Lin Wanyi knew he was just worried. This was also the first time since she had known Liu Renzhi that she had seen him lose his temper like this.
Therefore, Lin Wanyi wasn't angry. Instead, she said softly,
"I'm fine. I was just so focused on Siyue's situation earlier that I didn't even notice it myself.
"It's nothing."
"How is it nothing?"
Without a second thought, Liu Renzhi swept Lin Wanyi up into his arms and strode toward the door.
"Such a long cut, how can it be nothing?
"Lin Wanyi, you and Siyue are the people I care about the most. No matter which of you gets hurt, it pains me.
"From now on, promise me you'll tell me the moment anything happens, okay?"
Lin Wanyi nestled quietly in Liu Renzhi's embrace.
This time, she wasn't coy, nor did she struggle.
Even though it was only her arm that was injured, she had no desire to ask him to put her down.
She just stayed there in Liu Renzhi's arms.
She knew Liu Renzhi was exhausted; she shouldn't fuss or argue with him over such a small matter.
She obediently let him carry her into the car, then into the hospital, and finally onto a bed in the emergency room.
By the time the doctor finished bandaging her wound, the sun had already come up.
Lin Wanyi called Li Suhua and asked her to take Wang Keke to school.
Li Suhua was a bit worried:
"You didn't come home all night. Where did you go?"
Lin Wanyi told Li Suhua everything that had happened.
Finally, she heard Li Suhua sigh:
"Sigh, poor Siyue.
"Don't rush back. Stay and keep her company a bit longer."
Lin Wanyi had originally planned to go back, but Liu Renzhi said:
"Go keep Siyue company, Wanyi. She definitely needs you right now."
Lin Wanyi agreed, but she fell asleep in the car.
After tossing and turning for a whole day and night, she was truly exhausted.
So exhausted.
She simply drifted off to sleep right there in Liu Renzhi's car.
She didn't even wake up when Liu Renzhi carried her into the bedroom and laid her on the bed.
Liu Renzhi carefully took off her shoes and covered her with a blanket.
Remembering the way she had smashed an ashtray into Qin Chao, he couldn't help but lean down and kiss Lin Wanyi's forehead.
For Siyue's sake, she really hadn't thought about the consequences at all.
How could she look so fragile, yet be so incredibly brave when it mattered most?
Actually, she had always been like this.
On that day with the heavy snow, she had taken them to Wangjia Village even while pregnant.
She had always been this brave, righteous, and kind.
She had always been worthy of love.
Liu Renzhi just sat on the edge of the bed looking at her, watching her continuously.
What he didn't know was that while he was watching Lin Wanyi, outside the door, Zhou Chenyu was watching him through the crack.
Liu Siyue also slept until noon.
Su Jing stayed by her side the whole time.
As soon as she woke up, Su Jing said:
"I've scheduled the abortion surgery for you.
"Yueyue, the baby is still small. Doing it as soon as possible will minimize the harm to your body.
"We'll go tomorrow, alright?"
"Mhm."
Liu Siyue nodded heavily. She grabbed Su Jing's hand:
"Mom, Qin Chao... will he really go to jail?"
"Of course."
Su Jing patted her hand:
"Your father and older brother hired the best lawyers and gathered all the evidence of him threatening you.
"Oh, you silly child, why did you let him threaten you for so long?
"What he did is a crime. He will definitely go to prison."
The anxiety that had been hanging over Liu Siyue's heart for so long finally settled.
She finally felt as though the massive mountain that had been pressing down on her back had vanished.
She felt so relieved, more relieved than she had ever been before.
Su Jing brought her a lot of delicious food.
Just as Liu Siyue picked up her chopsticks, she suddenly remembered Lin Wanyi:
"Mom, where is Sister Wanyi? I think my knife stabbed her arm yesterday.
"I saw a lot of blood. Where is she?
"Did she go to the hospital?"
Su Jing pointed toward Liu Renzhi's room.
"Your older brother took her to the hospital and then carried her back.
"She's probably still sleeping right now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Renzhi knocked and entered.
He told Liu Siyue,
"The lawyer called me. This time, we will definitely put Qin Chao in jail.
"They are absolutely certain."
Liu Siyue's tears fell again, and Su Jing quickly wiped them away.
"There, there, you'll never be threatened by that scumbag again.
"Yueyue, after you terminate the pregnancy, Mom will take you on a trip abroad for a while to relax."
"Okay."
While Liu Siyue was eating, Su Jing pulled Liu Renzhi aside.
"Wanyi is still sleeping?"
Liu Renzhi nodded. "Yeah, she was too exhausted last night."
Su Jing glared at him.
"What did you do? She ran around all day for Siyue, and you still wouldn't let her rest?"
Liu Renzhi immediately explained,
"Mom, what are you thinking? I meant she was so tired from Yueyue's situation that she didn't sleep all night.
"Our relationship is still completely pure."
"Ah?"
Su Jing looked even more surprised.
Looking a bit disappointed, she looked at Liu Renzhi hesitantly.
"Son, is... is there something wrong with you?
"Are you lacking in that department?
"If so, I'll take you to see a doctor.
"Son, this is no small matter. If you need to go to the hospital, you have to go."
Liu Renzhi was almost made to laugh by Su Jing.
He quickly reassured her,
"Mom, your son isn't sick, not at all.
"Rest assured, I am perfectly healthy."
Su Jing's anxious heart finally settled back into her chest.
She looked back at Liu Siyue and then said to Liu Renzhi,
"You're doing the right thing. These matters require mutual consent; you can't force it.
"Son, promise Mom that no matter what, you must always have Wanyi's consent, understand?"
Liu Renzhi certainly understood.
His own sister had been bullied by those scumbags.
He would absolutely never bully another girl.
When Lin Wanyi woke up, it was already two in the afternoon.
She looked at the time, then looked around the room, her heart skipping a beat.
She never expected to end up sleeping in Liu Renzhi's room, on Liu Renzhi's bed.
Panicking, she hurriedly put on her shoes to leave, only to see Zhou Chenyu standing outside the door.
Zhou Chenyu's face was dark, and she rudely pointed at Lin Wanyi.
"Lin Wanyi, you are such a slut.
"A thirty-year-old divorced woman, and you actually have the nerve to sleep in the boss's bed.
"How can you be so shameless? How are you worthy of Renzhi in any way?
"Is it just because you have no shame, just because you have experience with men?
"Bah! Lin Wanyi, Auntie Su will never accept you.
"Uncle Liu will never accept you either.
"Come on, come with me right now to see Auntie Su and Uncle Liu.
"I'm going to let them know what a shameless slut you are."
She grabbed Lin Wanyi's hand and tried to drag her away.
Lin Wanyi felt a guilty conscience herself; she had no idea how she had ended up sleeping in Liu Renzhi's room, on his bed.
She didn't dare face Su Jing.
She refused to go.
But Zhou Chenyu wouldn't let her go.
Grabbing her by the hair, she tried to drag her to find Su Jing.
Just as Lin Wanyi was protecting her hair and struggling, Liu Renzhi saw them.
He quickly pried Zhou Chenyu's hands off, shielded Lin Wanyi behind him, and scolded Zhou Chenyu,
"Zhou Chenyu, what do you think you're doing?"
"I told you to stay away from Wanyi."
Zhou Chenyu did not panic in the slightest. Instead, tears streamed down her face.
"Renzhi, you can't treat me like this. You can't be with a divorced old woman like Lin Wanyi.
"You don't know this, but my mom is in the hospital. She was so furious about you getting together with an old woman that it landed her in the hospital.
"Renzhi, my mom was the one who treated you the best when we were growing up.
"You can't upset her like this."
