After Xu Yueyao fell, she remained unconscious. Fu Xiao Si held her, patting her face, “Xu Yueyao, Xu Yueyao.”
“This won’t do, let’s take her to the hospital,” Shen Yi said with concern, looking at Xu Yueyao’s pale face.
Fu Xiao Si picked her up and ran toward the parking lot. Shen Yi turned to the others and said, “You all go back, I’ll accompany Xiao Si.” With that, he hurried after Fu Xiao Si.
Wu Haolin and Xiao Beichen exchanged glances. Their families were not as influential as the Fu and Shen families, and if something really went wrong, they couldn’t bear the responsibility.
“Let’s head back first. I’m sure she’ll be fine,” Wu Haolin said to Xiao Beichen, and the two quickly left.
Gao Yuyan clenched her fists, thinking of the Zhan family. Fear gripped her, and she turned and ran, followed by her three lackeys.
Soon, the basketball court was empty. At that moment, a person crawled out from under a banner on a row of seats. Holding a camera, he laughed happily to himself—this was an exclusive scoop.
Fu Xiao Si drove at breakneck speed. Shen Yi thought for a moment, took out his phone, and called Chen Shen.
In the large conference room of Empire Group, Zhan Rong Xuan was signing a contract with Nangong Yan, the eldest son of the Nangong family.
Nangong Yan was the successor of the Nangong family, around the same age as Zhan Rong Xuan. Both had only officially taken over their family businesses this year. The Nangong family had never cooperated with other prominent families, making this their first collaboration with an external clan.
Nangong Yan wore a simple white shirt, with the top two buttons casually undone, revealing his delicate collarbone and faintly visible chest muscles. His demeanor was lazy and relaxed, a faint smile playing on his lips. His hair was meticulously styled, exposing his full forehead and handsome brows. A pair of gold-rimmed glasses rested on his nose, adding an air of refinement and nobility.
He looked at Zhan Rong Xuan sitting opposite him. Zhan Rong Xuan had fair skin and deep, well-defined features. He wore a custom-made black suit, perfectly tailored as if every inch of fabric seamlessly blended with his physique, exuding unparalleled elegance and nobility. His eyes were clear and profound, seemingly capable of seeing through people, yet tinged with a hint of aloofness and pride. Silver cufflinks shimmered faintly in the sunlight, complementing his fair fingers. Every gesture and movement radiated an aura of nobility.
Seeing Zhan Rong Xuan today, Nangong Yan thought of his family’s ultimate goal and was very satisfied with him. He felt that in the entire imperial capital, only Zhan Rong Xuan was worthy of his younger sister.
This collaboration was also the Nangong family’s olive branch to the Zhan family, with their ultimate goal being a marriage alliance.
Just after Zhan Rong Xuan saw Nangong Yan off, Zhan Feng knocked and entered the room, urgently saying, “Zhan Shao, Miss Xu is in trouble. She’s being taken to the hospital now.”
Zhan Rong Xuan looked up, his expression grave, and asked, “What happened?”
“People at the school said she fell down the stairs. It doesn’t seem like an accident. The details are still under investigation.” Zhan Feng followed Zhan Rong Xuan as they spoke, quickly leaving the office and taking the elevator.
On the way to the hospital, Zhan Feng received a message. He turned to Zhan Rong Xuan in the back seat and said, “Zhan Shao, we’ve found out.” He then handed him the video on his phone.
Zhan Rong Xuan watched the video on the phone, his face darkening and his eyes turning cold and sharp. When he heard Xu Yueyao’s heartfelt confession, his eyes filled with disbelief. As he saw her tumble down the stairs, a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes, brimming with murderous intent.At the school, someone handed a check to the man holding the camera.
“Take this money, walk out that door, and keep your mouth shut.”
“Of course, don’t worry, I promise I won’t say a word,” the man replied, taking the check with delight.
Meanwhile, when Xu Yueyao was sent to the hospital, she had already woken up. Apart from feeling a bit disappointed that she hadn’t died and hadn’t gone home, she saw how anxious Fu Xiao Si and the others were and decided to scare them a little, so she kept her eyes closed.
But when Chen Shen came to examine her and lifted her eyelids, she worried he might not realize she was awake and would give her unnecessary injections or medication. Unable to hold back, she secretly blinked at him. Seeing her like that, Chen Shen put away his medical flashlight and said to the nurse beside him, “Take her to Operating Room 2.”
Fu Xiao Si watched as Xu Yueyao was wheeled away, feeling nervous. He turned to Shen Yi beside him and asked, “Will she be okay?”
Shen Yi reassured him, “With Brother Chen here, she’ll be fine.”
Fu Xiao Si sat nervously in the chair, with Shen Yi sitting beside him to keep him company.
In the operating room, Xu Yueyao lay with her eyes open, curiously looking around, showing none of the weakness she had displayed earlier.
Chen Shen tended to the scrapes on her arms and legs, then glanced at the wound on her head, finding it particularly bothersome. “Are you sure you don’t feel dizzy or nauseous?”
“No, I’m perfectly fine. Wrap my head up to look more serious,” Xu Yueyao said, holding up a small mirror to check. She was dissatisfied that he had only applied some ointment and hadn’t even given her a bandage.
Chen Shen threw the tweezers onto the tray and leaned down to ask her, “What really happened? How did you end up in such a state?”
“Can’t you tell? They bullied me,” Xu Yueyao replied, wiping the dust off her face with her sleeve.
Chen Shen looked at her, puzzled. She didn’t seem like someone who had been bullied at all, but the scrapes on her body were real.
“So, wrap my head up to look worse and scare them,” Xu Yueyao said to Chen Shen, pleading with her eyes.
“I’m a doctor. I don’t lie,” he said, but still went to the sterilizer cabinet to fetch some gauze. As he bandaged her head, he remarked, “This is unnecessary. Once Rong Xuan arrives, they won’t dare bully you again.”
“This is my business. I don’t want Zhan Rong Xuan involved, and I can handle it myself.”
Hearing this, Chen Shen paused for a moment. She was a bit unexpected—shouldn’t she be crying and complaining to Rong Xuan?
But Xu Yueyao knew that Zhan Rong Xuan couldn’t solve this problem. It wasn’t just about open attacks being easy to avoid while hidden ones were hard to guard against. Once Zhan Rong Xuan lost interest in her, he wouldn’t care whether she lived or died. Fu Xiao Si couldn’t become her friend, but he absolutely couldn’t become her enemy either. She intended to use this incident to make Fu Xiao Si feel guilty toward her.
When Xu Yueyao was wheeled out again, her head was wrapped up like a dumpling, making her face appear even smaller. Lying weakly on the hospital bed, even Chen Shen was a bit surprised—this girl was quite the actress.
Zhan Rong Xuan and Zhan Feng arrived at the hospital at that moment. Seeing Xu Yueyao’s pitiful state, Zhan Rong Xuan frowned and looked up at Fu Xiao Si and Shen Yi, a flicker of harshness flashing in his eyes.
Seeing Zhan Rong Xuan’s dark expression, Chen Shen stopped him. “Let’s talk first.” Then he said to the nurse and the two of them, “Take the patient back to her room first.”
“How is she?” Zhan Rong Xuan asked.
“Don’t worry, she’s fine.”
“She looks like that, and you say she’s fine?”Chen Shen said with a hint of amusement in his eyes, “It was Xu Yueyao’s request, saying she wanted to scare them a little.”
Zhan Rong Xuan understood but still asked with some concern, “Is it really okay to roll down from such a high staircase?”
Chen Shen nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ve checked her over. But why are you so worried about her?”
This was the first time Chen Shen had seen him like this. In his memory, he had never seen Zhan Rong Xuan so flustered before—usually, he always appeared calm and composed.
Zhan Rong Xuan was taken aback for a moment before replying, “She… she is, after all, my woman in name.”
Upon hearing this, Zhan Feng’s lips curled slightly upward, sensing that their young master Zhan Shao was beginning to come around.