A line of words, like a blood - red thunderbolt, exploded in front of his eyes without warning!
Every stroke turned into the sharpest icicle, carrying a destructive chill, and pierced through his pupils fiercely, stabbing straight into the depths of his brain.
“Buzz—”
Pei Jiangmu's mind went blank instantly. The shrill tinnitus roared wildly, drowning out all the noise of the traffic outside the window.
The world shook, distorted, and faded violently in front of his eyes.
All that remained were those cold and glaring printed words:
Patient's name: Meng Ruozhao.
Surgery date: December 28th, 2023.
Surgical method: Vacuum aspiration.
...
He remembered that date from the year before last clearly.
At that time, they had returned early to celebrate New Year's Day and planned to leave after the Spring Festival.
Before coming back, he tentatively told her that he wanted to make their relationship public to the family.
All along, he hadn't deliberately concealed their relationship, but he hadn't made it public either.
He thought there was no need to explain anything to anyone.
But she cared more—she cared more about making it public.
Before they had this kind of relationship, she would sweetly call him “Brother Jiangmu” in front of people.
She got close to him naturally and regarded him as her closest person.
But after they truly became the closest of lovers, she became distant from him instead.
She even learned to keep a distance from him in public and flatly refused to make their relationship public.
He was annoyed and helpless about this.
Coincidentally, the Pei Corporation had the intention of opening a branch in France at that time.
So he hinted to her adoptive parents and sent her to study in France.
Later, he also successfully got the opportunity to work in the branch.
In France, without any acquaintances, she felt much more at ease.
They did have a really happy time together.
Pei Jiangmu thought their relationship was stable and it was time to make it public to the family.
Most importantly, he wanted to tell some people that if something wasn't theirs, they shouldn't covet it.
Unexpectedly, Meng Ruozhao's reaction was very intense.
She disagreed with making it public, saying that she was still a student.
Moreover, she had promised her family not to fall in love when she went abroad, and she didn't want to disappoint them.
Pei Jiangmu didn't believe this excuse.
She was 21 years old at that time and was no longer in the category of puppy love.
Moreover, they had known each other since childhood and knew each other inside out. If she was in a relationship with him, what would her family be disappointed about?
That could only mean that the disappointed person wasn't her family, but someone else.
They parted on bad terms and had been in a cold war until they returned to China.
And the date on this report was just a few days after they returned to China.
Naturally, she stayed at her own home after coming back.
They couldn't meet each other, mainly because she always had all kinds of excuses to avoid him.
He hadn't seen her for a week and was going crazy with missing her.
So he convinced himself that as a grown - up man, he shouldn't argue with a little girl.
He specially booked a restaurant and prepared a grand surprise...
Meng Ruozhao came a bit late that day, and her face didn't look good. She seemed to be sick.
He suddenly realized and thought that the reason she hadn't seen him these days was because she had caught a cold not adapting to the winter in Haicheng.
He immediately forgave her for being distant during this period and felt very self - reproachful...
So it turned out... so it turned out that on that day, she was lying on the cold operating table, killing, killing...
Pei Jiangmu's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible giant hand and then crazily tightened by thousands of barbed steel wires.
The intense pain, almost suffocating him, exploded from his chest and instantly spread to every limb and joint.
The blood seemed to flow backward and freeze in his veins!
The fingers pinching the report tightened suddenly, and the knuckles turned an appalling pale.
The thin piece of paper groaned under his out - of - control strength and was instantly kneaded into a hideous ball of waste paper!
The sharp edges cut through his finger pulp.
But it was far less than one ten - thousandth of the intense pain of being betrayed, deceived, and completely fooled in his heart!
“She...”
Pei Jiangmu's voice squeezed out from the depths of his throat.
It was as hoarse as sandpaper rubbing, and every syllable trembled on the verge of breaking and was filled with an unbelievable coldness.
“Why did she suddenly check this?”
He stared fixedly at the deformed ball of paper.
As if he could see through it to the Meng Ruozhao lying on the operating table, someone he had never known before.
Qi Yu was scared out of his wits by the terrifying aura that suddenly erupted from Pei Jiangmu and almost solidified.
More sweat dripped down his back, and his legs were trembling. If he hadn't been sitting, he might have knelt down uncontrollably.
“Miss Meng... she told the doctor... that...”
Qi Yu swallowed hard, hardly daring to say the following words.
But under Pei Jiangmu's gaze that projected like the abyss of hell, carrying a destructive pressure.
He could only close his eyes and say in a trembling voice as if he was going all out.
“She said... she was going to prepare for pregnancy! She needed to refer to her previous... previous gynecological surgical history!”
Boom——!!!
These two simple words were like igniting an explosives depot that had been piled up to the limit!
“Prepare for pregnancy?!”
All the color drained from Pei Jiangmu's face, leaving only a deathly pale that was on the verge of madness.
His deep eyes were completely devoured by bloodshot eyes at this moment, and his pupils contracted to the extreme.
What was surging inside was no longer the dark undercurrent of ink, but the scarlet magma and the storm of destruction that could burn everything!
All his elegance, restraint, and calmness were completely torn to pieces and ground into powder at this moment!
“She's going to prepare for pregnancy?!”
He repeated, his voice suddenly rising sharply, shrill and distorted.
It was filled with hysterical fury and a terrifying viciousness.
It was like the last roar of a dying and injured wild beast.
“With whom?! That dog who stole someone else's nest?”
He suddenly raised his hand and smashed the crumpled report hard at Qi Yu!
The paper scattered in the air, like paper money for sacrifice.
The next second, the car stopped steadily in the garage.
They had arrived at the Pei family's old mansion.
Qi Yu swallowed hard, his head almost buried in the dust.
“Madam is still waiting for you.”
This was his first time back in the country after the car accident, but he hadn't stayed in the old mansion.
Pei's mother missed her youngest son and had sent him many messages.
Finally, she said that if he still didn't come back to see her, she would go to him to see what he was so busy with.
Afraid of Meng Ruozhao being exposed, he reluctantly agreed.
Pei Jiangmu took a deep breath. When he got out of the car, he slammed the car door hard.
“Bang——!!!”
A deafening loud noise echoed in the empty garage.
The entire space inside the car trembled!
Qi Yu was scared pale. He shrank back and even held his breath, but he quickly got out of the car too.
In all these years, it was the first time he had seen his boss so terrifying.
Pei Jiangmu walked forward quickly.
His chest heaved violently, and every breath was accompanied by a wheezing sound like a broken bellows, as if it would burst completely the next second.
When he entered the villa, he suddenly punched the wall.
The veins on the back of his hand were knotted like a coiled poisonous dragon, and the knuckles made an ear - grating “clicking” sound because of the force.
The moment the skin touched the wall before the finger bones, the capillaries suddenly burst.
The fresh blood trickled down along the gaps between his fingers and dripped onto the roses in the corner.
The blood stained the petals, just like his heart that was completely crushed and oozing poisonous juice at this moment.