Zhao Pei fainted from crying, and Lin Wanyi's vision also suddenly went black.
Lin Jiajun hurriedly called for a doctor. The doctor said:
"It's still anemia, compounded by excessive grief."
"It's nothing serious. With proper rest and nourishment, she'll recover."
Lin Jiajun secretly called Li Suhua. Upon hearing that the child was lost, Li Suhua's heart was a tumult of mixed feelings.
This child couldn't have been kept, but it had still harmed Lin Wanyi's body.
She instructed Lin Jiajun: "Have your sister stay in the hospital a few more days. Make sure she eats and drinks well. Everything else can wait until she's recovered."
Lin Jiajun took it to heart, but he was still young and a man, unsure of what exactly to have Lin Wanyi eat.
Liu Renzhi, however, had already made arrangements.
He hired a nurse to look after Lin Wanyi and had also instructed a hotel chef to prepare meals specifically for her and deliver them to the hospital.
Lin Jiajun scratched his head, embarrassed:
"Sorry to trouble you again, Brother Liu. The matters with those girls are also mostly settled. When are you planning to leave, big brother?"
Liu Renzhi thought for a moment: "No hurry. I'll wait until your sister recovers, and I've found a good lawyer for you all."
"I'll make sure they get divorced."
Lin Jiajun felt nothing but gratitude.
He had little capability and not much money. Being in this unfamiliar place was just too difficult.
Before Lin Wanyi even woke up, Wang Hao was causing another scene at the hospital.
He searched every floor and every ward, finally spotting Liu Renzhi in the corridor.
His blood boiled with anger:
"Liu Renzhi, are you insane? This is my wife. What are you doing constantly guarding outside her room?"
"Hah, and a VIP room at that. What are you showing off? Flaunting your money?"
"I just don't get it. A rich guy like you, why do you keep clinging to a married woman?"
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
Liu Renzhi truly wanted to kill him, but his upbringing made him hold back.
He told Wang Hao, word by word:
"I couldn't be bothered with you before, but now I'll tell you. I'll make it crystal clear."
"Lin Wanyi saved my sister's life. That makes her the benefactor of our Liu family, and my personal benefactor."
"So I will always protect her. I won't give you another chance to bully her."
"Wang Hao, from this moment on, I am Lin Wanyi's big brother, her real big brother. What do you intend to do about it?"
"Big brother?"
Wang Hao sneered contemptuously: "What big brother, what sister? Playing games with me?"
"Is this some special kink you rich people have?"
"If that's the case, maybe you'd like to see something exciting?"
He held up his phone, looking at Liu Renzhi:
"Let's see if you still want this promiscuous 'sister' of yours after you see this."
"Here, take a look..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Liu Renzhi suddenly snatched his phone and smashed it onto the floor with a crack.
The screen shattered into pieces.
Wang Hao flew into a rage: "Liu Renzhi, that's my phone! Just because you have money, you think you can smash my phone?"
"Pay up! You have to buy me a new phone!"
Just as Liu Renzhi was about to say something more, Lin Wanyi opened the door and came out.
Seeing Wang Hao, she immediately thought of the things on that phone.
She was nervous, utterly terrified.
Wang Hao saw it too. He knew he had her weakness in his grip.
He smiled at Lin Wanyi: "Wife, feeling better? Let's go home. I'm here to take you home."
"My mom even stewed chicken soup for you."
How could Lin Wanyi possibly go back? She repeated the same words:
"Wang Hao, let's get a divorce."
"Still talking about divorce?"
Wang Hao raised an eyebrow:
"Lin Wanyi, you really refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. Do you really want me to send those things to your brother Lin Jiajun and your mother? Would that make you happy?"
"Or..."
He turned to look at Liu Renzhi:
"Or should I send them to this so-called 'brother' of yours? Lin Wanyi, think carefully."
"What is there to think about?"
Liu Renzhi finally couldn't hold back any longer and kicked Wang Hao:
"Wang Hao, I know what you're trying to threaten her with, but that's illegal."
"Illegal, do you understand? I can sue you anytime and have you sent to prison. Do you want to try?"
Wang Hao stumbled back several steps from the kick, clutching his stomach:
"Liu Renzhi, I'm not done with you! Not done!"
He staggered away. Lin Wanyi, however, didn't dare to look at Liu Renzhi.
He just said he knew. Had he really seen them?
Had he really seen those filthy videos?
So humiliating. Too humiliating.
She lowered her head and went back to her room. Liu Renzhi didn't follow her in. Instead, he sent her a message:
[Don't worry, I haven't seen anything. But I can guess what he's threatening you with.]
[Don't be afraid. If he threatens you again, call the police. You are the victim. Don't carry any burden.]
[Lin Wanyi, remember, I am your big brother. I will always be on your side.]
Lin Wanyi curled up under the blankets and cried her heart out.
In the eight years of marriage to Wang Hao, she was always being bullied—bullied by Liu Chunlan, bullied by Wang Meijuan,
bullied by Wang Jianguo, even bullied by Wang Hao himself.
She always endured silently. She always thought the path was her own choice, and she had to walk it even through tears.
But only recently had she realized how fragile she actually was. She wasn't strong at all.
It turned out the feeling of having family protect you was so wonderful.
Her mother, her brother, and now Big Brother Liu.
They were all protecting her.
She felt so at ease, finally at peace.
After crying for a long time, she finally composed herself.
She went to see Zhao Pei again.
Zhao Pei's spirits were a bit better. She was preparing to be discharged.
Lin Wanyi asked her where she would go.
She shook her head: "I don't know. I really don't know where to go."
Lin Wanyi couldn't help but ask: "What happened to your parents?"
"They..."
Zhao Pei took another deep breath:
"They're both gone. The day before yesterday, I called my dad's number—it was disconnected. I called my mom's number—a stranger answered."
"I asked an old friend I know and found out both my parents are gone."
"They had an accident while out looking for me. Wanyi, do you think it's my fault?"
"If I hadn't been so foolishly kind-hearted, wouldn't all this have happened?"
"I wouldn't be here, my parents wouldn't have gone out looking for me, and of course, the accident wouldn't have happened."
"Is it my problem? Tell me, is it?"
"Of course not!"
Lin Wanyi wiped her tears: "It has nothing to do with you. It's Liu Dabing's fault. It's all his fault."
"Sister, let me tell you some good news. Liu Dabing has been arrested."
"He's finally going to face legal punishment."
"You should be happy."
"Happy."
Zhao Pei smiled through her tears: "I am really happy. He should have died long ago."
But her happiness didn't last long before she heard Liu Chunlan's voice.
She was shouting in the corridor: "Lin Wanyi! Lin Wanyi! You damned bitch, come out here!"
"You got my brother sent to prison? How dare you!"
"He's your uncle, your maternal uncle! How could you send your own uncle to prison?"
"The maternal uncle is the greatest, the maternal uncle is the greatest! Didn't your mother teach you that? Do you really not understand?"
Understand my foot!
Lin Wanyi was already filled with pent-up anger.
Remembering what happened to Zhao Pei's family, remembering how Liu Dabing had locked her in a room when she went back to see her father...
She raised her hand and slapped Liu Chunlan hard across the face, left and right:
"Bullshit about 'the maternal uncle is the greatest'! What kind of uncle is he?"
"I've already given up on Wang Hao, I've already cast aside a mother-in-law as vile as you, why would I want anything to do with a human trafficker uncle?
"He should have been locked up long ago. After ruining the lives of so many innocent girls, he deserves to die ten thousand times over!"
