The huge grievance, fear, anger at being fooled, and the absurd and inappropriate sense of vulnerability when seeing the "only one to rely on" surged out like a flood breaking through a dam.
"Brother Yuheng!" She suddenly threw herself into Qin Yuheng's arms, hugged his waist tightly with both arms, and burst into tears! Her cry was shrill and desperate, as if she wanted to pour out all the pain and fear.
"He...he threatened me! Qin Yuzheng! He wants to kill me! He brought me here...is he going to kill my mom? Brother Yuheng! I'm so scared! I'm really scared! Only you can save me! Help me! Please help me!"
She was incoherent, tears streaming down her face, her body shaking violently from extreme fear and crying. She clutched Qin Yuheng's coat tightly, like a drowning person grabbing the last piece of driftwood.
At this moment, all dignity, calculations, and suspicions towards Qin Yuheng were shattered by the overwhelming fear.
She only knew that Qin Yuheng was the only "hope" she could grasp now to fight against the devil Qin Yuzheng.
Qin Yuheng's body seemed to stiffen for a very short moment when she pounced on him, but it became soft again in an instant.
He let her hold him, and even raised his hand to pat her back gently, his gesture carrying a soothing meaning.
His chin rested against the top of her head, his voice low and gentle, like a whisper between lovers: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Yunmeng. With me here, no one can hurt you. Tell me, my brother...how did he threaten you?"
His voice seemed to have magic, allowing Ning Yunmeng's chaotic thoughts to find an outlet.
She sobbed and cried intermittently: "He... he received the photo! He knows I saw it! He said... he said that anyone who dared to threaten him... would die soon..."
"It's either a life worse than death... He sent me here... He must want to do something to my mother... Wuuuuu... Brother Yuheng! Ning Xiwan framed me with that photo! You must believe me! You must help me! Only you can help me!"
She raised her tear-stained face, her eyes filled with complete dependence and pleading, like a dying little animal looking at its only savior.
Qin Yuheng looked at her quietly, his beautiful phoenix eyes still gentle, even with a hint of heartache.
He raised his hand and wiped away the tears on her cheeks very gently with his fingertips, his movements as tenderly as if he were treating a rare treasure.
"Photos?" He frowned slightly, his voice filled with just the right amount of doubt and a hint of solemnity. "What photos? My brother...how did he receive the photos?" He paused, his tone becoming serious and firm.
"Yunmeng, don't worry. No matter what the photo is, no matter what my brother said, he can't touch you as long as I'm here. I will never let him hurt a hair on your head."
His promise was like a shot in the arm, calming Ning Yunmeng's mind, which was on the verge of collapse, a little.
As if she had grasped a lifeline, she eagerly promised, "Brother Yuheng! I swear! I didn't give that photo to anyone else! I only sent it to him! As long as you help me get rid of that bitch Ning Xiwan!"
"As long as you help me! I will immediately and completely destroy the photos! No third person will ever know! I..."
"Shh..." Qin Yuheng suddenly raised a finger and gently pressed it against her chattering lips.
He lowered his head slightly, leaned close to her ear, and his warm breath sprayed on her cold earlobe.
His voice was extremely low, with a kind of bewitching intimacy, yet as cold as a venomous snake's tongue:
"Yunmeng, do you know?"
"I gave you the photo."
"I gave you the email address as well."
"My brother... knows everything from beginning to end."
boom--!!!
Ning Yunmeng's brain seemed to be struck by a bolt of thunder from the sky, and everything went blank in an instant.
Her eyes suddenly widened, and her pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip due to extreme shock and fear. Her body seemed to have been drained of all blood and strength in an instant. She froze in place and even forgot to tremble.
The photo...was given by him?
The email address...was given by him?
Qin Yuzheng...knows everything?!
Qin Yuheng looked at her sudden loss of blood and her expression as if she had seen a ghost. An almost bewitching smile slowly blossomed on that handsome face of his.
The tenderness faded away, leaving only naked, cruel pleasure and teasing.
He still kept leaning over her, his fingertips even lingering on her lips.
At this moment, a twisted excitement and a sense of control over everything were burning in those beautiful phoenix eyes.
"Do you think you have seen my secret?" He chuckled softly, his voice like the whisper of love, but every word was like a knife, cutting into Ning Yunmeng's soul.
"No, dear. It was me who made you 'see' the 'secret' I wanted you to see. It was me who personally delivered you to my brother and watched him... crush your last fantasy."
He tilted his head slightly, admiring the completely collapsed world in Ning Yunmeng's eyes, as if he was admiring a perfect work of art.
"Is the game fun?" he asked softly, his tone filled with innocent cruelty.
"Watching you act like a clown, pretending to be affectionate, pretending to be hateful, pretending to have your pathetic and ridiculous ambitions in front of me... and then, finally, throwing yourself into the arms of me, your 'only savior', full of hope..."
He stretched out his hand, and his cold fingers, like a poisonous snake, gently stroked Ning Yunmeng's cheek, which was stiff and bloodless due to extreme shock and fear.
"This feeling...isn't it hopeless?"
"Is it... worse than death?"
"Is this the 'life worse than death' you want? My... Yunmeng?"
Every word was like an ice cone filled with poison, piercing Ning Yunmeng's heart fiercely and stirring it violently!
All the blood in her body seemed to flow backwards in an instant and then froze into ice the next moment.
A huge feeling of dizziness came over me, and Qin Yuheng's handsome face in front of me began to twist and spin. All that remained in my ears was his devilish whisper and the cold and sharp "beep, beep" sound of the electrocardiogram monitor!
She opened her mouth and made a "ho ho" sound in her throat, like a broken bellows, but she couldn't utter a word.
All cognition, all calculations, all hatred and hopes were completely overturned and crushed at this moment.
It turns out...she is the complete clown!
All her struggles, all her desperate gambles, all her fears and tears were nothing but a performance carefully designed by the madman Qin Yuheng to please himself... and perhaps even to please his brother...
"puff--"
A mouthful of scarlet blood gushed out of Ning Yunmeng's mouth without warning, splashing on Qin Yuheng's expensive cashmere coat and the snow-white sheets of the hospital bed, like a blooming, desperate red spider lily.
Her eyes went dark, and her body fell straight back like a puppet with its strings cut, her consciousness completely sinking into endless darkness.
The last thing he saw was Qin Yuheng's handsome face, which still had a cruel smile on it, and the undisguised, twisted...satisfaction in his eyes.
The shrill alarm of the ECG monitor instantly ripped through the dead silence of the ward.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
