Chapter 192: Broken all over
Chapter 192: Broken all over
Jinhai’s gaze was cold and unfeeling as he saw Huian hit the ground, her body loudly thrashing on it. He heard the sound of bones cracking and saw blood trickling from her head. She laid there motionless, but not even an ounce of sympathy was there in his demeanor.
His expression was pure evil and matter-of-fact as if it was a mere vase that broke into pieces.
Huian felt excruciating pain from head to toe. Her eyes rimmed in tears, but she didn’t have the strength even to cry. Before she could understand what happened, the world before her darkened, and she lost the last thread of consciousness, barely holding her together.
Hiding from everybody’s gazes, Jinhai quickly scratched the back of his palm with his nails. He dug them deeply and inflicted a wound on himself.
“HUIAAAAAAN!!!!!” Xiang Wei and Qingge screamed in horror.
“Huian!”
Liu Chunhua, Grandma Liu, and Nana were aghast to see what transpired before them.
Everybody rushed towards the railing.
They looked down and saw Huian lying in the pool of her blood.
They were still in the state of a massive shock. One moment she was standing, holding onto Jinhai’s hand, and the next moment, she was on the ground, lying unconscious.
Xiang Wei was stuttering in disbelief, “M-my, daughter…Huian…blood…”
Xiang Qingge was about to faint, seeing the gruesome sight of her daughter.
Grandma Liu asked, her voice shaking and body trembling, “H-how? What happened?”
Liu Hai snapped them out of their stupor. “Wei! What are you standing here for? We can find out the answers later, but right now, we need to take her to the hospital!”
“Y-yes!”
They didn’t waste even a second more and ran outside. They saw Huian in an awful state. Her eyes were shut, and she was barely breathing.
Xiang Wei stretched his quivering hand towards her. “Huian…my princess…”
Watching his only daughter battling between life and death brought tears in his eyes. Her pain was piercing his heart like sharp arrows.
Nana felt nauseated, seeing blood all around. She ran for the washroom and puked heavily. Jinhai panicked and followed her. He patted her back to calm her down.
“Are you okay?”
“J-Jinhai…” She was petrified. “Miss Huian…She fell…Did she really try to commit suicide?”
Jinhai quickly took her in his embrace. He said in a distraught voice. “Yes…I tried to talk her out of it, and then she was smiling. I thought she agreed to get down, but she suddenly scratched my hand with her nails.”
Nana looked stunned and saw the bruises on his hand.
“I was taken aback, and she took the chance to shake her hand off my grasp. It was too late…I couldn’t save her…” He shut his eyes in remorse and lowered his head. “It’s all my fault.”
“No!” Nana cupped his face. “It’s not your fault! Please don’t blame yourself.” Tears were rolling down. “What will we do now? What I feared this whole time, has happened now…uncle and aunt Xiang are so devastated.”
“We will have to support them in this tough time. Huian was their princess, and even though she has made mistakes, they still love her. We have to give them the courage to face this hurdle.”
She nodded weakly, still in a daze.
They heard ambulance siren ringing from afar.
“I need to go to the hospital. You stay here.”
“No, Jinhai, how can I be here when she is in such a dire situation like that? I will also come with you.”
“Nana, please. You are already tired from the long journey, and you cannot have stress in this condition. It is bad for you and our baby’s health.”
“Jinhai, please. I will take care of myself. And you are also there with me. I cannot stay here. I will get even tenser.”
Jinhai was hesitant but eventually gave in. “Alright…but you will always stay by my side.”
“En!”
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City X Hospital.
Huian was in the operation theater, while the others were anxiously waiting outside.
Xiang Wei saw Jinhai coming in with Nana and rushed towards him completely mad in rage. He grabbed his collar and furiously shouted, “What happened, Jinhai!? Weren’t you holding onto Huian’s hand? Then how did she fell? How did you let your hand slip away!? She is in such a condition only because of you! I swear if anything happens to my daughter, then I will destroy you, Liu Jinhai! I will forget all the years of our friendship we shared with Liu family!”
Nana panicked and tried to intervene. She was crying as she was trying to make him understand. “Uncle Xiang, please! Just listen to him once. It was not his fault. He tried his best to save her. Please, I beg you, just let Jinhai say his side.”
Jing quickly supported her. “Yes, uncle. Give bro a chance to explain.”
Xiang Wei gritted his teeth. He was in no mood to listen to any explanations. The only thing that came to his mind was his daughter’s bloody body. He only wanted to punish Jinhai!
Liu Hai also said, “Xiang Wei…I understand what you are going through. But, please…”
Xiang Qingge put her hand on his shoulder and nodded. Her eyes had become red in tears.
He released Jinhai’s collar. “Say it!”
Jinhai said, “Please forgive me, uncle. I couldn’t protect her. I thought she is getting down, but she suddenly hurt my hand, and it distracted me for a second. And then she shook her hand off…”
Everybody looked stunned.
Xiang Wei stuttered, “W-what?”
They saw the bruises on Jinhai’s hand. It was starting to leave a scar.
He thought that Huian was trying to scare them to force them to accede to her demands, but he didn’t know that she genuinely thought of jumping off.