Jianghai City First People’s Hospital.
A scream suddenly echoed from a luxurious single ward.
“Ah—!”
Lin Ao abruptly woke up, his back drenched in cold sweat.
He had just had a dream. In the dream, a golden sphere seemed to grow a hand and slapped him hard across the face.
He had woken up too suddenly and felt like he had bumped into something soft, with a pleasant fragrance.
He looked up.
“What is this??”
His vision was completely blocked. He raised his hand and pushed it away.
“Mm~ Lin Ao, what are you doing!!”
Only then did Lin Ao snap fully awake. He looked up and saw Gu Wanqing staring at him with flushed cheeks and a seductive gaze.
Startled, he quickly let go of his hands.
Gu Wanqing shot him a glare. It was all because this hospital gown was too small. After being bumped by Lin Ao just now, the buttons had all burst open.
She hurriedly fastened the buttons at her chest again, though several had already popped off.
There was nothing underneath.
Lin Ao stood awkwardly to the side.
[Current Status/Thoughts: Excited. That felt really soft just now, but this is so embarrassing!]
[Favorability: 90.]
[Heartbeat Value: 150.]
[H-Index: 95.]
“Lin Ao~ It’s so good that you’re okay! I was worried to death.”
After fixing her clothes, Gu Wanqing threw herself forward and hugged Lin Ao tightly.
She herself had been injured, but after confirming she was fine, she had stayed in the ward the whole time to take care of him.
The moment she saw Lin Ao coughing up blood had truly terrified her. She thought she was going to lose him again.
“Le-let go first!”
Lin Ao struggled to lift his head and took deep breaths of fresh air. He had just woken up and almost got suffocated again.
“How did I end up here? Where’s Xiao Fan? Wasn’t I being pinned down and beaten by him?”
Lin Ao couldn’t remember what happened afterward.
He only remembered throwing a punch at Xiao Fan before being pinned down and beaten. He had thought he was going to die there.
“You don’t remember? After that, it was you who pinned him down and beat him.”
Gu Wanqing placed her hand on Lin Ao’s forehead, checking if there were any injuries that had been missed. Why did it seem like he had lost his memory?
“I pinned Xiao Fan down and beat him? Ugh—!”
Just thinking about it made his head ache. He couldn’t recall anything at all.
“Lin Ao, what’s wrong? Are you okay? If you can’t remember, then forget it. You’re fine now, and that’s what matters.”
Gu Wanqing was genuinely worried that he had hurt his head.
“I’ll go inform Aunt Li and the others, and change my clothes while I’m at it. You little hooligan~”
Gu Wanqing shot him a teasing glance and hurried out while holding onto her clothes.
“Tsk—!”
The memories he had buried came flooding back.
He remembered the two intense kisses on the Ferris wheel. The second one had practically been a performance right in front of Xiao Fan.
It was both humiliating and thrilling.
I knew it. These women are dangerous. The moment I get involved, something goes wrong!
Otherwise, Xiao Fan wouldn’t have come looking for him so quickly!
The more Lin Ao thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.
No, no, no! The distancing plan must continue. This time he had survived by sheer luck. What about next time? When Xiao Fan, Lin, Ye, and Chu all show up together, could he still hold on?
What exactly did Gu Wanqing see in him?
Why was she so fixated on him this time?
Thinking about it, he felt a bit helpless. This Gu Wanqing was just too much. Sometimes he really couldn’t resist her.
Ever since she met him, her former cold demeanor had completely disappeared.
He was even afraid that one day he might lose himself to her. If that happened, things would truly spiral out of control.
…
Soon, Lin Dong and Li Wanyu walked into the room.
At the same time, Liu Nian and a familiar woman appeared before him.
She wore a professional fitted skirt suit, paired with black stockings, her figure graceful and elegant.
Her long hair was styled into a refined bun, giving her a mature yet alluring charm.
Lin Ao’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Liu Menghan????
The woman he had flirted with the most when he was acting as the villain, and the one he had hurt the deepest.
He felt apologetic, but it hadn’t been under his control. He remembered that in one timeline, during a brief moment of freedom, he had secretly gone to apologize to her while she was asleep.
Why was he encountering her so soon?
“Uncle Lin Ao!”
Liu Nian saw that Lin Ao was awake and rushed over, her voice clear and pleasant.
Lin Ao looked at Liu Nian in his arms in surprise. “You can speak now?”
Liu Nian looked up, her eyes blinking brightly. “Yes, I can speak now!”
At this moment, Lin Dong and Li Wanyu also came over.
“My son! Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? You scared me to death!”
Li Wanyu gently touched Lin Ao’s face, her expression full of concern. This incident had truly frightened her. She hadn’t expected even a Great Grandmaster-level figure to target Lin Ao.
Uncle Zhang and the others had chased after them, but the other side had reinforcements, two more Great Grandmasters arriving to assist.
In the end, they had managed to escape.
If they had been even a moment later, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
“Son, don’t worry. I’ve already called your grandfather! They’ve sent people to investigate!”
The mysterious number Li Wanyu had called was an internal hotline of the Li Family, one of the four great families of the capital.
Lin Ao suddenly remembered. In a few years, his grandfather would be assassinated with a slow-acting poison, and the Li Family would be swallowed by the Ye Family, becoming the number one family in the capital.
That family was the one backing Ye Chen’s Hall of Yama.
In the original timeline, the Li Family in the capital should have been tied to Ye Chen’s plotline. Now that it was being pulled into Xiao Fan’s side, would that accelerate its downfall?
Tsk… that was not impossible.
Whoever opposes the protagonist ever ends well?
“Mom, please tell Grandpa not to interfere for now. I know who that person is. I want to handle this myself, okay?”
No, this had to be stopped. At the very least, he needed time to prepare before things spiraled further out of control.
“Can you handle it?”
Li Wanyu looked at him worriedly.
“Don’t worry. If I need help, I’ll definitely tell you.”
Lin Ao continued to reassure her.
“That’s enough. Just follow the child’s wishes. If he needs help, he’ll say so. He’s an adult now. It’s time for him to face some things himself.”
Lin Dong gave Li Wanyu a look, signaling her to agree for now. As for whether they would truly stay out of it, that was another matter.
Someone dared to harm the Lin Family’s only heir. That kind of anger could not be easily quelled. Not just the Li Family, even the old master of the Lin Family had exploded in rage after hearing the news.
He was still venting at home, even scolding Lin Dong harshly. If anything happened to his grandson, he would be punished severely.
“Excuse me, I’d like to say a few words to Mr. Lin.”
A gentle female voice sounded as Liu Menghan walked forward.
She looked at Lin Ao seriously and gave a slight bow.
Under the fitted professional attire, her figure was perfectly outlined.
Lin Ao’s heart skipped a beat. Something felt off.
Please don’t let something else happen…