Chapter 18 Youthful Tenderness, Unrestrained Gentleness
The girl looked at her hands in surprise as her fingers flew across the keys, and melodious piano music flowed from her fingertips.
"Dad, I really did it!"
The little girl's voice was full of surprise.
"Hmm." The man smiled and nodded, then looked up at the woman standing by the grand piano, her hand supporting her chin as she smiled at the father and daughter.
The woman had a beautiful face and wore a fiery red dress. Her long, elegant curls cascaded lazily over her snow-white shoulders, making her look incredibly charming.
The man patted the little girl on the shoulder, then walked toward the woman.
With his left hand behind his waist and his body leaning forward at a 45-degree angle, the man slowly extends his right palm downward toward the woman, making a gesture of invitation to dance.
"Madam, may I dance with you?"
"Okay." The woman smiled and placed her hand in the man's palm.
The music was melodious, and a man in a shirt danced gracefully, supporting a woman's waist.
The red dress fluttered in the wind, and everything seemed to freeze in time.
The little girl played the piano happily, pressing each key very carefully.
As another gust of wind blew by, she looked up at the gauze curtain that had been blown open by the wind.
Through the window, she saw a little boy wearing a beige British-style polo shirt looking towards her from the second-floor balcony of a villa not far away.
Beneath the fine wisps of hair on his forehead were jet-black eyes.
Calm and still, yet sharp as a blade.
Time flies by, and Shi Nian looks at the little boy's innocent and familiar face, which overlaps with Lu Yanzhi's face as an adult.
Mature and reserved, yet sharp and shrewd beneath the surface.
"Beep beep beep..."
In the ward, Shi Nian suddenly opened her eyes.
I felt dizzy, and the white ceiling seemed to be spinning.
She felt like vomiting.
The air smelled strongly of disinfectant, and my temples throbbed with pain.
Shi Nian lay on the hospital bed as if she were lying on a deck of surging waves.
The scene from my dream kept replaying in my mind's eye.
The image of her parents dancing many years ago, and Lu Yanzhi's dark eyes, appeared before her eyes again and again.
Tears streamed silently down Shi Nian's face. She couldn't tell if her tears were from physical discomfort or from the past.
"...Did you hit that person? Why were you so quick to ignore it?"
"Lin Zhihuan, don't go too far!"
As a burst of arguing broke out, Shi Nian frowned slightly.
She recognized the voices as Lin Zhihuan and Lu Yanzhi.
Are they arguing?
What happened?
Shi Nian struggled to sit up, but the dizziness did not subside much.
Shi Nian propped herself up and glanced at the sign next to her.
It's a concussion.
Shi Nian touched the gauze on her forehead and remembered the impact.
Then, she subconsciously touched her stomach.
My stomach still aches a little.
Is the child... still alive?
She didn't know.
"...Are you going to fight me for her sake?!"
The argument outside the ward grew increasingly heated.
Lin Zhihuan was screaming something.
It seems like I've been bullied!
Shi Nian forced herself to get up, put on flat slippers, and slowly walked out while holding onto the wall.
Then I saw three people standing at the entrance to the emergency exit not far away.
Lu Yanzhi, Lin Zhihuan, Han Wei.
Lu Yanzhi was still wearing the same clothes he wore in the morning, while Han Wei had changed into a beige Chanel suit.
They were entangled with Lin Zhihuan, who was wearing a white coat, and it was unclear what they were doing.
Fearing that Lin Zhihuan would be taken advantage of, Shi Nian immediately spoke up: "What are you doing!"
"Niannian!" Lin Zhihuan was the first to react and immediately came over to help Shi Nian.
Lu Yanzhi helped Han Wei stand still, his brows furrowed as he scanned her from head to toe, finally fixing his gaze on the gauze on her forehead.
"What happened?" Shi Nian asked.
Before Lin Zhihuan could explain, Lu Yanzhi spoke up coldly.
He looked at Shi Nian, his voice filled with extreme sarcasm: "Looks like you're alright."
Seeing Shi Nian, whose face was only a little pale and whose head was covered with a bandage the size of a scratch, Lu Yanzhi's anger surged.
So, it was all a charade she staged with Lin Zhihuan?
Did you fake a car accident to force him to abandon Han Wei and come over?
Recalling the phone call he received in the car earlier, and Han Wei's guilty and worried expression that made her want to vomit blood, Lu Yanzhi's anger intensified.
No wonder Lin Zhihuan didn't dare let him see Shi Nian earlier.
He shouldn't have believed Lin Zhihuan's nonsense!
The veins in his neck bulged with anger, and Lu Yanzhi looked away.
His anxiety and worry turned out to be a joke!
Shi Nian didn't understand. She had just woken up, and the dizziness from the concussion made her feel nauseous.
Lin Zhihuan angrily shouted, "Nothing's wrong? Didn't you see the injury on Nian Nian's face? Did you ignore what I just said?!"
Han Wei retorted bluntly, "Just that little piece of gauze?"
"Han Wei!" Lin Zhihuan exclaimed even more dramatically.
Han Wei stood ramrod straight, speaking out indignantly: "He made dozens of phone calls to Yanzhi while he was driving, and even had you, Lin Zhihuan, call him to berate him and order him to come over, all for this little injury?"
"Do you even know how many cars are on the elevated highway, or how dangerous it is for Brother Yanzhi? Lin Zhihuan, your matter-of-fact tone made me think Shi Nian was about to die!"
"Shi Nian, Lin Zhihuan, although I, Han Wei, am not long for this world, I will not stand by and watch you bully Brother Yanzhi like this!"
Han Wei's voice and words were very firm. She stepped out from behind Lu Yanzhi, her body trembling slightly, but she looked very determined.
Like a strong female warrior protecting her man.
Lu Yanzhi didn't say anything. He just looked at Shi Nian coldly, his dark eyes showing obvious impatience and disgust.
"You're talking nonsense! Han Wei, I'll fight you to the death!" Lin Zhihuan couldn't hold back any longer and rushed over to tear Han Wei's mouth apart.
Han Wei stopped hiding and was ready to fight Lin Zhihuan.
Lu Yanzhi reached out to stop her, and Shi Nian, who didn't know what was going on, quickly pulled Lin Zhihuan back, afraid that she would be taken advantage of.
Outside the emergency exit, the scene was chaotic.
The battle centered on Lin Zhihuan and Han Wei. Lin Zhihuan was so angry that she lost her mind, while Han Wei seemed to be full of fighting spirit, but her eyes kept glancing in Shi Nian's direction.
Neither of them held back.
"Han Wei, how dare you pinch me!"
"Smack!"
"Ah! Lin Zhihuan, you actually slapped me in the face!"
Shi Nian and Lu Yanzhi tried to stop them, and the four of them got tangled up, making it impossible to tell whose hand it was.
The battle shifted from the safety exit to the passageway, with Han Wei and Lin Zhihuan's screams continuing.
Suddenly, a ruthless glint flashed in Han Wei's eyes.
Then, while she rammed her head hard against Lin Zhihuan's head, she pretended to accidentally push Lu Yanzhi's hand away with her body.
The next moment, Shi Nian, who was still holding Lin Zhihuan's hand, felt a strong force coming from her waist.
She suddenly realized that she had been standing at the back, but was now standing next to the stairs.
She was pregnant, and this was a stairwell; if she fell…
don't want!
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Shi Nian strained his waist, reached out and grabbed the railing, trying to steady himself.
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