In contrast to the harmonious vibe at Maple Residence, things were hectic at the emergency ward in Hospital T.

Deng Wenwen's eyes flew wide open as she stared at her darkened phone screen. Her eyes stared at it still as her body froze as if she had lost all her senses. Yue Lingsi was worried.

"Mother, what's wrong? Mother!"

Deng Wenwen did not react even after calling out to her several times. Shaking her head a little, Yue Lingsi nudged her back to her senses. She stared at Yue Lingsi blankly and murmured, "Wife? Mu Yuchen... Lingsi, what's happening? Mu Yuchen... Master Mu sent those things... and did he say 'wife'? He said Xi Xiaye is his wife. What's happening?"

Deng Wenwen still had not recovered from the shock of the call moments ago. She could only remember a man snatching the phone away from Xi Xiaye and saying that he was Mu Yuchen. He also mentioned Xi Xiaye being his wife. She must not have heard him wrong, did she?

Mu Yuchen?

It should not be anyone else except the President of Glory World Corporation, Mu Yuchen, should it?

Earlier on, she could already sense that his relationship with Xi Xiaye was not ordinary. Could Xi Xiaye have gotten together with him? Did she become his lover or something?

"Mother, what are you talking about? What about Master Mu and his wife?"

Yue Lingsi had no idea what Deng Wenwen was talking about. "Mother, did that witch Xi Xiaye do it? This is absurd! I guessed it must have been her! No matter what, she should've considered the occasion today. Now, my father... and Xinyi... What should we do? She's just trying to give us a hard time! Xiaye is so arrogant! Can't we talk it out? All those happened in the past. No matter what, she shouldn't have done it on a day like this! I'm just terribly frustrated! And now we don't know how Xinyi is! If something bad happens to her baby, I'm going to make Xiaye take responsibility for it!"

Yue Lingsi could not hold her feelings in and started exclaiming, "We've waited for so long, and now she's become like this. Yifeng..."

"Okay, Xiao Ling, calm down and let's just wait and see how Xinyi is doing," Huang Ziyao comforted her with a frown. She was not pleased. Of course, she did not forget how angry Elder Han was before they left!

Not forgetting Elder Yue's reaction from before and Han Yifeng's absence right now!

Huang Ziyao was having a headache just thinking about it. Xi Xinyi's condition was still unknown and things had become chaotic once again!

Today was supposed to be a happy day since the young couple got married, but it turned out like this!

What Huang Ziyao could not accept was that she could not believe Xi Xinyi whom she had been looking after ever since she was a little child would do something like that. In her impression, Xi Xinyi had always been a nice and kind girl.

Could it be that she really loved Yifeng too much that she resorted to those tricks?

"How can I calm down now? How can I? Xinyi is really exhausted, and now... I really don't know what to say..."

Yue Lingsi's eyes turned downcast. She had seen the video content as well. Of course, she was shocked and could not believe Xi Xinyi would did those things as well, but as she thought about how Xi Xinyi felt towards Han Yifeng, she understood it very well. In fact, no one could understand it better than her!

Back then, in order to get Xi Mushan, she too had...

When she saw Xi Xinyi now, she could feel her heart aching. Seeing Xi Xinyi reminded her of her past self — her wicked and pathetic self!

Fortunately, Han Yifeng loved her in the end!

Things had turned out better for her, unlike for herself.

"Okay, we'll wait for the doctor's report later. Don't worry about it for now."

Huang Ziyao did not know what else to say. She felt as if something was stuck in her throat and she could not swallow or spit it out, much to her irritation!

"Ziyao, I'm sorry. As for my father, he just loves Xinyi too much. I..."

There were tears in Yue Lingsi's eyes and she seemed worried. "Yifeng..."

"Let him be alone for some time. This must be a huge impact on him. Sigh!"Huang Ziyao could only lament.

"Mother, what should we do now? Father went back quietly just now. Should we just let this be?" Yue Lingsi turned to face Deng Wenwen and asked.

Deng Wenwen took a deep breath. Although she had finally recovered fully, there were some doubts in her eyes. After a while, she looked at Yue Lingsi and replied, "Your father's health isn't great. Let's not bother him about it."

Ever since the incident of forcing Xi Xiaye signing the contract the last time, Xi Jiyang had explicitly warned that he would not be involved in their matters again. He could not take it by standing in between them especially since he understood Deng Wenwen's personality very well. If he acted kindly towards Xiaye, she would just suffer more.

Deng Wenwen kept quiet, a sharp light glimmering in her eyes.

"Lingsi, don't you know a lot of people? Get people to investigate Master Mu from Glory World Corporation, Mu Yuchen, and his relationship with Xi Xiaye. Mu Yuchen said he sent those stuff over tonight!" Deng Wenwen told Yue Lingsi.

Yue Lingsi and Huang Ziyao were both shocked!

"What? That video was sent by Mu Yuchen? Master Mu from Glory World?"

Huang Ziyao's eyes almost popped out as she turned to Yue Lingsi in disbelief.

Yue Lingsi was stunned, but she realized something when she heard Deng Wenwen's words!

Master Mu had defended Xi Xiaye several times before, and it was him again this time. Was his this determined to protect Xi Xiaye?

Deng Wenwen's face sank as her eyes held mixed emotions and disbelief. She thought about it for a while before answering, "It should be him. Earlier, when I called Xiaye, he answered the phone halfway!"

"He answered the phone?"

Yue Lingsi very quickly caught onto something. She immediately lifted her wrist to take a look at the time. It was close to midnight, which meant...

"Xi Xiaye is with Master Mu?" he could not help but blurt out as she stared at Deng Wenwen with wide eyes.

Deng Wenwen's aged face started to look uncertain. Although she did not answer, the answer seemed obvious!

"Go ask around in the next few days. I keep feeling that things aren't that simple. Earlier, your father even warned me not to mess with Xiaye, but with that personality of his, when has he ever not protected Xiaye? Huh, he even said that we can save trouble for ourselves? Just with tonight's incident, if it were not for her provocation, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

As Yue Lingsi listened, she frowned and thought about it for a while. Then, she nodded with a heavy expression. "Okay, I'll go ask around. Don't worry, Mother. I'll talk to Father. About Xinyi, I..."

"Now that things have come to this point, sigh, I think it's best if we see how Xin Er is first. Most importantly, we have to consider the Han family..."

Deng Wenwen now felt a huge headache too, especially with the way Elder Han had furiously rushed to leave earlier and the way Han Yifeng left without turning back. Even she could not bear the humiliation, what more...

"If it really is true, then Xin Er has really gone overboard. Even your father was... If Mushan finds out about this, he'll be angry again. You must know that once this matter is dug out again, even he's implicated. Xin Er's too rash with her actions..."

Deng Wenwen frowned and glared at Yue Lingsi who was stunned. She quickly said with a pale expression, "Mother, Xinyi was only provoked by the recent incidents. Now that she's like this, I hope..."

"Enough, the key problem isn't with me. You'd better think about how to keep the Han family calm. Yueying is finally stable again, so I hope that there wouldn't be another surge of trouble after this."

Yue Lingsi was also worn out, so she could only console her, "Yes, Mother, I understand. I'll think of a way. Yueying will be fine. Let's take a look at how Xinyi is first."

...

A while after, the door to the emergency ward finally opened and Xi Xinyi was wheeled out from inside.

"How is it, Doctor? My daughter, how is she?"

"How's Xinyi? Doctor?"

Yue Lingsi and Huang Ziyao went up together.

The doctor pushed his mask down and looked at Xi Xinyi who was still unconscious on the sick bed. He responded with a heavy tone, "She's a little weak. Her fetus isn't very stable. Trigger her less and take care of her well. Make sure she has a balanced diet and keep her happy."

"Thank you, Doctor. We will. Thank you!"

"I'll prescribe some meds to stabilize the pregnancy. Later, the nurse will explain what needs to be taken note of. The patient needs to rest right now and she's not very emotionally stable, so it's best if she's not disturbed now. Just leave one person to watch her."

Soon, the entourage consisting of the doctor and the nurses sent Xi Xinyi to her ward while the few of them followed them.

As she watched Xi Xinyi who slept soundly on the sick bed, Yue Lingsi breathed a sigh of relief. She turned to Huang Ziyao beside her and said, "Thankfully, it's alright. Ziyao, you're worn out from the day. Go home first. I can watch her. And, Mother, you should go home too. You've just recovered. It's won't do you any good to be tired out. It's alright with just me here!"

Huang Ziyao glanced at Xi Xinyi on the sick bed, then nodded after thinking about it. "Okay then, I'll go home first. I'll explain what happened here to the elder. As for..."

"Ziyao, I'll be sure to talk to Xinyi. No matter what, her heart is with Yifeng. If it weren't for... Sigh, now that they're already married and with a child, what else can they do? I hope that your family can..."

When she heard Yue Lingsi's words, Huang Ziyao suppressed the heaviness in her heart with much effort. She responded helplessly, "I got it. I'll do my best. I'll leave things here to you then."

Then, she turned to leave.

Apart from Xi Xinyi on the sick bed, only Yue Lingsi and Deng Wenwen remained in the ward.

When she saw Huang Ziyao turn to leave with an odd expression, Yue Lingsi's heart sank. She quickly turned to look at Deng Wenwen, who looked pensive, and asked a little anxiously, "Mother, what should we do? I'm afraid that on the Han family's end..."

"What are you worried about? No matter what, Xin Er still has Yifeng's child right now and they just got married!"

Deng Wenwen was rather calm now, her sharp eyes twinkling. Then, she continued, "Regardless, I still believe that Yifeng and Xin Er still have feelings for each other. Otherwise, Yifeng wouldn't have signed the papers so quickly. We'll wait and see."

"Mmm, we can only do that now! Alright, Mother, go home first. It's already very late. Just leave things here to me. Right, about tonight, can we not tell Mushan?" Yue Lingsi looked worriedly at Deng Wenwen.

"Mmm, I know what to do. Quickly settle the thing I told you to do," Deng Wenwen responded and left the ward.

When the door shut, Yue Lingsi relaxed a little. She took a deep breath and turned to look at Xi Xinyi who lay on the sick bed. Upon seeing that she slept rather soundly, her tensed heart then eased.

She thought to herself that the fate of her and her daughter seemed to be extraordinarily similar. Many years ago, she had been deeply in love with Xi Mushan. Because of him, she had also been in so much pain that she wanted to die. To get Xi Mushan, she did not spare using all sorts of tricks, forcing Shen Wenna to let go.

However, many years later, her daughter fancied Shen Wenna's daughter's fiancè, and she also did not spare using tricks to win Han Yifeng's heart.

In fact, now Han Yifeng and Xinyi were already married. Furthermore, Xinyi was carrying Han Yifeng's child too.

When she thought about this, Yue Lingsi could not suppress the smugness in her.

Shen Wenna, oh Shen Wenna! So what if I couldn't win Mushan's heart? The person who can stand honorably by his side and be the Mayor's wife is me. In fact, didn't your daughter completely lose to my daughter?

Now, no matter what, Xi Xinyi was the Han family's young lady of the house. This was a fact set in stone. Even if all the scandals caused a larger ruckus, as long as her child could be healthily born, then all of those things would be irrelevant!

This child had come at the perfect time!

It was getting later at night. Maple Residence was quiet, and the lights had already gone out in the villa. A cold wind brushed past and the wavering trees seemed bleak.

Inside the comfortable bedroom, Xi Xiaye was sleeping peacefully. However, as she was deep in her slumber, she suddenly felt the man beside her acting oddly. His fingers seized tightly onto her wrist. The grip was so tight that he almost was hurting her. His arms around her waist were also contracting, and she was starting to feel pressured.

At the same time, she could hear his heavy breathing in the dark and his palm was getting sweaty. Xi Xiaye then noticed something was wrong. Struggling, she switched the table lamp on and turned towards him and then realized —

He was frowning, and his handsome face was getting pale as sweat bathed his forehead and his sleeping robe was drenched. His breathing was heavy...

His strained expression looked like he was having a nightmare. She got especially worried seeing him.

Xi Xiaye panicked and quickly tried to wake him up, her hoarse voice filled with a concerned tone, "Mu Yuchen, wake up! Mu Yuchen..."

She called out to him as she reached for his forehead, but before her hand could touch him, she was suddenly pushed away as he sat up almost instantly. His force was so strong that Xi Xiaye almost fell off the bed.

He soon came back to his senses and quickly grabbed Xi Xiaye who almost lost her balance. "Are you alright?"

Xi Xiaye took a deep breath and sat by the bedside. Her eyes were evidently worried while she studied him. He still looked pale with sweat all over him. After a while, she shook her head and asked, "Did you have a nightmare?"

Mu Yuchen closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down. Soon, he opened his eyes. There was still traces of his suppressed unease from before, but they soon returned to his usual calmness.

He took a deep breath before looking at her and apologized, "Sorry for waking you up!"

Xi Xiaye looked at him quietly for a while before grabbing a handkerchief from the bedside drawer and handed it to him."Wipe yourself. I'll get you another sleeping robe. Go and wash up. You're all drenched now."

He nodded. When he took the handkerchief from her, his sharp eyes noticed the bruises on her wrist. However, she went towards the wardrobe before he could say anything.

After watching her for a while, he went towards her, taking the towel from her hand. "I'll do it myself. You can sleep first."

"You..." Xi Xiaye looked at him hesitantly.

"I'm alright. Be good and go back to sleep. I'll take a shower first."

He patted her head before heading into the bathroom. His silhouette seemed rather lonely and she suddenly felt uneasy about it. After pondering for some time, she sighed and then left the bedroom.

Mu Yuchen took a cold shower and then changed into a clean sleeping robe. When he came out of the bathroom, Xi Xiaye was nowhere to be seen.

After looking around, he put his hand on his aching forehead before leaving the bedroom as well.

Xi Xiaye came back to the bedroom with a glass of iced water. She did not see Mu Yuchen anywhere, but she then heard some noises by the balcony, so she headed over.

There was the smell of cigarette smoke in the air. She saw him leaning against the railing by the balcony.

"Where did you go just now?" He threw the cigarette away when he saw her.

Xi Xiaye stopped before him and handed the glass of iced water to him. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm alright. Were you frightened?" He grabbed the glass of water, his eyes locked onto the bruise on her wrist. His eyes seemed gloomy and complicated.

Xi Xiaye rubbed the bruise and looked into his eyes with a smile and shook her head. After a brief moment of silence, she asked, "You have something on your mind, hence the nightmare..."

His darkened eyes softened when he noticed her asking him carefully. He took a few sips from the glass and did not reply immediately.

She stared at him for some time, but he did not seem to be answering her question, so she averted her gaze and took a deep breath as she placed both her hands on the railing. She looked downwards at the dim street lamps and did not push him for an answer.

The atmosphere became a little uneasy as the cold wind blew and messed up their outfits. Her hair was starting to get messy as well.

The two of them stood there silently and no one said a thing, yet his gaze never left her.

After some time, she could not stand the cold anymore and shuddered slightly. She turned to him and frowned. "It's cold here. Let's head back in..."

His heart softened when he saw her frown. He held her into his arms and his hoarse voice reached her ears. "Are you angry?"

"No..." She turned her head away. She would never admit that she was a little upset that he did not reply to her question.

"So, you are then. You always avoid my eye contact when you're not telling the truth, Xiaye..." He suddenly sighed, his fingers grabbing onto her struggling hands. "It's going to be Qingming in a few days. I'll have nightmares whenever it's this time of the year, but I don't want you to be scared..."

"I'm alright." She gave him a brief reply, raising her head from his arms. "But I just want you to know that... if you need anything, I... I'll do my best to protect you. I know that I'm still weak, but I'll do my best." Her eyes were filled with determination, and her tone was firm.