With a few kicks, five to be exact, he managed to break open the not-so-sturdy door. He rushed in to find Susu struggling with a man by the window. The man was already lifting Susu by her legs, about to throw her out the window.
"Hey, put her down!" Tianyi roared.
The man was stunned by Tianyi's shout, completely unprepared for his well-laid plans to go awry.
Seeing his plan foiled, he released Susu and shoved her forcefully towards Tianyi. He then vaulted out the window, landing on the second-floor balcony.
Tianyi quickly caught Susu as she stumbled forward, asking, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine..."
Before Susu could finish, Tianyi felt something wrong on her back. He glanced at his fingers and saw blood!
His fingers were bloody, and Susu was bleeding from her back!
"To the hospital, you're bleeding." Tianyi picked her up, ready to leave.
Susu clutched his clothes, saying urgently, "Lan Yu is still tied up, what about An Jing? I'm fine, we can't let that person escape..."
Just then, An Jing arrived, bursting into the room and looking utterly bewildered. "Tianyi, what in the world is going on?"
Qin Tianyi didn't intend to explain at that moment. "Check if Lan Yu is alright. The person who wanted to harm Lan Yu escaped through the window. I need to take Susu to the hospital first."
With that, he strode out with Susu in his arms.
An Jing then noticed Lan Yu lying on the bed. Seeing her disheveled state, he trembled with anger, but he first untied the leather belt binding her hands and removed the plastic bag from her mouth.
Lan Yu quickly sat up, trying to adjust her clothes. Ashamed, she lowered her head. "Fortunately, Susu came. I'm fine, you can go..."
An Jing saw Susu's bare white shoulder exposed and bloodstains on her bruised lips. The anger he felt earlier vanished. He reached out, pulled her closer, and draped his jacket over her.
Susu was speechless, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Who wanted to harm you?" An Jing wished he could kill the person immediately. Without waiting for Susu's answer, he ran to the window and looked down. He saw a man limping towards the road in the distance, flagging down a taxi.
The man got into the taxi and disappeared into the night.
He must be the man who escaped through the window, as Tianyi had said. No matter where he fled, An Jing swore he would find him.
...
Susu was examined at the hospital. Fortunately, her back only had superficial wounds. The fruit knife had not cut deeply through her clothes.
The doctor applied some medicine to the wound and advised her to avoid getting it wet for the next two days.
Qin Tianyi's suspended heart finally settled, and he began to settle the score.
As they sat in the car after leaving the hospital, Tianyi didn't start the engine immediately. He asked her coldly, "Weren't you supposed to be working overtime? How did you end up with Lan Yu?"
Susu spoke like a child who had done something wrong, "I promised Lan Yu I wouldn't tell anyone. But when I got outside the room and heard her calling for help, I felt something was wrong, so I sent you a message."
"But I told you not to go into the room and to wait for us. Why didn't you listen!" Tianyi looked at her, his eyes blazing with anger.
Susu asked, confused, "When did you say that? I didn't know."
"Look at your phone yourself. I called you, and you didn't answer. I sent you a text, and you didn't reply." Tianyi was so angry he wanted to smash her phone.
Susu searched her bag for her phone and finally found it. She saw several missed calls and a text message.
Only then did she see what Tianyi had said. She quickly explained, "I didn't see your message. After I sent you the message, I was grabbed by the neck as soon as I entered the room, and then I was fighting with him. I couldn't check my phone. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I was afraid something would happen to Lan Yu if I didn't go in quickly..."
"Gu Susu! You thought you could save her by going in yourself? Did you consider the consequences of putting yourself in danger? Did you think about what would happen to me and the children if you weren't here!" Tianyi didn't want to hear her excuses. This wasn't the first or second time something like this had happened to her, and she wouldn't be so lucky every time.
She wasn't afraid, but he was!
He didn't know how many more heart-stopping moments he could endure.
"I..." Susu wanted to say that in the heat of the moment, she hadn't thought that far. When she sent him the location, she just wanted him to know where she was if something truly happened.
Now, thinking about it herself, she was terrified. If Tianyi had arrived even a moment later, she might have been thrown out the window, either crippled or dead.
"I was wrong. From now on, if I discover any danger, I will stay far away. I promise." Susu looked as if she were taking an oath, but she saw no softening in Tianyi's expression.
She solemnly raised one hand, vowing, "I truly promise, from now on..."
But before she could finish, she yelped in pain. Tianyi pulled down her raised hand, his expression finally softening slightly. "Alright, it's good that you've learned your lesson. Don't move around carelessly, or you'll pull the wound on your back. It's your own fault if it hurts."
"Oh, I've learned my lesson this time, I've truly learned it. Saving people also depends on one's own abilities, right?" Susu said, leaning back against the chair. This time, she actually touched her wound and almost jumped up with a cry.
Tianyi gently supported her back with his hand, his voice now gentle. "Sit up straight. Don't lean back to rest now. When we get back, you'll have to lie on your stomach in bed."
Susu could only force herself to sit up straight, like a primary school student in class, afraid of accidentally touching her back wound again. She dared not make a sound, fearing she might anger Tianyi again.
When they returned to the villa, as Susu was about to get out of the car on her own, Tianyi called out to her.
It was Tianyi who carefully helped her out of the car, holding her hand as they slowly walked into the villa.
Susu couldn't help but ask, "Did An Jing contact you? Is Lan Yu alright? Is she injured?"
"I don't know." Tianyi replied coldly. "You focus on recovering from your injuries first. An Jing will take care of Lan Yu's matters."
"Oh." Susu squeezed his hand tighter, smiling sweetly. "Don't be angry anymore. Can you smile? If you don't smile, I won't be in a good mood either, and how can I recover?"
Tianyi forced a smile. Susu smiled at him and said, "Forget it. Your smile looks worse than not smiling. I won't force you to smile."
Just then, Aunt Chen heard movement at the door and came to greet them. Seeing them holding hands, she smiled and asked, "Did the young master go to pick up the young madam? I've stewed some desserts. Have them before you go to your room."
Susu hummed in response and led Tianyi towards the dining room.
They were very tacit in this regard, neither wanting Aunt Chen to know that Susu had just experienced danger and had a wound on her back, so as not to worry the elderly woman.
As they sat down at the dining table, Tianyi tapped her shoulder with his finger, signaling her not to lean back against the chair carelessly again.
She winked at him and said, "Don't worry, I know."