Chapter 452 Dirty Deal

Her voice grew lower and lower, almost pleading, but deep in her eyes, a calculating glint still lingered. She took a step back, but still didn't give up on the idea of having this man. She didn't want a name, she just wanted him.

Chi Wenyan's cold rejection and Su Jiujiu's concession but still stubborn demand were like two sharp air currents colliding in the corridor outside the ward, filled with suffocating oppression.

In the shadow of the corner, a slender figure clung to the wall, his nails almost digging into the flesh of his palms.

Zhao Xiyue felt cold all over, and her heart felt like it was being squeezed by an invisible hand, the pain was so severe that she could hardly breathe. She heard it!

She heard it all!

That woman, the woman who was a successful match, actually threatened Chi Wenyan with Nian Nian's life.

He even settled for the second best and didn't want any status, but only wanted Chi Wenyan as a person.

An indescribable panic and anger seized her.

Nian Nian is her daughter, the daughter she gave birth to with her life's efforts. Although she entrusted Nian Nian to Chi Wenyan and Ji Wan, it does not mean that she can tolerate anyone using Nian Nian's life to make dirty deals.

No, absolutely not.

I can't just watch Chi Wenyan fall into the trap of that vicious woman in order to save Nian Nian, nor can I let Nian Nian's life be delayed because of that woman's selfishness.

The impulse of loving her daughter overwhelmed all her rationality and timidity. Zhao Xiyue took a deep breath and took advantage of the time when Chi Wenyan and Ji Wan were excited and Su Jiujiu was distraught to quietly follow Su Jiujiu who was leaving alone.

At the quiet emergency exit of the hospital, Zhao Xiyue stopped Su Jiujiu. "Miss Su!"

Her voice trembled slightly, but her eyes were extremely firm.

Su Jiujiu's thoughts were interrupted. She turned around impatiently and saw who was coming. A trace of doubt and contempt flashed in her eyes: "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am!" Zhao Xiyue clenched her fists and mustered up her courage. "What's important is Nian Nian. She's still so young and needs bone marrow so badly. Miss Su, please, don't put forward any conditions. Save my... save that child. She's innocent."

She almost blurted out "my daughter" but swallowed it back in time.

Su Jiujiu was so smart that she immediately caught the strangeness in her words and the overly deep worry.

She looked Zhao Xiyue up and down, seeing her pale face and the unconcealable maternal light deep in her eyes, an idea flashed through her mind like lightning.

Su Jiujiu's lips curled up into a knowing and calculating smile, and that smile sent a chill down Zhao Xiyue's spine.

"Oh? You care so much about Chi Wenyan's daughter?" Su Jiujiu deliberately dragged out her tone and approached step by step, "What is your relationship with the Chi family?"

Zhao Xiyue was flustered by her gaze and subconsciously took a step back: "I... I'm just someone who cares about the child!"

"Concern?" Su Jiujiu sneered, her eyes sharp as a knife. "I think it's more than just concern, right? Mrs. Chi was so excited just now and she didn't lose her composure, but you are here to plead for her? Or is it that Nian Nian is not Ji Wan's biological daughter at all?"

Zhao Xiyue's face turned pale, her lips trembled, and she was speechless. Her reaction undoubtedly confirmed Su Jiujiu's guess.

The light in Su Jiujiu's eyes became brighter, and the original dejection and unwillingness were swept away, replaced by an excitement of grabbing new chips.

"I see……"

Su Jiujiu smiled meaningfully, "You are Nian Nian's biological mother, right?"

Zhao Xiyue's whole body trembled, as if she was stripped naked and thrown into the snow. Shame, embarrassment, and the panic of having her secret exposed instantly overwhelmed her.

"What do you want to do?" Her voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Su Jiujiu's smile grew brighter, yet it held a venomous coldness in it: "What do I want to do? From the beginning to the end, all I want is Chi Wenyan. Since you are Nian Nian's biological mother, then you must want her to live more than anyone else, right?"

Zhao Xiyue raised her head suddenly, her eyes filled with vigilance and pleading: "Please... don't hurt her..."

"Hurt her? Why would I hurt her?" Su Jiujiu spread out her hands, her tone becoming bewitching. "I'm the only one who can save her. As long as I nod, she can live. You love her so much, you must be willing to do anything for her, right?"

Zhao Xiyue's heart was beating wildly, and an ominous premonition enveloped her.

"You...what do you want me to do?"

Su Jiujiu leaned closer to her, her voice low and filled with deadly temptation: "It's very simple. Chi Wenyan is too wary of me now and won't give me a chance to get close to him. You, help me ask him out, alone. If you can do this, I will immediately agree to the surgery, donate my bone marrow, and save your daughter."

"No!" Zhao Xiyue refused without thinking, "I can't..."

"Can't?" Su Jiujiu interrupted her, her voice suddenly becoming harsh.

"You can't, or don't want to save your daughter?! Think about Nian Nian lying in pain on the hospital bed! Think about how hard it is to find a high-resolution perfect match, the doctor said she doesn't have much time left. Don't you know? Chi Wenyan is willing to take that slim chance for the sake of that woman Ji Wan, but what about you? You are Nian Nian's biological mother! Are you going to watch her die? Or are you not worthy of being her mother at all!"

"I'm not! I'm not!"

Zhao Xiyue felt her heart pierced by her words, tears welling up in her eyes. "Of course I want to save her. I dream about it."

"Then help me." Su Jiujiu grabbed her arm, her eyes burning with paranoia. "It's just a matter of asking him out. That shouldn't be difficult for you, right? Find an excuse, use Nian Nian's matter, or draw on your past relationship... As long as he's willing to come out to see me alone, I will save your daughter. This is your only chance, and Nian Nian's only chance as well."

Zhao Xiyue's mind was in a mess, and Su Jiujiu's words kept circling in her mind like a spell.

"The only chance..."

"Save your daughter..."

"Just asking him out..."

Yes, it was just asking him out, not doing anything harmful. As long as Nian Nian could be saved, as long as her daughter could survive.

Compared with my daughter's life, what else matters?

Chi Wenyan loves Nian Nian so much, he will understand afterward, right? He definitely will!

The huge fear and strong maternal love intertwined together completely destroyed Zhao Xiyue's sanity.

She seemed to be grasping at the last straw, and her eyes gradually became empty and resolute.

"……good."

She heard her own dry voice, "I promise you. But you have to swear that as long as I ask him out, you will immediately agree to donate bone marrow."

"Of course." Su Jiujiu smiled like a flower, with a gleam of success in her eyes. "I guarantee it with my character."