After Gatsby left, Lizzy was escorted back to the Gatsby mansion, forbidden to leave her room.
In her daze, she thought she heard Lucys cries, calling out for her mother.
Lizzy jolted awake from her nightmare: "My Lucy!"
But as soon as she moved her hand, she touched an unnatural coldness and gasped, "Whos there?"
"Sister, did you have a nightmare?" A crisp voice emerged from the darkness.
It was Daisy Buchanan!
Daisy reached out and patted Lizzys back coldly, sneering, "Of course, with all the recent events, it would be strange if you didnt have nightmares!"
"What recent events?" Lizzy suddenly clutched her hand, asking urgently.
"You dont know?" Daisy forcefully grabbed Lizzys hand. She couldnt believe it! Even now, Jay hadnt confronted this woman!
A surge of anger raged within Daisy.
She had grown up with Jay, and if it werent for this womans sudden appearance, she could have married him and become Mrs. Gatsby! She wouldnt have been sent back to that despicable slum!
Now that she had finally returned to Jays side, why, even at this point, hadnt Jay divorced this woman?
"Snap!" Daisy suddenly slapped her, "Its you! Youve taken Jay, who belongs to me, and the position of Mrs. Gatsby, causing me to suffer the abuse of your gambling father and lewd mother, and almost getting raped to death!"
Boom—
Lizzys ears seemed to ring with successive thunderbolts, shaking her mind and making her unable to respond.
No wonder! Thats why Jay had been treating her that way recently!
She finally understood the meaning of Jays last words when he left...
A tear slid down onto Daisys hand, slightly easing her heart: "If it werent for Grandpa insisting on bringing you back, I would still be the little princess of the Bennet family, and I wouldnt be like this now! Now that the old man is hospitalized, with just a little manipulation, hell be gone!"
"No! You cant!" Lizzy grabbed Daisys arm, pleading, "Hes your grandfather too! Although youre not blood-related, he has loved you for so many years! You cant do that!"
"Thats his fault! Let go of me!" Hearing a car approaching in the courtyard, Daisy forcefully pulled her hand back and then fell to the ground with an "Ah!"
Lizzy was shocked and wanted to get out of bed to check, but her body fell powerlessly to the floor.
She heard a "click," and the room lights turned on.
In the halo of light, Lizzy saw a blood-stained fruit knife right next to her hand, and Daisy lay on the ground, surrounded by a pool of bright red blood...
Before she could recover, she heard an angry voice from the newcomer—
"Lizzy Bennet, you dare to hurt Daisy!"
In the pool of blood, Daisy looked at Gatsby and instead began to defend Lizzy: "Jay, its not my sister, it was my own carelessness..."
However, before Daisy could finish her sentence, Gatsby had already run over and held her, his tone cold and mocking: "You dont have to speak for her, I have eyes, I can see!"
He got up, picked up Daisy, and rushed to the hospital, coldly issuing an order: "Take Lizzy along, shes also a panda blood type."
At this moment, Lizzy was in a complete daze. She had clearly done nothing wrong, so why was Daisy lying on the ground covered in blood...
It wasnt until she felt a prick of pain in her arm that Lizzy suddenly came to her senses. She had been tied to the hospital bed, watching her own blood being drawn out and then flowing into Daisys body.
Throughout this process, she never saw a trace of care for her in Gatsbys eyes...
It was as if a huge boulder was pressing on her heart, causing her unbearable pain! She wanted to tell him that she didnt feel well, but Gatsby was called out by the doctor.
As soon as the door to the ward closed, Daisy suddenly turned her head and sneered, "Considering youve donated so much blood to me, Ill tell you some good news. I served tea to Grandpa yesterday, and he died after drinking it."
Lizzy, even in her naivety, now realized that the incident was obviously orchestrated by Daisy!
But she didnt expect that Daisy would actually take action against Grandpa! How could she save such a murderer!
Tied down, Lizzy used her teeth to pull the IV needle out of her wrist, and instantly, all the blood that had been drawn into Daisys body flowed back, soaking her entire bed.
Seeing her handiwork, Lizzy gave a bleak smile!
Suddenly, the door was slammed open, and the face that greeted her was Gatsbys ruthless slap!
"Lizzy Bennet, what are you doing crazy for!"
Lizzy was knocked to the ground by the slap, her face burning with pain, and her mouth filled with the taste of blood. Before she passed out, all she heard was Gatsby anxiously calling out "Daisy"...
He had never called her like that...