Chapter 19: To Protect Yourself
Following the maid's panicked cry.
Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside.
"What, the eldest lady and the second lady are fighting?"
"Go and call the Madam and the Young Masters!"
Wen Ning clenched the dagger in his fingers, gradually tightening them into a fist. Veins bulged on the back of his hand, and he gritted his teeth and growled, "Zhou Yaya!"
Zhou Yaya's eyes flashed with joy, but she quickly suppressed it and shouted in fear, "Sister, I'm sorry. I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. Please don't kill me."
Wen Ning was about to speak when suddenly, a huge force restrained her wrist and then threw her to the ground.
Her body was like a worn-out sandbag, falling heavily to the floor with a bang, her face turning pale with pain.
She wanted to explain, but when she opened her mouth, she spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with blood, "Cough... cough..."
Lin Wanyi ran two steps slower. When she entered the house and saw this scene, she immediately became anxious. "Boss, what are you doing?"
Zhou Qingci was so angry that he wanted to kick Wen Ning again. Upon hearing this, he angrily replied, "You should ask her what she wants to do. Is she going to kill Yaya with a dagger in her hand?"
Only then did Lin Wanyi see the dagger reflecting the faint light on the ground and her adopted daughter standing beside it crying weakly.
This is her precious daughter whom she has cherished since she was a child. How could she have ever suffered such a great injustice?
Lin Wanyi felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. She hurried to Zhou Yaya and hugged her tightly in her arms. "Yaya, my dear daughter, are you okay?"
Zhou Yaya seemed to have suffered a great injustice, crying and throwing herself into Lin Wanyi's arms, "Wow, Mommy."
Zhou Qingci couldn't suppress his anger after seeing this. He grabbed Wen Ning's hair, lifted her upper body off the ground, and growled, "Wen Ning, what the hell did you do?!"
Wen Ning glanced at the affectionate scene between mother and daughter over there, then looked up at Zhou Qingci's red, angry eyes.
Her peach blossom eyes drooped slightly in exhaustion, lifeless, and she said hoarsely, "I also want to know what I did."
As soon as Zhou Qingyan entered the room, he heard Wen Ning "refusing to admit his mistakes" and was immediately furious. "How dare you kill Yaya with a knife? And you still have the nerve to act like that? I'm going to beat you to death today, you troublemaker!"
As he said that, Zhou Qingyan reached out and hit him.
Wen Ning raised his hand to block his blow and said hoarsely, "I didn't kill her!"
At this moment, Lin Wanyi, who was standing by, looked at the sharp dagger that had fallen on the ground, suddenly picked it up, and threw it fiercely at Wen Ning.
The tip of the knife cut his cheek.
It seemed as if one could hear a hissing sound, the flesh being cut open, and blood gushing out.
Wen Ning lowered his eyes and saw the blood-stained dagger and a small pool of blood that was constantly gathering.
She touched her cheek with a trembling hand. It was wet, sticky, and there was a constant tingling sensation. It was her blood.
The others were also shocked by this scene. Zhou Qingci subconsciously let go of the hand that was pulling her hair and took a step back.
A hint of pride flashed in Zhou Yaya's eyes, and she hugged Lin Wanyi more intimately.
Lin Wanyi pointed at the dagger on the ground and demanded angrily, "Then explain what's going on with this dagger? Wen Ning, you disappoint me so much! How could I have given birth to such a vicious daughter like you!"
As she spoke, Lin Wanyi covered her chest and started coughing uncomfortably.
Zhou Yaya quickly patted her back to calm her down, "Mom, don't be angry. It's all my fault. If I had left the Zhou family earlier, maybe my sister wouldn't have been so extreme."
"Yaya, stop talking nonsense. You are the eldest daughter recognized by everyone in our Zhou family! That vicious woman Wen Ning is not the one!"
Zhou Qingyan roared with red eyes, and suddenly, he remembered something, with some excitement in his eyes.
"It turns out that God was helping us. He had long seen that this girl was not a good person, so he let the human traffickers abduct her, and then Dad took you back!"
Zhou Qingci also said coldly, "If you could be half as obedient and sensible as Yaya, we..."
"Brother, stop talking nonsense with her. As long as she is around, our family will be in turmoil. Inject her with a sedative and put this bitch back in the sanatorium." Zhou Qingyan suggested excitedly.
Wen Ning looked at them with almost indifference.
He held her in his arms lovingly and vowed to make up for all the suffering she had endured in the past and to treat her like a big brother who would pamper her like a little princess.
A mother who affectionately called her her good daughter and vowed to give her a life of wealth and glory.
Also, he was the culprit who caused her abduction, but not only did he not feel the slightest bit of guilt, but he was actually glad that his second brother had abducted her.
Even though she had been completely disappointed for a long time, her heart couldn't help but feel a pang of pain at this moment. Haha, this was the true face of the family she had longed for the most, and it was so ugly!
The corners of Wen Ning's lips couldn't help but curl upwards.
Zhou Qingyan pointed at her nose and scolded, "You still have the nerve to laugh!"
Wen Ning tilted her head and raised her hand to wave away Zhou Qingyan's finger that was poking her nose.
She endured the pain that penetrated deep into her bones, stood up shakily, and looked at them with cold eyes.
"The dagger is mine."
"But I didn't hurt anyone."
"You still have the nerve to quibble." Zhou Qingyan said as he was about to rush up and beat him again.
Zhou Qingci raised his hand to stop him and said coldly, "Xiaomi, tell me, what's going on?"
Xiaomi is the maid who has always been responsible for delivering dinner to Wen Ning.
Xiaomi stood at the door and said tremblingly, "When I came, I saw Miss Ningning holding a dagger and Miss Yaya holding an iron chain. I was so scared that I screamed."
When Zhou Yaya heard this, she immediately said, "The chain also belongs to my sister. I just did it to protect myself."
At this time, another maid jumped out and said.
"Before, the two of them had a quarrel, and the eldest lady even cried and said that she wanted to give Young Master Shen to her and not marry him."
"Then Wen Ning grabbed the young lady's wrist and dragged her into the house. Afterwards, we heard an argument coming from inside, but because there was a wall between us, we couldn't hear what was going on."
Zhou Qingyan was furious upon hearing this. "I knew it, Wen Ning, you're a bitch. Three years ago, you drugged Shen Xufeng to get him, and three years later, you forced Yaya to give him up!"
Zhou Qingci immediately said harshly, "You haven't given up yet. Xufeng has already proposed to Yaya. He only loves Yaya and will never like you!"
Lin Wanyi originally felt a little guilty for accidentally cutting Wen Ning's cheek.
But after hearing these words, the guilt disappeared, replaced by deep regret and disappointment.
"Wen Ning, because you are my own blood, I have tolerated you time and time again."
"But you shamelessly stole your sister's fiancé. How can you be so shameless!"
Zhou Yaya comforted Lin Wanyi in a soft voice, and gave the sensible maid an extremely sweet smile.
Wen Ning slowly clenched his fists.
After being discharged from the hospital, she just wanted to study hard and stay away from the Zhou family completely after the college entrance examination.
As a result, everyone wanted to force her into a dead end.
But she had finally escaped from that hell and absolutely did not want to go back!
The clenched fist slowly loosened.
She raised her eyes to look at the camera on the roof that was flashing a dim light, and spoke slowly.
"Go check the surveillance in my room."
"It's clear who framed whom."
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