Shen Zhiting looked around, her hands trembling uncontrollably with fear. Her delicate hands were stained with blood. Only when she saw Shen Wen lying on the ground did she belatedly realize how scared she was.
In a moment of impulse, she did this.
If my great-grandmother or my third uncle found out, they would definitely not let me off easily.
But Shen Wen deserved it all. That bastard dared to hit him. What right did he have? It was all his own fault.
With this thought, Shen Zhiting no longer felt fear; all she felt was resentment, and she blamed Shen Wen for everything.
Blood streamed from the back of Shen Wen's head. He had turned his back to Shen Zhiting and was struck hard by a stone without warning, causing him to fall to the ground.
Shen Zhiting had no intention of saving him. Tears streamed down her face, and she quickly wiped them away with the back of her hand.
"Help me!" Shen Wen was still conscious, and he made a soft cry for help.
Upon hearing her voice, Shen Zhiting turned deathly pale, her eyes widening as if she had screamed at a ghost.
"Help...me..." Shen Wen cried weakly as he collapsed to the ground. His voice was very soft, and blood was still flowing out of the back of his head. Every minute that was delayed would increase the danger.
The thought of Shen Wen's expression when he slapped her hard just now only intensified Shen Zhiting's hatred.
Shen Wen was favored by his grandmother from a young age. Even though he was an illegitimate child, he could openly enter the group, while she had nothing except the title of Miss Shen.
Why? This is unfair! It's completely unfair to her.
Why is it that Shen Wen gets the favoritism instead of her? She is a true Miss Shen, pampered by her parents, while Shen Wen is just an illegitimate child. Why does he dare to treat her like this?
Hearing his cries for help, Shen Zhiting gritted her teeth and gripped the stone even tighter in her hand.
A terrifying thought slowly surfaced in her mind.
She took a deep breath and walked over step by step in her high heels.
"Young Master Lin!"
"Young Master Lin, where are you?"
When the maid returned with a glass of lemonade, she was terrified to find Lin Wanxing missing and hurriedly began searching for her.
Upon hearing the maid's voice, Shen Zhiting quickly dropped the stone in her hand. Hearing the shouts getting closer, she immediately turned and ran away.
Lin Wanxing stood there dumbfounded, watching her run away in a disheveled state.
Shen Zhiting walked back with an uneasy expression, frantically wiping the dried blood from her hands with tissues.
She looked very strange and was rushing back when she bumped into a maid.
"Excuse me, miss, are you alright?" The maid was knocked back a few steps by the bump, and the woman glared at the other maid, her expression immediately turning fierce as she shouted sharply:
"Are you blind?!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Miss, I didn't mean to."
Unable to contain her anger, Shen Zhiting yelled at the maid, "Get out!"
The maid breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Shen Zhiting's words, and quickly turned and slunk away.
Lin Wanxing was found, but he was in a daze and seemed to have been quite frightened.
Tears welled in Lin Wanxing's eyes, and she shouted, her whole body trembling:
"I want to go home, I want to go home."
"I want to find my second brother. I want to go home with him."
"Young Master Lin, are you alright?" asked Awei, the maid who was holding juice for him.
She had a hard time finding Young Master Lin. By the time she found Lin Wanxing, he was already in this state. Awei knew that Young Master Lin was not mentally sound, so she stayed by his side.
In the short time it took her to turn around and get some juice, Young Master Lin had turned into this state when she returned.
Awei tried her best to calm Lin Wanxing's unstable emotions. Lin Wanxing was so frightened that he kept crying and shouting for Shen Huai'an to go home. Awei could tell from his condition that the idiot was probably acting like this because he had been traumatized.
How was she supposed to explain this to the second young master? All Awei could do was comfort Lin Wanxing and tell him not to be afraid.
Shen Zhiting looked at the fool walking towards her from the same direction not far away, and a bad feeling suddenly rose in her heart.
Awei was still gently comforting him as she led Lin Wanxing slowly back step by step.
Shen Zhiting's mind raced. There shouldn't have been anyone who saw her by the lake.
But when she saw Lin Wanxing's silly look, she felt uneasy. She walked over with her arms crossed, looking down at him, and calmly asked Awei, "What's wrong with this idiot?"
When Lin Wanxing saw Shen Zhiting walking over, he instinctively hid behind Awei, keeping his head down and not saying a word, using Awei's body to block Shen Zhiting.
"Young Master Lin seems to be..."
Before Awei could finish speaking, she saw Shen Huai'an walking towards her with a cane and a limp from behind Shen Zhiting.
Lin Wanxing saw Shen Huai'an immediately, and he could no longer hold back his tears. At this moment, Shen Huai'an was his savior.
He disregarded his fear and suddenly rushed out, throwing himself into Shen Huai'an's arms.
"Let's go home, let's go home."
He buried his face in Shen Huai'an's chest and cried his heart out, just like a child who had finally met his parents and was no longer able to bear the injustice.
"Xingxing, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Huai'an gently stroked his hair, his tone so gentle that it lessened Lin Wanxing's fear by more than half.
"This place is too scary. I want to go home. Let's go home. I don't want to stay here. Second brother, I'm scared."
Lin Wanxing cried and begged to go home.
Soon someone shouted from behind that a servant had found Shen Wen lying by the lake.
"Young Master, he's collapsed by the lake, suffering a severe head injury! Someone come quick!"
Shen Zhiting's expression remained unchanged. She feigned surprise and said to Shen Huai'an and the others, "How could this be?"
This incident quickly caused a commotion, even alarming the old lady. Lin Wanxing was so frightened that she trembled and clung tightly to Shen Huai'an's hand.
Shen Zhiting asked Lin Wanxing, who was hiding in Shen Huai'an's arms, with a concerned look, "Young Master Lin, what's wrong with you again? Are you having another episode?"
There's nothing to fear about a fool. He can't even speak clearly, and he's so terrified. Even if Shen Zhiting saw him, she wouldn't be afraid at all.
Who would believe the nonsense of a fool?
Her question terrified Lin Wanxing even more; he trembled all over, and his legs began to give way.
Shen Huai'an immediately noticed that something was wrong with him, and he asked the maid, Awei, "What's wrong?"
"Second Young Master, I don't know what happened. Just now, Young Master Lin said he was thirsty, so I went back to get him some juice. When I came back, he was like this, saying he was scared and wanted to go home."
Lin Wanxing buried her head deep in Shen Huai'an's arms like an ostrich.
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