Chapter 178 - You Will Regret

"I hate him."

The three words reverberated in the otherwise silent corridor. Scrutinizing her closely, Zhang Min narrowed his eyes and stood up,  backing off."I see." Without a word, Zhang Min turned around and was about to walk away when Shi Ai asked, "Don't you want to know why I am saying this?"

Zhang Min clenched his fists and shook his head without turning back. He was angry and he needed to calm himself or he would say hurtful things to an already hurt Shi Ai. But Shi Ai was not willing to let Zhang Min go. She felt the need to talk and thus could only speak to Zhang Min."You never approved of him, did you? You were right, Min Min in calling him the grim reaper. I never realized that I was the only one who was blind to him and his real face."

Closing his eyes for a moment, Zhang Min shook his head and turned back, "Shi Ai. I don't know what foolish notion you have put in your head but please stay quiet and don't say things you will regret later. Just go and rest inside. Talk to Knight when he was..when he comes back and clear your misunderstandings.."

"There are no misunderstandings. Tell him not to come back. Pass this message to him for me."

Shot who had been listening until now felt his anger explode. His best friend as fighting for his life and the woman he did everything for was saying she hated him! Shot marched to her and would have caught her by the shoulders and shook her but was caught by Zhang Min who forcefully pushed him back. Even then Shi Ai seemed to have no reaction causing Shot to curse and rant, "Miss Shi. If that is what you wish then let me promise you something. I will make sure that he never comes back to you. The time when he needs you the most...Hmm. You will regret your words, Miss Shi. You are not worthy of him. Zhang Min, leave me be and call me when she comes back to her senses."

Zhang Min eased back his hold but tried to catch Shot's eye to tell indicate that Shi Ai was not thinking straight but the other man refused to make eye contact and stormed out. Once Shot was gone, Shi Ai also stood up and tried to go inside the room to sit with her sister but Zhang Min caught a hold of her wrist and pulled her along the corridor towards the waiting area. Shi Ai tried to pull her hand out of his grasp but he simply tightened his hold and dragged her along, all the way to his car. Opening the passenger door, he pushed her inside and then went towards the other side. Shi Ai was trying to push open her door when he climbed in but Zhang Min simply barked, "It is useless to struggle. I have activated the child security lock. It won't open."

Shi Ai turned to glare at him before angrily mocking him, "My brother sure has grown up. He knows how to use brute force on a woman."

Zhang Min gave Shi Ai a mocking Shi Ai in return and taunted, "My little sister has also grown up. She knows how to unsheathe her claws now." The two people then glared at each other before Shi Ai once again started to struggle, "Zhang Min!please let me go. My sister needs me."

Snorting coldly, Zhang Min simply crossed his arms before saying, "Your sister is unconscious and surrounded by capable nurses and doctors. Now, how about you tell me what have you spouting this nonsense about hating your husband?"

When Shi Ai simply stared ahead and refused to answer, Zhang Min growled and said,"We can sit here all night and all month. You know me. I will not let you go until you come out with the truth."

"The truth?The truth is that Ah Hai Long is a cold-blooded killer. And I want nothing to do with him."

Zhang Min could only stare in horror at Shi Ai. He realized he was deluding himself by thinking that she was angry at him. The disdain and disgust in her eyes told another story. It was not one of anger.

"Let the world see what they want. I only see the goodness and kindness in him.' These were your words to me few years ago Xaio Ai. Do you remember them. Yes he had made many killings in his line of work. Maybe more than an average soldier because of his special skills but we're you not going to be his haven? Isn't that what you told me when you claimed that you would never breakup with him? So what happened now? Is it because you saw him kill for the first time? Even if you feel disgusted at those monsters death, you cannot blame Ah Hai. He did this for you. Because he loves you.."

"Oh please! Because he loves me, he killed those people. Because he loves me, he hid the truth of my sister from me. Because he loves me, he put men under security and let my sister be under attack. Because he loves me he took away my right to choose whether I want to choose my sister or myself! I don't want such selfish love, Zhang Min."

"Because he loves you, he punished those four boys wanted to molest you. Because he loved you, he forced Yao Yao into a corner away from you. Because he loved you, he annihilated an entire hand of kidnappers to rescue you. Because he loved you, he blew his cover to come rescue you when you were kidnapped for your own stupidity. Because he loved you, he let you stand by him. Because he loved you.." he took a sniper's bullet himself and is now fighting death to come back to you. Zhang Min wanted to say this last line aloud but dare not. He did not know how she would react in this state. Calming himself, Zhang Min said in a grim tone,"From the very beginning, all of Ah Hai's actions have proven his love for you. And even if he was selfish this once and wanted to protect you, you have not yet earned the right to blame him, Xaio Ai. I am extremely disappointed in you, for the first time in my life, I am ashamed of knowing you." Having said everything he wanted to say, Zhang Min pressed a button on the console and quietly said,"Go, Shi Ai. You need to go to your sister. Just remember one last thing. Reflect on who's love is selfish. Yours or his?"

Shi Ai opened her mouth and closed it once then twice but unable to say anything. Finally, having no words, Shi Ai opened the car door and ran out. She felt her brain would explode. She did not want to think about all this and simply marched towards the patient room.

Zhang Min watched hear go with a frown between his brows. He did not know but there was something wrong with this scenario. How could someone love a person so deeply and then suddenly turn around and abhor them in the span of a few hours? He tried to think where things could have gone wrong but could not come up with an answer.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on his window and he wound it down to look at Shi Ai who stood there with a file in her hands. The moment the window was all the way down, Shi Ai threw the file in his l.a.p ans crisply told him, " this is what Ah Hai's one moment of selfishness has caused my sister." That said, Shi Ai turned back and walked in to the hospital leaving behind a baffled looking Zhang Min.

He looked down at the file in his l.a.p and opened it to read. As he read the prognosis of Yang Mei's medical condition, he threw back his head and banged it against the seat. Oh what a mess this was! This report could make him understand Shi Ai's anger towards Ah Hai,even if he did not condone it. Yang Mei, he knew, had already made a lifetime of sacrifices and now this. What a mess! And the one person who could solve it was lying in the hospital.

Meanwhile, the doctor had just finished his surgery on Ah Hai and walked out to explain the situation, " He needs to be kept under observation for a while. Though he has managed to pull through, his blood loss was severe and this may have affected his other organs and nerves. The side effects of these injuries can only be guessed at later and for now we can only see how things progress. His heart stopped beating twice and he had to be revived so please have patience, his recovery is going to be slow and painful. If he recovers.