Tang Zhongcheng stood where Zhang Meiyu had been, unaware of when he arrived.
Zhang Meiyu had already been pulled behind Tang Xiaomin, retreating several steps.
Li Xue sat in her wheelchair, her face contorted with ferocity.
A dagger in her hand was now deeply plunged into Tang Zhongcheng's stomach.
Blood instantly stained Tang Zhongcheng's white shirt.
Everyone watching the scene gasped.
This was clearly murder!
However, before anyone could fully process it,
Tang Zhongcheng's next action stunned them even more.
He gritted his teeth and pulled out the dagger.
In Li Xue's shocked gaze, he aimed it at her chest and without hesitation, plunged it in.
"Li Xue, go to hell!"
*Thump...*
With those words, Tang Zhongcheng glanced back at Zhang Meiyu and collapsed into a pool of blood.
"Dad!"
Tang Ye and Tang Xu shouted simultaneously, rushing to Tang Zhongcheng's side.
"Murder!"
"Murder!"
!!!
Someone screamed in terror at the sight, and the banquet devolved into chaos.
Some called the police, while others, terrified, fled the scene.
Tang Xu, a doctor, began pressing on Tang Zhongcheng's wound and yelled,
"An ambulance, call an ambulance quickly!"
...
Tang Zhongcheng had lost consciousness.
Li Xue, in her wheelchair, with the dagger still in her chest, was not dead yet.
She looked at Tang Zhongcheng on the ground, then at Zhang Meiyu, who stood frozen with a pale face.
"Hah..."
"Hahahaha..."
"Zhang Meiyu... you're so lucky."
"Even now, he's willing to die for you, hah..."
...
Blood seeped from Li Xue's mouth and the dagger in her chest.
Despite the crowd, no one dared to approach her, or show concern.
Because she was a murderer.
Li Xue's initial target was clearly Zhang Meiyu.
Unfortunately, Tang Zhongcheng had intervened.
Even if Tang Zhongcheng hadn't stepped in, with Tang Xiaomin's vigilance, Li Xue wouldn't have been able to harm Zhang Meiyu.
Alas, tragedy still struck.
Li Xue glared at Tang Xiaomin and Zhang Meiyu with resentment.
She struggled to fall from her wheelchair and crawled towards Tang Xiaomin and Zhang Meiyu, unyielding.
Clearly, she was not satisfied.
Seeing this, those standing with Tang Xiaomin and her mother backed away in fear.
Li Xue crawled valiantly, the blood from her body trailing a crimson mark on the floor.
With her last ounce of strength, she finally reached a point only four or five steps away from them.
Tang Xiaomin watched Li Xue, a cold smile curling on her lips.
Then, she took a step towards Li Xue.
"Xiaomin."
Zhang Meiyu tugged at Tang Xiaomin.
Tang Xiaomin pushed her mother's hand away.
"She's dying, no threat."
Tang Xiaomin walked to Li Xue's side, lowering her head to speak to her in a low voice.
"Li Xue, you took advantage of my youth and schemed against me. You never expected that one day, you would die by Tang Zhongcheng's hand, did you?"
Li Xue glared at Tang Xiaomin with venom, her eyes filled with madness.
"It's all because of you! It's because of you that I ended up like this."
"Tang Xiaomin, die!"
Li Xue actually pulled the dagger from her chest and attempted to stab Tang Xiaomin.
Everyone present gasped in terror at the sight.
Tang Xiaomin raised her leg and stomped on Li Xue's dagger-wielding hand, pinning her in place.
To onlookers, this appeared incredibly arrogant.
Tang Xiaomin's lips curved into a cold smile, and the pressure on Li Xue's hand intensified.
She was wearing stiletto heels today, and the heel silently pierced through Li Xue's palm.
Li Xue could no longer hold the dagger, and it clattered to the floor in front of her.
Li Xue knew Tang Xiaomin was ruthless.
But she never imagined that at her young age, she would dare to do something so cruel to her in front of so many people, especially on the verge of death.
"Tang Xiaomin, you're so vicious!"
"You're so vicious!"
...
"Li Xue, you know nothing about me."
"I know you can't let go of Tang Yiyi, but don't worry, I'll send her down to join you soon, heh..."
A large pool of blood spread beneath Li Xue, and her consciousness began to blur.
She continued to curse Tang Xiaomin maliciously.
"Tang Xiaomin, may you die a terrible death, you won't have a good end."
"You won't have a good end... you..."
"You..."
...
Li Xue died, her eyes wide open in resentment.
Tang Xiaomin cast a dismissive glance at Li Xue's corpse on the ground. After confirming she was completely dead, she finally removed her foot from Li Xue's hand.
There was a gaping hole in that hand.
Tang Xiaomin went to check on Tang Zhongcheng. With Tang Xu applying pressure to the wound, he was still breathing for the moment.
Ambulances and police cars arrived at the Tang family villa.
Tang Zhongcheng was loaded into an ambulance.
The prosecutor secured the scene, collected evidence...
Li Xue's body was also taken away by the prosecutor.
...
Twelve o'clock at night.
Zhang Meiyu was anxious and restless.
She hated Tang Zhongcheng, yet Tang Zhongcheng had been stabbed by Li Xue because of her.
As a person with flesh and blood, she couldn't simply ignore what had happened to Tang Zhongcheng.
"Steward Wang, how is Tang Zhongcheng?"
Steward Wang called Tang Ye at the hospital, but there was no good news yet.
"Madam, the second young master said the master is still in the emergency room, and his condition is unknown."
"He... he won't die, will he?"
Steward Wang dared not say too much about this question for now.
After all, he was only flesh and blood, not particularly strong. Li Xue had died on the spot.
Zhang Meiyu thought for a moment, then said,
"Who told him to provoke that kind of woman? If he dies from Li Xue's stabbing, that's his retribution."
"If he doesn't make it, that's his own fate."
"Steward Wang, isn't that right?"
Steward Wang couldn't listen anymore.
"Madam, if you're worried, why don't you go to the hospital yourself? Once Mr. Tang is out of danger, you can return to rest with peace of mind."
Zhang Meiyu shook her head.
"I'm not going. He caused this trouble himself and now wants to implicate me. He's only got himself to blame."
"I can't go see him, I can't give him that face."
In the end, Zhang Meiyu did not go to the hospital.
...
At the hospital, it wasn't until three-thirty in the morning that Tang Zhongcheng was out of danger and wheeled out of the operating room.
Tang Yu had returned and leaned beside Tang Zhongcheng, calling out to him with concern.
"Dad, can you hear me?"
"Dad!"
The anesthesia had not completely worn off, so Tang Zhongcheng could only blink his eyes tiredly in response.
Tang Xu said, "Dad's stomach was injured. He just had surgery and is currently very weak. We'll send him to a ward for observation."
Tang Zhongcheng was taken to a general surgery ward.
After Tang Zhongcheng fell asleep, the three brothers were silent for a long time.
In less than a year, how many times had they been to the hospital?
No one had expected Li Xue to be so ruthless, to act at a birthday banquet.
Tang Zhongcheng was also ruthless, killing Li Xue on the spot.
Tang Xu spoke first.
"This matter, Yiyi will know about it soon, right? What should we do then?"
As of now, only Tang Xu was still concerned about Tang Yiyi's situation.