Chapter 3: Drawing Her Blood
As soon as the words fell, the previously silent office was filled with gasps again. “What?! Ye Yiyun is the mistress?!”
Everyone quietly turned their gazes towards Ye Yiyun. She didn’t look up, continuing to pack her belongings as if guilty.
Jingxian Xiang curved her lips. She knew exactly how to hurt Ye Yiyun the most, vowing to make her unable to hold her head up for the rest of her life!
Ye Yiyun, tired of playing along with Jingxian Xiang’s act, packed her things and was about to leave with the cardboard box.
“Pack your things properly before you leave,” Xiuqi Chi suddenly released his hold on Jingxian Xiang and stood in front of Ye Yiyun.
“I can’t carry it anymore. Just have the aunt throw it away.”
“The company’s aunt serves the company, not useless people.”
Ye Yiyun bit her lower lip, her white teeth pressing into the flesh. She turned back, reminding herself that her body couldn’t collapse now.
However, her weakness was already impossible to hide.
“Ye Yiyun, what trick are you playing now?”
Xiuqi Chi watched Ye Yiyun’s slender back, feeling a tightness in his chest.
Ye Yiyun wanted to turn around and retort, but before the words could leave her mouth, darkness enveloped her vision, and her body tilted to the side uncontrollably.
Before losing consciousness, she heard Xiuqi Chi’s panicked voice calling her name.
“Xiuqi…”
On the hospital bed, Ye Yiyun, now in a patient gown, slowly opened her eyes.
“What’s wrong with you?” a man’s voice asked, but it wasn’t Xiuqi Chi’s. “Is this how you take care of yourself?”
Ye Yiyun shook her head, finally recognizing the man before her as her childhood friend, Yuxun Xia.
“I’m fine,” Ye Yiyun bit her lip, remaining silent.
“Why didn’t you come to me?” Yuxun Xia was a doctor at this hospital. Now that Ye Yiyun was pregnant and facing a miscarriage, he could have helped, but she hadn’t spoken up.
It was because of that man again!
“Are you willing to risk your life for Xiuqi Chi? Do you know you could have a double fatality?!” Yuxun Xia was agitated. He hated seeing Ye Yiyun defending Xiuqi Chi the most.
“I told you, you can always count on me.” As he spoke, a pair of slender hands reached out to grasp Ye Yiyun’s pale, thin hand. Suddenly, a furious voice boomed from behind them.
“We’re not even divorced yet, and Mrs. Chi is already rushing to find a new man? Can’t wait, can you?”
Looking up, Xiuqi Chi stood at the doorway of the ward, backlit, only his icy eyes visible.
“Xiuqi, I didn’t…” Even though she knew Xiuqi Chi didn’t love her, Ye Yiyun didn’t want him to misunderstand.
“You’re faking illness here. Do you know Jingxian’s old illness has relapsed while trying to save you?” Xiuqi Chi said coldly, approaching as he spoke…
Old illness?
What old illness did Jingxian Xiang have?
“Impossible! Jingxian Xiang couldn’t possibly be sick!” Ye Yiyun blurted out.
She couldn’t understand it. She had always been the one with health problems, suffering from anemia, which caused her to faint occasionally.
These words completely enraged Xiuqi Chi. He strode to the bedside, yanked out the IV needle, and ignoring the blood on Ye Yiyun’s hand, grabbed her pale, thin arm and pulled her away.
Yuxun Xia immediately panicked, wanting to punch Xiuqi Chi and get Ye Yiyun back, but Xiuqi Chi, having anticipated it, easily dodged.
“Your lover is quite concerned about you…” Xiuqi Chi pulled Ye Yiyun into his embrace and whispered in her ear, “Tell him to behave. I’ve acquired this hospital; I can have him kicked out anytime.”
Ye Yiyun froze. She knew how much effort Yuxun Xia, who had come from the welfare home with her, had put in to become a chief physician. She couldn’t harm him!
“Yuxun! This is between my husband and me. Don’t interfere anymore!” Ye Yiyun closed her eyes and uttered these harsh words.
Yuxun Xia stood stunned on the spot.
Xiuqi Chi dragged her away forcefully. For some reason, hearing Ye Yiyun’s concern for Yuxun Xia made him inexplicably irritable. After a few steps, he pushed her against the wall, and one hand clamped around her neck.
“Ye Yiyun, do you have a heart? Do you know Jingxian is fighting for her life because of you?!”
“Fighting for her life?” Ye Yiyun scoffed. “She’s been using my medical records to deceive people since we were young. Now that I’m actually sick, I’m accused of faking it!”
“Xiuqi Chi, you can not love me! But you cannot insult me like this!”
The sadness in Ye Yiyun’s eyes made Xiuqi Chi pause. He gradually loosened his grip on her neck.
“Mr. Chi, the patient is in critical condition. The blood bank is running low and desperately needs a large amount of fresh blood,” a person in a white doctor’s coat ran over, breathless, to inform Xiuqi Chi.
Xiuqi Chi’s eyes turned cold again.
“Draw from her. They are sisters.”
Hearing this, Ye Yiyun was stunned. She was already anemic and now facing a miscarriage. If blood were drawn, the child would surely not be saved!
“No… Xiuqi, don’t!”
But Xiuqi Chi didn’t allow Ye Yiyun to protest. He dragged her forward, pinned her down, and had the doctor draw blood.
As the blood was drawn, Ye Yiyun felt herself growing weaker, too weak to even struggle.
“Sir, this lady seems to be about to faint…” the doctor warned.
“Continue,” Xiuqi Chi said emotionlessly.
As these words echoed around Ye Yiyun, she finally lost hope and fainted.
When she woke again, a face similar to hers, yet twisted with malice, appeared before her. Then came a piercing voice, “I didn’t expect you were actually pregnant,” said Jingxian Xiang.
“After drawing so much blood from you, the child still hasn’t been lost,” Jingxian Xiang said, gnashing her teeth in hatred.
Hearing that the child was still safe, Ye Yiyun breathed a sigh of relief. She then looked at Jingxian Xiang’s face, which showed no outward emotion but had a healthy complexion. She immediately realized Jingxian Xiang had lied to Xiuqi Chi. “Is this fun?”
“Watching him worry about me is naturally fun,” Jingxian Xiang smiled, as if mocking Ye Yiyun. She then continued, “I poured your dirty blood down the toilet. I don’t want blood from a fool like you.”
“You!” Ye Yiyun was finally enraged. Didn’t Jingxian Xiang have a heart? Ye Yiyun had almost miscarried saving her!
“If I were you, I’d give up on the child in your belly sooner rather than later, after all…” Jingxian Xiang said, approaching Ye Yiyun, her face contorting into a ferocious expression. “After all, it would be born a bastard, whose father wouldn’t acknowledge him!”
Ye Yiyun finally couldn’t hold back. With all her strength, she grabbed Jingxian Xiang. But as soon as her hand closed on her collar, she was roughly pushed away by a pair of strong hands.
“Jingxian, are you alright?” Xiuqi Chi asked anxiously.
With Xiuqi Chi’s appearance, Jingxian Xiang naturally dropped her arrogant facade, becoming tearful and delicate. “Xiuqi, I was just coming to see my sister, but she said… she wanted me to return her blood, told me to die… Since that’s the case, I don’t want to live anymore!”
