After a long time, Mrs. Dong finally followed Helian Rui out of the ward.
The ward became quiet, and Jiang Luoning became bored. He glanced at his younger brother who was playing games nearby.
"Axing, how long will it take for Chen Xu to wake up?"
The young man held the phone in both hands, without even raising his eyebrows, and replied with two words nonchalantly: "Anytime!"
Fu Linxiao couldn't help but hold his forehead and look at the carefree boy; "Did you do anything?"
"Not really. He's conscious but asleep right now. He can hear everything that happens and is said around him."
As the words fell, the sound of game victory came from the phone.
The old house of the Dong family.
Mrs. Dong drove her car directly back to the main courtyard of the Dong family's old house. When she left the hospital, she had already ordered Aunt Mei to drive all the servants back to the attic in the backyard where the servants lived.
Because they were worried that someone would discover Helian Rui's arrival, even all the 24-hour surveillance cameras inside and outside the old house were stopped at Mrs. Dong's instruction.
"Godfather, do you want to go and have a rest first?" Mrs. Dong followed Helian Rui cautiously. It seemed as if men were the masters here.
"No need, let's go see Dong Zicheng first." If Helian Rui hadn't mentioned Dong Zicheng today, Mrs. Dong would probably have almost forgotten her husband who was lying in bed unconscious all day.
Aunt Mei led the way, and the two followed behind, winding their way to a bedroom in the main building. Pushing the door open, they entered. Inside, there was only a warm yellow night light. Even though the sun hadn't set yet, the curtains were tightly drawn, preventing any sunlight from seeping in. Once they were both inside, Aunt Mei tactfully withdrew, closing the door behind her.
Beep, beep... There is a physical examination instrument next to the bed. The gentle sound it makes proves that the man lying there is in relatively stable physical condition.
But his face was haggard, his eyes were black and blue, his whole body was skin and bones, and even the depressions on both sides of his cheeks were like deep pits. The outside world had been saying that Dong Zicheng, the head of the Dong family, was suffering from a terminal illness, and that Mrs. Dong had stepped in to take care of her husband and was able to stabilize the situation of the Dong Group. But what others didn't know was that Dong Zicheng's current condition was not accidental.
Back then, Helian Rui sent Chen Qiuzhi to Dong Zicheng in order to cover up her whereabouts by using the identity of Mrs. Dong, which is why she changed her original name.
Helian Rui looked at the man on the bed expressionlessly, as if he knew his current situation very well and was not surprised.
"How long has he been lying there?"
"Six years!"
Hearing the woman's emotionless answer, Helian Rui just glanced at her indifferently without saying anything.
The Dong family has been controlled by Helian Rui since the moment it became one of the imperial capital's aristocratic families decades ago. The head of each generation is chosen by a man. Even if this person does not approve of his plans and conspiracies, as long as Helian Rui has decided on the person, that person will become his puppet, just like Chen Xu in the past and Jiang Luoning in his previous life.
They were like puppets, carrying out the orders given by Helian Rui, and Chen Qiuzhi was always the string in the middle, helping Helian Rui to control Dong Zicheng's every word and action. Until Jiang Luoning was twelve years old, Dong Zicheng followed the order and tied the little girl to the water prison. But for some reason, an accident happened. Chen Xu not only bumped into Helian Rui who was gloating in the water prison, but also saw his adoptive father about to be injected with drugs by this man.
Chen Xu was only a teenager at the time. He was still a child who had not experienced the world. He probably had only one thought in his mind, which was to protect his "father" and not let him get hurt. He rushed towards Helian Rui, who was wearing a black robe, regardless of everything. However, by mistake, the entire medicine was injected into the body of the little Chen Xu, and he fainted immediately.
When he woke up again, Chen Xu had been taken back home by Mrs. Dong. Beside him was a little girl, soaked and unconscious. That was Jiang Luoning. It was only after Mrs. Dong's description that he remembered the lost memory.
Mrs. Dong told him that he and his father went out to play in the mountains and got lost in the woods. It was Chen Xu who found Jiang Luoning thrown into the water in a dilapidated house and insisted on bringing the little girl back.
Jiang Luoning was at the center of controversy because of her record-breaking Imperial Capital exam results, and the media were scrambling to report on the incident. Little Chen Xu recognized the little girl's identity at a glance.
But Chen Xu felt his mind was blank at the time and he couldn't remember anything. His mother told him that it was caused by a cold and fever. In the end, he believed it without a doubt. Without stopping, he personally sent Jiang Luoning back to the Jiang family's old house and told everyone the facts he heard from his mother.
But not long after this incident, the Dong family announced to the public that the head of the Dong family, Dong Zicheng, was ill and could only rest in bed, and that Mrs. Dong would be the sole agent of the Dong Group. The press conference seemed like yesterday, and the pale man was the one lying in bed now. His former high spirits were long gone.
After a while, Helian Rui seemed to have made a decision. He said to the woman inexplicably, "It's enough," and then raised his hand to let her leave.
Mrs. Dong wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words and turned and walked out of the room.
The room returned to silence again. Listening to the beeping sound, Helian Rui gave orders like a savior.
"Zicheng! I've watched you grow up. Now that your mission is complete, it's time to meet your father and the others!"
After he finished speaking, Helian Rui took out a black pill from his pocket, pinched the man's chin with one hand and stuffed the pill into his mouth. Then he walked away without even giving him a glance.
The door closed and the bedroom was once again plunged into dim light, but at this moment a dark shadow jumped in from the window. It moved extremely quickly and raised its hand to steady the shaking curtains as soon as it landed to prevent being discovered by the Dong family.
"Oh my God!" The black shadow was really scared when he quietly walked to the bed and saw the man's condition. After he reacted, he hurriedly covered his mouth.
With a look of disgust, she used the corner of her clothes to pry open the man's mouth with her fingers, took out the sealed bag prepared in her pocket, carefully took out the unmelted pill in his mouth and put it away; then she took out a pill of the same color and put it in.
After everything was done, he returned and left; however, no one noticed what happened in the room.
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