Cheng Su woke up again to find that Qi Taiguo’s shadow was nowhere to be seen, but Ning Ge and Ying Xiaoya were there.
"Susu, you woke up," Ying Xiaoya noticed her wakefulness and immediately her eyes turned red.
"Why did you come?" Cheng Su’s throat was a bit hoarse as she tried to get up, but Ying Xiaoya hurried to help her and placed a pillow behind her back.
"Once Ning Ge mentioned it, I came right over, I didn’t know you..." Ying Xiaoya choked up, but stopped when Ning Ge coughed, swallowing the rest of her words.
Susu is so pitiful!
Cheng Su instinctively touched her lower abdomen with a sour heart and tears welling up in her eyes.
"I brought some soup from the restaurant for you to drink while it’s hot—it’s chicken soup, personally cooked by Old Song." Ning Ge pointed to the thermos on the table and went to get a bowl.
"Yes, have some soup first," Ying Xiaoya wiped the corner of her eyes and quickly got up to help with the soup.
Cheng Su glanced outside the window, noticing that twilight had fallen and Qi Taiguo was not in sight, leading her to inquire about his whereabouts.
Ning Ge said, "Big Brother Qi just returned with his team today, and he rushed over as soon as he heard something happened to you. Seeing you asleep and with us visiting, he went back to the military base to report in, take a shower at home, and then he’ll come to stay with you through the night."
In fact, Qi Taiguo’s main intent was to settle the score with Chiang Qing and her daughter.
Cheng Su acknowledged with an "oh," taking the soup bowl from Ying Xiaoya’s hands with a pretense of not noticing the pity in her eyes.
...
Chiang Qing did not want to leave; she wished to see Qi Taiguo, at the very least, one last time.
"Qingqing, we should go now," Lu Shufen reached to pull Chiang Qing.
"Mom!" Chiang Qing shook her head, her face full of pain.
Lu Shufen’s face turned cold, and as she was about to speak a single word, a loud banging on the door interrupted her.
The door was wooden and trembled as if about to fall from the force of the banging.
"Who, who’s there?" Lu Shufen’s voice trembled with fear.
As Chiang Tian furrowed his brows, about to open the door, it was kicked open from the outside, sending splinters flying everywhere.
Lu Shufen and her daughter screamed.
A figure walked in against the backlight, his features not entirely clear, but Chiang Tian could feel his sharp, lethal aura.
Getting a clearer view, he saw a man with fierce, broad brows and wheat-colored skin—a standard military visage—wearing only army fatigues and exuding a strong build.
Without a doubt, he knew who this man was—no wonder his sister was so infatuated with him, it was this kind of man.
Such a fierce demeanor, so heavily enveloped with the aura of a soldier.
Chiang Tian swallowed hard, dumbstruck as he watched Qi Taiguo burst in.
"You are..."
"Who are you, what do you want to do?" Lu Shufen shouted in terror.
Upon seeing her, Qi Taiguo’s eyes bulged with rage, and mustering all his strength, he slapped her across the face.
Qi Taiguo had come with rage surging like a tidal wave, and Lu Shufen couldn’t withstand it. With that slap, she was rendered unconscious, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Chiang Tian came to his senses and shouted while lunging toward her, "Mom." Then, looking at Qi Taiguo with terror, he said, "What do you want to do? Don’t—don’t do anything crazy."
"You all deserve to die!" Qi Taiguo glared coldly at him, then turned towards Chiang Qing, who had stood up from the sofa. In three strides, he reached her, grabbed her by the neck, and pinned her against the wall.
Chiang Qing coughed up blood, her face filled with terror, her hands grabbing and beating at his grip, legs kicking off the ground.
"I’m going to kill you, I’m going to kill you!" Qi Taiguo’s eyes turned crimson with fury, his grip growing stronger.
Chiang Tian rushed over, shouting, "Help, murder, someone come quick!"
Chiang Qing—coughing, her tongue nearly protruding, eyes bulging in pure terror, felt her brain slowly starving for oxygen...