Chapter 576: Chapter 576: I Don’t Want to Return to the Shen Family
He shouldn’t have touched that prohibition when she hadn’t fully accepted all of him.
Xu Chaomu ran out of the room, her mind as if it had exploded, a complete blank!
Another streak of lightning crossed the outside window, illuminating the entire sky. After the lightning, there came the rumbling thunder!
She seemed as if she hadn’t heard the thunder at all, her ears filled with a buzzing akin to that of bees.
She felt oppressed everywhere, the light was oppressive, the air was oppressive, the room was oppressive… such oppression suffocated her, leaving her gasping for breath.
She wanted to leave, to run to an open space…
With her head in her hands, Xu Chaomu ran down the stairs. She had forgotten, outside was a fierce storm, with lightning and thunder!
“Mumu, Mumu!” Shen Chi shouted from behind her!
He hurriedly pursued her, but he hadn’t anticipated that the Xu Chaomu who had erupted would run so fast!
Just as he chased after her, Xu Chaomu had already run down the stairs, left the living room, and pushed open the front door, racing into the rain.
Shen Chi’s pupils constricted, lost in sudden shock, his face etched with tension!
Outside was a violent storm, and Xu Chaomu was pregnant with a child, she couldn’t have an accident!
As he called after her, she seemed as if she heard nothing, only focused on running ahead, running swiftly…
This place was the Shen Family, the home of Shen Cexian, Zhou Ran, and Shen Chi.
If Zhou Ran was the executioner who killed her mother, then Shen Cexian and Shen Chi were accomplices shielding the executioner, abetting tyranny.
She loved her mom, loved her so very much, yet she was powerless.
Just as she ran down the steps, Xu Chaomu dashed into the rain.
The heavy rain poured down as if from the sky, drenching her body, her clean pajamas instantly soaking through.
The rainwater was ice-cold, pouring over her, chilling her from head to foot.
Her hair quickly became wet, and her face was covered with rainwater…
She cried, tears merging with the rain, streaming down. She couldn’t distinguish whether the slippery substance on her face was rain or tears.
She cried out in agony, her mind filled entirely with her mother’s smiling face.
Her mom was very gentle, very calm, the best woman in the world, kind and beautiful. Yet, why did such a kind person have to face such a cruel fate…
How painful it must have been, so painful, for her mom to be engulfed in flames…
During those five years, whenever she tossed and turned, lying awake through the night, these cruel images would come to mind.
She would think of Zhou Ran tampering with the gas cylinder, she would think of the blaze from the explosion, she would think of her mother who didn’t escape from the fire…
At ten years old, she lost not just her father, but also her mother.
Because of this event during those five years, she frequently visited a psychologist. After five years of grinding down, this incident had finally settled, hidden deep within her heart.
Tonight, Shen Chi’s actions had once again reminded her of all those unbearable past events.
Yes, that unbearable…
She ran in front of the villa, under a dark sky, the rain pouring down fiercely.
The strong wind stirred the treetops, blowing leaves down in a flurry, falling to the ground, falling onto her shoulders.
She had long since disregarded it all, suddenly only wanting to leave this place…
“Mumu!” Shen Chi had also chased after her, he was very anxious, worried for Xu Chaomu’s safety.
Xu Chaomu seemed as if she couldn’t hear his voice, running recklessly forward.
Soon, she reached the front gate of the Shen family. The gate was locked, and she forcefully grabbed at the iron lock.
She bit her lip, unfazed by the icy rain, and desperately tried to pry open the iron lock on the door, attempting to force the door open.
Shen Chi sprinted forward and, without a word, scooped her up in a princess carry.
“Mumu, it’s my fault, don’t torture yourself.”
Shen Chi held her tightly and hurried toward the living room!
Trying to shield her from the rain as much as possible, he hugged her close to his chestand tried to protect her from the wind and rain.
Seeing her run out of control, his heart was also in agony, as if a wheel had cruelly rolled over him, pain seeping into every limb and bone.
“Put me down, I don’t want to go back to the Shen Family…” Xu Chaomu’s heart felt clenched in pain.
She pounded on his chest, scratching him, hitting him, pummeling him…
Shen Chi remained unmovable, allowing her to vent her dissatisfaction and resentment.
After five years, she still could not forget any of it. It wasn’t that she was naive, but rather she had buried her feelings even deeper in her heart.
“Mumu, if you’re in pain, just say it, I’m sorry…” Shen Chi apologized to her.
“I don’t want to go back to the Shen Family, put me down.” She repeated the same sentence, her voice choked with sobs and pain.
Shen Chi certainly wouldn’t comply with her wish. Right now, she was completely soaked, and of course, she could only go back to the Shen Family!
Shen Chi carried her toward the living room, up the stairs, all the way to his room.
As soon as he entered the room, he took her to the bathroom without hesitation and turned on the hot water tap, filling the bathtub with hot water.
Xu Chaomu didn’t listen to him and bit down hard on his arm.
Perhaps fueled by the resentment in her heart, her bite was deep, and Shen Chi clenched his teeth and furrowed his brow.
But he did not push her away and let her keep biting.
He didn’t push her away, so she continued to bite his arm.
A taste of blood spread in her mouth, and she realized she had been biting for too long and slowly loosened her bite.
Shen Chi looked down and sure enough, there were two deep setsof teeth marks on his arm, blood seeping out from them.
He gave a bitter smile, without much complaint, and his embrace around her did not relax one bit.
Vapor filled the bathroom, rising and enveloping the space. Soon, the bathtub was filled with hot water. Unlike the cold outside, the bathroom was warm.
“It’s useless to even wash the bath.” Shen Chi said with a wry smile.
Xu Chaomu’s eyes were unfocused, as if she hadn’t heard his words at all, as though he didn’t even exist.
Just when Shen Chi was about to help her change out of her damp nightgown, Xu Chaomu pushed him away forcefully, her eyes wary of him: “Don’t touch me.”
She suddenly disliked being touched by him, because he had inseverable ties with Zhou Ran.
“Change out of the nightgown, or you’ll catch a cold,” Shen Chi said helplessly.
At the moment, Xu Chaomu was extremely guarded against him, so he dared not press her too much.
“No, I’m here to take care of you.”
Shen Chi looked at her, and her once bright eyes suddenly lost their luster, hollow and weak.
He could understand her, because back then, when he discovered the truth that her mother killed Xu Mengxi, he, too, had been in profound agony for a long time. And she is Xu Mengxi’s daughter!
Xu Chaomu picked up anything at hand—a towel, shampoo, shower gel… and hurled them at him with no mercy!
Shen Chi dodged them all, then pressed down on her body and eased the very unstable her into the bathtub.
“Mumu, hurry up and take a hot bath. Even if you do not consider yourself, you have to think about the child in your belly!” Shen Chi’s voice was somber.