Xiang Zhilan was genuinely startled. The wooden stick was almost as thick as her wrist; a few more blows would definitely leave her skin torn and bleeding.
"Dad," she called as she walked in.
Shen Guoliang immediately stopped what he was doing, suppressing his anger, and said gently to Xiang Zhilan, "You go out first. I'll talk to you after I've finished teaching him a lesson."
Xiang Zhilan glanced at Shen Muzhi, whose face had turned pale, and without moving, she mustered her courage to advise Shen Guoliang, "Dad, he still has injuries on his legs, he can't be hit anymore."
"He deserves to die for the mistakes he made." Shen Guoliang had always been an upright and self-disciplined man, and he had raised Shen Muzhi with a military-style education. How could he have imagined that his good son would force a girl into marriage? He even used his connections to kidnap the girl and force her to marry him at the Civil Affairs Bureau!
Seeing Shen Guoliang glaring at Shen Muzhi with lingering anger, as if he really wanted to beat him half to death, Xiang Zhilan quickly blurted out, "But I don't want to be a widow!"
Shen Guoliang paused for a moment, glanced at Xiang Zhilan, released the stick, and then looked at Shen Muzhi with a stern expression: "Your wife pleaded for you today, otherwise I would have broken your spine."
Sweat beaded on Shen Muzhi's forehead, and his lips were bloodless, but he still stood up straight and said, "Thank you, Dad."
"Thank your wife." Shen Guoliang said with a stern face, striding out of the training room.
Shen Muzhi looked down at Xiang Zhilan, not expecting her to jump out and plead for her at this time. She was forced to get pregnant by him and forced to marry him. She should hate him. Now that someone is helping her teach him a lesson, she is pleading for him instead.
"Are you alright?" Xiang Zhilan noticed that he was staring at her and assumed he was still dazed from the beating.
Shen Muzhi bent down and pulled Xiang Zhilan into his arms, his hands tightly holding her body. His usually cool voice became slightly hoarse: "Thank you."
Xiang Zhilan felt a little uncomfortable being hugged, but she didn't dare to push him away. He was covered in injuries, and she was afraid that pushing him would make him sicker.
"Are you really alright?" She had heard many blows downstairs. The beatings were so severe. If that stick had hit her, she definitely wouldn't have been able to withstand it. It was a wonder that he could stand so straight despite his leg injury.
"It's nothing." Shen Muzhi shook his head lightly.
"If there's nothing wrong, why don't you let go of me?" Xiang Zhilan silently complained to herself.
A moment later, Butler Chen came in and said, "Sir, Dr. Wang is here. Please let him take a look."
Shen Muzhi then released Xiang Zhilan. As he walked out, he swayed slightly, and Xiang Zhilan quickly supported him.
They helped him to the bedroom on the second floor. Dr. Wang asked him to take off his clothes for the examination, and then Xiang Zhilan left.
Afang said that the leader was waiting for her in the study, so she walked towards the study, full of questions about what Shen Guoliang wanted to talk to her about.
Entering the study, Xiang Zhilan saw Shen Guoliang standing with his back to her, so she walked behind him and called out softly, "Dad."
Shen Guoliang turned to look at Zhi Lan, gently patted her shoulder, and said apologetically, "Child, you've been wronged."
Xiang Zhilan was stunned for a moment, then heard Shen Guoliang say again, "It's my fault for not raising our son well, which led him to do such a thing. I'm really sorry."
“Dad…” Xiang Zhilan hadn’t expected that Shen Muzhi had been beaten because of her, and her eyes reddened slightly.
Since the incident, she has kept it a secret from her parents and Sitian, and dared not tell anyone. No one has helped her to condemn Shen Muzhi. No matter how sad she was, she could only swallow it down. But she never expected that the first person to seek justice for her would be Shen Muzhi's father.
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