Zhu Qianying wasn't deliberately seeking to be tortured. Rather, the Yan family and the Yi family were old friends. The next day, as the daughter-in-law of the Yan family, Zhu Qianying went to the hospital with Yan Bo and his wife to visit Yi Wei, who had been rescued.
Yi Changxing, the current head of L City's top ten richest family, was someone Zhu Qianying naturally knew, though they weren't close before.
Or rather, because she was just the daughter of a concubine in the Zhu family, the other party never took her seriously.
Zhu Qianying had seen him at the wedding, and at that time, she secretly wondered why she always felt that this Uncle Yi had some inexplicable hostility towards her.
At the time, she thought she had offended him unintentionally, sometime or somewhere.
When she saw him in the hospital corridor, she, as a junior, greeted him very politely, saying "Hello, Uncle Yi!", only to be met with a disdainful glance from him.
If, after hearing so many fascinating stories from others these past few days, she still doesn't understand why Yi Changxing harbors such hostility towards her, then she is absolutely a fool.
Yan Bo and his wife were pulled to the corridor by Yi Changxing and his wife, presumably to discuss the details of the kidnapping and rescue, as well as Yi Wei's current situation.
Led by the caregiver, Zhu Qianying walked to the door of the ward.
The full-time caregiver walked ahead and pushed the door open.
Once the caregiver had moved aside, Zhu Qianying saw a tall man with his back to her, carefully and gently wiping the wounded man lying on the bed with a towel. On the chair next to the bed was a basin of steaming warm water.
Zhu Qianying was wondering why the tall man's back looked so familiar.
Then, she quickly found the answer.
"Mr. Yan, I'll take care of it!"
Ah, of course I recognize him. It turns out he's Zhu Qianying's legal husband, Young Master Yan Han!
As the caregiver hurriedly stepped forward to take the towel, the man, still with his back to her, spoke in a hoarse voice.
"I'll do it!"
Zhu Qianying stood in the center of the ward, watching the man carefully lift the injured man's face and wipe it from his neck and chin all the way down to his face.
To the naked eye, it was impossible to tell if the wounded man was beautiful or ugly, or even his gender, because his face was swollen like a pig's head.
But Zhu Qianying knew that this was the heroine of the exciting stories she had heard these past few days, the eldest daughter of the Yi family, Yi Wei.
Zhu Qianying hesitated. Should she step forward to express her concern and condolences to the wounded, or should she simply turn around and leave?
Because she had a premonition that neither the one lying in bed nor the one standing by the bedside gently serving her would want to see her.
She stood there quietly, a faint hint of mockery rising in her eyes.
Why do you, as the legitimate wife, have the illusion of being usurped when you stand in front of others?
"Miss, you..."
The caregiver whose job had been taken by Young Master Yan finally remembered the visitor who had followed her in and turned around to greet Zhu Qianying.
Meanwhile, the gentle and attentive young master Yan, whom Zhu Qianying had never met before, turned around to wash a towel. Hearing the caregiver's words, he looked up and his gaze met Zhu Qianying's directly.
Even though she was mentally prepared, Zhu Qianying was still taken aback by the man who was always so spirited but now looked so haggard.
Yan Shao, whom I hadn't seen for a few days, looked exhausted, with bloodshot eyes.
Upon seeing Zhu Qianying, his body visibly stiffened.
Then, Zhu Qianying clearly saw a fleeting hint of embarrassment in his eyes, but it vanished in an instant.
What are you doing here?
The extremely displeased and impatient tone made Zhu Qianying want to turn around and slam the door and leave.
But she knew she couldn't slam the door, much less leave.
"My parents and I came to visit Miss Yi..."
She was just a passerby in the gossip, but having the chance to hear and see the male and female protagonists of the gossip story, she was still a little curious!
Yan Shao handed the towel to the caregiver, "Here you go!"
As he spoke, he straightened up, looked at Zhu Qianying, and walked towards her.
"It's cold! I'm scared!"
The wounded lying on the bed made a sound as faint as a mosquito's buzz, but Zhu Qianying heard it clearly.
Young Master Yan naturally heard it too. He stopped, patted the hand that was holding his clothes, and said to Zhu Qianying with a cold face, "You go back first!"
Zhu Qianying watched as the man's large hand gently patted her scarred hand, and felt a pang of unease. After all, the person being pulled was her legal husband.
And she was by no means a mere bystander watching the spectacle and listening to the story; she was his legal wife, Yan Han's wife!
Just as Zhu Qianying was hesitating whether to obey Young Master Yan and leave obediently, or stay for the sake of face, footsteps sounded behind her, and then Old Madam Yan's voice came over.
"Xiao Han, is Xiao Wei awake?"
Zhu Qianying immediately moved aside, making way for Yan Bo and his wife to walk to the bedside, while she followed behind Old Madam Yan.
"Mom, she just woke up...but..." Young Master Yan was much more amiable towards Old Madam Yan.
Madam Yan nodded knowingly and patted her son's arm.
"Yes, I understand..."
Standing behind, Zhu Qianying clearly heard the conversation between the two, but it was like watching a silent play; she couldn't understand what they were trying to say at all.
Zhu Qianying and Yan Bo only stayed in the ward for a few minutes because the injured person lying on the bed suddenly became agitated, waving his hands and shouting.
The doctor came over and gave her a sedative, and advised visitors to leave as soon as possible to avoid further agitating the injured person.
Zhu Qianying followed Yan Bo and his wife out of the ward, while Yan Shao stayed in the ward.
The three entered the elevator, and only then did Madam Yan explain to Zhu Qianying.
“Ying’er, Xiao Wei has suffered serious injuries and trauma these past two days, and her mental state is severely confused. Since she woke up yesterday, she has been either in a daze or making a lot of noise. Moreover, the doctor said that her current mental capacity is only at the level of a ten-year-old, and her memory seems to be stuck at that stage as well.”
This news surprised Zhu Qianying. She thought Yi Wei was just seriously injured, but it turned out that she was not only seriously injured, but also mentally impaired.
But she just nodded and didn't say anything.
After all, given her position, she simply didn't know what to say.
To her and Yi Wei, they were complete strangers. Yi Wei was kidnapped and Yi Wei was mentally unstable; originally, it had nothing to do with her.
If it weren't for Young Master Yan, she would have simply listened to what Yi Wei had said.
However, because of Young Master Yan, the two people who were originally strangers have now formed a delicate triangle with Young Master Yan.
At this point, unless she said something insincere, nothing she said would be right. But she didn't want to force herself to say something against her conscience, so she simply said nothing.
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