Chapter 346 I'm here to see you off.
He held her waist, his voice low and solemn.
"Everything I have is prepared for you, for as long as you wish."
The train sped towards Beijing, and the sounds of their breathing were completely enveloped by the low hum of the carriage.
...
The next day, when the train was about to arrive at the station, Ji Ying was awakened by Liang Yizhi.
She was still dazed when he wrapped her in his coat and carried her out of the car. Before her feet even touched the ground, they were back home.
After two days of rest, Liang Yizhi still took her to the hospital for a full-body checkup.
Especially blood analysis.
He kept thinking about the bowl of "medicine" she had been forced to drink. Only when all the reports came back, showing that her blood indicators were normal and there were no harmful substances left, did his heart finally settle down.
The two returned to Beijing in secret, and it wasn't until now that Shen Jingxiu and his wife received the news and rushed to the hospital.
At this moment, Ji Ying had already received the test report, came out of the examination room, and had just walked into the corridor.
Shen Jingxiu stopped his wheelchair a few steps away.
He looked up at him, and the moment his gaze froze, his eyes quickly turned red.
This usually deep and reserved man now had all his emotions surging in his eyes.
He gripped the wheelchair armrests tightly with both hands, the veins on the back of his hands slightly visible, and his lips moved a few times before he could utter a trembling voice.
"Daughter, it's all Dad's fault..."
Ji Ying stepped forward and took his hand.
"I'm fine. The journey was safe but not dangerous. I'm doing well."
How could someone who has been trafficked to such a place possibly be "good"?
Shen Jingxiu knew she was trying to comfort him, so he cooperated and suppressed his sadness.
“I’ve already taken your grandfather to the police station. Do whatever you need to do. As for Shen Ruofu… I’ll leave her to you. But you need to hurry, I don’t think she can last more than a few days.”
Ji Ying bit her lip and nodded.
Shen Ruofu deserved to die, but she didn't want her to die so easily.
Those behind her should die with her.
Ji Ying had a plan in mind, but she only nodded to Shen Jingxiu.
"I will go to Shen's house to 'visit' her."
Madam Shen stood to the side, her eyes filled with an indescribable sense of guilt and an eagerness to get closer.
She looked at Ji Ying, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.
But Ji Ying ignored her presence and turned around to take Liang Yizhi's arm.
Madam Shen clearly felt that she had drawn a line for herself, and she was very sad.
But wasn't all of this caused by her own actions?
If she hadn't been so easily swayed by Shen Ruofu's instigation, if she had seen through the deception sooner, then she and her daughter would probably be reunited now, overjoyed.
The brief meeting did not last long. After confirming that his daughter was alright, Shen Jingxiu left with Madam Shen.
Ji Ying got into the car first, while Liang Yizhi went to the hospital pharmacy to pick up several bottles of vitamins and sedatives prescribed by the doctor.
Just as he passed through the hospital's side door and walked into a secluded corridor, a figure in a hospital gown suddenly pounced out from the shadows around the corner, a flash of cold light in his hand aimed straight at his chest.
Liang Yizhi reacted extremely quickly.
Sidestep, grab wrist, and deliver a punch!
Before the opponent could even launch a second attack, he groaned and collapsed to the ground.
The sharp fruit knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
Duan Cheng strode forward, turned the other man's face towards him, and confirmed that he was a pale and thin man.
He stepped on the other man's neck and cautiously scanned his surroundings.
“Mr. Liang, he doesn’t seem like a Chinese person.”
"Clean it up."
Liang Yizhi's voice was completely emotionless.
He looked at the medicine in his hand and confirmed that it was intact.
"Don't disrupt the hospital's order. Take him away and ask him what happened."
"yes!"
Before reinforcements arrived, Duan Cheng dragged the person into an unused room next door.
Afterwards, Liang Yizhi returned to the car, his face showing no sign of anything amiss.
Ji Ying frowned as she looked at the medicine in his hand and said, "Isn't everything normal? Why do I still need to take medicine? I was taking pills every day for a while, and now I feel nauseous just looking at them."
Liang Yizhi gently pulled her into his arms and smiled, "It's just some vitamins. Madam has lost too much water these days, doesn't she need some?"
Ji Ying blushed at his words and kept her mouth tightly shut the whole way back, not saying a word to him.
These past few days, she's been the one asking him for it.
I don't know what's wrong with me. I wasn't against this kind of thing before, but I wasn't particularly enthusiastic about it either. But ever since I came back to his side, my heart inexplicably burns whenever I'm near him.
Perhaps because they had experienced life and death, their feelings for each other had been tempered into a different kind of warmth after going through hardships, so that even their bodies became exceptionally honest.
Ji Ying didn't think too much about it. She blushed, but tonight was the same as always.
When the two returned home, the tonics sent by the Shen family had also arrived.
A dozen or so exquisite gift boxes were neatly arranged in the main hall.
The gift-giving process was very high-profile. The butler of the Shen family, accompanied by servants, paid a formal visit, and Butler Fei accepted the gifts one by one.
This performance was obviously staged for outsiders.
In order to more effectively conceal Ji Ying's true identity, Shen Jingxiu released a "family scandal" to the public, claiming that his adopted daughter, Shen Ruofu, had caused serious "harm" to Ji Ying out of jealousy. The Shen family expressed deep remorse and guilt, and therefore apologized with generous gifts and promptly ended their adoption relationship with Shen Ruofu to set the record straight.
Ji Ying understood her father's intention, curled her lips slightly, said nothing, and told the housekeeper to move these things to the storeroom.
As night deepened, Liang Yizhi helped the servants to bed, then quietly got up and went to the study.
Duan Cheng was already waiting there.
"Sir, we've investigated. The man is a drug addict, in the late stages of AIDS. He smuggled himself across the border from Chushi. 'General' issued a bounty through underground channels overseas: whoever takes your life will receive an inexhaustible supply of opium. This desperate criminal is after that bounty."
Liang Yizhi's brow furrowed.
"General" is the head of a criminal gang in the Black Triangle and a close partner of Pang Xiao.
Therefore, the attack on Jiang Ran and Duan Cheng at the highway service area was probably not only aimed at kidnapping Ji Ying, but also partly at him.
Duan Cheng's brows furrowed even deeper than his.
"Losing Pang Xiao is equivalent to losing the entire Huaguo line, which is a great loss to the 'General'. Based on the fragmented information we have pieced together, he has most likely already entered the country. He covets the value of the lady on one hand, and wants to avenge Pang Xiao on the other. However, he is currently in the shadows, and we have no way to track him down."
Liang Yizhi leaned back in his chair, pondered quietly for a moment, and said, "As long as he comes, he will definitely leave traces. Continue to investigate and don't miss any details. Moreover, this matter must be kept secret, especially from Madam."
She has just been through a terrible ordeal; I can't let her worry about me.
The following evening, Liang Yizhi accompanied Ji Ying to the Shen residence to "visit" Shen Ruofu.
Shen Ruofu is still locked in the abandoned storage room in the backyard.
This room used to be used to store gardening tools, but after it became Shen Ruofu's prison, even the windows were sealed off.
Every day, Shen Ke would bring her a night's worth of "Chinese medicine" and force her to drink it.
As soon as the medicine entered her stomach, it felt like being stabbed with a knife, causing her excruciating pain. She vomited until all the acid in her stomach came out before she felt a little better.
And this torment continues every day.
Accompanied by Liang Yizhi, Ji Ying walked to the door. Before she even pushed the door open, the pungent stench hit her.
She frowned slightly and raised her hand to cover her nose.
Liang Yizhi took out a mask and put it on her.
"If you can't keep going, just quit. Don't force yourself, okay?"
Ji Ying nodded.
Shen Ke opened the door for her, and she slowly walked in.
Shen Ruofu had just endured another round of the drug's effects. She was curled up in a corner on a tattered straw mat, her hair disheveled and tangled, her face sallow, and her eyes sunken. She was completely different from her usual proud and arrogant self.
Ji Ying, standing against the light, was dressed smartly, and her bright eyes shone with a clear and lustrous light, all of which proved that she had been well taken care of by Liang Yizhi.
Shen Ruofu's jealousy and resentment erupted instantly.
"You bitch! What are you doing here? Did you come to see how pathetic I am? Did you come to laugh at me?!"
Ji Ying's eyes curved slightly as she slowly spoke, "I've come to see you off."
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