Ch. 196..200: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 196-200
Chapter 196: Chapter 196 Cozy Chapter 196: Chapter 196 Cozy That night, Yin Hehe successfully received a call from the Prosecutor’s Office at the hotel.
Suddenly, she sprung to her feet.
“Alright, we can go pick him up now,” she said.
“…”
Xu Guannan turned and walked away.
He didn’t even have time to look at the woman’s expression, and thus didn’t notice that when she followed him out, she almost put her shoes on the wrong feet.
Twenty minutes later, at the Prosecutor’s Office.
“It’s an emergency situation, we’ve already consulted a doctor, he was fine in the evening,” said a staff member.
It was still the same infirmary, though.
However, this time when Yin Hehe and Xu Guannan entered, they saw a man lying on the hospital bed.
And a staff member was frantically trying to explain things beside him.
“Enough, we’ll take him to the hospital now,” Yin Hehe interrupted, waving her hand.
Her eyes were fixed on the man’s blue lips.
It had been a long time since she had seen him like this.
Back when she married him, he had just undergone a heart transplant surgery, and his condition wasn’t stable yet; incidents like this were a common occurrence.
A slight emotional agitation would leave him gasping for breath.
Just a little fatigue could render him completely drained of energy, his complexion pale, but with lips eerily purple.
She remembered back then, all she desperately wanted to do was to revive the redness in his lips, to make them the color of a healthy person.
But today, she saw it again.
In the end, Xu Guannan carried the man away, and Yin Hehe followed. That night, the two of them checked the man into a VIP ward at the Provincial City General Hospital they had arranged in advance.
“Miss Han, everything’s alright now, right?” Xu Guannan asked, looking at the man on the hospital bed, now with an IV drip and his complexion returning to normal, heaving a sigh of relief.
Yin Hehe nodded.
“Almost, just need to wait till daylight tomorrow, then I’ll go to the Prosecutor’s Office to apply for medical bail,” she replied.
After taking a sip of water and setting down the glass, she realized that her palm was all sweaty, even leaving a clear imprint on the glass.
Xu Guannan’s heart finally settled.
“Well then, Miss Han, since that’s the case, please take care of the president tonight,” he said, ready to return to the hotel.
But Yin Hehe immediately rejected the idea.
“How could you ask me to take care of him? He is your president, it has nothing to do with me. You stay, I’ll go back to the hotel. I still need to prepare the documents for tomorrow’s bail application,” she argued.
“But I need to go pick up the old man, he called, saying he is coming over,” Xu Guannan said.
Unexpectedly, this single sentence from the head of the security team put Yin Hehe in a bind once again.
In the end, Yin Hehe could do nothing but stay.
It’s just one night, she thought, might as well consider it a charitable act. She had spent so many nights watching over this dog of a man before; one more night wouldn’t make a difference.
With that thought, Yin Hehe took off her coat and sat down on the small sofa in the hospital room.
The hospital was very quiet at night.
Like a silent pool of water, in the ward with the heating on full blast, apart from the whooshing sound of the exhaust fan, she could even hear the drip of the IV fluid from the bed.
Could this be an exaggeration?
She realized she might be too tired, so she slapped her face to stay awake.
But she could not overcome exhaustion, and after about ten minutes, she truly fell asleep. When she awoke again, it was to the sound of a nurse coming to remove the IV.
“Ah? It’s done?” she exclaimed, suddenly wide awake.
The nurse looked back at her and said, “Yes, it’s done. What’s with you, the caretaker? If the patient hadn’t woken up himself, it could have been serious.”
Yin Hehe: “…”
For a moment, as she stood up from the sofa, she felt so awkward that she didn’t even know where to put her hands and feet.
However, the man sitting on the hospital bed heard her, and a cold light flashed in his ink-dark pupils as he stared at this nurse.
“Isn’t this your problem? You’ve had her doing all your work, so what’s the point of keeping you all at the hospital?”
“Sir?”
The nurse’s face changed immediately.
In the end, the nurse left with a look of grievance on her face, and Yin Hehe swallowed her saliva and came over with determination.
“I’m very sorry, Mr. Sheng, it was indeed my fault just now.”
“You’ve already done very well, just like you said yourself, you’re not my servant, and you have no obligation to take care of me.”
Unexpectedly, when the man flipped the blanket off and got out of bed, he said something carelessly and nonchalantly.
Yin Hehe’s eyes suddenly widened.
This guy actually knew that phrase, was he actually awake the whole time then?
She felt even more uncomfortable.
“So if Mr. Sheng says so, can I go back now? You’re awake now, and all you have to do is stay in this ward.”
“How can that be? Although you have no obligation to take care of me, I am now your client. With a commission of fifty million, Mr. Lan the lawyer, it shouldn’t be a problem to ensure the client’s daily life, right?”
The man who had walked to the door of the restroom stopped when he heard this, and those ink-dark pupils swept over her coolly behind the lenses.
He opened his mouth and spoke again.
Yin Hehe was suddenly infuriated.
Wasn’t this just beating around the bush? In plain terms, this jerk still wanted her to take care of him!
Yin Hehe had no choice but to stay, watching the man go into the restroom; she returned to the sofa and began to order some food on her phone.
[Miss Han, has the president woken up? When he wakes up, tell him that both the old master and the old lady have come.]
[…]
Looking at the message she received, a sense of annoyance immediately sprang up within Yin Hehe.
The old master was okay.
But this old lady, she really didn’t want to see her at all.
“What are you thinking about? Is it still about Shangguan Jianying?”
Just then, Sheng Siyuan came out of the restroom; he saw her sitting on the sofa with a worried frown.
He asked.
Yin Hehe put down her phone and responded distractedly with a murmur.
Sheng Siyuan: “So what do you plan to do next? Wait until he’s in court, then fight properly with him in this lawsuit?”
“What else?”
Yin Hehe looked up at the man, her mood was sour, and her tone became much more impatient.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, she saw the man with a cup of water, sitting down leisurely on the single sofa nearby.
“Actually, there’s no need for that. He’s just a bookworm, and right now, he’s thinking about how to beat you in court. So, we could take a shortcut, for example, telling the Prosecutor’s Office how Hu Cheng was killed by those three old geezers, what do you think?”
“…”
It was as if a big stone had suddenly been thrown into a calm lake.
Yin Hehe turned her head and stared at the man, speechless for a long time, unable to utter half a word.
This was the distance between her and him.
In legal matters, she was indeed unbeatable, but when it came to strategy, she truly wasn’t on his level!
Have the Prosecutor’s Office file charges against those three old geezers.
This was akin to opening another instance, and by the time that crisis came around, that group of old geezers, including Shangguan Jianying, would be too preoccupied to handle this case.
Yin Hehe sat up straighter…
Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Is She a Rag? Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Is She a Rag? “Your idea is good, but you need evidence to get the Prosecutor’s Office to file a new lawsuit!”
Yin Hehe agreed with this approach.
Upon hearing this, the man, sitting lazily on the sofa, laughed.
“I have some evidence, I’ll show it to you later. Just wait, Lawyer Lan, what about the food you ordered? Why hasn’t it arrived yet? I’m about to faint from hunger.”
Suddenly, he cut off the conversation he was having and brought up this new topic.
Yin Hehe, who was waiting, couldn’t help but feel choked up.
Was he really going to faint from hunger?
Was that not a bit exaggerated? Why was he speaking so differently now? Was he teasing her?
“It should be here soon, I’ll go check.” Yin Hehe eventually got up.
Luckily, as soon as she stepped out of the ward, she saw that the delivery guy had already brought the food.
Yin Hehe brought it in.
“Let’s eat, I ordered you a stewed soup. If you find the rice too dry, you can mix it with the soup.”
As she placed the food on the coffee table and opened it one by one, she gave these instructions without even realizing it.
The man listened quietly.
Behind his glasses, when he saw this woman opening even the pot lid for him to reveal the familiar red dates, goji berries… and other warm nourishing ingredients, a slight curve appeared at the corners of his eyes.
It was as warm as the sun in winter, so warm that he was unaware of the temperature inside.
These were all things he used to drink regularly.
But, calculating the time, it had been five years since he last tasted them.
“Right, send me those pieces of evidence first, let me see what you have?”
Yin Hehe’s mind was filled only with the case.
After organizing everything, she urged the man to send her the evidence he had mentioned earlier.
The man didn’t refuse.
He took his phone out, and soon after, Yin Hehe’s phone pinged, indicating she had received it.
“Aren’t you going to eat?”
“I’ll look at this first, you go ahead and eat.” Yin Hehe said as she walked away with her phone.
She took out her notebook, found a random chair to sit down, and began to busily work with the evidence she had received on her phone.
So, her professionalism was not in question.
Sheng Siyuan ate leisurely as well.
Half an hour later, he finally finished his meal, but the woman behind him was still busy, not even changing her posture, which he didn’t see her do even once.
Seeing this, he did not disturb her.
Instead, he covered the uneaten meal, got up, and went outside.
“Hello? This is Sheng Siyuan, how are things at the company now?”
“Everything is fine, President.”
Chen Xiaosen, the President’s secretary who took the call, immediately reassured the BOSS.
“However, President, the old master and the old madam went to see you today; did you meet them?”
“What did you say?”
As soon as these words came out, the man whose expression had just softened, his handsome face darkened again.
“What are they doing there?”
“You were suddenly reported to have had a heart attack, and the old couple got so worried, especially the old madam – she even fainted from anxiety at home. The old master had no choice but to take her to you.”
Chen Xiaosen hurriedly explained.
There was no helping it; he was just a secretary. Even if he wanted to stop them, he couldn’t.
After hearing this, Sheng Siyuan’s expression became even uglier under the dim overhead lights.
What a bunch of troubles!
He hung up the phone, his face grim as he returned to the ward.
“Why did you go outside?”
Seeing him come in, finally, Yin Hehe, who had been busy the entire time in the ward, reacted.
She looked at him, her face showing unmasked concern.
Sheng Siyuan furrowed his brows, wanting to say something, but in the end, he merely put away his phone and asked indifferently, “Are you done?”
Yin Hehe nodded, “Almost.”
The man said, “Then you should go back, it’s getting late.”
He threw that out so quickly that Yin Hehe, who was still holding her notebook, was left stunned for a moment.
Was he rushing her to leave?
Not long ago she had wanted to leave, but he had stopped her. Maybe he was satisfied now and felt she was getting in his way.
Yin Hehe’s gaze grew colder.
“I was about to pack up,” she replied quickly, reaching for her bag with her notebook in hand.
A few minutes later, everything was packed.
“I’ll give Xu Guannan a call.”
“No need.”
She declined coldly.
Afterward, the man stood in the hospital room, watching her leave without once looking back at him.
Was she so unwilling to stay there?
His mood worsened.
That very night, the elder members of the Sheng Family arrived. As soon as they entered, the old lady started to wail so dramatically that everyone on the floor thought someone in the room had really died.
“Mom, can you not get so worked up? I’m fine, aren’t I?”
Sheng Siyuan, his head aching, could only bear with it, trying to soothe his mother.
However, instead of stopping, the old lady cried even harder upon hearing his words.
“How can I not be upset? Your life was so hard to save back then. If something happened again, how could I go on living?”
“…”
“No, I must find a way to stop you from going back to that dreadful place. I’ll talk to your grandfather; he still knows people.”
After saying this, the old lady actually went straight away to make a call to Sheng Siyuan’s grandfather.
His grandfather indeed was a very capable man; the old Yang from Jingshan he had consulted before was recommended by his grandfather.
But how could they bother him at such a critical juncture?
Xu Guannan, seeing even the veins on their boss’s forehead bulging, finally couldn’t bear it any longer and stepped forward.
“Old lady, there’s no need to worry. Actually, this was just a temporary solution Ms. Han thought of to save the president from his predicament. The president will be fine.”
“What did you say?”
An unexpected revelation caused a stir.
Both elderly people were stunned on the spot in the hospital room.
Sheng Siyuan himself erupted with anger in an instant, “Xu Guannan, are you so full that you’re bloated, who asked for your input?”
Xu Guannan: “President, I…”
The old lady: “What are you scolding him for? What’s wrong with him telling the truth?”
Unexpectedly, the old lady was quick on the uptake this time.
Sheng Siyuan’s face turned ashen.
In the end, it was the old master who stepped in to simmer down the conflict between mother and son.
“Enough, my son must have his reasons for doing this. The trial has been postponed, do you expect him to stay locked up indefinitely?”
“But…”
“Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. It’s very late, don’t disturb our son’s rest.”
The old master cut off the old lady’s words with swift decisiveness.
Before long, he led the old lady away.
Xu Guannan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But when he turned around, he saw that the man in the hospital room still had a grim and somber expression.
Cold sweat started to seep out again on his back.
“Sorry, president, I spoke out of turn just now.”
“Do you know that the person my mother hates most is that woman? And yet you had to say that, are you trying to make her completely unwelcome in the Sheng Family?”
He ground each word out between his teeth, and Xu Guannan saw him this furiously shaking with rage at him for the first time!
Chapter 198: Chapter 198: A Thought of Heaven, A Thought of Hell Chapter 198: Chapter 198: A Thought of Heaven, A Thought of Hell Last night, Xu Guannan didn’t sleep and stayed outside Yin Hehe’s hotel room the whole time.
When Yin Hehe was ready to leave the next morning and opened her door, she was startled to see him standing there like a statue.
She jumped in shock.
“Captain Xu, what are you…?”
“Miss Han, let me take you to the Prosecutor’s Office. Better go early to avoid running into Shangguan Jianying.”
Xu Guannan’s eyes were red with bloodshot veins, and he said only this.
Seeing this, Yin Hehe didn’t ask too much, nodded, and followed the bodyguard captain.
Soon, the two arrived at the entrance of the Prosecutor’s Office.
“Bail pending trial? How can that be? The Prosecutor’s Office has a medical office. Since he’s already fine, he must be sent back.”
However, upon arriving at the office of the person in charge, Yin Hehe had just put forth the application when she was firmly rejected.
Seeing their response, Yin Hehe calmly took out the medical records she had prepared in advance.
“This is the full medical history of my client. You can see for yourselves, he is a heart transplant recipient. No one can guarantee he won’t have an incident like last night again!”
“…”
“Moreover, he is currently just a suspect, not yet convicted. May I ask, under which regulation is he not eligible for bail pending trial?”
As Yin Hehe spoke the final sentence, her gaze became much more intense.
The person in charge’s face changed.
He immediately stood up, found an elderly colleague, and talked about something. After a while, this person came over.
“Do you have a guarantor?”
“I can post a security deposit,” Yin Hehe immediately replied very adeptly.
Because, according to the rules of litigation, for bail pending trial, you only need to choose either a guarantor or a security deposit.
However, to her surprise, as soon as she finished speaking, the staff member strongly refused again.
“Your client’s situation is different. He is involved in a serious criminal case, so a guarantor is absolutely necessary!”
“…”
Yin Hehe was so angry she could feel her finger joints crackling.
There was no need to guess; this was definitely Shangguan Jianying’s doing, aimed at preventing Yin Hehe from getting Sheng Siyuan bail pending trial.
“Fine, then I’ll have his father come in as the guarantor.”
Eventually, Yin Hehe conceded and, remembering that the old gentleman had just arrived, immediately gave his name.
The result was that the person immediately disagreed.
“The guarantor must not have any connection to this case. A father-son relationship cannot guarantee, including other relatives and friends of his, they also require review.”
“!!!!!”
Yin Hehe really wanted to curse aloud.
Review again!
Review your grandfather.
In the end, Yin Hehe still wrote down a name and managed to get the application approved.
Xu Guannan, who had been waiting outside the whole time, saw this and was very curious.
“Miss Han, who did you get to guarantee for the president in the end? I was just thinking, if all the president’s relatives and friends require a review, that leaves only Dr. Shen.”
He indeed thought of someone—Shen Fang.
But Yin Hehe knew that if Shangguan Jianying wanted to make things difficult, even if it were Shen Fang who came, he could find a hundred reasons to refuse him.
“It’s okay, I wrote down Mr. Yin’s name.”
She stated a name indifferently.
Xu Guannan was immediately wide-eyed in surprise.
Yin Beixiao? He could actually agree? That was quite surprising.
The two left, and not long after, they arrived at the hospital, where they were originally going to head straight to the ward.
But suddenly, Xu Guannan received a phone call.
“Have you arrived?”
It turned out to be Sheng Siyuan calling from the hospital room.
Upon hearing this, Xu Guannan couldn’t help but joyfully say, “Yes, President, the application has been processed…”
“Don’t come up, take her back to the hotel.”
He never expected that before he could finish his sentence, the man on the phone immediately interrupted him with this rather impolite statement.
Xu Guannan was stunned.
“This…why? Madam just sorted out this matter for you and was full of joy wanting to tell you, why are you…”
“That’s enough, no more talking, take her and leave!”
The man commanded harshly at the end of the conversation.
Then, he hung up the phone.
Xu Guannan: “…”
Holding the silent phone in his hand, he stood there, his mind completely blank.
Yin Hehe, who was waiting for the elevator, saw that this head of the bodyguards wasn’t moving and a trace of confusion flickered across her elegant brows.
“Captain Xu, what’s wrong? Aren’t you going in?”
“…”
Xu Guannan took a deep breath and finally walked over.
“Um, Miss Han, I just remembered there are some documents I didn’t give you at the hotel. Shall we go back to the hotel first?”
“???”
Yin Hehe’s face was filled with confusion.
“It’s not urgent, I’ll look at them later when I go back.” Having said that, she headed into the hotel first.
Anxious, Xu Guannan could only hold the elevator door.
“Miss Han, that document is time-sensitive, I think it’s better to look at it now.”
“Time-sensitive?”
Yin Hehe finally showed a hint of curiosity.
“Documents can be time-sensitive? What kind of document is that? Tell me about it.”
“Sure, but you’d better come out first, don’t delay others from going up,” Xu Guannan seized the opportunity to suggest the woman come out.
Such communication would have easily fooled an ordinary person.
Unfortunately, the person inside was Yin Hehe.
A woman who constantly sparred with others in court, effectively always battling on the front lines.
She looked at the man pressing firmly on the elevator door.
“Okay.”
She agreed and lifted her foot.
Xu Guannan, seeing this, was immediately overjoyed. He let go and stood outside waiting for her.
But at that moment, the woman quickly reached out to press the elevator’s close button. By the time Xu Guannan realized,
the elevator had already closed.
“Miss Han!!”
Xu Guannan was about to lose his mind.
He immediately dashed towards the stairway, trying to stop the woman.
However, this woman was exceedingly clever. She didn’t head straight for the patient ward floor but got out on the second floor instead.
Then, she switched to another elevator and finally made it to the patient ward floor.
Thus, when she arrived at the crowded sickroom and pushed open the door, she saw a very dignified and gentle beautiful girl standing shyly by the bedside.
Standing behind the girl was the Sheng Family’s elderly matriarch.
“Son, look how much your grandaunt’s husband cares for you. Upon hearing of your situation, he immediately brought Rourou over from the capital. And Rourou, you haven’t seen each other for so many years, don’t you want to say hello properly?”
The elderly lady affectionately pulled the attractive girl along while scolding her own son.
On hearing this, the girl’s lovely cheeks blushed even more.
“Aunt, you shouldn’t say that, my cousin and I…we’ve actually been in touch over these years.”
“Is that so?”
The old lady perked up at this information and turned to look towards the couch area.
It was then that Yin Hehe outside the door saw that there were two other people seated there. One was the elderly Sheng Family head whom she recognized.
The other, she had never met before.
But judging by his age and the air of a high official he carried, she knew he wouldn’t be simple.
Her happiness gradually turned ice cold.
The heart in her chest felt as if it had been thrown back into a freezing cave, eventually returning to utter stillness…
Chapter 199: Chapter 199 She’s Just a Joke Chapter 199: Chapter 199 She’s Just a Joke “You should have told me about this kid’s situation sooner; how far could a Shangguan Jianying possibly leap?”
Sure enough, after hearing that the two young people were still in contact, the elder seated on the sofa spoke up proactively.
The old lady, upon hearing this, was immediately overjoyed.
“Really? That’s wonderful, brother-in-law, I just knew there wouldn’t be any problems if I came to you. Look, son, see how good your uncle is to you!”
She continued her excited flattery, taking the opportunity to also speak a few words about Sheng Siyuan, who lay in bed.
Sheng Siyuan had been silent all along.
However, after hearing these words, the pair of ink-dark eyes behind his glasses, which had been filled with coldness, suddenly flickered.
“Is it really that easy, given that this is a criminal lawsuit?”
His thin lips moved slightly as he finally asked a question.
“Hahaha…”
No sooner had his voice faded than the elder on the sofa burst into a disdainful laugh and stood up.
“What case isn’t decided by people? Haven’t you noticed that many aspects of your case have been illogical up to now?”
“…”
“So, just rest well here during this time, and let Rourou take good care of you. Leave the rest to me, your uncle. We are family, and I will certainly help when needed.”
After the elder had finished speaking, he waved his hand to indicate that he was leaving.
The Sheng Family patriarch saw this and hurriedly got up to see him off, and when they opened the door of the sickroom, the two emerged into a quiet hallway.
“Brother-in-law, I really appreciate your help this time. Let me walk you out.”
The Sheng Family patriarch was extremely warm towards this cousin by marriage at that moment.
The two of them left.
Not long after, a slender figure appeared at the corner, where the dim light added to a chilling aura.
It was as if the trembling figure could be swallowed up by the shadows in the next moment.
“Miss Han, so you were here.”
Xu Guannan finally spotted her and quickly trotted over to where she was.
“Why did you come here? Have you visited the President?” He calmed down and looked around, seeming to realize something was off with the location.
But, the woman did not respond to him.
She turned around and walked toward the staircase on the other side as if nothing had happened, her face expressionless.
Seeing this, Xu Guannan had no choice but to follow her.
Just then, his phone buzzed with a message. He glanced down at it.
[Have you left yet?]
It was sent by the man in the sickroom.
Xu Guannan looked at the woman walking down ahead and hastily replied: [We’re heading back now.]
[Don’t let her come over tonight.]
It was a simple instruction.
Xu Guannan paused, not quite understanding the message, but when he looked ahead and saw the woman had already gone down,
he didn’t delve into it further and hurried after her.
“Miss Han, heading back to the hotel?”
“Yes.”
The still expressionless woman, this time, readily agreed.
Xu Guannan breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, the two drove back to the hotel. Xu Guannan escorted Yin Hehe back to her room, hoping to find an excuse to keep her there for the evening.
But as Yin Hehe opened the door, she took the initiative not to be disturbed.
“I want to sort out my thoughts; if you don’t have anything else, please don’t come looking for me.”
“Alright.”
Of course, Xu Guannan readily agreed.
That night, the door to that room remained shut, even around mealtime when Xu Guannan checked several times.
There was no sign of activity.
She was perhaps busy.
Xu Guannan didn’t disturb her and returned to his own room.
But in reality, he was unaware that Yin Hehe, who had stayed in the hotel that day, had sat immobile for hours in the chair by the window.
She just stared out the window, her eyes wooden as they fixed on the bustling traffic below, seemingly hollow inside. Throughout the entire afternoon, there was no glint of light in her pupils.
Is she feeling terrible?
Of course.
But more than that, the emotion overwhelming her right now must be loathing herself.
Because this is the second time she’s made such a mistake, she distinctly told herself not to repeat the same error, not to get close to this man even a little bit.
But when did she begin to forget all of these things?
Forget the pain this man once caused her, also forget how he humiliated her, tortured her, trampled over her…
Her fingers, cold as ice, slowly coiled into tight fists.
Finally, she clenched them forcefully into her own palm!
“Bzzz…”
Not until nightfall did the cellphone beside her finally vibrate.
[Lawyer Lan, the materials about Shangguan Jianying that you asked me to look for are all ready. I am sending them to you now.]
It turned out to be a message from Yi Hao.
She wet her dry lips.
After a long moment, she mechanically replied on her phone’s screen, “No need, this lawsuit doesn’t need to continue.”
“Huh?”
Yi Hao was immediately very surprised.
“Did you settle? But this is a criminal proceeding, is it that easy?”
Look, even this person knows.
It goes to show just how influential the person who could effortlessly put an end to the case must be.
“By the way, Lawyer Yi, could you help me look up a person? He’s a relative by marriage of the Wang family in our country’s Imperial Capital, and currently holds a not-so-minor official position there.”
She still couldn’t let it go in the end and asked this former colleague for help to look up this person.
The Sheng Family’s elderly matriarch’s maiden home is the Wang family of the Imperial Capital.
This family’s strength in the Imperial Capital is considerable, and a big part of the reason why the old Mr. Sheng married the old lady was that her natal family could help Shengshi Group establish a firm foothold domestically.
As it turned out, they indeed succeeded in the end.
So now, she really wanted to know who exactly this important figure was? Especially since the lady also mentioned that his daughter, the girl with the gentle, dignified demeanor, grew up with that man since she was little.
Soon, Yi Hao replied to her message.
“You’re talking about Jian Zhongzhou, right? The only person from the Wang family who holds a high position in your Imperial Capital is this man.”
Jian Zhongzhou?
Yin Hehe took note of this name.
For a moment, she ended the chat with her former colleague and picked up her phone to search for this person.
[Jian Zhongzhou, male, 54 years old, currently the Vice Mayor of Imperial Capital City, wife: Wang Fengxian, daughter: Jian Rou]
She finally saw this man’s information.
In an instant, her gaze fixed on the man’s position and she couldn’t make a sound anymore.
This position, in the Imperial Capital, was indeed very influential.
Ha, ha~~
If she had known earlier, why would she have worried at all? With just a single sentence from someone else, everything could be settled, while she herself was still here on tenterhooks.
How laughable it was!
She tugged at the corner of her mouth and numbingly rose from her chair, went to the wardrobe, and packed the few clothing items she had.
Carrying the bags, she left the hotel.
A few minutes later, the silver-gray Toyota sped toward the highway.
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Hospital.
When Sheng Siyuan came to after his IV drip, he found Jian Rou still sitting on the sofa in the ward.
She was peeling fruit for him, the big and red apple meticulously peeled and cut into small pieces, arranged on the plate — her attentiveness and domesticity seemed to warm him.
However, the moment Sheng Siyuan woke up and saw this, he felt absolutely awful.
“Why are you still here?”
“Huh?”
As Jian Rou was rinsing the fruit knife and heard him, she lifted her head, and upon seeing the man awake, her face instantly lit up with a smile of joy.
“Cousin, you’re awake?”
She immediately got up, poured a glass of warm water, and brought it over.
Chapter 200: Chapter 200 President, Your Wife Has Been Driven Away by Anger Chapter 200: Chapter 200 President, Your Wife Has Been Driven Away by Anger “It’s already late, you should go back.”
Sheng Siyuan did not take the glass of water; instead, after flipping off the blanket and getting out of bed, he promptly issued an order for her to leave.
Jian Rou immediately showed a hurt expression.
“Cousin, do you… not want me to stay here? Are you still mad at me for never contacting you again without a word?”
She lowered her head, and as a layer of mist suddenly sprung from her eyes, she asked with considerable grievance.
Seeing this, Sheng Siyuan’s brows furrowed with even less patience.
“No, I just saw it’s getting late, and since I don’t need any care, I’m asking you to go back.”
“But, such a big thing happened to you, and you didn’t tell me.”
Jian Rou immediately lifted her head, her eyes brimming with hot tears as she questioned him.
“Cousin, I know you are still blaming me, but I was only 16 back then, I was truly scared. You just collapsed in front of me, no heartbeat, no pulse… nothing, cousin, I…”
As she spoke, the images from her teenage years flashed through her mind once again, and she couldn’t help but shiver.
His face, too, was as white as a sheet of paper.
Sheng Siyuan watched her expressionlessly.
She was 16 that year, and he was already 20. That fainting spell in front of her must have been the first time his heart condition couldn’t be controlled by medication.
Was it frightening?
Probably. After all, since that time, he had dropped out of school, and his circle of friends had vanished.
In the end, Sheng Siyuan’s expression softened somewhat.
“Xiaorou, I truly haven’t blamed you, you were young then, and facing death for the first time, being scared is normal.”
“But… but at that time, our families clearly wanted us to be together. It was because of my running away that you ended up having to marry a woman you didn’t love. For the sake of your heart, if I had stayed then, your parents surely wouldn’t have forced you to marry Miss Yin.”
Suddenly, she brought up that name.
The man’s gaze turned icy once again.
“Jian Rou, you talk too much tonight. Leave now,” he ordered again, this time more bluntly.
In an instant, Jian Rou’s complexion turned even paler.
Looking at the man as if she had made up her mind, she said with tears, “Don’t worry, this time, I won’t leave you again.”
“??
This statement finally succeeded in enraging the man.
A hint of harshness rose from the depths of his eyes, and even his voice carried a hint of cruelty!
“Jian Rou, let me remind you, my feelings for you were only fraternal, don’t get any wrong ideas. If you cause trouble, I will not let you off!”
That last sentence, his expression, was no different from a demon from Hell.
Jian Rou shuddered.
Eventually, she, now completely devoid of color in her face, dared not say anything more, and hurriedly left.
The hospital room finally quieted down.
The man took out his phone and dialed a number directly.
“Beep… Beep…”
“President.”
Xu Guannan’s voice quickly came through on the phone.
The man unbuttoned a few buttons of his collar, walked over to the water dispenser, poured himself a glass of water, and gulped it down, before he was heard asking in a deep voice, “Where is she?”
“Are you talking about the madam? She has been in the room all the time.”
Xu Guannan immediately responded.
He had been keeping an eye from afternoon to evening, after all, the boss had specifically instructed him to do so.
Sure enough, upon hearing she was still in the room, the man on the other end visibly relaxed.
“Check what she’s doing, and tell her she can stop with the case.”
“What?”
Xu Guannan was suddenly surprised on the other end of the line.
“Why? Aren’t we pursuing the lawsuit anymore?”
“No need, Jian Zhongzhou has arrived. Although his intentions aren’t pure, it’s better than letting that woman confront Shangguan Jianying in court.”
The man explained succinctly, while a cloud of gloom shrouded his stern brow.
Being at someone’s mercy.
This was his first time.
But he had accepted it, every bit of it.
Xu Guannan finally came to a realization, “Understood, you’re doing this for your wife, alright, then I’m going to look for her right now.”
He hung up the phone and took the stairs upstairs.
But unexpectedly, when he reached the room, after knocking for a long time, there was no response.
“Sir, the guest of this room has already checked out.”
“What?”
Xu Guannan stared at the hotel attendant, shocked into silence for several seconds.
Checked out?
Why? Why didn’t this woman inform him?
His complexion changed, and he immediately went downstairs to the hotel’s front desk.
Indeed, according to the front desk’s records, that room was checked out just as night fell.
Two hours have passed by now.
Where did she go?
Xu Guannan became a bit anxious, he rushed out of the hotel while calling the man in the hospital ward.
“President, there’s trouble, the madam has checked out already, her cell phone is off when I just called, I don’t know where she went?”
“…Worthless!”
The man replied with only two words, instantly furious.
Soon after, a tall and straight figure bolted out of the hospital, hailed a taxi, and promptly handed a card to the driver.
Then, he drove the car and sped away.
Actually, it was easy to guess where the woman could have gone after disappearing?
Because if she disappeared without saying goodbye, it could only be because of Jian Zhongzhou and his daughter’s arrival, or she found out about it.
And knowing her temperament, once she found out, she would definitely not stay.
Sheng Siyuan took the highway, glanced at his watch, and seeing that it wasn’t likely she had reached Jiangbei yet, he picked up an earpiece and made a phone call.
“Have you tracked her location yet?”
“Tracked it, President, she is now at the Cold Water Spring service area,” Xu Guannan reported the location he had just discovered to the president.
He truly did not expect things to turn out this way.
That woman, when she had returned from the hospital, didn’t show any signs of leaving.
Moreover, she had stayed in her room for so long.
But why did she suddenly take off quietly and go back on her own?
Xu Guannan looked several times to make sure, before sending the detailed address over.
“President, the weather there is cold, and the roads might freeze over tonight, please be careful.”
“What did you say?”
As soon as these words fell, the man didn’t hear anything else, but in his mind, he immediately thought of the woman at the service area.
Roads freezing over?
Isn’t she in great danger?
He pressed on the gas pedal even harder.
“Bang!”
As expected, just as he was nearing the Cold Water Spring area, with the temperature dropping outside, he saw several cars that had crashed along the way.
This damn woman, she hadn’t set out again, had she?
He was so agitated that even the veins on his forehead became visible, and it was at this moment that he suddenly felt the brakes under his feet becoming unresponsive.
“Screech—”
The grating sound of tires scraping against the road surface arose.
The car no longer heeded his control, drifting straight ahead.
“Be careful, steer this way! This way!!”
The traffic police clearing the roads also noticed and immediately started shouting at his car.
Sheng Siyuan’s forehead was already covered with a layer of cold sweat.
Fortunately, at the crucial moment, a traffic bureau tow truck appeared ahead, it saw his uncontrollable car and slowly moved over.
“Bang!”
A dull thud of collision.
Sheng Siyuan’s whole body smashed against the steering wheel!