Chapter 45: Caught

"Sleep!"

Li Tingshen was delighted and rushed forward to hold her hand, "Gu Mian, wake up!"

Gu Mian, who was lying on the hospital bed, slowly opened his eyes, his vision gradually focused, and he saw Xiaobao beside him.

She had fantasized countless times that the baby in her belly would be as well-behaved and cute as Xiaobao, just like now, calling her "Mom" in a soft and sweet voice.

But overnight, her fantasy was completely shattered and could never be realized again.

Tears welled up in Gu Meng's eyes. He moved his lips and spoke with difficulty in a hoarse voice, "Child... my child..."

"Mian girl!" The old lady walked forward and held her face distressedly. "It's good that you woke up. It's good that you can cry."

"Grandma..." Gu Mian broke down and cried, "My child is gone..."

"Mian girl, you still have a long way to go. You will definitely have your own children. Don't be sad. It's important to take care of your health."

Gu Mian cried until he was tired and fell into a deep sleep again.

Madam Li breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Pei Jianchuan, "Mr. Pei, thank you so much for bringing Xiaobao here to wake up Mian. Otherwise, she will get sick sooner or later if she keeps holding it in."

"It should be." Pei Jianchuan nodded and said, "Madam, if there is anything you need me to do, please call me anytime. Xiaobao, let's go."

Xiaobao was reluctant to leave, "No, I want to stay and take care of my mom!"

"Mom needs to rest. You will disturb her if you stay here. Go to kindergarten first and we will come to see her tomorrow."

Xiaobao then reluctantly agreed, "Okay then..."

......

When I woke up from my nap, it was already evening.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Li Tingshen standing by the bed.

"Are you awake?" Li Tingshen asked, "Would you like to eat something?"

Gu Mian nodded slightly.

Li Tingshen served her a bowl of porridge and fed her with a small spoon.

Gu Mian drank half a bowl and said, "That's enough."

"Okay, drink it when you're hungry."

Gu Mian looked at him, "Have those two been caught?"

"Two people?"

When the incident happened, he only saw the sleeping man being beaten.

The situation was urgent at the time and he was only thinking about sending her to the hospital and didn't care about so many other things.

"To be exact, there were three of them. I suspect that the old lady was also an accomplice. The remaining two men wanted to rape me, but I broke free and ran away. They couldn't succeed, so they hit me in the stomach." Gu Mian recalled the scene and shuddered uncontrollably. "I guess they must have known that I was pregnant, and their purpose was to harm my child, but I didn't know them at all. Why would they want to harm my child for no reason? So they must have been instructed by someone."

"Now we can only know the truth after we catch the person."

Gu Mian closed his eyes and suppressed the pain in his chest. "I kicked one of the men in the crotch. It was a heavy kick. He must be injured and needs treatment. So you can follow this direction to find him."

Li Tingshen took out his cell phone and said, "I will let the program check the hospital records now."

Gu Mian shook his head. "Normally, they wouldn't dare go to a regular hospital, so they are more likely to go to a small clinic that doesn't require ID registration, or an underground clinic."

"Okay, I'll look in this direction."

Gu Mian hesitated for a moment and said, "This is Haicheng. Maybe I can ask Mr. Pei for help."

"No need." Li Tingshen's face was cold, "I can find it, I don't need anyone's help."

Gu Mian didn't say anything more.

......

The next morning, Pei Jianchuan brought Xiaobao to the hospital.

"Mom, you finally woke up. You didn't wake up yesterday. Xiaobao was so upset!"

Gu Mian raised his hand and touched his tender little face. "It was Xiaobao who woke me up. Thank you, Xiaobao."

Xiaobao smiled happily, "Mom, when you get better, come home with me, and we will never be apart again."

Li Tingshen's face suddenly darkened.

"Xiaobao, go play in the living room." Pei Jianchuan touched Xiaobao's head, "Don't run around."

"good."

After Xiaobao left, Gu Mian asked, "I'm not pregnant anymore, why does Xiaobao still think I'm his mother?"

Pei Jianchuan couldn't help laughing, "Do you think Xiaobao is blind and is looking for his mother simply by smell?"

Gu Mian curled his lips and said, "That's right."

"Gu Mian, I'm sorry." Pei Jianchuan looked at her apologetically, "You have always been a secluded person, so you shouldn't be in any danger. If you hadn't run into me by chance and I hadn't kept you here until so late, nothing would have happened to you."

Gu Mian said softly, "They had a plan. Even if nothing happened that night, they would have found a chance to attack me. Mr. Pei, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to blame yourself."

The more she said this, the more Pei Jianchuan felt guilty. "No matter what, I have a responsibility that I cannot shirk."

"So?" Li Ting sneered, "Mr. Pei is responsible for my wife?"

Pei Jianchuan smiled calmly, "If Mr. Li is willing to let go, I would certainly be more than happy to do so."

Li Ting's eyes were cold, and he turned to look at Pei Jianchuan, "Say it again."

"Am I wrong?" Pei Jianchuan disagreed. "I am responsible for this matter, but in the final analysis, if it weren't for President Li's inability to tolerate his own child, Gu Mian wouldn't have to flee the imperial capital, and naturally wouldn't have encountered such a thing. Now that the child is gone, I wonder how President Li feels, is he relieved?"

Li Tingshen laughed instead of getting angry, "Boss Pei is really good at suppressing people's feelings. Do you think that by saying these words and suppressing Gu Mian's feelings, she will make up her mind to divorce me, and then you can get what you want?"

"I'm afraid that will disappoint President Pei. We can continue to have children even if we don't have them, but divorce is absolutely impossible."

"Then we have to ask Gu Mian what he means..."

"That's enough." Gu Mian interrupted their conversation and lay down. "I'm tired. You all should go out."

Li Ting looked at Pei Jianchuan with deep eyes, "Boss Pei, I won't see you off."

Pei Jianchuan looked at the girl on the bed and said, "Gu Mian, you should have a good rest. Taking good care of your body is the most important thing."

......

Three days later, news finally came from the programmer.

"Boss Li, according to what my wife said, we found the man who was receiving treatment in an underground clinic. My wife kicked him hard and he was disabled. He has been arrested now, but the other person has not been found yet."

"Bring the man back here, I will interrogate him myself."

"yes."

Li Tingshen hung up the phone and walked over to Gu Mian. "The guy you kicked has been caught."

"What about the other one?"

"The other saw that he was injured and was afraid of being implicated, so he abandoned him and ran away. The investigation is still ongoing."

"Hmm." Gu Mian thought for a moment and said, "I want to go back to the capital."

Although the incident happened in Haicheng, she has no enemies in Haicheng, and no one would want to kill her child, so the source must be in the imperial capital.

Li Ting nodded deeply, "Okay, I'll take you back to the capital."