“Exactly! She even forced herself into his wife’s home and fought with a pregnant woman. How can someone be so shameless? That’s terrifying!”


  Everyone discussed among themselves, not giving Hong Jinyun’s mother a chance to speak up.

  Bai Xiaonian brought the loudspeaker to her lips and continued, “If you really love your daughter, you should be staying by her side and protecting her, not coming here when she’s on her last legs and ruining someone else’s marriage on the pretext of helping her! Don’t make it such that your daughter can’t even leave this world in peace…… because you caused her to be known for discriminating against people based on their wealth and ruining people’s marriages! Hong Jinyun will be in such a pitiful state after you use her like that!”


  Bai Xiaonian then turned around and ignored Hong Jinyun’s mother’s screams downstairs.

  “Have you no sympathy, Bai Xiaonian? Jinyun’s already on her deathbed, and yet you’re here cursing her to die! Does Lu Jinnan know what a scheming and cruel woman you are? Will he still want to be in a relationship with you once he knows about it?”


  “You’re crazy!” A lady living on the second floor peeked her head out and criticized Hong Jinyun’s mother. “She doesn’t have sympathy just because she doesn’t want to get a divorce and give your daughter her blessing? She’s pregnant, and you barged into her house like that—you should thank your lucky stars she didn’t give you a tight slap! Your daughter must have accumulated enough bad luck to last her eight lifetimes to have a mother like you! You’re rushing to make your daughter a mistress, and you even justified your actions in such a shameless and pretentious manner! What nonsense!”


  “This is none of your business!” Hong Jinyun’s mother retorted.

  A man living on the third floor couldn’t hold back his anger either and began criticizing her as well. “I’m a guy, and even I can’t continue listening to this! His entire life belongs to your daughter just because he dated her before? Is your daughter that good? Is she an angel from heaven? What gives you the right to force her husband to get a divorce and marry your daughter? You came to harass his pregnant wife without even asking for his consent! What motive do you have? Have you no pride? People like you should be arrested by the police!”


  “My Jinyun and Lu Jinnan truly love each other! If Bai Xiaonian didn’t tie down Lu Jinnan with the child, would Lu Jinnan still stay with her? Who’s the real shameless person here? Bai Xiaonian’s shameless……” Hong Jinyun’s mother argued.

  Bai Xiaonian’s father was so furious that his hands shook. He grabbed the loudspeaker and shouted into it from the balcony. “The two of them are a normal couple who got married and had a child together, while your daughter came running here to be his mistress. You’re telling me they’re shameless and your daughter isn’t? You’re the one who’s shameless. Your whole family is shameless!”


  “Couple? What couple? Why don’t you ask Lu Jinnan how much he used to love my Jinyun? He even celebrated Chinese New Year with her in America! Did you know that, old man? If your daughter hadn’t used underhand tricks, Lu Jinnan would have already gotten a divorce and married my daughter! As expected of someone whose mother died young! No one raised you up properly. That’s why you were so shameless that you stole someone’s man!” Hong Jinyun’s mother became increasingly worked up as she criticized Bai Xiaonian. “Bai Xiaonian, if your mother knew how you shamelessly stole someone’s man, would she be able to rest in peace?”


  Bai Xiaonian’s mother was a taboo topic for her daughter and father. Upon hearing Hong Jinyun’s mother say that Bai Xiaonian’s mother died young, blood instantly rushed to Bai Xiaonian’s father’s head. He lifted the vase on the balcony and was about to throw it down onto the ground below. Then, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound in his head. The flower pot shattered into pieces on the ground, and Bai Xiaonian’s father fell to the floor unconscious.

  “Dad!” Bai Xiaonian’s eyes widened. She was seized with panic as she rushed to the balcony. “Dad!”


  Bai Xiaonian’s father laid beside the broken pieces of the vase. His face had been cut by the broken pieces, but he didn’t react at all.

  “Dad! Dad! Don’t scare me, Dad!” Bai Xiaonian knelt beside her father. The broken pieces of the vase cut her knees, causing her to be in so much pain that she nearly passed out.

  Bai Xiaonian’s frantic cries could be heard from the balcony. A lady living on the fourth floor quickly asked, “Xiaonian, what’s wrong? Do you need help?”


  Nearly everyone in the building knew that Bai Xiaonian’s father was in poor health and that he was a great person. No one wanted anything to happen to him.

  “My dad fainted!” Bai Xiaonian cradled her dad’s head. She was a panicked mess.

  “Old Wu, quickly go upstairs and help! Old Bai’s fainted!” The lady on the fourth floor shouted across her house.

  The first people to knock on the door and enter were the people who had been by Bai Xiaonian and Lu Jinnan’s side protecting them. They saw that Bai Xiaonian’s father had passed out, while Bai Xiaonian’s eyes were red. She even had a pool of blood beneath her legs. Without a second word, they carried the father-daughter pair out and sent them to the hospital. The people assigned by Tang Zheng to secretly protect them also called Lu Jinnan.

  When the people downstairs saw the blood all over Bai Xiaonian’s pants as the people protecting her carried her out, they all thought she had a miscarriage……

  Although the porcelain pieces stuck in Bai Xiaonian’s knees had reduced the bleeding, it was still a shocking sight, especially since she was pregnant!

  Hong Jinyun’s mother had remained amongst the crowd to see what the commotion was all about. Seeing the blood all over Bai Xiaonian’s pants, she also thought Bai Xiaonian had a miscarriage. She gleefully turned around and prepared to leave.

  “Where do you think you’re going?” A lady suddenly grabbed at Hong Jinyun’s mother’s clothes. “Neighbours, we can’t let this person get away! She caused Old Bai to pass out in anger! And who knows what happened to Bai Xiaonian? We should send her to the police station!”


  Nearly everyone in the neighborhood took action upon hearing the lady’s words. They called Hong Jinyun’s mother an evil woman while hitting her.

  “What are you doing? I’m telling you, assault is illegal! I’m going to send all of you to prison!”


  “Go to hell!” A man rushed out and slapped Hong Jinyun’s mother in the face.

  This man usually played chess with Bai Xiaonian’s father and often chatted with him. He was very fond of him.

  He had just come back from a leisurely walk when he heard that Bai Xiaonian’s father had fainted. He learned from the neighbors around him that Hong Jinyun’s mother had come begging Bai Xiaonian on her knees to get a divorce with her husband so that her daughter could become the wife of the president of the Kaide Corporation. The woman even insulted Bai Xiaonian’s mother!

  The moment the man heard that Hong Jinyun’s mother had insulted Bai Xiaonian’s mother, without saying another word, he slapped the woman so hard that she fell to the ground. If the neighbors hadn’t held him back, he would’ve beaten her to a pulp.

  Bai Xiaonian’s mother was a heroine in the eyes of the neighbors.

  Since Bai Xiaonian and her father’s conditions were unknown, they couldn’t illegally detain the woman there!

  Lu Jinnan went straight to the hospital. Since no one stepped forward to resolve the matter, they reluctantly released Hong Jinyun’s mother after two hours, not forgetting to curse and criticize her as they did so.

  In the hospital.

  Bai Xiaonian’s father was experiencing cerebral infarction that led to brain hemorrhage. He had to undergo an operation, which Bai Jinyu would be personally carrying out.

  In the wound care room.

  Lu Jinnan gripped Bai Xiaonian’s hand tightly as he watched the doctor disinfect her wound and prepare to give her anesthetic……

  Bai Xiaonian’s face grew pale, and she asked, “Will this affect the child?”


  “Don’t worry. Local anesthetic won’t affect the child!” the doctor replied. He then gave Bai Xiaonian local anesthetic.