Chapter 308: A Fair Chance

In the quiet corridor of the inpatient department, Enzo knocked gently on the hospital room door, but there was no movement from inside for a long while.

He stood there for a moment, raised his hand to rub his crew cut messily, then turned and called over a nurse, "Help me open the door and go in to take a look."

With Ning Huaiqing being a woman inside, it was inconvenient for him to open the door and enter.

The nurse nodded, turned the doorknob, walked a few steps in, poked her head in to take a look, then turned back and nodded at Enzo.

When Enzo walked in, Ning Huaiqing was sitting in front of the hospital room window, hugging her knees.

The injuries Sheng Hongyao had inflicted on her had already healed somewhat, but because her skin was fair, they still looked shocking, especially her mouth; at the time, he still couldn't fathom how her mouth had been beaten into such a bloody mess.

It wasn't until the doctor asked that she numbly said it was Sheng Hongyao who had used a cane to poke it forcefully.

Even for a rough man like Enzo, who was one meter ninety tall, hearing this made him unable to help but frown; Sheng Hongyao was not only ruthless and vicious, but also a psychopath.

"Miss Ning, the nurse says you are on a hunger strike."

Enzo really didn't want to make this trip, but Doctor Qiao Mai refused to do this job, and Tu Ge relied on the excuse that he was injured and it was inconvenient, so he wouldn't do it either; as the bottom of their three-man food chain, he had to do this job.

Ning Huaiqing didn't even turn her head, and it was a long while before she made a dry, hoarse sound: "How is A Yu?"

Even now, she was still thinking about Young Master Yu!

Enzo frowned, "Don't think about him anymore."

"As his friend, do I not even have the qualification to care about him?" She lowered her head and laughed at herself.

"If you are standing in the position of a friend, you know better than anyone else, so why bother?"

Enzo didn't want to say anything more to her; he took out his phone, opened his photo album, and tapped on one of the videos he had recorded.

"Take a look for yourself." As he spoke, he handed the phone to Ning Huaiqing.

A milky, chubby little face appeared on the screen, eyes full of worry yet holding back his emotions, his eye rims red, his little mouth pouting, but soon he took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Mommy~"

Ning Huaiqing stiffened all over and looked at the phone abruptly.

Seeing that face, her heart was instantly sliced into fragments, tears burst from her eyes, and she couldn't stop trembling; her complexion turned even paler, making those eyes look shockingly red.

"Mommy, you have to be good and listen to the doctor, take your Medicine obediently, and you're not allowed to cry when you get shots." Little Youyou sniffled, his little face all wrinkled.

By the time he finished, his voice was laced with a crying tone, "I want Mommy!"

Ning Huaiqing felt a sense of suffocation in her chest, her red eyes blurred by tears, "Baby..."

Seeing her like this, it would be a lie to say Enzo wasn't moved; he might look a bit rough, his skin a bit dark, and he had a scar on his brow bone that made him look fierce, but his heart was made of flesh too.

He shoved the phone into her hands, letting her look to her heart's content.

"I lied to Youyou and told him you were sick. He was making a fuss about coming to find you. I said you were sick and would pass it on to him, and he said he wasn't afraid, saying he would protect you and chase away the virus. Look at how cute, how sensible, and how brave he is!"

"Ning Huaiqing, why can't you just treat Youyou as your child? It has nothing to do with any man, he is just your child."

"If you can't listen to this, I don't want to say anything more. After all, this is your own life, and I can't even be considered a bystander. But if you still want to die, I won't stop you. I don't want to use the identity of a mother to morally kidnap you; the child is pitiful, and you are pitiful too. If you want to be free, then be free."

"I recorded this video for you to see, just because I wanted to give Youyou a fair chance. He didn't even have a choice in being born, so why should he lose his mother without rhyme or reason? You'd better think carefully."

After Enzo left, Ning Huaiqing leaned back against the wall, closed her eyes, and let the tears slide from the corners of her eyes.

Youyou, my baby...

At dinner time that day, the nursing assistant hesitated at the door and asked, "Miss Ning, it's time to eat."

Thinking it would be the same answer as the past two days, the nursing assistant shook her head, preparing to leave.

"Bring it in."

Licheng Xiaoyuan.

The sky was growing dark; under the grape trellis, from a distance, three people could be seen sitting at a stone table eating dinner.

Zhu Yuan had originally intended to use this stone table for playing cards, and they had indeed played a few times; without a doubt, every time she and Pei Li or the other Bodyguards lost to Pei Ling.

Because the stakes for their card games were that the loser had to fulfill one wish for the winner.

She owed Pei Ling five wishes.

It was overcast today, and in the afternoon she asked people to play cards, but it turned out that Pei Ling and Sheng Yu sat in front of her as if they had discussed it beforehand.

In the three-person card game, she won all afternoon.

Zhu Yuan finally experienced the feeling of winning until she was numb, though she still had self-awareness; it wasn't that her card skills were good, but that the two big shots were throwing the game with great skill.

Zhu Yuan was eating when suddenly two things appeared in her bowl.

They were dishes placed there by the two men on her left and right, beef and fish.

"Playing cards is taxing on the brain, eat more meat to make up for it."

"You were already bad at it, don't just keep eating greens."

One sentence from Pei Ling, one sentence from Sheng Yu.

It was too insulting!

Zhu Yuan suppressed the urge to flip the table and explained with a good temper: "I'm not bad at it, and I didn't feel it was that taxing on the brain."

Nonsense, she had been coasting to victory the whole time; it was they who were using their brains.

But the even more infuriating truth was that even if they were intentionally throwing the game, they didn't need to use their brains at all. She really wanted to fight these two smart people!

Her cheeks were puffed out, and the way she chewed her food in annoyance made the expressions of the two men at the table soften.

Pei Ling drank his soup, the corners of his mouth curving silently.

Sheng Yu ladled a bowl of soup for her and placed it by her hand, "It's fine, card skills are like calligraphy, they can be practiced. It just so happens I'm good at both; I guarantee I can teach you until you learn."

Speaking of calligraphy, Zhu Yuan got a headache.

That pair of couplets she had pasted on the door had been framed by Pei Ling. The couplets, which would have been damaged by wind and rain very quickly, were now framed by him, so they could at least be preserved for a few more years!

"Both of you shut up!"

Zhu Yuan picked up her rice bowl and shoveled rice into her mouth rapidly.

So angry, so angry!

She had to think carefully about how to deal with them.

Just then, some commotion came from the main gate outside the courtyard.

It seemed someone was trying to force their way in, but was stopped by the Bodyguard.

Pei Ling tilted his head slightly, "Go take a look."

"Yes." Pei Li walked out with long strides.

Before Pei Li could even walk inside, Zhu Yuan heard a familiar man's voice shouting at the gate: "Yuanyuan!"