My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 122 She Won't Let Me Go Even If It Kills Her

After Manager Luo came to discuss the chicken cake business last time, Cheng Ruoan told him to go back and ask Boss Zhao if he was interested in doing business with "cloud ointment".

Manager Luo arrived early yesterday morning. The contract for the chicken cakes had been revised according to Cheng Ruoan's instructions and signed with Cheng Ruotong.

But he carried Zhao Dongjia's message, saying that the effects of the cloud ointment wouldn't be visible in a short time, so he needed to talk to Cheng Ruoan again.

But Cheng Ruo'an fell ill, so Cheng's mother could only ask Aunt Zhang to get two jars of solidified cloud ointment and have Manager Zhang take them back to Master Zhao to test their effects.

I thought it would take a few days to try, but Manager Luo came again today.

"Mother, it's only been less than two days, right? And Master Zhao has already seen the effects?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

Cheng's mother and Cheng Ruotong looked at each other in bewilderment. In the end, they could only call Xiao Mian'er to serve Cheng Ruo'an personally, and the two of them went to the front yard together.

Xiao Mian'er stood obediently by Cheng Ruo'an's bedside, looking at this strange second young lady who was sleeping soundly in her illness, but kept frowning and sweating on her forehead, which she found very strange.

"Why does the Second Miss look so much like my mother when she was haunted by nightmares..."

Xiao Mian'er carefully took out a handkerchief and helped Cheng Ruo'an wipe his sweat.

Little Mian'er is right.

Cheng Ruoan was indeed having nightmares.

From the moment she developed a fever, her mind began to wander, constantly replaying modern images.

She grew up in an orphanage with Lin Shishi; her name at that time was Li Ruoan.

When she was little, she was slow-witted and couldn't see the wickedness hidden in Lin Shishi's bones.

Li Ruoan had witnessed Lin Shishi frequently killing ducklings and chicks.

But as soon as Lin Shishi cried and tried to explain herself, Li Ruoan would believe her. She would say that she didn't really mean any harm, but that she was just too angry after being pecked on the hand by a chick, which is why she hit the chick.

The chicks died, not because Lin Shishi was wrong, but simply because they were too small and couldn't withstand being beaten...

It wasn't until she was ten years old, when Cheng Ruoan witnessed Lin Shishi torturing and killing the stray cats she was feeding, that she realized Lin Shishi was a demon.

Li Ruoan had spoken to the dean's mother about it, but Lin Shishi was too good at making excuses.

No matter what mistakes she made, as long as she cried and explained, there would always be someone who believed her.

But from then on, all the children in the orphanage, big and small, ostracized Li Ruoan because she was a tattletale.

Perhaps the town where their orphanage is located is really too remote, so the children are not adopted, but leave voluntarily when they grow up and are able to support themselves.

Most of the children dropped out of school after nine years of compulsory education to go out and work.

But Li Ruoan and Lin Shishi knew that studying was very important, and that the college entrance examination was the only chance to change their fate. So, in order to have a household registration so that they could attend high school and take the college entrance examination, the two of them stayed in the orphanage.

From the age of ten to eighteen, Li Ruoan was bullied by Lin Shishi.

But no matter how many times she complained, the mothers wouldn't believe her.

Because Lin Shishi has the face of a top-tier innocent beauty, when she cries, her eyes are wet, and her eye sockets and nose tip are red.

On the contrary, since Li Ruoan came of age, many people have said that she has the face of a vixen.

Before the college entrance examination, the wealthy Li family in the capital found their long-lost daughter and located her in an orphanage.

Both Li Ruoan and Lin Shishi underwent DNA testing, and the results confirmed that Li Ruoan was indeed the daughter of the Li family.

She was taken back to the Li family.

But in the Li family, she never experienced the fatherly or motherly love she had longed for. Instead, she was bullied and abused by her other siblings.

He even encountered various dangers of different degrees on multiple occasions, including but not limited to being kidnapped, drugged, or assassinated.

Finally, because of her outstanding appearance, she was sent out by the Li family for a marriage alliance in exchange for business resources.

The man they arranged for her was the second young master of the Si family, a brain-dead rich kid who was addicted to women and had violent tendencies; he had once beaten a young model.

Li Ruoan didn't want to marry him, but she couldn't run away, and she couldn't even commit suicide.

But somehow, it was Si Shaoheng who ended up marrying her.

The Li family and Si Shaoheng both said that this was the best solution after weighing the pros and cons.

Although Si Shaoheng is sharp-tongued and arrogant, with no romantic sense whatsoever, let alone love, at least he doesn't have any weird fetishes or violent tendencies.

Even after getting married, Li Ruoan still frequently encountered various dangers, but with Si Shaoheng's men protecting her, she was relatively safe.

Aside from the lack of love and the fact that he wouldn't let her have children, Si Shaoheng treated her quite well.

In the Li family, all the young masters and ladies of her generation are dying out, but Li Ruoan is still being protected and living well.

A month before she transmigrated, the Li family suddenly called her back and told her that the DNA sample from back then was wrong, and that she was not the Li family's daughter, but Lin Shishi.

Tell her to return everything the Li family gave her to Lin Shishi, including Si Shaoheng.

Li Ruoan didn't agree. She wanted to discuss it with Si Shaoheng, but she was afraid that he would find it troublesome.

After hesitating for two weeks, Li Ruoan received various threats from the Li family, the last of which was a death notice.

Terrified, Li Ruoan went straight to the Si Group building to find Si Shaoheng and ask what to do about the matter.

When she went upstairs, she saw Lin Shishi being invited into Si Shaoheng's office by his secretary. Si Shaoheng even closed all the curtains in the office. More than half an hour later, Lin Shishi came out with a rosy complexion and looking refreshed.

Li Ruoan and Si Shaoheng have been married for three years and are getting along well in every way except for that one thing.

She understood all too well Si Shaoheng's methods of making women feel good. The way Lin Shishi looked and her expression when she came out of there made it hard for her not to have any impure thoughts.

After that day, Li Ruoan forbade Si Shaoheng from touching her.

A few days later, Li Ruoan, unable to bear the pressure from the Li family any longer, confronted Si Shaoheng, asking him what she would get in return for a divorce...

Si Shaoheng was very angry, but he was also quite generous and gave her a large villa that they would buy after their marriage.

On the day of their divorce, as the two left the Civil Affairs Bureau, Lin Shishi, who had been waiting outside, ran towards Si Shaoheng with a smile, before Li Ruoan could even say goodbye.

Then, a silver-white minivan appeared behind Lin Shishi at full speed and hurtled towards her...

Cheng Ruoan had a fever and nightmares filled with bloody images.

They were either chicks that Lin Shishi had stepped on and killed when they were little, or kittens that Lin Shishi had skinned.

Or they might be hunted down by hired assassins, shot, or stabbed.

A car came hurtling towards them at full speed, knocking all three of them flying and leaving them lying in a pool of blood...

"what!"

Cheng Ruoan screamed, opened her eyes from the nightmare, and sat up abruptly.

The antique-style room was her room in the Cheng residence, in her own courtyard.

Cheng Ruoan gasped for breath, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face.

The next instant, her trembling, frail body was pulled into the man's arms.

A deep, gentle voice sounded: "Ruo'an, it's alright, it was just a dream, it's all a dream, I'm here."

She had never thought Si Shaoheng's voice was so pleasant.

Cheng Ruoan instinctively hugged him back, her eyes closed, tears still flowing uncontrollably.

"Si Shaoheng, you're back..."

"Yes, I'm back from Songshan County."

Cheng Ruoan burst into tears, “We really did die and end up in ancient times, but Lin Shishi might have come too!”

She's the one who ruined us, so why... why won't she let me go even after she's dead...