A BITTER LIFE

PART 70

"You’re lying! My husband and I are married,” Liying said, pulling Yibo’s hand, but Yibo quickly let go. “We’re expecting another child. Why do you still want to destroy us? Xiao Zhan is dead,” Liying added with anger, and she was about to slap Ebisu, but Eros grabbed her hand just as Ebisu slapped him, nearly deafening him.

Ebisu laughed and grabbed Liying’s hair, while Eros held her hands so she couldn’t fight back. “Too bad for you, no matter how many times you’ve tried to ki/ll me, you still haven’t succeeded. And you're having a child? Why don’t you talk to the real father of the child, not my husband” Ebisu said, letting go of Liying, causing her to collapse into a sitting position.

Ebisu then took the papers of his and Yibo’s marriage certificate and scattered them among the people below. Curious to know the truth, they grabbed the papers and were shocked by what they saw. Before they could even recover, a video played on the screen showing Liying kissing a man while sitting on his lap.

Crying, Liying stood up. “Don’t believe any of this! He’s making it all up because he wants to take my husband away from me. Yibo, listen to me. You love me, don’t you? We have a child,” she said, kneeling and clinging to Yibo’s legs.

Eros took the microphone from Ebisu and looked directly into the camera. “She drugged me and blackmailed me, threatening to tell my husband that I had done something to her. But I never loved her. There’s only one person I will ever love, and that’s my husband,” Yibo said, taking Zhan’s hand. “She also insisted that I got her pregnant, but at that time, she had already kidnapped my husband and made it seem like he ran off with another man, leaving me and our child. My biggest mistake was believing her, thinking my husband could abandon me. That was the greatest mistake of my life. When my husband disappeared, I was furious with him, but as time went on, I realized how hard life was without him by my side. A few months after he was gone, Liying told me he was dead. Around the same time, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and because I couldn’t forgive myself, I married Liying, thinking it was a punishment for what I did to my husband. I had no idea how much longer I would live. After the wedding, I didn’t care about the papers. I married her to punish myself, not to love someone like her.”

“I went abroad for surgery and ended up with permanent amnesia and face blindness. Yes, that’s right. I don’t recognize any of you, not even my parents, or my child . I can’t see any of your faces except his…”Eros revealed everything Liying had done, despite her continued denials. Two men entered the venue, flanked by large bodyguards. Upon seeing them, Liying’s eyes widened, and she clutched Yibo’s legs tighter, but Eros kicked her causing her to fall off the stage. “You’re disgusting,” Eros said.

Feeling Ebisu tremble, he immediately embraced him, letting Zhan catch the scent of his perfume, drawing the attention of the guests. “Can you still handle this?” Eros whispered. Ebisu nodded. “We’re here now. We have to finish this, so we can get to the exciting part—where I make them suffer,” Ebisu whispered back. Eros kissed Ebisu, then they both turned to the man below.

“Darren and Troy are twins. Darren is the father of Liying’s child, Andro, and the one she’s carrying now,” Eros said. Liying, now crying, stood up and ran toward Yibo, but before she could reach the stage, the bodyguards blocked her. “Yibo, this isn’t true! You know how much I love you. I’ll go crazy if I lose you!” Liying screamed, crying, but Eros ignored her and continued speaking. “And Troy is the one Liying hired to kid/nap Ebisu and imprison him for 11 years,” he said angrily.

Elsewhere, since the event was live-streamed, A-Yuan saw everything happening. Overwhelmed with emotions, he ran out of Yibo’s parents’ mansion, surprising everyone inside. Jingyi and Jinling immediately followed A-Yuan, calling out his name, but A-Yuan couldn’t hear them as he kept running, tears streaming down his face. He flagged down a taxi, and before it could leave, the twins Jingyi and Jinling also got in. As they rode in the taxi, they asked where A-Yuan was going, but were shocked when the taxi headed toward Andro’s house.