wrong. Even if you die, I’ll still grind your bones to dust!” He said hatefully, gritting his teeth. My whole body froze, tears flowing uncontrollably. Is that how much he hates me? The string of rationality suddenly snapped. I suddenly stood up and shouted at him angrily through tears. “What do I have to do for you to let me go? Three years ago I took a knife for you and almost lost my life. These years I’ve been tortured by you to lose three children. Isn’t that enough?” I pushed him away and ran out of the ancestral hall. As I passed the pavilion, I didn’t notice Emma’s meaningful look. Until half an hour later, I received a call from the hospital. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Pei, your mother… she fell from the building.”
My mind went blank for a moment. Fell from the building… With a “bang”, my phone smashed to the ground. The screen instantly shattered into pieces. The two words “fell down” kept cycling in my brain. I don’t remember how I rushed to the hospital. I just felt everything became blurry. I couldn’t hear anything, just single-mindedly ran to the morgue. In the morgue, my mother’s broken body was covered with a white cloth. “Mom!” But no matter how heartbroken my cries were, I could no longer get any response from my mother. I passed out again. When I woke up again, Emma was standing at the head of the bed looking at me. “Why are you here!” My voice was so hoarse that the words were barely recognizable. But Emma heard clearly. She smiled with great pleasure. “I heard your mom died?” I suddenly opened my eyes wide. Then I heard her continue. “Your mom really couldn’t take it. I just had someone tell her some things, and she couldn’t bear it and committed suicide.” “Emma, it was you, you did it!” I screamed, wanting to rush towards her. But because my body was weak, I fell heavily back onto the bed, gasping for breath on the hospital bed. Emma wasn’t afraid of me at all. She approached me step by step, still wearing that hypocritical smile on her face. “Want to hit me? With your half-dead appearance, you still want to lay hands on me?” “Besides, she had poor psychological endurance herself, how can you blame me?” She said while pouting. Looking innocent yet cruel. Emma continued to speak casually. “Actually, I didn’t say much. I just told her everything about you and James over these years.” “Let her know how hard you’ve been these years to pay for her treatment. I’m doing this for your own good.” Emma said, even laughing. “Who knew she couldn’t take it as soon as she heard it? Not only did she curse James as a beast, she even jumped directly from the building.” “You’ll face retribution!” I cried, staring at her, wishing I could tear her to pieces. At this time, James walked in. Seeing my hysterical appearance, he frowned. “What are you making a fuss about again? Emma came to see you out of kindness, and you’re cursing her?” “Do you know what she did to my mom…” But before I could finish, Emma interrupted me. She played a recording. It was a recording of my mom cursing the Pei family before she died. “The Pei family are all beasts, a bunch of beasts who deserve to die. How dare James torture my daughter…” James’s face grew darker as he listened. He rushed up in a few steps and grabbed my neck. He said to me through gritted teeth, “Your mom gave birth to a bitch like you, sure enough she’s no good thing either. You’re all cheap goods!” My numb and empty eyes burst with boundless hatred at this moment. I struggled to sit up, picked up the fruit knife on the bedside table, and stabbed James. But because my body was too weak, this stab didn’t go very deep. James let go of my neck. He looked at the knife stuck in his shoulder in disbelief. “Bitch, you dare to hurt me?” I had no strength left and collapsed onto the bed. Emma screamed in fright. “James, she’s crazy, she’s a lunatic!” More and more people poured in. They pinned me down on the bed and injected me with sedatives. Before my consciousness completely dissipated, I could still see James staring at me with a gloomy expression. In the middle of the night, I slowly woke up. When the nurse was about to inject me with sedatives again, I quickly turned my hand and stabbed the sedative into the nurse’s vein. The young nurse’s eyes widened in disbelief as she passed out. I then ran out of the hospital carrying my mother’s ashes. Without realizing it, I ran to the seaside. The salty smell of the sea breeze was strong. The night waves mercilessly beat against the beach, as if wailing. Looking at the endless sea, my heart was rarely calm. “Mom, I’m sorry. I’m really so tired, so tired…” I hugged the urn and cried out loud. But my voice was all drowned out by the sound of the waves. Then I walked into the sea step by step. Until the cold seawater completely submerged me. The moment seawater flooded my nose, I only felt an unprecedented sense of liberation. It’s good to die too. These years, I’ve been too tired. As my consciousness faded away, I seemed to see my mother hugging me.
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