“President Su, what brings you to call me?” Xia Ning lowers her voice.
“Why? Ms. Xia, why do you speak in such a careful way? Are you doing any secret things with Commander Yi?”
Xia Ning feels disgusted. She responds in displeasure, “Sorry. It is inconvenient for me now. If it is not about anything important, I may hang up now.”
“You are impatient. Wait for a little while. I believe that you will be very interested in what I am going to say.”
Su Shen’s tone sounds very strange. Xia Ning restrains herself from hanging up the phone and says, “You may go ahead.”
“I want to ask whether you have a scar on the back of your head.”
Hearing this, Xia Ning feels shocked in an instant.
How can Su Shen know anything about her scar?
The scar is behind her head. Therefore, she doesn’t need to do anything to hide it. Except for her family, no one including Yi Yunrui knows anything about it! How can Su Shen know it?
A lot of thoughts wave in her mind. As to the scar on the back of her head, she has few very vague memories.
“President Su, what do you mean? What do you want to say?” She is pretty sure that Su Shen can’t call her with good intentions.
“Ms. Xia, don’t speak in that tone. Be a little patient.”
Xia Ning takes a deep breath. She can’t help clenching her fists, feeling something inside her heart waving. Even the whole body of her can’t help trembling.
“President Su, it is my personal issue. I will handle it myself. I don’t know why you call me and tell me this. What do you want?”
Su Shen laughs at the other side of the phone, “Let me ask you another question. Can you remember what happened before you were six years old?”
Su Shen’s words are just like a boom to the deep water. It explodes in Xia Ning’s brain. She is shocked blankly all of a sudden!
What happened before she was six years old…
As to normal people, it is a common thing that they only have vague memories, or even can’t remember at all about what happened before they were six years old, but to her, to all her life, it is a mystery remained unsolved.
She remembers very well that when she opened her eyes, all her family were standing beside her. But except that, her brain is blank!
As to the memories before she was six years old, she doesn’t have any at all.
She asked her family, but none of them told her anything.
When she was a child, she was curious and tried to ask her parents about that. But her parents looked at her sadly and speechlessly. As time went on, she learned that asking about that would make her parents sad and she never asked again.
This is the secret hidden in the deepest part of her heart. She thought that no one would ever know it. She wonders why Su Shen said these words to her.
“Su Shen, what on earth do you know?” Xia Ning is quite emotional. When she speaks, her voice slightly trembles.
“As a matter of fact, I don’t know clearly, either. But I think, you may go to ask your commander husband. He must know more than I do.”
Xia Ning freezes her pupils. Her hand trembles and the phone falls to the ground.
It cracks. Xia Ning is stunned blankly. At this moment, everything in the world seems to go into silence…
Blood…all kinds of cries, shouts, and quarreling…a lot of messy scenes rush into her brain. Sharp voices echo inside her head!
“You did it on purpose!”
“You did it on purpose! Get out! Get out from here!”
The voice is as sharp as a knife, which cuts her body again and again and almost drives her crazy.
“No. I didn’t mean to do it. I didn’t do it on purpose!” Suddenly, Xia Ning cries and sinks her head into her hands. She just wants to get rid of the voice in her brain. She wants to make it disappear!
Her head is aching. It is painful!
Yi Yunrui is aware of something strange in the living room. His wife is crying in pain. He rushes out of the kitchen at once. He sees that his wife holds her head with her two hands, as if she has seen something which makes her collapse. She closes her eyes tightly while speaking unreasonable words. He feels his heart aching. He rushes to hold his wife tightly.
“Sweetheart, what happens? Sweetheart!” He calls her but his wife doesn’t seem to hear him. She goes on speaking something. Yi Yunrui is worried. He calls in a loud voice, “Ning! Wake up. Wake up! What’s wrong? Ning!”
“No. No. It is not right…”
This time, Yi Yunrui hears clearly. He frowns. He puts her head on his chest, “Ning, don’t be afraid. I am here. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid.”
He gently strokes her head and pats her back. Via his hands, he provides his wife with strength. At the moment, he feels very nervous. He wonders what happened just now to drive his wife into this crazy status.
Yi Yunrui glances at the phone on the floor. He freezes his eyes!
“Ning, who called you just now? What did he say?”
Yi Yunrui’s words are just like thunder and irritate Xia Ning again, who has got a little calm down just now. In an instant, as if she is out of her mind, Xia Ning pushes Yi Yunrui away. She shouts, “Stop. You all stop quarreling! I didn’t do it on purpose!”
Didn’t do it on purpose? Yi Yunrui feels shocked. He goes closer to Xia Ning. But his wife says at once, “Don’t come over. You all don’t come over here!”
You all?
Yi Yunrui glances around. He neglects everything and rushes to hug Xia Ning into his embrace. But his wife struggles fiercely. He shouts, “Ning, it is me. Look at me! I am Yi Yunrui. I am your husband Yi Yunrui!”
When she hears the name Yi Yunrui, as if she sees the first light of the day going directly into the dark and ugly world to lead her to brightness, Xia Ning opens her eyes. When she sees her husband’s anxious eyes, she feels sad in her heart. She turns to hug Yi Yunrui, “Rui, I am afraid. I am afraid very much!”
Yi Yunrui gives a sigh of relief. He forcefully holds her and strokes her back, “Don’t be afraid. I am here. Your husband is here. Nothing will be able to come to hurt you. Don’t be afraid.”
Xia Ning leans on Yi Yunrui’s chest. She can’t stop crying for quite a while. Till her tears completely wet Yi Yunrui’s clothes on his chest, she gradually stops crying. But she still continuously sobs.
Yi Yunrui is aware of the helplessness of his wife. He feels so painful that he can hardly speak. He wants to get a cup of warm water for his wife. He has just gone a little away, while his wife suddenly catches him tightly, as if she is afraid that he may go and never come back again.
Yi Yunrui comforts his wife while patting her back. The struggle lasts for over an hour. Then, maybe his wife is tired. She falls asleep in his embrace.
He carefully holds his wife and goes to the bedroom. He puts his wife on the bed and covers her with the quilt. He warms the towel and gently helps her wipe the tears on her face.
He sits by his wife for quite a while. When he sees that she has fallen asleep, Yi Yunrui gives a sigh of relief.
He feels his heart aching. It is as painful as if it is twitched badly.
What on earth happened? What made his wife collapse like this?
Yi Yunrui gets up and goes back to the living room. He picks up the phone on the ground and checks the records in the phone. The last call is from Su Shen. The name shocks his eyes directly.
Su Shen!
The flame of fury rushes up from the bottom of his heart. Yi Yunrui tightly holds the phone as if he wants to break it.
Su Shen, how dare you?
It has taken quite a while for Yi Yunrui to calm down. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. He glances at his wife in the bedroom. Then he turns to go into the study. He calls Su Shen.
“Commander Yi, hello…”
“Su Shen, don’t talk nonsense! What did you on earth tell Ning?”
“Ha! Ha!” As if he has predicted that Yi Yunrui will call him, Su Shen smiles in pleasure, “Commander Yi, in this world, it is a matter of strategy and wisdom. Though I am inferior to you in the social position and other aspects, as to tactics, it is still unknown who will be the winner.”
“What on earth did you tell Ning?” Yi Yunrui grits his teeth. He has the desire to tear Su Shen into pieces.
“It is nothing special. I only told her the truth. Commander Yi, it turns out that you have known Ning for such a long time. In the last twenty years, I believe it was a real struggle for you. If Ning remembers what you did in the past, that will surely be very interesting.”
Yi Yunrui widens his eyes. As if he is shocked by something heavy, Yi Yunrui turns blank.
Su Shen is aware of the silence at the other end of the phone. He smiles, “Why? Commander Yi, are you afraid? Ha. Ha. Ha. So, Commander Yi, you are called the army god and you can also be afraid now…”
“Su Shen, I seriously warn you. If you dare to do anything, I will never give you a break!”
Su Shen realizes from these words that Yi Yunrui has lost his usual calmness and arrogance. He feels glad, “Won’t give me a break? Will you kill me? It is all right. If you really want to do it, no one can stop you. However, I also want to tell you. If anything happens to me, Mrs. Yi will surely know what happened twenty years ago at once.”
Yi Yunrui clenches his fists. He tries hard to control his emotion. During the past twenty years, that case has been following him as a nightmare, telling him how useless and weak he was at that time!
He is very clear that he can’t keep it secret forever. His wife will finally know the truth one day. But it is absolutely not today. It can’t be told by someone else!
“Su Shen, seemingly, you are very good at doing things like this. Did your wife Xiaolan know anything about that?”
Su Shen hesitates, “It is the personal conflict between you and me. Don’t draw Xiaolan in.”
Yi Yunrui screws his eyes, “You started first.”
Su Shen hesitates at the other end of the phone for a while. He says, “I did this to protect myself only. I am still lying on the ward bed. I am a little common citizen, how can I be comparable to you, Commander?”
Yi Yunrui glances at the time. He says in a cold voice, “Su Shen, let’s make a deal.”
Not expecting that Yi Yunrui will say these words, Su Shen responds confusedly, “Make a deal? Do you want to cooperate with me? In business? If so, you are really kidding me.”
As far as he knows, besides the title of Commander, Yi Yunrui also has many property investments. He is a truly rich man. It is totally unnecessary for him to cooperate with Su Shen in business.
Yi Yunrui snorts dismissively. He says word by word, “Miss Kiky of the nightclub The Heaven for Mankind.”
When Su Shen hears Yi Yunrui’s words, the smile on his face disappears at once!
