Chapter 274: Chapter 274: Neural Chaos
"I didn’t. Don’t you understand my feelings for you? How could I possibly be involved with a woman like this?" Xu Ke said emphatically, holding Lin Mengyao, and at the same time, he turned his face to look at Hu Jinzhi as if she was a dead person.
"I don’t know what kind of tricks you’re playing this time, but I want to warn you to stop. If you keep saying things to ruin the relationship between me and my wife, even though you’re a girl, I won’t hold back." Xu Ke’s voice was cold and filled with disgust, his eyes serious. Lin Mengyao knew Xu Ke was serious; if there’s a next time, Xu Ke definitely won’t hold back.
"I’m not playing tricks. Everything I said is true. Why don’t you believe me? I don’t have a mental illness. Everything I said is true. Why don’t you believe me? Why?" Hu Jinzhi’s expression was mixed with pain and ferocity, her eyes wide open as if they might fall out of her sockets. In just a few seconds, her eyes were filled with red blood, coupled with her attire and makeup today, she seemed like a demon straight out of hell.
"Look, doesn’t she seem like she’s not mentally stable? There seems to be some issue." Bai Ru moved closer to Xu Ke and Lin Mengyao. It’s more reassuring to have a familiar person standing by one’s side at this moment.
When Bai Ru said this, Lin Mengyao, looking at the woman, also felt she seemed a bit mentally unstable. Lin Mengyao nodded in agreement with Bai Ru’s words. "Now that you mention it, I also think she seems a bit mentally unwell. Why would her family let her out like this? Aren’t they afraid she’ll hurt someone?" Lin Mengyao said softly, frowning at the woman opposite.
She dared not speak too loudly. They were quite close to Hu Jinzhi, and if she suddenly went crazy and attacked them, they would be the first victims. Thus, Lin Mengyao dared not say anything that would provoke her.
"Chairman Hu is busy hopping around the company every day. How would he have time to discipline his daughter?" Xu Ke said coldly, his gaze chilly as he curled his lips.
He didn’t care if Hu Jinzhi was genuinely insane or faking it; he would put this debt on Chairman Hu’s head.
"Miss Bai, take Yaoyao out first. Call the mental hospital once you’re safe." Xu Ke released Lin Mengyao from his hold and handed her over to Bai Ru. "Please," Xu Ke said solemnly, as if entrusting a cherished possession to someone else.
Bai Ru nodded, taking Lin Mengyao from Xu Ke’s embrace, and the two turned to walk outside.
"Stop! Did I say you could leave? Come back here!" Hu Jinzhi shouted angrily.
"I told them to go. Do you have a problem with that?" Xu Ke said coldly, his hand behind his back, signaling Bai Ru and Lin Mengyao to hurry up.
"Why are you being so harsh to me? We are about to get married; we are the real family. Why are you so nice to those two seductive women, but you only know how to scold me? I haven’t even married you yet, and you’re already making me suffer?" Hu Jinzhi tearfully accused Xu Ke.
Every word she spoke was filled with genuine emotion, making it seem like those were the actual facts. Those unaware might even believe the truth was as Hu Jinzhi described, changing their view of Xu Ke.
Xu Ke noticed the staff looking at him as if he were a scumbag, and his expression turned stern as he looked at Hu Jinzhi.
"I have nothing to do with you. From start to finish, if we had any connection, it would be hatred. And I have a wife, whom I love dearly. I will never fall for you in this lifetime. So please stop pestering me; it’s incredibly annoying." Xu Ke said with undisguised disgust, looking at Hu Jinzhi as if seeing something utterly repulsive.
"You’re lying, that’s not true. You love me. It must be that seductress forcing you to say so. It must be."
Hu Jinzhi’s madness came suddenly. Just after speaking, she seemed to go insane, smashing a crystal Christmas tree ornament she had in her hand on a shelf against the wall. The staff, who had been watching the commotion, heard the shattering sound. Before they could express their fear, they saw Hu Jinzhi dashing to the shelf, grabbing whatever was there, and throwing it to the floor. As she smashed things, she pointed at Xu Ke and loudly questioned, "Do you love me?"
Terrified, the staff didn’t dare approach the heedless Hu Jinzhi and could only hide behind the counter, shouting to Xu Ke, "Just tell her you do, otherwise she’ll tear down the whole store today." Watching the store become a wreck, they felt a heartache that almost brought them to tears.
Xu Ke cast a cold glance at the store’s staff but remained silent.
The commotion in the store was so loud that even in the afternoon, it attracted quite a few people who gathered outside to watch the scene inside, occasionally discussing among themselves.
"When will the hospital staff arrive? I’m worried if she loses all rationality, what if she hurts Xu Ke?" Lin Mengyao asked, her face filled with anxiety, watching the store’s situation through the clear glass.
"Don’t worry, it’ll be fine. I called the nearest mental hospital. The doctors will be here soon, and those inside can’t harm Xu Ke." Bai Ru reassured Lin Mengyao, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. Trusting her friend, Lin Mengyao’s heart slowly steadied.
Shortly after Bai Ru comforted Lin Mengyao, medical staff carrying a stretcher pushed through the crowd. Those who had been guessing the relationship between the two inside saw the labels on the medical staff’s uniforms and understood.
Ah, it turns out she’s a mental patient! This was the shared understanding among the onlookers.
"Who are you? Don’t come near me; if anyone comes closer, I’ll hit them." Hu Jinzhi shouted, raising the Candy House ornament over her head, her expression tense and fierce as she glared at the medical staff. Their feet were surrounded by fragments of crystal, with not a single intact spot.
"The patient shows signs of violent tendency and needs a sedative injection," remarked one medical staff flatly, not a trace of emotion, glancing from the floor to Hu Jinzhi threatening with her object.
The colleague nodded, indicating understanding.
As the medical staff closed in enveloping her, Hu Jinzhi, feeling panic mixed with anger, glared at Xu Ke as if she could set him ablaze at any moment.
"You actually sent people to catch me? If I can’t have peace, neither can you. You can just go die," she yelled, fiercely flinging the ornament at Xu Ke with all her might.
Xu Ke slightly turned his body, and the crystal struck the ground with a familiar crisp sound. Outside, Lin Mengyao exhaled in relief—thankfully, Xu Ke was unharmed.
The medical staff, long accustomed to swiftly subduing various psychiatric patients, made short work of the situation. In less than five minutes, the stubbornly resisting Hu Jinzhi was injected with a sedative, causing her to gradually calm down as the drug took effect.