End (Part I)

"Wei-er... Wei-er... Wei-er..." Xiu Ying mumbles between his sniffles.

Looking at his wife's weak state sobbing in pain, it feels like his heart being stabbed thousand times. Wu Zhang Wei secured Xiu Ying in a tight and secure embrace.

"I'm here, baobei. No one will hurt you anymore. Shhh... I'm here. I'm here." He gently caresses at the back of his head while peppering Xiu Ying with light kisses.

When Xiu Ying became calmer and stopped sobbing, Wu Zhang Wei breaks the hug and scans him. Starting from his face, sickly pale and bruised cheeks. Wu Zhang Wei clenched his jaw. Down to his neck, he squinted at the sight of the blood.

He looks around the chamber. He walks to the bed, cuts the quilt into a small piece of cloth using his sword. Using the cloth, he wraps it around Xiu Ying's neck. It's best to stop the bleeding before they could find a physician to treat it properly.

"Did he hurt you anywhere else?"