Chapter 278: Injured

Hao Manru's heart was filled with towering hatred; she bit her lower lip tightly until the bloody taste spread in her mouth, her fingertips dug deep into her flesh, and only then did she come to her senses.

She walked toward the pharmacy; in fact, Hao Manru had come today to get medicine for herself. Wang Yi is a beast; he imprisoned her, subjected her to all kinds of torment and humiliation, just to make her submit to him.

Wang Yi treated her like a dog, especially in certain matters, using methods that had reached a perverse degree, and he never regarded her as a person.

Hao Manru had never been treated like this from childhood; at first she also thought of resisting, but in the face of absolute power, her resistance was no different from an egg striking a stone.

Hao Manru wanted to ask her parents for help, but Wang Yi grabbed onto her not being a virgin as leverage, threatening that if she dared seek help, he would publicize the matter, letting everyone know she was a wanton woman.

Her father, who cared so much about face, she dared not imagine what would happen if this matter got out.

Finally, under Wang Yi's relentless day-and-night mental and physical torment, Hao Manru gradually yielded; she began to learn to slowly flatter Wang Yi and obey him, just to reduce her own suffering.

At first this approach did help, but as the Grand Competition drew near, Wang Yi's pressure grew ever greater, and his temperament became increasingly brutal.

On Hao Manru's body, covered by clothing, there was hardly a single piece of uninjured flesh.

Her unrestrained marital life had also caused her to contract an inflammation; today Hao Manru begged Wang Yi for a long time before he finally agreed to let her go out, taking advantage of the moment when everyone had left work and the hospital was empty, to get some medicine for herself.

But Hao Manru never expected to actually witness that scene just now.

Although Hao Manru was furious, wishing to perish together with Su Ruo, she had no choice but to restrain her emotions and walk toward the medical department.

Because Hao Manru herself was a nurse in the medical department, she had the keys here, which also made it convenient for her to steal medicine.

However, after obtaining the medicine she needed, Hao Manru also took two additional kinds of drugs: one was a psychiatric medication, the other was a knockout drug (mong han yao).

Hao Manru gripped those two drugs in her hand, her gaze growing ever more resolute; given her character, how could she possibly let Wang Yi bully her without fighting back?

Wang Yi thought he could tame her as he had his former wife, unaware that Hao Manru was far more ruthless than he imagined.

Besides revenge against Wang Yi, what is most important for Hao Manru now is to prevent Song Jingyu and Su Ruo from marrying; Song Jingyu could choose not to marry her, or even marry anyone else, but that person absolutely cannot be Su Ruo.

Su Ruo returned to the dormitory and lay on the bed, her heart unable to calm for a long time; Song Jingyu's sudden proposal left the unprepared Su Ruo somewhat caught off guard.

Should she refuse him? The current situation made her, for the first time, entertain the thought of wanting to escape.

But this thought had just arisen when Su Ruo herself nipped it in the bud, one reason being that her support mission still had several months to go.

Before then she could not possibly leave; if she quit halfway, it would cause extremely negative repercussions for the school and her master.

Moreover, avoidance is simply not Su Ruo's style.

This matter must be resolved quickly; Su Ruo's gaze gradually became firm. Her views on marriage and love differ greatly from Song Jingyu's— as the saying goes, different paths do not plot together— perhaps this relationship has now reached the point where it should end.

Although Su Ruo already had an idea in her heart, when the Grand Competition arrived the next day, as the team medic she watched Song Jingyu ready to depart, still smiling and waving at him, not wanting her personal feelings to affect his mood.

Although Song Jingyu saw nothing amiss on Su Ruo's face, for some reason a strong sense of unease welled up in his heart.

Could it be that his actions last night frightened her? Thinking of this possibility, Song Jingyu's heart tightened instantly; he understood Su Ruo, knowing that once she made a decision, she would never change it.

After all, was it because he was too impatient that he scared her away?

At this moment, Song Jingyu's heart harbored myriad thoughts, but the next second, when the bugle call sounded, his gaze instantly became resolute.

Even though he valued Su Ruo more than his own life, he would never forget his mission.

In the face of national righteousness, personal affection appears so petty.

Song Jingyu will never forget that he is a Regimental Commander, bearing the entire team behind him; he will never forget the instructor's words when he first enlisted: only by treating every drill as a real battlefield.

Only thus can one forge a will of steel, and when the country and the people need us, advance fearlessly.

Su Ruo watched Song Jingyu's departing back; his stature was straight as a pine, each step he took as firm as a sword's tip emerging from its sheath, invincible, invincible in all directions.

This man shone like sunlight.

He was resolute, decisive, kind, brave... whether appearance or inner self, soul or body, he excelled to near perfection.

Su Ruo admitted that giving up Song Jingyu made even herself feel regretful.

But there was no alternative; marriage to Su Ruo was like a cage, and even Song Jingyu could not give her the courage to break free.

Since, knowing early on that it would lead nowhere, cutting losses in time is good for both herself and others.

This drill was even grander and more perilous than Su Ruo had imagined.

Because Su Ruo was not assigned to Song Jingyu's regiment, during the drill she hardly heard any news about him.

With so many participants in this live-fire military exercise, injuries were unavoidable; as the team medic, Su Ruo was busy every day, her workload comparable to when she had previously participated in disaster relief.

After barely enduring until the drill ended, Su Ruo thought she could finally relax, but then she received the news that Song Jingyu had suffered severe injuries and fallen unconscious.