Chapter 4

“Mom, don’t worry. The doctor has come to see me. He said it’s normal and I’ll be fine in a day or two.”

“You stay here with Lu Anning. I’ll go to the cafeteria to buy you some food. It will be closed if it gets late later.”

“Let your mother stay here and talk to Lu Anning. I’ll go buy food with you.”

Father Lu followed Sui Jingxing out of the ward. He had a lot of things he wanted to say to him in person.

“dad.”

“Jing Xing.”

After they left the ward, they spoke at the same time.

They looked at each other, and Father Lu motioned for him to speak first.

“Dad, I should apologize to you solemnly. It was my fault that I didn’t take good care of Lu Anning and almost caused a disaster.”

Father Lu raised his hand to interrupt what he was about to say.

“It’s not your fault!”

“You don’t need to apologize to us. Instead, it’s us, the Lu family, who are sorry for you.”

Father Lu’s voice was a little weak.

They really did something wrong, and it felt like no matter what they said or did, it would not make up for his apology to Jingxing.

“Dad, is there anything else?”

Father Lu was silent for a moment, sighed, and then spoke.

“This was probably not an accident for Lu Anning. It was a suicide she had planned for a long time.”

“suicide!?”

After listening to this, Sui Jingxing stood there in a daze.

The doctor said it was an accident, and he also thought it was an accident. It turns out it wasn’t an accident, right?

Did she create this incident because of him?

His mind was in a mess and he didn’t know what words to use to describe his mood at the moment.

“Don’t get me wrong, Lu Anning didn’t do this because of you. The reason she did this was actually because she was sick.”

“Get ill?”

“Um.”

“She suffered from depression, which is what people used to call depression. This is her fifth suicide attempt.”

“hiss!”

Upon learning about the number of times she had attempted suicide, Sui Jingxing, who was used to seeing life and death, couldn’t help but gasp.

How determined does it take for her to try again and again?

Even though he had studied some criminal psychology, he was unable to guess Lu Anning’s thoughts.

“Your mother-in-law consulted an expert who specializes in studying human psychology. The expert said that Lu Anning’s current condition is no longer an emotional problem. She is actually sick.”

“Is it not treatable? Is there any medicine?”

During this month, there have been no other unknown medicines in the house except for cold medicines.

“There is currently no medicine in the country.”

“Some hospitals will directly classify this symptom as a mental illness and directly use electric shock treatment.”

“But I can assure you that she has absolutely no mental problems. She is not crazy, absolutely not!”

Experts say depression is both a psychological and a mental illness, but his daughter is just shutting herself off from the world. She doesn’t have what outsiders would call a mental illness! She’s not!

“Your mother-in-law and I really couldn’t bear to see Lu Anning lying on the cold bed receiving electric shocks. She would definitely be very scared. She has been very timid since she was a child. She is afraid of thunder and lightning, let alone electric shocks…”

“I understand.”

Sui Jingxing listened to his father-in-law’s words. He could understand that as a father, he didn’t want his daughter to be treated as an alien, but he was still a little confused.

He tried to communicate with Lu Anning these two days and felt that she was not what he had heard before.

She looked so normal, except that her face was a little pale, she didn’t look sick at all.

Outsiders said she was stupid, but he didn’t think so.

She is very smart and has very clear logic. It is no exaggeration to say that she is knowledgeable and well-informed.

As long as you ask her, she can basically write something down on paper for him.

However, this was all the result of his efforts to find topics to talk to her and get her to answer. She had never taken the initiative to talk to him.

“I’m sorry for not informing you of Lu Anning’s situation in advance.”

“The experts we consulted told us that maybe if we tried to change Lu Anning’s living environment and let her meet different people, she might change, but we didn’t expect that she would go to extremes again so quickly.”

“I came here with your mother-in-law this time, firstly, I wanted to see Lu Anning, and secondly, to tell you the truth of the matter and apologize to you in person.”

“Although a mistake has been made, it is not completely hopeless. We can bring peace back to Beijing.”

“I will apologize to your grandfather and father, beg for their forgiveness, and try to end your wrong marriage with Lu Anning as soon as possible.”

“Jingxing, I’m really sorry for dragging you down without knowing the truth.”

If he could do it all over again, he would definitely not be so selfish, but unfortunately it had already happened and it was wrong.

Sui Jingxing had not expected that things would turn out like this.

But he knew that his marriage to Lu Anning was not arranged by the Lu family alone.

That day, Lu Anning was struggling and was pushed against the bathroom door.

She is also a victim.

The Lu family had never thought of marrying Lu Anning to him before, and perhaps they had never thought of marrying Lu Anning off at all.

Many people saw what happened between the two of them in the bathroom.

The other party designed this incident just to let everyone see it and make him marry Lu Anning.

Otherwise, why would it be such a coincidence that they all rushed towards their bathroom at the same time?

If they don’t get married, no one knows how things will turn out in the end. Getting married is the fastest way to end malicious rumors.

He can give up a bright future, but what about peace?

As a girl, what should she do?

So after careful consideration, he replied to his grandfather that as long as Lu Anning agreed to get married, he would agree.

Grandpa brought him to propose marriage, Lu Anning agreed and she nodded.

“Dad, as for what to do next, why don’t we listen to Lu Anning’s own opinion first. Maybe she will have a different view.”

Judging from my interactions with her over the past two days, Lu Anning is a very opinionated person.

No matter what decision she makes, he will respect her idea.

If she asked to end the marriage, he would do as she wished.

If she chose to stay, then regardless of whether she was sick or not, since they were already married, she would be his wife.

Lu Sheng was very grateful for Jingxing’s understanding.

He did not expect him to forgive them, but only hoped that after they revealed the truth to him, they would keep it a secret for them and not tell outsiders about Lu Anning’s situation.

However, after learning about the situation, although Jingxing was a little surprised, he was not as angry as he had imagined. He chose to understand and respect Lu Anning’s choice, which made Lu Sheng feel even more guilty.

The hesitation I had about this son-in-law a month ago has now completely disappeared.

If Lu Anning was willing to live a good life with him, he would be a good husband and at least he would be able to fulfill his duty to protect her.

On the way to buy food, the father-in-law and son-in-law had already said everything. On the way back, they didn’t talk much, each thinking about his own thoughts.

“What did you two buy? What took you so long?”

“There are still people queuing in the cafeteria at this time. They have been waiting there for a while.”

“I made a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a plate of pickled cabbage, both of which you like.”

“Lu Anning, do you want to eat something? Mommy will give you some.”

She waved her hand and let her parents eat by themselves.

“The doctor said Lu Anning should eat more fresh fruits now. I bought a few peaches this morning. I’ll go wash them for her.”

Sui Jingxing took three peaches and went to the sink to wash them.

Just now, seeing that Lu Anning seemed to have something to say to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he went out to give the three of them space to talk.