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When the door was pushed open, he saw her lowering her head and gently stroking her belly, the softness on her face like a layer of holy light.

He stared, a little dazed.

Especially at the moment she lifted her head, her smile so innocent, so sweet, completely without defense.

That was her truest, happiest smile.

But the instant she saw clearly that it was him, all her smiles vanished, leaving only instinctive fear and vigilance.

This change was like a knife viciously stabbing into his heart.

How had things ended up like this? He loved her so much—how had the two of them come to this point in the end.

Xia Weibao’s face was full of wariness as she frantically looked around for something to defend herself.

However, Lu Hualiang was afraid she might hurt herself, so he simply didn’t allow her to touch any sharp weapons like knives or guns; there was nothing at the bedside.

In her panic, she could only grab the bowl she had just used to drink medicine and raise it as if to smash it at him.

"What are you here for!"

This attitude made Long Xuanye’s heart ache fiercely. "I came to check on you."

Xia Weibao let out a cold laugh. "To see if I’m dead yet? Long Xuanye, you just can’t stand to see me happy, can you? Do you have to drive me to death before you’re at ease!"

Her hurtful words were like sharp blades, stabbing him until he was covered in wounds.

Right now she was like a hedgehog—whoever got close would be pricked all over.

"Junior Sister, I’m only worried about you."

"This is the biggest joke I’ve ever heard! Who do I have to thank for ending up like this!"

Long Xuanye’s body trembled slightly. "Whether you believe it or not, I never intended to hurt you."

"But what you did almost cost me my life!"

"I’m sorry..."

"I don’t accept your apology. Long Xuanye, you’d better stay far away from me, or I will definitely kill you!"

To avenge my whole family for her!

The grudge from two thousand years ago is still a grudge.

Her whole family slaughtered, wiped out to the last—such a blood-deep hatred cannot coexist under the same sky!

Pain was etched deep into Long Xuanye’s face; in just two days, he had become haggard and worn.

The brilliance of the past was gone.

"Junior Sister, maybe my methods were too extreme, but it’s only because I love you too much..."

"Your love is more than I can bear! Long Xuanye, I’m begging you, let me go. Your love is too terrifying, too twisted; to me it’s a burden!

Your obsession chills me to the bone; just thinking about being loved by someone like you makes me feel cold all over, unable to eat or sleep in peace.

Take it as me begging you—stop entangling yourself with me, let me go."

Long Xuanye’s hands were trembling, the tip of his heart aching to the point of suffocation.

So this is what his love looked like in her eyes.

Just as he was about to say something more, the ward door was kicked open with a loud bang.

Lu Hualiang appeared in the doorway, his eyes bloodshot.

The moment she saw him, Xia Weibao almost threw herself off the bed. "Hubby!"

"Wifey."

Lu Hualiang’s heart jumped into his throat; he was really afraid this little woman would throw herself down regardless of everything.

His figure flickered, and in an instant he was by the bed, catching the woman who had flung herself into his arms.

"What are you doing! Don’t you know it’d be so easy to fall and hurt yourself."

Xia Weibao burrowed into his arms, her hands clinging tightly to his body, her tone tinged with grievance. "I was scared."

Lu Hualiang’s heart ached terribly; he couldn’t bear to scold her at all.

He held her tight, his face still pale with fright, a fine sheen of sweat on his forehead.

Yet his tone was incomparably gentle. "Don’t be afraid, I’m back."

"Mm, I’m not afraid." As long as he was there, she wasn’t afraid.

This wholehearted reliance stabbed into Long Xuanye’s heart.

There was no way to describe what he was feeling at this moment.

Once upon a time, she had relied on him like this too.