Chapter 697: Chapter 697

Jiang Xin waited for all the workers to leave, packed up all the fabrics in the shop, turned off the machines, and locked the door before heading home by herself.

She had gotten used to this kind of work, doing it every day.

Walking through the pitch-black alley made her feel a bit scared.

Originally, Jiang Honest was supposed to come pick her up, but she didn’t let her father do it.

Jiang Honest had to take care of two children with her mother every day. It was hard enough to coax the kids to sleep, and now he had to pick her up.

Jiang Honest was not young anymore either.

Jiang Xin didn’t want her parents to be burdened by her at her age.

Anyway, she was fast; it wouldn’t take two minutes to get home.

The rented house was at the end of the alley, just a few steps away, or she would feel scared being alone.

After taking a few steps, Jiang Xin suddenly realized another sound.

It was a series of clear footsteps, and the pace was very fast.

Jiang Xin tried to quicken her pace, hoping it was just a passerby.

But the man suddenly approached, and the heat and body odor overwhelmed her.

Jiang Xin sensed that nauseating sweat smell. Instinctively, she backed away, but it only brought him closer, leaving her no retreat.

Jiang Xin suddenly saw the man draw a knife from his waist; before she could scream, she felt time freeze. The next few seconds seemed like a frozen image, forever etched in her memory.

"Little beauty. Behave, if you dare to scream, I’ll stab you right away. You should know the consequences. Rest assured, as long as you make me comfortable, I’ll let you go."

The man’s wicked face drew near, one hand pushed Jiang Xin against the wall, while the other tore at her clothes.

But the man apparently underestimated Jiang Xin.

She struggled to keep her balance. Despite the panic in her chest, she screamed and leaped at the man; she would not let herself be humiliated.

Her nails left deep scars across the man’s face, causing him to step back a few paces.

"Damn, why didn’t anyone tell me this woman is so fierce?"

Jiang Xin didn’t understand what that meant.

But she would never capitulate.

Jiang Xin could only swing her fragile purse in front of her with all her might to protect herself.

But she was no match in strength.

The man quickly approached her again, covering her mouth with one hand, trying to tear at her clothes once more.

Jiang Xin bit him hard, her teeth sinking deeply into his flesh, and blood from his palm seeped into her mouth, making the man scream in pain.

"Bastard, why didn’t Li Zhibin say this woman is a lunatic."

Jiang Xin then jabbed her fingers into his eyes, her nails digging deep into the soft eyeballs.

He roared wildly, loosening his grip on Jiang Xin.

Her heart pounded fiercely, desperately wanting to escape.

The man grabbed the knife and swung it frantically, cutting Jiang Xin’s arm.

A man suddenly appeared and then she saw everything as if in slow motion.

A man was punched and fell to the ground, then two men tangled together, followed by another man rushing out of the darkness.

The three men fought together, and later, in Jiang Xin’s hoarse shouting, all the neighbors ran out.

Under the beams of various flashlights, Jiang Xin saw a man collapse to the ground like a stone, writhing in pain, his fingers weakly scratching at the gravel.

Jiang Xin rushed over, and it was Qin Dazhuang.

Qin Dazhuang lay sprawled in the mud, trying to fend off the excruciating pain throughout his body, struggling to catch his breath.

His lungs compressed violently, yet he seemed unable to draw a single breath of air.

His body showed no response.

It seemed like there was a black veil in front of his eyes, obscuring his vision, and when he could finally croak, he called out over and over.

"Jiang Xin, Jiang Xin, you must go."

With the help of neighbors, the two men who tried to escape in the chaos were caught and directly handed over to the police station, while the severely injured Qin Dazhuang was sent directly to the hospital.

All around Jiang Xin were constant roars and curses, as well as some chaotic sounds mixed with high-decibel shouts.

She could only see Qin Dazhuang in a coma.

Someone burst through the doors, and two doctors and a nurse pushed a hospital bed, Jiang Xin held tightly onto the rail, keeping pace.

The crowd blocked Jiang Xin, and she was pushed back hard by the nurse, "The patient needs to be taken to the ER, you can’t go in, family members wait outside."

When Fan Xiuying and Jiang Honest arrived, they saw her clothes soaked in blood, and Qin Dazhuang already in a critical condition.

Jiang Xin’s clothes were covered in blood, her arms were bloodstained, her thighs, feet, even her shoes were bloody.

Fan Xiuying hurriedly grabbed Jiang Xin and asked.

"What happened, are you hurt?"

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Jiang Xin suddenly grabbed Fan Xiuying, "Mom, I’m fine, the injured and bleeding one isn’t me, it’s Qin Dazhuang."

Only then did Fan Xiuying breathe a sigh of relief.

"What exactly happened?"

"On my way home, I encountered a man trying to..." Her voice trembled.

"I fought back, the man had a knife, then Qin Dazhuang rushed out to protect me, and one of the men stabbed Qin Dazhuang."

Although her arm had been treated, the pain from the wound still reminded her of everything she had just experienced.

If it weren’t for Qin Dazhuang, she would either have been stabbed like Qin Dazhuang was, or worse.

The doctor quickly picked up the scalpel, doing everything possible to save him.

They were racing against time.

As he saw, the knife had penetrated Qin Dazhuang’s left kidney.

Damn, it was cut off and only half left.

There was no way to save his kidney, moreover, if the severed kidney wasn’t extracted, and the blood vessels sewn up within a given time, even Qin Dazhuang couldn’t be saved.

This was a race, a ruthless and cruel race.

If the doctor made a wrong step, hesitated slightly, or dropped something—even if their hand trembled—Qin Dazhuang would lose, and consequently die.

They transfused all the plasma they could get into him, while the doctor strove not to let the freshly infused blood escape at the same speed.

Gradually, they stopped the bleeding, the doctor could explore every severed blood vessel, the surgery started to gain the upper hand.

Time passed without them knowing how long.

It didn’t matter how long it took; what mattered was that they successfully saved the patient.

Outside the operating room, Jiang Xin still hadn’t left.

Qin Dazhuang’s only family were Jiang Xin and the Jiang family couple.

Qin Dazhuang’s mother hadn’t been in contact with him long ago, the only ones who could show up were them.

Time ticked by, and when the red light outside the operating room went out, they anxiously watched the doctor approaching.

Qin Dazhuang had one kidney removed, but he survived.