I'm the demise's white moonlight of the bigshot - Chapter 73-Part 2

He was still feeling sorry for them; he should probably feel sorry for himself first.

As Ji Ran entered the store, she immediately felt the warmth from the heating system.

It was as though she had stepped into warm water, and the warmth made her tremble slightly.

After Shen Zhi asked her to sit down, he went to buy two hot drinks.

When he brought them over, he placed one in her hands.

“Is it warmer now?” Shen Zhi asked softly.

Ji Ran nodded.

Shen Zhi noticed her lips were slightly purple, clearly from the cold.

He could have taken her to a hotel, but taking her from her home so late and bringing her to a hotel didn’t seem right.

Finally, he spoke, asking, “What exactly happened?”

Ji Ran gradually regained her composure, looking down at the cup in her hands.

The large KFC logo on it caught her attention.

She then softly started to tell Shen Zhi what had happened.

“She stopped me, and I tried to pull her hand away, but she suddenly fell down.”

When Jiang Liqi pointed at her, Ji Ran had felt anxious too.

At that moment, she was very upset and angry, just wanting to get away from her and go downstairs to tell the elders what had happened.

She didn’t know if it was her fault, but maybe when she wasn’t paying attention, she had pulled Jiang Liqi by accident.

Shen Zhi looked at her, his voice gentle, “Ran Ran, what are you afraid of?”

Ji Ran released the cup and cupped her face with her hands.

She whispered, “I’m wondering if it was my fault. Do you understand? Maybe I accidentally touched her. Maybe it was me…”

Suddenly, Shen Zhi’s arm reached across the small table in front of them, gently resting on her ear.

His hand was warm and dry, tenderly covering the side of her face.

“Ran Ran, I know you’re panicking right now, wondering if you’re responsible. So take a moment and quietly think it over.”

Ji Ran gently closed her eyes, carefully recalling what had just happened.

She remembered that Jiang Liqi had said something before she fell, and she had tried to pull her hand away, but hadn’t even touched her yet…

Yes, her hand hadn’t touched hers.

Suddenly, Ji Ran opened her eyes and looked directly at Shen Zhi.

She said again, firmly, “I didn’t.”

Shen Zhi quietly gazed at her before finally smiling again.

He nodded gently and spoke in a soft voice, “I know you didn’t.”

He had always believed that.

Ji Ran felt like a heavy stone had been lifted from her chest.

She knew she had no intention of harming Jiang Liqi, but she had been afraid that it was an accidental touch that caused her to fall.

But now, she had a question in her mind: Was Jiang Liqi’s fall really an accident?

Meanwhile, at the hospital, the doctor was already waiting at the door.

As soon as Jiang Liqi arrived, she was immediately rushed into the operating room.

Her eyes weakly stared ahead, her heart full of despair.

Countless fragments flashed through her mind until that calm yet cruel voice echoed again.

“Ms. Jiang, your condition appears to be a miscarriage.”

Jiang Liqi felt as though she had been struck by lightning.

In disbelief, she said, “No, doctor, I’ve been pregnant for over twelve weeks. Isn’t it supposed to happen between eight and ten weeks?”

The doctor looked at her helplessly and said, “Sorry, Ms. Jiang, most miscarriages do occur between eight and ten weeks. But that is the majority case, not an absolute rule. You are an older expectant mother, and you face significantly higher risks during pregnancy.”

She didn’t believe it, so the doctor told her to come back in two weeks for another check-up.

But she still received the news she didn’t want to hear.

Jiang Liqi received the test results yesterday, and she didn’t dare tell Ji Qingli.

She didn’t even tell Jiang Yi, and came to the hospital by herself, secretly.

Meanwhile, the doctor kept talking, but Jiang Liqi’s mind had become blurry.

Outside, Ji Qingli received a phone call from the housekeeper.

He furrowed his brows and asked, “Ranran is missing? Since when?”

“I was cleaning the bloodstains on the stairs, and when I turned around, she was gone. I thought she went back to her room, but then I realized I had been near the stairs the whole time, and she never went upstairs.”

The housekeeper had looked around the house, and Ji Ran was indeed not there.

Also, when Jiang Yi was shouting earlier, the housekeeper heard it too.

Jiang Yi kept saying that Ji Ran had deliberately pushed Jiang Liqi down.

The housekeeper had worked for the Ji family for many years and was familiar with Ji Ran.

She was pretty and polite.

So, she whispered, “Sir, do you think Ji Ran ran out because she was scared? That Miss Jiang keeps saying it was Ji Ran who pushed her. All these baseless accusations…”

The housekeeper didn’t dare say more.

Ji Qingli hummed in acknowledgment and reminded her, “Don’t let the old man and old lady know Ji Ran is missing, so they won’t worry.”

…

When Shen Zhi received the call from Pei Yuan, it was close to 11 p.m.

Pei Yuan directly asked, “Is Ji Ran with you?”

Shen Zhi confirmed, “Yes.”

Pei Yuan asked for their address and told them to stay where they were and not leave.

Twenty minutes later, Pei Yuan arrived with her car.

This time, Pei Yuan didn’t scold her for leaving the house late at night.

Instead, she directly told Ji Ran to get in the car.

Pei Yuan looked at Shen Zhi and finally said, “You should come along too. I’ll take you back later.”

What Ji Ran didn’t expect was that Pei Yuan didn’t take her back home, but instead drove her all the way to the hospital.

When they finally stopped, Pei Yuan said, “Your father seems to have something to tell you. I’ll take you to see him.”

When Ji Qingli had called Pei Yuan earlier, she had initially ignored it, but then he called again from a different number.

That’s when Pei Yuan answered.

She knew what had happened at the Ji family and had heard that Ji Ran was missing.

She had a pretty good idea of what had happened.

That was why she immediately called Shen Zhi.

As they sat in the car, Pei Yuan whispered, “Go ahead.”

Finally, Ji Ran opened the door and got out.

As she walked slowly, she saw Ji Qingli standing in the hospital lobby from a distance.

She stopped in her tracks.

She didn’t want to face Ji Qingli right now.

She knew he always tried to smooth things over, and he might even believe Jiang Liqi’s false accusations about her.

Although she was already deeply disappointed in Ji Qingli, she didn’t want to feel even more disappointed.

But when Ji Qingli saw her, he slowly walked over and called, “Ranran.”

He rarely called her “Ranran,” usually saying her full name, Ji Ran.

People often say a girl is her father’s little treasure, but Ji Ran never felt that way.

They weren’t close.

Perhaps because she resembled Pei Yuan so much, whenever Ji Qingli saw her, he would be reminded of Pei Yuan’s dominance over him.

Ji Ran felt that he never liked her, nor did he care about her.

But it didn’t matter.

She felt the same way.

At that moment, she lifted her head and said without hesitation, “I didn’t push her, I didn’t.”

Ji Qingli looked at her and softly said, “Ranran, I must be a very disappointing father.”

Ji Ran froze, not understanding why he would say such a thing.

A look appeared on Ji Qingli’s face, a look that shouldn’t have been there—it was a helpless, bitter smile, mixed with a hint of sadness.

He said, “Do you think I would definitely believe that you pushed her?”

This time, Ji Ran was completely stunned.

Ji Qingli looked at her seriously and said, “I don’t believe it.”

“I don’t believe my daughter would do such a thing.”