After Jiang Li finished speaking, there was a long silence in the hospital ward.
He stole a cautious glance at Qi Shifeng and his heart skipped a beat.
Qi Shifeng was the kind of person who didn't show his emotions on his face.
Jiang Li had been with him for several years, but he had never seen him so full of hostility.
Instantly, he didn't dare to say a word and even held his breath.
However, Qi Shifeng didn't say anything else. He just waved his hand, signaling Jiang Li to leave first.
After Jiang Li left, Qi Shifeng made a few phone calls and then sat on the sofa for a long time.
He didn't know how long had passed before he got up and walked into Xu Tingyu's ward.
The doctor said she fainted because she was too tired and overly frightened. There was no major problem.
Now, she was still unconscious.
Qi Shifeng walked over and sat down beside her bed. His gaze fell on her bulging abdomen.
There was their child. It was seven months. The doctor had already told him it was a son.
But she firmly believed it was a daughter, and all the things she prepared were for a girl.
He noticed that she would only be in a better mood when talking about having a daughter, so he was willing to play along and pretend not to know.
As for the baby things, he also had someone order a set for a son according to what she had chosen.
Anyway, they would all come in handy.
Just like what he had said to Xu Tingyu when they went shopping before, even if they had a son this time, they could have a daughter next time.
But he didn't expect.
She hated him, hated the Qi family, and hated them so much that she didn't even want the child.
Moreover, she didn't even want her own life.
He had read the suicide note the doctor gave him many times.
She said "love" and "gratitude" many times in it.
But every word was filled with despair.
From beginning to end, she didn't mention him once. It seemed that she hated him to the core.
The lights in the ward were off. He sat in the darkness, tracing her sleeping face with his eyes.
She looked haggard. Long - term lack of sleep and malnutrition had made her look so.
The swelling on her face from the beating hadn't completely subsided, and there was a cut on the corner of her mouth.
But she was still so beautiful.
He had seen many beautiful women, but none of them could compare to her.
Even when he used to hate her, he had thought so.
When she didn't wear makeup, she was pure and cute. When she did, she was charming and seductive.
Whether she wore makeup or not, she was always the most eye - catching one in the crowd.
Now, she was lying there lifelessly, like a broken doll.
He didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.
Regret? Heartache? Apology? Anger?
He couldn't tell.
He just sat in the darkness, quietly looking at her.
Until the first ray of sunlight shone into the ward, Xu Tingyu suddenly opened her eyes without warning and let out a shrill scream.
"Don't, don't touch me. Qi Shifeng, get away from me!"
Xu Tingyu had been having a nightmare all night.
Before she fainted, she heard what Qi Shifeng said, so in her dream, Qi Shifeng took her away and was going to take the child from her himself.
She was tied to the operating table again. Qi Shifeng, in surgical clothes, looked at her coldly. "You're not worthy of giving birth to my child."
She begged for mercy in the dream, crying and saying that she knew she was wrong.
She shouldn't have pestered him, shouldn't have married him. She begged him to spare the child and spare her.
But he turned a deaf ear and just picked up a shiny scalpel from the operating table beside.
Then he lifted up her abdomen and was about to cut it.
When her pleas for mercy failed, she cursed him with the most venomous words.
At the most emotional moment, she finally woke up.
What she saw were Qi Shifeng's pitch - black eyes.
His face was ashen, and there were new stubbles on his chin.
His usually calm eyes were now filled with an unusual depth.
Their eyes met. She was stunned for a few seconds and then realized it was all a dream.
But she didn't know if these dreams would come true.
So she immediately sat up from the bed and trembled, "Qi Shifeng, I know I'm wrong. Please spare me. Please."
Qi Shifeng stood up. His shadow completely covered her, and his voice sounded cold and hard.
"So, where did you go wrong?"
He looked down at her with his eyebrows lowered. He wanted to reach out and touch her but was afraid she would notice his trembling hands.
"I shouldn't have married you, shouldn't have gotten pregnant with this child. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."
She didn't look at him. She curled up her body and lowered her head deeply, apologizing in a hurry.
Actually, she didn't know where she had gone wrong.
She had just loved the wrong person, not done anything wrong.
But she knew she was at a disadvantage.
This man, Liu Ning, and the old man were all cruel to her. They wouldn't give her any room to resist.
If she fought back, she had no chance of winning.
The pain of being dragged back to the operating table yesterday still lingered. She could only lower her head again and again, saying that she was wrong.
Even if she wasn't wrong, she had to admit it.
But she didn't expect that her apology would make the man in front of her look even more unpleasant.
He touched her hair.
She became even more frightened, as if she had returned to the moment when someone grabbed her hair yesterday. Even her scalp began to ache faintly.
So she shrank back, avoiding his touch.
"Don't hit me. Don't hit me. I'm wrong. I'm really sorry."
She apologized in a hurry, her whole body trembling, and her eyes full of panic.
Qi Shifeng's hand froze for a moment, and then he sat down beside the bed, dispelling his hostility.
"Tingyu, don't be afraid. No one here will hurt you. What would you like to eat? I'll have someone bring it."
In an instant, he changed his face. His eyes looked gentle and considerate, and his tone was indescribably tender.
But Xu Tingyu didn't dare to believe it.
She was afraid of him.
In the past three years, they had slept in the same bed, but she had never known that he had planned so many things behind her back.
"Will you kill me?"
She maintained her original posture and just looked up at him. Her wet eyes were full of trauma.
Qi Shifeng knew that she had really been scared. Her current reaction to him was just a after - effect.
He could only slow down his tone even more. "No, but you have to eat obediently. The doctor will come to check on you later. If there's no problem, I'll take you to take a bath, okay?"
He asked "okay", but Xu Tingyu knew he wasn't the type to discuss with others. So before angering him, she nodded repeatedly. "Okay."
She was in a complete mess. There was sweat, blood, tears, and snot on her body. Her hair was all loose. She felt really uncomfortable.
But she didn't dare to say she was uncomfortable.
She had to be absolutely obedient now because Qi Shifeng liked obedient people.
So when the porridge was brought, she immediately started to eat, taking big mouthfuls, afraid that if she was a bit slower, she would be found fault with.
But Qi Shifeng beside her still got angry. He snatched the spoon from her hand, his eyes red, and his tone impatient. "Don't you know it's hot?"