(Healing begins. But the loss lingers. And love… becomes protection.)
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🏥 Shanghai – Secret VIP Clinic, 3AM
They moved her in complete silence.
Only five doctors in the whole place. Hand-picked by Lu Zeyan.
She was unconscious. Pale. Still burning up with fever.
He sat beside her bed.
Wiped her face.
Held her hand.
> "I should've come sooner."
He hadn't cried in years.
But tonight — tears rolled down his cheek as he kissed the back of her hand.
> "I'm so sorry…"
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🌸 Morning – She Wakes
Xu Yinyin blinked, groggy and confused.
> "Where…"
> "You're safe, baby."
She looked up at him, blinking.
> "Did they hurt you?" he asked gently.
> "...No." Her hand went to her belly instinctively.
"Is our baby okay?"
He froze.
His hand shook.
> "Yinyin…"
> "Zeyan?"
> "There was… damage. You were already weak. They gave you something. A drug."
Her eyes filled with slow, dawning tears.
He couldn't breathe.
She didn't scream.
She didn't faint.
She just stared ahead.
> "...It's gone?"
He pulled her close.
> "But you're not. And I'm not leaving you. Not now. Not ever."
She didn't speak for a while.
But she cried — in his chest, curled against him like a child.
And he held her through every shudder.
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💬 Later That Day
Grandpa Lu arrived.
Silent.
When he saw her, he took her hand, and kissed her forehead.
> "You rest. We'll handle the rest."
Yinyin managed a tiny smile.
> "You're going to kill people, aren't you?"
> "...Only the ones who deserve it."
She nodded.