At the Qiao family home, Qiao Xiufen earnestly tried to persuade Duan Sisi, who was on a hunger strike, "Sisi, listen to your mother, just have a sip, okay?"

Duan Sisi lay there as if she hadn't heard anything. She hadn't eaten properly for days, and her face was pale and her lips were dry. If it weren't for her heaving chest, one would definitely think she was dead.

Qiao Xiufen stamped her feet in panic, "Sisi, you're not trying to kill yourself, you're trying to kill my grandson!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Sisi finally reacted. The corners of her mouth curved into a mocking smile.

Qiao Chen suddenly rushed in from outside the room and knocked the chicken soup from Qiao Xiufen's hand to the ground.

"Fine, don't drink it! You don't need to beg her like that!"

The loud thud of the chicken soup hitting the ground startled Qiao Xiufen, who looked at Qiao Chen in horror.

"What's wrong with you now! What if you scare my grandson again!"

Qiao Chen didn't care whether Qiao Xiufen wanted to or not, and pushed her out without saying a word, slamming the door shut behind her.

Qiao Xiufen was so anxious that she kept banging on the door and shouting, "Chenchen, even if you're angry, you should know your place! She's pregnant!"

Qiao Chen ignored her shouts and walked step by step toward Duan Sisi, who was lying on the bed, with a gloomy face.

He shoved the phone in front of Duan Sisi and demanded sharply, "Who is this man? When did you two start dating?"

Duan Sisi didn't even open her eyes, continuing in that lifeless state.

"You think I wouldn't know just because you don't say anything? I recognized his voice as soon as I heard it! Isn't he that doctor at the hospital?" Qiao Chen's voice suddenly became irritable.

Duan Sisi still didn't react at all, letting Qiao Chen shake her body and vent his emotions.

"Tell me! When did you two get together? You suddenly changed, resisting me, rejecting me, not even giving me a chance, and only thinking about aborting our child, is it all so you can be with him!"

The last sentence made Duan Sisi suddenly open her eyes, her eyes filled with anger and hatred.

“A person like you doesn’t deserve to have children. God has eyes.”

These words immediately enraged Qiao Chen. He abandoned Duan Sisi and rushed out. When he returned, he was carrying a soup bowl.

"Didn't you want to abort our child and be with that other man? I'll do the opposite! Not only will you give birth to my son, but you'll never escape my grasp for the rest of your life!"

Just as Duan Sisi was about to retort, she saw him tilt his head back and gulp down a mouthful of chicken soup, and then he was roughly pulled up.

Before Duan Sisi could react, she felt a sudden pain in her mouth, as if she had hit a hard rock; her front teeth even became slightly loose. Immediately afterward, a warm liquid entered her mouth.

Duan Sisi realized what he was trying to do and struggled against him. But Qiao Chen seemed to be bewitched, forcing the chicken soup into her mouth mouthful after mouthful.

After several attempts, Qiao Chen used up most of his strength and finally gave Duan Sisi a chance to resist.

She shoved Qiao Chen back abruptly, broke free from his control, and then slapped him across the face.

The bowl in Qiao Chen's hand fell to the ground and shattered due to his fierce resistance. He was completely stunned by the slap.

Duan Sisi felt chicken soup getting into her nose and started coughing violently, but the suffocating discomfort just wouldn't go away.

Qiao Chen looked at Duan Sisi in disbelief, "You hit me? You hit me for some random guy?"

Duan Sisi finally caught her breath and glared at Qiao Chen, her eyes filled with undisguised hatred.

"Qiao Chen, if there were a pill to undo regrets, I'd be the first to take it. No matter the cost, I won't marry you!"

She shouted her last words almost as if she were screaming.

Before she could finish speaking, Duan Sisi felt a "bang" on her head, and she fell to the ground like a butterfly with broken wings.

She had never been so disheveled in her life; her face was slammed on the ground, and the broken pieces of the bowl on the ground pierced her skin.

Duan Sisi couldn't feel the pain in her face; her whole world was filled with a buzzing sound.

Qiao Xiufen, standing at the door, was stunned when she saw the bright red in her vision. She pointed with a trembling finger and couldn't even speak coherently.

"Blood...blood..."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Chen was jolted awake. He quickly turned his head and was deeply pained by the blood spreading from beneath Duan Sisi.

"Sisi!"

He yelled and lunged at it.

Duan Sisi was like a puppet doll that had lost its soul, letting Qiao Chen do as he pleased. Her empty eyes stared straight at the ceiling, and at that moment, she suddenly felt that dying like this might not be so bad.

When Su Yan and Yi An rushed over, the entrance to the Qiao family's building was already surrounded by layers upon layers of onlookers.

Yi An casually pulled up an older woman and politely asked, "Auntie, may I ask what happened here?"

"The Qiao family upstairs, their wife suddenly had a massive hemorrhage, and they called an ambulance to take her away."

Su Yan staggered backward, almost losing her balance.

Yi An supported Su Yan's body while listening to the people's discussion.

“No one bleeds out of nowhere. It must have been that man who hit her! I kept hearing his wife yelling a couple of days ago, and I even went to talk to him about it. He said it was just a marital quarrel, but I never expected it to escalate to this point.”

Taking advantage of a lull, Yi An interjected, "Do you know which hospital they went to?"

Having received the answer, Yi An rushed Su Yan to the hospital.

All the way, Su Yan seemed to be in a daze, constantly urging Yi An to hurry up, to go faster.

When the two arrived at the hospital, Duan Sisi had already been taken to the emergency room, and only Qiao Chen was anxiously pacing outside the door.

When Qiao Chen saw Su Yan arrive, he was clearly taken aback, his eyes darting away as if afraid Su Yan would ask him something.

But Su Yan acted as if she didn't see him at all, walked past him, and headed towards the door of the emergency room.

Yi An followed closely behind Su Yan, standing by her side at all times, afraid that she might collapse if she couldn't hold on.

The three of them remained unusually silent until Duan Sisi was completely rescued.

When Su Yan saw the doctor come out, she rushed over to him.

"Doctor, how is she?"

Doctor: "The mother survived, but the baby couldn't be saved because she was too weak."

He frowned and demanded, "How exactly did you take care of her? A pregnant woman is so weak, it looks like she hasn't eaten for days."

Su Yan's eyes turned cold at his words, but she didn't react. Instead, she kept thanking the doctor.

Duan Sisi was wheeled out by the nurse. Upon seeing her pale, bloodless face, Su Yan couldn't help but tremble. She held Duan Sisi's hand tightly and led her to the ward.

Qiao Chen wanted to follow, but was stopped by Yi An after taking only two steps.