Chapter 182 A Large Block of Ice Without Emotion

"Do you think you can save her today?" The man pressed against Qin Suisui's back chuckled as he looked at Sun Ruwen, whose face had turned ferocious. "Tell me, how much blood does this woman have left? Enough for you to torture her..."

Suddenly, with a "poof" sound, something swiftly pierced through the bone and disappeared into the flesh.

The man stared wide-eyed in disbelief, feeling something slide down his forehead. He slowly raised the hand that was on Qin Suisui's shoulder, touched his forehead, and looked at the crimson bloodstains on his fingertips. Then, his body gave way, and he fell backward with a thud.

Losing her support, the pain in her waist made Qin Suisui unable to hold on any longer, and she slowly slid down the door frame to the ground.

"Sui Sui!" Sun Ruwen's eyes widened in fury as he was about to rush forward when suddenly the children's room door behind him slammed open. Another man dressed in black was holding Zan Zan in one hand and a dagger against the child's neck in the other.

Zan Zan was so frightened that she burst into tears, kicking her legs wildly.

Qin Suisui, forcing herself to stay upright, cried out to Sun Ruwen, "Brother Ruwen, save...save the child first..."

Sun Ruwen didn't want to care about anything; no child or anything could compare to her.

But seeing the expectation in her eyes, he gritted his teeth, turned around, and pointed his gun at the man: "Let the child go!"

That man was clearly driven to a corner: "You can only choose one: the child or this woman!"

"I choose your mom!"

A shattering sound came from the children's room window. Qin Suisui and Sun Ruwen looked over and saw Chi Donglin standing by the broken window. With a flick of his wrist, a steel knife about the length of a forearm flew directly toward the back of the man's neck.

"Damn it!" The man only had time to utter that one word before his hand slipped, and Zan Zan and the dagger fell to the ground at the same time. He himself also crashed face down to the ground with a "bang".

Just as the dagger was about to slice across the child's face, Sun Ruwen swiftly grabbed the child and handed him to Chi Donglin, who had already climbed over the window. She then turned to look at Qin Suisui.

To his surprise, when he turned around, he saw that Qin Suisui had already been picked up by Pei Jiuyan and was walking quickly outside.

Sun Ruwen clenched his fist, suppressing the bitterness in his heart, and walked over. Pei Jiuyan nodded to him: "Thank you for today."

Although Sun Ruwen was unable to directly save Qin Suisui, Pei Jiuyan would not have had the opportunity to strike if he hadn't forced her into the small attic.

Qin Suisui gave him a weak smile: "Brother Ruwen, thank you."

Sun Ruwen felt as if something was stuck in his throat, unable to come up or go down. But looking at Qin Suisui's weak face and clothes stained with blood, his heart ached for a moment. He forcibly suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and comforted her in a low voice, "It's my fault for not protecting you. Don't say anything. Your brother-in-law and I will take you to the hospital."

His words surprised Pei Jiuyan. He turned his head and looked at the other's surprised eyes, as if he understood something.

He nodded to Sun Ruwen again, everything was understood without words.

Qin Suisui's consciousness was already somewhat scattered, but she still forced herself to stay awake. When Pei Jiuyan reached the first floor, she pointed to the first-aid kit on the table.

Pei Jiuyan was taken aback: "There's hemostatic medicine inside?"

Qin Suisui nodded.

Upon hearing this, Sun Ruwen rushed over and brought over the first-aid kit. Qin Suisui pointed to one of the porcelain bottles.

The powder was sprinkled on the wound, and a sharp, stinging pain shot through Qin Suisui, who could no longer bear it and fainted.

When she woke up again, she was unsurprisingly in the hospital, with Pei Jiuyan, unshaven, standing guard beside her, watching her intently.

Seeing that she was awake, he quickly reached out and touched her forehead: "Wife, you're awake? Are you in pain?"

Qin Suisui shook her head. Her bottle of hemostatic medicine contained anesthetic ingredients, and the effects of the medicine had probably not worn off yet, so she couldn't feel any pain.

Song Yunlai poured a glass of water and said, "Little sister, you're really amazing. The doctor said that if your wound hadn't been treated in time, you would have needed several days of blood transfusions to recover by the time you got to the hospital."

"And your high fever only lasted for a short while, and it subsided quickly."

Do you still have any hemostatic medicine? Could you give me some?

Knowing he was trying to lighten the mood, Qin Suisui smiled and said, "I used it on you when you were injured last time, otherwise how could you have recovered so quickly?"

Although the situation was chaotic at the time, Qin Suisui also heard other fighting sounds downstairs and in the courtyard. Apart from Sun Ruwen's men, the rest should be Song Yunlai leading his men to clear the area outside.

She had initially thought that the other side had only sent three people, but now that she thought about it, there were definitely more than three.

"By the way, where's Brother Ruwen?" Qin Suisui recalled that when Sun Ruwen came up the stairs with the dropped pistol, his other arm was also injured.

“He went out on business, he’ll be back in a bit.” Seeing Qin Suisui’s eyes and knowing what she was worried about, Pei Jiuyan smiled, no longer harboring any resentment: “Don’t worry, his wound has already been treated.”

"Yes, little sister, your brother was a great help this time. Who knew a fire would suddenly break out outside? There were several children inside the burning building, and the situation was critical. The people Ayan had arranged to hide had to go and put out the fire first. Nobody expected those people to take advantage of this moment to make their move!"

"If it weren't for him, I guess..." Chi Donglin didn't finish his sentence, but Qin Suisui understood. If Sun Ruwen's men hadn't arrived in time, she and Zanzan would probably have been kidnapped long ago.

Having lost a lot of blood and been injured, Qin Suisui regained consciousness for a while, drank some water, forced herself to take her own pills, and soon fell into a deep sleep again.

This was repeated several times, and by the second day, Qin Suisui's injuries had stabilized.

The doctor, adjusting his glasses, stared at her in disbelief, as if witnessing some kind of medical miracle.

This left Qin Suisui somewhat amused and exasperated, and in the end, Pei Jiuyan forcibly dragged the doctor out.

In the afternoon, Dr. Zhao also came over with a basket of fruit. Seeing Qin Suisui's weak appearance, he stepped forward and asked with concern, "Are you alright? I only heard about your injury when I came to work today."

Qin Suisui smiled and suddenly asked, "Dr. Zhao, do you and your spouse own a house in our family compound?"

Dr. Zhao was taken aback, and his face immediately turned pale.

Pei Jiuyan, who was peeling an apple for Qin Suisui, paused for a moment, then continued peeling the apple as if nothing had happened. He cut it into small pieces, put them in a bowl, and handed it to Qin Suisui before speaking to Dr. Zhao: "Let's go outside and talk?"

Dr. Zhao's face grew even paler, but there were guards outside Qin Suisui's ward, so she had no choice but to obey.

That's right, Qin Suisui said that on purpose.

Before the incident at home that night, she heard a woman shout "Fire!" but in the emergency, she didn't notice anything unusual.

But these past two days, while lying in the hospital, whenever she was conscious, she kept replaying the incident in her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more familiar that woman's voice seemed. Perhaps it was because she had drunk the water from the stream in the space, but she felt that her five senses had gradually become stronger during this time.

But after thinking through everyone she knew in the residential compound again and again, she still couldn't quite place the voice. Later, she also asked Pei Jiuyan, and learned that in the family whose house caught fire, none of the adults were home, only the three children were there.

Qin Suisui vaguely thought that the one shouting "fire" was probably their eldest daughter. The children often played in the family compound, and she had heard the voice before. It sounded familiar, which was quite normal.

But when Dr. Zhao arrived, alarm bells suddenly went off in her head. That girl's voice didn't sound like a child's at all—it was Dr. Zhao! It was her voice!

Unexpectedly, Pei Jiuyan immediately realized something was wrong after saying just one sentence. Perhaps he had had his suspicions before?

After finishing her apple, Qin Suisui, feeling tired, slept for a while. Around 5 a.m., Jia Zhenzhen arrived carrying a bucket of lean meat porridge. Upon seeing her, she gave her a thumbs-up: "Girl, you're awesome!"

Qin Suisui blinked: "What do you mean?"

"You don't know? You single-handedly captured an entire spy ring!"

Qin Suisui was truly unaware that after Pei Jiuyan left at noon, she fell asleep while a tremendous change had taken place outside.

Within hours, Dr. Zhao was arrested, and her office was raided, where a number of illegal imported drugs were found. It has also been largely confirmed that the person who poisoned Pei Jiuyan and the other two was in cahoots with Dr. Zhao.

In the interrogation room, Dr. Zhao was no longer the glamorous woman she was at noon. Her hair was disheveled, and the badge on her work uniform looked particularly ridiculous against the backdrop of the shackles on her hands.

Pei Jiuyan's face remained expressionless, and his words were as cold as ever: "He's not dead, is he?"

Dr. Zhao looked up at him in surprise, then smiled and said, "I used to think that after knowing you for so many years, so many outstanding female comrades in the military region have fallen for you, but you seem unmoved. I really don't know what kind of female comrades you like."

"Later, when you took Sui Sui for a medical check-up, I was actually disdainful. Even someone as aloof as our Commander Pei Jiuyan couldn't escape the temptation of beauty."

"It turns out I was completely wrong. I knew I shouldn't underestimate her when she took out the prescription for treating Japanese encephalitis. But since then, she seems to have become ordinary again, dressed well and eating well every day, just like a canary you've pampered."

"I underestimated her."

"Actually, you've been suspicious of me for a while now, haven't you?"

Pei Jiuyan didn't answer her, but asked instead, "Was he captured by the Japanese?"

Before Pei Jiuyan could reply, Dr. Zhao smiled and said, "Having come this far, I've done right by him. The only people I've wronged are my child and the clothes I'm wearing."

"Ayan, for the sake of our acquaintance, could you please help look after Pangqiu a little in the future? His grandparents have spoiled him rotten. If this continues, his future will be ruined..."

Before she could finish speaking, Pei Jiuyan interrupted her, saying, "Let's get down to business."

Dr. Zhao forced a mocking smile. Yes, how could she forget that before Qin Suisui came to Qiongtan Island, the man in front of her was known as "a heartless block of ice."