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CHAPTER 600

RING! RING!

Turning their heads in Ye Cheng's direction, they watched as he brought out the phone from his pocket and answered.

"Hello? Wei Ling, what's new?"

"He confessed and it is.."

***

BANG!

Turning to his side, his eyes immediately landed on his mother. Rather than speaking or voicing out his thoughts, he peeled his gaze away sharply and let them land on the one person that mattered most.

'Li Jing.'

His eyes shut in anguish as the image of her lying on the bed replayed in his head. Pain coursed through his brain. He was mad, so very angry.

While his brain tried so much to figure out what was wrong, he heard the sound of the chair shift. However, before he could make out more of what was going through, her voice rang out in his head and his eyes flew open.

"Michael, what is it? What is going on?"

"Mum."

He moved his gaze a bit and he saw Li Jing's grandfather. One look at the old man, Ye Cheng could tell that he knew what he was thinking.

"Cheng, who?" Those were the only words he had to utter, he was bloody tired of this shit.

"No need. Do not worry. As for the person who gave the order, I would get back at them but for the culprits that did the actual thing, they are suffering right now as we speak."

"Michael, speak to me," Li An chipped in when she saw her son was still so bitter.

"Mum, let it be."

"Michael no. Look at me, son," she ordered. "It is okay. Even if you want to make them pay, revenge is not the answer. You should know this."

"Mother, if I want to revenge, I would kill them all. But no. They would just have a taste of their own medicine."

A deadly smile spread across his lips but it did not seem like one that came from his heart.

"I need you to stay here. I would not do anything stupid. Just breaking a few bones to give them similar pain is all."

"Ye Cheng!"

"Mother, it is my wife we are talking about here, you know."

"I know. Thank God she is alive."

"I am thankful but I need to tell them that I am not a pushover and neither is my wife. No one comes close and hurts her to go scot-free. No one."

"Michael, please."

"You fret over nothing mum. Just wait and watch her."

"Grandfather, I would be back."

Without waiting for either of them to speak, he pulled back and locked the door.

"Wait," Lin Zian called out. "Sigh, I forgot to ask him the name of the clown that did it."

"Are you supporting that he revenges?" Li An asked turning to face him.

"No. I am supporting him in teaching them a lesson that he is not someone to be played with or someone to ride on. You have a good son see that but also know that the world is wicked."

***

Once outside the door, he gave strict orders for them to follow before looking at his friend.

"Let's go see for ourselves the work of our lovely friend, umm Jack?"

"Oh, I would."

"I wish I could accompany you guys but someone has to be here when sister-in-law is around."

"I wouldn't want her to wake and be worried. You stay, Long Lei. We are just going to pay a visit."

***

Not up to twenty minutes after Ye Cheng left, Li Jing pried her eyes open slowly only to be greeted by the fluorescent light bulb in the room.

Quickly she shut her eyes, trying to adjust her sight to the severe brightness before opening them properly.

At first, she had thought that the first face she would see would be Ye Cheng's but surprisingly it wasn't.

On looking to her side, her eyes caught sight of her mother-in-law and her grandfather, causing her to shift a bit as she stared at the two tired people caring for her.

"Mum," she called out weakly, thus waking them up.

"Umm," Li An slowly opened her eyes to see Li Jing awake. "Li Jing. You are awake!"

Sitting up properly and rubbing his eyes, Lin Zian said, "Uh, what are you saying?"

"Li Jing, she is awake," Li An repeated, shocked and also happy by the new discovery.

"You mean.." he paused, his eyes on Li An and then when she too smiled, he shifted his gaze towards where LI Jing lay and when his eyes met with hers, they narrowed a bit and became blurry as tears began to form.

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"Oh my darling, Li Jing."

Together both of them stood up and went straight to her side to see her.

"You are awake. Thank goodness," Li An voiced out again, smiling cutely at Li Jing.

"Thanks, mum. Yes, I am but where.." she tried to sit up. Her smiling face dulled out immediately. "Where is Cheng?"

"You need to relax love. He wouldn't want you stressing yourself." Saying that she moved closer to her bed and assisted her in lying down properly. "There you go."

"Mum, where is Ye Cheng?"

"He is fine."

"Mum, where is he?"

Even her grandfather could see the worry in her eyes and knowing Li Jing and how much of a worrywart she could be, he shook his head before placing a hand on Li An's shoulders.

"Let her know. Your husband Cheng, went to get those who did this to you. Relax he would be fine. It is all under control."

Although she nodded her head, the movement of her fingers on the blanket plus how she bit down on her lower lip, told them that she was nowhere calm.

"I would call the doctor, please relax," Li An announced before turning towards the door to leave.

Guessing what she was up to by trying her best not to make Li Jing worried, Lin Zian chipped in. "Yes, you do that and Jing, you rest more."

Li An nodded her head and left the room, leaving the two behind. "Trust me. I would call him and inform him that you are awake, okay."

"No need for that. I know he would be fine."

"Good girl."