Two more days passed, and finally, good news arrived.
Xiao Xi was awake!
Su Ding excitedly grasped his little hand, tears unable to stop flowing. With a choked voice, she said, "Xiao Xi..."
"Mom," Jin Xiao Xi opened his mouth and weakly called out.
"Mhm, mhm, Mom is here, Mom has been with you..."
Su Ding was overjoyed, gently comforting her son and pressing the call button for the doctor.
Jin Xiao Xi's eyes lacked their usual sparkle, but he still clung to Su Ding's hand dependently. "Mom..."
Su Ding sat up, leaned close to Xiao Xi's face, and gently kissed his cheek.
"Be good, darling. The doctor will be here soon, it's alright."
"Mhm," Jin Xiao Xi responded obediently.
Soon, the doctor entered, examined Xiao Xi, and said, "He's fine. He's likely recovered, but he shouldn't speak too much. Rest is the priority."
Su Ding finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Jin Xiao Xi called out "Mom" a few more times. Su Ding hurried over, seeing he seemed to want to say something. She quickly brought her ear closer, "What is it, darling?"
"Am I going to die?" Jin Xiao Xi asked softly, his eyes wide with confusion as he looked around.
Su Ding's tears streamed down her face. "No, you won't. Mom will definitely save you. Don't be afraid."
"What's wrong with me?" Jin Xiao Xi's confused eyes scanned his surroundings.
"You're sick," Su Ding said gently.
"Sick..." Jin Xiao Xi's eyelids slowly fell, murmuring softly before falling back into a deep sleep.
Su Ding let out a long sigh of relief.
Xiao Xi's awakening gave her great encouragement. She believed she would soon find Shao Lin and completely eradicate the Gu worms from his body.
She immediately informed Jin Ye about this. Jin Ye, while regretting not seeing Xiao Xi wake up, was also relieved.
"Have you found out who put the Gu worms in Xiao Xi yet?" Su Ding asked.
"I've investigated, but the household staff have all been with the Jin family for over ten years. There's no reason for them to harm Xiao Xi. I've had them investigated, and their behavior has been as usual, with no abnormalities."
Su Ding frowned, deep in thought. She still felt they shouldn't let it go.
Since Xiao Xi was confirmed to have been poisoned within the Jin residence, there must be clues. "I'll go back to the Jin residence at noon."
Jin Ye was a bit worried. "Why don't you wait for me to come back, and we'll go together."
He knew his mother was still not fond of Su Ding.
"It's fine, she can't eat me," Su Ding said dismissively.
"Alright, if there's any problem, find me," Jin Ye said.
After hanging up the phone, Su Ding sat by the hospital bed for a while longer, afraid Xiao Xi might wake up and not find her there.
During her break, she opened her phone to browse the latest news.
When she saw photos of Xue Zhiqiao being photographed returning home hand-in-hand with a woman, she was startled because the woman's back looked so much like someone.
Xue Zhiqiao and Xin Jiaer?
Su Ding found it somewhat unbelievable, yet also relieved. They actually made a good match. If it were true, it would be a beautiful story.
She forwarded the marketing account's Weibo post to Xin Jiaer with a "spilling the tea" emoji and then got up to leave.
Su Ding drove, stopping at a wet market near the Jin residence to buy groceries.
As she was holding the groceries and about to get into her car, a girl suddenly rushed out, carrying a bucket, and without a word, splashed water at her!
Instantly, water splashed everywhere!
She couldn't dodge in time and was drenched from head to toe, immediately attracting a crowd of onlookers.
"What a sin, is this a mistress?"
"This woman looks like she's pregnant and quite pretty. How embarrassing!"
"And she drives a luxury car!"
The crowd pointed and whispered about Su Ding, while Su Ding felt utterly humiliated and both shocked and furious at the unfamiliar girl before her!
"Bitch! I'm teaching you a lesson on behalf of Xi Ge. Don't think our fans are easily provoked!" The girl who threw the water yelled at Su Ding, her demeanor very aggressive.
Su Ding had no idea what was going on but was successfully enraged.
Without a word, she called the police. "Yes, the entrance on Chunhua Road in the West City wet market!"
"You, what are you going to do!" The girl, seeing Su Ding call the police, got scared and lunged to push her.
Su Ding hung up the phone, retaliated with a slap across the girl's face!
*Slap!*
The crisp sound of a slap echoed.
The crowd gasped, stunned. This pregnant woman was quite feisty!
Seeing so many people watching, the girl became enraged. "How dare you hit me, you shameless slut! You're seducing our Xi Ge and still acting so arrogant!"
She lunged forward, trying to grab Su Ding's hair.
Even though Su Ding was pregnant, she had a background in martial arts. She grabbed the girl's wildly flailing hand and forcefully threw her away!
"Attacking a pregnant woman in the street, are you a mad dog? I don't even know you!"
The girl was thrown to the ground, her knees and palms scraped.
She started crying in anger. "Slut! You dare hit me? I'm having my brother come for you, just you wait!"
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly realized and said, "How could you attack a pregnant woman?"
Another person chimed in, "That's right. Even if she did steal your man, you shouldn't attack a pregnant woman. What if something happens? It would be a double death."
"Hey, perhaps you're the mistress."
"Most likely. This girl looks like she's still in school, maybe she's the one breaking up this pregnant woman's family..."
As the crowd discussed them, a police car wailed to a stop at the scene.
The crowd split into two groups.
One group defended Su Ding, while the other held back the girl.
"Who called the police? What's going on?"
Su Ding stepped forward. "I did. I finished buying groceries and came out, and this person directly splashed a bucket of water on me. Everyone saw it."
"Officer, she... she hit me too, look," the girl said, crying and showing the police the scraped skin on her hand.
Other officers asked the onlookers about the situation and confirmed that the girl had deliberately caused trouble.
"You're such a young girl, splashing a pregnant woman in the street. You'll have to come with us," the police told the girl.
A female officer looked at Su Ding and thought she looked familiar. "Are you Mrs. Jin? Are you alright?"
Su Ding shook her head. "I'm fine, but people with such corrupt character need to be taken in for re-education."
"Yes, yes, yes," the police, guessing Su Ding's identity, responded very politely.
"No—"
The girl resisted, trying to shrink back, sobbing loudly. "I'm still in school, I don't want to, I was wrong, I'm sorry, I'll apologize, okay? I don't want to go to the police station."
"Take her away," Su Ding said coldly, unmoved.
This girl was still in school and dared to splash a pregnant woman.
If she hadn't dodged, she probably would have miscarried herself.
The girl was forcibly put into the police car by the officers, crying pitifully and loudly. Finally, she saw her brother rushing over from a distance and quickly shouted, "Bro—Brother—my brother is here, hurry and let me go!"
Su Ding glanced over and saw Jonny approaching with an anxious expression.
When Jonny saw it was Su Ding, he was also taken aback.
"Xiao Yue, what's going on?" Jonny quickly went to the police and asked about the situation. Upon learning that his sister had intentionally caused trouble, he was so angry he wanted to hit her.
"Su Ding, I'm so sorry. My sister, she..." Jonny's apology was somewhat sheepish, as his sister had indeed gone too far.
Su Ding frowned. So it was Jonny's sister.
"How could you do something like this?" Jonny roared at Xiao Yue.
"Brother... she's slept with so many men, and she still wants to tarnish our Xi Ge, so I wanted to teach her a lesson..."
Xiao Yue was a little afraid of her brother, muttering softly.
Jonny's blood boiled. "Your family gives you money just so you can chase stars? I think your brain isn't working properly! Attacking a pregnant woman in the street, Jiang Xiao Yue, are you crazy!"
This was the first time Jiang Xiao Yue had seen her brother so angry, especially since he had only returned to the country a few days ago. She was so scared she didn't dare to say a word, tears streaming down her face.
"Apologize!" Jonny commanded sternly.
Jiang Xiao Yue's legs almost gave out. She choked out to Su Ding, "I'm sorry... sob sob... I was wrong."
"I want to know why," Su Ding's eyes flashed with cold light.
"I, I saw that video on Weibo, and I thought you were seducing Lü Xi... I was so angry I couldn't help myself..."
"Lü Xi?" Su Ding frowned, finding the name somewhat familiar.
"Didn't you see it? It's all over the internet now. You... you went into Xi Ge's room to sleep..." the girl timidly reminded, no longer showing the arrogance from before.
Su Ding tried hard to recall events from a few months ago.
That day, the entire crew went to a nearby town to film. In the evening, Lü Xi entered her room.
The room number plate had been maliciously swapped, and there was a hidden camera in the room.
Fortunately, she had gone directly to the director. Everyone present witnessed it, and she had even handed the hidden camera over to the director.
She had almost forgotten about the incident, and now it was being leaked?
"Where is the video?" Su Ding looked at Xiao Yue.
"I saw it on a marketing account. It's probably trending now..."
Xiao Yue replied, sobbing, and secretly glanced at Su Ding, privately acknowledging Su Ding's beauty and understanding why she could seduce so many men.
Xue Zhiqiao, the sugar daddy, Lü Xi...
Not simple!