Chapter 698
Pei Ge hurried toward the Qin family’s villa once she received the call .
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Although she was rushing in her anxiety, because of the distance between Bi Zheng’s apartment and Qin family’s villa, it took her over an hour to get there .
“Here’s the money, sir! Keep the change!”
She stuffed a few bills to the driver before she hopped out of the cab and rushed to Qin Qitong’s home .
Probably due to the situation’s urgency or another, but the door to the girl’s home was not shut today .
As such, she managed to enter the villa unhindered .
“Qitong, Qitong! Where are you?”
She shouted her name the moment she entered the villa .
Her brows quickly knitted when she saw the scene in the living room .
The living room was a mess and looked as if it had been ravaged by a storm .
What was scarier was the eye-catching pool of blood at the bottom of the living room stairs .
Eyeing it warily, her frown deepened . Her ominous feeling intensified as she approached the red stains .
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“Qitong, Qitong! Where are you?”
She stepped over the pool of blood and raced to the girl’s room .
When she got to the third floor, she rapped her knuckles on tightly shut wooden door .
Knock, knock, knock!
“Qitong, are you inside? Quickly come out!” she shouted, persistently knocking on the door .
After a while, just as she moved to kick down the solid wooden door in panic, it finally opened .
“Qitong—”
Her heart ached when she saw Qin Qitong’s pale face .
She looked even more haggard now compared to when she saw her yesterday .
Her face, which was originally pink in health, was now wan as a white sheet of paper .
On her deathly pale face was a rather prominent palm print .
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It was as if she had been hit hard across the face by someone .
“Qitong, are you okay? Don’t scare me!”
Looking at the girl, who did nothing but stand there like a corpse after opening the door, she began to panic .
“Don’t be afraid; I’m here . No need to feel scared . With me here, no one can hurt you . ” She softly said reassuring words to the girl’s ears as she tightly gripped her palm .
Repeatedly, she said comforting words to her .
Awhile later, the girl finally returned to her senses .
Her dull eyes regained a bit of life .
Qin Qitong stared at her and tears welled up in her eyes .
“Sister Pei Ge…”
“En, I’m here . ” She gently patted her back .
The girl burst into tears at her soft reassurance .
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“I didn’t do it . I’ve never once thought of hurting her and the child she’s carrying…” she earnestly said between sobs .
“Although I hate her, her child is my father’s – my young brother; how could I bear to harm my unborn brother? Th-That’s a life where’s talking about…”
She implored, sobbing from all the indignance and fear she felt .
“En, en . I know; I know . You didn’t do anything like that…” Pei Ge consoled gently, patting the girl’s back .
“My dad, he hit me for the first time . He’s never raised a hand against me since mom passed away . He said that I was his precious daughter – that he’d love me twice as much on behalf of my mother . ” The girl sought solace from her as she shared about the past between her nearly hysterical sobs . “But he actually hit me because of that woman…”
Pei Ge kept silent and just gently patted her back in comfort .
She only spoke when the girl finally calmed down .
“Qitong, now tell me clearly; what exactly happened today?”
The girl recounted what had happened earlier between sobs .
“I-I was planning to go out this morning since I knew that you’d be seeing Bi Zheng .
“Who knew that that woman would refuse to let me out? She also said some offensive things . In the heat of the moment, I started to argue with her . ”
Qin Qitong sniffled, then continued .
“I rushed down the stairs regardless of her objection later in frustration, but…”
A panicked expression gradually appeared on Qin Qitong’s face .
“For some reason, she fell down from the stairs . I swear, I didn’t touch her . I just wanted to pull her back, but I failed…”
Unable to keep her emotions in check any longer, tears soaked her face .
“After that… After that, my dad came home . He didn’t ask me anything, nor did he listen to my explanation, and just hit me . He’s never hit me before…”
Pei Ge sighed when she saw the hurt and indignation on her face, gently comforting, “Don’t me scared and stop worrying . I’ll definitely not let that woman wrong you . ”
Following which, regardless of the crying girl, she took out her phone and called Ji Ziming .
“Hello, Ziming . Something’s happened again on your cousin’s side . En . Your uncle brought his wife to the hospital already . Could you arrange for someone to check on the woman’s baby for me? Do a paternity test for your uncle and that unborn child…”
She hung up the phone after conveying that to her boyfriend .
Hearing the phone conversation, the girl stopped crying and stared at her .
“Sister Pei Ge, wh-what are you saying? Do you mean to say that the child in that woman’s womb isn’t my dad’s?”