Di Mingjue held Ye Ziyu and moved away from Gu Xiuyu. The police then approached.
Watching Ye Ziyu being taken further away, Gu Xiuyu knew this might be the last time he would see her.
The police arrived, their guns all aimed at his head.
"Get down and stop resisting!" Xie Mingxia said sternly.
Gu Xiuyu's hands hung limply by his sides as he lowered his head with a bitter smile.
Just as the police were about to disengage, he suddenly grabbed a knife from the ground and lunged at Di Mingjue.
*Bang~*
The piercing sound shocked everyone.
Di Mingjue turned to see Gu Xiuyu staggering, clutching his chest. He instinctively held Ye Ziyu tighter in his arms.
Gu Xiuyu looked down at the blood seeping from his wound, a sense of desolation surrounding him. He looked up at Ye Ziyu with longing, but she hadn't even cast a glance his way.
Urgent footsteps echoed from behind as the police rushed towards Gu Xiuyu.
"Ziyu, look at me again!" Gu Xiuyu pleaded.
His voice was drowned out by the rapid footsteps. Di Mingjue, holding the startled Ye Ziyu, strode towards the shore.
"Ah~" Gu Xiuyu cried out in unwilling frustration. All his desperate actions had failed to make Ye Ziyu look back at him. As he watched them disappear, he began to laugh manically. As the police closed in, he suddenly rushed towards the railing.
Before the police could react, there was a splash, and ripples spread across the sea.
"Quick, he jumped into the sea!"
"We can't let him escape, jump in and search!"
The police on the yacht stood by the railing, watching the ripples on the sea vanish. Those who could swim put on life jackets and jumped into the water.
Upon reaching the shore, Di Mingjue learned that Gu Xiuyu had jumped into the sea and arranged for people to search for him. Even if they only recovered a corpse, he wanted to see the person.
...
Hospital.
The emergency light turned off, and the doctor emerged with a sorrowful expression.
"Doctor, how is my wife? Why did she suddenly collapse?" Di Mingjue anxiously approached.
"The patient is two months pregnant," the doctor said. "However, due to extreme fatigue and physical trauma, the fetus died in utero. We have just removed the deceased fetus. The patient is now out of danger. She needs to rest and recover well, and she can have children in the future."
D-dead fetus?
It felt like a nightmare. Di Mingjue didn't know how to accept this reality, let alone how to tell Ye Ziyu. They still hadn't found Si Bao, and now she had been pregnant and lost the child.
Di Mingjue found his way to the ward without realizing it. He looked at the weak Ye Ziyu on the bed, sadly cradled her hand and kissed it.
"Mingjue."
"You're awake!"
Seeing Ye Ziyu try to sit up, Di Mingjue quickly got up and placed a pillow behind her back for support.
Ye Ziyu looked around the room and rubbed her aching head. "Why am I in the hospital?"
It seemed she didn't know about her pregnancy yet.
Di Mingjue caressed Ye Ziyu's face, soothing her affectionately. "The doctor said you were too frightened, which caused your weakness and loss of consciousness."
"Frightened?" Ye Ziyu released his hand and rubbed her temples.
She only remembered Gu Xiuyu being shot and asking her to look back at him. She couldn't recall what happened afterward. The moment she tried to think, her head began to throb, and she frowned, pressing hard on her temples.
"Don't think about it. Nothing like this will ever happen again. Once you're better, our family of five will leave this place. Where do you want to go?" Di Mingjue held her hand.
It seemed Ye Ziyu wasn't ready to leave. She looked at Di Mingjue and said, "We still need to find Si Bao. We can't leave until Si Bao is found."