Chapter 26: She’ll Pretend That She’s Ignorant
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Chu Ningyi walked to the bed and unceremoniously dumped Shui Anluo onto it. She felt as if her bones almost broke apart from the impact.
Shui Anluo cried out as she rubbed her aching waist. She then glared angrily at Chu Ningyi. “What’re you doing?”
“Aren’t you capable?” Chu Ningyi scoffed coldly. The icy tone of his voice was comparable to the coldest day of the twelfth lunar month.
Once Chu Ningyi had finished speaking, he grabbed Shui Anluo’s wrist. The place where the IV drip had been attached on the back of her hand had bled and scabbed over due to her previous actions.
Shui Anluo looked at the b.l.o.o.d.y mess on her hand and cried out. However, she had cried out not because she was shocked but because she just realized that she had been hurt.
“Sure enough, I had totally lost control back then.” Shui Anluo clicked her tongue. She had injured herself in the process of beating Shui Anjiao up, her business had indeed suffered a loss.
Chu Ningyi’s expression looked even uglier when he heard the nonchalant tone in her voice. “Are you smas.h.i.+ng a pot to pieces just because it’s cracked?”
“Please, I’m already a pot that’s been smashed to pieces, why should I be afraid of being shattered?” scoffed Shui Anluo. She reached out to carry the little darling and lowered her head to plant a kiss on his little face. “There’s no need to fear, mummy has avenged you.”
“Ya…” The little darling smiled and reached out to touch his mummy’s face before smearing his saliva all over her.
Chu Ningyi sat next to the bed and took out the iodine and gauze. He then pulled Shui Anluo’s hand over and cleaned the blood off the back of it with water. He saw the torn skin on the back of her hand which begun to bleed again after the blood had been washed away.
Chu Ningyi’s furrowed brows never relaxed as he gently cleaned her wound with iodine.
“Gasp…” Shui Anluo was in pain. She gasped and wanted to s.n.a.t.c.h her hand away.
“You’re already smashed to smithereens, yet you’re still afraid of the pain?” Chu Ningyi calmly remarked. The force from his hand did not diminish. Instead, it grew even harsher.
“Ouch, ouch…” Shui Anluo wept from the pain. This man was doing it on purpose, he was definitely doing it on purpose!
“Bear with the pain. If you don’t disinfect it, your hand will fall off.” Chu Ningyi grasped her hand and refused to let her retract it as he continued to disinfect it. “You were beating her up for so long it’s almost like you aren’t afraid of getting an infection.”
‘No afraid of getting an infection?!’
‘What vicious words!’
Shui Anluo suddenly felt as though she had not had one decent conversation with him during their one year of marriage. Otherwise, she would have died long ago from his vicious and poisonous words.
Chu Ningyi applied the antiseptic before covering the wound. Even though he had only applied a band-aid, Shui Anluo felt moved. After all, her mother was the only other person who had treated her well this year.
Shui Anluo looked at the band-aid on her hand and pursed her lips. “About that, if my… If that man calls you, you can immediately tell him that I was the one who had struck her. You don’t have to shoulder the responsibility for me.”
Shui Anluo took the initiative to speak up first in view of the fact that he had already been hara.s.sed by that person on the phone before. She was the one who had raised her hand anyway so she did not want anyone else to become her scapegoat.
Chu Ningyi placed the antiseptic on the table before he reached out to pick up the little darling. “How solid do you think your backbone is? Aren’t you afraid of being crushed?”
Shui Anluo’s large eyes darted about. Why did she feel as though Director Chu cared about her?
Red hearts emerged in Shui Anluo’s mind but she suddenly remembered something and abruptly shook her head to wake herself up. ‘ This is crazy, this is crazy! What kind of a person is Chu Ningyi? Perhaps he strongly disliked Shui Anjiao so he was happy when he saw me hit her. After all, that was his little lover’s ex-fianceé. Perhaps Director Chu had been jealous. That’s right, that must be it.’
“I’ll take you home in the afternoon.” Chu Ningyi carried the little darling and helped the baby to stand on his two feet. The little darling gurgled as his little feet stepped around messily. Chu Ningyi always hated it when others flailed about in front of him but he realized that he did not dislike it one bit if that person was his son. In fact, he actually adored looking at this moment.
Shui Anluo watched them seriously and placed one hand on Chu Ningyi’s shoulder, “Hey, Director Chu, let’s talk frankly, do you really like An Fengyang? Don’t worry, with the little darling around, your line will continue so you can rest a.s.sured and happily fly together with An Fengyang.”
Chu Ningyi furrowed his brows and watched her. The expression in his eyes was certainly the look of someone who was staring at an idiot who was beyond saving.
Shui Anluo blinked innocently. ‘ I don’t understand anything. That’s right, I shall simply feign ignorance.’
“Gurgle…” The little darling’s hops were growing even more rapid as his little hand waved and danced in the air. His large, gemstone-like black eyes were s.h.i.+ning.
Shui Anluo was waiting to be discharged when Chu Ningyi received a call from Shui Moyun.
She was struggling to get off the bed when she lifted her head and saw Chu Ningyi staring intently at her.
There was no need for Shui Anluo to think too much to figure out the ident.i.ty of the person on the other end of the call. She had beaten Shui Anjiao up early in the afternoon and this phone call had arrived soon after that. Shui Anjiao should have just arrived home.
Chu Ningyi did not step out as he picked up the call immediately. He helped Shui Anluo off the bed with his other hand as he spoke on the phone.
“Chu Ningyi, what’s the meaning of this?”
As soon as he picked up the call, Shui Moyun’s voice, which was filled with reproach, blared from the other end.
“What do you mean, Uncle?” Chu Ningyi asked calmly as if he had not done anything wrong.
“You don’t know what I mean? Where’s Shui Anluo?” Shui Moyun was suppressing his anger.
Chu Ningyi asked Uncle Chu to gather Shui Anluo’s things and watched as Shui Anluo picked their child up in her arms. His voice was filled with a cold, unkind tone as he replied, “Uncle, are you here to demand justice for your daughter? Since that’s the case, I think I should also demand justice from you on account of the fact that Miss Shui had insulted my son… Alright?”
Shui Anluo’s footsteps faltered. If it had not been for Chu Ningyi’s support, she would have probably fallen to the ground.
No wonder he was in no hurry, he had a reason for retaliation.
“Insulted your son?” Shui Moyun was shaken and looked at his wife and daughter who were in the living room. Shui Anjiao sobbed as An Jiahui applied medication on her daughter’s face which had swollen like a pig’s head. Her expression was just as dark.
“What? Had you dropped your condemnations before knowing what had happened?” Chu Ningyi sneered. Shui Anjiao had also been brought up by Shui Moyun but by the look of things, the difference between her and her half-sister was too great now.
“Regardless of the reason, she should not have raised her hand,” Shui Moyun was angered by Chu Ningyi’s leisurely tone and hardened his face as he spoke.
Shui Anluo raised her head to look at Chu Ningyi. She wanted to s.n.a.t.c.h the phone from him but was restrained by Chu Ningyi’s hand.
“If one can act, one shouldn’t waste time on idle chatter. You’re a cultured man, Uncle. I, Chu Ningyi, am not. As for making public condemnations towards me, why not make teaching your daughter a priority? Don’t cause a scene if you don’t have the ability. It’s fine if you’re not tired of this but don’t trouble others instead.” After Chu Ningyi had said his piece, he ended the call. Shui Anluo blinked and once again got a taste of Chu Ningyi’s venomous tongue.