Chapter 544 The due retribution

The lights in the Chi family villa were bright, but they could not dispel the haze that shrouded everyone's hearts.

Nian Nian's little body was still trembling slightly. Even in her mother's arms, she slept uneasily, letting out a weak whimper or two from time to time.

Ji Wan didn't sleep all night and his eyes were red, but he didn't dare to relax at all and patted his daughter's back gently.

Yaoyao seemed to feel the tense atmosphere at home as well. He nestled obediently in Chi Wenyan's arms, his little hands tightly grasping his father's sleeves, his big eyes staring at his mother and sister without blinking.

Chi Wenyan walked in with a glass of warm water, his voice filled with suppressed fatigue: "Drink some water, Wanwan. I'll take care of Niannian."

Ji Wan took the water, but his eyes still didn't leave Nian Nian: "She's scared. I'm afraid she'll be even more scared if she wakes up and can't see me."

Her voice was hoarse and contained traces of crying.

Chi Wenyan felt a pang in his heart. He gently placed Yaoyao on the sofa, walked over, and gently hugged Ji Wan from behind: "It will all be over. From now on, I won't let anyone hurt you again."

His embrace was firm and warm, and Ji Wan's tense nerves relaxed slightly. But in the next second, the doorbell rang suddenly, breaking this brief silence.

Chi Wenyan frowned. Who could it be at this time?

He gestured to Ji Wanan to rest assured, then stood up and went to open the door.

The person standing outside the door was Zhao Xiyue, who had a pale face, dark circles under his eyes, but with a desperate and crazy look.

"Where is Nian Nian? Where is my Nian Nian?" Zhao Xiyue's voice was sharp and hoarse, with a hint of abnormal excitement.

She looked past Chi Wenyan and stared at the child in Ji Wan's arms in the living room.

Ji Wan heard the noise and walked out holding Nian Nian, who had just felt somewhat at ease. The moment she saw Zhao Xiyue, her face suddenly turned cold: "What are you doing here?"

Zhao Xiyue's eyes were glued to Nian Nian, like a hungry wolf seeing its lost prey. "I'm here to pick up my daughter. I saw the news. You almost killed her. Give her back to me."

"Your daughter?" Ji Wan was shaking with anger, but his voice was remarkably firm. "Zhao Xiyue, have you forgotten how you left her to me? Now that she's in danger, you remember? It's too late."

Nian Nian seemed to be disturbed by the quarrel, her little mouth pouted and she was about to cry again.

Ji Wan hurriedly coaxed him gently, but the anger in his eyes burned even more fiercely.

Chi Wenyan stepped forward, protecting Ji Wan and Nian Nian behind him. His tall figure was like a mountain, and his voice was as cold as ice: "Zhao Xiyue, you are not welcome here. Nian Nian is our daughter, and this will never change."

"She's my own flesh and blood. She's the flesh that fell from my body." Zhao Xiyue's emotions were completely out of control. She screamed, tears streaming down her face. "Why won't you let me see her? Chi Wenyan, Ji Wan, if you don't return Nian Nian to me, I'll fight you."

As she spoke, she was about to rush in.

"Fight?" Ji Wan held Nian Nian in his arms, not retreating a single step. His eyes were sharp as knives, and his voice was louder and more determined than Zhao Xiyue's. "Zhao Xiyue, what qualifications do you have to fight me? Where were you when Nian Nian was sick? Where were you when Nian Nian was kidnapped? Now that everything is over, you come out and say she's yours? Don't even think about it."

Every word was like a needle, piercing Zhao Xiyue's heart and breaking through all her disguises.

"I don't care. She's mine. You can't do this to me."

Zhao Xiyue cried and shouted, and rushed forward like a madman, trying to snatch Nian Nian away.

A cold light flashed in Chi Wenyan's eyes, and he grabbed her arm with such force that Zhao Xiyue cried out in pain and staggered.

"Get out." Chi Wenyan's voice was cold and silent, like a verdict, and every word was filled with chilling murderous intent.

Zhao Xiyue was frightened by the ruthlessness in his eyes and the momentum that almost crushed her. Her body trembled uncontrollably and she staggered back a few steps. Finally, she looked at them unwillingly and resentfully.

In particular, she looked at Nian Nian in Ji Wan's arms more deeply, then ran out crying and stumbling.

Chi Wenyan slammed the door shut, isolating himself from everything outside.

Ji Wan held Nian Nian tightly in his arms. The little guy seemed to be completely awakened by the fierce quarrel just now. Tears welled up in his big eyes. His little hands tightly grasped Ji Wan's clothes. He pouted his mouth, but did not dare to cry out loud.

The little guy just looked at her with those clear and innocent eyes.

"Don't be afraid, Nian Nian, mom is here, mom is here." Ji Wan lowered her head and pressed kiss after kiss on her daughter's cold forehead. She couldn't hold back her hot tears and they dripped into Nian Nian's soft hair.

Chi Wenyan hugged her and the child tightly from behind, his chin resting on the top of her head, his voice hoarse but incomparably firm: "Wanwan, I am here. No one can take Nian Nian away from us."

Ji Wan nodded and buried her face in her daughter's neck, feeling the child's real body temperature and breathing.

However, they all understood that Zhao Xiyue's appearance would never end so easily.

A new storm is brewing. This time, what they have to protect is not only Nian Nian's safety, but also the integrity of this family.

The room was eerily quiet for a moment, with only the faint breathing of the mother and daughter and Nian Nian's occasional weak sobs.

Ji Wan's heart seemed to be tightly gripped by an invisible hand, the pain was so severe that she could hardly breathe.

She lowered her head and looked at the tiny baby in her arms. There were still traces of tears on the pale little face, and its big eyes were filled with fear and anxiety. Its little hands were tightly grasping her clothes, as if that was the only life-saving straw.

"Niannian, my baby, don't be afraid anymore, the bad guys are gone." Ji Wan's voice was choked with sobs. She kissed her daughter's cold forehead over and over again, trying to warm her with her body temperature and dispel the fear in her heart.

The little one in her arms seemed to feel the comfort from her mother, and the sobbing gradually subsided, but her body was still trembling slightly.

Ji Wan hugged her tighter, his chin gently stroking the top of her soft hair, his voice trembling slightly, but full of unquestionable firmness.

"Niannian, you have to get better soon, okay? Mommy and Daddy will always be with you, and no one can take you away from us. You have to be healthy, and Mommy will take you to see the bunny rabbits, take you to the amusement park, and take you to do everything you want to do."

She kept talking, as if she was talking to Nian Nian, or to herself, and it was also a silent declaration of war against the woman who had just left.

Nian Nian nestled quietly in Ji Wan's arms, her big eyes like black grapes staring at Ji Wan without blinking.

The little face was still pale, with cold sweat still on the forehead, but the eyes were surprisingly clear.