When the private plane landed at the Capital Airport, Zhao Yinhe was already waiting outside.
All the transfer procedures had been completed, and the experts were waiting at the hospital. Li Chengyuan was taken directly from the airport for examination without even having to go back home.
As soon as Zhao Yinhe met him, he spoke rapidly:
"I almost thought I wouldn't see you again. How dare you be more freaking scary!"
"Luckily your little Chi Chi is amazing. His CPR skills are comparable to those of a professional!"
"I didn't dare tell my mother about this, but she saw it this morning and insisted on buying a plane ticket to come and see you. I told her you'd be back soon, and she wanted to wait for you in the hospital."
After a pause, Zhao Yinhe finally slowed down his speech and asked in a low voice:
"Poisoning, right? Although the test results haven't come out yet, I think your symptoms look like aconitine poisoning... Don't tell my mom, she's a coward."
Li Chengyuan nodded slightly.
Liu Xian had already bombarded him with WeChat messages, asking him why he suddenly fell ill. He just vaguely said that he had been feeling unwell.
As a result, he was inevitably scolded by many people with worries, and was told that next time if he felt unwell, he should not delay and go to the hospital for a check-up right away.
When he was poisoned as a child, Liu Xian was frightened. For a long time, she thought everyone she saw wanted to kill the poor child. When she saw Li Chengyuan was sick, she suspected that he had been poisoned again.
As soon as I stepped into the hospital gate, Liu Xian, who had been waiting for a long time, came to greet me anxiously.
He first looked Li Chengyuan up and down, and seeing that he looked pale but in good spirits, he felt relieved. Then he turned around and happily hugged Xia Xingchi who was in a daze.
"Thanks to Xiao Chi being here," Liu Xian rubbed Xia Xingchi's head excitedly, "Are you scared? Your eyes are still swollen from crying. Pat your head and you won't be scared anymore."
Xia Xingchi had never been comforted by his elders like a child, and he instantly became embarrassed. It was rare for him, usually a thick-skinned man, to blush and lower his head.
But she was happy and willing to have her hair ruffled.
Liu Xian comforted him for a while, then turned around and said, "Xiao Yuan, you have to be good to Xiao Chi for the rest of your life. If you lose her, you won't be able to find another child as good as her!"
Li Chengyuan smiled faintly, lowered his eyes and stared at Xia Xingchi for a moment, then nodded slightly. Xia Xingchi felt even more uneasy when he looked at her, and quickly looked away, pretending not to see him.
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There were so many items to be examined that it was dizzying. Looking at the whole pile of examination item lists, Xia Xingchi couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that this was really a physical job.
Just as he was thinking about the doctor's previous advice that Li Chengyuan should not walk too much and should stay in bed to rest, he saw Zhao Yinhe actually had someone push a wheelchair over.
Xia Xingchi immediately agreed and took the wheelchair, motioning the villain to sit down quickly, as it was worrying to see him standing.
Li Chengyuan had already been patient when he saw those complicated physical examinations, but when he saw that there was an even more outrageous scene, he couldn't help but frowned and said:
"It's not a real heart attack—"
Before he could finish his words, Xia Xingchi pushed him down on the wheelchair without saying a word:
"Boss, if you don't want to sit on this, I think the stretcher bed with wheels is also good. As long as you don't mind the embarrassment, I'm willing to lend you one to push you. Lying down is also good!"
Li Chengyuan: “.........”
Zhao Yinhe nodded in agreement and almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw Li Chengyuan's helpless expression.
As the saying goes, there is always someone who can control someone else.
Besides, this is indeed not an exaggeration. Although Li Chengyuan's heart is not so bad that he suffers from severe arrhythmia, he has been through the gates of hell and it is possible that his heart has been temporarily damaged.
There were special reception staff responsible for all the examinations. Li Chengyuan did not let Xia Xingchi follow him and asked him to go back to the ward to pack his luggage first. Aunt Li would bring dinner to him later.
As soon as Xia Xingchi entered the ward, he was shocked by its luxury. It was worthy of being the best private hospital in Beijing. The ward was comparable to a five-star hotel.
Not only is it not a lifeless white, but it also has complete supporting facilities, independent bathroom, and even large panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows.
Simple daily necessities had already been prepared on the table. Xia Xingchi picked up a bottle and jar and found that it was the mint candy that Li Chengyuan often ate, and next to it was his favorite black tea.
This was such a specific and thoughtful service. To be more specific, when I opened the closet, I saw his shirt hanging inside, and even the shower gel in the bathroom was the brand he usually used.
Zhao Yinhe just happened to stick his head in, and seeing Xia Xingchi's surprise, he explained:
"This ward is reserved for Li Chengyuan. No one else is allowed to stay here except him. He used to have poor health and spent most of the year in the hospital."
These years in the Li family have worn down his already frail body.
Moreover, when he succeeded in seizing power, the entire Li Group was already in turmoil, and he had to deal with various affairs almost day and night.
Sometimes he really couldn't spare the time, so he had to receive an IV drip while attending a meeting. Even when he had just finished his work, he would suddenly fall down and faint on the ground as soon as he stood up.
Not to mention that his mental state was not very good at the time, and he had to take psychiatric drugs with serious side effects to stabilize his emotions.
But it was this desperate effort that finally saved the Li Group from the trend of decline and bankruptcy and brought it back to life.
The more Xia Xingchi listened, the more distressed he felt. He didn't expect that Li Chengyuan had such a difficult life in the past. He wanted to rush to him and hug him tightly.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this too desperate? He only wants money and not his life...? I don't think he is a person who likes money normally, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yinhe immediately revealed a strange and complicated expression.
After a long pause, he finally said, "Li Chengyuan left the Li family once when he was a child. Have you heard about it?"
Xia Xingchi nodded. He had heard about it before when that idiot Xia Yu revealed Li Chengyuan's privacy in front of the camera. It was said that he ran away from home.
"He didn't want to leave," Zhao Yinhe shook his head. "He was so shocked that he was in a trance. He was thrown out by that vicious mother and son and pretended to run away from home."
At that time, Li Chengyuan had just witnessed his mother committing suicide, and he was driven crazy by the horrific sight of her hanging on the ceiling and twisting and struggling wildly day and night.
No matter how precocious he is, he is still a child after all, and mentally ill. He is easily induced by the vicious mistress who has just taken over to "run away from home". I hope he will die of illness in some corner.
But the miracle was that Li Chengyuan was so weak that he would cough up blood when the wind blew, and he often fainted suddenly, but he not only did not die, but also managed to hold on until the countless people sent by Liu Xian found him.
The Li family was not even proactive in looking for someone, and they didn’t care about Li Chengyuan as much as outsiders did.
Liu Xian and Li Chengyuan's mother were as close as sisters, and they were already concerned about the only son left by their deceased best friend.
In addition, Li Chengyuan has been silent and patient since childhood, which makes people love him, so Liu Xian has always treated him as her own son.
"After coming back, Li Chengyuan's spirits suddenly recovered a lot, and he was no longer in a daze and crazy. However, he has been obsessed with finding someone ever since."
Xia Xingchi pricked up his ears when he heard this. It seemed that Li Chengyuan actually knew Bai Yueguang at this time.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yinhe continued, "But this person... is probably a figment of his imagination. He doesn't exist at all."
In order to stabilize Li Chengyuan's spirit and alleviate his condition, Liu Xian did try very hard to find someone for him.
At that time, the Zhao family was the largest film and television group in the country, with such extensive connections and financial resources, but no matter how hard they dug, they couldn't find the person that Li Chengyuan was thinking about. It was as if "he" had evaporated from the face of the earth.
After all, Li Chengyuan was so sick that he was barely alive and in a trance. Everything was more like a beautiful dream that his brain had woven to escape reality in the midst of despair and torture.
Xia Xingchi was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that he would actually replace a non-existent person. He never imagined that maybe everything was just an illusion.
Zhao Yinhe: "But, I do believe there really is such a child."
In order to pretend that he had run away from home, Li Shengrui's mother and son deliberately gave him a lot of money. Anyway, he had no desire to survive, and when he went crazy, no one would recognize him, let alone spend money to buy medicine for his treatment.
When Liu Xian found Li Chengyuan, he was already in a coma with a high fever, and he didn't have a penny on him.
It really seemed like someone had cheated him out of all his money, and seeing that he was too sick to survive, they just dumped him in an abandoned warehouse.
"Oh, we've strayed off topic! Let's get back to the topic. Li Chengyuan doesn't like money, but the person he's looking for really likes it. It's said that money is all he thinks about, and he wants to use this method to catch the liar."
Xia Xingchi was completely shocked.
Let's assume that this white moonlight exists. There are thousands of people in the world who like money. You can't assume that you are the one he is looking for just because of this common interest, right?
Besides, I can't do such a vicious thing as murder for money...The person Li Chengyuan, whom I have been infatuated with for so many years, turns out to be such a person?
It was as if he had learned some shocking secret, yet it made him feel sour and uncomfortable in his heart. Xia Xingchi did not speak for a long time after hearing this.
Zhao Yin conducted preliminary research. When Du Jiahe saw his expression change, he immediately felt strange. He felt as if he had said something wrong, but he had no idea.
Over the years, every time Li Chengyuan mentioned the "little liar", he had a paranoid attitude, gritting his teeth, as if they were irreconcilable enemies, and he wanted to catch the person, imprison him and torture him.
So is Xia Xingchi...jealous?
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When Li Chengyuan returned to the ward after completing various examinations, he noticed that Xia Xingchi was in a strange mood.
This is a little hedgehog who can't hide his true feelings on his face. Although it can be seen that he has tried hard to cover it up, clues can still be seen.
Xia Xingchi shook his head, took the wheelchair from the medical staff, and asked nonchalantly, "How is it? Are the test results all right?"
Li Chengyuan nodded slightly and continued to stare at him.
Xia Xingchi was used to such cat-like stares, but he couldn't help but feel even more sour when he thought that he had actually worked for a despicable little con man who might not even exist.
"Aunt Li made you some shredded chicken porridge," Xia Xingchi pushed the wheelchair to the bed, "Does your stomach feel uncomfortable? The nurse just brought your stomach medicine."
Because his mind was still entangled with Bai Yueguang's matter, his brain short-circuited and stopped working at all. He bent down and gestured how to carry Li Chengyuan from the wheelchair to the bed.
Li Chengyuan looked at him in confusion. After a moment, he pursed his lips and said nothing on purpose as if he was trying to tease him. He watched Xia Xingchi trying to pick him up as hard as pulling a carrot.
Although Li Chengyuan looks thin, he is tall and has a heavy frame. In addition, he has been very self-disciplined in maintaining a good figure over the years, so it is inevitable that the muscles on his body weigh extra heavy.
Xia Xingchi tried several times at various angles, but failed every time.
My mind wandered and I couldn't help but get distracted again, thinking that when Li Chengyuan was a child he must have been very easy to hug, and must have been a delicate, beautiful, and fragile porcelain doll.
It’s a pity that I didn’t meet him, but I met a little liar with a very bad character.
Xia Xingchi felt heartbroken when he thought of how young Li Chengyuan was at the time, trembling all over in a cold abandoned warehouse with a high fever and coma, waiting for the person he loved to come back, but that person never came back.
And I felt even more jealous and regretful that it wasn't me who met Li Chengyuan.
Until Li Chengyuan was almost thrown off the wheelchair by the absent-minded Xia Xingchi, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and when Xia Xingchi leaned over, he raised his hand and touched his furry head——
Then he stood up and sat on the bed.
Xia Xingchi: “.........”
Damn, I seem to have forgotten that this guy doesn’t have a problem with his legs, he just has a weak heart and needs to walk less for the time being.
The reflex arc was prolonged, and it took Xia Xingchi a long time to remember to be angry:
"Li Chengyuan, how dare you play tricks on me! Believe it or not, I won't give you food. I will starve you to death here!"
Li Chengyuan had a blank expression on his face when he heard this, but a hint of smile flashed in his eyes, as if he knew for sure that Xia Xingchi was reluctant to let him starve. After all, he would have stomachache and low blood sugar when he was hungry.
Xia Xingchi also realized that he was being held firmly in the hands of the black-hearted capitalist, so he pretended to pounce on him like a sugar glider.
Li Chengyuan had just seen that Xia Xingchi was in a bad mood and was teasing him on purpose. Now he raised his arms to signal Xia Xingchi that he could jump into his arms.
While they were playing, the cell phone suddenly rang. Xia Xingchi reached out to pick it up and found that it was the police calling.
Poisoning and murder is a big deal in itself, not to mention that the witnesses and suspects involved in the case are all public figures with huge social influence.
The case directly alarmed the higher-ups, and only one day had passed since the incident, and they had already issued the test results together with the hospital, jointly confirming that this was an intentional poisoning.
The poison used was exactly the same as what Zhao Yinhe had guessed, it was the highly toxic high-purity aconitine.
When Li Chengyuan was answering the call from the police, Xia Xingchi was sitting in his wheelchair and playing around, while looking down at Weibo to see how the situation had developed.
The villain's bad character is like that of a cat. After catching its prey, it does not bite it to death, but tortures it deliberately, constantly scaring the opponent and breaking the opponent's mentality without giving it a quick kill.
When he opened it, the hot search terms for his identity as the young master of the Xia family were still there, and the popularity was ridiculously high.
Mixed in with the excitement and abuse about Xia Yu's complete collapse of his character in just a few days, it was quite lively.
Unexpectedly, Xia Xingchi refreshed the search list casually, and suddenly there was a new shocking content on the hot search list:
#The truth behind Mr. Li’s sudden heart attack#
#Police report confirming intentional poisoning#
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[Oh my god, this is too horrible. Mr. Li was actually poisoned at the time. No wonder his condition suddenly became so serious.]
[It’s terrifying when you think about it. The suspect is either a celebrity or a staff member of the program crew. Is this going to be a suspense case being staged on the spot? 】
[I have a bold guess - Xia Yu deliberately obstructed the emergency treatment and suddenly cooked porridge for Mr. Li. That was his brother's fiancé. He was very strange.]
[Nonsense!] Li Chengyuan didn’t drink the porridge made by Xiao Yu at all! Can you frame and slander others just to discredit them? ! 】
[Yes, yes, Li Chengyuan said with his own mouth that he only eats the food cooked by Xia Xingchi, and he was poisoned after drinking Xia Xingchi’s porridge! 】
[I am just a passerby. It is impossible for someone to cook porridge and poison himself. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be like “I am a murderer” is written on his face? 】
[Maybe it's just the darkest place under the lamp, and it's just waiting for you to say this? 】
The fans and haters soon started fighting again. In the past, Xia Yu's fans always had the overwhelming advantage in numbers.
But within just two days, his reputation completely collapsed and he lost countless fans, while Xia Xingchi, on the contrary, gained more and more fans, occupying an advantageous position and huge momentum that he had never had before.
In the melee between the two sides, there are also passers-by who make rational analysis:
[There must be a reason to harm someone. Such a meticulous and stealthy poisoning plan cannot be a sudden hatred of the rich and a desire to kill people.]
[Who is the beneficiary after Mr. Li dies?] He and Xia Xingchi haven't married yet and don't share property. He's only 25 years old, so he probably won't make a will so early.]
[I just went to check out the patrol team and found out that Mr. Li actually has a brother! Insiders revealed that they are half-sisters.
[Prick up your ears and listen to the gossip about the rich and powerful, the people upstairs will tell you quickly! 】
[Wait, why do I remember that Mr. Li’s mother died young and his father remarried... shouldn’t that be his younger brother? 】
[What the hell?] ! Doesn't that mean the mistress has taken over? Will the mistress's children be older than the original wife's children? 】
[Mr. Li was originally the eldest son, but once his mistress brought her illegitimate child into the house, he became the second son. Anyone who didn’t change his words would be fired. This was revealed by a driver who was fired due to a slip of the tongue.]
[But there is a problem with this statement. The illegitimate child did not participate in this program. How could he poison someone from afar? 】
[It must be someone who has bribed someone or there is an insider]
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Xia Yu hadn't slept for two days and two nights. He looked at the analysis of people on the Internet in fear, trembling with fear that his crime would be exposed.
He wanted to call Li Shengrui, but after receiving a message saying "Let's not contact each other for now", he was blocked by Li Shengrui.
Li Shengrui was also in a difficult situation. On the one hand, he was afraid that his crimes would be exposed, and on the other hand, he was furious and ashamed by the violent digging of public opinion.
The three words "illegitimate child" on the Internet alone hit his sensitive and inferior heart hard, and he was burning with anger.
Xia Yu was clutching his cell phone. The sound of the servant knocking on the door twice suddenly made him nervous and he shivered violently.
It was the servant who knocked on the door and said, "Master, would you like to come downstairs and have something to eat?"
Xia Yu had no choice but to crawl downstairs with weak limbs, hoping to get some comfort from his adoptive parents.
Unexpectedly, Xia Pingjian was looking at his phone with a little appreciation, and then said to his wife happily:
"Xingchi is such a promising kid! He is so favored by Mr. Li and has become a big star."
"I think Mr. Li seems to want to get married, but Xingchi doesn't seem to want to... He plays hard to get beautifully. He's such a good boy! He deserves to be my child!"
Xia Yu felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave when he heard this.
Ever since Li Chengyuan publicly let everyone know his deep affection, Xia Pingjian liked Xia Xingchi even more.
Even though he had been blocked and had never contacted him, Xia Pingjian firmly believed that his cowardly son, who would shine with a little sunshine, would change his mind after being angry for a while.
He diligently bought a lot of gifts for Xia Xingchi and sent them all to Li Chengyuan's villa like a loving father.
However, his attitude towards Xia Yu became increasingly cold.
After all, Xia Yu failed to "marry" into a top wealthy family, and her only outstanding quality was probably that she was a very popular idol - but now her career has been largely ruined.
Xia Pingjian has always had a clear price for his fatherly love for his son.
It was as if the original waste and worthless "Xia Xingchi" did not receive any care and love at all, and it was as if Xia Yu now had no value at all.
Xia Pingjian continued to pat his head and make a decision:
"Xing Chi's birthday is coming up soon. I plan to hold a big birthday party for him. It would be even better if Mr. Li could come!"
Xia Yu almost broke the spoon in his hand when he heard this.
They were both born on the same day of the same month of the same year. On his birthday last year, he was given a luxurious banquet with an unparalleled scale, with a banner that read "Happy birthday to our baby Xia Yu."
And Xia Xingchi, that bastard who changed his job halfway, is only fit to watch from the side. What right does he have to celebrate his birthday?
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In the ward, Li Chengyuan drank half a bowl of porridge and then shook his head and refused to drink.
Xia Xingchi sat beside him and touched his upper abdomen: "Is your stomach still uncomfortable? Can I rub it for you?"
Li Chengyuan grabbed his wrist, sat up, and said calmly: "I'm going to take a shower."
Xia Xingchi immediately refused upon hearing this: "No! You are not well yet, what if you faint again?"
Unfortunately, these words could not stop a mysophobia person from wanting to take a shower. Xia Xingchi knew that Li Chengyuan took a bath at least once a day, and sometimes he would take a shower in the morning and evening.
But he hadn't taken a bath for two days since the accident. The clean-loving big cat was already controlling his temper by not getting angry on the spot.
The two looked at each other for a moment. Xia Xingchi really couldn't convince the tyrannical and rebellious boss, so he turned around to simply clean the bathtub and fill it with water of suitable temperature.
At the same time, he put forward a condition: "I have to watch you here. If you faint, I can get you out in time."
Anyway, it’s not like I haven’t seen it before, and it’s not like I haven’t fished it out or touched it before.
The idea is nice, but the reality is completely different.
Watching Li Chengyuan unbuttoning his clothes one by one with one hand, revealing his beautiful collarbones and pleasing chest and abdomen——
Xia Xingchi suddenly felt that this matter not only did not become easier the first time, but it became more and more ambiguous and strange the more he looked at it.
"Wait!" Xia Xingchi hurriedly stopped him, "You, you..."
Li Chengyuan frowned slightly and turned to look at him with a little confusion.
Xia Xingchi had no choice but to say awkwardly: "You continue. I'll go get a chair and sit in."
Originally, the little worker was planning to clean the big cat's head professionally himself, but when it really came to the actual practice, he found that he didn't even dare to look at it, and his face would blush as soon as he saw it.
Xia Xingchi could only gaze "affectionately" at the bottle of hand sanitizer on the sink, not daring to move away at all.
At this moment, Li Chengyuan suddenly spoke calmly: "I was awake that night, but I couldn't move."
Xia Xingchi hesitated and said "Hmm?", not realizing what had happened for a moment.
A few seconds later, he suddenly remembered that Zhao Yinhe had told him that Li Chengyuan had an undiagnosed and incurable disease since childhood. He would frequently faint suddenly, sometimes accompanied by severe dizziness and headaches.
Xia Xingchi had seen this situation with his own eyes, just like the night he traveled through the book and fainted in the bathtub, and also just like when he woke up briefly and then fainted again in a cold sweat.
But the scary thing is that it is said that he does not lose consciousness every time. Sometimes he just cannot move his body, but his consciousness and perception are still clear.
After hearing this, Xia Xingchi was instantly horrified. He doubted whether Li Chengyuan was conscious on the night he traveled through the book, and whether he knew about the mysterious and supernatural process of his appearance out of thin air.
But now this person suddenly said that he was awake? !
Xia Xingchi immediately became alert and pricked up his ears to listen to why Li Chengyuan suddenly brought up this matter, but he heard him say in a flash: "You didn't recognize who I was at the engagement party."
Not knowing what he was up to, Xia Xingchi had a bad feeling and had no choice but to bite the bullet and make an excuse:
"My eyesight is not good... I am playing hard to get and pretending not to know you in order to attract your attention!"
Li Chengyuan added: "A year ago, I met Xia Xingchi once, and he also met me."
Xia Xingchi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and his intuition that "something bad is going to happen" immediately reached its peak.
Then Li Chengyuan continued, "He's not the person I'm looking for. But now when I think about it again, my memory has changed again - you know why, right?"
Something has tampered with everyone's memory. Others have never seen the current Xia Xingchi, so the change in his appearance and memory will naturally not be noticed.
But the only variable was Li Chengyuan. Not only had he seen him, but that image was also imprinted in his mind. He definitely had not seen the person he was thinking about a year ago.
When Xia Xingchi heard Li Chengyuan's clear and calm statement without the slightest doubt, his hands couldn't help but tremble, as if he was struck by lightning again.
The bottle of bath salts that he was casually fiddling with in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", making a loud noise in the silence.
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