Qin Yan said angrily, "This woman is too fanatical about Shixu. She's been pursuing Shixu for ten years, and Shixu has never spoken to her more than ten times. Her mental state is not like that of a normal person. Tangtang, she might be doing this because she's jealous that you snatched Shixu away."

Lin Yueying was so angry that her chest heaved violently. "What a lunatic! If anything happens to my son, I will not forgive her!"

Madam Jiang's face was displeased as she glanced at Lin Yueying. "Yueying, Shixu is still in there receiving critical care. What are you talking about? How can you, as a mother, speak like that? Are you cursing Shixu?"

Lin Yueying's eyes were red, "Mom...that's not what I meant..."

As soon as she opened her mouth, tears began to flow uncontrollably.

Jiang Yi looked at her reproachfully, "Don't cry. Your son is still in critical condition. It would be unlucky for you to cry at this time."

Chu Tang had no interest in listening to their quarrel.

For Chu Tang, every minute and every second seemed so long, and every second was torture.

Self-blame, regret, tension, fear, all kinds of emotions tightly wrapped around her. Chu Tang felt a tightness in her chest, a pain in her heart, and even breathing became difficult. The feeling was like the suffocation of a drowning person on the verge of death.

……

Time passed by minute by minute.

It is sinking to the west day by day.

After a long and agonizing wait, the door of the emergency room finally opened.

Lin Yueying was the first to rush forward to ask the doctor about the condition.

"Doctor, how is my son?"

Others also gathered around.

Chu Tang was so nervous that his hands were shaking and his palms were sweating. He felt both excited and scared.

The doctor took off his mask and a relaxed smile appeared on his tired face. "The patient is no longer in danger of death."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Tang's nerves, which had been tense all afternoon, finally relaxed a little.

Jiang Shixu was transferred from the emergency room to the ICU. The doctor said that in order to prevent postoperative infection, he had to be observed in the ICU for a few more days.

With the heavy stone in his heart put down, Mr. Jiang began to think carefully about what happened today.

He looked at Jiang Yi with a stern gaze, "How did that woman get into the manor? The security and guards are so strict, it stands to reason that she can't get in without an invitation. Did you find out?"

Jiang Yi only then remembered that his mobile phone had received many calls in the afternoon. He was so anxious at that time that he was in no mood to answer the calls.

"I'll ask how the investigation is going over there."

After making a phone call, Jiang Yi said, "She came in as Gu Tingchen's female companion. I checked the surveillance footage and saw that she was wearing a mask and said she had a cold. The security guard at the door couldn't ask her to take off her mask since she was brought here personally by the Third Young Master of the Gu family."

"Gu family?" Old Master Jiang frowned.

Jiang Yi replied, "The explanation given by the Gu family is that Gu Tingchen has been abroad for many years and only returned this year. He didn't know that the woman was pursuing Shi Xu."

Mr. Jiang's eyes turned cold. "That sounds perfect, but this matter is definitely not that simple. Let's continue investigating."

"Yes."

Ruan Shaodong was furious. Jiang Shixu was still being rescued and was in critical condition, so he couldn't get angry. Now that the man was out of danger, he no longer endured it.

Ruan Shaodong's voice rose a few notches. "What's going on with that Shixu pursuer? Our child never provoked her, yet she kidnapped and stabbed people. This is too lawless!"

After a moment of silence, the old man looked at Ruan Chutang again with a sharp gaze.

"Tang girl, what happened on the rooftop? How did Shixu get injured?"

Chu Tang lowered his head, "It's all my fault."

Lin Yueying looked at her suddenly, "Tangtang, what do you mean?"

Chu Tang told the whole story.

Madam Jiang said in a reproachful tone, "So Shixu blocked the knife for you?"

Chu Tang pursed his lips tightly, "Yeah."

The old lady said unhappily, "Chu Tang, you're being too impulsive. We've already called the police, and we have bodyguards at the manor. Couldn't you have waited a little longer? If you hadn't acted so impulsively, Shi Xu wouldn't have been injured for no reason."

"I'm sorry, madam. It's all my fault." Chu Tang spoke with difficulty, lowering his head even lower.

Madam Jiang pressed on aggressively: "You've caused such a big disaster before even entering the house."

Ruan Shaodong's face darkened. "Madam Jiang, what do you mean by that? It was clearly your family's Shixu who incurred the peach blossom debt, and my daughter is the victim. You are blaming my daughter?"

Ruan Shaodong said coldly, "That's easy to say. Wait a little longer. That person kidnapped my little daughter and held a knife to her neck. She also threatened to kill Jiaojiao if Chutang didn't go. You really are talking without any pain in your waist."

"Bodyguard?" Ruan Shaodong laughed sarcastically.

"Since you mentioned bodyguards, I'd like to ask you, are your Jiang family's bodyguards just for show? How could a woman kidnap Jiaojiao so easily in broad daylight? Were your bodyguards there to rescue her or to collect her body? Jiaojiao is Chutang's biological sister. In that situation, her eagerness to save her was considered her fault?"

Ruan Shaodong was really angry. Not only did the engagement ceremony fail, but his younger daughter was kidnapped and his older daughter was almost killed while trying to rescue someone. They were clearly victims, but in the end they were blamed and accused. There was no such perverse logic in the world!

Without giving anyone else a chance to speak, he immediately questioned Madam Jiang, "You blame Chu Tang for acting impulsively. If it was your son who was kidnapped today, with a knife at his neck, would you still be so calm?"

"Don't even mention that Shixu blocked the knife for Chutang. Do you mean that the knife should have been stabbed into my daughter?"

"It's really strange. The murderer is clearly there, yet you're blaming my daughter. She's also a victim. Do you, the Jiang family, believe in the 'victim-blaming theory'?"

Mr. Jiang coughed twice: "Cough cough."

"Shaodong, don't get excited. This is definitely not Tang girl's fault." The old man glanced at Madam Jiang with a sharp and cold look. "What are you talking about? How can you be so unreasonable?"

Madam Jiang was so angry when she heard this that her chest heaved violently. "Okay, okay, you're blaming me. I won't argue with you anymore!"

After saying that, she turned and left.

"Shaodong, don't be too angry. This happened because of our negligence." The old man was still very reasonable.

Ruan Shaodong calmed down and said coldly, "Since Shixu is fine now, I'll go home. My Jiaojiao is frightened, I'll go back and check on her."

Mr. Jiang nodded and said to Jiang Yi, "Ayi, go see Shaodong off."

Chu Tang wanted to go see Jiang Shixu, but Ruan Shaodong said coldly, "Chu Tang, come home with me. Don't let them blame you if Shixu's injury gets worse."

After hearing this, the faces of several people in the Jiang family changed. What Mrs. Jiang had said just now really disappointed the Ruan family, and they didn't know what to say.

Chu Tang turned to look over, looking embarrassed, "Dad..."

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