One Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-One Persistence (III)

In the ward.

Tang Yu pushed open the door and let Song Zhixing go in first. Li Qiming sat on the bedside, looking at his dying daughter with pain. Hearing the noise, he looked up and saw Tang Yu. His expression became fierce and he clenched the cane in his hand, "What are you doing here? Get out!"

"Grandpa, calm down." Song Zhixing looked at the old man and then at Tang Yu.

Tang Yu remained calm: "I have asked Lao Mo to buy dinner. You can be angry, but you should also take care of your health."

Li Qiming snorted coldly, "Don't be hypocritical here! I don't care about your small favors after you hurt Hanyan like this!"

"Dad..." At this moment, a weak voice suddenly sounded. Everyone was shocked when they heard the voice. No one cared about arguing anymore and looked at the bed.

Li Hanyan was lying there. Although her face was still pale and bloodless, she had opened her eyes at least. Her lips moved and she made a sound with great difficulty.

Li Qiming was so excited that he forgot about being angry with Tang Yu. He just put his crutches aside and held Li Hanyan's cold hand, "How is it? How do you feel now?"

"...I'm much better." Li Hanyan was very weak, and the sound she made was light, like a wisp of smoke that would disappear at any time.

"How can you be so stupid!" Li Qiming immediately scolded, but his tone was full of heartache, "For a man, you dare to commit suicide, who taught you this?"

"Suicide?" Li Hanyan was stunned, and a trace of surprise flashed across her eyes. Her eyes slowly moved away from Li Qiming and fell on Tang Yu and Song Zhixing who were standing behind them. Song Zhixing touched her eyes, and felt guilty, and almost immediately moved away, keeping a little distance from Tang Yu. She said hoarsely, "Auntie..."

Li Hanyan thought of Tang Yu's ruthless words again, and looked at the niece she once loved so much in front of her, and her heart was suddenly like a knife. She only whispered: "Why am I here?"

She only remembered that she was taking a bath in the bathtub. For a whole day and night, she was in the pain caused by Tang Yu, unable to extricate herself. She had not been able to close her eyes from the previous night to the next day. So, when she was taking a bath, she took half a sleeping pill. Later, she probably fell asleep in the bathtub, and she had no memory of what happened afterwards.

"Just because he broke off the engagement, you want to drown yourself?" Li Qiming was still terrified when he mentioned this.

Drown?

So...

They thought,

She committed suicide because of Tang Yu? She smiled.

Li Hanyan's eyes were always on Song Zhixing's face. She could clearly see the guilty and sad emotions on Song Zhixing's face at this moment because of her "suicide". And Tang Yu's face was more indebted.

If she wanted to explain, it would be stuck in her throat. She used all her strength and raised her hand to wave at Song Zhixing. Song Zhixing walked over immediately. Li Hanyan raised her hand to wipe her tears, but it seemed that she had no strength at all and could not reach her at all. Song Zhixing bent down, and Li Hanyan's cold hands touched the girl's delicate skin, and her fingertips trembled.

"Why?" Li Hanyan spoke hoarsely, almost questioning. This is the girl she once treated as her own daughter! Why did she end up in such an embarrassing situation?

Song Zhixing trembled, her lips and tongue numb, "What...what?"

Li Hanyan seemed to come back to her senses suddenly, and smiled, "Why are you crying?"

When she spoke again, her voice was much softer, "Are you scared by your aunt?"

Song Zhixing shook her head and nodded. Her mind was in a mess. Instead, Li Hanyan comforted her, "Silly, don't be afraid, your aunt is fine... nothing happened..."

Listening to the extremely weak voice and looking at the gentle face, Song Zhixing felt more and more that she deserved to die. If her aunt really fell asleep today, she would be the direct murderer.

After comforting Song Zhixing, Li Hanyan's eyes turned to another person in the ward. Tang Yu's eyes also looked at her. Facing the man's eyes, Li Hanyan still couldn't suppress her admiration. She even wondered, if she really gave up everything and threatened him with her life, would this man be moved by her for a second?

"Tang Yu..."

Li Hanyan spoke. Tang Yu took a step forward. He was tall and stood in front of the bed, bringing a slender shadow. This shadow was what she had tried hard to pursue, but now she understood that it only existed to cover another girl.

"I accept what you said to me last night." Li Hanyan suppressed the bitterness in her heart,

Tang Yu was slightly surprised.

Li Qiming frowned, "Hanyan, do you know what you are saying?"

Li Hanyan nodded, staring at Tang Yu stubbornly, "Our engagement was not originally based on feelings. Your Tang family is for..."

Speaking of this, Li Hanyan stopped and glanced at Song Zhixing, "Xingxing, can you go out for a while? Auntie wants to talk to your second uncle."

Even if they didn't say it, Song Zhixing saw it now. That secret, everyone knows, Auntie knows, second uncle knows, grandpa knows, but... hide it from her. She can't know.

Song Zhixing didn't move, Tang Yu turned his head to look at her, "I'll take you back to school later, wait for me outside."

She pondered for a moment, and finally, opened the door and walked out of the ward. I don't know if it's because she's too timid, the more so many people hide things from her, the more she dares not to explore it deeply. She's afraid that the truth hidden behind her will turn her world upside down.

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Song Zhixing walked out with her head down. Tang Yu's eyes followed her back until the door closed. He slowly withdrew his gaze. All of this was reflected in Li Hanyan's eyes, which hurt her eyeballs.

"You can continue what you said just now." Tang Yu said.

Li Hanyan smiled sadly, "Don't you want to cancel the engagement? I promise you."

Li Qiming frowned, and he didn't understand what his daughter was up to. Didn't she just give up her life for Tang Yu? !

"At the beginning, we established the engagement, but it was just because we both needed each other. Your parents feel guilty towards my sister and brother-in-law. In order to bury the past, Xingxing has been held hostage in your Tang family for so many years. So, the only condition for me to cancel the engagement is - this time, let Xingxing go back with us..."

"I don't allow it!"

Before Li Hanyan finished speaking, Tang Yu had already denied it.

Four words, resounding. When she said it, the sadness in her eyes became deeper and heavier. Even Li Qiming was shocked. The next moment, he said in a cold voice: "Now that you don't even want to marry our Han Yan, do you still want to hold Xing Xing here as a hostage for you? Don't even think about it!"