While Sun Jiming was surrounded, Li Xinyi remained calm and composed.
Unable to contact the outside world due to the lack of internet, Li Xinyi focused on recovering from her injury. Her leg wound was well cared for and the stitches were almost ready to be removed.
She felt much better in the hospital than in the hotel presidential suite, and she didn't have to see people she didn't want to see every day.
The phone on the bedside table rang, and she reached for it to answer: "Dad, what's wrong?"
Li Zhi listened to his daughter's bright and cheerful voice, which didn't seem to be bothered by what happened online.
"Xinyi, are you alright?"
"What are you talking about? What could I possibly want?"
She seemed completely unaware of the situation, which Li Zhi found strange.
"you do not know?"
"..." Li Xinyi paused for a moment, then realized what had happened outside, and her mind raced.
"Dad, don't listen to what people are saying. I'll handle this. Don't worry about me."
Hearing her say that, Li Zhi got angry: "I told you I wouldn't let you be with that guy back then. That guy was unfaithful and messed around outside. Now he's even involved in some illegitimate child scandal. I'm going to see what he has to say for himself!"
His tone was full of anger.
It turned out to be about Song Qiao and her son. Li Xinyi quickly said, "Dad! Don't bother yourself. This is my choice. I will handle it. It's not appropriate for you to get involved. I'm afraid it will affect you."
She looked at the thin bandage wrapped around her leg and said softly, "It was my fault for not listening to your advice and insisting on being with him. I want to end this properly. Please trust me one more time. Once things are settled, I'll come back to celebrate your birthday, Dad."
Her voice was calm, and Li Zhi's anger was somewhat soothed by his daughter's gentle yet firm words. He was silent for a moment, then said, "Xinyi, if you need Dad, give me a call."
The father and daughter were silent for a while before Li Xinyi said easily, "Okay."
The call with my father ended.
Li Xinyi felt a lump in her throat, not because of her troubled marital relationship, but because of her father's concern for his daughter from afar.
She dared not let her father know her situation, otherwise he would definitely go directly to Sun Jiming, which would also affect her father's own life.
This is not what she wanted.
It was time to change the dressing, but instead of a nurse, Yes walked in.
Ye Si met Li Xinyi's slightly red eyes and assumed that she was acting this way because of the news about Sun Jiming's illegitimate child circulating online.
I feel a bit annoyed.
Li Xinyi looked up, "Dr. Ye? What's going on...?"
"The nurses are on duty, so I told them to go eat first."
"oh……"
There's nothing to ask him if that's what he said.
Yes helped her untie the ribbon on her trouser leg. She saw that the wound was almost ready to be stitched up, but her leg, which hadn't been moved for so long, looked even thinner and paler.
I gently changed her dressing.
Seeing that the woman in front of him was still in a daze, Yes couldn't help but ask, "Is it worth being heartbroken over a man like that?"
His voice was not as gentle as usual; it was somewhat cold and sounded abrupt.
Realizing too late that he wanted to make amends, Li Xinyi beat him to it with a smile.
“It’s not because of him, it’s because of my father. I’m already so old, and he still worries about me because of my family, so I’m sad.”
When it was Yes's turn to remain silent, he felt somewhat awkward.
But hearing her say that made me feel much better.
"Cough... um... the stitches can be removed in a couple of days. Scarring is inevitable, but we can try to get scar removal treatment later. You can move your leg a little during this time, as the muscles are starting to atrophy, otherwise it will be difficult to recover later."
After saying that, he walked straight out of the ward without even taking the treatment tray that was placed by the bedside.
Li Xinyi watched his retreating figure. "Dr. Ye, that's quite amusing."
Yes leaned against the office door and let out a heavy sigh.
Why do I have such strange emotions?
She's someone else's wife!
Looking towards the lounge, Sun Hui was still resting inside.
He felt that what he was doing had completely gone beyond the scope of a doctor.
When exactly did his gaze begin to unconsciously linger on this woman?
"That can't be right..." he muttered to himself.
Li Zhi respected his daughter's wishes, but since he had her late in life, he was still worried about her, so he made a phone call.
"Hello, it's me."
The deep voice reached Fu Siming's ears, and he waved his hand, indicating that the person in front of him would talk later.
"Grandpa Li."
"Well, although I'm of the same generation as your grandfather, calling me that makes me sound too old. I'm at least ten years younger than him, right?"
Li Zhi started by laughing before getting to the point.
"Si Ming, are Xin Yi and her daughter really alright in Jiangcheng?"
After thinking for a while, he realized that Li Xinyi had not told him the truth.
Since that was the case, he shouldn't interfere too much in his family's affairs, but after thinking about what he was investigating, he wondered whether he should speak up.
The other person replied, "Si Ming, don't hide anything from me. She's my only daughter, otherwise I wouldn't have come to ask you to take good care of her."
"Since she didn't tell you, she probably doesn't want you to worry. Why don't you trust her? Don't worry, she's in Jiangcheng, and I'll take good care of her."
As soon as he finished speaking, he said, "However... there is something I need to tell you in advance. You shouldn't get too involved with Sun Jiming."
Li Zhi was a smart man. He knew that Fu Siming wasn't the type to meddle in other people's business. He said that because he had found out something.
The anger simmering within him was barely contained. He wanted to light a cigarette to calm himself, but ultimately gave up, sighing, "That kid is insatiable and never satisfied. I never agreed to them being together in the first place, and yet it still ended up like this. Ah Ming... you must help me protect my feelings... thank you."
The once powerful voice eventually faded into a father's helplessness.
After the call ended, Fu Siming turned his attention back to the documents that Ang had sent him.
The computer displays a set of coordinate points.
To avoid being taken advantage of, Ang didn't get that close this time.
Looking at the small villa in the distance, a simple manor.
There wasn't much land developed in the western suburbs to begin with, and many people in Jiangcheng bought land in the suburbs to build villas, so this villa estate wasn't particularly eye-catching.
Not only is its exterior unadorned and unremarkable, but its location is also situated at the intersection of two slopes, so from a distance, it blends seamlessly into its surroundings.
No wonder they're so hard to find people if they choose such a place to hide.
They had previously thought that Sun Jiming wouldn't be so bold as to choose a place familiar to the children, or at least not too close to the orphanage.
But now it seems that the orphanage is less than half an hour away by car, even with its winding route.
They seriously underestimated his courage.
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