Leng Chuanjin stuffed Xia Sanghuan, who hadn't had time to react, into the car.
"Don't think so much for now."
"Your current task is to go to sleep."
"But big brother's current situation..."
She tried to break free from the man's restraint and wanted to go back to the ward.
She looked up and met the man's intimidating gaze.
"Now, go back and sleep obediently. Don't worry about the rest. I don't want to say the same thing a third time."
His voice was very deep, and a shadow fell on his brows.
She had never seen such an expression on his face.
She was stunned for a moment, and a chill instinctively ran through her heart.
But after she came to her senses, the chill in her heart was replaced by anger.
She waved his hand away and her expression became serious.
Frowning, she looked at the man in front of her.
"You let me get involved when you need me, and throw me aside when you don't?
"Master Leng, you've got it all figured out, haven't you? If I didn't have the ability to save Jingzhan, would you not even look at me now?"
Her lips trembled.
She saw the stunned look in his eyes.
She knew she shouldn't say any more, but her body seemed to be out of her control.
"Master Leng Chuanjin, you're being too selfish."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a moment of silence between them.
The man's eyes also became unfathomable.
After a long while, he sighed and his attitude softened.
"The accident that happened to Ling Shi is far more complicated than you think."
"I don't want you to get involved to ensure your safety."
His tone was a bit stiff. Obviously, he wasn't good at showing weakness.
But Xia Sanghuan didn't want to buy it.
She still got out of the car without hesitation.
"According to what you're saying, my brother's accident has something to do with you?"
The man didn't answer her question. He just gave her a deep look.
That one look told her most of the story.
Well, if it was a task assigned to big brother by the Fu family, how could Leng Chuanjin be the first one to know after big brother had an accident?
Moreover, neither of them had called the Fu family until now.
She didn't know how to talk to them.
And he probably didn't want to talk to them.
While calling a taxi on her phone with a ride - hailing app, she said coldly to him,
"Since Master Leng doesn't want me to follow up anymore, I'll go back for now."
"Instead of worrying about my safety, you'd better think about how to face my father later."
Her words were quite harsh, implicitly and explicitly mocking him.
The man didn't react much, but she saw his hands clench into fists.
Watching her leaving back, he hesitated and said,
"Be careful on the way."
The girl ignored him and got into the taxi without looking back.
After getting in the car, she sadly found that she had nowhere to go except the Leng family's mansion.
After all, the Fu family mansion had the two elders and Fu Kai living there. And she didn't have her ID with her, so it was unrealistic to stay in a hotel.
She dejectedly told the driver the address of the Leng family's mansion, then slumped down on the car seat.
Second brother was right. What she needed most now was sleep.
She had been too anxious just now, so she had unconsciously quarreled with him.
Thinking of the man's somewhat hurt face, her heart tightened involuntarily.
They had just made up not long ago, but now they had another conflict.
When she got home, she threw herself on the bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
When she woke up, it was already afternoon.
She looked at her phone and, as expected, found many missed calls.
They were all from her father and sisters.
Thinking of her big brother still lying in the hospital bed, a sense of powerlessness washed over her.
She was so tired.
But now was not the time to keep being listless. She forced herself to cheer up, got out of bed, washed her face, and then called the driver who usually picked her up.
Although she didn't want to trouble him on his day off, the situation was special now, so she asked the driver to work overtime.
When she rushed to Fu Lingshi's ward, she found that her father and sisters were already there.
Leng Chuanjin, with a gloomy face, was also standing beside.
Fu Moning was the first to notice her.
She was sitting beside Fu Lingshi's bed, holding his hand.
She forced a smile at the girl.
"Huanhuan, you're here."
The corners of her eyes and the tip of her nose were still a bit red. It seemed that she had just cried.
Seeing her forcing a smile, Xia Sanghuan's heart ached.
With Fu Moning's reminder, everyone in the ward turned their eyes to her in unison.
She walked over and sat down next to Fu Zeming.
For some reason, she felt that her father seemed to have aged overnight.
No, it should be said that the last time she saw her father, he was no longer as young as before.
She looked at her father worriedly, and he gave her a bitter smile in return.
"So, how are we going to handle this?"
Seeing that no one was speaking, she tried to break the silence.
"Investigate."
"Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we'll find out what happened."
"including what you've been through before."
Her father looked haggard, but his eyes were firm.
Hearing his words, she looked at him in surprise.
"Dad, you actually knew all along?"
"You young people always think you can hide some things from me.
"Actually, the things Lingshi helped Chuanjin investigate were all approved by me. Sometimes I even secretly helped him.
"He just didn't know about it."
He looked at Fu Lingshi, who was still in a coma on the hospital bed, but his words were addressed to Leng Chuanjin.
"The other two families have been restless recently."
"Especially the Xie family."
"They've been doing a lot of things secretly that are unfavorable to the Leng and Fu families."
"Judging from the Xie family's trends in recent years, they probably don't want to stay at the bottom of the four major families anymore."
As Fu Zeming was speaking, his eyes became sharp.
His aura instantly changed. Even Xia Sanghuan couldn't help but be amazed.
Well, after all, how many ordinary people could sit in the position of the head of one of the four major families?
It was just that her father was usually too kind to them siblings, which made her think that Fu Zeming was just like an ordinary father.
"Your investigation must have touched on the part that the Xie family least wants others to know."
Leng Chuanjin listened and nodded.
"Yes."
"So Lingshi's accident this time is a warning from the Xie family to the Leng and Fu families."
"...And they originally intended to kill him."
Xia Sanghuan took over the conversation.
"Otherwise, they wouldn't have stabbed him so many times after the car - crash failed."
Thinking of last night's scene, she couldn't help clenching her fists.