Chapter 399 - I’ll Take the Pain and Hardship While You Enjoy the Bliss (1/2)

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Less than two days later, Wen Xinya received the news of Ning Shuqian getting stabbed in the hospital. Unfortunately, the knife did not actually injure Ning Shuqian seriously and she was merely slashed on the arm. Due to the fact that she was in the hospital, her wound was attended to in time and she didn’t suffer from excessive blood loss.

However, Ning Shuqian was scared soulless and insisted on being transferred to another hospital.

Feeling extremely indignant, Wen Xinya barked. “Shen Mengting injured you and made you lose so much blood. Why did you get your people to just slash Ning Shuqian? You let her off easy!”

Si Yiyan remained silent while grinning.

Wen Xinya stroked his wound gently, for fear that she would accidentally hurt him. “Although I don’t wish to get you embroiled in my feud with Ning Shuqian, you can’t let her off easily this time because she has gotten you seriously wounded. How could you just let her off so simply? Didn’t you say that you were going to stab her? Just stab her in any way that you’d like so long as you don’t kill her.”

Wen Xinya thought that he had spared Ning Shuqian on her account and thus, decided to give him the green light.

Si Yiyan held her hand and interlocked fingers with her. “I know that I’ve let her off easy by merely slashing her. However, letting her live in constant fear and paranoia is the greatest torture. She’d feel as if her life is in danger at every single waking moment. That way, she’d learn her lesson and remember not to harm you.”

Wen Xinya looked at Si Yiyan and said, “Si Yiyan, you really know how to play with one’s mind.”

Fear was the humans’ greatest enemy. Once the seeds of fear had been planted, they’d develop into inner demons that would stay deep within the labyrinths of one’s heart.

Playing mind games and tampering with humanity was something that was frowned upon and hence, he did not wish to go into detail about it, especially not with the woman he loved. Hence, he changed the subject and asked, “What’s that smell?”

A fragrant aroma of herbs filled the air. It came from the medicinal soups that Wen Xinya made.

“Ah! My herbal soup!” Wen Xinya exclaimed upon the sudden realization that she had forgotten about the soup she was brewing. She sprung up from his embrace and darted out of the study.

She had completely lost her usual composure.

Si Yiyan followed Wen Xinya to the kitchen, where his senses were infiltrated by the pleasant and appetizing aroma of traditional Chinese herbs.

Wen Xinya had excellent culinary skills, which had been taken to greater heights ever since she learned about Traditional Chinese Medicine from Du Shinan. She had begun researching on tonic soups and trying her hands at different recipes.

“Thank God we came just in time. Otherwise, my efforts would have gone in vain,” Wen Xinya said while cutting some green onions. She had gone through painstaking efforts to prepare and brew a pot of herbal soup that contained lots of rare and precious herbs that would aid in replenishing blood, as well as eel that was high in protein. Protein was essential for wound recovery and had disinfecting properties. The soup would aid in replenishing blood, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the liver and kidneys, as well as repairing wounds. It was perfect for Si Yiyan.

“I feel like the happiest man in this world,” Si Yiyan said, hugging her gently from behind and resting his head on her shoulder while watching her cut the green onions with finesse. A warm and fuzzy feeling filled his heart.