At the entrance of the hospital, Qin Xiao waited from morning till afternoon. At noon, Xiao Li skipped her break and ate at the hospital, then continued her shift.
Qin Xiao waited for a long time, but he didn’t find it difficult. During the wait, he was constantly thinking about how to reveal the truth to Xiao Li.
How could he say it in a way that wouldn’t hurt Xiao Li so much?
But Qin Xiao, who could always come up with solutions, was at a loss in this situation.
Unless he didn’t say anything, otherwise Xiao Li would inevitably suffer upon learning the truth. This problem had no solution.
At the front entrance of the inpatient department, Qin Xiao waited for Xiao Li as usual, but Xiao Li didn’t come out, and she didn’t respond to calls either.
Qin Xiao decided to go upstairs to find her, but when he got there, he was told that Xiao Li had left work early.
Upon hearing this, Qin Xiao’s brow furrowed sharply. He would come to pick Xiao Li up every day, so why didn’t she contact him if she left early?
Moreover, he had people secretly protecting Xiao Li; even if she didn’t contact him, those people would report her whereabouts to Feng Ye.
Now that Feng Ye hadn’t received any news, there was only one possibility: those people weren’t with Xiao Li, and they didn’t know that she had already left the hospital.
Nini wouldn’t leave without waiting for me, which means something must have happened to her...
Qin Xiao picked up his phone to call Xiao Li, but she still didn’t answer...
Qin Xiao sensed that something was wrong. After calling Feng Qing and Wu Yi, he found out that Xiao Li wasn’t with them or home.
Uneasiness rose in Qin Xiao’s heart. The Wen Family’s first house had been quiet lately, but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t act against Xiao Li again.
Just as Qin Xiao was about to ask Feng Ye to check Xiao Li’s whereabouts, he received two messages on his phone: a picture and a message containing only the "#" character.
After seeing the messages, Qin Xiao immediately ran to the car and drove rapidly to the Wen Family’s old mansion.
Since the car accident last time, Qin Xiao had a sense of crisis.
He had given Xiao Li a specially made watch, which had functions for location-tracking, calling, and messaging. He and Xiao Li had made an agreement that if something unexpected happened, and she needed to find him, she should call if possible, or send the location and "#" message if not.
This way, he would know if Xiao Li was in trouble and would rush over immediately.
In the message Xiao Li sent, the first was a location picture, pointing to the Wen Family’s old mansion, and the second was the "#" message, the purpose of which Qin Xiao understood instantly.
Qin Xiao never doubted that the photo could have been sent by someone else using Xiao Li’s watch, because if someone found out about the watch’s functions and tried to mislead him, they certainly wouldn’t know their secret code; even Feng Ye by his side didn’t know.
At the Wen Family’s old mansion, Xiao Li, feeling limp, was pulled out of the car by someone. On the way, she had sent a message to Qin Xiao using her watch while the men in black weren’t paying attention.
An hour ago, Xiao Li had just finished her work when a man in a patient gown approached her, saying he couldn’t find where the hepatobiliary department was.
Xiao Li told him which building and floor it was on, but the man seemed confused. Since she wasn’t busy, she thought she’d guide him there.
It was common in the hospital to meet patients unsure of where their departments were, so Xiao Li didn’t find anything unusual.
But as soon as she guided the man across the bridge between buildings to the inpatient building with the hepatobiliary department, and was about to tell him which floor, she was grabbed from behind, her mouth covered, and dragged into the stairwell...
In the hospital, the people protecting Xiao Li couldn’t stay in the respiratory department; they could only guard the first-floor lobby. When Xiao Li guided the man through the corridor on the third floor, they didn’t know she was no longer in the respiratory department.
When Xiao Li regained consciousness, she found herself in a car, with two men in black sitting beside her, one of whom was the patient she had guided in the hospital...
Seeing this, Xiao Li understood; she had been kidnapped!
Though Xiao Li had woken up, she felt weak all over. Looking at her white coat, she knew her phone was definitely gone.
Luckily, Qin Xiao had given her a watch she couldn’t wear on duty but kept in her pants pocket. Those people had taken her phone but left the watch in her pants pocket, probably not expecting that she’d keep something elsewhere aside from the white coat’s pockets...
Xiao Li slowly brought her hands together on her lap. Seeing this, the men in black didn’t care, thinking Xiao Li had been drugged and that someone so weak didn’t require much attention...
Thus, Xiao Li slowly moved her hands toward the left pants pocket. Initially, the men in black glanced at her but then ignored her.
When the car slowed down, obviously preparing to stop, Xiao Li immediately pressed the watch’s location and "#" buttons.
From the time she received the watch, she had practiced pressing these buttons regularly and could do so without looking at the watch.
As Xiao Li was led into the Wen Family’s old mansion, she was taken through the iron gate, along the corridor, and finally into the villa, ending in the living room.
Inside the living room, Xiao Li heard an extremely cold voice, "Bring her here..."
The moment the voice fell, Xiao Li was dragged and turned around. She saw a rosewood tea table on her right, and behind it sat an elderly woman, whom Xiao Li guessed must be Cheng Jue.
When Xiao Li looked at Cheng Jue, Cheng Jue also looked at her, and the hatred in Cheng Jue’s eyes almost seemed tangible upon seeing Xiao Li’s face.
The men in black propped Xiao Li in front of the tea table and sat her opposite Cheng Jue, then backed away and stood behind.
Xiao Li felt feeble, almost sliding off the chair, but she propped herself up with her hands to avoid slipping down...
Cheng Jue noticed her struggle and curled her lips in a cold smile, "You not only resemble your grandmother in appearance but also in temperament.
Both seemingly gentle souls, yet with a hint of resilience.
Just as detestable as your grandmother.
I suppose you’d like to know about your mother’s past, or perhaps you’re more curious about why I’m targeting you?
You’ve seen people from the Wen Family’s second house, so you must know about the grudges between the first house and the second house of the Wen Family.
But I bet that those in the Wen Family’s second house never told you how your mother left the Wen Family back then!
They definitely didn’t explain why I resent your grandmother so much!
To put it simply, you and your mother have suffered because of your grandmother; I hate your grandmother.
And I’ve extended that hatred to your mother...
As for you, if you didn’t resemble your grandmother so much, perhaps I wouldn’t hate you as much.
I know you’re confused about all this, so I’ve brought you here today to resolve your confusion."