But Yi Ruihua's voice came a step too late.

"She died..."

The sound stopped abruptly when the word "death" was uttered.

He Yun stared at her phone in horror at the still-connected call. Without thinking, she pressed the hang-up button and threw the phone away as if she were afraid of something terrifying.

The atmosphere in the ward was so gloomy it was freezing. Meng Jie glanced casually at the phone, which had already been hung up.

"Are you in such a hurry to shout because you're afraid she'll say something she shouldn't?"

Yi Ruihua's body was trembling uncontrollably, and he tried his best to calm himself down and seize the right to speak.

"Meng Jie, isn't it because you disapprove of my relationship with Yun Xin? Do you have to resort to such disgusting tactics? What do you want to hear? I'll tell you! Ask me!"

He tried to force a connection between his impulsive outburst and romantic relationships, even though he himself felt it was incredibly far-fetched, but he still tried to appear as if he was in the right and had nothing to fear.

Meng Jie smiled when she saw his expression.

"Then explain to me, who did she ask? She wants to know who died?"

Yi Ruihua immediately retorted loudly, "She didn't say that! It's all just your own imagination! What more do you want? Do you have to make things difficult for us? Can't you just live a peaceful life?"

"Okay, then I won't cause any more trouble. I'll have the police come and investigate."

Meng Jie's straightforward words plunged Yi Ruihua into even greater torment and terror.

When Meng Jie saw that he was not speaking, she gradually stopped smiling, and her eyes turned cold.

"Do you know what kind of look you had when you walked in the door and saw me?"

She tilted her head and sneered, "Her facial expression vividly says: How come she's not dead yet?"

Yi Ruihua turned her head away in alarm, avoiding Meng Jie's sharp, knife-like gaze.

"You're too paranoid!"

Meng Jie suddenly raised her voice and retorted in an almost shouting manner.

"Am I being too paranoid, or are you just feeling guilty because you haven't succeeded yet!"

Yi Ruihua subconsciously swallowed. "You have no evidence, so please don't make false accusations against me. For the sake of our many years of marriage, I won't hold it against you. I have to go; there are still many things waiting for me to handle at the company."

Meng Jie watched him hurry away without stopping him, but coldly said behind him, "Fine, if you don't want to tell me, then tell the police."

Yi Ruihua quickened his pace, as if he were trying to escape. But before he could even leave the house, he was stopped by his secretary who was walking in.

The secretary sensed the strange atmosphere in the room, glanced at the two of them in surprise, and truthfully recounted the phone call she had just received.

"Mr. Meng, Mr. Yi, the police just called and said that Mr. Meng's car brakes have malfunctioned, and it seems to have been deliberately sabotaged. The specific details need to be further investigated."

Upon hearing this, Yi Ruihua stopped abruptly. He stood there stiffly, his legs feeling like lead, unable to take another step.

He cursed the driver in his mind, anxious about the situation ahead.

Meng Jie watched his flustered back and couldn't help but sneer repeatedly.

"Alright, you can leave now. I understand. Tell the police I will cooperate fully and will inform them of any clues I come up with immediately. I hope they can catch the person who wants to kill me as soon as possible."

After the secretary left, Meng Jie's gaze returned to Yi Ruihua.

Regardless of his current mood, she continued to pressure him: "Tell me, in the current situation, how many more days will it take for the police to find you? When the truth comes out, do you think the Meng and Yi families will let you off easily?"

She spat out her last words through gritted teeth: "I'll give you one last chance."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Ruihua suddenly turned around and growled menacingly at Meng Jie: "Meng Jie, do you think you're only ruining me by doing this? You'll ruin the entire Yi Group! At that point, we'll both be severely damaged, and you'll get nothing."

This was the last condition he could use to blackmail her, but Meng Jie laughed uncontrollably upon hearing it.

"What a joke! What a joke! I, Meng Jie, was able to build the Yi Group, do you think I can't build a second one? Someone is trying to kill me, do you think I would care about something like this?"

Upon hearing her boastful words, Yi Ruihua suddenly broke down.

He rushed to Meng Jie's bedside, abandoning all decorum, and knelt down in front of her with a thud, grabbing her hand and pleading incessantly.

"Meng Jie, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. Please, for the sake of our many years of marriage and for Yi An's sake, let me go, okay? You can't bear to see the Yi Group, which you built with your own hands, destroyed like this, can you? This is your life's work!"

He urged her with a trembling voice, but Meng Jie's face remained completely expressionless.

She looked down at him coldly, and parted her lips slightly: "Whose idea was this?"

Yi Ruihua's body trembled, and his eyes darted away.

He stammered for a long time, then suddenly gritted his teeth and told the whole story.

"It was He Yunxin, she planned it all, it has nothing to do with me!"

Meng Jie: "How did she do it? Did she bribe someone close to me?"

Having been married to Meng Jie for so many years, Yi Ruihua knows her temper inside and out. Now that things have come to this, she will definitely not let it go easily.

Even if he wanted to protect He Yunxin, it would only mean adding another person to the mix, so it would be better for him to extricate himself.

With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated and said urgently, "That driver you just quit! It was him, he modified the brakes on your car!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Jie's eyes grew even colder, like a snow-capped mountain frozen for a thousand years.

She pulled the needle out of her hand, threw off the covers, got out of bed, and strode towards the door.

Yi Ruihua stood frozen in place, shouting, "Where are you going? Meng Jie, you can't do this! You're kicking me after I've served my purpose!"

Meng Jie didn't even turn her head; she slammed the door and left.

The secretary was also surprised to see her come out and followed closely behind.

"Mr. Meng, you haven't fully recovered yet, so you shouldn't move around too much."

Meng Jie: "Get me discharged immediately."

Hearing her unquestionable command, the secretary hesitated for a moment, but still went to complete the discharge procedures.

By the time Yi Ruihua caught up, all he could see was the exhaust fumes from Meng Jie's car.

He was completely paralyzed with fear, and without caring about anything else, he rushed to his car, opened the door, got in, and slammed on the gas pedal to chase after them.

All the way, he prayed that he could stop Meng Jie before she got to the police station.

But after driving for a while, Yi Ruihua noticed something was wrong; it seemed like the way home was coming.