Xu Ziyu's voice trailed off in his throat. He would protect her, but tonight he almost failed to do so.
He had never realized for a moment how powerless he was, or how much he hated his artificial knee joint.
He was no longer the same as before. No matter how strong he was inside, this flaw would be magnified at times like this. Even if she didn't mind, if she hadn't gotten the timely shot from Hengxi tonight, he would have hated his own incompetence.
"It's alright, it's alright." Xu Ziyu's gaze became somewhat dazed as he hugged her and gently comforted her.
She cried in his arms for a while, but gradually calmed down and asked him if his knee was okay.
Xu Ziyu shook his head and said only, "It's nothing."
He lifted her small face, her eyes swollen like walnuts from crying, and gently wiped away her tears with his fingers.
"By the way, Tuantuan, how did you end up there?" Luo Xikui asked after she recovered.
“After you hung up the phone, I felt uneasy. I called Uncle Xin but he didn’t answer, so I thought I’d just drive over to pick you up. It’s so late, it’s dangerous for you to drive by yourself.” Xu Ziyu explained the situation and patted her head.
"Thank goodness you went. I thought I was going to die. I even jumped off the second floor. Xiao Chun has become so scary. She's not like herself at all. She kept chasing me with a knife..." Luo Xi Kui sniffed, and her body trembled again.
“It’s over now, you’re safe.” Xu Ziyu continued to soothe her by stroking her, then asked in confusion, “What did Xin Chun want to tell you that you went there in the middle of the night?”
"It happened four years ago. I signed that abortion consent form, but Xin Chun tricked me." Luo Xikui slowly recounted what happened back then, how she was gradually forced by the self-blame and guilt in her heart to give up going to Germany.
After listening, Xu Ziyu stroked Luo Xikui's cheek and sighed softly.
Although he had long foreseen that Luo Xikui's abortion consent form was definitely not her own, and he had also considered that Xin Chun was involved in these matters, he did not expect that she would be so cunning. Xin Chun was younger than all of them. How old was she back then? How dare she do such a thing?
Thinking back to when she was little, she once ruined Luo Xikui's clothes. It seems he did something wrong by not making a fuss back then. If the adults had known earlier, they might have been able to correct her skewed personality in time.
The ancient saying, "Do not do evil even if it is insignificant," is absolutely true.
Great evils erupt from the accumulation of countless small evils.
Covering up for her won't save her; it will only harm her.
"Okay, don't overthink it, get some rest." Xu Ziyu hugged Luo Xikui and patted her gently.
Luo Xikui nestled in his arms; his body temperature and scent reassured her, and she slowly closed her swollen eyes.
Xu Ziyu lowered his head and kissed the center of her hair, letting out a soft sigh in his heart.
He couldn't even protect her tonight. Does he really deserve her?
She originally had a much larger stage where she could soar in the blue sky, but he has said that even if she recovers perfectly after her wings are broken, she will never be the same as before.
"round and round……"
The person in his arms uttered a dreamlike call. He looked down and saw that her brows were furrowed, as if she were having some unpleasant dream.
"I'm here." He lowered his head and pressed his lips to her forehead.
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