Chapter 248 Finding Her a Step Too Late
Wen Qingrang stood outside the car window and gave Jiang Ranxing a reassuring smile.
That smile seemed to say, "Don't be afraid."
Jiang Ranxing finally lost all her strength and, unable to resist the drug, slumped back into the car seat.
The driver, who had been so arrogant just moments before, didn't even have time to grab his knife now. Wen Qingrang had taken control of the head, and he couldn't help but tremble.
The driver panicked and shouted, "Who are you! What do you want! Let me tell you, this has nothing to do with you. If you know what's good for you, get lost, okay? Hey hey hey hey—"
The more arrogant and provocative the driver became, the closer the cold, hard object on the back of his head pressed.
Wen Qingrang's tone was neither high nor low, yet it was incredibly authoritative.
"You should say that to yourself. You're willing to do things like kidnapping and extortion. I think you're the one who's tired of living."
Wen Qingrang raised his leg and kicked the driver in the back of the knee. The driver screamed in pain and knelt on the sandy ground, his face contorted in pain.
While the driver was kneeling on the ground howling in pain, Wen Qing had already taken a rope from her side and neatly tied his hands and feet together.
The driver was about to be tied up. When he saw Wen Qingrang's gentle, jade-like face, he thought he was an easy-to-bully scholar and even wanted to resist.
"What's it to you, you pretty boy! It's none of your business, you know? Just wait until my people arrive, you're in for a world of hurt!"
Wen Qingrang's eyes flashed with unprecedented contempt and disdain, looking at the driver with the coldness of someone looking at the dirtiest garbage.
Wen Qingrang stomped hard on his stomach.
"Ah—cough cough cough cough—"
The driver was kicked so hard he vomited and couldn't stop spitting out bitter saliva.
Wen Qingrang acted swiftly, binding him tightly and, after confirming he couldn't break free, kicking him away.
Having dealt with this annoying problem, Wen Qingrang opened the car door. The car was filled with the smell of medicine, which almost made him choke.
He took Mai Mai out first, and after she breathed in the fresh air, Mai Mai regained some of her senses and burst into tears.
"It's alright, baby." Wen Qingrang knelt down on one knee to comfort the young child. The broad and reassuring embrace from the man quickly calmed Mai Mai down a bit, but her little hands still clung to the hem of Wen Qingrang's clothes.
After being exposed to fresh air, Jiang Ranxing and Xiao Hui gradually regained some of their strength.
Xiao Hui looked at Jiang Ranxing with teary eyes and asked, "Ranxing, are you alright?"
"It's alright, don't worry about me." Jiang Ranxing forced a smile and slowly shook his head.
Xiao Hui was also terrified and was still trembling. Jiang Ranxing struggled to reach out and hold Xiao Hui's hand to comfort her, and Xiao Hui finally calmed down.
Wen Qingrang looked up at them and said, "Don't worry, I called the police and an ambulance when I came. They'll be here soon, so don't be afraid."
Although Xiao Hui didn't know Wen Qingrang, she could tell something from the way he looked at Jiang Ranxing.
"Thank you, but how did you know that Ranxing and we were in danger?" Xiaohui asked.
Wen Qingrang said, "It was Ranxing who sent me the SOS text message."
Xiao Hui looked at her phone in confusion: "Didn't that criminal say he installed a signal jammer? Ran Xing also tried to call the police but couldn't get through."
Jiang Ranxing also looked at his phone, recalling a moment from his time abroad.
At home abroad, before dinner one day, Jiang Ranxing watched as Wen Qing returned the phone she had borrowed.
"Qingrang, what did you do with my phone?"
Jiang Ranxing looked at the two phones, which were identical in style but differed only in color, and asked...
Wen Qingrang explained to her, "I've had professional security personnel lock both of our phones. If you encounter any danger in the future, and we can't get through in an emergency, both of our phones will automatically lock the SOS program, and I'll come to your rescue."
At that time, Jiang Ranxing didn't pay much attention: "Aren't you worrying too much? Is it possible for me to encounter this situation again?"
Wen Qingrang simply smiled.
Looking back now, Wen Qingrang realizes that his decision at the time was undoubtedly very wise.
He was only afraid of the time when Jiang Ranxing was in a car accident, but he never expected that he would be held hostage by criminals.
Thank goodness she's alright, otherwise he really would have gone crazy.
Red and blue lights flashed, and two sirens blared in the distance as police cars and ambulances arrived.
The criminal driver was taken away by the police, while Jiang Ranxing, Xiao Hui, and Mai Mai were taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Wen Qingrang drove alongside the ambulance.
After a series of examinations and treatments, the doctor said to Wen Qingrang, who was waiting outside, "We have already administered medication to several people. Fortunately, the amount of medication they inhaled was not too much, so it did not cause any substantial physical harm. As for Miss Jiang's facial injuries, they are not serious either. The swelling will subside in a few days after the medication is applied."
"Can I go in and see her?" Wen Qing asked me.
"Of course, please come in."
As soon as the doctor finished speaking, Wen Qingrang couldn't wait to pull back the curtain of Jiang Ranxing's hospital bed. He saw Jiang Ranxing sitting against the headboard with an IV drip in her hand and a nurse applying medicine to the wound on her face with cotton swabs.
Wen Qingrang went over and asked the nurse, "Can I do it?"
"Oh, okay, okay, but be careful with your wound." The nurse thought the two were having an ambiguous relationship, so she let them be. When she left, she closed the curtain, leaving only a small gap.
In an instant, all the surrounding noise seemed to be shut out, and only Jiang Ranxing and Wen Qingrang were in this small space.
Jiang Ranxing's eyes flickered, somewhat embarrassed, and he tilted his head slightly, trying to hide the injured side of his face.
My chin was suddenly grabbed and twisted back, the force gentle yet coercive.
"Don't hide, I'm just applying medicine to you," Wen Qingrang said.
He turned Jiang Ranxing's face back, looking at the red and swollen wounds on her face, his heart ached terribly, and he wished he could kill the driver who had injured her with his own hands.
Jiang Ranxing glanced at him, then lowered her gaze. After a moment of hesitation, she looked up at him again, her eyes filled with a cautious and apprehensive look.
The ruthlessness in his eyes hadn't faded, and Jiang Ranxing saw it. She had never seen him like this before, and naturally felt a little scared.
After thinking for a while, she realized why Wen Qingrang was like this, so she comforted him.
"I'm fine, really fine, it just looks serious," Jiang Ranxing said quietly.
Wen Qingrang gazed deeply into her eyes, knowing that her words were meant to comfort him, and breathed a sigh of relief: "I must have scared you just now, I'm sorry."
Jiang Ranxing shook his head: "No, I should be the one apologizing. Also, thank you for saving me. I really don't know what would have happened if it weren't for you."
Wen Qingrang regained his usual gentle demeanor. He smiled, took some ointment with a cotton swab, and gently applied it to Jiang Ranxing's wound.
"hiss--"
Jiang Ranxing winced in pain when her wound was touched, but when she saw Wen Qingrang's worried look, she bit her lower lip to stop herself from crying out in pain.
Wen Qingrang smiled deliberately: "Alright, don't bear the pain yourself. I know you're in a lot of pain."
As if granted permission and a pardon, Jiang Ranxing let out a somber murmur.
Wen Qingren applied the medicine with less force.
He distracted her with his words: "You don't need to thank me, and you don't need to apologize. On the contrary, it's my fault for not protecting you."
Jiang Ranxing's expression turned somewhat forlorn: "This shouldn't be your responsibility."
The tenderness brought a bittersweet feeling: "Have you forgotten my promise to you? No matter what happens, I will always keep that promise."
Jiang Ranxing knew what Wen Qingrang was talking about, and her eyes gradually welled up with tears.
Wen Qingrang never broke the promise he made, which was "From now on, no matter what happens, I will be by your side and protect you."
This was his serious and solemn promise to her.
Jiang Ranxing's pain and grievances from being threatened and hurt surged up all at once. Her chest was filled with indescribable emotions, and tears could no longer be held back and rolled down her cheeks. She suddenly sat up, hugged Wen Qingrang with both hands, buried her face in the crook of his neck, and cried silently.
Wen Qingrang froze as he applied the medicine. Feeling the trembling, aggrieved person in his arms, he felt nothing but heartache.
He put one arm around her, and with the other hand gently stroked and held the back of her neck to comfort her: "It's alright, it's alright, I'm here, you're safe now. Cry if you want to, I'm here with you..."
As the two embraced and comforted each other, neither noticed the other tall figure watching them with heartache from outside the curtain.
Tan Shen rushed up from behind him and said, "Mr. Fu, what about Madam—"
Fu Shenyuan stopped Tan Shen from speaking.
"No need to say anything, I've found her."
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