"Yue?" Lin Momo hurriedly let go of her hand, then turned on the light. Seeing Yan Xiyue, who had just been pinned to the ground, looking disheveled, she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Yue, I didn't know it was you."

Upon hearing Lin Momo's voice, Yan Xiyue immediately covered her face and screamed, "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

Lin Momo's expression froze, and she hurriedly said, "Yue, what's wrong? It's me, it's Lin Momo."

Yan Xiyue dodged Lin Momo's outstretched hand, trembling all over, and scrambled to hide in the corner, hugging her arms and shaking uncontrollably.

"Yue, what's wrong with you?" Lin Momo walked over and asked anxiously.

"Don't come any closer!" Yan Xiyue waved her hand, and Lin Momo felt a sharp pain in her arm. Looking down, she saw that Yan Xiyue had cut her arm, and blood was seeping through her clothes.

"Yue?" Lin Momo looked at Yan Xiyue in astonishment. In her hand, she held a sharp awl the size of her palm, from which her own blood dripped.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! You devil! Stay away from me!" Yan Xiyue looked at Lin Momo in terror and screamed in anguish.

The Yan couple downstairs rushed up, asking, "What happened? What's wrong?"

Seeing Yan Xiyue huddled in a corner, Meng Lingzhu hurriedly went over to comfort her, saying, "Xiyue, don't be afraid, Mom is here."

Yan Xiyue's eyes immediately reddened, and she cried out, "Mom, Mom! Save me! She's going to hurt me! They're all going to hurt me!"

“Mom is here, no one will hurt you, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid,” Meng Lingzhu comforted her.

Lin stood there blankly, no longer feeling the pain of her wounds; what she felt was a heart-wrenching pain.

What happened to Yan Xiyue? Why did she become like this? Why doesn't she recognize herself anymore?

Lin Momo felt wronged and wanted to cry. How did they end up like this?

Yan Chong walked over and sighed. Instead of blaming Lin Momo, he asked with concern, "Go downstairs and get it bandaged up."

Lin Momo nodded and followed Yan Chong downstairs, looking lost and dejected. She couldn't help but glance back at Yan Xiyue, but Yan Xiyue was looking at her with fear in her eyes. She immediately turned her head away and stopped looking at her.

The wound wasn't deep, and after applying the medicine, it was fine. However, Lin Momo couldn't understand why Yan Xiyue had changed like this after not seeing her for a few days.

"Uncle Yan, can you tell me what happened? Why did Yue become like this?" Lin Momo asked anxiously.

Yan Zhong sighed and said with a look of shame, "She came back like this the day before yesterday. She has become very afraid of sunlight and people. She doesn't eat or drink and always looks terrified. We took her to a doctor, but they told us that she has depression. The doctor said that if she continues like this, she will have to be sent to a mental hospital... Her mother and I really don't know what to do now."

Lin Momo's heart trembled violently, and she silently blamed herself, "It's me, it must be because I said so many harsh things to her that day, I deserve to die!"

Yan Chong, smoking a cigarette, frowned and said, "It seems the marriage agreement between the Yan family and the Gongsun family can't go through. If you're willing to help her, then take good care of her."

Lin asked in confusion, "Uncle Yan, what do you mean?"

"Take her abroad before the old man knows about this, and never come back!" Yan Chong said through gritted teeth.

Lin Momo thought of Yan Xiyue's fearful appearance when facing her and said, "She is still very afraid of me. She only feels at ease when Aunt Meng is around. If I take her away now, I will really harm her."

"Bang!" Yan Zhong slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Lin Momo, what exactly do you mean?"

Lin Momo was startled and looked at Yan Zhong in confusion, "Me?"

"If you have no feelings for Xi Yue, then don't keep entangled with her. You say you like her, but you don't care about her now. What makes you think you like her!" Yan Chong pointed at Lin Momo and shouted.

"That's not what I meant, I meant..." Before Lin Momo could finish speaking, Yan Xiyue suddenly ran downstairs, with Meng Lingzhu chasing after her while shouting urgently, "Stop her quickly!"

Lin Momo hurriedly stood up and stopped Yan Xiyue, who struggled repeatedly, shouting, "Let me go! I don't want to get married! Let me go!"

Meng Lingzhu rushed over, crying, "What terrible things have I done?!"

Yan Chong stepped forward and asked, "What exactly happened?"

"It's all my fault for speaking too quickly. I casually mentioned to Xiyue that she could only get married after she recovered from her illness, and the child got so scared so quickly," Meng Lingzhu said, her voice choked with emotion.

Yan Zhong looked at Yan Xiyue with a serious expression and sighed, truly at a loss for what to do.

Lin Momo hugged Yan Xiyue's waist tightly and said urgently, "Yue, no one is forcing you to get married. Can you calm down first?"

Yan Xiyue ignored Lin Momo's words completely, struggling and screaming desperately, "I don't want to get married! I don't want to get married! Let me go! Let me go!"

Yan Xiyue, with a sudden burst of strength, shoved Lin Momo to the ground. Lin Momo's head hit the steps, and she groaned in pain, seeing stars as blood flowed from the back of her head.

Seeing this, Meng Lingzhu rushed over to help Lin Momo up, asking, "Are you alright?"

Lin Momo, pale and weak, said, "I'm fine."

Lin Momo touched the back of her head, her hands stained with blood, which stunned her. She had never expected Yan Xiyue to use such force.

Seeing Lin Momo sitting on the ground, pale-faced and with blood on her hands, Yan Xiyue realized she had done something wrong and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Lin Momo's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly stood up, staggering to Yan Xiyue's side. "Yue, you recognize me?"

Yan Xiyue lowered her head, looking like she had done something wrong, and shook her head cautiously.

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