Ch. 361..365: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 361-365
Chapter 361: Chapter 361: On the Verge
"What do you mean? According to you, does that mean you’ve been prepared for a while? Or are you saying you’ve known all along what I was about to do?"
It took Xiahou Jingmu a full minute before he heard himself staring at the man and asking this question.
Indeed, such a big Shengshi Group, to be taken over just like that, if there were no prior preparations, it would simply have been impossible to do it so quickly.
So, the only explanation was that this man had been ready for a while, allowing him to discover Xiahou Jingmu’s true face.
"You’re asking these questions now? They’re of no significance. What you should be thinking about is what you are going to do next. Do you plan on continuing your rebellion? Or will you sit quietly and keep to your original duties?"
Unexpectedly, the man did not answer his question, but instead asked with a condescending tone only coldly, how he’s going to choose?
Xiahou Jingmu was immediately enraged!
He had never been ignored like this, this was simply too much of a slight.
"Sheng Siyuan, do you think you’re all set now? That you can compete with me? Let me tell you, Xiahou Yi has never acknowledged your status. So, no matter how powerful you are, you’re just a common man, what will you use to fight me with?"
"..."
"Moreover, the capital is now under my control. With just one word from me, you’ll never be able to set foot outside this mental hospital again. What room do you have left to struggle?"
He was infuriated and blurted out everything about the current situation that made this man no match for him, while his eyes were full of mockery as they fixed on him.
Yes, how can he still fight him now?
Even if he is exceedingly capable, he’s nothing but a businessman; what right does he have to compete with him?
However, after hearing his words, the man’s expression didn’t change one bit. Instead, in those emotionless eyes, there was now a hint of a look one might give to a fool.
"Are you overthinking it? Without Xiahou Yi, what do you have left in the capital? Do you really think everyone outside is listening to you now? Would you believe that if the Xiahou Family disowns you, you’ll be left with nothing?"
"..."
Xiahou Jingmu was stunned for a moment, it took him several seconds to think of a response.
He hadn’t considered this question.
Indeed, everything he had now was inherited from Xiahou Yi. That’s why he wished that the old man would never wake up!
But why would he say the Xiahou Family would disown him?
He was the heir to the Xiahou Family; who could disown him? A woke Xiahou Yi?
"You’ve reminded me, it seems I really can’t let this old man wake up!"
He came to a realization, so he sat in the wheelchair, deliberately speaking with a look of being reminded.
Sheng Siyuan gave a cold laugh and said no more.
Xiahou Jingmu, seeing him fall silent, could only leave sullenly.
"Oh, and you better not touch her again, otherwise, next time it’ll be your head that explodes!"
Just as he was about to step out of the hospital room, suddenly, the man threw a sentence at his back. This sentence had a noticeably more horrifying tone.
It was like from the depths of an abyss, every word that came through his teeth carried a breath of death.
Xiahou Jingmu turned back and saw him.
So, the sniper who killed those two men last night had indeed been sent by him.
But how had he managed to orchestrate it, being locked up in a mental hospital? And, about the incident that happened just last night, how could he be so well-informed while here?
Xiahou Jingmu finally felt a chill down his spine.
That very morning, upon returning to the hospital, he promptly called in a squad to seal off Xiahou Yi’s ward.
The reason was to protect Xiahou Yi.
Yin Hehe saw this and, knowing his true intentions, shook with anger.
"Xiahou Jingmu, what the hell do you want to do? Don’t forget, he’s your great-uncle. For so many years, he meticulously groomed you, paved the way for you, you must not be ungrateful!"
She found the man and furiously scolded him in front of him.
Xiahou Jingmu wouldn’t have minded if he hadn’t heard it, but once he did, a thick sneer immediately swept across his lips.
"I’m ungrateful? All these years, I’ve been nothing but respectful to him, doing whatever he says, but what has he ever done for me? What has he done for our family? Yin Hehe, you have no right to judge others about things that haven’t happened to you!"
Instead, his emotions grew even more intense, and he blurted out, telling Yin Hehe to mind her own business.
Baffled, Yin Hehe felt that it was all very bewildering.
What had Xiahou Yi done to him?
From what Yin Hehe knew, that old man absolutely doted on and trusted his nephew. How could he have such a big misunderstanding about him?
Yin Hehe forced herself to stay calm.
"Xiahou Jingmu, I advise you to think it through. If Xiahou Yi really dies at your hands, it won’t do you any good."
"Is that so?" Xiahou Jingmu coldly retorted.
"But these reminders came from your husband. He said that if Xiahou Yi wakes up, I’ll be abandoned by the Xiahou Family. Then, I’ll end up with nothing and become a discarded pawn!"
"..."
"So, I definitely can’t let him wake up!" Xiahou Jingmu said, his eyes devoid of any familial affection.
Yin Hehe was stunned.
Her husband?
Did he go to see him? How could he say such a thing? It wasn’t something he should be able to say in his condition.
Could it be... he had truly recovered!!
She suddenly realized the gravity of the situation. In a moment, she felt a fierce jump in her chest, followed by an overwhelming elation that made her heart pound violently.
He had recovered; he had finally recovered...
She covered her mouth, her mind no longer on these matters, and turned to run out in excitement.
Behind her, Xiahou Jingmu watched her emotional reaction, his fingers cracking loudly with tension.
"Major, what do we do now? What about the patriarch..."
"Do what needs to be done!"
The last few words came from his mouth as if he were a complete stranger, cold-blooded.
Yes, if he couldn’t have these things.
Then he would rely on his own skills to take them. He refused to believe that he, Xiahou Jingmu, would end up empty-handed in the end.
That day, not even a fly entered Xiahou Yi’s hospital room.
Three days later, when it finally came time for Xiahou Yi to wake up, everyone waited from morning till dusk but did not see the old man stir.
"What’s going on? Didn’t the director say he would wake up today? Why is there still no sign of it after a whole day?"
Xiahou Family members and some military officers who had been waiting grew impatient as there was no movement all day.
Even the director was starting to be doubted—had his surgery been a complete failure?
Naturally, the director was anxious.
"How could it not be successful? I personally operated, it couldn’t possibly be a failure!"
"But he still hasn’t woken up. So does that mean the surgery failed?"
Someone immediately rebutted.
Hearing this, the director, who had been practicing medicine his whole life, turned pale.
Chapter 362: Chapter 362: Tearing Off the Mask
The chief surgeon was operating, how could anything go wrong?
Therefore, the only reason Xiahou Yi hadn’t awakened was the one who had sealed off the ward, Xiahou Jingmu.
But now, Yin Hehe hadn’t moved a muscle, she just stood quietly on the side, watching these people play their parts.
"Our Junior General said, he was originally against the surgery for the old general. It was you, the chief, who took advantage of his unconscious state to insist on the operation," someone said.
"So now, whether or not there are some issues with your operating, it is your responsibility that the old master has not come to," they continued.
With those last words, they directly shifted all the responsibility onto the chief surgeon.
The chief was now rendered speechless.
Yin Hehe, seeing the play had nearly reached its climax, stepped in just as these people were about to take the chief away.
"Hold on, this matter cannot be concluded so hastily. I suggest we check the surveillance footage first," she insisted.
"Surveillance?"
Seeing her intervene, the looks on their faces turned extremely grim.
"What surveillance? Are you doubting us?" they asked, accusatorily.
"Don’t misunderstand, I just recalled that when the old general was hospitalized before, there were attempts on his life. It was my vigilance that prevented any misfortune," Yin Hehe lightly explained.
That person’s face changed colors: "That was then, now with the Shen Family gone, such a scenario should not exist."
"Who can guarantee that?" Yin Hehe shrugged her shoulders.
"What do you all say?" she then turned back to face the Xiahou family members.
"If we don’t find the cause, quarreling here is pointless. The old master won’t wake up, and if the Xiahou family descends into chaos, it’ll be tough on everyone, won’t it?" she emphasized, biting down on the last few words.
Indeed, those from the Xiahou family were eagerly hoping for Xiahou Yi to awaken.
Because if he didn’t, Xiahou Jingmu would no doubt become the successor, and as such, the yet-to-be distributed wealth of the Xiahou family, along with the power held in various departments, had not been properly allocated.
This could mean everything might fall into the hands of Xiahou Jingmu’s family.
Hence, many in the family, especially those who were usually most active, like the third branch, were likely unhappy about this.
"I support checking the surveillance!"
As expected, after these words, the third uncle was the first to stand up.
Seeing him step forward, the fourth branch, which often sided with him, joined in, followed by the troublemaker, Chu Feng’e.
"Exactly, we need a thorough investigation. Our family’s old master can’t just die like this. If he dies, what will we do? We are his direct sons and daughters-in-law!" Chu Feng’e spoke without thinking.
However, her bluntness actually gave the situation a better push forward.
With a calm and collected demeanor, Yin Hehe watched the expressions of those in uniform shift and change. Not waiting any longer, she walked over to the chief surgeon and said, "Chief, please have someone from security bring the surveillance here."
"Alright!"
The chief, already at his wit’s end, immediately instructed someone to fetch it.
Thus, when Xiahou Jingmu was wheeled in, what he saw was hospital security already bringing over the surveillance footage from the past few days of the ward.
"Yin Hehe!" Witnessing all this, he ground out the name through clenched teeth, his anger mingled with embarrassment.
Yin Hehe couldn’t be bothered to even look at him.
Two hours later, after fast-forwarding, they finally finished reviewing the surveillance.
However, to everyone’s dismay, including the dean, the surveillance footage revealed nothing amiss.
"Well? Yin Hehe, now that we’ve seen the surveillance, can we shift our focus to the group of doctors who operated on my great grandfather?"
Xiahou Jingmu, having seen nothing in the surveillance, immediately sat in his wheelchair, smirking with mockery.
Yin Hehe just looked at him in that state.
"Don’t rush, Junior General, it’s not over yet," she said indifferently.
Suddenly, a young man dressed in a black hoodie and wearing a duckbill cap on his head came out of the elevator with a bag on his back.
"Excuse me, may I ask who is Mrs. Sheng?"
"I am," Yin Hehe immediately turned to look at the person.
The individual quickly approached and handed her a business card.
"Hello, I’m from the Shengshi Group IT department. I heard there’s some surveillance footage here that needs repair, where is it?"
"It’s right here," Yin Hehe said, pointing to the materials on the table everyone had just watched.
"We’ve already seen it, nothing happened."
"That’s normal. If the footage has been tampered with, you wouldn’t be able to tell, but in our hands, even if it just glitches for a moment, I can smooth it out for you."
With a hint of jest in his voice, the IT department employee took the tape and began restoring it right there in front of everyone.
Xiahou Jingmu’s face changed.
No, it would be more accurate to say that from the moment the self-proclaimed Shengshi Group IT department member entered, his expression darkened.
It meant that the madman had started pulling strings with his people.
Indeed, in just about ten minutes, the tape was restored, and the individual had pinpointed something.
"Look here, someone went in at two o’clock in the deep of night," he pointed at the restored figure.
Instantly, a sharp inhale of cold air from the crowd erupted, and the entire Xiahou Family was in turmoil.
"So it’s true, the old master was harmed by someone!"
"Exactly!" The third elder was uncontrollably furious, "Who did it? Xiahou Jingmu, didn’t you have layers of security here? How could someone still harm the old master?"
"Yeah, Xiahou Jingmu, speak up!"
In just a few seconds, all the blame turned towards Xiahou Jingmu.
Xiahou Jingmu’s lips were pursed into a thin white line, his expression ominous, like a storm about to break.
"What are you implying? Are you suspecting me of harming the great grandfather?" he asked sharply, word by word.
In that instant, as his roar rang out, none of the Xiahou members who didn’t know his true nature dared to confront him any longer.
Yin Hehe, having foreseen this move from him, stood with a calm smile showing.
"Junior General, you’ve misunderstood. Everyone is just upset that you didn’t take good care of the old general. Now that the issue has been identified, Dean, please check what caused the old general to remain unconscious - we need to think of a way to wake him up."
"Okay."
The dean, having felt like he had a narrow escape, was completely in awe of this young lady by now.
A few minutes later, the dean personally took a blood sample from Xiahou Yi in the ICU to be tested.
Seeing this, the Xiahou family members all gathered in the lab awaiting the results.
Yin Hehe remained in the ICU, and once she saw there was nobody else around, only she and Xiahou Jingmu, who was in the wheelchair, were left.
She turned and looked indifferently at the person who was staring at her fiercely.
Chapter 363: Chapter 363: Thrilling
"You don’t need to look at me like that, even if you keep staring, you can’t kill me."
Yin Hehe advised kindly.
Xiahou Jingmu cracked his knuckles again, and after a moment, he heard himself ask, "Why didn’t you continue to expose me just now?"
"Oh?"
This question surprised Yin Hehe.
"Junior General, by saying that, do you admit that the person was sent by you?" she asked with a smile that was not quite a smile.
In an instant, sitting in the wheelchair, Xiahou Jingmu felt a wave of humiliation rising from the bottom of his heart. He stared at the woman, his eyes filled with unprecedented hatred.
"Yin Hehe, you’d better pray that I win the war against Sheng Siyuan this time, otherwise, if you fall into my hands, I certainly won’t let you off easily!"
"Hehe~~" Yin Hehe laughed aloud upon hearing this.
"You can’t beat him, do you know the biggest difference between you and him right now?"
"Where?"
"You only know how to control people with people, while he likes to plan. It’s like we’re playing chess; you aim to eliminate a specific piece of the opponent, whereas he aims to swallow up your entire territory."
Yin Hehe patiently explained to this man.
Xiahou Jingmu froze, then, as realization dawned, his expression changed several shades in the dim light of the corridor.
He indeed was a manipulator of people.
For instance, taking Xiahou Yi, he controlled all his former subordinates in the imperial capital to serve him, Xiahou Jingmu.
And now, he was controlling Sheng Siyuan, locking him in a mental hospital, thinking that by doing so he would gain control of Shengshi Group and eliminate all possible threats that this man could bring.
But now it seemed that he couldn’t.
"How so? Do you think that with his capabilities, he could still control the entire imperial capital’s situation?"
"Why don’t you try?" Yin Hehe replied indifferently.
"Your current plan is undoubtedly to ensure Xiahou Yi lies in bed forever while you become the new master of this imperial capital. But Xiahou Jingmu, haven’t you noticed that the forces you’ve been nurturing have already been discovered by someone?"
Suddenly, she came out with such a statement.
Xiahou Jingmu’s breathing changed, and staring at the woman, he opened his mouth to ask in shock and fury, "Who discovered it?"
"Of course, my husband!" Yin Hehe generously informed him.
"Think about it, he regained his normalcy long ago, yet he has maintained the façade of being mentally unsound before everyone. Why? Is he afraid of Xiahou Yi or the Shen Family?"
"..."
"Impossible, right? Xiahou Yi wouldn’t harm him. Even if he didn’t want to stay in the imperial capital, he wouldn’t pretend to be mad to avoid him. And the Shen Family is even less worthy of mention in his presence; he could effortlessly take over Shen Weihuai’s ancestral home, so what is the Shen Family to him?"
Yin Hehe analyzed point by point for this man to hear.
It was unknown whether these were her own guesses or if the man locked up in the mental hospital had told her these during her visit.
Xiahou Jingmu’s eyes began to redden, and his hands, gripping tightly on the wheelchair armrests, bulged with veins.
"So, the act he’s been putting on, has been for you to see. He’s long known about your wolfish ambitions. He’s aware that you’ve been secretly nurturing your power and knows... that the failure of his initial surgery was deliberately caused by you, wasn’t it?"
As she released that final sentence, the sharpness in Yin Hehe’s gaze, suddenly directed at the man, was as cutting as a blade’s edge.
Xiahou Jingmu saw it and, at last, burst out shouting, "He deserved to die!"
"What do you mean ’deserved to die’? He had done you no wrong; how did he become someone who deserved to die?" Yin Hehe immediately fired back fiercely.
"He was living well in Jiangbei, and your Xiahou Family’s people wouldn’t let him be, one after another. I really want to ask, who exactly deserves to die?"
Her eyes full of cold frost, when she asked that last question, she almost wished she could step forward and stab this beast once more!
She had never imagined that Sheng Siyuan’s brain issues were a gift from this man.
What if he hadn’t recovered?
Would she have to spend the rest of her days with an idiot like that?
"Hahahaha..." Seeing her expression, this man’s true face had been revealed as he laughed uproariously in the corridor with no inhibitions.
"Yes, you’re not wrong. I have indeed been secretly cultivating my own power, and now what are you going to do that you know? Do you think just the two of you can take me down?"
"..."
"Or are you hoping that old man wakes up to bestow upon you a golden robe? Let me tell you, the current capital, even without that gold robe, they will all listen to me!"
He was indeed brazen.
Yin Hehe, seeing this, finally had a stern look on her face as well.
The current situation in the capital was indeed not optimistic, as she had heard the news just last night that Chu Fengcheng had already been taken over.
That meant, aside from the military, other places had begun to fall into this man’s grasp as well, akin to ancient times when someone amassed troops to rebel. Except for the deserted Xiahou Royal Mansion, it seemed everything else had already been claimed by him.
When exactly had he developed such a massive force? Judging by his appearance, he was but a brash military man. How did he manage all this?
Xiahou Jingmu eventually left.
He didn’t harm Yin Hehe, probably wanting her to witness how he was going to turn the capital upside down.
That night, signs of awakening were seen in Xiahou Yi after being medicated.
And when Yin Hehe walked in, she found the ward truly unguarded.
"Old General, are you awake?"
Yin Hehe approached the old man’s bed and called out gently.
After calling out probably two or three times, at last, the old master on the bed slowly opened his eyes, looking at the world he had finally returned to.
"Old General." Yin Hehe, overwhelmed with mixed emotions, couldn’t help but feel a catch in her throat.
Xiahou Yi turned his head, his gaze slowly falling on her face.
"Where is he?"
Unexpectedly, the first thing he asked upon waking was in a hoarse voice about the man’s condition.
Yin Hehe wiped away the redness at the corners of her eyes.
"Don’t worry, he’s doing well," she said with a smile to comfort him.
The old master then nodded, closed his eyes, and rested for a while before he spoke again, "What’s the situation outside now? Has that scourge turned the capital upside down yet?"
"..."
Yin Hehe paused for a moment.
She had figured the old man had sensed something about the people around him, but to hear him speak so directly upon waking still surprised her.
"Pretty much." In the end, she chose to lay it all out.
"Cough cough cough cough..."
Xiahou Yi coughed violently, and in that moment, the onslaught of shock nearly made him pass out again.
Chapter 364: Chapter 364 Dawn of the Decisive Battle
"General, please calm down. Even though the situation is critical, Siyuan is guarding that pass for you, so you don’t need to worry,"
Yin Hehe could only pat his back and hurriedly comforted him upon seeing his agitation.
Fortunately, hearing that Sheng Siyuan was holding the line, the old man slowly relaxed.
"It’s my debt to him. Knowing that he was reluctant, I still dragged him into this mess. I was wrong from the start,"
Once he had calmed down, his face was full of regret.
Yin Hehe couldn’t say anything else.
Because, indeed, it was the old man’s momentary decision that had caused the current situation. If he hadn’t gone to Jiangbei, hadn’t gone to see this son,
perhaps none of this would have happened.
"Where is he now?" After calming himself for a while, Xiahou Yi asked.
Yin Hehe’s eyes lowered.
"He... he’s been confined in a mental hospital. But you don’t have to worry; it’s part of his plan. There, he can more quietly contemplate the outside situation,"
Yin Hehe, fearing the old man would worry, quickly comforted him again.
Xiahou Yi’s eyes immediately burst with blood, taking a long while to suppress the moisture within them.
"Okay, then go and tell him he doesn’t need to stay there anymore; let him go to Chongzhou. Someone there will tell him what to do next."
"Chongzhou?"
Upon hearing this place, Yin Hehe’s face turned several shades paler.
"Why... that place? I thought it would be somewhere else," she muttered to herself, head bowed.
Xiahou Yi was taken aback, "What did you say? You mean...you already guessed I would send him to Chongzhou?"
Yin Hehe shook her head: "Not me, it was him. He said you, Xiahou Yi, must have a backup plan and told me to watch over you and inform him as soon as you awoke."
"...And then?"
"Then, I didn’t expect Chongzhou. I... I just can’t bear to think of what almost happened to him there,"
Yin Hehe lowered her head, unwilling to speak of that incident.
It was her greatest nightmare.
To this day, she still shudders at the thought of the bloodstains from that hotel room.
Xiahou Yi, realizing what she meant, also found it difficult to describe his feelings.
He had not expected that the boy would have foreseen even this, but mentioning Chongzhou awakened his own pain.
"Chongzhou... When I retired there, it was to curb the power of the four major families. Thus, the forces there are strong enough to replace the entire imperial capital."
"..."
"However, Xiaoyin, I don’t wish to start a war. Once turmoil breaks out, it is the innocent civilians who suffer. Therefore, you must convey this message to him and avoid resorting to violence as much as possible if the situation can be peacefully resolved,"
he hoarsely advised from the hospital bed.
Yin Hehe immediately nodded.
Of course not!
She was also a lawyer, a legal professional, her creed being to uphold justice and peace in the world.
Yin Hehe left.
"Xiaoyin, this is something the General instructed me to pass on to your young master."
Just as she emerged from the ward, she ran into the old butler who had been absent for several days. In his hands was a small, golden-colored brocade box.
What is this?
Yin Hehe looked at him in surprise: "What’s this?"
Bearing the pain in his body, the old butler managed a smile at the young girl, "Only with this, can the people in Chongzhou be mobilized."
"..."
Isn’t that the equivalent of an ancient military tally?
My goodness, befitting a descendant of the Royal Family, they even passed down such artifacts.
Yin Hehe, holding the box, quickly left the hospital, preparing to head to the mental hospital.
But just as her car was leaving the hospital’s parking lot, a black sedan chased up from the street behind.
"Ma’am, we have company!"
The driver was Cheng Chi; he keenly sensed the vehicles behind them and warned them.
Yin Hehe’s face immediately turned pale.
As she turned her head and saw the black car sticking close behind them like an adhesive plaster, she clutched the brocade box in her palm and broke out into a cold sweat.
"Madam, don’t worry, the psychiatric hospital is staffed by our people; once we get there, we will be safe," he reassured her.
Seeing how tense she was, Cheng Chi hurriedly tried to console her.
But soon, before Yin Hehe could even catch her breath, as they entered a sparsely populated new district, two motorcycles appeared behind them as well.
"Woo—" The screech of the motorcycles was piercing, accompanied only by their shrill crying.
"Bang!"
Yin Hehe felt the back of the car take a heavy hit.
"Ah!" She suddenly cried out, clutching her head as she rolled off the seat.
Seeing this, Cheng Chi stepped on the accelerator, shooting up to 180 mph, racing ahead like a bolt of lightning.
"Boom—"
"Clang!"
The severe impact sent the car spinning on the road.
Yin Hehe felt dizzy and disoriented!
In that instant, as she opened her eyes and looked up at the spinning car roof, it felt as if she had entered another world.
A world of silence.
And of terror.
"Madam, are you alright? Madam!" Someone was shouting in her ear, but she couldn’t tell who.
She tried to respond, but no sound could come out of her mouth, until it seemed like someone had opened the car door.
A hand suddenly reached in and grabbed her arm.
"Hehe!"
Finally, she heard a different shout, one that was very familiar.
Yin Hehe managed to summon the strength to hold the little box and looked at the person.
"Husband..."
She finally saw clearly, the man with the familiar face grabbing her arm was right before her eyes, his pair of beautiful, tempestuous pupils filled with blood-red fury.
"Yes, it’s me, quick, get on, be good!"
Sheng Siyuan finally saw the woman respond and in his eyes, disturbed to his core, a hot tear fell.
Just moments ago, he had almost lost her.
Xiahou Jingmu, there will come a day when you will die with no grave to mark your place!
Sheng Siyuan pulled the woman up from under the overpass into his arms; as the pair fell to the ground, he embraced her tightly, his entire body trembling.
So was Yin Hehe.
Cheng Chi, who had just been pulled up too, realized the situation and felt incredibly remorseful.
"President, I’m sorry, I failed to protect Madam adequately."
"Enough, don’t speak; these people are desperate now. Continue to lead people to the hospital and stay with Xiahou Yi. I’m heading to Chongzhou with the president immediately," said a familiar, towering figure coming out from Sheng Siyuan’s car, which was also wrecked, as he approached Cheng Chi.
Hearing this, Cheng Chi abruptly looked up at the man, as if struck by lightning.
"Xu... Brother Xu, you’re back? You’re really back? That’s great!"
This grown man, upon seeing him, immediately threw his arms around Xu Guannan in a tight hug.
Indeed, Xu Guannan was back.
But he didn’t return on his own; it was his master, the exceedingly clever president of the Shengshi Group, who had found him.
Nobody could have imagined that the leader of the Blood Eagle, who had come alone to the capital in a bid to exact revenge for Sheng Siyuan, had fallen into Xiahou Jingmu’s trap and been locked up in this mental hospital.
And Sheng Siyuan had engineered his own way in.
Partly, it was to rescue this man, his subordinate.
Chapter 365: Chapter 365 I Don’t Want to Be a Widow!
Yin Hehe was taken to the psychiatric hospital.
"Husband, when have you decided to leave? Since Xiahou Jingmu’s men came to kill me tonight, it means he must know I took that thing."
Upon her return, Yin Hehe couldn’t care about the wounds on her body, and she looked at the man before her, anxiously asking.
But the man didn’t answer her question.
He looked at the wounds on her body, and a flicker of pain crossed his cold eyes under the harsh white light of the hospital room. Suddenly, he bent down and picked her up.
"Husband, you—" Yin Hehe cried out in alarm.
"Don’t be afraid, I’m just going to tend to your wounds."
Sheng Siyuan carried her to the hospital bed and gently laid her down, then he took the gauze and medicine that were already prepared from the bedside cabinet.
Seeing this, Yin Hehe finally calmed down.
"It’s okay, it’s not that serious. Your situation is more urgent. You need to think carefully about how to leave this place?"
She looked at the man who sat down on the hospital bed and still expressed her concern.
Sheng Siyuan looked at her wounds, opened the bottle of disinfectant in his hand, and gently said, "Bear with me, okay?"
Yin Hehe: "..."
Watching the transparent liquid pour onto her wound, she couldn’t help but cry out in pain.
"Ah!"
"Does it hurt a lot?" The man immediately stopped what he was doing and looked up at her with concern.
Cold sweat had broken out on Yin Hehe’s forehead from the pain, but when she met his worried and anxious dark eyes, she still tried to appear relaxed and shook her head.
"No."
"..."
The man fell silent.
However, as he lowered his head to continue tending to her wound, the guilt hidden within his downcast dark eyes was unmistakable.
And also, the chilling killing intent.
"Your brother will come later to take you to the Maldives, where the three children are."
"!!!!"
It was like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky.
Yin Hehe stared at the man in disbelief, and for a long time, she was unable to utter a sound.
So, their children were in the Maldives.
But why did he want to send her away? With the situation here so critical, why did he want to stay alone?
Was he planning to face it alone again? Just like the last time when he went to Chongzhou to deal with Xiahou Maolin.
Yin Hehe’s chest heaved, her eyes fixated on the man, tears beginning to well up.
"Sheng Siyuan, what do you mean? Do you think I, Yin Hehe, will always be able to find you?"
"..."
The man, holding a cotton swab, suddenly stopped.
Yin Hehe: "I’m telling you, Sheng Siyuan, I won’t come looking for you a second time. If you die this time, I won’t even ask about it once. I will take the kids back to France and live our lives; we will never come back!"
Her eyes bloodshot, she stared at the man, spitting out the words through clenched teeth.
In an instant, as her words ended, even though the man was prepared for her not to obey, the blood drained from his face upon hearing this statement.
Even the hand that was before him started to tremble slightly.
"I... didn’t mean that, I just..."
"Just don’t want to involve me, right? Fine, why not sign the divorce papers right now? It’s been nearly six years, and it’s still not settled. Now is a good opportunity, lest once I go to France, I can’t freely find another man."
Yin Hehe spat out another sentence.
In that moment, the man, who had been immersed in guilt and fear, suddenly had his rage ignited.
"You still want to find other men?"
"Isn’t that so? If you’re dead, I’m still young, should I remain a widow for you?"
Yin Hehe, quick-witted, immediately retorted.
"Thud!" A bottle of disinfectant was slammed back onto the bedside cabinet.
Yin Hehe was stunned.
"Ah—"
Before she could react, the man whose eyes were already stimulated to a crimson fury lunged straight at her.
"Yin Hehe, have I been neglecting you so much recently that you’ve forgotten who you are?"
He roared as he pinned the damned woman to the bed, and his breath, filled with rage, heavily stifled her.
Yin Hehe was dumbfounded.
But soon, she came to her senses.
Suddenly, a surge of ecstasy rose in her chest. She not only didn’t retreat but, discarding her usual reserve and shyness, took the initiative to meet him.
"!!!!!"
The man was utterly vanquished.
...
Outside the sickroom.
Cheng Chi and Xu Guannan were on guard when they suddenly heard the noise inside, and Cheng Chi’s face flushed red.
"Xu... Brother Xu, I’ll take my leave first."
"Go ahead." Xu Guannan also felt somewhat embarrassed, silently turning his head to look away.
This madam is truly insane.
At a time like this.
After waiting outside for about two hours, Xu Guannan finally heard no more movement inside.
"Cough cough..."
He cleared his throat twice and returned to the entrance of the sickroom.
"President, it’s already two in the morning. May I ask when shall we depart? The helicopter is waiting outside."
"Not going." To his surprise, the room echoed with a voice satiated and lazy. These few words came out just like that.
Xu Guannan was shocked.
"Not... not going?"
"Yes, tired, will go tomorrow if there’s time." The other side responded lazily once more.
Soon, as the sound of a woman’s dissatisfied mumbled dreams followed, the man immediately soothed her with a "Settle down, darling, sleep."
Then, the sickroom fell completely silent.
What the hell, can he be any more capricious? At this time, how can he just decide not to go?
Xu Guannan panicked, a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
But in the end, he was utterly helpless.
Having followed him for nearly ten years, he knew this man’s character well; his whims were not something to be changed overnight.
So, that night the psychiatric hospital remained still, without a stir.
Xiahou Jingmu, who had been waiting at the main hospital for news and was prepared to snipe, heard that these people had returned to the psychiatric hospital but never came out again.
He found it unbelievable.
"How is this possible? The old man has already handed over the items to him; why hasn’t he left yet? Did he slip away from some other place long ago?"
He refused to believe it.
But the people who went out to scout firmly shook their heads.
"Really, there hasn’t been. We have people guarding every exit of that psychiatric hospital. Not even a fly could escape, so how could he have slipped away?"
"..."
Xiahou Jingmu was completely flabbergasted.
How could this be?
Could it be another one of that bastard’s conspiracies and tricks?
He suddenly thought of this and, furious in the dead of night, got out of bed and had someone push him to Xiahou Yi’s sickroom.
He wanted clarity—was the old man conspiring on another plan with his illegitimate son?