Her face was a little pale.
This commotion was all too familiar. kΑnshu伍.ξà
Xu Lincuan frowned deeply and put down his bowl. "Don't be afraid, wait for me in the room."
Just as he was about to leave, he found his clothes being tugged.
"Be careful." Su Qi held onto Xu Lincuan's hem.
She was very worried.
How could the gentle and refined Xu Lincuan be a match for Huo Tingyun?
Huo Tingyun was a ninth-dan black belt in Taekwondo.
"Don't worry, I have my ways."
Xu Lincuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and reassured Su Qi before getting up to leave the room, locking the door behind him.
Click.
The latch met the hole.
Xu Lincuan walked to the entrance and opened the door.
Outside was Huo Tingyun, seething with rage.
Xu Lincuan rarely saw Huo Tingyun in such a furious state.
Even with only a third of his anger that day in the hospital, Huo Tingyun was enough to make bystanders tremble. Now, with his anger at full intensity, the man seemed to be engulfed in flames. Even his dark pupils were stained crimson.
"Xu Lincuan—"
Huo Tingyun clenched his fist and punched straight for Xu Lincuan's face.
Presumably still recovering from his illness, his movements were not as agile as before, and Xu Lincuan easily dodged.
He smiled, "My sister said you had a fever. Looks like it's gone."
"You dare touch my woman, you're looking for death?!"
Huo Tingyun's fury was immense, his heart filled with rage. He lunged forward, grabbed Xu Lincuan by the collar, and then flung him against the wall.
"Stay away from Su Qi!"
A punch landed on Xu Lincuan's face.
Fortunately, Huo Tingyun had just been sick, and his strength was not what it used to be. Even in his rage, his power was diminished.
Xu Lincuan steadied himself, touched the blood at the corner of his mouth, and smiled coldly, "Tingyun, since you're divorcing Su Qi, stop interfering in her affairs. Even if I slept with her, it has nothing to do with you.
"Say that again?!"
Huo Tingyun grappled with Xu Lincuan, veins bulging on his forehead. He tried to throw another punch, but Xu Lincuan caught his fist and dodged, causing Huo Tingyun's punch to hit the wall. The back of his hand immediately began to bleed profusely.
Hearing the loud commotion outside the door, Su Qi trembled uncontrollably. She threw off the covers, got out of bed, picked up her phone from the bedside table, and made a call.
When Xu Linyun arrived, she saw two men wrestling on the ground.
Two men of noble status, at this moment, were like two boys fighting over a beloved toy, bloody and bruised.
"Brother! Tingyun! What are you doing! What are you doing!"
Hospital.
Su Qi stood in the hospital corridor, her face a little pale.
Xu Linyun stood beside Su Qi, crying, "Why, what exactly do you want? Su Qi, I can give you houses and cars, company shares too. Please, just divorce Tingyun quickly and leave Shencheng! Don't ruin our family anymore!"
Su Qi remained silent, her body trembling slightly.
Not far away, at the end of the corridor.
Xu Ruyun's high heels clicked urgently as she walked through the hospital corridor.
After receiving Xu Linyun's call saying Xu Lincuan and Huo Tingyun were fighting, she knew something was wrong.
She saw Su Qi from afar. She was almost instantly visible. She was as thin as a piece of paper.
Her skin was snow-white, and her long black hair was thick and smooth. She lowered her head, stray strands falling onto her delicate face. wΑp.kanshu伍.net
This was a face that would captivate even a woman. At this moment, Xu Ruyun's heart burned with anger.
She strode forward, "You are Su Qi?"
Su Qi was just looking up, and before she could clearly see who the woman in front of her was, a slap, *pa*! Su Qi's cheek instantly burned with stinging pain.
Xu Ruyun's fingernails were long and painted. Five bloody scratch marks appeared on Su Qi's cheek.
"Mom! What are you doing?!"
Xu Lincuan, who had been lying in the hospital bed, receiving an IV and medication from a nurse,
Xu Lincuan's entire face was swollen into a pig's head, bruised and purple, from Huo Tingyun's beating. Yet, he struggled to get up and stood in front of Su Qi.
His beloved woman, even a touch of her, made him ache!
"Lincuan!" Xu Ruyun exclaimed in disbelief, her eyes widening.
Why was Xu Lincuan protecting Su Qi!
Did her son know what he was doing!
Even Xu Linyun's almond eyes widened in shock. Her brother seemed like a stranger. She had never seen her brother like this before!
Her brother, in her memory, was as gentle as jade, as if nothing could faze him.
It landed crisply on Su Qi's face.
Scraping off a layer of skin and some flesh.
Her mouth was still bleeding, and her body bore countless injuries.
Seeing Su Qi being hit, he acted as if he had gone mad, protecting her.
"I love Su Qi. If you touch a single finger of hers, I won't spare myself."
Xu Lincuan raised his hand and slapped his own bruised cheek.
Xu Linyun screamed, "Brother!"
This was madness, sheer madness!
Xu Ruyun trembled all over, her eyes red. "Lincuan, you..."
Xu Lincuan was her only son, flesh and blood. Her son had been beaten to this state because of Su Qi, and he was still protecting her.
A dull ache spread through her chest.
Xu Ruyun clutched her chest and staggered a few steps.
Xu Linyun supported Xu Ruyun, tears streaming down her face. "Mom!"
She looked up at Xu Lincuan, her face covered in tears.
"Brother! What's wrong with you? Why have you become like this!"
In the ward, witnessing this scene, Huo Tingyun's gaze deepened.
He closed his eyes, lost in memory.
The little rose in his memory seemed completely different from his recollection.
What he thought would be a reunion of long-awaited joy turned out to be bland and uninteresting in his interactions with Xu Linyun.
He thought it was because they had grown up and the youthful flutter of the heart was gone.
Until one day, he was invited to Shencheng University to attend a graduation ceremony.
Xu Lincuan, a non-swimmer, was strolling by the campus lake and accidentally fell in.
Before he could even jump in to save him.
With a splash.
Someone jumped in.
Then he saw a girl in a white school uniform swimming in the water, swimming towards Xu Lincuan, and pulling the sinking Xu Lincuan ashore. *Splash*.
The girl surfaced. Her long hair was black, clinging to her face, her skin snow-white, her school uniform soaked and stuck to her body.
A white short-sleeved shirt, a dark blue skirt, the most ordinary style.
She was like a little mermaid who had just surfaced.
The midday sun shone on her, making her sparkle.
He stood there, mesmerized.
The girl performed CPR and artificial respiration on Xu Lincuan.
Xu Lincuan coughed up the lake water, still unconscious.
"Are you his friend?"
The girl finally noticed him and asked, looking up.