"Good."
Leng Qiuhua curled up a satisfied smile.
He put down his pen, and his face instantly turned cold. "Deliver the spiritual treasure to the outskirts of the city as soon as possible. Have the research team extract its components immediately. I want to see the finished product within a month."
The man nodded in agreement, firmly holding the wooden box, and walked out of the high - rise building. Then he immediately drove off in a certain direction.
"What do you mean by this?"
In the Leng family's study, an angry voice rang out, echoing heavily in every corner of the darkness.
Seeing what was in the box, Xia Sanghuan was stunned.
She quickly regained her composure, looked up and met the man's angry gaze directly. "The spiritual treasure has been switched."
Leng Chuanjin raised his eyebrows, with anger that couldn't be suppressed in his eyes.
"So? What are you trying to say?"
Xia Sanghuan felt that his current state was very strange.
She urgently thought of a way to deal with the situation and quickly said, "Don't panic first. I..."
"Are you deliberately playing with me? Do you think I'm stupid?" His voice trembled.
Xia Sanghuan's eyes suddenly showed panic.
She could clearly feel that Leng Chuanjin was not angry at this moment, but scared.
"No, I didn't mean to lose the thing. I also really want to help you. I..."
Halfway through her words, Xia Sanghuan suddenly stopped.
Because she saw that Leng Chuanjin, who was usually proud, slowly sat on the ground, with a vulnerable and lifeless look on his face.
Xia Sanghuan's lips trembled.
How could outsiders ever have seen him so vulnerable?
She took a deep breath and tried to clear her mind.
She took a step forward and pressed on the man's shoulder. "Leng Chuanjin, you have to pull yourself together now. I will find the spiritual treasure. I definitely will!"
"What's the use?" Leng Chuanjin suddenly spoke.
He looked up, with visible red blood streaks densely distributed in the whites of his eyes.
"I've waited so long to get such a tiny glimmer of hope. Why do I have to watch it shatter now?" he said in a low voice.
The fingertips of Xia Sanghuan's hand on his shoulder curled up involuntarily.
"The hope hasn't shattered. It can still be retrieved!"
It was useless to say anything now. Xia Sanghuan bit her lip tightly.
"You've never taken this matter seriously." Leng Chuanjin sneered. "You've just been playing with me."
Xia Sanghuan was too powerless to explain. She could understand Leng Chuanjin's mood at this moment, so she just silently closed her mouth and said nothing.
She recalled every scene after she got the spiritual treasure.
Suddenly, the picture of Xia Anying stuffing the wallet flashed through her mind.
That's it. Xia Sanghuan was almost certain that it was Xia Anying who had taken the spiritual treasure.
Otherwise, the stingy Xia Anying would never have been so generous just now. She must have had a purpose.
Xia Sanghuan's thoughts returned to reality. The study was still completely silent. Leng Chuanjin was leaning against the wall, with his long legs casually crossed.
She could feel the oppressive atmosphere in the air.
Xia Sanghuan sighed silently in her heart. She had to do something.
Just as she was about to get up, her wrist was suddenly grabbed forcefully by the man!
"Leng Chuanjin!" Xia Sanghuan exclaimed.
Everything in front of her spun. She couldn't tell the darkness from the evening sky. Xia Sanghuan was pulled along, and her legs involuntarily stumbled forward.
"Leng Chuanjin, are you crazy!" She struggled hard but couldn't break free even once.
"Ah—" Xia Sanghuan suddenly was lifted into the air.
Leng Chuanjin seemed to have thrown all caution to the wind. He directly picked her up on his shoulder and walked straight towards the garage.
"Let go of me..." Xia Sanghuan thought she was quite strong, but compared with Leng Chuanjin, she was no match.
She struggled until her wrists were sore, so she simply gave up struggling.
The car door opened. Leng Chuanjin took a look and casually threw Xia Sanghuan onto the passenger seat.
Xia Sanghuan let out a muffled groan and quickly sat up. "What are you going to do?"
She leaned against the car door and took the opportunity to open the door to escape.
Leng Chuanjin was faster than her. He started the car and closed the car door.
"You'll know when we get there."
There was no extra emotion on his face at the moment. Only the low - pressure aura around him was silently telling Xia Sanghuan.
He was in a very bad mood and was almost on the verge of madness.
If she continued to go against his will, God knows what extreme things he might do on the way. He might even kill someone and dispose of the body...
Goosebumps rose on her hands. Xia Sanghuan shut her mouth.
When the car stopped, she glanced out of the window.
It was the city - center hospital, where many internationally famous professors and doctors gathered. It was the most well - known hospital in the whole city and even the whole country.
Xia Sanghuan vaguely felt that there must be someone in the hospital related to the black - bone spiritual treasure.
She turned to look at Leng Chuanjin.
In the night, most of Leng Chuanjin's handsome face was shrouded in darkness, but it was still clear to see the struggle in his eyes.
Was he struggling or afraid of something?
Xia Sanghuan pursed her lips.
She had never thought that Leng Chuanjin, the so - called cold - faced Hades, would have such a side that no one knew about.
Her gaze returned to the sign of the city - center hospital.
There must be a very important person inside.
Leng Chuanjin didn't vent his emotions too much.
Years of self - restraint allowed him to quickly adjust his crazy thoughts.
"Follow me." He opened the car door and strode up the steps.
Xia Sanghuan sighed.
After observing his various emotions just now, she had no intention of running away at this moment.
After all, this was not a lawless place, and no one could do anything to her.
So she closely followed Leng Chuanjin, shuttled through the hospital corridors, and finally came to the most luxurious VIP ward in the hospital.
Leng Chuanjin finally stopped in front of the ward.
His slender hand was on the doorknob. Obviously, he hesitated.
Noticing Xia Sanghuan behind him, Leng Chuanjin lost the last bit of his hesitation.
He pushed the door open.
The light in his eyes instantly softened as he entered the ward.
"Jing Zhan, big brother's here to see you."
Xia Sanghuan slightly raised her eyes and followed his gaze to the person lying on the hospital bed.
This glance made her feel as if her blood had frozen.
Most of the person on the hospital bed was covered by the quilt, but the exposed neck and face were enough to be clearly seen.
—The strange tree - like patterns on this person's skin and the slightly raised dry skin.
Xia Sanghuan's heart skipped a beat.
She seemed to suddenly understand why Leng Chuanjin was so determined to get the spiritual treasure.
She took a few steps forward to get a clearer look at this person's symptoms.
It was bark disease, a disease she had never encountered before.
Leng Chuanjin blocked her from getting closer and said coldly, "Get out of the way."
Xia Sanghuan stopped in her tracks and fell into deep thought.
There was a strange stirring in her heart.
This rare disease that she had never come across before inexplicably aroused Xia Sanghuan's competitive spirit.
Xia Sanghuan felt her mood become much more excited.
It was the kind of intense emotion that came from encountering something she was interested in.
She had set her sights on this person!