Chapter 1314: Don't Punish Yourself

Seeing Xu Xiaoxiao crying like this, Jiang Chenghao became even more anxious.

He handed her a tissue and asked, "Is Xin'ai alright?"

Xu Xiaoxiao said with a heavy nasal tone, "She has woken up."

"She's woken up? That's a good thing, so why are you still crying like this?"

"Because... I feel heartbroken for her, and I'm also afraid she won't forgive me."

Xu Xiaoxiao's tears were unstoppable.

To be able to make the strong and independent Xu Xiaoxiao cry like this...

Her heart must be filled with self-reproach.

Jiang Chenghao couldn't help but sigh, then said, "Xin'ai is kind-hearted; she surely knows this matter cannot be blamed on you."

"But it is precisely because she is kind that I feel like a bastard for dragging her into this..."

Xu Xiaoxiao felt even more miserable.

But she didn't want to affect others, so she turned her back, waved her hand, and said in as calm a tone as possible, "You came to visit Xin'ai, right? Go ahead, perhaps if someone else talks to her, her mood might improve a little."

"Then I will go in first."

Jiang Chenghao shook his head, then turned and pushed open the hospital room door.

Liu Xin'ai was currently lying with her back to the doorway.

Her eyes were wide open, yet they lacked any luster.

She was just staring blankly and listlessly ahead.

"Xiao Xiao, are you saying this is a punishment for me?"

Liu Xin'ai still thought the person who entered was Xu Xiaoxiao, and she spoke with a strained voice.

And her words made Jiang Chenghao stop in his tracks.

Liu Xin'ai continued: "I once disliked him, wanted to abandon him, so he... decided not to let me be his mother anymore?"

"That's not it, you didn't do anything wrong, it's Fang Yijing who is the bastard! You don't need to punish yourself!"

The unexpected voice made Liu Xin'ai pause.

Afterwards, she slowly turned her head and met Jiang Chenghao's gaze.

In the moment their eyes met, Jiang Chenghao saw Liu Xin'ai's fragile appearance in its entirety.

It made Jiang Chenghao's heart feel like it was about to break!

He even wanted to hold her!

But Liu Xin'ai... certainly didn't need it.

So Jiang Chenghao tried his best to control this desire, and looked at her with a gentle, affectionate gaze.

But Liu Xin'ai did not respond to him.

Her face was ashen, and even the voice she used to speak was filled with a deathly aura:

"Bad people certainly deserve to be punished, but my misjudgment put me and the child in danger, that is what is fatal! I really feel that I... deserve to die!!"

Jiang Chenghao could see her self-loathing from Liu Xin'ai's eyes and words.

This gave Jiang Chenghao a shock, and he hurriedly advised, "Xin'ai, you must not get stuck in a dead end! There are still suspicious points regarding this Fang Yijing matter, and it is said that Qin Yiyan is investigating it!"

"If the truth is investigated, can it return the child's life to me?"

Jiang Chenghao's lips moved, but he couldn't say anything.

At this moment, language was so powerless.

Since talking was useless, then...

Jiang Chenghao suddenly couldn't control the desire in his heart, reached out, and grabbed Liu Xin'ai's shoulders!

This embrace was very warm.

But Liu Xin'ai's body was cold, and her heart was even colder, so the embrace had no meaning to Liu Xin'ai.

But for Qin Yiyan, who had just walked in...

"What are you doing!!"

Qin Yiyan pulled Jiang Chenghao away with a fierce look!

If it weren't for the fact that his other hand was still holding chicken soup and he didn't want to spill it, Qin Yiyan would definitely have punched Jiang Chenghao!

Jiang Chenghao was not afraid of a fight.

Especially when facing Qin Yiyan!

But...

"Is now the time for fighting? Shouldn't you be caring more about Xin'ai?!"

"That is for me to care about, no need for an outsider like you to meddle! And what is your hand doing, who allowed you to hold her!?"

"Must an embrace represent ambiguity? Can't it be encouragement and support?"

"Hmph, who would believe your nonsense!"

"You..."

"Alright, both of you get out, I want to be quiet for a while."

Liu Xin'ai really didn't have the strength to stop the entanglement between others.

So she drove both of them out.

Fortunately, Qin Yiyan and Jiang Chenghao had no intention of settling their grievances in front of Liu Xin'ai, so they walked out of the hospital room one after the other.

In the room, Liu Xin'ai felt her world slowly being swallowed by darkness...

And outside the room, the conflict between Qin Yiyan and Jiang Chenghao was on the verge of breaking out!

But at the critical moment, Qin Yiyan's phone rang.

Qin Yiyan's expression was very dark, and his tone when answering the phone was not very good either.

But after he heard clearly what the other person said, Qin Yiyan's expression was stunned for a moment.

The next second, he asked: "Is what you said true? Fine, got it, I'm heading over now!"

Seeing Qin Yiyan put down the phone, Jiang Chenghao asked with a mocking tone: "Not going to fight anymore?"

"Consider it a debt, I'll pay it back sooner or later!"

After Qin Yiyan finished speaking, he turned and left in a hurry.

He did not leave the Hospital, but instead went to a ward on another floor.

The person lying on the hospital bed was actually Bai Yufei!

At this moment, her face was pale, and her wrist was still wrapped in gauze.

Qin Yiyan frowned as he looked at everything.

Then he turned his head and asked the bodyguard behind him with a cold face: "What is going on here?"

The bodyguard lowered his head and said in a panic: "When we were delivering supplies to Miss Bai, we discovered she had slit her wrists; the wounds were very deep, so we had no choice but to send her to the Hospital for treatment!"

"Then why send her to this Hospital?"

"Because... it was the closest."

Qin Yiyan did not speak immediately, but narrowed his eyes, sizing up the person opposite him.

A moment later, he sneered and questioned: "Since when do you get to make decisions?"

"I'm sorry, sir!"

The bodyguard hung his head very low, terrified and uneasy.

Qin Yiyan waved his hand and arranged with some impatience: "That's enough, after your wages are settled, you don't need to come back!"

The bodyguard still wanted to speak, but Qin Yiyan had already turned his back to him.

This meant that there was no room for negotiation.

The bodyguard's face turned ashen, and he left in silence.

Qin Yiyan then gave instructions to the staff nearby, having them arrange a transfer for Bai Yufei.

Suddenly, the person on the hospital bed made a sound.

Bai Yufei slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing Qin Yiyan, she revealed a weak smile.

But Qin Yiyan made the others leave, then stared down at Bai Yufei with a cold voice:

"You've matured; you actually dare to lay such a cruel hand on yourself."

Bai Yufei pretended not to hear the mockery in his words, and instead pleaded: "Brother, I want to see Mom."

As soon as Qin Yiyan heard this request, he knew what Bai Yufei was planning.

He raised an eyebrow slightly and directly pierced through Bai Yufei's disguise: "Don't even think about using Mom's soft heart to excuse yourself; besides, Mom couldn't possibly forgive you this time!"

Having her intentions exposed, Bai Yufei was not angry.

She just stared straight at Qin Yiyan and issued an accusation: "Even if you are angry with me, you cannot deprive me of the right to see Mom! As for whether or not to forgive me, that should be decided by Mom herself!"

"Fine, then just wait."

Qin Yiyan's light, airy tone...

Jiang Baobao looked at the man in front of her, her heart feeling as if it had been pricked by a needle.