Chapter 316 Then Let's Cut It Off
After the scream, her eyes were filled with unfamiliar fear and resistance, as if the man in front of her was not her lover, but another being who intended to hurt her.
"Please... don't touch me..."
She buried her face in her knees and sobbed.
Liang Yi's heart was breaking.
During the time they spent together, she appeared to be doing normally, but she would panic if she were accidentally touched in a dimly lit place.
He had never understood where these symptoms came from, until now, the mystery was finally solved.
Ji Ying quickly calmed herself down and stood up slowly, controlling her emotions.
"I'm sorry, tonight... we have to... sleep in separate rooms. I need to be alone... for a while."
After saying that, she practically fled into the bathroom.
Soon, the sound of rushing water came from inside.
Liang Yizhi, however, stared at the closed bathroom door and did not leave.
Just then, his phone rang; it was Yue Zheng calling.
"Sir, Pang Xiao has taken Shen Ruofu back to the city and to one of his private residences. Miss Shen is likely to be in grave danger tonight."
Liang Yizhi's gaze darkened for a moment. "You haven't called me, so we don't know anything about Shen Ruofu's situation tonight."
Yue Zheng responded clearly from the other end of the phone, "Yes!"
A while later, Ji Ying came out of the bathroom.
Her hair was wet and dripping water.
The heavy pajamas looked like armor.
Seeing Liang Yizhi standing silently in the center of the bedroom, she felt no comfort; instead, her shame and unease intensified.
Ji Ying avoided his gaze, her shoulders hunched, like a panicked mouse with nowhere to hide under bright light. She scurried over to the wardrobe, opened the door, and slipped inside.
“Yingying…”
"Please leave me alone, please."
She hugged herself tightly in the darkness, her voice trembling.
Liang Yizhi was afraid that she would feel suffocated, but he didn't dare to force open the cabinet door, so he quietly put a towel in the crack of the door to make sure she could breathe.
Ji Ying only relaxed after hearing his footsteps as he left.
She was curled up in the closet, her damp hair obscuring her eyes.
Traumatic memories surged like a tide, triggering waves of uncontrollable shudders.
She is deeply mired in flashbacks of post-traumatic stress disorder, and this enclosed wardrobe has become her only safe cocoon at this moment.
Ji Ying took a deep breath in the darkness and told herself: I must get out of this, I must become invincible, and cut off all the ties that could become my weakness...
Liang Yizhi was worried about her, so he didn't stay in the study for long before returning to his bedroom.
There was no sound coming from inside the wardrobe.
He gently opened the cabinet door and found that she was already asleep.
So he carefully carried her out of the wardrobe, and her haggard appearance made his heart ache.
Liang Yizhi settled her on the bed and then found a hairdryer to dry her hair.
Ji Yingyan was fast asleep and was not awakened by the faint sound of the hairdryer, but even in her dream, her brows were slightly furrowed and her body would occasionally twitch as if startled.
Liang Yizhi examined her injuries and found two bruises.
She must have been in a lot of pain when she was thrown to the ground.
Liang Yizhi felt as if his heart was being gripped by an icy hand, and even breathing felt suffocating.
When he arrived at the study, Duan Cheng was already waiting there.
He was someone Liang Yizhi couldn't find in his contact list, but he was a true "external brain."
“Pang Xiao’s past is all here.” He handed over the documents. “This man is Pang Daizhou’s illegitimate son. Because he wasn’t acknowledged by the Pang family before, he spent many years in Southeast Asia doing shady business. He’s superstitious that young girls’ bodies can bring him good luck, and he has harmed many young girls over the past twenty years…”
Perhaps because Pang Xiao's methods were too heinous, Duan Cheng paused for a moment and ultimately did not describe them in detail.
"Before the Pang family acknowledged his identity, his name was Nie Wei. For over a decade, this man frequented orphanages as a 'philanthropic businessman,' selecting and adopting girls. All of these girls subsequently disappeared without a trace, as if they had vanished into thin air. The lady is likely the only survivor who escaped from his clutches..."
Upon hearing this, Liang Yizhi's eyes darkened to a point where they seemed to be able to wring water out of them.
“Nie Wei is extremely cautious in his actions and has never left any direct evidence of his crimes. Now his methods of manipulating women are even more ruthless. After causing someone's death or maiming, he uses a two-pronged approach: on the one hand, he offers huge sums of money to keep her quiet, and on the other hand, he uses intimidation and threats. Therefore, he has never been caught. But I don't understand why Old Master Pang would bring him back to take charge of the Pang family's company when he is so well aware of his misdeeds.”
Liang Yizhi gave a cold laugh. "Pang Shijun is good at scheming, but this kind of refined approach won't work. The old man got impatient and had to find another way."
Liang Yizhi quickly flipped through Pang Xiao's information and put it aside.
"If you want to take action against Pang Xiao, you'll have to put in some effort with Elder Pang. Our plans are not yet complete, so it's not wise to break off relations now."
Liang Yizhi smiled slightly but remained silent.
The next day, Ji Ying woke up feeling much better.
Especially when the warm morning sun shines on you, it dispels a lot of the gloom in your heart.
Liang Yizhi stood by the window, answering the phone with her back to her.
“Yingying wasn’t feeling well last night, so I brought her home.”
"Is she alright?"
The voice that came through the phone was Shen Jingxiu's.
Hearing the noise behind him, Liang Yizhi turned around and walked back to the bedside, asking, "Are you feeling better today?"
Ji Ying gestured for him to hand her the phone.
Still feeling sleepy, she said into the phone, "Dad, I'm fine."
Upon hearing this, Shen Jingxiu finally felt relieved.
"Chen Ruofu was found on a mountain north of Beijing at dawn, covered in injuries and assaulted. She is currently undergoing emergency treatment for severe uterine bleeding. The police are investigating how she got there from the villa. I woke up this morning to find that you and Yizhi had checked out of the hotel. I was very worried about you, so I called to check on you."
Upon hearing about Shen Ruofu's ordeal, Ji Ying gritted her teeth and said, "She only has herself to blame."
Shen Jingxiu suddenly realized, "I understand. You should rest well. You don't need to come to the hospital. Give the phone to Yizhi."
Liang Yizhi took the phone.
"This matter cannot be left unresolved," Shen Jingxiu said.
"I will."
Liang Yizhi hung up the phone and saw Ji Ying sitting on the bed with her head down, seemingly lost in thought. He stretched out two fingers, lifted her chin, and leaned down.
A warm, dry kiss landed on her lips.
Instantly separate.
Ji Ying subconsciously covered her mouth, her ears turning slightly red, her voice muffled as it escaped through her fingers, "You're not clean... I didn't even brush my teeth..."
Liang Yizhi chuckled softly, his fingertips gently caressing the spot where she had just been kissed, his eyes filled with tenderness.
"We should try touching our little hedgehog today."
Ji Ying remembered yelling at him fiercely yesterday, and her face turned even redder now.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the surging embarrassment, and threw off the covers to get out of bed.
"But I still have to go to the hospital."
Liang Yizhi frowned slightly and reached out to stop her.
"Aren't you afraid of running into trouble if you go now?"
With Shen Ruofu in such a state, Madam Shen must be like a lioness protecting her cubs. Anyone who gets close to Ji Ying will inevitably suffer her wrath, let alone her.
But Ji Ying grabbed his arm and said firmly, "I understand that, but I suspect that the strategist behind Shen Ruofu is Wen Lingxue."
Liang Yizhi's gaze suddenly darkened.
The woman who disappeared for months after falling into the river, and who hadn't been caught even after the police issued an arrest warrant, has reappeared in Beijing?
Recalling Shen Ruofu's recent methods against Ji Ying, it is indeed highly likely.
“Okay,” Liang Yizhi picked the person up from the bed, “Let’s have breakfast before we go.”
The entrance to the emergency room at the hospital.
The doctor, whose sterile gown still had some bloodstains, hurriedly came out of the operating room.
"The patient's uterus is much more damaged than before, and the bleeding cannot be effectively controlled. We currently have two options: one is to try conservative surgery to preserve the uterus as much as possible, but even if successful, the ability to conceive will be essentially lost; the other is to perform a total hysterectomy immediately, which is currently the most effective and safest hemostasis option. Please make a decision as soon as possible."
Removing her uterus must have been a huge blow to Ruofu.
Madam Shen was pale and hesitant.
Shen Jingxiu remained expressionless and said to the doctor, "Then let's cut it off."
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