Chapter 255: I Want to Go Back
Time fled. It was a month later.
Yin Youting was in the study when night fell, reading a file in his hands. He pursed his thin lips, looking very somber.
“Okay, I’ll be back as soon as possible.” Yin Youting spoke to a person on the other side of the phone.
As he hung up, there came knocks on the door.
“Excuse me, Young Master.” Emily’s voice rang from the outside.
“Come in.”
Hearing that, Emily immediately turned the knob. She strode in, looking alarmed. “Young Master, Ms. Qin locks herself in the room again. No matter how I knocked on the door, she refused to open it. Please come!”Content © copyrighted by NôvelDrama.Org.
After Emily finished her words, the man abruptly rose from the chair. His countenance became gloomier. He then rushed out of the room. Staring at Yan Youting’s anxious steps, Emily trotted in order to catch up with him.
Standing in front of the room, Yin Youting rapped on the door with his knuckles. “Xuan, it’s me. Please open the door.”
The man was concerned. Qin Muxuan’s condition was unstable. It had been the third time that she locked herself in the room this month.
Peering at the door with bated breath, Yin Youting waited for Qin Muxuan’s reply.
“Young Master, how’s it going?” Emily rushed over, asking.
Shaking his head, he turned to Emily. “Fetch the key.”
“Okay!”
After a while, Emily handed the key to her master. Yin Youting took it and opened the door.
At first sight, he saw Qin Muxuan sit on the floor with her back to him. “Xuan?”
Hearing his voice, Qin Muxuan turned around. Yin Youting felt relieved because of her response. He was afraid that she would top herself. ‘Thank God! She’s alive.’
The man walked towards the woman. However, a pool of scarlet liquid came into view when he came closer. Yin Youting crouched down, staring at those gashes across her wrist. He advised softly. “Xuan, may I have the knife?”
Qin Muxuan gazed at Yin Youting with her dull eyes. Her face was full of tears. She lowered her head, noticing the knife in her hand. Tears fell instantly. “Youting… Sorry… I…”
Qin Muxuan was perplexed. She couldn’t help but hurt herself when she was depressed. However, she would regret after coming to her senses.
Yin Youting put away the knife and held Qin Muxuan in his arms. “It’s okay, Xuan. You don’t have to apologize.”
Hearing that, Qin Muxuan couldn’t hold back her tears.
The man patted Qin Muxuan’s back, comforting her. He turned to Emily grimly. “I’ve told you to put away the knife.”
“Sorry, Young Master, I have locked all the knives in the cupboard. I don’t know why…” Emily was in an agony of remorse. ‘I thought she wouldn’t find them. I didn’t expect that.’
“All right, fetch the medical box.” Yin Youting understood that Emily didn’t mean to do so. He sighed, “Contact Doctor Jiang and ask her to come here tomorrow.”
Emily nodded. “Got it, Young Master.” She took the knife and went downstairs to carry the medical kit.
Qin Muxuan slowly raised her head in Yin Youting’s arms. She stared at him with tears. “Can I meet Xiaobai?”
Yin Youting’s lips moved. He knew he couldn’t refuse her. “Mmm.” He consented.
There were two reasons that he had stopped Qin Muxuan from returning to China. She had been in a rough time. In addition, Yin Youting was afraid that Gu Zijin would notice it if Qin Muxuan was back to China.
“Really?” The woman’s eyes sparkled.
Yin Youting wiped tears from her eyes, grinning. “Of course! But… your due date’s coming. Is it okay?”
“No worries. I’ll be careful.” Qin Muxuan replied.
Yin Youting shrugged. He couldn’t reject Qin Muxuan’s request. “I’ll go back to China in a few days. Come with me.” He said helplessly.
“I appreciate that, Youting.” She turned to him gratefully. Qin Muxuan would have yielded without Yin Youting’s help.
“Xuan, you don’t have to say so.”
Yin Youting realized that he couldn’t replace Gu Zijin no matter what he did. He contemplated this month. ‘I only hope she can recover soon. What I long for is to accompany her forever.’
Seeing the affection in his eyes, Qin Muxuan did not know what to say.
The room quieted down. Emily brought the medical box along with her.
Yin Youting opened it from which he took out alcohol swabs. His eyes moved over those gashes which thickly covered her wrist. He worried.
The wounds were not deep. However, fresh wounds overlaid scars, which looked scary.
After cautiously sterilizing the gashes, Yin Youting dressed them. During the process, Qin Muxuan remained impassive. She stared at Yin Youting’s movements.
The man directly lifted Qin Muxuan up and helped her lie on the bed. He threw a glance at bloodstains on the floor and asked someone to clean up the room.
Sitting by her bed, Yin Youting held Qin Muxuan’s hands. “Have a rest. I’ll stay here.”
Qin Muxuan nodded and slowly closed her eyes.
Yin Youting sat there until Qin Muxuan fell asleep. He tucked her in and left.