Chapter 67: I Am Afraid That I Won’t Be Able to See You Again
Yan Yuxiao screamed in panic while Qin Xiaobai tried his best to stay calm and dialed 110. The driver and the assistant of Yan Yuxiao also rushed over to pull the old man away. However, the old man was still holding the broken bottle in his hand, so no one dared to approach him. At last, the police arrived and dealt with the old man right away, followed by the ambulance.
Qin Xiaobai wasn’t injured but Yan Yuxiao’s back was stabbed by the broken glasses. When she was carried to the ambulance, she was covered by blood. After Qin Muxuan and Gu Zijin learned about what had happened, they arrived at the hospital instantly. As Qin Muxuan saw Qin Xiaobai sitting on the chair, she let out a sigh of relief. Gu Zijin frowned slightly. On his way here, he learned that the person who attacked Yan Yuxiao was a middle-aged crazy fan of her. This time, this man had waited outside the studio the whole time for no reason and at last caused the incident today.
Qin Xiaobai raised his head and looked to Qin Muxuan, saying,
“Dabai, I wasn’t injured, but Miss Yan was because she tried to protect me. When the car window was smashed, Miss Yan used her body to block the broken glass for me.”
Qin Muxuan only held Qin Xiaobai in her arms tightly. Qin Xiaobai said in a sobbing voice,
“Dabai, I’m not scared of that drunken man. I am afraid that I won’t be able to see you again.”
When she heard his words, Qin Muxuan’s heart got softened right away. Gu Zijin stood there and looked at them the whole time. He blamed himself for what had happened to Qin Xiaobai. It had never occurred to him that there would be so many fans. Also, the bodyguards whom he had sent to protect Qin Xiaobai hadn’t done enough preparation.
After the glass on Yan Yuxiao’s back had been taken out, the doctors disinfected and bound up her wound. Therefore, she could only lie face down on the bed. Qin Muxuan walked over to express her thanks to Yan Yuxiao. Before, Qin Muxuan always had a prejudice against Yan Yuxiao, but now Qin Muxuan was thinking, ‘If it were not for Yan Yuxiao, Xiaobai would be the one who was lying on the bed now. How could such a little boy bear a great pain like this?’
Thinking of that, Qin Muxuan showed a thankful look in her eyes. With an evil look crossing Yan Yuxiao’s face, she listened to Qin Muxuan’s words quietly and said in a weak voice,
“Is Xiaobai all right?”
“He’s fine. Don’t worry about him. You should get some rest first.”
“OK.”
After Yan Yuxiao looked around the room quickly, she still didn’t find Gu Zijin. Then, displeased as she felt, she still forced a smile and said,
“Miss Qin, I might have given you the wrong impression because of the things I did. I never expect you’ll be willing to visit me.”
After Qin Muxuan saw Yan Yuxiao’s sincere face, she put aside her prejudice against the latter. Before Qin Muxuan left, she bought some fruits for Yan Yuxiao. Qin Xiaobai saw Qin Muxuan coming out and then raised his head and asked,
“How’s Miss Yan doing?”
“She’s fine. Xiaobai, you can go to visit her now if you want.”
Qin Xiaobai shook his head and thought, ‘Mommy, I haven’t told you that Miss Yan was trying to steal daddy away from you. I can not help her. Although she saved me this time, I still like my mother more.’
They walked out of the hospital.
Qin Muxuan sat on the back seat of the car while holding Qin Xiaobai in her arms. It started to rain when they were on the road. Gu Zijin turned on the heater and looked at Qin Muxuan through the rear-view mirror, saying,
“I’ll make up for Yan Yuxiao, you don’t need to take up this matter yourself. Also, I’ll send more reliable guys to protect Xiaobai.”
Elderly Lady Gu who heard about the incident had been worried the whole time. However, she couldn’t go to the hospital right away because her condition wasn’t very well and Mrs. Gu who was afraid that Elderly Lady Gu would get too emotional was trying to stop the old lady from leaving. After Gu Zijin had entered the room, Elderly Lady Gu walked toward him with a stick and said,
“Zijin, how’s Yuxiao doing right now? I saw in the news that she was sent to hospital.”
“Grandma, don’t worry. She was only slightly injured. It’s not serious.”
Only then did Elderly Lady Gu feel relieved. She kept saying:”That’s good.” Seeing that, Qin Xiaobai felt a bit uncomfortable because his great grandmother never cared about his mother so much when the latter had a fever. So when Elderly Lady Gu tried to hug Qin Xiaobai, he dodged her silently. Then she could only stand up disappointedly.
Qin Muxuan rubbed Qin Xiaobai’s head and said,
“Xiaobai, haven’t I told you that you couldn’t treat your great grandma like this?”
Elderly Lady Gu didn’t want Qin Muxuan to put in a good word for her. However, Qin Xiaobai only listened to his mother, so after he bit his lips and nodded, he finally walked over to Elderly Lady Gu and held the latter’s hand. Elderly Lady Gu wanted to hug her great grandson long ago, but Qin Xiaobai didn’t even want to get close to her because of her attitude toward Qin Muxuan. Now that he was finally willing to touch Elderly Lady Gu, this old lady only felt as if her heart was about to melt.
“Great-grandma, I want to eat sunflower seeds.”
“Fine, I’ll peel them for you.”
Seeing the old lady and the little boy walking toward the sofa, Qin Muxuan let out a sigh of relief. No matter whether she would leave the Gu’s family or not, she needed to make sure that the people of this family would take good care of Qin Xiaobai. She didn’t want Qin Xiaobai’s life to be influenced by her. Five years ago when the Qin family went bankrupt overnight, she already saw through the fickleness of the world. So now when she saw that Xiaobai was favored by so many people, she really was happy for him.
After she got upstairs, she saw a message on her phone. Yin Youting asked her to have dinner together. Although she had made it clear with Yin Youting that she didn’t want to have any relation with him anymore, she still got a bit hesitant when remembering that he had saved her in front of the bar. At last, she replied that she couldn’t go because she was occupied and then calmed down.
Gu Zijin was still busy with something in the study. After Qin Muxuan had taken a shower, she lay on the bed and started to read. When her phone rang, she looked at the name on the screen and picked up the phone right away, saying,
“Yin Youting, we really shouldn’t meet each other anymore.”
“Xuan, I know.”
Yin Youting sounded drunk. Last time Qin Muxuan’s drunken words had already cooled his ardor, but he was still a bit reluctant to accept the truth. Even so, if Gu Zijin was the one Qin Muxuan wanted, Yin Youting would try his best to protect Qin Muxuan. In the past, Yin Youting had failed to protect her once. Now that he had finally met her again, he would go to all lengths to prevent her from being harmed again.
“I only asked you out this time to see you and your child for the last time. I won’t bother you anymore and only give you my best wishes from far away. But Xuan, I just want to bid farewell to you…”
Qin Muxuan bit her lips. Recalling the appearance of the young man in white, she felt tears welling up in her eyes. She didn’t know why she and Yin Youting had ended up like this. Perhaps they were destined to break up. On that night five years ago, she called Yin Youting’s name over and over again inwardly until she lost all her hope.
When Gu Zijin pushed the door open, he happened to see Qin Muxuan hanging up the phone as well as the tear stains by the corner of her eyes. Then the look in his eyes turned sullen right away. He seldom saw Qin Muxuan being like this and knew that only that man would make her so sad. Gu Zijin compressed his thin lips. The only reason why he was so annoyed was that he knew all the stories about Qin Muxuan.