Chapter 516: Chapter 516

She tried hard to steady herself, but she still lost her balance and crashed into the table. Fortunately, her quick reaction allowed her to cover her stomach with her hands. However, when her hand hit the edge of the table, she couldn’t help but let out a stifled grunt due to the pain. The impact was not only painful to the back of her hand and arm but also made her stomach feel slightly uncomfortable.

By the time Lu Jingchen realized what happened, he saw Song Qiao with a pale face, bending over. His expression instantly darkened, and his body involuntarily leaned forward, wanting to check where she was hurt. But the content of the paper he had seen in the study kept replaying in his mind, causing his body to stop abruptly, and he forcefully suppressed the concern in his heart.

At that moment, the door to the hospital room was opened once again, and a tall and upright figure rushed in from outside. He immediately went to Song Qiao’s side. Concern and worry apparent in his voice, he asked, "Qiaoqiao, are you okay?"

The person was none other than Chu Munan.

Chu Munan had just bought some fruits with Mu Shinian and was about to enter the room when he witnessed Lu Jingchen pushing Song Qiao, causing her to hit the table. Startled, he dropped the fruits on the ground and, without a second thought, burst through the door without knocking.

Song Qiao’s face was a bit deathly pale, probably due to her concern for the child in her stomach. A hint of endured pain could be seen on her delicate face, but upon hearing Chu Munan’s words, she still subconsciously shook her head.

Chu Munan’s hands supported Song Qiao’s shoulders. Song Qiao’s legs seemed to be a bit weak, and she leaned against Chu Munan’s body.

To Lu Jingchen, this scene was unbearably irritating.

Without waiting for Song Qiao or Chu Munan to speak, the man’s thin lips parted slightly, his tone laced with what seemed like irony as he said, "Song Qiao, haven’t you always wanted a divorce? Fine, since that is the case, I agree to it right now. This way, no one can say I’m standing in your way."

His cold and sarcastic words hammered into Song Qiao’s heart. She stared wide-eyed, instinctively looking toward the man sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, only to meet his sarcastic gaze, causing her face to suddenly turn even paler.

Equally incredulous at Lu Jingchen’s sudden decision to divorce were Mu Shinian who had just entered the room, and... Chu Munan, who was holding Song Qiao to prevent her from falling.

A silence lingered in the air, and for a moment nobody spoke; almost the sound of each other’s breathing could be heard. The source of this content ɪs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽

Chu Munan was the first to react, his face displaying a trace of a cold smile as he directly addressed Lu Jingchen, "Lu Jingchen, one day, you will regret the decision you made today."

After speaking, he promptly lifted Song Qiao, who seemed to still be in shock, in a sideways carry. Worrying about her condition, Chu Munan quickly headed towards the exit. As he passed by Mu Shinian, he said, "Your cousin seems to have been hurt; we’re going to see the doctor first."

Mu Shinian was initially shocked by the decision of his cousin-in-law, but upon hearing Chu Munan’s words, he instantly snapped back to reality. His eyes, slightly red, closed briefly before he silently turned and opened the hospital room door. After Chu Munan carried Song Qiao out, he silently followed without saying a word.

Lu Jingchen reclined on the hospital bed, watching as Song Qiao was lifted horizontally and carried out of the ward by Chu Munan; his deep eyes suddenly darkened like spilled ink. There was an impulse in his heart to separate the two before him, to snatch Song Qiao back, but in the end, he forcefully suppressed it.

Silence once again enveloped the ward, where the exceptionally handsome man sat on the bed with a somewhat pale complexion. His thin lips lightly pursed into a straight line, his jaw tensely clenched, eking out an even more sullen look, his whole being emanated a chill.

It was unclear how much time passed before the man in the ward finally seemed to react. With a wave of his hand, he flung the various items the hospital staff had just replaced onto the floor just like earlier that morning, creating a very grating noise.

Song Qiao, cradled in Chu Munan’s embrace, didn’t make a sound; even when she arrived at the doctor’s to get her wounds treated, she stayed completely silent, looking as if she had lost her soul, her eyes empty and void of anything.

Because Chu Munan used the Mu Family’s driver, who had brought them over, Mu Shinian sat in the passenger seat. Although he was somewhat reluctant, seeing his cousin’s condition and realizing he couldn’t care for her by himself, he obediently sat upfront, occasionally turning to look back.

The driver, seated at the wheel, was a bit concerned as he looked at Song Qiao and couldn’t help but ask Chu Munan, sitting next to her, "Mr. Chu, what’s wrong with our miss?"

He hadn’t gone up to see Lu Jingchen with Chu Munan, so he didn’t know what had happened. But seeing his miss with her hand wrapped in bandages, he was initially shocked. Fortunately, Chu Munan told him it was just a minor injury with no serious issues.

But now, looking at his miss’s demeanor, it would be strange if there were no issues.

Chu Munan’s gaze fell on Song Qiao, his brow furrowed as he directly addressed the driver, "Uncle Yang, it’s nothing. Just drive us home."

The driver, still concerned, nevertheless started the car.

After the car started, Chu Munan sighed and gently pressed Song Qiao’s head into his chest, speaking softly, "Song Qiao, if you feel like crying, don’t hold it in. Just cry, I absolutely won’t laugh at you."

Song Qiao initially had no reaction, but soon Chu Munan felt his shirt front getting wet, even hot, and then he felt Song Qiao, pressed against his chest, start to sob quietly without any crying sounds.

For some reason, seeing Song Qiao , Chu Munan suddenly recalled a saying he once read online, "When a person in sorrow cries without making any sound, that is when they are truly heartbroken."

This saying surfaced in his mind, making him hug Song Qiao’s body even tighter. He naturally understood that Song Qiao’s noodles were truly distressed and needed to vent.