"Yiyi, listen to Uncle. Things aren't what you think..." Lu Fenglin wanted to explain to Xu Yiyi, but Xu Yiyi simply wouldn't listen. Her eyes were full of disappointment and tears as she forcefully pushed Lu Fenglin away.
"You're a bad uncle! I'll never trust you again. Let go of me!"
Hearing the anger and loathing in Xu Yiyi's words, Lu Fenglin's mood plunged to rock - bottom. His heart ached with each thud.
Seeing Xu Yiyi sobbing convulsively, Lu Fenglin couldn't bear to hold her forcibly. Reluctantly, he put her down.
As soon as her feet touched the ground, Xu Yiyi immediately ran towards Xu Qingqing, her face full of grievance and streaked with tears.
"Yiyi! Mom was so worried about you!" Xu Qingqing rushed forward quickly, opening her arms to hug Xu Yiyi.
Seeing Lu Chuanbai and Xu Qingqing arrive, Gu Anrou, who had been thrown aside by Lu Fenglin, sat up in a hurry. She pushed up the gauze covering her eyes and groped for the steel pipe beside her.
Even if she couldn't make Xu Qingqing taste the pain of losing a child, she would still make Xu Qingqing pay the price!
Gu Anrou picked up the steel pipe and summoned all her strength. Like lightning, she dashed in front of Xu Qingqing in the blink of an eye and forcefully swung the steel pipe in her hand.
"Xu Qingqing! This is your day of doom!"
With that, Gu Anrou brought the steel pipe down hard on the back of Xu Qingqing's head.
"Xu Qingqing!"
"Xu Qingqing, watch out!"
Both Lu Fenglin and Lu Chuanbai saw Xu Qingqing in danger at the same time. Lu Chuanbai's heart skipped a beat and he shot forward like a bullet, leaving a blurred after - image as he threw himself on Xu Qingqing's back.
Lu Chuanbai used his own head to block the steel pipe that Gu Anrou had swung. The back of his head was split open, a wound the size of a fist oozing blood profusely.
"Gu Anrou, are you crazy!"
Lu Fenglin also rushed forward and pushed aside Gu Anrou, who was stunned after hitting the wrong person. He stared coldly at the hooligans watching the show.
"What are you standing there for! Tie this crazy woman up for me!"
Hearing Lu Fenglin's words, the hooligans immediately dragged Gu Anrou, whom they had long disliked, to one side.
"Lu Chuanbai!"
Xu Qingqing felt warm liquid flowing from the back of her head to her cheek. She reached out to touch it and found it was sticky blood. Only then did she realize that Lu Chuanbai was injured.
Xu Qingqing quickly turned around and caught Lu Chuanbai's dizzy body. The blood from the back of Lu Chuanbai's head had already covered his face. He felt dizzy, his ears were ringing, and his vision was blurred.
"Lu Chuanbai, are you okay!" Xu Qingqing panicked and reached out to cover the wound on the back of Lu Chuanbai's head.
Xu Yiyi didn't lose his wits when he saw Lu Chuanbai's head injured. He quickly wiped the tears from his face, found Xu Qingqing's phone, and dialed 120.
"Hello, is this 120? My dad is injured. We're at..."
Xu Qingqing supported Lu Chuanbai's body with one hand and took off her white coat with the other to wrap it around Lu Chuanbai's head. Her eyes were filled with hot tears, and her expression was worried and anxious.
"Chuanbai, I'm sorry. If only I could have been more careful!"
Lu Chuanbai felt dizzier and dizzier. His eyelids were drooping, and he was becoming more and more drowsy. But he still mustered all his strength to reach out and touch Xu Qingqing's face.
Lu Chuanbai's tone was gentle, his voice slow and hoarse: "Don't worry. I'm fine. I'm just a bit sleepy. I want to take a nap first."
"Dad, don't sleep. Yiyi will talk to you, okay?"
Xu Yiyi nestled beside Lu Chuanbai, his eyes teary and his voice full of sobs.
Lu Chuanbai lovingly ruffled Xu Yiyi's hair and patiently instructed him: "Yiyi, you have to protect your mom. Dad is a bit tired and wants to sleep for a while."
With that, Lu Chuanbai closed his eyes heavily. Xu Qingqing wiped the tears from her face and forcefully supported Lu Chuanbai's body, trying to carry him into the car and wait for the ambulance.
Seeing Xu Qingqing looking tired and struggling, Lu Fenglin expressionlessly wanted to reach out to help her, but Xu Qingqing shot him a look full of anger.
"No need. Stop pretending to be a good guy!"
She had really misjudged Lu Fenglin before. She never thought Lu Fenglin would do such a thing!
Xu Yiyi directly stood in front of Xu Qingqing and Lu Chuanbai, spreading his small arms. His eyes were stubborn and bright.
"Don't you dare hurt my mom and dad!"
Lu Fenglin's outstretched hand froze in mid - air. Hearing the misunderstood words from Xu Yiyi and Xu Qingqing, he laughed out of extreme anger and then clenched his fist and retracted it.
"Don't flatter yourself. I just want to watch the show and see how miserable this person who sent my mother to the hospital is. How justly punished he is!"
"Shut up!"
Xu Qingqing carried Lu Chuanbai on her back and shouted angrily, her eyes full of indignation.
"Do you have any evidence to prove that Lu Chuanbai hurt your mother!"
"It was clearly your mother who, in order to gain a higher position, bought hallucinogens and drugged Lu Chuanbai's mother, causing her to have hallucinations and get into a car accident while crossing the road!"
Hearing this, Lu Fenglin was stunned. The hand hanging by his side loosened and then tightened again. His heart was in turmoil.
He had never known these things.
Back then, he and his mother were able to enter the Lu family because Father Lu pitied them.
How could it be that his mother had resorted to some schemes... His mother had never mentioned it!
"Impossible. Don't spout nonsense here!" Lu Fenglin stubbornly retorted.
Hearing this, a sneer appeared on Xu Qingqing's lips, and her eyes were full of sarcasm.
"I have evidence to prove that I'm not talking nonsense. But if you're stubborn, then I can't wake someone who is pretending to be asleep."
"Yiyi, let's go."
With that, Xu Qingqing struggled to carry the unconscious Lu Chuanbai on her back. She grabbed Xu Yiyi's hand tightly and turned to leave.
Lu Fenglin stood there stiffly for a long time. Finally, he punched the wall with peeling paint. The stones on the wall embedded themselves in his finger flesh, leaving small wounds.
Impossible. He didn't believe it!
How could his mother do such a thing!
But no matter how much Lu Fenglin tried to brainwash himself, the seed of doubt had been planted and would slowly take root and sprout.
The ambulance arrived quickly. Xu Qingqing sent Lu Chuanbai to the ambulance, and then drove with Xu Yiyi following behind.
When they arrived at the hospital, Lu Chuanbai was sent to the operating room for stitches. The wound required six stitches and was wrapped in thick gauze.
When Lu Chuanbai was wheeled out of the operating room, the anesthetic still hadn't worn off. His face was pale, and his handsome features were like a veil of white, looking harmlessly handsome.
It was completely dark. The moon had risen at 7 o'clock.
Seeing Xu Yiyi struggling to keep his eyes open and still holding his head up to guard Lu Chuanbai's bedside, Xu Qingqing first sent Xu Yiyi home to reassure her parents, and then came back to the hospital alone to keep watch.
Lu Chuanbai was in a ward of an ordinary hospital, and there were two patients in the room.
Xu Qingqing rented a single bed and slept beside Lu Chuanbai, silently accompanying him.
It was about midnight when Lu Chuanbai woke up. He mumbled that he was thirsty and wanted to drink water.