Chapter 106: Who’s Worse Off than Whom? (1/2)

Before Cheng Xi could respond to Shen Wei, Shen Wei’s mother, who had followed Cheng Xi in, anxiously replied, “He’s dead. Completely dead!”

“Dead?” Shen Wei stilled, and then started laughing loudly. “He’s dead? Hahaha, is he finally dead?”

And then she suddenly started crying loudly, “He’s a murderer, he wanted to kill me! Why didn’t you guys believe me? Why?”

As Shen Wei monologued, she gritted her teeth and stared at everybody in the room. Her eyes were slightly discolored, and her normally beautiful face now seemed sinister and frightening. Her demented expression scared Shen Wei’s elder sister-in-law so much that she shuddered and slid back as she tremblingly said, “If she goes insane, she’ll kill someone. Why not… why not send her to the hospital?!”

Shen Wei suddenly stood up, and her sister-in-law was so scared that she let out a shriek. Cheng Xi turned around and tried to push everyone else out, but just as she was about to close the door, Shen Wei’s father stopped her. “You alone? Why don’t I stay here too?”

Cheng Xi twisted her head to look at Shen Wei, and then tacitly approved of Shen Wei’s father’s suggestion. In that time, her mother also took the opportunity to squeeze back into the room.

She wasn’t reassured about her daughter’s condition.

Glistening tears were still dripping from Shen Wei’s face, but she was laughing while standing on the bed with one hand on her hip and the other pointing at them. “A madman, a lunatic. Kill him!”

She normally liked to be clean and pretty, but she was unabashedly wearing yesterday’s dirty and creased clothes, her hair in a complete mess. Shen Wei’s parents had two sons and a single daughter, and they loved her as dearly as could be. But they didn’t expect that their daughter, whom they had raised with all their heart, would end up like this.

Shen Wei’s mother had to bite down on her hand to keep herself from crying out, and her father was just standing there, dazed. He might have considered her earlier condition a fluke, but was no longer able to do so after hearing her shout about killing someone while turning in circles to try to find a weapon.

“Let’s send her to the hospital.” Shen Wei’s father said even as tears fell from his face. “I’ll make the call.”

Cheng Xi said nothing as she walked up to hug Shen Wei, who was getting ready to jump off the bed and head outside.

Shen Wei struggled forcefully against Cheng Xi’s arms. “I’m going to kill you, Fu Mingyi! It’s better that we die together!”

She howled and continued screaming even after her throat went hoarse. Shen Wei’s mother was scared and tried to snap her out of her reverie. “Shen Wei! Shen Wei!”

She then turned to her mother and yelled, “Who’s Shen Wei? Who? I’m not Shen Wei! I’m not! Shen Wei’s dead! She’s dead!” Her expression looked as though she was about to rush out and murder someone.

Cheng Xi was almost unable to restrain her, but her father responded quickly, rushing over to also stop her. He was stronger than Cheng Xi, and the three of them fell off of the bed together.

Shen Wei was unable to break free from their grapple, and resorted to howling out like before. In the end, Cheng Xi had to roll up her sleeves. “Are you quite finished yet?!”

Her sudden outburst shocked Shen Wei’s parents, and Shen Wei’s mother even weakly tugged at her in protest. Cheng Xi ignored her, continuing to stare at Shen Wei. “Yes, Shen Wei’s dead! Killed by Fu Mingyi, that murderer! So are you going to go crazy because of that? Who’s going to benefit from this?”

“Shen Wei, I’m telling you, Fu Mingyi isn’t dead. He’s living happily and well. Even if you go crazy or die, he’ll still live well. After a few years, he’ll once again get together with another woman…… Either way, the two of them will go on to lead a happy life.”

“Are you satisfied with things turning out this way? To admit defeat like this? To give everything you have up to someone else? If you’re willing, then alright, I’ll satisfy you. If you want to die, then I’ll stab you. If you want to go crazy, then we have spots open at our hospital. And even if we didn’t, I’d leave you a spot!”

Shen Wei’s throat had long gone hoarse from yelling, and now, when she was provoked, she couldn’t say a single word. So, Cheng Xi’s voice easily dominated over hers.

She started yelling again, and Cheng Xi let her, only hugging her tightly and preventing her from moving. The three of them, Cheng Xi and Shen Wei’s parents, were prepared this time and handily suppressed her.

Cheng Xi thought that Shen Wei would do what she did before: yell until she lost her voice. Then, without any other alternative, they would have to send her to the hospital. She didn’t expect that this time, Shen Wei actually gradually calmed down before finally laying her head against Cheng Xi’s shoulder and crying miserably.

Shen Wei cried as she collapsed, but not very loudly, possibly because she wasn’t physically capable of making that much noise at this point. But when Cheng Xi heard her soft sobs, she knew that Shen Wei had truly woken up this time.