Xu Ruoyun grabbed Su Qi's hand, refusing to let go. Su Qi cried out in pain and flung Xu Ruoyun's hand away. Xu Ruoyun was still very weak, having suffered too many upheavals in the past two days. Shoved by Su Qi, she stumbled and fell backward, landing hard on the ground.
The door, which had been ajar, opened. Xu Linyun stood outside, having heard the commotion before entering.
As she opened the door, she saw Xu Ruoyun sitting on the ground.
And her own brother was actually defending Su Qi, watching their mother fall without lifting a finger!
"Su Qi! You wretched woman!"
Xu Linyun cursed loudly, her jealousy and anger erupting. She raised her arm and slapped Su Qi.
Su Qi did not dodge, taking the full force of Xu Linyun's slap.
"Linyun! What are you doing!"
As Xu Linyun raised her hand to slap again, Xu Linchuan grabbed her wrist, restraining her.
"Brother!" Xu Linyun's eyes widened, her eyes red and her body trembling. "Why are you still defending this wretched woman Su Qi! She's just a lowlife! Divorced but still haunting us, and now she's seducing Huo Tingyun! She's shameless! Disgraceful!"
Xu Linyun recalled the recordings she had heard and the video she had seen at Juyuan last time.
The thought sent a sharp pain through her abdomen.
She felt disgusted!
Huo Tingyun and she had been childhood sweethearts!
Huo Tingyun's true love was her!
Why should Su Qi steal the man she loved!
Mo Yu was right, they should have dealt with Su Qi earlier!
The Xu family was in chaos now, and it was all Su Qi's fault!
"Miss Xu, please don't be angry. It's all my fault. Linchuan, you don't need to say anything. I won't come here again. I didn't know my good intentions would lead to this. It's all my fault."
Su Qi's eyes welled up with tears, on the verge of shedding them. "I was just concerned about Mr. Xu. I didn't expect them to hate me so much."
"Xiao Su..."
Xu Linchuan watched Su Qi leave, then turned to Xu Linyun. "Are you done with your tantrum?!"
Her usually gentle brother was scolding her with a cold face.
Xu Linyun's chest heaved as she gasped for breath, her beautiful face contorted. "Brother! Have you gone mad?! Has Su Qi bewitched you! You're still defending her! She's clearly faking pity! She's a white lotus! A green tea bitch! She's like a weasel wishing a Happy New Year, with no good intentions!"
*Slap!*
Another slap landed on Xu Linyun's face.
Xu Linyun's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at Xu Linchuan, clutching half her face.
"Brother?! You hit me?! You hit me?! You hit me for that wretched woman?! You hit me?!"
Since childhood, Xu Linchuan had always been gentle and caring towards her, never even scolding her when she made mistakes. She never expected him to hit her over a woman!
"Xiao Su is not that kind of person. She came to see Dad with good intentions and you insulted her like this. Anyone would be angry. She didn't even argue with you, so how could you say that about her! You've changed, Linyun!"
"I've changed?!" Xu Linyun wanted to laugh, tears falling as she turned her anger into a bitter smile. "Brother, *you've* changed! For Su Qi! You've abandoned your family! If it weren't for this Su Qi, I would have married Tingyun, and you wouldn't have become like this. It's all Su Qi's fault! She's a jinx! She caused the deaths of her parents and her brother, and now she's here to ruin our family!"
"Enough!"
A cold reprimand echoed from outside the ward door.
Huo Tingyun stood outside the door, his expression grim as he scanned the ward.
Upon hearing Xu Linyun's words, an unnamable rage surged within him.
Xu Linyun's face turned pale. She walked forward and linked her arm through Huo Tingyun's. "Tingyun, why are you here?"
Huo Tingyun raised his hand, subtly shaking off Xu Linyun's touch. Xu Linyun's already pale face turned even whiter. She looked up, tears welling in her eyes. "Tingyun?"
"I thought you were a good girl. How could such malicious words come from your mouth."
"Malicious? Tingyun, you don't know what Su Qi has done. She stole you, monopolized you, even seduced my brother, and almost caused my father's death! I wish I could kill her!" Xu Linyun's voice was choked with emotion, her face flushed as she yelled hysterically.
However, Xu Linyun hadn't expected even Huo Tingyun to speak up for Su Qi.
She was so disappointed!
Just as Xu Linyun was about to say more, Xu Qingfeng's heart rate monitor suddenly fluctuated wildly. Xu Ruoyun quickly got up from the ground and crawled onto Xu Qingfeng. "Master, what's wrong, Master..."
A nurse rushed in, and Xu Linchuan stepped forward to pull Xu Ruoyun away. "Mom, Dad's condition is unstable. You should go out first!"
The wound from the car accident, which had been sutured, began to bleed profusely again.
Xu Linchuan entered the emergency room, changed into surgical scrubs, and prepared for a second surgery.
Midway through the surgery, a nurse rushed in. "Dr. Xu! The blood bank is out of blood!"
"Out of blood? Get more immediately! From the nearest hospital!"
"We're also out. The entire city of Shencheng doesn't have this blood type. It's too rare, so..."
"How much is needed?"
"About five hundred milliliters!"
Outside the emergency room, a nurse approached Xu Linyun and informed her of the situation. Xu Linyun nodded and extended her hand. "Okay, you can draw my blood!"
"We need to do some tests first. Please come with me."
Considering Xu Linyun was pregnant, the nurse conducted a blood test.
Xu Ruoyun, worried, followed them.
But as Xu Ruoyun stood up, she almost fainted.
"Mom, you should go back and rest!"
Xu Linyun followed the nurse alone to draw blood for the test. The results would take ten minutes. Xu Linyun waited for five minutes in the blood draw room before the nurse emerged.
The nurse's expression was somewhat strange. "Miss Xu, your blood type is Type A!"
What?!
Xu Linyun's eyes widened. "How is that possible? You must have made a mistake!"
She abruptly stood up from her seat. How could this be? Xu Ruoyun was Type O, and Xu Qingfeng had the rare Rh null blood. How could she be Type O!
"It's like this, Miss Xu, we've checked several times, and all the results show Type A!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Xu Linyun's eyes widened in disbelief. "Could it be that because I'm pregnant, the test results are wrong?"
"That's also possible." The nurse, seeing Xu Linyun's agitated state, could only go along with her words.