"Jiaxi, let go," Mengqi said as she entered the ward with the nutritional supplements, only to see Jiaxi holding Mengyao's hand and repeatedly slapping himself. She felt his actions were excessive. "My sister lost a lot of blood and just had a miscarriage. You're still provoking her like this!"
Seeing Mengqi arrive, Jiaxi had no choice but to release Mengyao.
"Sister, make him leave! I don't want to see him again!" Mengyao weakly pleaded with Mengqi.
Mengqi, with a cold expression, said to Jiaxi, "Get out. I have something to ask you."
After speaking, she put down her things and turned to go outside the ward.
Jiaxi had to follow, closing the ward door, curious to see what Mengqi wanted to say.
"What's going on with you?" Mengqi questioned. "Last time you almost caused my sister to miscarry, and this time, you were both at the charity event, yet you ran off together and made my sister fall? Now the child is gone, are you happy?"
"Mengqi, this was truly an accident. I didn't want this either," Jiaxi said sadly. "How could I be happy that the child is gone? I feel as bad as Mengyao does."
"I just want to know why you took Mengyao out," Mengqi pressed, not believing what he and her parents had said and having done some checking. "And you went quite far. The ambulance took my sister from an apartment building to the hospital. Why would you go to an apartment for no reason?"
Seeing that Mengyao had woken up, Jiaxi knew he could no longer hide it. He lowered his head guiltily, but still didn't want to tell the truth. "Mengyao discovered I had lent one of my properties to another woman to live in. She got angry and fell..."
Before he could finish, Mengqi slapped him across the face and sneered, "Hong Jiaxi! Are you even human? Keeping a woman outside is lending a house to someone? Do you take everyone in the Huangfu family for fools?"
Jiaxi was stunned that Mengqi would hit him. He looked at her, unable to tolerate it any longer, and said, "It's okay for Mengyao to betray me, but why do you all point fingers at me for the slightest mistake? It's just a mistake any man could make. Does she have to make such a fuss? If she hadn't been careless, how could the child have been lost!"
Mengqi glared at him, unable to believe he showed no remorse and spoke such outrageous words.
"You're hopeless. Get out! You're forbidden to visit Mengyao again. I'll have my lawyer contact you." With a contemptuous glance at Jiaxi, she entered the ward and shut the door firmly.
Jiaxi clenched his fists tightly. Divorce from him was absolutely impossible!
Mengyao lay on the bed and saw Mengqi enter, her face flushed with anger. She had also heard Mengqi scolding Jiaxi.
"Sister..."
"Don't say anything else. Rest well first. I'll handle Jiaxi's matters," Mengqi told her to lie down properly.
Mengyao tightly grasped her hand and cried, "Sister, I... I was so foolish, so foolish. I shouldn't have been deceiving myself all this time."
Mengqi stroked her head and said, "It's not entirely your fault. At first, I thought that since you and Jiaxi had a childhood connection and he waited for you for so many years, it might be a good thing for you to reconcile. I hoped you could be happy. Mom and Dad probably thought the same way. We all misjudged Jiaxi, which is why we didn't stop you from marrying him."
Her words were not just to comfort Mengyao but also because she truly felt guilty about Mengyao and Hong Jiaxi's situation.
Mengyao now knew where the problem lay and said, "Actually, it was my own impulsiveness after being rejected by Song Jiaping. I didn't want to accept Jiaxi back in my heart at first, but at that time, it was as if I was possessed by a demon."
"Yao," Mengqi said with shame, "I was afraid you wouldn't be able to let go of Song Jiaping. There's something I've been meaning to tell you."
Mengyao asked tearfully, "What is it?"
"Song Jiaping told me before that he always liked you, liked you very, very much. And before he went abroad, he left you a letter, but I... I didn't give it to you. I'm sorry." Mengqi's voice choked with emotion.
She hadn't expected Mengyao to be harmed so terribly by Jiaxi, otherwise, she would have given her the letter.
Mengyao was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did he say in the letter?"
"Since it was a letter for you, I didn't open it."
Mengyao asked urgently, "Where is the letter?"
Mengqi replied, "I remember I put the letter in the drawer of my room at home."
"Sister, can you go get it? I want to see it now," Mengyao said, feeling distressed.
Before marrying Jiaxi, Song Jiaping had come to find her.
She knew Song Jiaping liked her, but she didn't listen to him and insisted on marrying Jiaxi. Now, she deeply regretted it.
Mengqi nodded and said, "Mom just contacted me and said she's bringing soup from home. I'll have her bring the letter. You rest for now, don't overthink, and taking care of your health is the most important thing."
"Okay," Mengyao closed her eyes, her mind filled with the memory of Song Jiaping coming to find her at the mall.
If only she could go back to that time. She would have gone with him no matter what, following him wherever he went.
But there was no regret medicine in this world. What was missed could never be recovered.
Now, what right did she have to look for Song Jiaping? For her, life held no more hope.
Seeing that Mengyao seemed to have fallen asleep, Mengqi went to the corridor outside the ward to call Wu Xiufang.
"Mom, have you left yet?"
"Not yet, I'm packing the black chicken soup," Wu Xiufang asked, "What's wrong?"
Mengqi said, "Mom, please find a letter in the drawer of my old room and bring it to the hospital."
"What letter?" Wu Xiufang asked curiously.
"Don't ask so many questions. It's in the drawer of the bedside table, a white envelope."
Wu Xiufang found it troublesome and said, "At this hour, you still want me to look for a letter..."
"Mom, please bring it along. Mengyao needs it."
"Alright." Wu Xiufang packed the soup and went to Mengqi's former room.
This room was mostly empty now, but she still had someone clean Mengqi and Mengyao's rooms every day so they could stay there when they returned.
She opened the drawer of Mengqi's bedside table and indeed found the letter. It was addressed to Mengyao, and the handwriting seemed familiar.
Wu Xiufang picked up the letter to take it to the hospital, but she couldn't resist wanting to see who had written it to Mengyao.
The letter was not sealed, so she directly took out the letter paper, unfolded it, and was stunned.
So... so Song Jiaping was Zhu Qin's son, and he had approached Mengyao to get revenge on her family!
Zhu Qin and her son had been in Lancheng all along. They had appeared before her, and she hadn't recognized them. She gasped for air.
Qin Tianyi had learned a lot about her past from Song Jiaping.
Song Jiaping actually wanted to use her daughter for revenge.
From the letter, it seemed Zhu Qin had already passed away, and Song Jiaping had gone abroad, but he must still be in contact with Qin Tianyi.