Chapter 257: Compromise
"I am sure that no matter where I go, I will eventually come back to you."

Bian Yue felt particularly relieved. She hugged Shen Jinci tightly, intertwining their fingers, listening to his heartbeat for a long time, and said childishly, "Of course, I know there is no risk of losing you."

But under the same night sky, Li Tingmo did not sleep all night.

Li Tingmo took the document handed to him by Bai Xu, his hands shaking. He knew that now was the time to make a decision.

Li Tingmo first lowered his head to look at the document in his hand. After a long while, he raised his eyes to look at Bai Xu and said in a trembling voice: "Can you give me a little more time?"

"Mr. Li, it's no use for you to delay now. At this point, Feng Cheng has no other choice but to settle the accounts." Bai Xu's voice was calm, revealing the indifference of a businesslike manner. "Sign the documents now, and I will provide you with the best life."

"Feng Cheng is my hard work. I have been working hard for this group all my life. Bai Xu, you were my reliance in the beginning, so I had the opportunity to develop with Si Heng. Now, can't you give me a little bit of leniency?"

"Let's talk about business. We are not in a position to discuss this right now." Bai Xu lowered his eyes to hide his emotions. Li Tingmo in front of him was already at the end of his rope. Bai Xu did not want to kill him, but he had no other choice.

When he spoke again, his voice was a little softer. "There is still some time before dawn, and the government officials won't come so soon. You can stay alone for a while and sign this document before dawn."

Li Tingmo looked at Bai Xu with a painful expression. At this moment, the struggle in his eyes inevitably made people feel sympathetic.

Bai Xu lowered his eyes and turned away.

Li Tingmo sat dejectedly on the sofa, looking at the cold documents in front of him, his eyes full of confusion.

One wrong move and the whole game is lost.

He has come to this point, and is in extreme confusion and pain.

Unfortunately, there is no turning back for him now.

His eyes were desolate, the door opened again, and Tang Yuwei walked in.

She didn't have her usual exquisite makeup, and without all the glitz, her whole temperament became softer and more outstanding.

She placed the divorce agreement in front of Li Tingmo and said calmly, "I have moved all my things out of the Li family. Don't worry, there will be no more involvement between us. Li Tingmo, we are husband and wife, so take care of yourself."

Li Tingmo finally came back to his senses. He looked at the glaring divorce agreement after Tang Yuwei signed her name, sneered, and said, "You have been waiting for this moment for a long time, right? You sent it to me today. At this critical moment, are you going to take advantage of me?"

"I've been waiting for you at home for many days, but you refused to come back for Si Heng's funeral. Later, you didn't come home either. I had no other choice but to look for you here."

Tang Yuwei's voice was still calm, even gentle, she said: "Ting Mo, it's already like this, do you still want to go your own way? Let go of these obsessions, there is still a chance for your life to turn around."

"Tang Yuwei, do you remember why we got married?" Li Tingmo finally withdrew his gaze from the divorce agreement. He looked at Tang Yuwei without blinking, "We got married because you are the daughter of the Tang family. You are the one I like best among all the choices I can make."

Tang Yuwei frowned, and as Li Tingmo spoke, her face was momentarily absent-minded, and then she said calmly: "I know, after all these years, I have feelings for you, right?"

"I'm not trying to prove that I'm sincere to you. I just want to tell you that I have no choice in many things. All I can do is to compromise my life around the Li family."

Li Tingmo laughed at himself, looking at the emotion in Tang Yuwei's eyes, he said slowly: "But no one told me what I still have after losing the Li family."

Tang Yuwei clenched the bag in her hand. She lowered her eyes and no longer looked at Li Tingmo. Instead, she said softly, "It's meaningless to say this now, Tingmo. I know you are in pain, but people always have to make choices. Take care of yourself." This time, Li Tingmo didn't say a word until Tang Yuwei left.

He just looked at Tang Yuwei's back, and a thought told him that maybe this was the last time they would meet in this life.

This woman who had been gentle and graceful in front of him all her life actually mustered the courage to leave him in her old age.

Such courage was too strong, and even he didn't know how to ask her to stop.

Li Tingmo picked up the divorce agreement on the table dejectedly. He stared at the terms on it. It was obvious that Tang Yuwei really didn't want anything. She just wanted to leave.

"You all want to leave! Then all of you go!" Li Tingmo smiled desolately, took the pen beside him, and wrote down his name without any hesitation.

After doing all this, he gathered his thoughts and walked to the window.

After a long time, he dialed the number that had made him struggle for so long.

The call was connected after a while. Li Tingmo's back looked hunched under the light. He said, "Bian Yue, I listen to you. I will sell Feng Cheng to you."

Li Tingmo's compromise came earlier than Bian Yue expected.

She originally thought that Li Tingmo could still hold on for a while, but it was obvious that the pressure Bai Xu put on him was so great that it had reached Li Tingmo's psychological limit.

Bian Yue sat on the bed, looking at the sky outside the window which was not yet bright, and said lightly: "I will come over now."

Shen Jinci didn't know when he woke up. The moment Bian Yue hung up the phone, he lazily held her in his arms and whispered, "Who's calling?"

Bian Yue was stunned, looked down at him, and said, "It was Li Tingmo. He promised me that he would sell Feng Cheng to me."

Shen Jinci sat up and poured a glass of water for Bian Yue.

He didn't say much, just asked Bian Yue if she would come back for lunch.
Bian Yue drank some water and thought for a moment, with an apologetic look on her face: "I'm not sure, if this goes well, I should be able to have lunch with you."

"If things don't go well, call me." Shen Jinci said, "I'll pick you up."

Bian Yue held the water cup, understood the hidden meaning of Shen Jinci's words, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Are you worried that they won't let me go? No."

"Anyway, be careful." Shen Jinci paused and said, "Bian Yue, I want to ask you..."

"what?"

"If Li Siheng were still alive, would you be as determined as you are now to acquire the Li family?"

Shen Jinci's voice sounded lazy and he deliberately kept his expression calm, so it sounded more like a casual question.

Bian Yue thought about it seriously for a while, then she said: "Even if Li Siheng appeared in front of me now, I would still acquire Fengcheng. This is an important step for me to revive the Bian family."