Just as Han Siqi tells Fu Zhengzheng not to move rashly, a figure rushes into the room and shouts: “Keren, don’t hurt him!”
“Don’t come over!” Finding someone rushing in, Qiao Keren puts the knife on Fu Xing’s neck.
“No—” Fu Zhengzheng’s face turns pale and she also rushes in.
The startled crowd also follows in.
“Li Xiaomeng! You betrayed me!” When she sees so many people suddenly showing up, Qiao Keren shouts angrily at Li Xiaomeng, who came in first.
Li Xiaomeng looks back at the crowd and hurriedly waves her hand, saying: “No, no! Keren, because I regard you as my close friend, I can’t see you make a terrible mistake! Xingxing is innocent, and he has never harmed you.”
“He hasn’t harmed me, but his father has done! Han Siqi, how about letting your son pay for what you did? Little Fu Xing, don’t blame me for being cruel. You should blame yourself for being born in a wrong family!” Qiao Keren says while moving the sharp knife closer to Fu Xing’s neck.
“Keren, no—” Li Xiaomeng’s expression changes dramatically and she nervously steps forward.
Fu Zhengzheng looks even paler. She looks at Fu Xing, who is shivering, and points at Qiao Keren, saying in panic: “Qiao Keren, the one you hate is me. Don’t harm my child!”
“Don’t come here! Move back! Move back!” Qiao Keren waves the knife in her hand excitedly.
Li Xiaomeng doesn’t move. Han Siqi pulls Fu Zhengzheng back, which, however, provokes Qiao Keren. She sneers: “Han Siqi, if you hadn’t hurt me by committing adultery with Fu Zhengzheng, I wouldn’t treat Fu Xing like this. Do you think you two should be fully responsible for the death of Fu Xing?”
“Qiao Keren, I don’t want to involve a child in our business.” Han Siqi says in a deep voice.
“Don’t you think it’s the worst revenge for you to let Fu Xing die?” Qiao Keren says and then laughs wildly, “You must remember that the culprit of Fu Xing’s death is not me. It is you! It is Han Siqi! And Fu Zhengzheng!”
“Keren, you will pay with your life if you kill people!” Li Xiaomeng takes a step forward and hurries to persuade her.
“Pay with my life? Humph, my love has become a bubble, and I am also disreputable. To live is a painful thing for me. It’s better to die!” Qiao Keren says grumpily, whose hair is messy. She holds Fu Xing’s arm tightly and grits his teeth, saying: “But I can assure you that even if I die, I will not let you lead a good life!”
Looking at Fu Xing’s slightly trembling body, Fu Zhengzheng feels a sharp pain in her heart. She wants to rush over immediately to crush the knife and save her son. She has never hated herself for being so powerless!
Han Siqi glimpses that his second brother has quietly moved behind Qiao Keren. Then he says in softer voice: “Keren, let’s have a good talk. You can make any requirement.”
Qiao Keren sneers: “Han Siqi, what requirement is attractive for a person who has no interest in living?”
“Keren, how can you say you have no interest in living? Think about your father and mother who love you the most. These days they are tired physically and mentally because of you. Don’t you feel that at all? If you have any accident, how can they live?” Li Xiaomeng takes another step forward as she says.
“Daddy, Mommy…” Qiao Keren suddenly bursts into tears, “Sorry, I let you down. If there is an afterlife, I’ll be willing to be your daughter again.”
Seeing that kind words don’t work, Han Siqi changes his tone: “Qiao Keren, you really let them down! Deng Anyu ordered Xiong Daping to use a vicious dog to hurt people. Qiao Yunhan abused his power to get Weihan into trouble, and forged medical records to help you escape the legal responsibility of hitting people by a car. Every piece of evidence in my hand is enough to send them into prison. All these are for their daughter’s sake!”
“You, you, you can’t have evidence!” Qiao Keren looks nervous, but she immediately sneers, “If you really have the evidence, with your character of seeking revenge for the smallest grievance, can my parents still be sitting at home? Do you want to cheat me to let the bastard go? You must be dreaming! I’ll kill him now! I will let you see how Fu Xing dies and you will live in a nightmare forever!”
Then Qiao Keren raises the knife in her hand and stabs Fu Xing in the head.
“Ah…” Fu Xing closes his eyes in fear.
“No—” Fu Zhengzheng feels that the tip of the knife has pierced her heart. She is too painful to breathe.
Han Siqi didn’t expect that he would provoke Qiao Keren, and his face turns pale. They are far away from Qiao Keren and fix their eyes on Ji Muxian behind Qiao Keren.
Just then, Li Xiaomeng, who is nearest to Qiao Keren, rushes over and holds tightly the sharp knife. At the same time, Ji Muxian kicks Qiao Keren down to the ground, making her roll on the ground with the knife.
“Ah—” Li Xiaomeng’s painful hands tremble and the red blood drips down to the ground.
Having lost her mind, Qiao Keren picks up the knife and quickly gets up, trying to approach again. Lin Yongcheng doesn’t give her the chance and quickly kicks the knife in her hand and subdues Qiao Keren.
Han Siqi also rushes over to hold his shivering son into his arms. He turns around to block Fu Xing’s eyes.
With her feet become weak, Fu Zhengzheng falls in front of his son and bursts into tears: “Xingxing, sorry. I let you suffer from horror.”
Ji Muxian also runs over to check Fu Xing’s situation and says in a low voice: “Take him to the hospital!”
“OK.” Han Siqi picks up Fu Xing and runs out. Fu Zhengzheng hurriedly follows them.
As soon as they run to the door, they meet Qiao Yunhan and Deng Anyu who come in panic. Han Siqi and Fu Zhengzheng glance at them but don’t stop.
“Keren, are you okay?” In spite of the blood on her hands, Li Xiaomeng rushes over to caress Qiao Keren, who is contained by Lin Yongcheng.
“Get out! If you hadn’t stopped me, I would have killed the bastard!” Qiao Keren pauses for several seconds. Suddenly, she breaks out and grabs Li Xiaomeng’s hair. Lin Yongcheng quickly pinches her wrist, causing her to scream in pain, and she has to loosen Li Xiaomeng.
Li Xiaomeng does not blame Qiao Keren. She sits down on the ground and explains desperately: “Keren! I’m here to help you!”
“Keren, are you all right? How can you do such a foolish thing? If you are in trouble, Mommy won’t live.” Deng Anyu rushes to push Lin Yongcheng away and nervously examines Qiao Keren’s injuries.
“Mommy—” Qiao Keren cries as if she saw a savior.
Looking at her daughter, Qiao Yunhan suppresses his pain and looks at Li Xiaomeng.
Li Xiaomeng endures the pain and immediately gives him a brief account of what just happened.
After hearing it, Qiao Yunhan quickly asks Ji Muxian: “Is Fu Xing all right? Keren is just too angry, and she…”
“Leave these words to the police station.” Ji Muxian interrupts him coldly.
“Officer Ji…” Qiao Yunhan says humbly, “Keren is actually a very kind child. She just wanted to frighten Fu Xing. She…”
Just then, a few men in uniform come in and rush directly to Qiao Keren.
“Daddy, help me!” Qiao Keren doesn’t seem to wake up until she is put on handcuffs. She asks Qiao Yunhan for help in panic.
“Keren…”Deng Anyu holds Qiao Keren tearfully and looks Qiao Yunhan, “Yunhan!”
Qiao Yunhan is helpless and has to watch Qiao Keren being taken away by the police. He comes to Ji Muxian and pleads again: “Officer Ji, Keren is wrong. She has known it. I am willing to take full responsibility for the harm she caused to the Han family. Please make an exception for her.”
Ji Muxian glances at him coldly and says: “Knowing her mistakes can erase all her faults? Do you think it is playing house?”
Ji Muxian doesn’t talk to him anymore and says to Li Xiaomeng, who is standing aside and covering her hand: “Miss Li, I will take you to the hospital.”
Li Xiaomeng apologetically says to Qiao Yunhan: “Mr. Qiao, sorry. I didn’t help anything.”
Qiao Yunhan pats Li Xiaomeng on the shoulder and says: “Xiaomeng, we should thank you. If you hadn’t stopped her, Keren would have committed a terrible crime.”
Li Xiaomeng says nothing more and follows Ji Muxian and others.
“The Han family was merciful to Keren before. This time they will not let Keren go.” Deng Anyu tightly holds Qiao Yunhan’s clothes and asks nervously, “Yunhan, what can we do now?”
Qiao Yunhan sighs deeply: “We have spoiled Keren, making her take actions so recklessly.”
“What’s the use of saying that? Quickly think of a way. She will go to prison for kidnapping. If she is accused of attempted murder, Keren will spend her life in prison. We have only one daughter. If I could, I would rather it is me who is put in prison!” Deng Anyu, who is usually calm, can’t help being panicked.
Qiao Yunhan walks back and forth restlessly. Looking at the blood on the ground, he ponders over it for a long time. Then he suddenly steps out as if he has made a decision.
“Yunhan, Yunhan!” Deng Anyu catches up in a hurry.
*
In the evening, at a hospital ward.
The doctor examines the legs of the sleeping Fu Xing and says: “His legs are almost healed. It doesn’t matter. He is just over shocked. As parents, you should comfort him.”
“Thank you, doctor.” All the people sighs with relief.
Ji Yashu and Han Tengyue sit beside Fu Xing’s bed tearfully.
Suddenly, the sleeping Fu Xing waves his hands and cries in horror: “Mommy, help me!”
“Don’t be afraid, Xingxing. Grandma (Grandpa) is here!” Feeling heartbroken, the two elders immediately soothe him.
Seeing her son screaming in panic, Fu Zhengzheng hurries over to hold Fu Xing’s hands and stoops down to whisper softly in his ear. Hearing his mother’s voice, Fu Xing calms down, but he refuses to let go of Fu Zhengzheng’s hand.
Fu Zhengzheng’s tears roll down again.
Han Siqi doesn’t go over. He just looks painfully at Fu Xing’s little face in the distance and clenches his fists.
The door of the ward opens. Lin Yongcheng comes in gently and whispers to Han Siqi: “Mr. Han, someone wants to you outside.”