Imperfect Desires

682 Taste Of Jealousy

Zhou Jinhai was still kneeling on the floor with his eyes blankly staring ahead. Niu Peizhi closed the lid of the laptop and patted his head like he was a dog as she said, "If you had agreed like this from the very beginning, we wouldn't have come to this point."

"You won't touch her now, right?" he didn't forget to confirm. Niu Peizhi shrugged her shoulders and walked off with a burst of light laughter that froze his heart.

Rushing to his feet, he ran out of the house. His brain was buzzing. He felt clammy and there was cold sweat glistening on his face. It felt like a nightmare to him. He truly didn't believe a word his mother said. Until today he might have lived with the misconception that he knew his mother but no more.

With trembling hands, he started the car and drove off in a hurry. He didn't know how many signals he broke, he didn't even care about the speed as he tried to reach for help as soon as possible. While parking the car before a manor, his whole body jolted ahead and he even hit his forehead against the steering wheel. But none of that mattered as he unbuckled his seatbelt and ran inside.

"Slow down, young man!"

As he bumped into someone, he apologized and tried to pass but the person held his arm and stopped him.

"What's the rush, Jinhai? Who are you looking for?"

"Ying... I want to see Ying. She can help me. She can definitely save her."

"Ying is out of the country though," came the reply.

"What?" his whole body shrouded in despair. Suddenly recalling something, he looked up at Xin Xiaoli's face and held his hand begging, "Li Ge, help me. Please! Please, save her!"

"Speak human and stop crying," said Xin Xiaoli as he patted his back to soothe him. Only then did Zhou Jinhai reiterated everything to him without hiding a word.

"Although mom said she'll let her, I don't trust her. Not anymore. She won't let her go unscathed."

Xin Xiaoli's face hardened and his eyes darkened. He took his phone and made a phone call. Zhou Jinhai didn't hear the content of the call but he did remember how Xiao Li dragged him along to his own car and drove towards a hotel. While Zhou Jinhai might not have the power to know where his mother took Chen Xiu, Xin Xiaoli was different. It didn't even take him long to learn about the location.

He could vividly recall the moment when Xin Xiaoli's bodyguards had already burst through the hotel door and took down those three men hired by his mother. He stood frozen at the door staring at Xiu's lifeless body. The only consolation he got was that her inner clothes were still intact.

Xin Xiaoli moved up, took off his coat, and wrapped Chen Xiu's frail body in it before picking her up like a baby. He looked at his people and said, "I believe I don't need to remind you what my dad always says... What people give you, return it tenfolds."

With those stern words, he left those three men at the mercy of his own people. Zhou Jinhai ran after him and asked what he was doing. He received no response. Xin Xiaoli touched Chen Xiu's face that was burning like fire and scowled. He saw a tear at the shoulder and his eyes darkened even further.

When he brought Chen Xiu to the hospital, her condition wasn't very optimistic. "I'm sorry to say this but Young Master Li, we might not be able to save her." This was what the doctors said.

"Isn't it just aphrodisiac, why can't you save her?"

The doctor shook his head saying, "It's not that simple. She must have taken some other medicine before this which is why the aphrodisiac is now acting like poison after reacting."

"Doctor, please do your best and save her," said Zhou Jinhai.

"We'll try our best."

When the doctors left, Xin Xiaoli looked at Zhou Jinhai and said, "You... You do realize that she is in this condition because of you, right?" Zhou Jinhai stiffened. "An innocent girl is fighting between life and death just because she did the mistake of believing in your love and believing in you. Isn't that unfair to her? It's your mother's crazy obsession of controlling your life, why is she suffering for it?"

Zhou Jinhai had no answer to that. But he did ask one thing, "Li Ge, why are you so worried about her? Isn't this your first time seeing her?"

Xin Xiaoli took a deep breath. It was indeed his first time meeting Chen Xiu then why did he feel so agitated when he saw that state of hers? Why did he feel like he wanted to kill someone? No, he felt like he could burn the whole world down. But why? Such strong emotions. He had never felt such strong emotions ever in his life.

He didn't even feel like this when he learned the real reason behind his mother's death. This situation was strange. He couldn't even understand himself.

However, that was all Zhou Jinhai asked. He didn't want to upset Xin Xiaoli. Especially when he was the one who helped him in this situation. That day, for the very first time, Zhou Jinhai felt the taste of jealousy. He was jealous of Xin Xiaoli, only because the latter had the power, influence, connections, authority to achieve anything he wanted and protect whomever he wanted.

Zhou Jinhai had never felt this helpless in his entire life. Maybe because all his life had been paved for him and this was the first time he decided to walk off to another path. But in the end, he was thrown on his face as a reminder that he was worthless on his own.

*To be Continued*