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The air in the ward seemed to be torn apart by this sudden violence.
Like two wild beasts fighting for territory, the two men, driven by rage and pain, vented their irreconcilable hostility in the most primitive way possible. The muffled thud of fists hitting each other's butts, heavy breathing, and occasional muffled curses replaced the previous verbal exchange, filling the quiet space that had once been filled with the smell of disinfectant.
Chen Nanxing felt like his head was about to explode, and he angrily stopped Lin Shanglu and Ji Chuan from their uncivilized behavior.
"Stop fighting."
No one paid any attention.
"I said stop fighting!"
Still no one paid any attention.
Chen Nanxing's patience was also running out. She stood up and walked to the two people who were fighting fiercely, and waited for the right moment to pull Lin Shanglu out of the melee.
A slap in the face ended the inexplicable fight that had begun.
Time in the ward was frozen by this slap. The atmosphere was so quiet that you could almost hear a pin drop.
Lin Shanglu was hit and his head tilted to the side, and a clear palm print appeared on his fair face.
He seemed to still not be able to believe that the slap had landed on his face, and he covered the area where he was hit with his eyes wide open.
"You hit me? Chen Nanxing, you hit me!"
These are the two sentences that come back and forth.
Chen Nanxing used all her strength, and her palms were red after the fight. She released her hands that were clutching Lin Shanglu's clothes and pointed outside.
"Go away, I don't want to see you."
Lin Shanglu was deeply shocked by the slap. He closed himself in his own world, ignored Chen Nanxing's words, and kept muttering his own things.
"You hit me... You actually hit me, you hit me for him..."
He just led himself into the gutter.
Once this thought formed, he became jealous and went crazy. He stepped forward and pinched Chen Nanxing's jaw, forcing her to look up:
"Chen Nanxing, are you blind? It's him! He's the one who's been beating me! I'm being fucking beaten! You didn't hit him, but you hit me?!"
This was not a comfortable position. Chen Nanxing frowned in pain. All of this fell into Ji Chuan's eyes. He waved his fists with his bruised face and continued to work.
"Stop, you're hurting her!"
"roll!"
Jealousy and resentment stimulated Lin Shanglu's adrenaline. He generated infinite strength and pushed Ji Chuan back several steps with one push.
Ji Chuan was young and energetic. He could not stand seeing the woman he loved being pinched on the chin by someone else, even if that someone else was the legal husband of his beloved woman. Of course, he became more and more courageous and rushed forward as if he was risking his life.
A strange standing position was formed in the ward, which was so melodramatic that it could serve as the cover of any old-fashioned 8 o'clock TV series about tragic love.
At this moment, the door of the ward was pushed open again, and a nurse hurriedly poked her head in: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing the mess in the room, the two injured men, and Chen Nanxing being pinched by the injured man's chin, she immediately became stern: "No noise or fighting is allowed in the hospital! That man, please let go of our patient!"
The nurse's stern voice was like a bucket of cold water, briefly splashing on the three people's burning emotions.
Lin Shanglu not only did not loosen his fingers that were pinching Chen Nanxing's chin, but also kept his hands around Chen Nanxing's waist. His chest heaved violently, and his red eyes stared at the uninvited guest at the door.
"You have none of your business here!" he growled.
Is he a primitive man? Otherwise, why would he be so brutal?
After hearing what the nurse said, Ji Chuan suddenly remembered that Chen Nanxing was still a patient and should rest more. He was feeling guilty for his recklessness, but the next moment he saw Lin Shanglu's increasingly excessive actions, and he rushed forward without hesitation.
"Didn't you hear? Nanxing is sick, don't pinch her like that!"
The nurse was frightened by Lin Shanglu's look and stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
The ward was in chaos. Chen Nanxing's chin was pinched and he couldn't move. However, his cold voice stood out in the messy ward and was clearly heard by everyone.
"Nurse Li, please call the police and report someone causing trouble in the hospital."
She took Jiang Zhixu's words to heart and followed the principle of going to the police if there was any problem.
The nurse woke up as if from a dream, said "oh" and reached for her cell phone, ready to carry out Chen Nanxing's request to the end.
The words "call the police" were like a needle, mercilessly piercing Lin Shanglu's fortress filled with adrenaline and jealousy.
He looked around: the messy ground, the injured Ji Chuan, the nurse at the door pulling out her phone, and Chen Nanxing, whose chin he was pinching...
A mixture of shame, embarrassment and still unrelieved pain swept over him.
"Good...very good..." He pointed at Ji Chuan, then looked at Chen Nanxing, nodded, his voice terribly suppressed, "Chen Nanxing, you're very good! You beat me up for a wild man who came out of nowhere, and now you want to call the police. You don't want to treat him, right? You want to wait here for this wild man to die, right? Good! I'll grant your wish today!"
The clear slap mark on his face was like a mark of humiliation seared into his heart. Without looking at anyone else, Lin Shanglu shook Chen Nanxing off, turned abruptly, pushed aside the nurse blocking the door, and strode out of the ward. His footsteps echoed heavily in the empty corridor and quickly faded away.
The nurse was shocked and confused by Lin Shanglu's last words, with an expression as if she had eaten a melon. Her eyes shuttled between Chen Nanxing and Ji Chuan, and unfortunately her eyes met Ji Chuan's.
"...Do we still need to call the police?"
"We are not what he says we are."
The ward suddenly became quiet, and two different voices sounded at the same time. The nurse shook her cell phone as if to cover up, and Ji Chuan looked at Chen Nanxing.
The meaning is very clear, the decision-making power lies entirely with Chen Nanxing.
So the nurse's attention also fell on Chen Nanxing.
Now the two scorching rays were nailed to Chen Nanxing. Chen Nanxing raised his head, revealing the purple pinch marks on his chin.
"No, there's nothing to do here. Nurse Li, thank you for the trip."
Chen Nanxing has very fair skin. The whiter she is, the more noticeable the pinch marks on her chin become, making it hard not to notice.
Ji Chuan rushed to Chen Nanxing, unable to contain his heartache, and held her face in his hands.
"Why are you pinching so hard? Does it hurt?"
He wanted to touch the red mark on her chin with his fingers, but he didn't dare. Pity and love were about to burst out of his eyes.
Given their current relationship, Ji Chuan's action was indeed too abrupt. Chen Nanxing took a few steps back, sat on the edge of the bed, and avoided Ji Chuan's contact.
Ji Chuan lowered his hands, feeling somewhat hurt.
The nurse who witnessed the whole process looked strange and did not believe Ji Chuan's explanation at all. However, she was still very professional despite watching the show.
"Do you need a check-up?" the nurse asked Chen Nanxing, touching her chin.
Chen Nanxing shook his head and said calmly, "I'm fine, thank you."
The patient declined the examination, so it would be unreasonable for the nurse to stay. Nurse Li put her phone back in her pocket and said, as usual:
"If you need anything, you can press the call bell."
Chen Nanxing smiled and indicated that he knew.
The door closed gently, and complete silence finally descended.
Chen Nanxing sat on the edge of the bed, watching the raindrops on the window dragging a winding trail thoughtfully. She turned her eyes and fell on Ji Chuan's face, which was injured after the fight between Ji Chuan and Lin Shanglu, and her gaze followed Ji Chuan's movements.
Finally, they were the only two left in the ward. The food had been spilled on the floor, and the aroma mixed with the faint smell of blood created a strange atmosphere.
Ji Chuan silently went to get the broom and mop and carefully cleaned the floor.
It was clearly a matter of divorce between two people, so how come she dragged another innocent person into the cause and effect between them?
Chen Nanxing lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes cast a fragile shadow on his pale skin. Under the shadow was hidden a lot of unknown sorrow, like the sad and confused lilac girl in the rainy alley.
There should have been a complete break between her and Lin Shanglu long ago.
"Xiao Ji." Chen Nanxing suddenly spoke, as if he had made a major decision: "Could you please help me get a phone card?"
The rain gradually subsided, and the sound of it hitting the windows seemed endless, yet also as if it would end in the next moment.
Ji Chuan didn't know what Chen Nanxing wanted the phone card for, but he always met Chen Nanxing's requests: "Okay, wait a moment."
The door of the single room was closed, and Ji Chuan went out to get a phone card. Chen Nanxing thought for a moment, got up, found a piece of clothing in the suitcase that Ji Chuan had packed for her, and changed out of her hospital gown.
After Ji Chuan got the phone card back, Chen Nanxing had already put on some light makeup and was sitting on the sofa in the ward.
"Nanxing, this card is for you."
"Thanks."
Chen Nanxing took the SIM card and inserted it into her mobile phone card slot. She opened the short video software that had been downloaded on her phone and became popular in recent years, and registered a new number with the new SIM card.
After all the preparations were completed, Chen Nanxing thought for a moment and turned to Ji Chuan for help.
"Xiao Ji, can you hold up your phone for me? I want to take a video."
Because she wanted to show half of her body, she had to ask for help from the only living person in the room, Ji Humanoid Bracket Chuan.
Ji Chuan took the lead, got into position, chose the right angle, and was ready to go at any time.
Chen Nanxing smoothed her hair, maintaining the dignity of a wealthy wife and nodded towards the camera, indicating to Ji Chuan that she was ready and could begin.
Ji Chuan raised his hand, made an OK gesture, and pressed the video recording button.
The red dot on the screen flashed, and Chen Nanxing seemed to be on some talk show, sitting on the sofa and introducing himself through the screen.
"Hello everyone, I'm Chen Nanxing, one of the founders of the Star Group, and the wife of its current CEO, Lin Shanglu. I'm sorry to meet you in such a sloppy manner."
Chen Nanxing went to so much trouble to apply for a new card and register an account. It was definitely not just to introduce herself. She must have her own purpose.
And this purpose is inseparable from Lin Shanglu.
"Recently, there have been a lot of rumors online about my husband, Lin Shanglu, cheating on me. There's no need to speculate, because the above are all facts."
It is not an easy thing for someone with a strong self-esteem like Chen Nanxing to reveal the scars in her marriage in front of the camera. She is just trying her best to maintain superficial calm. In fact, if the camera moves an inch lower, it can capture Chen Nanxing's clenched fists but still shaking.
"I don't remember when it all started, but it was about five years ago when I received the first photo of him cheating. Over the next few years, there have been reports of him cheating on me. Including the recent media reports of him and actress Su Qiao having an affair. It can't really be called a scandal; they are indeed pregnant, and they've been expecting a child for five months."
The scandal that everyone in the wealthy circle avoided but knew about was spoken out by her and brought to the surface, allowing everyone to remove the filter of the wealthy circle.
Ji Chuan's hand trembled, and the camera shook slightly for a moment. When he looked at the little Chen Nanxing on the screen, he felt mixed emotions.
For the first time, he understood Chen Nanxing's marriage life so clearly, which was full of pain and endless despair, but the most heartbreaking point was still in Chen Nanxing's subsequent narration.
"Mr. Lin and I have been married for fourteen years and have three children. However, perhaps because I'm not blessed with children, all three ended in tragedy. So when Su Qiao knocked on my door with the pregnancy test results, I carefully considered the matter and filed for divorce with Mr. Lin. However, for some unknown reason, Mr. Lin refused to give me a divorce. Mindful of our former love as a couple, I chose not to go to court with him. I left a divorce agreement and left, hoping to preserve the dignity of our relationship. Unexpectedly, Mr. Lin pestered me everywhere and even assaulted my friend today."
Ji Chuan felt that his heart was no longer in his body, but appeared in the frying pan, on the tip of a knife, and the pain was so severe that he couldn't control himself.
Chen Nanxing lowered his head slightly. The ring marks on his fingers were extremely conspicuous a month or two ago, but now they have disappeared without a trace and blended into the rest of his skin.
Looking at it this way, more than ten years have passed in just this way.
Chen Nanxing turned his palm upwards, suppressed the bitterness in his heart, and pulled the corners of his mouth to shout across the air.
"Today, thanks to this platform, I want to say something to Mr. Lin. We've been married for fourteen years, three have died, and one has been injured. Our friendship is over. If you don't want a dignified end to this, the only way out is to go to court."
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