"No." Xia Qiqi hesitated for a second before coldly refusing, "Compared to you, I find your son even more disgusting!"
"Xia Qiqi, what else does Xiao Nanchen have to do for you?!" Xiao Qiang finally got a little agitated, "From when you were young until now, you would hit him, scold him, mock him, but not only did he not hold it against you, he still followed you around, protected you, cared for you and took care of you. What more do you want from him?!"
"If he really treated me well, he wouldn't have made me marry him!" Xia Qiqi retorted.
"He must have been so helpless before he would use this kind of method to obtain you! Did you ever think about that?!"
Just as Xia Qiqi was about to get into an argument with Xiao Qiang,
Xiao Qiang directly interrupted her, "The scar on Xiao Nanchen's forehead, who did he get that for?!"
Xia Qiqi was taken aback.
She recalled that year when Xiao Nanchen was 12 years old, she had deliberately flown a kite up into a tree and asked Xiao Nanchen to climb up to get it for her. At that time, she had hoped that Xiao Nanchen would fall down and die. As a result, Xiao Nanchen really fell down with blood all over his forehead and had to get 8 stitches. Now there is still a scar there, which is why Xiao Nanchen never combs his hair up.
"The dog bite mark on the back of Xiao Nanchen's hand, who did he get bitten for?!" Xiao Qiang pressed Xia Qiqi.
Xia Qiqi lightly bit her lip.
When she was 14 years old, the school had organized an excursion to the suburbs. She had accidentally wandered off without her phone which had run out of battery. While looking for her group, she encountered a stray dog that charged at her to bite her. It was Xiao Nanchen who suddenly rushed out from somewhere unknown, pounced over and beat the wild dog to death. That was the first time Xia Qiqi had seen such a cruel side of Xiao Nanchen. Although he was also bitten by the wild dog himself, the flesh on the back of his hand at that time was nearly bitten off.
"Why did Xiao Nanchen leave home all alone to study abroad for four years?!"
Xia Qiqi did not want to think about it.
But she had no choice but to recall it anyway.
That year, it was her who made Xiao Nanchen leave.
She had said that she did not want to see him anymore and hoped that he could go abroad to study. She wanted to be with Nie Ziming and did not want any conflict between her and Nie Ziming because of Xiao Nanchen.
After all, everyone knew that Xiao Nanchen liked her.
When Xiao Nanchen was 18 years old, just because of one sentence from Xia Qiqi, he really left.
The best university in China had already admitted him.
Yet he rejected it and went abroad to take exams again.
"Does Xiao Nanchen really have to take out his heart for you to see just how battered and shattered it is because of you?!" Xiao Qiang spoke as her eyes turned red.
"That is Xiao Nanchen's business!" Xia Qiqi was still coldly indifferent.
That's right.
Just to stop herself from feeling sad.
It was Xiao Nanchen's matter that he liked her.
She didn't ask him to like her.
Why should she have to marry him just because he treated her well?
Hearing Xia Qiqi's nonchalant words, Xiao Qiang was so angry that her body trembled.
Seeing Xiao Qiang's grief and Xia Qiqi's cold tone, Xia Zheng Hai's anger erupted in an instant as well, "Xia Qiqi, was I too lenient and pampering towards you?! Do you really not understand what gratitude, filial piety and respect mean?!"
"I became like this only because I don't have a mother!" Xia Qiqi yelled.
It seemed like the rift between her and her dad would be hard to mend in this lifetime.
Xia Zheng Hai's face suddenly turned red.
His eyes were wide open and his facial expression was stiff, making him look extremely hideous.
His body also shuddered violently at that moment.
His complexion was clearly abnormal.
"Uncle Xia." An Nuan quickly went over to support Xia Zheng Hai.
Xia Zheng Hai's body stiffened as he suddenly became unable to speak.
Xiao Qiang was also frightened, "Zheng Hai, Zheng Hai what's wrong with you?!"
"Qiqi, call an ambulance, hurry!" An Nuan urged.
Xia Qiqi was also scared by her father's state.
However angry she was, she had not thought that she would agitate her father to such an extent.
She trembled as she made the call.
An Nuan made a decisive judgment on the spot, "Auntie, let's take uncle directly to the hospital. Be careful not to shake uncle too much. It should be a cerebral hemorrhage caused by high blood pressure! Qiqi, ask your father's private doctor to go to the hospital and wait for us."
"Okay." Xia Qiqi answered tremblingly.
The group swiftly sent Xia Zheng Hai to the hospital.
Xia Zheng Hai was sent into the emergency room by ambulance.
And so, Xia Qiqi watched as the doors of the emergency room closed.
She had sent one in yesterday.
And today, she sent in another one again.
Xia Qiqi's eyes turned redder and redder.
She bit hard on her lip as she told herself that she did nothing wrong.
Why should her happiness be threatened like this?
Sobs could be heard from time to time along the corridor.
They were Xiao Qiang's muffled cries.
An Nuan had been comforting her all along, telling her that nothing would happen.
Although An Nuan did not accompany Xia Qiqi back to the Xia family in her previous life, she didn't seem to remember very clearly whether Xia Zheng Hai had been hospitalized either. But Xia Zheng Hai did not pass away yet at this point in her previous life.
After an hour, the doctor came out.
Xiao Qiang rushed over with tear-filled eyes, "Doctor, how is my husband?"
"Madam, please don't worry. Mr. Xia is now out of danger and we have not discovered any after effects for the time being. Fortunately, he was sent here in time, otherwise the probability of death or paralysis from cerebral hemorrhage would have been very high."
"Thank you, doctor." Xiao Qiang quickly expressed her gratitude.
"Mr. Xia suffered a cerebral hemorrhage due to high blood pressure. Although he has stabilized now, you must be careful not to let the patient get stimulated again, otherwise the consequences the next time would be unimaginable."
"We will be careful."
The doctor gave some more instructions.
Not long after, Xia Zheng Hai was pushed out.
His complexion was very pale and he looked extremely weak.
This was completely different from the father in Xia Qiqi's impression.
In her mind, her father had always been indomitable and even somewhat tall and mighty.
Not like now, collapsing with just a few words.
She involuntarily shifted her gaze, not wanting to look at them.
After knowing her father was fine, she immediately turned and ran away.
An Nuan watched Xia Qiqi's back view and endured it before deciding to let her leave.
Without needing to think, she knew.
Xia Qiqi must have gone to look for Nie Ziming now.
However, Xia Qiqi did not know that Xia Zheng Hai and Xiao Qiang had already spoken to Nie Ziming last night.
The support that Xia Qiqi wanted to seek from Nie Ziming was already impossible.
An Nuan accompanied Xiao Qiang to push Xia Zheng Hai to the ward.
Incidentally, she also wanted to have a private chat with Xiao Nanchen.
Xia Zheng Hai's ward was next to Xiao Nanchen's.
Only after seeing that everything was stable for Xia Zheng Hai did An Nuan walk into the next ward.
The moment she walked in, her footsteps clearly hesitated.
Because in the ward, Xiao Nanchen was not alone.
Ye Jinghuai and Qin Jiang were also there.
Her sudden appearance clearly attracted the attention of the two men.
An Nuan couldn't help but bite her lip.
She somehow felt as if she was disturbing them.
And also as if, she had discovered some secret that she might get murdered to silence.
