Chapter 40 Just a Stand-In

Chapter 40: Chapter 40 Just a Stand-In After Lin Yixun completed the discharge procedures for her mother, she fell ill that night. She burned with a high fever, slipping in and out of consciousness, plunged into one nightmare after another, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t wake up. In the dream, she was back to four years ago. She had just been married to Leng Yixiu for a month, and then Leng Yixiu disappeared for a whole month. She was furious, went to the company to find him, only to be stopped by the security at the door. Lin Yixun stomped her feet in anger, wishing she could curse the blind security guard in front of her, but she still returned to school. First, because she was the mayor’s daughter, making a fuss would be an embarrassment; second, she was in her junior year of college and didn’t have time to hang around here every day. At A University, the coursework for juniors was the heaviest, with strict demands from the professors, and if one wasn’t careful, they could fail. She didn’t want to flunk at the end of the term and be mocked by Leng Yixiu for her incompetence. After class, her childhood friend called to invite her shopping. Lin Yixun was in a bad mood, thinking that a shopping spree might cheer her up, so she agreed. Indeed, shopping can change a woman’s mood. Carrying bags out of the department store, Lin Yixun felt significantly better. However, her good mood didn’t last long. Her friend shook her arm vigorously, pointing not far away, "Yixun, isn’t that your husband?" Lin Yixun followed her finger and saw a tall, handsome man walking towards them, with a woman wearing delicate makeup nestled in his arms. And that woman’s appearance had a seventy percent resemblance to Cheng Ying! The smile on Lin Yixun’s face instantly shattered, she stared intently at the couple in the distance, feeling as if she had been slapped hard. "Yixun, should we go up and teach that vixen a lesson?" Her friend rolled up her sleeves, ready to go, but was pulled back by Lin Yixun. "Lingling, let’s go." Her handbag was already distorted in her grasp, she shook her head vigorously, forcing a smile, "It’s just a stand-in, why should I bother with a stand-in?" seaʀᴄh thё nôvelFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Suddenly, the surroundings disintegrated into dark walls and cold iron bars, and she found herself alone, wearing a thin prison uniform. She stared at her clothes, shaking her head non-stop. She ran forward, shaking the iron bars fiercely, "Let me out! Let me out!" Suddenly, footsteps echoed in the corridor, and Lin Yixun looked in that direction, seeing an alluring, handsome face. The man approached the cell, looking down at her condescendingly, "Debts unpaid, you’ll be waiting to rot away here." "No, no! I don’t want to be in prison, I don’t want to stay here, no, no!" "No! No!" Lin Yixun’s eyes snapped open, waking up from the nightmare. Her chest heaved violently, she took deep breaths, calming herself from the fear, realizing it was just a dream. She lifted her eyes to glance around, seeing a cold, white room. She belatedly realized she was in a hospital, and her mother was by her side, looking quite unwell, probably having watched over her all night. "Mom, how did I end up in the hospital?" "You had a fever of forty degrees last night, completely unconscious, and kept talking nonsense. How could I not take you to the hospital? You scared me to death. Why did you tough it out when you clearly had a cold?"