Taking advantage of the moment when Old Master Qin was exhausted and the guards were slightly lax, Zhong Xi absconded with the huge deposit that Old Master Qin had given her and several pieces of valuable jewelry, and fled the hospital in a panic.
He even tried to buy a plane ticket immediately and fly away.
However, she still underestimated Old Master Qin's abilities.
Before she even reached the airport, she was intercepted on the way by Old Master Qin's men and taken back to the study like a chicken.
Looking at Zhong Xi, who was slumped on the ground and trembling like a leaf, Old Master Qin's eyes showed no anger, only the indifference one would show towards a failed experiment.
"Miss Lin, I'm not paying you so you can run away at the last minute."
His voice was old and dignified.
"Mr. Qin, I'm so sorry, please let me go... Young Master Shen, he's just too terrifying..."
Zhong Xi was so frightened that tears streamed down his face, and he begged for mercy incoherently.
"horrible?"
"He's currently in the hospital, and his life hangs in the balance!"
"What I need you to do is find a way to give him even the slightest thought of living after he wakes up!"
"otherwise……"
Old Master Qin chuckled and slammed his cane heavily on the ground. He didn't finish his sentence, but the unspoken threat filled Zhong Xi with fear.
Zhong Xi knew she had no choice at all.
Her escape attempt failed, and her fate will only be worse than in her previous life.
She had no choice but to give in.
"I understand, Mr. Qin, I will never run away again. I will definitely find a way to make Young Master Shen better."
"Please give me another chance..."
Zhong Xi knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, his voice trembling as he made his promise.
Shen Li lay on the hospital bed, like a pale doll whose soul had been emptied.
Expensive medications and cutting-edge medical equipment sustained his physical vitality, but they could not touch his long-withered heart.
He kept his eyes closed, indifferent to everything around him, including Zhong Xi, who had been forced upon him by his grandfather and who had been guarding the ward outside the hospital room day and night in fear.
Zhong Xi huddled on a bench in the corridor, feeling like each day was an eternity.
Every time medical staff came in or out, she would jump up like a startled rabbit, afraid of hearing the worst news.
Then, just like in his previous life, he was retaliated against by Old Master Qin, who had lost his grandson.
As evening fell, Shen Li's most capable subordinate, codenamed Shadow, appeared silently outside the ward.
He ignored Zhong Xi, who tried to approach him to ask questions, and went straight to the bedside to report to the seemingly asleep Shen Li in a low voice.
"Young Master, the cleanup work following up on the Dark Abyss has been completed as you requested. All related personnel have been confirmed to be accounted for without any omissions."
Ying's voice was flat and emotionless.
The person in the hospital bed showed no reaction, as if they were already dead.
"However, during the cleanup process, we discovered an unrecorded residual information stream."
"Someone is using channels to find out the details of the Dark Abyss's destruction, as well as the list of people in the camp."
Ying paused for a moment and continued.
Her fierce eyelashes trembled almost imperceptibly.
"The signal source is traced back to City A."
“Our people conducted an external investigation and found that the intruders were very cautious and used multiple layers of encryption.”
"The other person is a woman."
Ying keenly noticed this subtle change and lowered her voice even further.
"woman?"
Shen Li finally spoke, his voice hoarse and dry, like sandpaper being rubbed.
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