Chapter 5: Chapter 5 You defend her in front of me, what do you take me for?

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The fever had subsided, and Cheng Zhiwei's complexion turned pale once more. Her eyelashes trembled lightly as she concealed the disappointment in her eyes, "Zhou Lin, let's get a divorce."

The atmosphere in the hospital room became instantly silent and oppressive.

Cheng Zhiwei calmly met Zhou Lin's cold gaze, her tone filled with determination, "We're getting a divorce."

Zhou Lin raised an eyebrow, "Cheng Zhiwei, dare you threaten me?"

"I'm not threatening you, I'm sincerely begging you to divorce me," Cheng Zhiwei clutched the blanket.

"Divorce?" Zhou Lin leaned in, his long fingers gripping Cheng Zhiwei's chin harshly, "Who do you think I, Zhou Lin, am? You want to be Young Madam Zhou, you're Young Madam Zhou, you want a divorce, you get a divorce? Cheng Zhiwei, don't forget, it was you who shamelessly climbed into my bed."

Cheng Zhiwei met those dark, heavy eyes. In Zhou Lin's gaze, all she could see was hatred and disgust for her.

It was so intense it made breathing difficult.

Her pale lips moved slowly, Cheng Zhiwei's voice was faint, "So, Zhou Lin, I'm setting you free."

"Don't even think about it." Zhou Lin left after dropping these indifferent words.

Cheng Zhiwei stared at the ceiling, her gaze weary. Divorce was fulfilling Zhou Lin's wish; why wouldn't he agree?

At this moment, she didn't know that her injuries had led to a major misunderstanding.

The housekeeper Wang Mei was originally taking care of Lin Yu at the Zhou family home. After Cheng Zhiwei and Zhou Lin got married, Lin Yu, worried that the young couple might be overwhelmed by their new life, had Wang Mei go to take care of them instead.

She came back from buying groceries to find shattered porcelain on the ground, and saw bloodied gauze in the trash can, immediately guessing that something had happened. Then she received a call from Zhou Lin, asking her to take care of Cheng Zhiwei at the hospital. After arriving at the hospital and seeing Cheng Zhiwei's injuries, she didn't dare neglect her duties and promptly called Lin Yu to report.

Zhou Lin didn't like Cheng Zhiwei, but his parents were exceptionally fond of their daughter-in-law, especially Lin Yu.

After hearing what Wang Mei had said, Lin Yu immediately asked Zhang Yuanheng. Zhang Yuanheng didn't dare hide anything and told the whole story of Cheng Zhiwei's injuries.

Lin Yu immediately thought of the word "domestic violence" and, furious, rushed to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Lin Yu hurriedly inquired about Cheng Zhiwei's injuries.

Wang Mei told the truth: "When I got back from grocery shopping, I saw porcelain shards all over the place by the door. You know, when the young master is at home, he insists on strict rules, doesn't like having many people around, so the servants all keep their distance. Therefore, as for exactly what happened, I asked around and got told that the young master brought a woman home and the Young Madam was very upset."

She was simply stating the facts, without any exaggeration.

Lin Yu felt dizzy at these words, "You're saying Ah Lin brought a woman home, and Zhiwei caught them in the act?"

What a blunder.

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"Sister Zhiwei, are you okay?" Bai Zhuzhu entered the hospital room without knocking. She was dressed in a pink dress, her hair plaited into a perky braid.

In contrast to Cheng Zhiwei, who was half-propped up on the hospital bed, listless and lacking energy, Bai Zhuzhu was bright and radiantly flaunting.

Cheng Zhiwei frowned with disgust, "Get out."

"Sister Zhiwei, I came to apologize," Bai Zhuzhu's voice was aggrieved, but her face showed smug satisfaction, "Brother Lin celebrated my birthday with me; my friends were all there, and we partied all night. Then it started to rain heavily, and my clothes got dirty. Brother Lin, being considerate, brought me home to change clothes."

"I said, get out."

"Brother Lin and I..." Bai Zhuzhu's eyelashes quivered, "Cheng Zhiwei, he likes me."

Cheng Zhiwei turned her eyes away; outside the window, the sunlight was just right, but her eyes were still filled with an icy chill.

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Bai Zhuzhu walked a few steps to the bedside, her voice soft yet nauseating, "Sister Zhiwei, I didn't want to hurt you, but I can't control my feelings. I really like Brother Lin."

After saying that, she grabbed Cheng Zhiwei's hands and suddenly started crying, slapping Cheng Zhiwei's hand against her own face...

"Sister Zhiwei, hit me, please. As long as it makes you feel better, hit me hard."

Cheng Zhiwei could no longer endure it and tried to forcefully pull her hands back.

But Bai Zhuzhu fell to the ground with a cry of "ah".

Roaring in anger at just the right moment, Zhou Lin helped Bai Zhuzhu up, his eyes filled with a cold light, "Cheng Zhiwei, you're really too malicious. Zhuzhu was here to apologize to you, and you actually pushed her."

Cheng Zhiwei, whose mood had just calmed down, felt the anger rising again, "Zhou Lin, are you blind? When did I push her?"

"Brother Lin, Sister didn't mean it."

"Who is your sister? Stop trying to forge connections."

Bai Zhuzhu's face turned pale as she hid in Zhou Lin's embrace, "I..."

She was too choked up to speak.

"Cheng Zhiwei, you are completely unreasonable," Zhou Lin said with a dark face.

Cheng Zhiwei found it hard even to breathe, realizing that marriage and men could indeed turn a woman into a shrew, or even a harpy.

She turned her face away, feeling utterly disheartened, "Take her and get out."

Bai Zhuzhu, clutching Zhou Lin's sleeve, had tears falling one by one as she choked out, "Brother Lin, should I have not come here? But I just wanted to apologize to Sister Zhiwei, asking her to forgive me for my ignorance."

Zhou Lin patted her arm soothingly, looking at Cheng Zhiwei with a gaze that carried three parts of coldness and seven parts of perfunctoriness, "As for the things in that room, I've already asked Secretary Zhang to buy new ones for you. Zhuzhu has apologized too. Let's end this matter here."

"Heh, end it here?" Cheng Zhiwei mocked with a low laugh.

Despite being the one wronged, Zhou Lin casually wanted to gloss over the matter with a phrase as light as 'let's end this'.

In Zhou Lin's eyes, Cheng Zhiwei meant nothing.

Her laugh was feeble yet piercing, both exhausted and angry, "Zhou Lin, I am your wife. Yet you stand up for her in front of me, what am I to you?"

"Zhuzhu is just confused, and she has apologized to you. What else do you want?"

"Did you two sleep together?" Cheng Zhiwei suddenly asked, her gaze fixed on Zhou Lin, calm yet filled with a resolute light.

Zhou Lin's face instantly turned grim, his tone frosty, "Cheng Zhiwei, do you think everyone is shameless like you, ready to climb into any man's bed?"

With that one sentence, all color drained from Cheng Zhiwei's face.

It was at that moment a severe female voice rang out, "What's all this noise about?"

Lin Yu had arrived, with Wang Mei following behind.

Bai Zhuzhu called out in a pitiful voice, "Auntie."

Lin Yu glanced at her with disgust, "Of everyone in this building, your voice is the loudest. People who don't know any better might think you're the patient."

Bai Zhuzhu's face reddened, and she hid behind Zhou Lin.

Lin Yu, unable to contain her anger, yanked Bai Zhuzhu out from behind Zhou Lin, her tone stern, "Why are you clinging to my son? At your young age, instead of learning upright things, you learn sleazy tricks. Get away."

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