Chapter 343 - Because of you.

"This is the last time I'm telling you. LET ME GO!" 

"Throw her out. We have instructions."

"Dare touch me, and you'll repent this forever. I'm his legally wedded wife. Whatever's happening inside is against the law. I'll sue each and everyone who runs this temple. My daughter is Secretary General in Social services. Zhao Suyin. You know what she's capable of, don't you?"

"Mom!" Suyin rushed with open arms and embraced her distressed mother, pressing her tear-stained cheek to her. "I'm so sorry I'm late. Why didn't you tell me before?" Can't believe this was happening for a week now and her mother was struggling alone. Even Zeng and James failed to do something. Useless.

"Look what that obnoxious man is doing." Si Han clung to Suyin, anger pouring through her entire being. Red blotchy face, smeared with mascara and messy hair, makes her appear dreadful. "God knows what got inside that rotten brain of his that he wants to marry. How could he when we are still legally married? Isn't this against law?" Suyin nodded. "But they aren't letting me in. I'm warning you, if this marriage happened, I'll first butcher everyone who stopped me from getting inside--" her dark gaze narrowed on the temple keepers, "--then I'll chop the priest into pieces before setting the place on fire."

"I will," Suyin looked at James, "Call Wenwei. Ask her to come here ASAP. And where the fk is Zeng? That idiot is never there when his family needs him most."

"Suyin, just let me in first. We have already delayed a lot." Si Han said, shivering as the wind picked. "Please. I still love him. Help me. And I know he loves me too."

That was the first time in years that Si Han had accepted her love openly. 

The temple keepers grunted and formed a barrier at the door. Suyin flicked a gaze over her mother's shoulder and stroked her arm. "Jamie--"

"Got it, Susu." An evil smile curled Jamie's lips. He folded his sleeves to elbows and looked once at Evan standing at his right. "Two mine, three yours--"

Evan pounced at the temple keepers, baring his animal instincts. The harsh training as Beta came in handy. In no time, the temple keepers were lying on the ground, howling in pain.

James winked at Evan.

Evan used the signed language, saying, "This better works."

"It would."

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"Zhao Shu, stop this nonsense right there!" Si Han hitched her skirt up to her knees and dashed over the couple standing facing the buddha. She took off her heels and threw each at her husband and the bride in a red veil, not missing the targets. "You bastard! You cannot marry her."

Suyin's long stride matched with her mother's. 

"Why?" Zhao Shu turned. He blatantly ignored Suyin's presence.

"Because I'm your wife."

"So?"

Si Han stared at him in open-mouthed horror. "What do you mean by that? You can't marry someone else when we are bound together by the sacred thread."

"Are you sure we are still bound together? Because as far as I can see, you have nothing to do with me anymore. After Yiny's divorce, we have lived separately for years, and even now if we are together, we are just two people sharing the same roof and nothing more. So why shall I not move on in life and stay with you? Give me one good reason." 

Si Han looked at Suyin. "You have to do this yourself, mom. Dad isn't wrong either. Tell him what you have said to me just now."

"NO!" Si Han warned. She stared back at her husband. "We aren't divorced yet. This marriage is illegal."

"It's not. When you refused to sign the divorce papers, I appealed to the court and provided evidence that we are living separately for seven years. They have granted me to dissolve our marriage." He showed the papers which didn't interest anyone. Whatever he said was true.

Stream of tears rolled down Si Han's eyes. "W-we have kids."

"And they are old enough to understand this and let their father marry someone. Someone who can be his companion in old age. Am I not allowed, Yiny? Or are the rights exclusive to women?"

Suyin was speechless. She turned to her mother and shook her shoulder. "Just tell him you love him. Why torment yourself with all this? Tell him how much you love him and want to be with him."

"Oh, so you love me?" Zhao Shu descended the stairs and came to stand facing his wife. "Then how about you replace the bride at the altar and we marry once again? I'm still willing to start a new with you."

Excitement stirred in Suyin's eyes. "You and mom together! It's the most beautiful thing I have heard. What else could I wish for? Mom--" she saw her mother standing speechless. "Mom? Say something."

"She won't, Yiny." 

"Why?" Suyin asked.

"Because of you."

"SHU!" Si Han yelled. "It has nothing to do with her."

"Swear on her and repeat what you said just now." he lifted his wife's hand and put it on Suyin's head. "Swear it." 

Si Han yanked her hand down.

Her mother's action twisted in Suyin's heart. She knew whatever her father was saying wasn't a lie. "Dad, tell me. How am I keeping you two away from each other?"

"You are not, sweetie. Don't pay attention." 

Suyin ignored her mother and kept her gaze on her father. But he didn't say a word.

"Sorry, Suyin, they know everything," James said. Suyin looked at him, her brows meeting. "They know what Qi Wren did to you. Mom knew it from the beginning. She's a woman and your mother. Didn't she accompany you throughout your delivery? She caught you during that time, but never let you know about it."

But.... that also became the reason for the tiff between her parents?