This scene happened to be seen by Xie Jingchu who rushed over.
He immediately dashed forward and tightly embraced Ruan Jiu, who was on the verge of falling.
Ruan Jiu weakly collapsed into Xie Jingchu's arms.
Looking at the bright red on Ruan Jiu's clothes, Xie Jingchu's eyes widened slightly, filled with a fear he had never felt before.
His hands trembled as he wanted to cover the gushing blood for Ruan Jiu.
But he was afraid of hurting her, so his palms froze in the air and he hesitated to put them down.
Hearing Ruan Jiu's cry, Xie Yanchuan also immediately ran over.
He was also scared half to death by the scene in front of him.
The last time he saw so much blood was when Ruan Jiu blocked a knife for him.
"Lu Wanrou, what have you done?!" Xie Yanchuan roared.
Lu Wanrou shook her head repeatedly and shouted in panic, "I didn't do it! I didn't do it!"
"If you didn't do it, did she do it to herself?!" Xie Yanchuan roared.
Lu Wanrou was in a complete mess, filled with confusion, doubt, and fear.
She didn't know why Ruan Jiu suddenly stabbed herself.
Right now, she really couldn't explain herself!
So, she had to pin all her hopes on Xie Yanchuan. She stepped forward and tightly grabbed his arm, pleading earnestly, "Yanchuan, you have to believe me. I really didn't do it! She went crazy and stabbed herself!"
Xie Yanchuan had a cold look on his face.
Now, he wouldn't believe a single word Lu Wanrou said.
Then he kicked Lu Wanrou away with one foot.
Lu Wanrou fell to the ground, with tears in her eyes and despair all over her face.
Seeing Ruan Jiu's increasingly heavy eyelids, Xie Jingchu panicked all of a sudden.
His eyes were bloodshot and his voice trembled, "A Jiu, don't sleep!"
Then he looked at Lu Wanrou, with even more killing intent in his eyes, "I'm going to kill you!"
Hearing this, Ruan Jiu's heart tightened.
No! He wouldn't really kill Lu Wanrou, would he!
So, when no one was paying attention, she pinched Xie Jingchu hard on the waist.
Xie Jingchu let out a muffled groan.
Then he looked at Ruan Jiu in his arms with a puzzled look and frowned.
Who would have thought that Ruan Jiu, who was so weak just now, suddenly winked at him.
He was startled at first, and then seemed to understand something.
He immediately picked Ruan Jiu up horizontally.
Before leaving, he threw a menacing warning at Lu Wanrou.
"You'd better pray that she's okay."
Soon, the news that Lu Wanrou had stabbed Ruan Jiu spread like wildfire.
Outside the house, everyone was anxiously waiting at the door. Watching basin after basin of bright red water being carried out of the house, everyone's hearts were in their throats.
"What on earth is going on?" Old Master Xie rushed over, his eyes full of coldness.
How could such a thing happen out of the blue?
Xie Yanchuan pursed his lips, his eyes full of guilt.
"Grandfather, it's all my fault!" If he hadn't believed Lu Wanrou's words again, Ruan Jiu wouldn't have gone to the woodshed, let alone been injured by Lu Wanrou.
Right now, he regretted it so much that he could chew his own intestines.
Hearing this, Xu Qing quickly stepped forward and said, "How can this be your fault? It's all that vicious woman's fault!" She couldn't let Yanchuan take the blame for this.
Xie Jing also chimed in, "Yes, Father. This can't be blamed on Yanchuan. He was just deceived."
They mustn't let Old Master Xie take out his anger on Yanchuan.
Old Master Xie's eyes fixed. Now was not the time to argue about who was right and who was wrong.
So, he wanted to go into the house to check on Ruan Jiu's injury first.
Xie Jing quickly stopped him, "Father, you can't. It's so bloody in there. It might harm your fortune."
Old Master Xie snorted coldly, "Look at what you're saying!"
Xie Jing stood there awkwardly.
Xu Qing quickly tried to smooth things over, "Father, what my husband means is that it's in a complete mess in there right now. We'd better not go in and cause more trouble. Besides, Jingchu is in there watching."
Hearing this, Old Master Xie nodded.
His face was ashen and he anxiously waited outside the door.
Inside the house, Xie Jingchu stood beside the bed with a gloomy face.
Ruan Jiu was sitting on the bed with a guilty look on her face, pursing her lips and avoiding his gaze.
However, she didn't look like someone who had just been stabbed in the abdomen at all.
What on earth was going on?
It turned out that Ruan Jiu had always had Chun Tao keep an eye on Lu Wanrou. She knew that Lu Wanrou was looking for her to try to get her to reveal the truth so that Xie Yanchuan could hear it.
So, she played along.
Actually, the knife didn't stab her body. Instead, it stabbed the blood bag she had prepared in advance.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Xie Jingchu asked with a cold face.
As soon as he heard that Lu Wanrou was looking for her, he was afraid that she would be in danger, so he immediately rushed over.
He didn't expect to see such a scene.
At that moment, he felt as if his breathing had stopped!
Ruan Jiu mumbled softly, "It all happened so suddenly. Besides, I didn't expect you to show up..."
"Did you ever think that what if you really stabbed yourself, what if Lu Wanrou panicked and did something desperate, what if..."
"Come on, there aren't so many what-ifs," Ruan Jiu immediately interrupted Xie Jingchu, "Look, I've prepared everything."
After saying that, she took out a blood-stained cotton pad from her clothes and proudly waved it at Xie Jingchu.
Seeing this, Xie Jingchu was momentarily at a loss for words. He was really angry and amused at the same time.
Ruan Jiu then said, "Now that I'm 'seriously injured', Grandfather surely won't let me get married in this state."
Only then did Xie Jingchu understand that she had done all this to avoid getting married.
However, he was unhappy and said in a solemn voice, "A Jiu, don't you trust me at all?"
"Huh?" Ruan Jiu looked at him in confusion.
"I've said that as long as you don't want to marry him, I'll find a way. You can rely on me. I'll give you everything you want!"
Ruan Jiu lowered her head and bit her lip.
She knew that with Xie Jingchu's ability and means, he could definitely annul her engagement with Xie Yanchuan.
However, she also had her own concerns.
Not to mention that if Xie Jingchu intervened, it would arouse Xie Jing's dissatisfaction, and the relationship between the eldest branch and the fourth branch of the Xie family would become even more strained.
If Xie Xiu got involved, the Xie family would really reach the point of brothers turning against each other.
The most important thing was still Old Master Xie.
"What can you do? Have a big fight with Grandfather? If he still refuses, will you just abandon everything of the Xie family and take me away?" Ruan Jiu said with a helpless smile.
"What's wrong with that? I'm really tired of this kind of life full of intrigue." Xie Jingchu said.
Ruan Jiu smiled bitterly.
Having been by Xie Jingchu's side for so many years, how could she not tell the truth of his words?
People said that Xie Jingchu was cruel and unruly.
But he just couldn't bring himself to completely destroy Xie Jing.
He would never use his schemes and tricks on his own brothers. Otherwise, with his means, could Xie Jing still be alive until now?
Moreover, the person he cared about most in the entire Xie family was Old Master Xie.
When he was a child, his health was poor, so he had always been raised in a manor outside the city. He was only brought back to the Xie Mansion when he was seven years old.
Although he lived in luxury in the manor and had never suffered any grievances.
But they were both the same. They both had a longing for a "home" deep in their bones.
She couldn't rely on his love for her and let him do anything for her regardless of the consequences.
She just couldn't do it.
So, she had to solve these problems on her own.
"Some things, we just can't let go of."
Ruan Jiu's words made Xie Jingchu's body tremble.
Yes, they just couldn't let go of their feelings for the Xie family.