The Tycoon's Mysterious Darling Wife-Chapter 497 - 500. It’s really him too (12th update)

Ding Minghui left his parents’ home, not wanting to return to the Ning Family residence. He wandered alone in the streets, staring at the passersby and neon lights, suddenly feeling a sense of belonging nowhere despite the vast world.

He scoffed at himself. When had he become so sentimental? Had he not made up his mind to abandon his dignity when he chose power and status over Fang Tong? And now, he felt his life as a pampered kept man damaged his self-esteem?

Ding Minghui, no wonder people look down on you. You can’t even respect yourself. He despised himself internally and, upon spotting a bar, he smiled and walked in.

Getting drunk alone while everyone else is sober isn’t so bad either.

When Shen Qinglan received the investigation report from Shen Junyu, she was speechless. Yu Xiaoxuan happened to be there as well, so she handed the report over to her.

"So, the man who was with Tong Yushi that night really was Ding Minghui?" Yu Xiaoxuan said incredulously. She couldn’t believe it matched Fang Tong’s guess. Could this be what they call a striking coincidence?

Shen Qinglan nodded, "It was indeed him."

"And what’s the deal with Lin Xiao? The name registered that night was Lin Xiao, right?"

"That’s a fake identity Ding Minghui created, specifically for booking hotel rooms with his lovers," Shen Qinglan explained. When she saw that part of the report, she didn’t know whether to judge him or not. To keep his adulterous affairs secret, he had indeed been quite resourceful.

Yu Xiaoxuan stroked her chin, "I’m so relieved that Fang Tong broke up with Ding Minghui back then. If they had gotten married, Fang Tong would’ve fallen right into a pit of fire." Thinking about Ding Minghui’s current morals, Yu Xiaoxuan felt grateful for her friend.

She also couldn’t help but reflect on the past. Back in their college days, Ding Minghui was considered a notable figure in their field, and his relationship with Fang Tong was both high-profile and sweet. Then, Ding Minghui hadn’t been blinded by money and was a decent person. Who would have known he’d turn into such a mess?

Shen Qinglan agreed with this sentiment.

"Hehe," Yu Xiaoxuan laughed with a bit of schadenfreude, "The two of them together really make for a great show. I can’t wait for Tong Yushi to find out."

"Wait a minute, I’ve already sent someone to get a DNA sample from Ding Minghui," Shen Qinglan said.

Yu Xiaoxuan raised an eyebrow, "You’re going to do a DNA test for them?"

Shen Qinglan nodded, "To make sure there are no mistakes."

It was also to avoid another case of mistaken identity. With this evidence, Tong Yushi wouldn’t be able to feign ignorance or play dumb.

Last time, when Li Bo Ming had a paternity test done, the hospital had a DNA sample from Tong Yushi’s unborn child. Therefore, all Shen Qinglan needed was Ding Minghui’s DNA sample.

"Should we tell Fang Tong about this now?" asked Yu Xiaoxuan.

"Let’s wait for the test results."

Three days later, the paternity test results came out. Shen Qinglan had already anticipated the outcome and wasn’t surprised to see it.

Fang Tong was shocked by the investigation results and the test report, "I didn’t expect it really was Ding Minghui, but the two of them..."

"It must be a coincidence," Shen Qinglan stated calmly.

Her brother’s people had discovered during their investigation that the woman who booked the hotel room with Ding Minghui that day was another woman who had stood him up at the last minute. Tong Yushi, on the other hand, had gone into the wrong room.

Ding Minghui didn’t recognize Tong Yushi and thought she was the escort he called for, while Tong Yushi mistook Ding Minghui for Li Bo Ming. Driven by passion, they ended up in bed together, leading to the whole series of misunderstandings that followed.

Fang Tong was speechless about the outcome, but also relieved. It seemed this should finally resolve the matter.

"Qinglan, thank you," Fang Tong said sincerely. If not for Shen Qinglan finding this man, Tong Yushi would probably never have been persuaded. She was a woman so trapped in her delusions that she couldn’t extricate herself.

"No need to be so formal, I just said a word; it was my brother who did the investigation," Qinglan gave all the credit to her brother.

Fang Tong knew that Shen Junyu had investigated because of his relationship with Shen Qinglan.

When Tong Yushi received the email, she was on her way to Fang Tong’s parents’ house. She had already thought it through, since Li Bo Ming was unwilling to accept the child, and Fang Tong planned to feign ignorance and pretend to be happy with Li Bo Ming, then she was going to make Li Bo Ming regret it and strip away Fang Tong’s mask of feigned happiness.

Li Bo Ming cared about Fang Tong the most, right? She wanted to see what would happen when Fang Tong’s parents found out Li Bo Ming had impregnated another woman. Would they still allow Fang Tong to continue being with him? She knew that doing this might make Li Bo Ming hate her for the rest of his life, but it didn’t matter. Hatred is better than being forgotten, at least this way, Li Bo Ming would remember her for a lifetime.

Her phone beeped with an email notification, and although Tong Yushi heard it, she didn’t pay it any attention until Li Bo Ming called her. She glanced at the caller ID and saw Li Bo Ming’s name, then immediately answered the call. By this time, she had already arrived at the entrance to the neighborhood where Fang Tong’s parents lived.

"Bo Ming, you finally called me," Tong Yushi happily answered Li Bo Ming’s call. In fact, her request was very simple; she just wished that Li Bo Ming would care about her a little, even just a tiny bit. But Li Bo Ming wouldn’t even afford her that trifling bit of concern, and thinking of this, Tong Yushi couldn’t stop a wave of sadness from welling up in her.

Li Bo Ming didn’t care what Tong Yushi was thinking and got straight to the point, "Did you see the email I sent you?" Tong Yushi was stunned, "The email just now was from you? I haven’t had the chance to look at it yet."

She glanced at the neighborhood’s gate with a smirk, "Bo Ming, guess where I am right now."

Li Bo Ming couldn’t be bothered to guess, "Just look at the email I sent you first."

Regardless of what Li Bo Ming said, Tong Yushi continued, "I’m right outside the neighborhood gate of Fang Tong’s parent’s house. What do you think would happen if I went up now and told her parents the child in my belly is yours?"

Li Bo Ming’s face changed, "Tong Yushi, you’re crazy!"

"I am crazy, and it’s you who drove me crazy," Tong Yushi yelled.

"If you dare talk nonsense to Tongtong’s parents, I will bankrupt your father’s company. Trust me, within three days, I definitely have the capability to leave your father in ruins and saddled with a huge debt."

Tong Yushi’s father ran a small company, doing neither particularly well nor badly, and she had heard that it had recently encountered some financial difficulties. Bankrupting such a company would be all too easy.

"Bo Ming, don’t try to scare me; I’ll get scared, and when I’m scared, I’ll do things I can’t even control," Tong Yushi said innocently, but the expression on her face was anything but, with even a hint of madness in her eyes. Recently, Li Bo Ming had refused to see her, blocked her WeChat and phone calls, and she had even been stopped by security when she tried to find him at his company. She was almost mad with the desire to see Li Bo Ming—no, she was already mad. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have thought of such a kamikaze plan today.

Hearing the craziness in Tong Yushi’s voice, Li Bo Ming softened his tone, trying to soothe her, "Tong Yushi, the email I sent you contains a new paternity test report. I have found the real father of your child. I hope you can look at it now. I believe, just like me, you also want to know who the child in your belly really belongs to, right?"

"No," Tong Yushi interrupted him, "I know who the child in my belly belongs to; it’s yours, whether you admit it or not, it’s yours."

Li Bo Ming was almost driven mad by Tong Yushi; this woman simply couldn’t think rationally. Reasoning with her was useless, and threatening her didn’t matter to her, so Li Bo Ming didn’t know what else he could possibly do to stop this madwoman.

"Let’s do this, meet with me. Stay where you are, or I’ll give you an address where you can find me. I want to see you, now."

"Bo Ming, you finally agree to see me," Tong Yushi said with tears welling up when she heard Li Bo Ming wanted to meet. "It’s a pity that I don’t want to see you right now. I just want to go up and tell Fang Tong’s parents the truth."

"Hold on, Yushi, listen to me. This matter is between you and me; it has nothing to do with Fang Tong or her parents. Can we solve it just the two of us? I have already left the company building and am on my way to you. Wait for me, half an hour, no, 20 minutes, just 20 minutes," Li Bo Ming said desperately, and at the end, his tone even carried a hint of pleading.

"Bo Ming, this is the first time you’ve called me Yushi." Her gaze softened instantly, but her voice was laced with sorrow. She looked at the neighborhood gate again and ultimately couldn’t bear to refuse Li Bo Ming’s plea, "Fine, I’ll wait for you at the gate, 20 minutes, and if you don’t come, I’ll go up."

This time, Li Bo Ming hurried over quickly, taking only 18 minutes to arrive. From a distance, he saw the woman still standing there, perfectly fine, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, grateful he made it in time.

Tong Yushi saw Li Bo Ming get out of the car and slowly approach her; from the moment her eyes landed on him, they never moved away.

His face was calm, and his gaze was like the first time they met, with none of the later hostility or dislike. Tong Yushi felt a sting in her eyes, and tears almost fell. In fact, all she ever wanted was a bit of gentleness from Li Bo Ming.

Li Bo Ming walked up to Tong Yushi and softened his tone before speaking, "Yushi, let’s talk."

Facing Li Bo Ming’s gaze, Tong Yushi slowly nodded, "Okay." She got into Li Bo Ming’s car, and he took her to a nearby café, ordering her a cup of lemon tea, "It’s not good for a pregnant woman to drink coffee. Have some lemon tea instead."

Tong Yushi’s gaze was fixed intently on Li Bo Ming’s face. She nodded blankly, "Okay." If only Li Bo Ming could always be this gentle to her.

Li Bo Ming took out a document from his briefcase and slid it across to Tong Yushi, "Yushi, I hope you can take a look at this document before we talk. It’s very important for both of us."

In order not to agitate her, Li Bo Ming tried to control his emotions, striving to appear calm and patient with Tong Yushi, hoping for a peaceful resolution to the matter.

Tong Yushi glanced at the blue folder on the table and took it in her hand. But as she read the contents, her face gradually turned pale.

She looked up at Li Bo Ming, "This isn’t real, you’re lying to me, right?"

Li Bo Ming’s expression remained calm, "Yushi, I’m not lying to you. I have no reason to."

"That’s impossible," said Tong Yushi, shaking her head and still unwilling to believe, "The person who was with me that night was clearly you. I remember a mole on your chest, right here." She pointed to a spot on Li Bo Ming’s chest.

"Yushi, that person really wasn’t me. I don’t have a mole on my body." To prove his truthfulness, Li Bo Ming unbuttoned the top three buttons of his shirt, revealing his chest. It was spotless, no birthmarks, no moles, nothing.

Tong Yushi looked at his chest in disbelief, the last traces of color draining from her face. She shook her head lightly, "It can’t be, it was clearly you that night, how could it not be?"

Her expression was one of shock and despair, and combined with the tears streaming down her face, she looked pitiful and helpless.

A rare feeling of pity arose in Li Bo Ming as he sighed, "Yushi, this affair is really just a misunderstanding. Now that the biological father of your child has been found, you should..."

"Bo Ming, are you trying to tell me again not to bother you and Fang Tong in the future?" Tong Yushi asked, her voice trembling.

Li Bo Ming was silent. That was indeed what he wanted to say.

Tong Yushi gave a bitter smile, "Bo Ming, do you love her that much? So much that you don’t have a shred of sympathy for any other woman?"

Li Bo Ming pursed his lips, "Sorry." His heart had room for one person, and it had become so small that only she could fit in it.

Tong Yushi managed a smile, tears plopping onto the table, "Bo Ming, today..." She couldn’t continue, just sitting there, staring blankly at Li Bo Ming’s sharp-featured face.

This was the man she had admired since her school days, for so many years. She had dreamed countless times that one day, they would walk hand in hand into a church and make their vows before a priest. But when she returned to the country, he had already found someone else, and soon, he would become a father. Tong Yushi had thought that even if there was no love between her and Li Bo Ming, at least there would be the bond of a child, but now, she was told that even the child was not his. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Bo Ming, why are you so cruel to me? I knew you first," cried Tong Yushi, her tears falling like pearls without a string, splashing onto the table. Li Bo Ming stayed silent, worried that speaking now might provoke Tong Yushi—who might impulsively go to the Fang Family and say things she shouldn’t—and that all his efforts would have been for naught.

Patrons at the next table glanced over, and seeing the state of Tong Yushi and Li Bo Ming, their looks towards Li Bo Ming changed, as if they saw a scumbag.

"Yushi, are you okay?" Li Bo Ming, seeing her like this, felt a pang of compassion.

How could Tong Yushi be okay? She was far from okay. She wanted to scream hysterically, to destroy the world, but the last vestige of her sanity was telling her that she needed to stay calm, that she couldn’t do that.

"If I say I’m not okay, will you be nicer to me?" Tong Yushi looked at him through tear-filled eyes.

Li Bo Ming was silent.

Tong Yushi instantly understood what that meant and forced a smile, "I’m very upset right now, I need some time to calm down. Can you please leave?"

Li Bo Ming nodded, stood up, and left. Tong Yushi watched his unhesitating departure, her heart growing increasingly bitter. Li Bo Ming, how heartless you are towards me, not even willing to offer a polite "Call me if you need anything, I’ll help."

Tong Yushi left the café, wandering aimlessly on the streets, holding the two documents in her hand, and suddenly crouched down and began to cry.

A pregnant woman sobbing heartbreakingly on the street immediately drew the attention of passersby. A kind-hearted old lady approached and patted Tong Yushi on the shoulder, "Girl, are you alright?"

Tong not ignore continued to cry.

"Miss, what’s wrong with you?" The kind-hearted lady was worried about a pregnant woman getting into trouble, and Tong Yushi shook her head and stood up to leave. Watching her stagger, the lady worried she might fall and immediately reached out to help her, "Miss, where are you going? Shall I hail a cab for you?"

Tong Yushi didn’t speak and tried to push the lady’s hand away, but the lady was afraid to let go all at once for fear that Tong Yushi would fall, so she didn’t dare to let go. "Miss, where are you headed? Let me call a cab for you, don’t worry, I’m not a bad person."

Unable to break free from the lady’s grasp, Tong Yushi suddenly fell apart and yelled at her, "Who are you? Why do you care about me? Are you sick or something? No one asked you to play the Good Samaritan."

The lady got a start from Tong Yushi’s yelling and let go of her hand, really having only meant well. Being good-hearted only to be treated ungratefully, she felt quite downhearted and simply said, "Then I was being nosy." She walked away, only to have taken a few steps when Tong Yushi’s heart-wrenching cries came from behind her. The lady sighed, stopped in her tracks, and walked back to Tong Yushi’s side.

"Where are you going? Let me take you."

Tong Yushi, noticing someone beside her, looked up at the lady in a daze. "Weren’t you leaving?"

"You don’t look right, where are your parents? Should I call them for you?" The lady’s compassion had been stirred; she had a daughter about Tong Yushi’s age who was already a mother. When she saw Tong Yushi crying on the street with her big belly, she thought of her own daughter and walked up to care for Tong Yushi.

"Can you take me to the hospital?" Tong Yushi asked.

The lady glanced at her belly, "Are you feeling unwell there?"

Tong Yushi nodded hurriedly, and the lady’s expression changed as she immediately hailed a taxi.

On the way to the hospital, the lady kept asking Tong Yushi if she was okay, how she felt, and whether she could hold on.

Tong Yushi, looking at the lady being so considerate to her and thinking of Li Bomming’s indifference, couldn’t help but feel a surge of sorrow, and tears kept falling.

"Miss, don’t cry, even if your husband has treated you poorly, you’ve got to think about the child in your womb. If you cry, the baby will feel sad too," the lady comforted Tong Yushi when she saw her crying again.

Tong Yushi cried even harder at the mention of the baby. Why? Why wasn’t this child Li Bomming’s? Why had she slept with a strange man? Previously, Tong Yushi could deceive herself, but now, faced with all the evidence, she could no longer convince herself that the man she slept with that day was Li Bomming.

"Ah, miss, please stop crying, too much crying isn’t good for a pregnant woman’s eyes," the lady, seeing that the more she talked, the more Tong Yushi cried, became anxious and comforted her clumsily, "This child, you’re really unfortunate."

The lady only assumed that Tong Yushi was unlucky in meeting the wrong person and had encountered her husband cheating or treating her badly during the pregnancy.

Tong Yushi leaned on the back seat, silently shedding tears, while the lady held her hand and gently comforted her. At the hospital, Tong Yushi walked directly into the obstetrics and gynecology department and told the doctor on duty, "Doctor, I want to have an abortion."

Upon hearing this, the lady became frantic, "You can’t do this, miss, what are you doing? Even if you have arguments with your husband, you can’t joke about the life of a child."

The doctor frowned in disapproval as well. "It looks like you’re about five months pregnant; the child is already formed. Having an abortion now will cause great harm to the mother," she said, shaking her head. Young people these days are just too impulsive.

Tong Yushi stared blankly at her belly. This child wasn’t Li Bomming’s; it was a bastard child. What use was there in keeping it? Even if born, it would be considered illegitimate. Instead of letting the child and herself suffer in the future, it was better not to let him come into this world at all.

"Miss, this is your own flesh and blood. Can you bear to have an abortion just because you argued with your husband?" The lady looked at Tong Yushi with a reproachful gaze. If she had known that Tong Yushi was coming to the hospital to have an abortion, she certainly would not have accompanied her. This was simply sinful.

To say that Tong Yushi had no feelings for the child was impossible; it was already five months old. Just a few days ago, she had felt the baby move, felt it communicating with her. Even up to today, she had been looking forward to this new life. If this baby had been Li Bomming’s, she would have borne it despite the world’s condemnation. It was just too bad the child was unlucky and conceived under the wrong circumstances.

Tong Yushi knew her thoughts were selfish, but there was nothing she could do; she couldn’t accept a child from a stranger.

"Doctor, I want to have an abortion," Tong Yushi said firmly.

"How can you be so hard-headed? The baby is already big; if you say you don’t want it now, you are committing murder," the lady exclaimed anxiously.

"This is my child, I’ll do what I like with it, what’s it to you?" Tong Yushi yelled at the lady, who turned pale with anger, thinking to herself that she had made a mistake; she should’ve done something else rather than meddling with things that didn’t concern her. Without another look at Tong Yushi, the lady left, feeling today had been a mistake in helping the wrong person.