Redemption from the Abyss: The School Beauty Insists on Pulling Me Out of the Mire

22:00 PM, Jiangcheng City First Private Hospital.

Compared to the hustle and bustle of public hospitals, this private hospital, in which the Lu Group holds a stake, is unusually quiet.

The VIP emergency room was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant and the aroma of high-end fragrance.

Xie Wang sat on the white hospital bed, his back to the doctor and Su Qinghe.

On the boy's lean body, the bruises and abrasions were particularly glaring, especially the spot on his right arm where he had blocked the stick, which had swollen up with a purplish-red ridge.

Just as the nurse was about to approach with the iodine solution, Su Qinghe stopped her.

"I'll do it."

Su Qinghe took the tray, his voice slightly tense.

She had taken off her dusty school uniform jacket and was only wearing a white shirt with the cuffs rolled up, revealing her slender, fair wrists.

The nurse tactfully withdrew.

The emergency room fell silent.

Su Qinghe took a cotton swab, dipped it in iodine, and very gently applied it to the wound on Xie Wang's arm.

"hiss……"

Despite her gentle movements, the pain from the alcohol irritating her wound still made Xie Wang gasp, his muscles tensing instinctively.

"pain?"

Su Qinghe's hand trembled slightly. He raised his head, and his usually cool phoenix eyes were now red-rimmed, filled with suppressed heartache and self-blame.

"If it hurts, just yell it out. Don't hold it in."

Xie Wang looked at the reddened corners of her eyes, and his heart felt as if it had been violently squeezed by a hand.

He was more afraid of seeing her sad than of the pain of his own wound.

"It doesn't hurt."

Xie Wang gently hooked her finger with his other hand, forcing a roguish smile at the corner of his mouth:

"What's this little injury? Before... before it was much worse, and I didn't utter a sound."

"Thank you, Wang!"

Su Qinghe suddenly shouted, interrupting him.

She tossed the cotton swab into the plate, took a deep breath, and her voice trembled slightly:

"You said it yourself, that was in the past."

"Now that you're by my side, I won't allow you to suffer like this again."

"Why didn't you run? Why did you block me?"

Xie Wang's smile faded.

He looked at Su Qinghe, his gaze becoming extremely deep and serious.

He reached out his hand, this time without hesitation, and gently brushed his warm fingertips across the corner of her eye, as if trying to wipe away a tear that wasn't there.

"Because I am a man."

Xie Wang's voice was low and hoarse.

"If I can't even protect you, then no matter how powerful I am, I'm just a piece of trash."

Su Qinghe was stunned.

This statement is like a pebble thrown into a lake, creating ripples.

She neither argued nor dodged his hand.

She simply lowered her head, picked up the cotton swab again, and this time, her movements were gentler.

"...Don't do that again next time," she whispered, her voice incredibly soft.

……

Next door, the observation room.

Compared to the warm and affectionate atmosphere here, the atmosphere next door was rather chaotic.

Lu Wen lay face down on the hospital bed, his shirt lifted up, revealing a large expanse of smooth back.

There was a noticeable purplish-blue bruise there, from being hit with a stick.

"Ouch...it hurts so much, young master...my bone is broken, it's definitely broken..."

Lu Wen buried his face in the pillow, screaming like a pig being slaughtered, "If I get a scar, won't all the girls who are chasing me hate me to death?"

Lin Lu sat on the edge of the bed, holding an ice pack in her hand, and tearfully applied it to his back.

Hearing this, she cried even harder, sobbing as she said:

"Waaaaah... I'm so sorry... It's all because of me..."

"If you get a scar, I can't take responsibility for it..."

Upon hearing the crying, Lu Wen immediately stopped shouting.

He turned his head, looked at Lin Lu who was crying her eyes out, and sighed helplessly:

"Hey, don't cry, I was just saying it offhand."

"Besides, scars on a man are badges of honor, you know? They make him handsome."

He reached for a tissue and handed it to Lin Lu, a teasing smile playing in his peach blossom eyes.

"If we can't take responsibility, then we won't. But..."

Lu Wen changed the subject,

"This is a work injury I sustained while saving you."

Lin Lu sniffed:

"I'm sorry! From now on, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west!"

Looking at this incredibly well-behaved little rabbit, Lu Wen couldn't help but reach out and rub her head; it felt wonderful.

"Okay. It's settled then."

He chuckled to himself.

That beating was worth it.

……

Half an hour later, at the smoking area at the end of the hospital corridor.

Xie Wang treated his wounds and came out wearing a coat.

Lu Wen forced himself to get out of bed, leaned against the window, and fiddled with a metal lighter in his hand, but didn't light a cigarette.

Upon seeing Xie Wang approach, Lu Wen's playful smile vanished, his eyes instantly turning cold, revealing a ruthlessness unique to scions of aristocratic families.

"Have you found out?"

Lu Wen asked, "Although that bald guy ran away, everyone in this area knows he's someone who does things for money. I can make a phone call and get him to reveal the mastermind behind it all."

"Or we don't need to go through all that trouble. I can just have someone drag that bastard Jiang Yue out and beat him up right now."

"Need not."

Xie Wang leaned against the wall, his eyes as cold as stones in an ice cellar.

He pulled a mint from his pocket, unwrapped it, popped it into his mouth, and crunched it.

"Giving him a beating would be too lenient on him."

Xie Wang's voice was soft, yet it sent chills down one's spine.

"What does Jiang Yue care about most? It's face, reputation, and his 'good student' persona."

"He wanted to ruin my hands; he wanted to ruin my future."

"Since that's the case..."

Xie Wang turned to look at Lu Wen:

"Did you bring the computer?"

Lu Wen was taken aback, then took out a silver ultra-thin laptop from the bag next to him and handed it to him:

"I've always carried it with me. What, you want to...?"

Xie Wang took the computer, held it with one hand, and sat down on the bench in the corridor to turn it on.

The cold light from the screen shone on his pale yet sharp face.

"The physical pain will subside."

Xie Wang's long, slender fingers flew across the keyboard, and a black code box instantly appeared on the screen.

"I want him to never be able to hold his head up high in this city again for the rest of his life."

Press the Enter key.

Data streams started flooding the screen.

Lu Wen leaned over for a look and whistled:

"Holy crap, brute force? You're trying to hack into his... "

"Cloud backup".

Xie Wang stared at the screen, a cruel smile curving his lips:

"Jiang Yue is very arrogant. He not only doesn't destroy the bad things he's done, but he also likes to keep evidence to admire."

"Chat logs and transfer records of hiring someone to commit murder, as well as answers to past exam cheating... as long as they ever existed, I can dig them up."

The corridor fell silent, broken only by the clatter of keyboards, like a countdown to death.

Ten minutes later.

With the last command entered.

A folder pops up on the screen, filled with screenshots and audio files.

Xie Wang stopped what he was doing.

He looked at the folder as if he were looking at Jiang Yue's tombstone.

"Done."

Xie Wang closed his laptop, stood up, and withdrew that hint of ruthlessness from his eyes.

"These things will appear in the email inboxes of the principal, the director of the education bureau, and all teachers and students tomorrow morning."

Looking at Xie Wang at this moment, Lu Wen couldn't help but shudder, then gave him a thumbs up:

"It has to be you again, you're really ruthless."

"Is this what they call—social death?"

Xie Wang did not answer.

He turned to look in the direction of the emergency room, and through the glass door, he could see Su Qinghe sitting there waiting for him.

His eyes instantly transformed from the depths of winter to the warmth of spring.

"I'm gone."

Xie Wang tossed the computer to Lu Wen and strode toward Su Qinghe.

"It's time to go home."