After the video call ended, the room fell silent.

Tears streamed down my face as I lowered my head in guilt and said, "You didn't need to get involved, this is a crime!"

Luo Yin gently stroked my back, soothingly saying, "We don't have to separate ourselves from each other. Besides, you fell into Xue Ze's trap and accidentally killed Zhao Peng because of me that day. How could I just leave you alone?"

I shook my head vigorously and looked at Luo Yin, "Do you really think giving Xue Ze money will make him disappear with his secret? He’s a shameless gambler, and he’ll blackmail us endlessly in the future!"

Luo Yin helped me lie down, "Let's deal with the current situation first."

I pushed her away, "I'll turn myself in! No, I'll fight that bastard, and we'll go down together if need be."

Luo Yin hurriedly held me back, "Sister, don't think like that."

My nerves were stretched to the limit as I pulled at the needle in my arm, screaming hysterically, "Why won't he leave me alone? If he had answered the phone back then, maybe the doctors wouldn't have waited for the guardian's signature, maybe I could have kept my child and my womb! He, he had someone violate me; if Dad were still alive, he wouldn't let that bastard bully me like this. Dad would have killed him for me!"

I frantically tore at the bandage on my left wrist, punching at my wound, breathing rapidly, "I won't let him harm the people around me again. Even if I die, he won't win! I won't let him go, even if I become a ghost!"

Blood quickly seeped out, staining my wrist red.

A chilling sense of suffocation hit me again, and I collapsed to the ground, struggling to breathe.

Luo Yin, in a panic, called for the doctor while kneeling on the ground, holding me and crying, "Sister, don't be like this, please don't let anything happen to you. I haven't even told you the good news yet. Don't be afraid, with Dad gone, I'll protect you for the rest of your life. If Xue Ze dares to harm you, I'll kill him for you. Only dead men don't tell secrets."

With my last bit of strength, I tightly held onto Luo Yin’s hand as if grasping at a lifeline. My vision went black, and I knew nothing more.