Lin Lu didn’t move. Quietly, she pressed herself against the door and listened.
“Mr. Pei, could you please try to recall any characteristics of the attacker?”
“Height, build, or voice?”
What answered was Pei Yanzhi’s extremely impatient voice.
“I’ve said it eight hundred times already! I didn’t see anything! I didn’t see anything!”
“The lights went out all of a sudden, and the room was pitch black—I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face!”
“Then I heard a loud crash, followed by Lulu… my fiancée’s scream.”
“Before I could react, I felt an electric baton slam into my waist.”
“When I woke up, I was already here! How many more times do I have to repeat myself?”
The police officer paused, seemingly taking notes.
“Mr. Pei, could you please think a little harder?”
“This would help us solve the case—”
“No! Nothing! Absolutely nothing!”
Pei Yanzhi finally exploded.
“I told you, I passed out!”
“What can a person who lost consciousness possibly feel?!”
“What are you police even good for?”
“A whole night has passed—what have you found?”
“All you know is how to interrogate a victim!”
“I’ve practically been crippled, and you’re still asking questions, questions, questions!”
“If I’d seen that bastard’s face, would I even need you people?”
“Mr. Pei, please calm down—”
“Calm down my ass! Get out! All of you, get out!”
Pei Yanzhi was truly furious.
He had been reborn before the apocalypse—the very beginning of his rise to power.
Yet now, he was lying in a hospital bed like a useless cripple, with more than a dozen stitches in his thigh. Every slight movement sent piercing pain through his body.
What kind of absurd situation was this?
“Yanzhi!”
Seeing his outburst, Dai Ya hurried forward to comfort him and offered the police an apologetic smile.
“Oh dear, Officer, please don’t mind him.”
“Yanzhi is badly injured and in a lot of pain. He’s anxious and upset. He doesn’t mean to take it out on you.”
“Besides, after all this questioning, it’s clear he really doesn’t remember anything. Let him get some rest.”
The hospital room fell silent for a moment.
The officer conducting the interview looked at the emotionally unstable Pei Yanzhi and frowned slightly.
It was normal for victims to be agitated.
But Mr. Pei’s reaction seemed excessive.
It wasn’t simply fear—it felt more like he was harboring an enormous amount of pent-up resentment.
Resentment?
But why?
Still, considering that the man had suffered a terrible attack during his own proposal and had been seriously injured, the officer didn’t press further. He closed his notebook.
“Alright. We’ll stop here for today.”
“If you remember anything, contact us immediately.”
As the two officers opened the door and stepped outside, they came face-to-face with Lin Lu.
The officer in front suddenly stopped, his eyes lighting up.
“Professor Lin?”
Lin Lu froze briefly.
“You are…?”
“I’m Zhou Zheng from the Municipal Criminal Investigation Unit,” the man introduced himself. “I attended the forensic science lecture you gave at our bureau before.”
“I never expected to run into you here.”
So that was it.
Lin Lu forced a weak smile.
“Officer Zhou, you’ve been working hard.”
“Has there been… any progress on the case?”
Officer Zhou shook his head awkwardly.
“It’s difficult.”
“The storm yesterday was too severe. Every trace was washed away by the rain.”
“The villa’s surveillance system went down because of the power outage. There are cameras on the mountain road leading up to the property, but the footage was heavily distorted by the storm. We can’t make out anything.”
Those words were exactly what Lin Lu wanted to hear.
The less they could investigate, the better.
But on the surface, she had to look disappointed and worried.
She sighed softly.
“I understand. Thank you for your hard work.”
“Don’t worry. We’ll do everything we can.”
After seeing Zhou Zheng off, Lin Lu gathered her emotions before pushing open the hospital room door.
“Yanzhi!”
She hurried to the bedside, her voice choked with tears.
“You’re finally awake…”
“You scared me to death. I thought I was going to lose you.”
Besides Pei Yanzhi, who was lying in bed, Dai Ya, Wan Feng, and Wan Yinyin were also in the room.
The three exchanged subtle glances.
Dai Ya quickly smiled.
“Oh, Lu’s back.”
“Well, Yanzhi just woke up. He must be hungry. We’ll go buy him something to eat.”
“You two talk. Go ahead.”
The group quickly left, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.
Now only Lin Lu and Pei Yanzhi remained.
Looking at Lin Lu’s tear-streaked face, Pei Yanzhi wanted nothing more than to strangle her on the spot.
If it weren’t for this bitch, why would he be lying here?
Why would he have suffered such a disaster for no reason?
Most importantly, his kidney…
The doctor had said that although it was saved, the damage was severe. For the foreseeable future, he absolutely could not engage in strenuous activity—let alone that kind of activity.
He was a reborn man!
The apocalypse was about to arrive, yet at this critical moment, he had become half a cripple.
But thinking of the plans ahead, Pei Yanzhi forcibly suppressed the murderous intent in his heart.
He reached out with the hand that wasn’t connected to an IV and gently held Lin Lu’s hand. His voice was weak yet affectionate.
“Silly girl, why are you crying?”
“Aren’t I fine?”
“As long as you’re safe, that’s all that matters.”
“Yanzhi…”
Lin Lu’s eyes filled with tears of gratitude and emotion.
Inside, however, Lin Lu was absolutely delighted.
Go ahead, keep acting.
Show off your acting skills.
Let’s see how long you can keep up the performance.
Just then, Pei Yanzhi frowned.
“But, Lulu, I’m really not used to staying in the hospital.”
“Can I move to your villa to recover?”
“The environment there is nice and peaceful…”
Lin Lu’s heart skipped a beat.
This bastard was injured this badly, and he was still thinking about her villa?
She put on a troubled expression.
“But the doctor said you shouldn’t move around carelessly.”
“Besides, there isn’t any medical equipment in the villa, and it wouldn’t be convenient for doctors and nurses to come treat you or change your dressings.”
“You don’t need to worry about that.”
Pei Yanzhi seemed to have prepared his argument long ago.
“I can hire the most professional private medical team for in-home care.”
“As for medical equipment, I can buy everything we need and even set up a sterile recovery room in the villa.”
He had already planned it all out.
Using his recovery as an excuse, he could stockpile medical supplies.
In the apocalypse, medicines and medical equipment would be more valuable than gold.
He could also recruit a few private doctors and conveniently trap them in the villa, forcing them to serve him.
“What do you think, Lulu?”
Lin Lu fell silent.
Living in her villa certainly wasn’t ideal.
But obtaining a complete set of medical equipment and medications was a different matter.
Especially controlled drugs and specialized medical devices.
Ordinary people couldn’t buy those no matter how much money they had.
But if the Pei family stepped in under the pretext of Pei Yanzhi’s medical recovery…
Wouldn’t that make acquiring them incredibly easy?
Seeing that Lin Lu was still hesitant, Pei Yanzhi sweetened the deal.
“Lulu, I want it to be just the two of us.”
“No interruptions, no one bothering us—just you and me. Okay?”
Lin Lu pretended to be moved.
“Okay.”
Overjoyed, Pei Yanzhi immediately continued:
“Since that’s settled, go stock up on supplies.”
“Buy more food and daily necessities. Rice, flour, cooking oil, purified water, and everything else we might need.”
“With all that prepared, we can enjoy our private time together without any distractions.”
Lin Lu: “!”
What was this?
Pei Yanzhi was actually handing the stockpiling task over to her?
If she stocked everything up, then when the time came she could simply store it all in her space…
Suppressing the urge to burst out laughing, she deliberately looked troubled.
“But Yanzhi, buying that much stuff will cost a lot of money.”
“The money in my account…”
“Money isn’t a problem!”
Pei Yanzhi immediately pulled out a black card.
It was a supplementary card from the Pei family, with an astonishing spending limit.
“Take this card.”
“Buy whatever you want. Buy as much as you can!”
Lin Lu: “!”
There was actually such a wonderful opportunity?