Chapter 43: The Background of Sui Yu

Sui Yu's tightly closed eyelashes fluttered. Is it raining?

He heard An'an's crying voice, heard An'an telling him not to die.

He was a little tired. Dying like this seemed not bad at all. Besides, someone would cry for him when he died.

The bodyguards snapped back to reality and directly pinned Zhang Wen down.

"Yuyu, don't die! No one will beat you anymore, really! I'll have my daddy help you. My daddy is amazing, super amazing, please don't die."

An'an sat on the ground, crying her eyes out.

The bodyguards couldn't help but turn their eyes red either.

They had been following An'an for several days. An'an was a little angel, a little sun-like child, polite and not spoiled, smiling so radiantly and sweetly. Yet today, she was crying so bitterly just for someone else.

She must have thought of her own past experience of abuse and felt deep empathy.

Shen Zhihan squatted down to check Sui Yu's breathing, his face changing drastically in an instant: "His breathing is weak. Send this child to the hospital immediately."

An'an went along to the hospital.

The car drove at top speed, and Shen Zhihan made phone calls in the car.

As soon as they arrived at the hospital entrance, doctors and nurses immediately rushed over with a mobile gurney. Sui Yu lay there lifelessly like a broken rag doll.

An'an hugged the lizard.

The lizard lay obediently in her hands.

Sui Yu was rushed into the emergency room.

Shen Zhihan had someone find a box and placed the lizard inside it.

An'an looked down at the lizard: "Big Brother Lizard, are you still alive?"

The lizard: "I thank you, I'm still alive. This lizard is not so easily killed."

A very wondrous feeling welled up in its heart because Sui Yu had saved it.

Sui Yu had been despairingly waiting for death, but when he saw Zhang Wen about to hit it with an iron shovel, he rebelled against Zhang Wen for the first time.

"Little one, I feel so strange. I actually got saved by a human. I've crossed paths with Sui Yu before, but it was always from afar, and I never dared to approach him. Because many of my companions were once caught by humans and then dismembered."

At this, the lizard felt a bit sad.

An'an reached out and stroked its scaly little head: "I am not that kind of person, and Yuyu is not that kind of person either. Don't worry, you will definitely be able to return to your original home. I will have my daddy arrange to send you back."

"Yay!" The lizard cheered up.

An'an raised her gaze to look in the direction of the operating room: "Daddy, what are those words?"

"Under emergency treatment," Shen Zhihan explained.

An'an indicated that she understood: "Daddy, you said Yuyu will definitely survive, right?"

Although Sui Yu was cold yesterday, he still looked fine.

Li Changsheng also rushed over, accompanied by his colleagues.

Li Changsheng was the head of the fire department, and the colleagues who came along this time were the police station chief and police officers, who came to collect evidence.

Seeing An'an, Li Changsheng immediately walked up and greeted her with a smile: "An'an, do you remember me?"

"I remember, Uncle Li, hello."

Li Changsheng was amused; the little one even knew to use polite address.

"How is your little companion doing?"

The smile on An'an's face vanished, and she sadly shook her head.

Inside the operating room at this moment, Sui Yu lay there lifelessly.

He entered a dream. In the dream, everything was pure white, and a woman was calling his name: "Baby, baby, come here."

Sui Yu couldn't help walking towards the woman and finally saw her appearance clearly.

She was very gentle, with a pair of beautiful large eyes, and her gaze looking at him was filled with boundless maternal love and a faint sorrow.

"Baby, I am Mom."

Sui Yu's eyes widened abruptly. Mom?

Wasn't Mom already dead?

Zhang Wen always said he was a jinx, that he was the one who killed Mom, that a person like him living in this world was just wasting air, that he should live humbly, that he should atone for his sins, and that happiness and joy had nothing to do with him.

"Baby, this is not where you belong. Go back."

"I'm not going back. No one wants me to live. Let me go with you, Mom." He managed to utter those two words, Mom, with great difficulty.

"Someone is waiting for you." The woman held him in her arms, and tears seemed to fall onto his face.

Tears? He seemed to think of something—that little girl named An'an.

"Go back." The woman gave him a push, and Sui Yu opened his eyes abruptly.

The doctors and nurses smiled gently at him: "You're awake?"

The lights of the operating room were turned off, and Sui Yu was transferred to a hospital ward.

Sui Yu tried hard to keep his eyes wide open, unwilling to fall asleep.

An'an hugged the lizard and came before Sui Yu: "Yuyu, this is the little lizard you risked your life to protect. It said it's older than us, so let's call it Big Brother."

Shen Zhihan twitched the corner of his mouth.

Who on earth takes a lizard as a sworn older brother?

Sui Yu's expression was also very subtle.

His eyes remained fixed on An'an.

Seeing An'an handing over the box containing the lizard, Sui Yu subconsciously took it.

"Yuyu, rest up well and recover. That bad aunt has already been locked up, no one can hurt you anymore!"

At that moment, An'an's stomach rumbled, and she touched it with some embarrassment: "Daddy, I'm hungry. Yuyu, are you hungry?"

Sui Yu shook his head: "Not hungry." But as soon as his words fell, Sui Yu's stomach rumbled as well.

Shen Zhihan had nutritious and easily digestible meals sent over, and they ate together in Sui Yu's hospital ward.

Shen Zhihan assigned bodyguards to stand guard at Sui Yu's door.

Sui Yu had been abused by Zhang Wen when locked in the basement, so he needed to stay in the hospital for observation for one night. If his condition was good tomorrow morning, he could be discharged.

The next day, Xia Kexuan specially prepared delicious desserts to bring to school, wanting to share them with Sui Yu, but she didn't see Sui Yu anywhere.

On the third day, Sui Yu still didn't come to school, and even An'an took a leave of absence.

With Shen Zhihan stepping in, the evidence of Zhang Wen abusing Sui Yu was conclusive.

Four years ago, Zhang Yu discovered she was pregnant and, after much hesitation, decided to give birth to the child, only to be hunted down.

Zhang Yu encountered a car accident while fleeing.

Knowing her time was running out, she had the doctor issue a report of both mother and child perishing, gave birth to the child, and handed it over to her step-sister, Zhang Wen.

Zhang Yu never expected that back when she and Sui Mingkun were dating, Zhang Wen had also fallen for Sui Mingkun and even tried to seduce him in private without success.

Zhang Yu had left her entire breakup settlement of two hundred million untouched, handing both the money and the child over to Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen had promised to treat the child as her own, raise the child up, and never let that person find out.

Who would have thought that looking at Sui Yu's face, which resembled Zhang Yu by half, Zhang Wen would go mad with jealousy, taking her anger out on the child and subjecting him to all sorts of abuse.

To judge a person's character, one need only look at their attitude when dealing with the vulnerable.

Faced with the weak Sui Yu, Zhang Wen would resort to beatings and kicks, inflicting various abuses. Such people were the ultimate bullies of the weak and cowards to the strong.

At the police station now, she confessed to everything, weeping bitterly and expressing remorse, claiming she would turn over a new leaf and treat Sui Yu as her own flesh and blood, but it was already too late.