Chapter 170: Take Me Away

"Do you really care about me that much? Stop putting on this hypocritical act! My roommate called you last night when I got hurt, and you said you were busy and had no time! Tell me yourself, do you deserve to be called a father?"

"Do you know what happened to me yesterday noon? A group of terrorists rushed into the school and tried to take me hostage. It was Qin Xuan who saved me! Did you know about this? Do you deserve to be called a father?"

"I don't care about your life, and I don't want to. But don't meddle in my life, and don't treat me like a tool! You don't deserve it!"

As the last three words left her lips, Shen Yina seemed to lose all her strength, and her tears finally burst forth in a torrential downpour. Without looking at Shen Donglai any longer, she suddenly threw herself into Qin Xuan's arms and wept bitterly.

Everyone present seemed stunned, including even Qin Xuan. He had never expected that Shen Yina, one of the campus beauties of Jinling University, would have such a family background.

Feeling Shen Yina's tears soaking into his robe, Qin Xuan did not have the heart to push her away. Instead, he opened his arms, patted her back, and did his best to comfort her.

Sensing Qin Xuan's gesture, Shen Yina began to cry even more heartbrokenly.

Ever since she was a little girl, she had always envied others for having a caring, loving, warm, and enthusiastic father. She envied not just the feeling of being cared for, but even more, having a shoulder to lean on against the wind and rain.

However, Shen Donglai had never truly cared about her life. Whenever she faced difficulties, she always had to resolve them entirely on her own. Everyone assumed her father was a bank president and envied her, yet no one knew the bitterness in her heart.

To distance herself further from Shen Donglai, she had been taking on part-time jobs since high school—handing out flyers, working as a waitress, and so on—living much harder than ordinary girls. Sometimes, when she could barely push through, she had to rely on the living expenses sent by her biological mother to survive.

When Shen Donglai and her mother divorced back then, her mother had fought with all her might for custody, but unfortunately, the court still awarded her to Shen Donglai. Even so, her mother would often provide help during difficult times. It was just a pity that her mother had remarried and it was inconvenient for her to show up in front of her openly, leaving her only able to help in secret.

In fact, given Shen Yina's beauty and figure—especially those stunning legs—she could have lived very comfortably if she had simply allowed herself to be kept by some wealthy tycoon. She had encountered such offers quite a few times, but she had no desire to live that way.

She had suffered enough hardship already. If she became someone's kept woman, although life might be quite comfortable for a short while, what about the future? She might be kept for a year, two years... but there would always come a day when she was abandoned. What would she do then?

Not to mention that deep down, she utterly repelled that kind of lifestyle. In her view, love was sacred, and as long as she persevered, she would surely find her own true love...

Therefore, she had been waiting, waiting for a man worthy of entrusting her entire life to, a man who could shelter her from the storm. It wasn't until she was accidentally rescued by Qin Xuan yesterday that she finally felt she had waited for that man, and she locked her heart onto Qin Xuan once and for all.

Although Qin Xuan seemed to have an ambiguous relationship with Dongfang Qingwan, she did not want to miss out because of that. Moreover, Qin Xuan had never admitted to having a girlfriend, which gave her a great deal of reassurance.

"Qin Xuan, let's go."

Shen Yina was still a very strong girl. Once she had vented and cried her heart out, it was over. She quickly wiped away her tears and raised her head to look at Qin Xuan with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

Right now, her heart was filled with anxiety, wondering whether Qin Xuan would take her away. Although she had set her mind on Qin Xuan, she knew very well that the current Qin Xuan did not hold romantic feelings for her.

"Where are we going?"

Qin Xuan did not refuse, but asked instead.

Of course Shen Yina would not go back "home"—that was a place she hadn't stepped foot in for a long time. Apart from that, there was only the school dormitory.

"We can only go back to the school dormitory. Take me away, okay?"

Shen Yina gently bit her luscious, alluring lips and said softly.

"Alright, I respect your choice."

Qin Xuan nodded helplessly. He first checked her injured left shoulder and found that it was wrapped in several layers of gauze. The hospital's treatment was quite decent, and the wound would heal after a couple of days of rest.

As for the internal injuries caused by the Xuanzhen Sword Qi, they could only be resolved by Qin Xuan himself.

Presumably, Shen Yina's sudden outburst had stunned Shen Donglai and Wang Xiang's mother and son. Even until Qin Xuan supported Shen Yina to the door of the ward, Shen Donglai still hadn't reacted.

He simply could not imagine that his daughter, who usually seemed indifferent to everything, would flare up at him today. However, the reason he froze was not because of anything else, but rather because of what Shen Yina had said about "a group of terrorists..."

"Could she be talking about the campus shooting yesterday noon? I never expected that not only Secretary Zhou's son was shot, but Shen Yina almost became a hostage too. She said this Qin Xuan saved her? Wait, looking at this kid Qin Xuan's martial arts skills, they are indeed astonishing. Could he be the teenage hero Secretary Zhou just mentioned?"

Shen Donglai started breaking into a cold sweat again.

When he had just arrived at the hospital, in order to flatter Zhou Bosheng, he had completely disregarded his own daughter Shen Yina and directly accompanied Zhou Bosheng to visit Zhou Xiaoyu first.

Of course, Zhou Xiaoyu was fine. During the visit, Zhou Bosheng had mentioned that a teenage hero had defused the crisis of the campus shooting, otherwise not only his son would have been shot, but there might even have been fatalities.

While Shen Donglai stood aside sweating coldly, Wang Xiang was displeased. Seeing Qin Xuan and Shen Yina walking toward the ward door looking intimately close, Wang Xiang finally shouted, "Qin Xuan, you stop right there!"

Wang Hongying quietly pulled Wang Xiang back. "Son, why are you calling out to them? This girl doesn't know what's good for her and isn't qualified to enter our Wang family."

"Mom, that may be true. But can we just watch them leave like this?" A flash of malicious intent crossed Wang Xiang's eyes. "Don't worry, Mom. I am definitely going to get my hands on Shen Yina. At worst, I'll just play with her for a bit and toss her away. Anyway, I can't let Qin Xuan have her, wouldn't that make the Wang family lose face?"

Hearing this, Wang Hongying agreed and smilingly released her grip.

Although the two of them spoke in very low voices—so soft that even Shen Donglai nearby didn't hear them—their words were heard crystal clear by Qin Xuan, who couldn't help letting out a cold sneer.

Play with her and toss her away?

By this time, Wang Xiang had strode toward the doorway, quickly blocking Qin Xuan's path, and stood there with an arrogant and haughty posture.

"Qin Xuan, stop right there. Hmph, how dare you try to take Yina away from right under my nose?"

Wang Xiang snorted, then turned his head to look at Shen Yina. "Yina, stay here. My mother just didn't want you to have an accident. Our First Hospital has the best medical equipment and conditions in the entire city; staying here will make your injuries heal in no time."

Shen Yina completely ignored him.

Qin Xuan, however, said coldly, "Why aren't you stepping aside yet? Looking for a beating?"