The meal ended in a strange atmosphere.
After the meal, Xia Anying found an excuse to leave.
Actually, she didn't even need an excuse, because no one really cared whether she left or not.
Taking advantage of the servants' moment of clearing the table, Fu Zeming pointed at Fu Kai seriously.
"Xiaokai, come to the study with me."
Seeing his father's stance, Fu Kai knew he was going to be scolded again.
But with his grandparents present, his father didn't dare to go too far.
At Fu Zeming's signal, the servant pushed the wheelchair of the Fourth Young Master into the study.
The remaining people sat silently on the sofa.
Xia Sanghuan couldn't stand this atmosphere. She stood up, greeted her grandparents, and then went upstairs to her bedroom.
She missed Leng Chuanjin a bit.
She wondered if he had eaten well and slept well.
She opened the drawer, took out the piece of paper, folded it twice, and stuffed it into her pocket.
Just as she was staring blankly at the photo of her mother on the table, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Huanyuan, come out quickly and see who's here."
When she opened the door, a familiar face appeared in front of her.
It was Leng Chuanjin, and beside him stood Fu Lingshi.
"Huanyuan, come home with me."
His words were like a kitten's paw, gently scratching at her heart.
She stared blankly at him until her elder brother patted her on the head.
"What's wrong, Huanyuan? Are you so happy to see him?"
"Who on earth is your brother? You're really hurting my feelings."
He pretended to be disappointed and lowered his eyes. Xia Sanghuan quickly tried to comfort him.
"Of course you're my brother. I was just thinking about something. I wasn't thinking about him at all!"
Although it was meant to comfort Fu Lingshi, it sounded more like a defense.
Originally, the three Fu siblings were downstairs facing the two elders of the Fu family. The atmosphere was awkward and tense.
They had wanted Huanyuan to get to know the two elders, but seeing their grandparents with stern faces, no one dared to bring it up for a moment.
Fortunately, Leng Chuanjin showed up like a savior.
When the two elders saw Leng Chuanjin, they didn't dare to get angry anymore.
Fu Lingshi thought his good friend was on the same wavelength as him and came to rescue him.
But then Leng Chuanjin came up and blurted out,
"Where's Huanyuan? I went to the hospital today, and the doctor told me she'd been discharged."
Seeing his friend looking a bit flustered, Fu Lingshi felt his heart was deeply hurt.
But it was just right for him to take Huanyuan away from the Fu family first. After all, once his father let Fu Kai out, there might be another family war in the Fu family.
So that's how the previous scene happened.
Hearing what she said, Leng Chuanjin didn't show much. It wasn't until she got in the car with him that he asked,
"Were you just lying to your brother?"
"You actually missed me, right?"
Caught off guard by his words, she tried to cover up her fluster.
"Who would miss you? You're just being self - indulgent."
The two bickered all the way back to the Leng family. When they opened the door, Leng Wanqing was standing in the living room with her hands on her hips, looking as if she'd been waiting for them.
Before she could say anything, Leng Chuanjin immediately put his finger to his lips and made a "shh" gesture.
Then he frowned and said, "Wanqing, what did I tell you that night? Have you forgotten so soon?"
The words that were about to come out were instantly stuck in her throat and then swallowed back.
Looking at her elder brother's serious face, she had no choice but to let it go for the time being.
The upcoming fierce fight was quietly defused by Leng Chuanjin.
She couldn't help but admire Leng Chuanjin for being able to handle this so - called "spoiled young lady" so well.
After all, even her two elder sisters and her father couldn't change Fu Kai's temper.
"Brother Chuanjin, if you have something to do, go ahead. I want to talk to Wanqing."
She looked at Leng Wanqing and said to the man beside her.
Not knowing what she was up to, but assuming it wasn't anything bad, he nodded and went upstairs first.
Xia Sanghuan wasn't shy at all. She sat on the sofa and motioned for the young lady with her hands on her hips and a furious look on her face to sit down too.
Without much delay, she got straight to the point.
"Leng Wanqing, I don't care what you think of me, but there's one thing I want to remind you."
"Don't get too close to Xia Anying."
"She definitely has no good intentions towards you."
Thinking of the requests Xia Anying had made to her these few times, although she somewhat admitted the truth in her words, she still couldn't let go of her pride.
"Who I get close to has nothing to do with you. Who do you think you are? Even my mother has never taught me like this."
Seeing her reaction, Xia Sanghuan sighed helplessly.
"Then I can only hope that you won't be deceived by her in the future."
"Even if you are deceived by her, don't cause too much trouble."
"Otherwise, your brother will scold you again."
After saying that, she stood up and without giving Leng Wanqing time to react, she went straight back to her bedroom.
She could go back to the research lab tomorrow to continue following up on the research progress. Thinking about what had happened in the past few days, she suddenly felt so tired.
She had rested a lot in the hospital these two days, but she was still tired.
It wasn't physical tiredness but mental exhaustion.
Xia Anying, Leng Wanqing, and Leng Jingzhan's illness.
Including the matter of her documents being stolen, it definitely wasn't as simple as what her second brother had said.
She had actually asked about the reason for the document theft, but Leng Chuanjin had just given her a lame excuse, "The gang was short of money, so they planned to steal something from your school and kidnap someone for ransom."
It was obviously a made - up reason on the spot!
So many things were crowding her mind, which was really tiring. Afraid of being late again tomorrow, she took out the player that Fu Youqing had given her from under her pillow and fell asleep while listening to the sleep - aid audio.
The next day, she woke up on time as expected and went to school as usual.
However, just as she walked out of the elevator and headed towards the research lab, she saw Wei Linjun walking towards her.
The other person seemed equally surprised to see her. His expression was a bit stunned but quickly hidden.
He politely nodded at her and then took the elevator downstairs.
Why was he here?
It wasn't that she was being paranoid, but she didn't dare to trust anyone related to this matter.
Why was it so coincidental that it was his student who had an argument with her that morning, and it was also him who picked up the key?
Everything felt strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.
Just standing here daydreaming wouldn't lead to any results. She walked to the door of the research lab and unlocked it with the key.
In the end, she would just face whatever came her way.
She had already been on the brink of death twice, so there wasn't much left for her to be afraid of.
As soon as she entered the research lab, she walked to the safe in a somewhat panicked way, scanned the password, and carefully took out the Black - Boned Spiritual Treasure inside.