Chapter 173: Domineering Protection of His Wife

Shi Youxuan radiated confidence and composure from within, her aura fully unleashed, her domineering nature exposed.

Jiang Yadan couldn't help but shiver; she was intimidated by the aura of her adopted daughter, and even if she was unwilling, she didn't dare continue to throw a tantrum!

Shi Yuke had not yet come out of the operating room, and the police had arrived; it was Jiang Yadan who had called them.

However, when she called the police, she kept saying that Shi Youxuan had harmed her daughter, but when she actually faced them to explain the situation, she changed her tune: "It was a man at the time... Yes, I don't know him..."

The person who came asked: "Since you don't know him, why are you so insistent that it was Shi Youxuan?"

Jiang Yadan's face turned beet red: "I, I guessed!"

The police reprimanded her, but because she was anxious about her daughter, they didn't say much more, only to find that she couldn't remember a single piece of valuable information.

What the perpetrator looked like, what car he drove, how many people were in the car... Jiang Yadan couldn't remember any of it!

She was useless at providing clues, but number one at framing others.

If looks could kill, Jiang Yadan would have died under Sheng Hanyu's glares hundreds of times already.

However, he couldn't directly curse at an old woman, so he vented all his pent-up anger on Jian Yining.

Sheng Hanyu roared at Jian Yining: "Are you bored with nothing to do, or can you not stand to see Xuanxuan doing well? Why bring such a mess to Xuanxuan? Even if the woman inside dies, it's her own fault, she deserves it! If you tell Xuanxuan about that woman's rotten business again, I'm not done with you."

Jian Yining had long since regretted it; during this time, the relationship between Shi Yuke and Yingzi had been passable, so when this happened to her, he only thought of them as sisters when he contacted Yingzi, and didn't think too much about it.

He had never had any contact with Jiang Yadan and had no idea that she would frame Yingzi as the murderer the moment she saw her!

Therefore, he didn't say a word while being reprimanded by Sheng Hanyu, just hanging his head like a big child who had done something wrong.

Shi Youxuan couldn't bear to watch; it wasn't Jian Yining's business to begin with, and she knew he had only told her out of kindness.

But she couldn't comfort him in front of Sheng Hanyu, much less explain on Jian Yining's behalf.

She knew what her husband was like.

He was fine usually, but whenever he encountered Jian Yining, he was instantly like a sour radish that had been soaked in a vinegar jar for a year—sour from the inside out!

"Did the doctor say anything just now?" She changed the subject without a trace.

Before Jian Yining could speak, Sheng Hanyu pulled her into his arms and steered her away: "Don't ask, if that woman dies inside, she'll still say you caused it."

Jiang Yadan panicked when she saw the two of them leaving, and she blocked Shi Youxuan: "Xuanxuan, you can't leave. The killer hasn't been found yet, and I don't know how Yuke is doing inside... You are my only pillar of support; if you leave, who can I discuss this with..."

She steeled her heart and simply knelt down with a "thud" before Shi Youxuan: "I beg you, I beg you, don't ignore Yuke. She is your sister, you grew up together, you can't be so heartless as to abandon her at a time like this..."

This old woman was truly wicked; even at a time like this, every word was meant to cut to the bone, intentionally or unintentionally labeling Shi Youxuan as a "bad person" and "heartless"!

"Jian Yining!"

Sheng Hanyu's shout was so intimidating that Jiang Yadan didn't even dare to cry, and she collapsed onto the floor.

Jian Yining stepped forward timidly: "Hanyu Ge, I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have called Yingzi..."

He ignored this remark and said to Jian Yining: "How much is this hospital worth? Name your price and I'll buy it immediately. Tell the director to push the person in the operating room out and dump her on the street right now!"

He was speaking in anger; even if he could buy the hospital immediately, he couldn't just dump a patient in the middle of surgery onto the street.

It didn't matter if others took it seriously; what mattered was that Jiang Yadan believed it, and she immediately let go of Shi Youxuan to beg Sheng Hanyu, but she was kicked aside before she could even touch the hem of his clothes.

"Get lost, we are discussing official business, there is no place for you to interrupt."

Jiang Yadan was completely thrown off balance; the arrogance she had just now was gone, and even the thought of framing Shi Youxuan was completely gone.

She knew Shi Youxuan was not to be trifled with, so she immediately went to the police to change her statement, admitting that she had framed Shi Youxuan from the start because she was jealous that she was doing better than her own biological daughter.

She even took the initiative to write a "confession," handed it to Shi Youxuan, and swore to her that she would never go against her again, asking her to forgive her and Shi Yuke for the sake of Shi Yucheng.

She had wanted to say "forgive me and let your sister go," but the words stuck in her throat and she swallowed them hard, not daring to say them!

She didn't dare say anything that would damage Shi Youxuan's reputation, for fear of touching Sheng Hanyu's bottom line again and triggering even more intense retaliation.

Jiang Yadan wept bitterly; her regret was real, and her repentance was also real.

Shi Youxuan didn't make things difficult for her anymore; settling scores between them wasn't for this moment, there would be plenty of time in the future.

The light above the operating room went out.

The doctor walked out, took off his mask, and told Jiang Yadan: "The patient is out of the danger zone, her life has been saved, but..."

"But what? Doctor, you have to save my daughter, you must save my daughter!" Jiang Yadan was highly emotional, grabbing the doctor and shouting, on the verge of a breakdown at any moment.

If it weren't for the scene she had just caused, Shi Youxuan would definitely have gone over to comfort her and offer her advice.

But now, not to mention that she wasn't willing, even if she were, Sheng Hanyu wouldn't let her meddle in other people's business!

"Family member, please calm down, calm down."

The doctor told Jiang Yadan that the sulfuric acid concentration was too high, and Shi Yuke's right hand was basically ruined.

Although her right face and eye were also injured, they weren't too serious because her hand had blocked them; this could be considered a stroke of luck in misfortune!

Jiang Yadan could not accept this kind of "luck," and Shi Yuke could accept it even less after she woke up.

"Ah—"

"Ahhh—"

"Ahhhhhh—"

Shi Yuke shrieked at the top of her lungs, almost falling into madness!

Although her head and hands were wrapped in thick gauze and she couldn't see the extent of her injuries, she was already convinced that she was disfigured.

For Shi Yuke, what she was most proud of was this face, her reputation as the number one beauty in Jiangzhou.

If her face was ruined, what was the point of living?

Shi Yuke wanted to jump off the building.

After shrieking until her voice was hoarse, she jumped off the bed and climbed toward the windowsill...

"Yuke, Yuke, you can't! If something happens to you, how can Mother go on living!" Jiang Yadan's eyes were splitting with rage, and she hugged her daughter's legs, pulling her down with all her might.

Shi Yuke kicked her with her other foot, refusing to let her interfere, screaming that she wanted to die!

Jiang Yadan couldn't control her daughter alone, and Shi Yuke wouldn't listen to anything she said.

She finally broke free from her mother's restraint, pushed open the window, and hung half her body outside the window...

"Bang!"

The door was kicked open, and a woman wearing a long black trench coat walked in, sneering coldly: "Dying is easy, and if you die, the person who harmed you will be very happy. Just how much do you love him that you don't want revenge and only want to die?"

"Do you know who harmed me?"

Shi Yuke pulled back from the window; she had never seen the woman before her, and Shi Yuke was certain she did not know her.

The woman said: "Sheng Yukai hired someone to do it."

"I'm going to find him!"

Shi Yuke was about to rush out barefoot... but as she brushed past the woman, she was grabbed by the woman and flung to the floor!

"The sulfuric acid didn't just ruin your face and hands, did it burn your brain too?" the woman mocked: "You intend to go settle scores with your enemy like this? You'll curse him, beat him up, and then call it even, is that it?"

"Anyway, your face is as ugly as his now, you two are still quite a match..."