Before Su Ding could react, Jin Ye strode forward two steps and kicked Tang Yiyi away!
Bang!
Tang Yiyi fell to the ground like a tattered rag, her dagger clattering to the floor.
She smiled sadly, intense pain coursing through every bone and limb. Instantly, Ah Da and Ah Xiao moved forward and pinned her down. "Don't move!"
Yin Bo watched Tang Yiyi's frantic actions with an incredulous expression.
Jin Miaomiao glared hatefully at Tang Yiyi on the ground and pulled Yin Bo away. "Yin Bo, are you still going to protect this venomous woman?"
Yin Bo was completely stunned. How could Yiyi have become like this?
Suddenly, a document was flung at his face. Above it was Jin Miaomiao's angry face. "Take a look."
He quickly scanned through it and then looked at Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing nodded at him, pointing to her abdomen, and said bitterly, "She sent people to silence me. This is the evidence."
"How could this be..."
Yin Bo's face showed pain as he murmured to himself.
Yiyi had set a trap to have Jin Miaomiao gang-raped by four men, then framed Su Ding, and later found men to assault Su Ding and push her into the sea...
Where was the beautiful, kind, and gentle girl from his memories?
He looked at Tang Yiyi on the ground, unwilling to accept it. "Why did you do this!" he paused, then said with difficulty, "Is Jin Ye really worth it?"
Tang Yiyi lowered her head, her limbs held powerless by Ah Da and Ah Xiao.
Hearing the question, she let out a low laugh, softly repeating, "Is he worth it," the pain in her chest still piercing.
He hadn't even spared her another glance, kicking her away without mercy.
Su Ding, oh Su Ding...
I truly envy you, so much.
Tang Yiyi closed her eyes, a tear of ice rolling down her cheek.
Jin Miaomiao watched her with coldness, her heart devoid of pity. "She's not worthy of my cousin at all!"
These words evoked different feelings in everyone in the room.
Su Ding was surprised, Jin Ye was relieved, Jin Xiao was gratified, and even Yin Bo felt a sense of self-mockery.
"Kid, are you still going to help her?" Ouyang Kai glanced at Yin Bo with a half-smile.
Yin Bo was utterly dispirited, neither nodding nor shaking his head.
Yin Xue glared displeasedly at Ouyang Kai, then stepped forward and patted her foolish nephew's shoulder, announcing loudly, "We will not interfere in this matter."
Ouyang Kai had anticipated this outcome. He raised his hand. "Take her away."
The moment Tang Yiyi was dragged up by Ah Da, she knew she was doomed. She was filled with immense fear and an unspeakable regret.
Suddenly, a flash of determination crossed her eyes, and she screamed, "Yin Bo! I have something to tell you!"
Yin Bo was jolted awake by her cry. After a moment of hesitation, he finally pushed his aunt Yin Xue aside and walked forward.
"What... do you want to say?" His words were deliberately cold.
Tang Yiyi struggled to break free from Ah Da and Ah Xiao, walking forward weakly step by step. "Lower your head..."
Yin Bo frowned and bent down.
Tang Yiyi leaned close to his ear and whispered something.
Yin Bo's expression shifted slightly, his face showing an indescribable emotion.
Before anyone could react, Tang Yiyi suddenly picked up the dagger from the ground and plunged it fiercely into her own abdomen, then curled up on the ground in pain.
"Yiyi!" Yin Bo cried out in alarm, squatting down to pick her up.
Everyone was stunned.
Su Ding quickly covered Jin Xiao Xi's eyes, and Tang Ran, seeing this, covered her own eyes.
Jin Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, but he did not step forward.
Yin Bo convulsed with heartbreak, holding Tang Yiyi. "Why... why did you do this?"
Tang Yiyi felt her life ebbing away. The only figure in her blurry vision was this man weeping in pain, childhood memories unfolding before her eyes.
If only she had cherished Yin Bo back then...
"Remember... what I... said..." Tang Yiyi whispered weakly and closed her eyes.
Yin Bo suddenly burst into heart-wrenching sobs.
Jin Miaomiao took half a step forward, a hint of unwillingness in her eyes and a complex mix of emotions in her heart.
No one among the onlookers had expected such an outcome...
Jin Ye found Zhang Jing to clear Su Ding's name and identify Tang Yiyi as the culprit, but Ouyang Kai also returned that day.
Tang Yiyi was terrified of Ouyang Kai...
Her previous experience of disfigurement and beating had instilled deep-seated fear.
She would rather die than be tortured again.
Perhaps, the moment she decided to die, she regretted her past actions.
Su Ding sighed softly and said to Jin Ye, "I'll take the children out."
Jin Ye nodded.
Su Ding held Xiao Xi, covering his eyes, and walked out of the room.
Tang Ran tugged at her clothes and followed her out with small steps.
Ouyang Kai raised an eyebrow, looked at Tang Yiyi's corpse without any emotional fluctuation, and strode out. "Ah Da, Ah Xiao, let's go."
"Uncle Xiao, please take Miaomiao back," Jin Ye said in a deep voice.
Jin Miaomiao looked up at Jin Ye, her lips moving, then lowered her head and left with her father.
Only Yin Bo, Yin Xue, Jin Ye, and some subordinates remained in the room.
"I'll wait outside. When you're ready, I'll send people to handle it."
Jin Ye said and walked out. Yin Bo nodded, choked with emotion.