"Don't!"
Xu Tingyu let out a shrill scream, then took a step forward and knelt on the ground.
"Don't, Mom. All the mistakes are mine. If you're angry, take it out on me. Please, don't hurt Youyou."
"I'll figure out what happened to Jiajia. Just give me a little more time. I will find out. Please."
During this period, she hadn't done nothing for Jiajia.
It was just that those things had been handled too cleanly. If she hadn't overheard by chance, she would never have discovered the clues.
She had privately asked Shen Yan to help her investigate and also hired a private detective, but there was still no news.
Even Xie Shu seemed to have disappeared without a trace, and they couldn't find the slightest clue.
She hadn't told anyone about these things. How did Zhang Qiu know?
She didn't have time to think about how Zhang Qiu knew. She just blamed everything on herself.
She only hoped that the other party wouldn't hurt Youyou.
But obviously, Zhang Qiu wouldn't listen to a single word from her.
Moreover, she moved the blade a little closer to Youyou.
"It's all your fault. If you hadn't married this devil, your father and younger brother wouldn't have had an accident. You've ruined everyone."
"You even had a child for him. What were you thinking? How will you have the face to see your father and younger brother in the future?"
She was immersed in her own thoughts and completely forgot that it was Xu Jianmin and herself who had arranged the marriage alliance back then.
At first, the Xu family could have directly refused.
At that time, Xu Tingyu didn't have feelings for Qi Shifeng yet.
But they thought the Qi family was great, and an alliance with the Qi family would bring only benefits and no harm.
If they hadn't been interested in the alliance, Xu Tingyu wouldn't even have known Qi Shifeng.
But now, she shifted all the blame onto Xu Tingyu.
It was as if she had been the one who had insisted on marrying Qi Shifeng.
But she couldn't explain or provoke Zhang Qiu.
She knelt on the ground, her face streaked with tears. "Mom, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. But Youyou is innocent. He's only four months old and doesn't understand anything."
"If you hate me so much, then give me a knife. Please, don't hurt Youyou."
As a mother, when her child was in danger, she was willing to sacrifice everything.
That was why Xu Tingyu clearly realized that her mother didn't love her deep down.
Before, her mother had treated her like a normal mother, perhaps just for Xu Jianmin's sake.
Even negotiating with Liu Ning for her after marriage was all for paving the way for Xu Jiajia in the future.
She had actually known for a long time that Zhang Qiu looked at her differently from how she looked at Xu Jiajia.
But she hadn't been willing to admit it at that time.
Now, she had to admit it.
"Haha, now that the knife is on you, you know how it feels. When I begged you to help your father and your younger brother, what did you do?"
"Did you kneel on the ground and beg Qi Shifeng to lend you money? Did you cry so hoarsely and beg Qi Shifeng not to hurt your younger brother?"
"You did nothing. You just watched coldly as the Xu family got into trouble and watched your father and younger brother die."
Zhang Qiu went crazy and waved the knife in her hand.
Xu Tingyu watched helplessly as the tip of the knife cut across Youyou's palm, and blood immediately welled up.
Youyou burst into tears, and everyone present felt their hearts clench.
Qi Shifeng also stepped forward and knelt on the ground. "Although I don't know where you heard these things, I can guarantee that I didn't harm Jiajia."
Such a noble man was now kneeling on the ground.
Zhang Qiu was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Look, now that you're parents, you know how a parent feels."
"But have you ever thought about what I should do after losing my Jiajia? You're all murderers."
Obviously, Zhang Qiu's mental state was problematic.
Xu Tingyu looked at the streak of red on her son's palm and trembled all over in pain.
Regret, pain, anger... a variety of emotions intertwined, making her bite her lower lip hard.
She bit it until it was bleeding before she calmed down a little.
"If you must take revenge, then take it out on me. As you said, I'm the root cause of all the pain."
"For the sake of our twenty - four years as mother and daughter, I beg you, spare my son."
"If you hurt him today, I believe my father and Jiajia won't forgive you."
She knew her words carried little weight, so she finally had to bring up the names of her father and Xu Jiajia.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Zhang Qiu's movement paused.
Just at this moment when she was distracted, the person who had been kneeling beside Xu Tingyu suddenly rushed out.
Almost no one reacted in time. Qi Shifeng had already picked up Youyou.
Xu Tingyu quickly stood up to take the child.
But she was so scared that she staggered when she stood up.
And just then, Zhang Qiu suddenly came to her senses and stabbed the knife at Youyou.
Qi Shifeng turned around and protected Youyou in his arms, taking the knife on his back.
The sound of the sharp weapon piercing the flesh made everyone present turn pale.
Xu Tingyu finally stood up and quickly took the child from Qi Shifeng's arms.
But just then, Zhang Qiu had pulled out the knife and stabbed at Youyou again.
It seemed that she was determined to kill this child today.
Xu Tingyu quickly turned around and instinctively used her body to block the child.
But the expected pain didn't come.
She turned around and saw a scene that would haunt her for the rest of her life.
Zhang Qiu stabbed the knife into Qi Shifeng's heart. When Xu Tingyu turned to look, she even pushed it in another inch.
"Haha, if I can't kill this bastard, killing you is the same. You should have been buried with my son. You're a murderer."
"Hehe, I've avenged Jiajia. I've avenged him. Now, Jiajia, will you come to see me? Mom has avenged you."
When Zhang Qiu was held down on the ground by Zou Yu and the others, she was still clapping her hands in celebration.
Qi Shifeng was injured both in the back and on the chest. Especially the knife still stuck in his chest looked extremely terrifying.
Xu Tingyu held the child in her arms, her mind blank.
She didn't know why things had turned out like this. Her father and younger brother were dead, and now, her mother had stabbed a knife into her husband's heart.
Was Qi Shifeng going to die too?
In the past year or so, she had witnessed too much death.
Just as the old man had said, her horoscope was bad for the people around her, so that was why they had one accident after another, right?
Why was this happening?
Why wasn't it her who died?
She held Youyou in her arms. The child's hand was still bleeding, and Qi Shifeng in front of her was also bleeding.
The blood soaked his black suit jacket, making a large, dark patch.
Blood dripped down the handle of the knife and landed on the carpet.
"Tingyu, don't be afraid. Take Youyou to the hospital."
Before he fainted, Xu Tingyu saw Qi Shifeng smiling at her.
Although he was smiling, it was so sad, as if he was saying goodbye.
Before the darkness came, Xu Tingyu saw all the stars in the sky falling.