Xi Mushan did not say another word. When Xi Xinyi snapped back to her senses, the sound of a car starting was heard. Gradually, the sound grew distant until she could hear nothing apart from the cool breeze that rustled past.

Xi Xinyi felt her heart ache. She could not help but quietly squat down as she buried her head in her hands to calm down for a long while. when she looked up again, her eyes had reddened. she seemed to be in a sorry state while being wan and sallow as well. Evidently, she had not been having it good in recent times.

She had called Han Yifeng many times, but not one call ever went through. He had long changed his number. Even when she called the place they stayed at before that, the occupants had changed. This was when she realized that Han Yifeng was thoroughly cutting her off this time. She probably could not call for his return any more. Apart from the anger and suffering she felt, the love she once had gradually turned to resentment.

At this moment, Xi Xinyi would not have known that just not too far behind her, a black car was parked by the roadside, and Gu Lingsha was apathetically seated in the front passenger seat, taking all of this in. Her exquisite appearance revealed a sneer with some degree of disdain.

This morning, when Xi Xinyi went to Qi Kai, she was there at the same time too. She overheard her trying to look for Xi Mushan, so she set her heart on it then and there.

Xi Mushan... Of course, she was quite familiar with this name. He was the previous mayor of City Z of whom she had heard much about. In fact, she did not forget that Xi Mushan was Xi Xiaye's father. Upon seeing that Xi Xinyi's expression was out of place, she quietly followed her and saw this scene!

She thought to herself that Xi Xinyi was probably heartbroken, and a person like her under such circumstances would be much easier for her to use.

The sneer on Gu Lingsha's face became even more obvious as she looked at Xi Xinyi who was hugging herself tightly with enjoyment.

...

After a while, Xi Xinyi sniffed and stood up powerlessly. She took one final look at West Park before dragging her heavy feet to walk towards her car that she had parked at the roadside.

Yet, just as she reached the corner turn of the pavement, she noticed a luxurious Bentley driving slowly towards her. The Bentley stopped steadily by the roadside, and the car door at the backseat opened, revealing an elegant dark figure that slowly got down from the car.

Her black coat hid her whole body. She still had waist-length hair and wore sunglasses. She seemed to be holding a few crimson words that said 'fortune'.

Xi Xiaye!

When she took a better look at the figure in front of her, Xi Xinyi was shocked.

She came!

Xi Xinyi's gaze instantly turned sharp. She subconsciously stopped walking and watched without batting an eyelid at Xi Xiaye who was slowly getting closer.

Xi Xinyi was not the only one shocked. Gu Lingsha, who was in the car beside Xi Xinyi, was bewildered too!

it was Xi Xiaye!

The two sisters...

Gu Lingsha quietly watched Xi Xiaye walk over and Xi Xinyi who stood unmoving. The coldness in her eyes flashed. She could not help but be delighted!

God was on her side!

Mu Yuchen, I told you, you would feel my pain too. Look, has the opportunity not just presented itself?

When she saw Xi Xinyi before her, Xi Xiaye paused too, yet it was just an instant before she quickly pulled her gaze away and picked up her pace as she continued to walk ahead. She wanted to quietly walk past Xi Xinyi.

"Xi Xiaye!" Xi Xinyi subconsciously turned to her side and called out for Xi Xiaye. Her voice was dense with mixed emotions. She thought that if she gave in for a while and talked to Xi Xiaye, perhaps...

However, before she could say anything, just as the words "Xi Xiaye" came out, she could already feel herself being pushed hard from behind. Caught off-guard, she staggered forward, unable to stop herself!

Xi Xiaye only felt a strong wind whistle past her ear. Before she could react, she instantly felt like she was falling before she crumpled hard to the ground, and then she felt the coldness as excruciating pain smothered her!

Xi Xinyi screeched because she had been cushioned by Xi Xiaye as she fell hard on her!

Ouch!

Xi Xiaye did not have time to feel the pain flood her senses. She reflexively tried to protect her baby bump with both trembling hands as she could feel like something seemed to be drained from her belly...

She clenched her fists in panic while fear surged in her. In an instant, her clear eyes were colored with misty despair. Bitter fear filled her throat and she almost could not shout while her mind went blank!

Xi Xinyi's both hands held Xi Xiaye's baby bump tightly. Only she knew how hard she had hit into her. In horror, she quickly got up and widened her eyes at Xi Xiaye. She only felt warm wetness on her fingertips. Panicking, she subconsciously looked over. This was when she realized...

Blood...

Bright red blood...

They were all over her fingers...

Xi Xinyi was extremely frightened. She trembled all over as she looked at the blood stains on her finger and said incoherently in panic, "No, no, it wasn't me... It wasn't me! Someone pushed me! Someone pushed me! It wasn't me..."

As she screeched, she turned to look behind her to find that it was already empty. There was no one!

However, she remembered clearly that a black car was parked right behind her earlier! It was the person in the car that pushed her. That was how she had knocked into Xi Xiaye!

It was not her fault!

Not her fault at all!

It was the person in the car. Who was it? Who was it?

Xi Xiaye painfully clutched her belly. She finally found her voice after much effort, and her raspy voice sounded desperate. "My child... Zitong... Zitong... Save it. Save my child, Zitong..."

Ji Zitong was reversing her car when she saw this scene before her. She was dumbfounded.

"Director Xi!" She quickly rushed up to her and kicked the dazed Xi Xinyi to the side as she lifted Xi Xiaye up in a panic.

"Zitong, hurry... Hurry! Quickly send me to the hospital... My child, I can't lose it!"

Xi Xiaye was panting and begging with much difficulty. Her pale face was already sweating as she painfully gripped onto Ji Zitong's sleeve

When Ji Zitong saw this, her heart burned with anguish. She quickly carried her up and walked to the car. Frantically, she settled Xi Xiaye in the front passenger seat swiftly and buckled her safety belt.

"Director Xi, hold on. I'll send you to the hospital right away."

Then, she started the car.

Meanwhile, Xi Xinyi, who had been kicked by Ji Zitong, had yet to regain her senses. When she turned to look, she only managed to see the car vanish around the corner!

On the ground before her, only the sheets with the word 'fortune' that were torn up remained.

Xi Xinyi was frightened. She stared down at the crimson blood on her trembling fingers. After a while, she took a deep breath and tried hard to calm the surging shock in her. She looked around her.

She remembered very clearly that a car had been parked behind her earlier. The person in the car had shoved her very hard, and that was how...

Who was it?

Xi Xinyi tried hard to find any traces, yet this road only bypassed West Park, so there would not usually be any passerby. Where was she going to find the car from earlier? And the person?

Xi Xinyi suddenly felt so nervous that she was about to break down. Her mind immediately flashed with the word of advice Mu Yuchen had once given her!

No!

She could not just become a black sheep. She was a victim too!

When she thought about this, Xi Xinyi could not help but hold her head of messy hair and shriek. Then, she got into her car frantically and drove ahead too.

It was close to evening right now. The warm sunlight gradually dissipated.

When his phone buzzed, Mu Yuchen was driving back to Maple Residence. He slowed down his car and answered the call, "It's me."

Ji Zitong did not have time to explain much on her end. She just said, "Chairman Mu, it's me, Ji Zitong. Director Xi got into an accident. We're rushing to Hospital T now. Come over quickly. It doesn't look too good! We're in a really bad traffic jam. We probably won't make it even if we call an ambulance."

Mu Yuchen could seem to hear her holding back from crying! His chest suddenly tightened with an ache as his whole body turned rigid.

He took a deep breath, and managed to maintain a bit of calmness as he asked softly, "Where are you two now?"

"We're near the Da Yu flyover. I have my GPS on. Chairman Mu, quickly rush over, I'm afraid... Director Xi won't be able to make it...."

Da Yu flyover!

Mu Yuchen did not even wait for Ji Zitong to finish when he suddenly braked and quickly spun his car around.

It hurt!

Her whole body hurt and Xi Xiaye was in a daze. She only knew to clench her teeth right now as she silently protected her belly and forced herself not to fall asleep. She only knew that they had waited for the arrival of this child, so no matter what, she could not lose it!

Ji Zitong's anxious and concerned voice continued to be heard as she struggled hard to listen and suffered even more.

It was not sure how long passed. In her daze, she suddenly seemed to smell a faint and familiar fragrance. She was pulled into a warm embrace, but she did not open her eyes. Instead, she reached out to hold onto the person's shirt tightly. Instantly, tears fell like rain.

When she opened her misty and teary eyes and saw the traffic jam ahead, her hopeless cries surged like a storm. She seemed to be holding tightly onto her last sliver of hope as she cried in a raspy voice, "Save it...Mu Yuchen, save our child... I can't lose it... Save it. It must live. I beg you to save it... Mu Yuchen, save it..."

Mu Yuchen looked down at her struggling in pain. In that one instant, his eyes turned hot as coals and they could not help but redden. He quickly pulled her into his arms and blocked out the cold wind. His deep and raspy voice said, "Don't be afraid. I'm right here. You and the baby will be fine. Hold on. It will all be fine!"

He then carried her away from the sea of cars.

"Chairman Mu, take the Ying Bin Avenue! The fastest ambulance is from there!" Ji Zitong abandoned the car and rushed into the crowd with Mu Yuchen as she quickly paved the way ahead!

"Excuse me, make way, please. Please make way! Please make way! Please!"

Ji Zitong only wore a thin shirt. She had taken off the coat that she wore for Xi Xiaye. Amidst the rustling cold wind, anxious cries were heard as the crowd on the sidewalk all quickly made way.

Mu Yuchen did not know how long he carried his woman and ran. He only knew that for the first time, he felt that the person in his embrace carried a lot of weight. It was so much weight that he dared not look down at her, so much that when he heard her quietly cry, he felt his entire heart constrict in extreme pain, and he felt suffocated.

They rushed through a few streets until they reached the entrance of the hospital when they saw the ambulance drive out.

"Doctor! Doctor, save her! Hurry, call your best doctors here!"

"Gynaecology right away. Call the gynecologist!"

"Prepare for operation right away. Hurry!"

"Mister, you can't go in. Please wait outside. Please trust us!"

"Chairman Mu! Chairman Mu!"

Xi Xiaye only heard the jumble of panicked voices by her ear as she felt her hand holding on tightly to Mu Yuchen's shirt being pulled away.

"Xiaye, I'll wait for you to get out safely!" Mu Yuchen only had time to say these final words before Xi Xiaye was wheeled into the operating theatre.

When he saw the operating theatre doors close, Mu Yuchen fell limp in fatigue. He subconsciously held onto the wall behind him, and the wall immediately had five fingerprints!

"Chairman Mu! Are you okay?"

Ji Zitong quickly went up as Mu Yuchen propped himself up with one hand on the wall. He lifted a hand to stop her while his handsome face was extremely pale. His dark eyes gathered with endless concern and pain too as he turned and took one look at the tightly shut operating theatre doors. After a while, he turned to Ji Zitong and asked grimly, "What happened? How did she suddenly end up like this?"

Ji Zitong was frightened by Mu Yuchen's hostile and stern voice. She sighed and then maintained composure as she said, "Director Xi wanted to return to West Park and take a look. At the same time, she wanted to put up some New Year couplets to add some warmth. Unexpectedly, we bumped into Xi Xinyi. I was just parking the car. When I returned, I saw that Xi Xinyi had pushed Director Xi to the ground..."

"That means it was Xi Xinyi! Is she so fearless of death?" Mu Yuchen's gloomy and cold voice came. His dark eyes became even more dreary and unfriendly in an instant.

"No! No, it wasn't me! Chairman Mu, I didn't push her! Someone pushed me from behind... Aah..."

Xi Xinyi had chased them from behind. Before she could finish, Mu Yuchen lost control and gripped her thin and fair neck with one hand!

Xi Xinyi's voice stopped abruptly. Her beautiful face looked pained as she struggled for a bit, and then her mind felt stifled from a lack of oxygen. She stared at Mu Yuchen's pair of cold eyes in terror.

"Chairman Mu! Calm down! Chairman Mu!" Ji Zitong quickly went up to hold Mu Yuchen back. "Chairman Mu, don't be rash! Let go of her. Otherwise..."

Mu Yuchen then slowly let go. He stared at Xi Xinyi and said sternly, "Since you'd like to die so badly, I'll grant you your wish!"

He then pushed Xi Xinyi to the side roughly. Caught off-guard, she fell to the ground in a sorry manner. She panted through huge breaths and her face reddened while Mu Yuchen had already taken out his phone and was about to make a call.

Xi Xinyi was stunned to see that. She quickly went up to him, half-crawling and pulling his pants leg. "No, Chairman Mu! Don't! I really didn't push Xiaye. Hear me out! Hear me out, please! It really wasn't me!"

"Get lost!" Mu Yuchen cruelly pulled his leg back.

"It really wasn't me! Someone pushed me from the car. I'm a victim too. I am self-aware. I wouldn't dare offend you, Chairman Mu. Can you not distinguish right from wrong?" Xi Xinyi's wronged and infuriated voice cried out loudly.

Mu Yuchen then stopped what he was doing. He was about to say something when the sound of hurried footsteps came from the walkway ahead. It was the gynecologist, Dr. Huang, with another doctor and two nurses.

"Chairman Mu!"

Dr. Huang was Xi Xiaye's usual doctor. Naturally, they recognized Mu Yuchen too.

Mu Yuchen nodded as he slowly calmed the worry and uneasiness in his heart and said solemnly, "Please do the best for my wife, Dr. Huang."

"I will do my best. Don't worry, Chairman Mu." Then, Dr. Huang swiftly entered the operating theatre.

Mu Yuchen lifted a hand to his forehead as he leaned against the cold wall listlessly. He did not move, and the phone in his pocket buzzed many times, yet he did not pick it up.

Xi Xinyi was scared witless. She dared not move around either, so she could only stand up while trembling with the support of the wall. Sitting was not an option either. She just looked at Mu Yuchen terrified, and then stared at the operating theatre.

Earlier, the way he looked like he wished he could murder her had really scared her. She almost forgot that this man had always been merciless. Had she not seen it for herself the last time?

On both counts, it was for Xi Xiaye! This time, he had even lost control!

Xi Xinyi was so resentful that her teeth clenched together. The last time, she was really innocent, and this time, even more so!

Which witch had pushed her and made her take on such blame? If she found out who it was, she would kill them!

Xi Xinyi gritted her teeth and cursed the person who pushed her.

After a long while, the doors to the operating theatre suddenly opened. A nurse walked out from inside. Mu Yuchen quickly went up and asked worriedly, "How is she?"

"The pregnant woman suffered from a huge impact, largely affecting the fetus. I'm afraid it will be a premature delivery. We need to do a blood transfusion now!" the nurse explained simply while another nurse was already delivering blood plasma over.

Soon, the door to the operating theatre closed once again.

Ji Zitong then felt a little cold. She glanced at Mu Yuchen who remained silent without a word, and then out at the sky which had long darkened. The cold wind sped outside as someone began to set fireworks off in the night sky outside.

It was New Year's Eve tonight, yet unexpectedly...

Ji Zitong sighed. Then, she blinked and looked at the door of the operating theatre that was tightly shut. After a while, she turned and looked out at the fireworks that continued to go off. She quietly closed her eyes.

She was pondering whether to give Maple Residence a call when her phone rang unexpectedly. She took it out to see that it was from Maple Residence.

"Chairman Mu, it's a call from Maple Residence." Ji Zitong looked to Mu Yuchen for instruction, yet he remained silent. He was leaning gently against the cold wall with his eyes shut as he quietly waited.

Ji Zitong then picked up the phone at her own liberty and explained the situation to Zhuang Shurong.

Within an hour, Zhuang Shurong and Mu Tangchuan, as well as Xi Mushan and Shen Wenna, rushed over. They had a bag of clothes for Xi Xiaye to change into and baby clothes that had long been prepared. Li Si came over too.

"Father! It wasn't me. I really didn't push her! I'm afraid! No matter what, I wouldn't have taken it out on the child in Xi Xiaye, I'm a mother as well, Father, Aunt, please believe me. I really didn't push her! It was the person in the car behind me that shoved me! It wasn't me. It really wasn't me!"

Xi Xinyi was probably extremely terrified. The moment she saw Xi Mushan and Shen Wenna, she quickly went up to them to explain in a panic.

"What is happening? This is the hospital. Don't be all weepy. It's the New Year. What bad luck!"

The stern and resounding voice of a woman was heard. It came with a manner that could not be denied.

It was Zhuang Shurong's voice!

Zhuang Shurong shot Xi Xinyi a stern look, much to her shock.

No matter what it was, being reprimanded by someone like Zhuang Shurong shut her right up.

Ji Zitong explained the whole situation simply to everyone. Shen Wenna's face was as pale as a sheet, and she felt limp. Thankfully, Xi Mushan held her in time.

"If something happens to Xiaye, I won't let you off easily! Xiaye..." Shen Wenna covered her face as she looked at the operating theatre. She pushed Xi Mushan away. "You go away too. Don't touch me!"

...

When she saw that Mu Yuchen kept quiet without moving, Zhuang Shurong went up to him worriedly. She was about to say a few words but Mu Yuchen's deep and raspy came first.