"Huanwu, Huanwu, don't scare me..."
Qin Jinshen continued talking to himself about his love for her over the years and the things he had done for her.
He panicked completely when he realized that the woman in his arms was no longer moving and her body was limp and motionless.
Just as he picked up the unconscious Ling Huanwu and turned to board the boat, a loud bang echoed through the boundless night sky above the dock, startling several seagulls roosting on the mudflats.
Qin Jin felt a sharp pain in his leg and, holding Ling Huanwu, knelt down on the stone steps of the dock with one leg.
He struggled to his feet, enduring excruciating pain as he dragged his crippled leg toward the small boat that was bobbing against the shore, ready to leave.
"Bang!"
Another gunshot rang out across the entire sea, startling the shimmering surface of the ocean into tremors.
Qin Jinshen knelt down on the ground with Ling Huanwu in his arms, and his knees made a muffled "thud" when they hit the ground.
The immense inertia caused his body to lean forward, but he held Ling Huanwu firmly in his arms, refusing to let go and preventing her from being bumped or hurt in the slightest.
With his gun in hand, Zhou Jiuzhen leaped up and jumped straight down the two-meter-wide steps, trying to snatch the woman in his arms back, but Qin Jinshen held her tightly.
Qin Jinshen's eyes were bloodshot and his gaze was almost bursting. He held the woman in his arms tightly, and bloodshot tears slowly flowed from the corners of his eyes.
"You can't take her away from me. I've known her longer than any of you. Why should Huanwu like you and not me..."
In his mind, apart from Song Panmei, he was clearly the first person to know Ling Huanwu. So why did Zhou Shuyao become her husband in the previous life, but she chose Zhou Jiuzhen in this life?
If he could, he would want to be reborn in this life before he sent people to torture Ling Huanwu.
In that way, perhaps his beloved wouldn't be afraid of her, and wouldn't see him as a monster.
He clearly tried his best to be a good person later on.
He is clearly changing little by little.
Why can't she see his good qualities?
In the end, Qin Jinshen, under the control of a group of soldiers, could only watch helplessly as Zhou Jiuzhen snatched the unconscious Ling Huanwu from his arms...
*
As dawn broke, the sunlight shone on the water.
Inside the military doctor's tent.
Su Haiting's hands, which were gripping the blanket, were trembling uncontrollably.
Grandma Su glanced at Dr. Guan, who was still dozing off inside the tent with dark circles under her eyes, and whispered to comfort her, "It's alright. That woman surnamed Ling lost so much blood, she must have miscarried and lost her child. Knowing that woman surnamed Ling's personality, she definitely won't have any more hope for Xiao Zhou. Then you can play the victim and you'll still be the battalion commander's wife!"
Su Haiting nodded, but the worry on her face didn't lessen. "But what if Jiuzhen finds out that I framed Ling Huanwu for stabbing me? Will he hate me? Grandma, I don't want him to hate me..."
"Silly girl, it's true you're injured, but who saw you stab yourself in the stomach? With your brother's reputation in the army, everyone will definitely believe you!"
Grandma Su patted Su Haiting's hand to comfort her, which finally calmed Su Haiting down.
She took the breakfast that Grandma Su handed her.
Today's big pot of rice features poached eggs that are really crispy.
As soon as she entered, she smelled the fragrance.
Thinking that she would soon get what she wanted, she had a big appetite and started eating heartily.
Just as they were enjoying their meal, Zhou Jiuzhen rushed in, carrying Ling Huanwu in a flustered manner.
"Dr. Guan, Dr. Guan..."
He roared a few times, startling the dozing military doctor awake on the spot, who jumped up in fright.
"What's wrong? What happened? Do I still need to act?"
The guards behind Zhou Jiuzhen immediately turned grim and frantically tried to seal the mouth of the drowsy military doctor.
The military doctor immediately stood at attention, understanding instantly, but too guilty to look at Su Haiting on the bed.
He quickly made up the bed and helped Zhou Jiuzhen put Ling Huanwu on the remaining canvas bed in the tent, then silently took her pulse.
"Oh dear, what happened to Sister Ling? She's covered in blood. Is it some kind of animal blood? Is she trying to escape punishment?"
Su Haiting stood aside and spoke sarcastically, implying that Ling Huanwu was faking it.
Zhou Jiuzhen and the military doctor ignored her. One of them gently wiped the bloodstains off Ling Huanwu's face, while the other solemnly took her pulse.
"How are you? Is the baby in your belly alright?"
Zhou Jiuzhen frowned, his voice trembling as he asked the military doctor.
"Comrade Ling's pulse is floating and restless at the cun, guan, and chi positions. The pulse rate is rapid and fast, like a galloping horse. When the fingertips touch the pulse, one can clearly feel that the pulse is weak and scattered, without any steady foundation, like a candle flame flickering in the wind..."
The army doctor's words made Zhou Jiuzhen even more anxious, and he couldn't help but interrupt him impatiently, "Speak normally, don't be so literary!"
The military doctor released his hand from Ling Huanwu's pulse, put away the pulse pillow and stethoscope, and said, "What I mean is that Comrade Ling's pulse is beating very fast and erratically. I can clearly feel her pulse beating, but it lacks strength, as if it's about to float away. This is a sign that her blood and qi are out of balance, and the fetal qi is also unstable!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiuzhen's face drained of color, and the tips of his fingers gripping Ling Huanwu turned white, clearly unable to accept this fact.
Even more unacceptable than Zhou Jiuzhen were Su Haiting and Old Lady Su.
The two looked at each other, and saw deep disappointment in each other's eyes.
They initially thought that Ling Huanwu had almost certainly miscarried, given the amount of bleeding she was experiencing.
But after all that, it turned out to be just a threatened miscarriage!
Their eyes were filled with resentment.
Grandma Su's eyes darted around, her triangular eyes scanning Ling Huanwu. She walked over to Zhou Jiuzhen and complained, "Little Zhou, what does your wife mean by this? It's just a threatened miscarriage, but she poked a hole in my granddaughter's stomach! I think she's just trying to steal my bed. I wanted to sleep on this canvas bed to keep watch all night!"
"So, you have to give me this cot. As for her, you promised me you'd immediately send her to Captain Sun to be imprisoned. Although there aren't any prisons now, I saw that Second Aunt's house has a chicken coop. You can lock her up in there, and that'll be her prison..."
Grandma Su kept talking, getting more and more excited as she spoke.
Seeing Su Haiting wipe away non-existent tears and try to agree with him, Zhou Jiuzhen couldn't bear it any longer and overturned the table next to him, which had steaming hot fried eggs on it.
"Shut up! If you say another word, I'll send you to Chicken Coop Jail as you wish!"
"Also, you're right, Huanwu's blood is animal blood!"
"Su Haiting, are you hoping she'll miscarry? Are you hoping you'll frame her and send her to jail?! How could Hai Di, such a good person, have a sister as heartless as you!"
Zhou Jiuzhen, who had been silent and whose emotions were unclear just moments before, suddenly erupted in a rage, screaming at Su Haiting in a broken voice. His face was a mixture of anger and sadness, and in each scream, it seemed as if he wanted to destroy and tear everything apart.
Everyone was stunned.
This was the first time they had ever seen Zhou Jiuzhen so out of control!
Su Haiting's eyes widened in disbelief. She couldn't understand why the man who had promised her before leaving that he would seek justice for her and punish Ling Huanwu had suddenly become so hysterical because of Ling Huanwu.
And... he said that the blood on Ling Huanwu's body was animal blood, what exactly does that mean?
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