Xia Ning is aware of something unusual. She asks, “Aunt Zhou, what’s wrong?”
Zhou Mengyao opens her mouth. But she shakes her head, “Nothing. You stay here. Don’t come out no matter what you may hear later.”
Hearing Zhou Mengyao’s words, Xia Ning feels even more confused, “Aunt Zhou, can you honestly tell me what happens?”
“Nothing. You stay here. I will come back after I deal with it. Remember, don’t open the door no matter what you hear.”
Zhou Mengyao drops down the words and goes out of the room.
Xia Ning frowns tightly, wondering what Zhou Mengyao is hiding from her.
She takes out her phone and calls Zhang Hai, “Zhang Hai, are you in the villa?”
“Mrs. Yi…” Zhang Hai was just going to speak when a sharp voice is suddenly heard. It sounds that it is very noisy over there.
Xia Ning listens carefully. She finds that the voice over there sounds very familiar to her.
“Mrs. Yi, I have to hang up. I am busy here.” Then, Zhang Hai hangs up the phone.
At the moment when Zhang Hai hangs up, Xia Ning hears clearly someone asking, “Where is Xia Ning?”
The voice… it is her mother-in-law, Zheng Yao.
Xia Ning holds the phone. Her hand trembles. Her heart is in panic.
Why does her mother-in-law come here? It sounds that she comes with hostility.
No wonder that Zhou Mengyao told her not to go out. If her mother-in-law wants to make a mess here, Xia Ning has no advantages.
Xia Ning sits in the room with a lot of thoughts. Is she going to stay here to wait? Does she just wait for Aunt Zhou to help her face it?
That is unkind and irresponsible.
Anyway, she is a member of the Yi Family, though her mother-in-law doesn’t like her.
Xia Ning hesitates. After a while, she feels that the ground under her feet slightly trembles, as if something heavy suddenly is suddenly dropped to the ground.
Xia Ning feels a chill in her heart. She stands up and goes to the door hurriedly.
When she is just going to open the door, someone knocks at it so powerfully that as if she wants to dismantle the door.
Instinctively, Xia Ning draws back her hand.
She is afraid…
After quite a while, the forceful knocking at the door stops. Then, it goes on again, but more loudly. It is in the slow paceslow as if there is anger being pressed.
Xia Ning tightly clenches her fists. Something is going on outside the door.
DoesShould she go on hiding? DoesShouldn’t she go out of the room?
Xia Ning closes her eyes. She takes a deep breath. She can’t be so coward!
It is her problem. She can’t leave it tofor Aunt Zhou to deal with!
Thinking about this, Xia Ning holds the knob of the door. She turns it to open the door.
The next second, Xia Ning is shocked blankly to see what’s happening outside.
She sees Zheng Yao staring at her. Zhang Yao’s eyes areis red because of anger. Mei Ruo stands behind her. There are also some people in army uniforms there. Zhang Hai and Jing Shu stand in front of the door. Seemingly, they try hard to stop Zheng Yao from entering the room.
At the time, Zhou Mengyao comes over. She staggers as if she is injured.
The air seems to be frozen for some seconds…
“Xia Ning, you bitch. You finally come out!” Zheng Yao shouts angrily. Her face and her ears are red. She lunges at Xia Ning directly.
Jing Shu sees that. She takes a step backward to stand in front of Xia Ning while Zhang Hai directly pushes Zheng Yao away.
Zheng Yao steps back. She looks at Zhang Hai in surprise. Then, she gets furious, “Zhang Hai! Are you rebelling against me? How dare you push me? You are tired of your job. Are you?”
Zhang Hai stretches his arms and responds seriously, “Aunt Zheng, sorry. My duty is to protect Mrs. Yi! Please show some respect and don’t take further actions!”
“Zhang Hai!” At the time, Mei Ruo says, “As a colonel, I order you to go away!”
Zheng Hai feels shocked. But he grits his teeth, “I only obey direct orders from Commander Yi! Excepts for him, no one else can order me!”
“Zhang Hai, if you don’t get away, I will ask Rui to throw you to the poorest place! You will have no expectation all your life!” Zheng Yao says angrily.
Zhang Hai straightens his body. It seems that he won’t give in even if he will be beaten to death.
The situation is stuck.
“Ning, go back to your room. Close the door!” Zhou Mengyao reminds.
What on earth is happening? Why is Zheng Yao so angry?
“Mom, what is happening? It is Aunt Zhou’s home…”
“You bitch knows very well what happened!” Zhang Yao shouts loudly, “You are tricky! It has been over twenty years and you still come back! Why didn’t I notice your tricks? It has been so many years and you always make use of every method to take my son away!”
Xia Ning feels more confused to hear her words, “Mom, what are you saying? Why do youthink say that I take away your son?”
“Don’t call me mom! I was blind to agree with that Rui married you! It is surprising. When I kicked your whole family away from B City, you were only five years old. I didn’t expect that you still keep the memory. You come to take revenge on my son! Listen to me. As long as I am alive, I won’t allow you to succeed in that! I will do whatever I can to make you prefer deathenvy the dead! Bitch, I won’t give you a break!”
“Zheng Yao, enough! This is my house. You are not allowed to mess us up here!” Zhou Mengyao goes forwards. She winks at Jing Shu, motioning her to take Xia Ning into the room.
Jing Shu understands. She draws Xia Ning to go inside and slams the door behind.
Xia Ning stands there blankly.
Over twenty years ago, was her family kicked away from B City?
Over twenty years ago, … she was five…
Five years old…
She holds out her hand to stroke her hair. When she touches the scar on the back of her head, some scenes seem to pop up in her brain.
She clearly remembers that over twenty years ago, when she woke up on the patient bed, she felt her head so painful that she cried. Her family was around her but she was very scared.
“Grandma, mom … my head is painful…”
“Ning, don’t worry. You carelessly fell and hurt your head. The doctor has checked on you. You need to have a good rest. Your head won’t be painful soon…”
Her grandmother held her and patted her back to comfort her. Xia Ning is so scared, because except for her family, she finds her brain blank.
She forgets many things. She even can’t remember how she got injured!
“When I kicked your whole family away from B City, you were only five years old!”
The words continue to echo inside her brain. Xia Ning feels her heart headache again. The memories about what happened over twenty years ago intermittently flash in her brain. The scenes are not continuedintermittent and unincomplete. She can’t remember clearly. She can’t figure out what happened in the past.
Xia Ning closes her eyes. She holds her head in pain. Seeing this, Jing Shu feels worried. She immediately comes to hold her, “Don’t you feel well? You may go to lie down on the bed.”
“My head is painful…” Xia Ning murmurs. She lies on the bed and holds her head more tightly.
As if something inside her body is going to wake up and wants to spray out from it!
Jing Shu feels worried. She is afraid that if she opens the door now, Zheng Yao and other people willmust rush into the room. But if she doesn’t call for the doctor, Xia Ning looks so painful…
“Sister Xia, no matter what happens, you have to stabilize your emotions, because you are pregnant! You may tend to hurt your baby.”
Hearing this, as if she hears the ring of a bell, Xia Ning is shocked!
Yes. She is not alone now. She has got a baby in her belly!
She has to try anything she can to protect the baby!
Xia Ning takes a deep breath. She grits her teeth to calm herself down. At the time, Jing Shu pours a cup of warm water for her, “Sister Xia, have some water to calm yourself down.”
Xia Ning takes over the water and drinks it slowly.”
“Do you come to take revenge on my son?”
Suddenly, the words pop up in her brain. Xia Ning’s hand trembles. The cup falls down to the floor.
It bangs. The cup is broken into pieces.
Did she know Yi Yunrui a long time ago?”
“We knew each other a long time ago…”
Yes. Yi Yunrui said so before!
However, Yi Yunrui said that they knew each other in the UK while Zheng Yao said that Yi Yunrui knew her over twenty years ago!
That means when they were young…
She remembers that every time when she asked her grandmother about the scar on the back of her head, her grandmother would refuse to respond, so did her father and her mother. They told her that the scar had beenwas caused by a falling because of her naughtiness. It was totally an accident.
Seemingly, that is not the truth!
She saw clearly that Zheng Yao’s eyes gleamed angrily as if she wanted to swallow Xia Ningher alive. It was the look of great hatred.
When she was five years old, … what did she do to make Zheng Yao so hostile to her?
Or, did anything happen when she was five years old, which made Zheng Yao keep a clear memory?
Xia Ning clenches her hand. She knows that the answer is just outside the door. Zheng Yao knows everything!
Should she go to find it out clearly?
If not, Zheng Yao will never give her a break. She may also get a lot of people who care about her in trouble!
Thinking about this, Xia Ning suddenly stands up. She freezes her eyes. As if she has made up her mind,. Sshe turns to Jing Shu, “Shu, please protect me later.”
Jing Shu feels confused, “Sister Xia, what do you want to do?”
“I want to figure out what happened clearly.” If not, it will always be a puzzle. Zheng Yao is Yi Yunrui’s biological mother. Xia Ning doesn’t want to cause fights between Yi Yunrui and his mother because of her issues.
“No!” Jing Shu stands in the way of Xia Ning without hesitation, “Your mother-in-law brings a lot of people with her. They are all waiting outside! Sister Xia, it is too dangerous for you to go out now! No. I don’t allow you to go!”
Does her mother-in-law bring a lot of people with her?
“What kind of people does she bring with her?”
“All soldiers.”
Xia Ning understands at once. The soldiers must be brought here by Mei Ruo.
Seemingly, her mother-in-law Zheng Yao won’t give up until she gets what she wants.
Then, even if she hides here, her mother-in-law won’t leave.
“Shu, this is Aunt Zhou’s home. My mother-in-law and Mei Ruo won’t do any irrational things. Don’t worry. I only want to go out to have a talk with my mother-in-law about why she comes here to me.”
Jing Shu refuses to move. Xia Ning says seriously, “Shu, if I don’t go out and they fight, Zhang Hai will be blamed for the responsibility.!”
Hearing the words Zhang Hai, Jing Shu feels worried.
When Jing Shu hesitates, Xia Ning takes the chance and rushes forward and opens the door…
