酷米客公交

Chapter 552 - 552: Injured Again – Part 1

Having lived with the An family for over half a year, Jiang Nai had shown herself to be sensible and obedient. Old Master An had long regarded her as another granddaughter.

Likewise, Old Master Lu had initially only taught her some chess skills, but later took her as his disciple. Knowing about her past and experiences, he grew fonder and more protective of her.

He was far more patient with her than with his other disciples.

But now…

He didn’t even know how to comfort her.

Seeing Nan Yan approaching, Old Master An first looked at her hand wrapped in gauze. “Yanyan, is your hand properly bandaged?”

“Yes, it’s fine. Just try not to use it for seven days, nothing major.”

Nan Yan walked over to the two elders. “You should go back first. I’ll stay with Jiang Nai. When she’s feeling a bit better, you can come back to see her.”

Old Master An and Old Master Lu glanced at each other and finally nodded. “Alright then.”

It would be more effective for Nan Yan to console Jiang Nai than for both of them to go.

“Yanyan, please persuade Jiang Nai properly. She shouldn’t put too much pressure on herself. This isn’t her fault; she’s the victim. She shouldn’t feel ashamed.”

That’s what they said.

But this world harbors too much malice towards girls.

Especially in cases like this, where a large group of people with twisted morals on the internet doesn’t criticize the criminals but instead directs their attacks at the victims.

They act like arrogant gods, freely inflicting more pain on those who are already suffering greatly, and they think it’s deserved, that they lack self-respect…

A hint of cold ruthlessness flashed in Nan Yan’s eyes.

She couldn’t let Jiang Nai endure such online violence again if it dared to appear.

“I understand,” Nan Yan replied calmly. “Leave it to me.”

After Old Master An and Old Master Lu left, Nan Yan raised her index finger of her left hand and knocked on the door a few times.

However, after waiting for a long time, no one came to open the door.

Recalling the scene she saw in the haunted house, she furrowed her brow. “Jiang Nai? What are you doing?”

Jiang Nai was in the bathroom, the door closed, and the shower running, so she couldn’t hear anything.

After calling out a few times without getting a response, Nan Yan’s anxiety grew, and she considered just kicking the door open.

However, after a moment of consideration, she restrained her impulse and went to find Mei Yi.

She obtained a spare key from Mei Yi, opened the door, and went in to look for Jiang Nai.

After searching the room, Nan Yan didn’t see any sign of Jiang Nai.

Just as Nan Yan thought Jiang Nai might have run away from home, she heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom.

Was she in the bathroom?

Nan Yan went to knock on the door. “Jiang Nai?”

Jiang Nai, who was immersed in a paranoid desire to wash away a layer of herself, suddenly heard Nan Yan’s voice and looked blankly towards the door.

Then she lowered her head again and continued washing.

At this moment, she was a bit lost in her thoughts, not very aware of the outside world.

In fact, she was deliberately blocking out her perception of the outside world, hiding herself behind a thick shell.

The bathroom door was just an ordinary lock, easily opened with a twist.

Jiang Nai didn’t say anything, and the sound of water inside continued, making Nan Yan worry that she might have had an accident while bathing. She quickly pushed the door open.

What she saw was Jiang Nai, washing herself all red, with traces of blood diluted by the water from the shower, gradually fading and flowing into the drain.

Nan Yan’s expression changed, and she strode over, turned off the shower, snatched the bath sponge from Jiang Nail s hand, took a towel, and wrapped her up in it.

Then she silently carried Jiang Nai out of the bathroom and laid her on the bed.

As for Nan Yan’s freshly bandaged hand, her actions had soaked the bandage entirely, and the stitched wound had been torn open, blood flowing out through the gauze.

She didn’t attend to her own hand but squatted in front of Jiang Nai, looking at her pale face devoid of color, her silent demeanor, and spoke gently, “Jiang Nai, if this pain is unbearable for you, if it breaches the defenses in your heart, I can arrange surgery for you, to forget that memory, okay?”

Jiang Nail s long eyelashes trembled slightly, and intense emotions welled up in her eyes.

“No…” She shook her head firmly. “I don’t want to forget.”

“Sister, can you teach me how to become stronger? It’s because I’m too weak that they bullied me. If I had your abilities, the outcome wouldn’t have been like this….”