Aunt Hua left in a huff, deeply resentful of Li Ying's failure to help her in her time of need.
"It seems the Hua family hates you!"
Li Ying gave a bitter smile.
This must be the cycle of cause and effect. The first person I saved in the capital was from the Hua family, and now I'm being resented by the Hua family because of them.
"It doesn't matter."
In the morning, Aunt Yang came early to deliver breakfast. When Li Ying saw that Ye Jingchi's face was pale, she guessed that the poison in his body must have flared up again.
"Ye Jingchi, hurry home. Remember to drink the bottle of wine in my bedroom."
Li Ying gave instructions.
Ye Jingchi nodded, gave Aunt Yang a few instructions, and then hurriedly left the hospital and returned to the courtyard house.
After Ye Jingchi returned, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, and blood slowly spilled from the corner of his mouth. He rushed into Li Ying's room to find the bottle of medicinal wine.
Are you looking for it?
Hearing the sound, Ye Jingchi turned around and saw Nan Shiran standing outside the door, holding a jar of wine in her hand. It was the wine that Li Ying usually gave him to drink.
"Nan Shiran, you're despicable!"
Nan Shiran smiled brightly: "Ye Jingchi, I've said it before, anyone I, Nan Shiran, set my sights on can only be mine, and their life and death are entirely up to me!"
"So while we were away, they sneaked in and took the wine that Li Ying brewed." Ye Jingchi leaned against the door, his fingers reaching for the pistol at his waist, forcing himself to stay upright.
Nan Shiran raised an eyebrow: "You know what, this Li Ying is quite clever, actually coming up with this method to detoxify you? But it's a pity! You won't be able to drink it!"
As Nan Shiran spoke, she gently released the jar, which slid down her hand and fell to the ground, spitting out the spilled wine.
"Nan Shiran, do you really want me to be your drug user?" Ye Jingchi gripped the pistol tightly, his fingers aching. He knew that when the poison took effect, he wouldn't even be able to pull the trigger.
Nan Shiran smiled charmingly: "Ye Jingchi, when I said I wanted you to be my drug user, it was just an excuse. What I really want is you as a person."
From the moment Nan Shiran first saw him, she knew he was the one.
Unfortunately, Ye Jingchi was not interested in her and did not like her. In order to get him, she did some things against her conscience.
"So, you poisoned me?"
Nan Shiran sneered, "Didn't you already find out? Why do you need to ask me?"
Ye Jingchi pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Nan Shiran's head: "Don't come any closer! Or I'll shoot!"
Nan Shiran laughed, a wild laugh: "Ye Jingchi, you no longer have the ability to fire a gun. Your hands are too weak right now."
Ye Jingchi's fingers trembled, and the pistol slipped from his hand. His arm felt like it was being bitten and gnawed by thousands of ants.
Ye Jingchi leaned against the door, not wanting to collapse in front of Nan Shiran.
He knew that once he collapsed, he would be Nan Shiran's person for the rest of his life.
"Ye Jingchi, what is wrong with me? Why would you rather endure the pain of being pierced by a thousand arrows than accept my detoxification?"
Ye Jingchi chuckled coldly: "Nan Shiran, you're really funny. To get me to be with you, you drugged me and poisoned me, and then you pretended to be a good person to cure me, so that I would be grateful to you and serve you for the rest of my life. Too bad your wishful thinking has failed!"
"Ye Jingchi, if you don't obey, you will die!" Nan Shiran said, word by word.
Ye Jingchi's face was cold and stern: "Death? What does it matter? If I have to spend my whole life with someone like you, I'd rather die!"
"You..." Nan Shiran was furious: "Ye Jingchi, for a woman who is pregnant with another man's child, you are not even afraid of death?"
Ye Jingchi desperately endured the spread of the poison in his body, and coldly laughed: "Nan Shiran, you don't understand what love is at all, let alone respect people."
Nan Shiran rushed over to Ye Jingchi.
Ye Jingchi suddenly pulled out a dagger from his pocket and stabbed it into Nan Shiran's heart. However, his hand had lost its usual strength, and even with all his might, he could only wound Nan Shiran.
Ye Jingchi released his hand and strode out.
"Ye Jingchi!"
Ignoring her injuries, Nan Shiran chased after Ye Jingchi.
"If you don't take the antidote, you're going to die!"
Ye Jingchi arrived at the nearby moat and walked onto the bridge.
The rising sun cast its brilliant light upon his hard features, making him appear cold and aloof.
"Ye Jingchi, are you really willing to die?"
Nan Shiran, who caught up with him, was heartbroken.
He'd rather die than be with me; he's truly admirable.
"I, Ye Jingchi, have only one wife in this life! That is Li Ying! If we cannot be together in this life, then I hope that in the next life, we can grow old together! Nan Shiran, you will pay the price for everything you have done today!"
Ye Jingchi leaped into the rushing stream...
Li Ying suddenly sat up, her head covered in sweat.
"Ye Jingchi!"
She just had a dream in which Ye Jingchi was covered in blood and unconscious.
At this moment, the night was quiet, but Li Ying couldn't fall asleep. Ye Jingchi didn't come to relieve her. Aunt Yang had been watching over the house all day, and Li Ying was worried that she was getting old and might have some health problems, so she ordered her to go home.
Li Ying was alone at the moment.
"Sister Yingying."
Lu Qingwan walked into the ward carrying a bed sheet. "I'll stay with you today."
Have you seen Ye Jingchi?
Li Ying, still uneasy, pressed for more information.
Lu Qingwan shook her head: "Don't even mention Ye Jingchi, I haven't seen Zhou Qi for days either. These men are really unreliable, you can't find any of them when it really matters!"
Li Ying felt uneasy; something must have happened to Zhou Qi.
But what about Ye Jingchi? Could something have happened to him too?
That's impossible. If Ye Jingchi were to fall ill, Aunt Yang would come and tell me too.
Don't overthink it, everything will be alright!
In the morning, Aunt Yang brought breakfast and was very happy to see Lu Qingwan there as well.
"I only found out this morning that Commander Ye had returned to the regiment, saying he had something very important to deal with, so I rushed over. Luckily, Miss Lu was here."
"Sister Yingying is about to give birth, and Ye Jingchi still wants to go back to the troupe?" Lu Qingwan complained again.
"With you all here, it's alright. Ye Jingchi is always busy with his own things."
As long as he's alright, that's all that matters.
Aunt Yang added, "I don't know how it happened, but when I got back, someone broke a jar of wine in the yard. You know what I mean."
Drinks?!
It's broken!
"Aunt Yang, was the drink broken in front of my door?" Li Ying asked, her heart pounding.
"Yes, it's right in front of your door. I don't know who broke it."
Li Ying's heart sank, and she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest and a sharp pain in her stomach.
"Miss Ying, what's wrong with you?"
"Sister Yingying, what's wrong?"
"Aunt Yang, Qingwan, my stomach hurts, my stomach hurts so much. I think I'm going into labor!" Li Ying gritted her teeth, tears streaming down her face, not from the pain, but to see Ye Jingchi off.
She knew that Ye Jingchi would never come back!
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