Just over ten minutes later, the door to the operating room was flung open again. The nurse’s voice was anxious, "The patient is in critical condition, and the hospital has run out of enough plasma, moreover, the patient has a rare blood type..."
Xia Minjun immediately pointed at Tang Xi, "Take hers, her blood type is the same as my daughter’s!! Use hers!"
After shouting, Xia Minjun realized she had been too forceful with her words. They had adopted Tang Xi for her blood, a shameful secret they had kept all along. Over the span of fifteen years, they had drawn blood from Tang Xi hundreds of times.
Xia Minjun glanced at Fu Tingzhou and hurriedly explained in panic, "Xi has the same blood type as her sister... She caused Mengshu to be in this condition, so naturally, she should... blood to Mengshu, it’s her duty."
Fu Tingzhou’s expression was cold and impassive, not a trace of emotion on his face.
He looked at Tang Xi.
Tang Xi’s face was numb as well.
Their gazes collided in the freezing air.
Tang Xi had thought she would see a hint of perturbation, some surprise on his face, but there was nothing, not even pity.
The pain in her heart spread like a needle prick.
Looking at the Su couple’s greed and the man’s indifference, she pressed her pale lips together and said in a calm tone, "You adopted me fifteen years ago because my blood type was the same as Su Mengshu’s. I naively thought I had found a family. But every time Mengshu had a scrape or a bruise, I was dragged to the hospital to have blood drawn, from 200cc, to later 300cc, 400cc. You never cared for my wellbeing, you never saw me as part of the Su Family."
In the summer, even in the hottest season, she dared not wear short sleeves.
All she wore were long sleeves.
She was afraid people would see the needle marks on her arms.
At this moment, Tang Xi trembled as she rolled up her sleeve, "I’ve had my blood drawn hundreds of times, I too am human! If Su Mengshu’s life counts, does mine, Tang Xi’s life, not count?!"
At this moment, as if she was laying bare her face, Xia Minjun said through clenched teeth, her voice shrill, "You, an orphan girl from the orphanage, with a mother who is a murderer and a father of unknown filthy origins, should be grateful that we adopted you. What’s wrong with donating blood to Mengshu? It’s your obligation."
Su Kangrong remembered Fu Tingzhou was there and quickly stopped Xia Minjun, "Minjun, mind your words."
Xia Minjun hastily adopted a wronged demeanor, looking at Fu Tingzhou, "Mr. Fu, you don’t know this Tang Xi, she’s so sly. We took her in and treated her so well, yet she would harm her own sister. Don’t be fooled by her, poor Mengshu..."
Fu Tingzhou coldly watched Tang Xi.
He watched the fragile and slender figure of the woman, the solitude and calm in her eyes.
Tang Xi was also looking at him, asking with her last bit of strength, "Fu Tingzhou, are you going to take my blood too, to save Su Mengshu?"
In her eyes, a glimmer of hope flickered.
But all she heard was Fu Tingzhou’s voice, cruel and ice-cold, "Take her to the collection room, draw her blood."
At that moment, the light in Tang Xi’s eyes extinguished completely.
Two bodyguards controlled her hands, almost pinning her down.
The nurse inserted the needle into her arm.
No matter how much Tang Xi struggled, she couldn’t resist.
She almost screamed in agony, "Let go, let me go!!"
The collection room was very close to the operating room; Tang Xi’s struggling and crying echoed down the corridor.
A smile flickered across Xia Minjun’s lips.
Good, it seemed that she had been worried for nothing. Fu Tingzhou didn’t care at all about this Tang Xi; his heart was all for his own daughter.
Xia Minjun stole a careful glance at Fu Tingzhou, this man was truly frightening... Fortunately, he didn’t like Tang Xi, otherwise, if he found out that it was Tang Xi who had saved him in the earthquake, and that Mengshu had merely taken her place, then the entire Su Family would be ruined.
As Fu Tingzhou listened to the woman’s piercing screams, his pupils constricted slightly.
His hand slowly clenched into a fist.
At this moment, his heart seemed to constrict as well.
The bodyguards rushed out in a hurry, "Something’s wrong, Miss Tang has fainted."
Fu Tingzhou’s complexion changed, "Take her to the ward."
Thinking of Tang Xi’s frail appearance.
He gritted his teeth.
This woman was already frighteningly thin and anaemic.
He said, "Get Director Jiang to treat her!"
Xia Minjun said, "It’s not enough, we’ve only drawn 400cc, that amount of blood is far from sufficient..."
But before she could finish, she met the man’s eyes, cold and sharp as a knife, and in an instant, Xia Minjun shuddered and dared not speak anymore.