“A bastard child, and she actually dared to hurt my daughter and granddaughter! Someone, teach her a good lesson!”
Mrs. Nan’s eyes practically spat fire.
At her command, several bodyguards rushed forward and began kicking and punching Nan Xin.
Nan Xin curled up, shielding her abdomen with both hands. Waves of excruciating pain coursed through her body, yet all she could think about were Mrs. Nan’s words just moments ago.
She had called her a bastard child.
How could her own biological parents say something like that?
Fu Beichen looked at Nan Xin, battered and pale, and felt a strange sensation pass through his heart.
If Nan Xin had obediently gotten rid of the bastard in her belly, perhaps for the sake of their three years of marriage, he might have been willing to keep her around. He could not give her the status of his wife, but he could still support her in secret.
She had only herself to blame for causing this mess. She had actually dared to target his daughter.
Fu Beichen pressed his lips together.
“Nan Xin, if you kneel down and apologize to Nuan Nuan right now, I can let you off today.”
“What if I refuse to apologize? Can you kill me, President Fu?”
Blood trickled from the corner of Nan Xin’s lips. Her eyes were filled with mockery and stubbornness.
When Fu Beichen met her gaze, he froze for a moment.
He had always thought Nan Xin was obedient and gentle, the perfect wife. He had never imagined that he would see such bone-chilling hatred and desperate courage in her eyes.
Her gaze was like a needle coated in poison, piercing his heart and making it inexplicably tighten.
“Kill you?” Fu Beichen laughed out of anger, the coldness in his eyes growing sharper. “You think you can threaten me like this? Nan Xin, you’re too naive! I have plenty of ways to make you…”
“Daddy, Nuan Nuan hurts…”
Fu Nuan Nuan suddenly began struggling restlessly in Fu Beichen’s arms. She clung tightly to his neck, crying until her little face turned bright red.
At some point, Nan Yu had placed a hand on Fu Nuan Nuan’s back. Her voice was filled with anxiety. “Beichen, will our daughter be all right?”
“Don’t be afraid, Nuan Nuan. Daddy will take you to the hospital.”
Fu Beichen immediately snapped back to reality. He had no time to bother with Nan Xin anymore. Carrying Fu Nuan Nuan, he strode out of the banquet hall.
After everything that had happened, the birthday banquet could no longer continue.
Nan Xin’s parents could only see the guests out one by one.
As Mrs. Nan passed by Nan Xin, she still was not satisfied and kicked her hard.
“You wretched thing! I’ll settle the score with you later!”
Nan Xin lay motionless on the floor like a broken doll, completely devoid of life.
Fu Beichen was gone, and the suffocating pressure that had surrounded Nan Xin suddenly disappeared as well.
Was it finally over?
“Little sister.”
Suddenly, Nan Yu’s voice came from beside her.
Nan Xin’s entire body trembled. She abruptly opened her eyes and met Nan Yu’s malicious smile.
“My dear little sister, weren’t you trying to threaten me? Then let’s see who destroys whom first.”
Nan Yu leisurely took out her phone and pointed it at Nan Xin.
“Someone, strip her naked and throw her outside the hotel. And remember to record the whole thing from beginning to end.”
“No… Mmph!”
Nan Xin’s face changed drastically. She tried to explain, but a bodyguard had already covered her mouth.
She struggled desperately to break free, but how could she possibly overpower a professionally trained bodyguard?
She looked around desperately for help.
But the guests had already been sent away by her parents, leaving only a few hotel employees who were too frightened to get involved.
At that moment, the bodyguard’s hand clamped around Nan Xin’s collar like an iron vice and violently tore it apart—
Riiip!
The sound of fabric ripping rang sharply through the deathly silent hall.
Nan Yu pointed her phone at Nan Xin, a twisted, triumphant smile spreading across her face.
“Don’t be afraid, little sister. Big sister won’t hurt you. I’m only taking a video.”
Nan Xin bit her lip hard, tears sliding down the corners of her eyes. Her eyes were bloodshot with regret.
She regretted it.
She regretted staking everything on marrying Fu Beichen three years ago.
Even more, she regretted giving Nan Yu the opportunity to study abroad so that she could marry Fu Beichen!
“Fu Beichen, Nan Yu… you’ll regret this!”
Her voice slipped through the gaps between her fingers, so faint that no one heard it.
Like a fish thrown onto dry land, she struggled helplessly, desperately protecting her lower abdomen with both hands.
That was her final bargaining chip.
The bodyguard’s rough hand, carrying the nauseating smell of sweat and overwhelming strength, reached toward her already-torn clothes once again, intending to completely strip away the last of her dignity.
Nan Xin closed her eyes in despair.
“Stop!”
A deep, cold voice suddenly rang out.
Nan Xin’s eyes snapped open. Tears blurred her vision, and all she could vaguely make out was a tall figure walking toward her from the side corridor.
The man was exceptionally tall, with broad shoulders and long legs. His perfectly tailored black suit accentuated his sharp, commanding physique.
A cold and oppressive aura radiated from him, making people instinctively afraid to approach.
“Doctor Ji…”
Nan Xin finally recognized him.
Seeing Ji Zhouye, whose demeanor had become strikingly refined and imposing after removing his white coat, Nan Xin was stunned for a moment.
Ji Zhouye had already reached her.
He lowered his gaze slightly, his eyes falling upon Nan Xin.
Her face was completely devoid of color. The blood at the corner of her lips was painfully conspicuous, while her tear-filled eyes were utterly lifeless.
Nan Yu’s smile froze. She stared at Ji Zhouye warily.
“Who are you?”
The man’s clothing and the aura surrounding him told Nan Yu that he was definitely no ordinary person.
When had Nan Xin met someone like this?
Ji Zhouye acted as though he had not heard her. His gaze remained on Nan Xin, his voice as cold as ever.
“Can you get up?”
“Yes.”
Nan Xin braced both hands against the floor and used every ounce of strength she had to stand.
But she had underestimated how heavy and cumbersome her body had become. She had barely risen halfway when her entire body suddenly began to fall.
At the critical moment, her body suddenly felt weightless. A pair of large hands caught her with ease before gently steadying her.
Ji Zhouye took off his suit jacket. Carrying the crisp scent of cedar and the warmth of his body, it wrapped firmly around Nan Xin’s nearly exposed upper body, shielding her from every humiliating gaze.
Then he lifted her into his arms.
An unfamiliar sense of security instantly enveloped Nan Xin.
She clutched tightly at Ji Zhouye’s clothes, biting her lip as she looked at him through tear-filled eyes.
“Please… take me away.”
“If you refuse to follow medical instructions, even the King of Heaven himself couldn’t save you.”
Looking down at the pale-faced Nan Xin in his arms, Ji Zhouye pursed his lips in displeasure.
“I’m sorry for causing you trouble.”
Nan Xin lowered her eyes.
Although she had no idea why Ji Zhouye had appeared here, he was now the only person who could save her.
Nan Yu, standing nearby, watched the scene with an increasingly ugly expression.
The man’s presence was even more oppressive than Fu Beichen’s, making Nan Yu feel a little intimidated.
But she knew very well that if she could not make Nan Xin stay today, she would be finished.
“I don’t care who you are, but this is a family matter. You have no right to interfere as an outsider.”
“A family matter?”
Ji Zhouye raised his eyes. His icy gaze swept over Nan Yu and the bodyguards like something tangible, his voice devoid of even the slightest warmth.
“In broad daylight, you’re assaulting someone as a group and stripping her clothes. Since when did committing crimes become a family matter?”
“Don’t let my sister deceive you.”