THAT MAN REALLY SO IMPORTANT TO YOU ?

"Bai Qing?" Mo Xiao frowned.

Why was she covered in blood?

"Are you hurt?" Mo Xiao approached her, reaching out to touch her.

"Get away!" Bai Qing shoved his hand aside. "Don't touch me with the hands that have touched that other woman!"

Mo Xiao's expression turned cold. "Bai Qing, what are you trying to do?"

Yun Qiqi's face was ashen. "Bai Qing, I know you're unwilling to divorce Mo Xiao, but he's already promised you compensation. You shouldn't be so greedy."

Bai Qing walked over, picked up a fruit knife, and pressed it against Yun Qiqi's chest.

"Bai Qing, what are you doing?" Mo Xiao hurried over.

"Stay back!" Bai Qing gritted her teeth, placing the knife at Yun Qiqi's throat. "Take another step, and you'll be collecting her corpse!"

Mo Xiao stopped, his face darkening. "Put the knife down."

"You have no right to order me!" Bai Qing's eyes burned with fury. "You have no idea what I've been through!"

Mo Xiao frowned.

"Yu Jun was severely injured while trying to save me, and now he's lying unconscious in a hospital bed," Bai Qing's voice trembled. "The one who tried to hurt me... If it wasn't you, then it had to be her! But I've already agreed to divorce you, so it can't be you. That only leaves her."

"You're lying!" Yun Qiqi's face went pale. "Why would I do such a thing?"

"Because you want me dead. If I'm gone, Mo Xiao would no longer have a wife, and you could marry him without any obstacles." Bai Qing's voice was sharp with rage.

"You have no proof! Why would you think it was me? Maybe it was one of your enemies!" Yun Qiqi argued.

Bai Qing sneered, her eyes glinting coldly. "Enemies? After graduating from university, Mo Xiao kept me shielded in the little world he created for me. Besides him, my world consists of nothing but my grandmother and mother-in-law. I am a lonely orphan—where would I get enemies?"

Yun Qiqi pressed her lips together. So, Mo Xiao had been protecting her all this time?

"And if we were to speak of Mo Xiao's enemies—no one even knows we're married! But lately, he's been visiting you at the hospital publicly. If his enemies wanted revenge, they'd go after you, not me." Bai Qing's voice was icy. "Yun Qiqi, you're the only one in this world who hates me enough to wish for my death."

"No, it wasn't me!" Yun Qiqi's face drained of all color. "Mo Xiao, save me!"

Mo Xiao stared deeply at Bai Qing. "Put the knife down."

"Mo Xiao, let's divorce." Bai Qing looked at him desolately. "I'll grant your wish."

She slowly lowered the knife.

Then she dropped it and walked toward the door.

Mo Xiao watched her with concern.

She just said Yu Jun was hurt while saving her.

The blood on her clothes... it must be Yu Jun's.

If it were her own blood, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Mo Xiao rushed after her. "Bai Qing!"

He reached out to grab her wrist.

But before he could, Bai Qing suddenly collapsed.

"Bai Qing?!" Mo Xiao picked her up and immediately barged into the doctor's office.

— — —

When Bai Qing awoke, the sky had already darkened.

"You're awake?" Mo Xiao's voice was low and cold. "Do you feel unwell anywhere?"

"I'm fine." Bai Qing clutched the blanket tightly.

"The doctor said you fainted due to emotional stress. You'll be fine after resting tonight." Mo Xiao's tone was detached.

"You shouldn't be here," Bai Qing whispered, biting her lip.

"If not here, then where?" Mo Xiao frowned. "Bai Qing, I'm not as heartless as you think. Even if I don't love you, you saved my grandmother's life. I have a responsibility to take care of you."

Bai Qing let out a bitter laugh. "So, to you, I'm nothing more than your grandmother's savior."

Never his wife.

"Why didn't you come to the Civil Affairs Bureau today?" Bai Qing's voice trembled. "I've already agreed to the divorce."

"We'll talk about that later," Mo Xiao said, seemingly avoiding the subject.

"You still want me to donate bone marrow to Yun Qiqi, don't you?" Bai Qing asked coldly.

Mo Xiao didn't react.

"I won't do it." Bai Qing's tone was firm.

She would never agree.

Not in a million years!

That assassin had to be sent by Yun Qiqi.

Yun Qiqi wanted her dead.

If it weren't for Yu Jun, she and her baby would be gone by now.

How could she still give Yun Qiqi her bone marrow?

She would never agree.

"If we don't divorce, will you donate?" Mo Xiao suddenly asked.

"No, we're definitely getting divorced." Bai Qing closed her eyes. "I don't want to live with you anymore. Even if we stay married, your heart belongs to someone else. What's the point of holding onto a marriage that's already dead?"

She had woken up.

She understood now.

Love cannot be forced.

No matter how much she clings, it's futile.

Mo Xiao's voice was cold. "Bai Qing, you should think this through."

"What, are you planning to use my uncle to threaten me again?" Bai Qing smiled without warmth. "You truly live up to your reputation as the ruthless Mr. Mo."

"Bai Qing!" Mo Xiao gritted his teeth. "I said, we don't have to divorce, as long as you donate bone marrow to Yun Qiqi."

"Mo Xiao, how arrogant can you be? Do you really think that just because I've loved you for so many years, I can endure anything?" Bai Qing sat up, her eyes void of light. "If Yun Qiqi hadn't come back, I would have donated to anyone you asked, but not her."

Mo Xiao stood up. "Bai Qing, if it weren't for you, Yun Qiqi and I would've been together a long time ago. You stole three years from us."

Bai Qing's heart ached. She lifted her head, tears brimming in her eyes, yet she smiled faintly. "Stole? Mo Xiao, you're unbelievable. If you had resisted even a little back then, maybe you and she would already be together. How is everything my fault now?"

She saw it clearly now.

In Mo Xiao's eyes, it was always her fault.

She was the villain who tore them apart.

"I said I wouldn't donate, and I won't." Bai Qing's heart was cold. "If you dare threaten me with my uncle, I can promise you this: you won't get the bone marrow. The only thing you'll have is a cold, lifeless body."

Mo Xiao was stunned.

The Bai Qing he thought he knew was gentle and soft.

She had no temper, no backbone.

She was always obedient and sweet.

She looked at him with eyes full of admiration, worshiping him no matter what he said or did.

And he had enjoyed that admiration.

But today, he realized Bai Qing wasn't weak or spineless.

She had simply hidden it too well.

"I don't want to see you," Bai Qing turned her head away.

Mo Xiao's gaze darkened. "Bai Qing, is that man really so important to you? You were willing to kill for him."