Chapter 65: A Moment of Daze

Gu Tingyan pressed his lips tightly together; Ji Yanli also bore injuries, and the surrounding atmosphere was frozen and cold.

The two men leaned on opposite sides, waiting for the result.

Lu Ziqian raised his hand to rub the spot where he had been hit, frowning in pain: "You two actually went for the kill!"

The surgery door opened, and a doctor walked out wearing a mask; Gu Tingyan strode up to meet him, his voice hoarse: "How is my wife?"

"She is out of danger."

Hearing this, Gu Tingyan let out a sigh of relief, his tense heart immediately settling down.

The doctor said: "The patient hadn't eaten, fainted from hypoglycemia, and nearly drowned; it is fortunate she was brought in on time."

"Additionally, the patient has multiple wounds on her body and has suffered trauma; she is emotionally unstable, so you must take good care of her mood."

Gu Tingyan pursed his lips: "I will."

In the hospital room.

Qin Shu lay on the bed in a blue and white hospital gown with her eyes closed, her complexion deathly pale; that palm-sized little face was completely devoid of color.

Gu Tingyan sat before Qin Shu's hospital bed, his hand gripping her arm tightly, his mood absolutely terrible.

He should have been watching her every moment, not letting her leave his sight.

Gu Tingyan's eyes were slightly red as he turned to look at Lu Ziqian and Ji Yanli: "You two should go back."

"I will stay here and watch over her."

Lu Ziqian reached out and tugged at Ji Yanli's arm; Ji Yanli glanced at Qin Shu on the hospital bed, his fingers clenching until they turned white, knowing that Gu Tingyan was her husband and that if he stayed, he would only add trouble for Qin Shu.

Ji Yanli took one last look at her and followed Lu Ziqian out.

Just as Lu Ziqian stepped out of the hospital room door, his phone rang; he answered it, and a little girl's milky voice came from the other end: "Daddy, when are you coming home?"

Lu Ziqian's expression softened slightly: "Right away."

"Did you listen to Mommy?"

"Mm!"

"Keke listened to Mommy very well today."

The little girl's voice was milky: "Daddy, can you buy me a little cake when you come back?"

Lu Ziqian smiled: "Keke is such a good girl; Daddy will buy one for you in a bit."

"Daddy, mwah!"

A woman's soft, helpless voice came from the other end of the line: "Ziqian, you just keep spoiling her."

The man's eyes were gentle: "She's my daughter, she must be spoiled."

"I'm hanging up first, I'm driving."

"Alright."

Lu Ziqian hung up the phone; he looked ahead with a smile on his face, but his gaze paused slightly, and the smile on his face froze.

He stared fixedly at that back, strode forward, grabbed the woman by the shoulder, and said in an icy, terrifying voice: "Su Xiangwan!"

The woman turned to look at him; it was a strange face, and upon seeing him, she cursed: "Are you sick?"

Ji Yanli caught up and walked to his side: "That woman's back really does look like Su Xiangwan's, but isn't she supposed to be in prison for another year?"

Lu Ziqian raised his hand to rub his brow: "I saw wrong."

Ji Yanli just looked at him: "Ziqian, you are so heartless toward her; will you regret it?"

Lu Ziqian's heart trembled, and he sneered: "I will never regret it for such a vicious woman."

Ji Yanli said: "Perhaps, things back then weren't as you thought?"

Lu Ziqian gave a cold laugh: "Do you think Xia Qinglian would use her own life to frame her?"

Ji Yanli looked at him and said: "Sometimes, what the eyes see is not necessarily the truth."

He had met Xia Qinglian; she looked soft and weak, very timid, and every time she ran into Ji Yanli, she wouldn't dare look him in the eye, hiding behind Lu Ziqian.

Lu Ziqian said she was so kind that she wouldn't even dare to step on an ant.

Lu Ziqian watched the direction Ji Yanli left in, his fingers tightly clenched into fists.

If Su Xiangwan hadn't been insane enough to want to kill Xia Qinglian, he wouldn't have taken things to such an extreme.

On his way back, Lu Ziqian passed a cake shop and bought Lu Keke her favorite strawberry cake; after it was beautifully packaged, he carried it into the car.

Su Xiangwan was wearing a white shirt and jeans; she had just gotten off work and was passing this cake shop when she saw a strawberry cake displayed in the window; her eyes lit up, and she walked inside, but upon seeing the price tag on it, it cost 280 yuan.

It was only a palm-sized piece, yet it cost 280 yuan! Su Xiangwan felt the pinch and couldn't bring herself to buy it.

She hadn't even been in the cake shop for a minute before coming back out.

She returned to her basement and opened a package of instant noodles to cook for herself.

After eating, she sat on the bed and sent a message to Qin Shu: "I went to see Grandma today; her mental state is quite good."

The "Grandma" in Su Xiangwan's mouth was Qin Shu's biological maternal grandmother.

Ever since the two had eaten together last time, they had added each other on WeChat.

She sent it, but Qin Shu didn't reply; Su Xiangwan didn't think much of it, as Qin Shu must be very busy filming.

She started searching for information online to see what she could do for work.

Su Xiangwan typed in a line: "Can someone who has been to prison work in the financial industry?"

Many words popped up on the screen, and Su Xiangwan saw the four large characters: "ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED🚫."

She sat on the chair in a daze for a long time, not moving for a while.

Lu Ziqian returned to the villa carrying the cake; Lu Keke had been waiting at the door early, and upon hearing the movement at the entrance, she rushed over and hugged Lu Ziqian's leg the moment the door opened.

The little girl looked up and called out in a milky voice: "Daddy!"

Lu Ziqian curled his lips and bent down to pick her up from the ground.

Xia Qinglian walked over to take the cake from his hand, and Lu Ziqian reached out to flick the little girl's nose: "Getting naughtier, are we?"

Lu Keke hugged his neck and gave his cheek a hard kiss, her smile sweet: "Love Daddy the most!"

Lu Ziqian looked at the little face before him and was slightly dazed; the Lu Keke in his arms was looking more and more like that woman.

Lu Ziqian reached out to touch her face, held her on his lap, sat before the table, and scooped up small cake for her to eat.

Xia Qinglian saw this from the side and felt a little jealous: "You really dote on Keke; you've even made me a bit envious."

Lu Keke stuck her tongue out at Xia Qinglian and took a big bite of the small cake.

"Daddy, I love eating strawberry cake the most."

The woman hugged his waist softly and acted like a spoiled child, as if she would throw a tantrum and not let go if he refused to agree: "Lu Ziqian, I love eating strawberry cake the most; remember to buy me some when you come back."

Lu Ziqian stared at Lu Keke's little face and was dazed again; she looked very much like that person when she was small.

After finishing the cake, Lu Keke ran out to play; in the Lu Family, there were three servants attending to this precious little princess.

Lu Ziqian doted on this daughter very much and granted almost every request she made.

Lu Ziqian sat on the sofa, his tall frame leaning back against it, pulled out a cigarette to bite on, and lit it, a flicker of orange light dancing at the corner of his mouth.

He tilted his head back and closed his eyes, the smoke from the cigarette between his slender fingertips curling in low, lingering wisps as a beautiful, youthful face appeared in his mind.