The nurse had just come over to change the IV when Su Jingsheng looked up and said thank you. Suddenly, a tall, slender man rushed in from outside the door, his face filled with panic.
Shen Mingfeng wiped away his sweat, glanced at the person on the hospital bed, and looked rather grim.
“Jingsheng, you—”
He sighed. It seemed that only after confirming Su Jingsheng was unharmed did he finally relax a little, though his face still wore a troubled expression.
“Yu Ning said you jumped into the lake to commit suicide. Jingsheng, by doing this, you’re only making things more difficult for me…”
Su Jingsheng, lying on the bed, froze. Only then did she fully react.
It had clearly been Su Yuning who pushed her, yet now she was saying that Su Jingsheng had jumped into the lake to commit suicide!
What exactly did she mean?
Seeing Su Jingsheng fall silent, Shen Mingfeng had no choice but to speak with difficulty.
“Jingsheng, I was already doing everything I could by agreeing to acknowledge the child as mine back then. But now Yu Ning and I truly love each other. If you keep acting like this, how am I supposed to—”
“Heh.”
Su Jingsheng interrupted Shen Mingfeng with a cold laugh.
She curled her lips coldly.
“You don’t need to trouble yourself. My child and I have nothing whatsoever to do with you.”
She had been manipulated by Su Yuning like a fool for so long, and now Shen Mingfeng’s few words were no different from slapping her in the face.
Back then, she had indeed considered aborting the child.
Because Shen Mingfeng’s attitude had been far too strange.
However, the doctor had told her that there was something wrong with her uterus, and this might be her last chance to become a mother.
Only then had Su Jingsheng reluctantly decided to keep the child.
Holding the child with one arm, she pointed toward the door with her slender finger and spoke coldly to Shen Mingfeng.
“Get out.”
“Jingsheng—”
The moment Shen Mingfeng finished speaking, several crisp clicks of high heels against the floor sounded from the doorway.
Su Yuning tugged on the su family patriarch’s sleeve as she walked into the hospital room.
“Dad, older sister probably just lost her head for a moment. Please, don’t be angry with her!”
Su Yuning appeared to be stopping the su family patriarch from entering, but she was barely exerting any force.
She deliberately slowed her steps, ultimately pretending she could not keep up, then followed behind the su family patriarch and added breathlessly,
“Older sister just gave birth, dad. Her body hasn’t recovered yet…”
The words sounded full of concern, yet they were like a torch suddenly thrown onto the su family patriarch’s blazing anger.
Unable to contain himself, he rushed over and slapped Su Jingsheng directly across the face.
Su Jingsheng froze. She had no time to dodge, and the solid slap turned her head aside, leaving her ears buzzing.
The su family patriarch’s voice, hoarse with rage, sounded beside Su Jingsheng’s ear the next second.
“What, I tolerated having a child out of wedlock, and now you’re even threatening suicide because you stole your younger sister’s fiancé?”
“Su Jingsheng, how could I have a daughter as disgraceful as you!”
“Do you know what the media are writing about you now? The entire Su Family has been shamed because of you!”
His barrage of words exploded beside su jingsheng’s ear.
The su family patriarch was truly furious. Seeing the little one sleeping soundly in Su Jingsheng’s arms only made his anger burn hotter.
Su Yuning watched from the side, the corners of her lips involuntarily lifting.
The side of Su Jingsheng’s face that had been struck was somewhat numb.
She reached up to rub it and lifted her eyes to look at the su family patriarch.
The woman’s eyes were as cold as ice. At this point, her tone had actually grown even calmer.
“So what? Has the company’s stock price risen now that its name recognition has improved?”
The su family patriarch had not expected those words to come from Su Jingsheng.
He immediately raised his hand again in fury.
Yet Su Jingsheng did not move at all. Even her eyelashes did not tremble.
“Dad, don’t forget that before my mother passed away, she left me twenty percent of the Su Family’s shares. If you touch me again, I’ll sell those shares to Huarui.”
She curved her lips into a smile and looked up at the su family patriarch.
“Tell me, what do you think the situation will look like then?”
Huarui was the Su Family’s biggest competitor and had always been watching hungrily for a chance to acquire the Su Family.
After Su Jingsheng finished speaking, the su family patriarch’s raised hand stopped in midair.
He suddenly erupted in rage, but could only inhale forcefully, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.
“Unfilial daughter, unfilial daughter!”
The su family patriarch flung his hand down viciously, turned, and walked out without sparing Su Jingsheng another glance.
Shen Mingfeng froze, completely forgetting what he had intended to say.
At a glance from Su Yuning, he hurried after them.
The hospital room was suddenly left with only Su Jingsheng and the smiling Su Yuning.
The woman’s hand, adorned with a sparkling diamond ring, extended a bright red wedding invitation.
Su Yuning smiled broadly.
“Older sister, Mingfeng and I are getting married next week. But judging by your condition, it seems older sister won’t be able to make it. What a pity.”
“Your scandals flood the internet right now, and the child is so young that no one even knows who the father is. How could that be good?”
Su Jingsheng looked up at the woman before her. Her concern was utterly false, while her eyes were filled with the smug delight of a successful scheme.
Her expression grew even colder.
“You can spare me your fake concern. Get out.”
The child in her arms gave a tiny yawn, as if it had tugged hard at Su Jingsheng’s heart.
She said nothing more.
Su Yuning, having failed to get a reaction, tossed the wedding invitation in front of Su Jingsheng and turned to leave on her own.
She stared at the little one in her arms for a long time.
Su Jingsheng sat there quietly, her long hair cascading down and falling across the little one’s face.
The tiny brows furrowed slightly, but the child still did not wake from sleep. The expression was exceptionally adorable.
A tear unexpectedly fell and landed In su jingsheng’s hands.
She instinctively tilted her head up so the tears would not fall again.
Her heart was utterly empty.
Only then did she have no choice but to admit it.
That man had been right. She truly did not have the ability to raise this child alone.
Ever since her mother’s death, the Su Family had descended into chaos. Her father had brought Su Yuning and her stepmother back, making the entire Su Family even more corrupt and disorderly.
She could not even protect herself properly. How could she possibly protect this child?
…
The first thing Su Jingsheng did after leaving the hospital was call that man.
She arranged to meet him at a café and went there with the child.
Lu Qingyu arrived two minutes late. By then, Su Jingsheng was already seated by the window with the child.
The woman lowered her head, a faint smile at the corners of her lips as she teased the little one in her arms.
The warm scene made Lu Qingyu narrow his eyes involuntarily.
He walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
His long legs were casually crossed, and together with the man’s striking brows and eyes, he looked as exquisite as a magazine illustration.
Su Jingsheng frowned, raised her head, and glanced at her watch.
“You’re two minutes late.”
“Mm.”
Lu Qingyu’s voice was faint, and his expression was cold as well.
He was not wearing a watch, leaving his wrist bare. Only his slender fingers pressed down on a document, yet that strange sense of oppression still inexplicably lingered in the woman’s heart.
Su Jingsheng’s gaze swept over the man, but she did not find a single conspicuous logo.
Her fingers tightened involuntarily.
Would Xiaobao really be better off following a man like this than staying with her?