As soon as he said that, the little girl in his arms scratched his hand that was around her.
Looking down at Li Yang, he saw the little girl's tightly closed eyelashes trembling slightly. Then she scratched his palm again, and then quickly opened her eyes and blinked at him.
Ji Huaizhi: "..."
Ji Huaizhi was silent for a moment, a hint of annoyance appeared in his eyes, and his cold expression almost collapsed.
Yang Chunhua and Yue Hong were so frightened by the scene that they almost fainted.
Feng Mei is Ji Huaizhi's mother-in-law, how dare he lay hands on her?
It seems that Ji Huaizhi is really a cruel and ruthless person as Feng Mei said.
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law realized this, they were even more terrified. They huddled together, trembling, and quietly moved towards the door.
Seeing Yang Chunhua and Yue Hong abandoning her, Feng Mei, who was sitting on the ground, turned pale. She forced herself to be decent and threw herself at Ji Huaizhi, saying, "Ji Huaizhi, I am your mother-in-law after all. How dare you lay hands on me? Believe it or not, I will go to the police station and sue you right now!"
Ji Huaizhi looked at her coldly: "Go ahead, I'm going to settle accounts with the police for breaking into my house and assaulting people."
"You..." Feng Mei breathed her last, clutching her chest and wailing. "Oh my God, I'm so pitiful! My daughter ran away with someone, and I was even beaten up by the thugs who kidnapped her!"
"You still have the nerve to cry thief!" Before Ji Huaizhi could say anything, Sister Qian retorted, "I saw you bringing people here to beat someone up. Xiao Zhao and I heard you force Li Yang and Xiao Ji to divorce for money!"
Sister Zhao nodded in agreement, "That's right, Sister Qian and I heard it!" She turned to Ji Huaizhi, "Xiao Ji, you really made the right choice in marrying a daughter-in-law. Not only would Li Yang die rather than surrender, she also said that her feelings for you are known to heaven and earth, and she will never divorce you. You must treat her well in the future."
The people around also started talking, including the incident of Li Yang being beaten, and they talked as if they had seen it with their own eyes.
Li Yang, lying dead in Ji Huaizhi's arms, resisted the urge to bury himself and lay stiffly motionless.
Even with her eyes closed, she could feel Ji Huaizhi's scrutinizing gaze on her, and then she heard his voice, which didn't make any sense: "Really? I will definitely treat her well."
He emphasized the word "good" very much, so that others would think that Ji Huaizhi was moved by Li Yang. Only Li Yang knew that Ji Huaizhi was probably going to settle the score with him.
So, the neighbors were particularly united at this moment. Led by Sister Qian, everyone worked together to carry Feng Mei to the Li family.
Feng Mei cursed all the way, but attracted more and more people to watch. Sister Qian didn't mind making trouble and told everyone how the three of them, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, forced Li Yang. Feng Mei was so angry that she couldn't breathe and fainted.
Seeing this, Sister Qian immediately said, "You must testify for Xiao Ji and me. It wasn't Xiao Ji who hit her, nor was it me. She fainted on her own."
People responded in unison: "No problem!"
*
As the onlookers dispersed, Ji Huaizhi looked at the little girl lying straight in his arms and said, "Everyone's gone, why aren't you getting up yet?"
Seeing that she couldn't pretend anymore, Li Yang opened her eyes, climbed out of his arms, and smiled at Ji Huaizhi ingratiatingly: "You're back."
"Yeah." Ji Huaizhi responded lightly, his eyes fell on the little girl's face covered with blood, his brows slightly frowned, and he didn't say anything.
Li Yang touched his broken forehead and said, "Thank you for tonight."
She couldn't figure out why Ji Huaizhi was angry, but she felt a little uneasy.
Ji Huaizhi just sighed, picked up Li Yang, and walked out of the house.
Li Yang was caught off guard and let out a low "Ah!" and quickly put his arms around Ji Huaizhi's neck.
She kicked her feet: "Where are you taking me?"
Ji Huaizhi lowered his eyes and glanced at her: "Hospital."
Hearing this, Li Yang struggled to get down: "No need, just apply some medicine at home."
When she was cleaning the house in the afternoon, she found some medicines for bruises and wound bandaging in the cabinet in the inner room. She knew that they were the medicines Ji Huaizhi usually used.
Ji Huaizhi kept walking: "If other girls got a cut on their forehead, they would have cried and worried about leaving a scar, but you... don't take it seriously at all."
Li Yang listened to Ji Huaizhi's words and seemed to understand the source of his emotions. He said nonchalantly, "It doesn't hurt that much, and it's not bleeding anymore."
Ji Huaizhi lowered his eyes and looked at the little girl grinning with her teeth bared. His eyes became even colder. "Before you planned these things, did you ever think about getting hurt?"
Looking at Ji Huaizhi's cold eyes, Li Yang didn't want to deceive him. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "I thought about it, and it was intentional."
The fact that Feng Mei and Yang Chunhua were elders and relatives was enough to suppress her and make her unable to resist. If getting hurt could effectively get rid of her bad fate with the Li family, she would be willing to do it. So when Feng Mei called her, she made this decision without hesitation. In her opinion, some things should either not be done, or if they are to be done, they must be done to the extreme.
She anticipated the direction of Feng Mei's slap and controlled the force of her collision with the wall, but she didn't expect Ji Huaizhi to come back so soon.
After she finished speaking, she was ready to be scolded by Ji Huai, but she didn't hear his voice for a long time. She raised her eyes again and met his gaze, which was either gentle, compassionate, or complicated.
He opened his thin lips and said, "I told you I would protect you. If you want to deal with them, why don't you wait for me to come back?"
Li Yang lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice, "I'll handle things like this. I don't want you to get involved."
"We are already husband and wife." Ji Huaizhi corrected her.
This short sentence made Li Yang feel ashamed for a long time.
It was obvious that I had taken advantage of him from the very beginning, but he had always been open and honest with me.
Her dark pupils were filled with tranquility, and she continued, "My mom, my grandma, and my uncles and aunts are all very difficult people. You've already helped me a lot, and I don't want to get entangled with them because of my weakness, and I don't want you to be slandered because of me."
Feng Mei and the others started calling him "thug" as soon as they entered the door, which made her feel sad. Ji Huaizhi was a very good person. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have to suffer such insults.
She looked at him with a sincere expression, "I know you will protect me, but I also want to be strong enough to protect you and not be a burden to you."
Ji Huaizhi looked at her little face, which was pale and had dried blood on it, but her expression was very stubborn.
He wanted to tell her that she didn't need to be so strong, and that he didn't need her protection, but for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to say such words.
He had been walking alone in the dark for so long, and for the first time, someone said they wanted to protect him, and she was a weak little girl.
A certain part of his heart softened little by little.
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