"What the hell happened here?"
Jin was flabbergasted to see the scene unfold before him. Alix, with a knife, had stabbed a man before her. Ai couldn't fathom her actions either.
But upon closer inspection, they realized the horrifying reality before them.
"Ai?"
Jun stood at the top of the steps and was puzzled to see her and Jin at a distance. His senses tingled that something was wrong and he swiftly made his way towards them.
"Ai."
Jun pulled her arm and softly hugged her against his chest. "What's wrong? Why are you outside? I have been looking for you all over."
"Jun..." she tremblingly pointed towards the man who was just stabbed.
Jun blinked and turned, his expression turning the same as Jin. For a moment, he thought he was hallucinating.
"Cai Lingyun?"
Cai Lingyun was in no state to respond with a knife plunged deep in his thigh. Sweat swimmed down the side of his cheeks and his chest huffed breathlessly to grasp for some air.
Suddenly a threatening shadow loomed over him and as he looked up, it was as if his soul was forcibly sucked out.
"...What the hell are you doing here?"
Cai Lingyun was in jail for all his wrongdoings. It was Zixin who had personally ensured his jail time.
"He was released on parole, Bro. I just checked out," Jin said. "He behaved like a reformed person in these years and the parole officer granted him another chance."
A vein popped on his forehead. "Reformed? A reformed man will stalk a married woman? That's the entire reason he was here, right?"
Jun turned and asked, "But what were you doing outside?"
Ai was herself speechless seeing the hateful man before her after so many years. "An attendant came up to me and said that Ailun was in trouble. He got hurt outside. When I looked around, I didn't see him anywhere either so I quickly headed out to check."
His gaze darkened and he looked down at Cai Lingyun. "You planned this, didn't you?"
"Sh-Shut up! Can you not see that this mad woman stabbed me!? H-hospital...Take me to the hospital!"
Jun glanced at Alix, who seemed unfazed and the least bothered. "How come you suddenly attacked him?"
Alix yawned.
This is laughable at this point...
"Jun..."
Ai stumbled in her steps and her head bumped against his shoulder. Her brows were furrowed with discomfort as she took his support.
"Ai!?"
He quickly supported her. "What's wrong?"
"Not...feeling well..."
"It is definitely those mocktails you have been gulping back to back. Look, now your stomach must be hurting," his mouth twitched.
Jin said, "Take her inside, Bro. You look after her and I..." his eyes squinted at Cai Lingyun, "will look after him."
Jun nodded and swiftly picked Ai up in his arms. But before he left, he gazed at Alix and bowed. "Thank you for saving Ai. I cannot imagine what would have happened if this bastard had gotten his hands on her. Thanks a lot. I really mean it."
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Alix stared at Jun for a long time. "Consider it as..."
"As?" He blinked.
"Nothing," in the end, she let it be. "Tell her to not fall into such silly traps."
His mouth twitched. "She will blame it on a mother's heart. I am sure of it. But I will give her a good earful," he smiled.
Jin sneered. "Yes give her a good scolding."
He shrugged and left.
Alix stared at his retreating figure and whispered.
"A mother's heart huh..."
"By the wat, what were you saying to Cai Lingyun just a few minutes ago?" Jin asked, blinking at Alix.
She looked up and smiled. "Just thinking of the old times. Pay no attention to it."