Li Tingyan looked icily at Shi Feng, "Stirring up trouble with my wife while I was away, saying those things to sow discord between us, unsettling her with those photos to provoke me, and that’s why a series of things happened afterward. You, Young Master Shi, played the role of a troublemaker quite successfully!"

Shi Feng’s face changed several times, flushed with anger, he said, "Don’t push the responsibility onto me. If you didn’t trust Nianyang yourself and did those things, why would you be afraid of being sabotaged? Ultimately, it’s because you don’t love Nianyang enough!"

"Not enough love?"

Li Tingyan let out a soft laugh.

"Of course!" Shi Feng, thinking he had the upper hand, said smugly, "If you loved her enough, you wouldn’t have done those things to hurt Nianyang, wouldn’t have misunderstood her because of some photos, wouldn’t have let things reach this point!"

"Ask yourself, if Nianyang wasn’t with you, would she have these troubles? If she chose me, at the very least, she’d be safe!" Shi Feng said indignantly,

"Just wait, Li Tingyan. If Nianyang wakes up, she won’t forgive you. You secretly married her when she couldn’t speak, she will hate you for it!"

"And what if she can’t wake up?" Li Tingyan suddenly asked.

Shi Feng froze, thinking of Nianyang’s recent state, his thin lips pressed together slightly.

Li Tingyan’s eyes flickered slightly, calm and unhurried, "Young Master Shi, you know well that Nini has a disease called Puppet Syndrome. Medically, there’s almost a zero chance of curing Puppet Syndrome. If it can’t be cured, Nini will remain like this for life."

Shi Feng moved his lips, "What are you trying to say?"

Li Tingyan snorted coldly, "Nini is now in a vegetative state, needing someone to be by her side at all times for her daily care. Marrying her was just to have a legitimate reason to look after her!"

Shi Feng sneered contemptuously, "Righteous pretense, despicable is just despicable."

"You keep saying you like Nini, but if it were you, would you be willing to marry Nini in her current condition?"

Shi Feng instinctively wanted to say of course I would.

Li Tingyan reminded him, "Marriage isn’t about short-lived excitement, but about a lifetime. If you marry Nianyang, you’ll become her shadow. Before every meal, you’ll need to feed her. When you’re thirsty, you must give her water, bathe her. You can’t have freedom or social interactions, because Nianyang will need you to stay by her side constantly. You must always be patient, gentle, never losing your temper. Can you do that?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Shi Feng was taken aback, unable to speak for a moment.

Li Tingyan’s voice was slow, "Moreover, you must be prepared to live the life of a monk. When you suffer grievances outside, feel sorrow in your heart, there’s no one you can share it with. Nianyang can’t hear you. Your love won’t get a single response. Shi Feng, do you think you can persist day after day, loving someone, yet living forever accompanied only by darkness and loneliness?

Now do you still think you love the smart and lively Nini from before, or the Nini now who gives you nothing, and even requires you to invest your whole life in her?"

Shi Feng’s eyes inexplicably reddened. What Li Tingyan said echoed what Nianyang had advised him before.

But clearly, Li Tingyan’s words now were more realistic, piercing a deep insecurity within him.

He glared at Li Tingyan, "Can you do it?"

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