Hanging up the phone, Yan Xia panicked and grabbed the umbrella beside her, then rushed out of the police station hall.
A police officer stopped her. "Ms. Cheng, it's almost your turn to give a statement. Where are you going?"
"My daughter is injured. I'm going to the hospital." After saying that, she tried to leave again.
Fortunately, the car was parked outside. Zhou Qi had been waiting with her in the police station hall. Seeing her leave, he quickly followed and now served as the driver.
He comforted Yan Xia. "Boss, don't worry. Everything will be okay."
But she couldn't help worrying. Her mind was filled with all kinds of bad speculations. The fact that the child could be taken away when both the bodyguards and Lan Yuzhou were on guard meant that the other party had made full preparations. If it was Peng Shiyi's scheme and she took Mengfan away for revenge, Yan Xia didn't dare to imagine the consequences.
When they arrived at the hospital, Yan Xia didn't even have time to open the umbrella and rushed directly into the rain. It was only a dozen steps from the roadside square to the hospital entrance, but her clothes were already half - wet. The bodyguards behind her followed all the way to clear the way for her.
When she reached outside the operating room, Fang Jiangyi was sitting on a chair in the corridor. His assistant was reporting something to him, while Lan Yuzhou was squatting in the corner against the wall, with his hands clasped as if silently praying.
The closer she got, the clearer she could hear the assistant's voice.
"It was Ms. Lan who directly dialed the emergency number with the phone watch on her wrist. The police found her in an abandoned building about to be demolished. There were no witnesses or physical evidence. The semen on her body is still being compared for DNA." The assistant frowned tightly. "We've retrieved a lot of nearby surveillance footage. Finally, we only found a van without a license plate. We're still investigating."
"We've also sent people to look into the school. It's said that after school, Ms. Lan went to the toilet alone and then disappeared. It's initially judged that someone was hiding in the toilet and abducted her through the window. The surveillance near the school only captured a blurry figure of a man. His face couldn't be seen clearly."
Fang Jiangyi listened to the assistant's report expressionlessly with his eyes closed, his face gloomy.
Yan Xia walked up to Fang Jiangyi. The assistant quickly greeted her. "Ms. Cheng."
Hearing Yan Xia's arrival, Fang Jiangyi opened his eyes and stood up. She must be a hundred times more anxious than him, so he hoped to calm her down as much as possible before she heard those news.
"Yan Xia."
Yan Xia bombarded him with questions. "What exactly happened to Mengfan? Is her injury very serious? Why does she need surgery? I've already sent many bodyguards to protect her. Why did this happen?"
"Yan Xia." Fang Jiangyi held her shoulders with both hands, trying to look into her eyes. "Calm down!"
But she couldn't calm down.
She also tried hard to control her emotions. "Tell me what happened first."
Fang Jiangyi frowned, hesitating. Finally, he said,
"Prepare yourself. She was abducted from school. After the incident, she called the police with her phone watch. When the police arrived, she was seriously injured and... it's suspected that she was sexually assaulted."
Yan Xia felt as if she had been struck by lightning. How could Fang Jiangyi say such a ridiculous thing.
She was stunned for a few seconds, then asked, forcing herself to suppress the panic and uneasiness. "She's just an eight - year - old child. Do you know what the words you just said mean?"
Fang Jiangyi said, "I know, Yan Xia. Neither of us wants such a thing to happen, but it has already happened. What we need to do next is to try our best to save her life and find the perpetrator to get justice for her."
Yan Xia's temples throbbed. She was even more certain of her speculation. It was Peng Shiyi. It must be her.
She once said that Yan Xia wanted to use this child to tie Fang Jiangyi down, so she regarded the child as a thorn in her side and couldn't tolerate an eight - year - old child!
"I know who did this."
Fang Jiangyi watched as she raised her red - rimmed eyes, and her gaze gradually became sharp and clear.
"It's Peng Shiyi." There was a lump in her throat. "She bribed a few desperadoes to kill me, but I noticed it and called the police to arrest her. She wanted my life and thought it wasn't enough, so she wanted to hurt Mengfan too."
She's simply a crazy woman!
Fang Jiangyi didn't know about this incident in the middle. Yan Xia never told him anything and always hid all the bad things from him.
"Don't be so excited. The most urgent thing is to see how Mengfan is doing."
Yan Xia waved his hand away. "Yes, I'll calm down for now. She wants my life and has been causing small troubles. I can play with her. But she has touched my bottom line. No matter how Mengfan is this time, I won't let her go easily!"
Yan Xia and Fang Jiangyi were arguing, but at this moment, the most painful one should be Lan Yuzhou.
It was because of this daughter that he had the courage to admit his mistakes and stay in prison for three years for reform. After he was released, all his hopes for the future were on this daughter. Just as a better life was beginning, such a thing happened.
But he couldn't blame anyone. It was he who entrusted Mengfan to Yan Xia. It was he who didn't rush to the school in time to pick her up and couldn't contact the child immediately.
If someone had to be blamed the most for this incident, it could only be himself. He couldn't blame anyone else.
As soon as the light in the operating room changed, Lan Mengfan was still in a coma and was wheeled out of the operating room. Everyone waiting outside immediately surrounded her.
But her condition was very bad. She had to be sent to the intensive care unit immediately, so they couldn't stay here for long. Everyone just took a quick look, and the child was wheeled away.
The chief surgeon, still wearing gloves and a mask, said to Yan Xia, "The patient has severe vaginal tearing, multiple wounds all over her body, and several organs are infected. Her condition is very critical. We've done our best to stabilize her condition, but it's still very dangerous. Whether she can survive depends on fate. Also, after our extraction and testing, it's a mixture of multiple people..."
Yan Xia's face turned pale. She felt dizzy and was almost unable to stand.
It was as if her heart had been instantly hollowed out. Her face and head went numb uncontrollably, and tears welled up in her eyes.
She didn't know what to do or what she could do at this moment. She was just an eight - year - old child, and now no one knew whether she could even survive. If she did survive, how could she face all this in the future?
"Yan Xia..." Fang Jiangyi noticed that her condition was very bad.
She stood still for a few seconds. A glint of killing intent flashed in her eyes. Suddenly, she turned around and ran out desperately. Fang Jiangyi quickly caught up with her and pulled her back into his arms.
"Let me go!" Yan Xia pounded, pushed, and hit him desperately, trying to break free from his restraint. "Let me go. I'm going to kill her. I'm going to kill her!"
Her hysterical cries echoed in the corridor.
"Doing such a thing to an eight - year - old child. Is she still human?"