Injuried
Injuried
A faint smell of disinfectant and alcohol filled the air.
I frowned, slowly opened my eyes, and felt some relief from the discomfort.
The warm wooden materials that greeted my eyes created a cozy and comfortable atmosphere. The white curtains in the ward were drawn, blocking out the light from outside. If it weren't for the IV needle in my right hand and the several bottles of medicine hanging there, I would have thought I was staying in a hotel.
"You're awake?" A voice came from the sofa next to me, making me turn to the side.
Ye Fenglin was sitting there playing on his phone. When he saw that I was awake, he put his phone on the table and walked towards me.
He bent down and reached out, placing the back of his hand on my forehead to check my temperature. "...Why hasn't your temperature gone down yet?"
Ye Fenglin frowned and looked at the IV drip above the bed. "I'll call the doctor over so he can take another look at you."
I wanted to shake my head, but all my strength seemed to have been drained. An irresistible shiver made my eyelashes flutter for a long time. I had no strength left in my body, so I could only desperately grab Ye Fenglin's clothes.
He raised an eyebrow and hummed in agreement: "Okay, you lie down first, I won't go."
I breathed a slight sigh of relief and looked around for my phone, wanting to tell him my thoughts, but my dominant hand is my right hand, and at this moment only my left hand was struggling to hold on.
Ye Fenglin seemed a little overwhelmed. "You came to the school to find me with a high fever and fainted. I even turned down four men who wanted your contact information and wanted to take you home. Now you're in the IP ward of the Imperial Hospital. Is there anything else you want to know?"
Ye Fenglin's voice rose slightly. I paused for a moment, then shook my head slightly, "..."
I just want to say that I messed up the whole thing of clinging to Xie Yong and preventing him from getting close to Lin Zhi'en, but Ye Fenglin can try a different approach. I can accept whatever he does, as long as he can get the lawyer to continue helping Yu Xu.
Seeing my expression, Ye Fenglin smiled and reached out his hand to me.
I hesitated for a moment, not daring to move the hand receiving the IV, so I used my left hand to slowly write on his palm.
There's so much I want to say, but the first sentence I wrote down was...
"sorry."
Upon hearing this, Ye Fenglin looked up at me, his brows furrowing slightly, seemingly dissatisfied. "Is this all you wanted to say to me?"
"Please take me to the hospital, or you can stay with Miss Lin."
"...I don't have to be by her side all the time." Ye Fenglin's eyes were dark and cold, his expression nonchalant. He glanced at me, "Do you think Zhi'en is like you, unable to live without her boyfriend?"
My innermost thoughts were touched, and my fingertips instinctively curled up. I missed Yu Xu so much. If Yu Xu were here with me right now, being sick wouldn't be so painful. A strange sense of grievance welled up inside me, and tears unknowingly streamed down my face. I felt my eyelashes being slapped by the tears, drooping helplessly.
"Don't cry." Ye Fenglin suddenly became agitated, his tone became sharp, and his hostility seemed to be spreading outwards. "You like to cry so much, I can't stand you anymore."
I didn't say anything. Ye Fenglin raised his hand and wiped my tears away. His patience seemed to have been completely worn away. "Speak quickly, or I'm leaving."
Seeing that he was about to pull his hand back, I didn't dare to delay and grabbed him immediately. There was a needle in the back of my right hand, and it hurt so much.
I could only say, slowly and deliberately, with my left hand, "Can we change the way we play this game? I'll continue playing with you, and you can have your lawyer continue to help me."
Ye Fenglin's eyes flickered even more. He saw my show of weakness and suddenly curled his lips into a wicked smile: "But I don't want to play anymore."
I was completely at a loss with his fickle and unpredictable nature. What could I do but beg him? I looked at him pitifully, hoping he would change his mind.
“Otherwise…” Ye Fenglin suddenly spoke, his tone unusually dismissive as he looked at me.
I blinked as if I sensed his hope that he would relent.
"Give me a kiss, how about that, like you did with Xie Yong?"
My scalp tingled. I didn't dare to think about kissing Xie Yong like I did, after all, the person he liked was Lin Zhi'en. But then I thought, I've already kissed Xie Yong, so why should I be afraid of this? I didn't hesitate for long. Just as I leaned in, Ye Fenglin noticed my movement, lowered his head, and I kissed his cheek.
He didn't show obvious disgust, only slight shock, staring at me meaningfully: "Do you like me?"
I shook my head and told him that I had nothing to exchange with him except myself. If he wanted to play, I could play with him until he got tired of it, but I had to see Yu Xu walk out of prison unharmed and return to his normal life.
Ye Fenglin's eyes flickered, his gaze darkening. He focused his attention on the outside of the ward and said in a low voice, "Xie Yong is outside."
Upon hearing this, I was extremely surprised. Like Ye Fenglin, I turned my head to look at the door. Xie Yong was standing there at some point. At this moment, there was no smile on his face. His handsome profile was cold and pale, with an arrogant and indifferent air, but also sharp and inexplicably aggressive.
"Ye Zi, I need to talk to you. Come out." Xie Yong's tone carried a barely perceptible hint of anxiety.
Ye Fenglin paused for a moment, then stood up and closed the door. The soundproofing was excellent; I couldn't hear anything from the corridor. It felt as if the entire room, no, the entire hospital, had fallen into an eerie silence.
I watched the IV drip, the medicine slowly dripping down, tiny bubbles rolling inside. As I watched, I became sleepy again and slowly drifted off to sleep.
When I woke up again, it was already past 7 p.m. My headache and fever had subsided a lot. Staying in such a top-notch private hospital for even a day costs a lot of money. I was worried about the cost, so after resting for a while and making sure I could go home, I was ready to leave.
"Miss, Mr. Ye has already paid," the nurse called out to me. "He paid extra for tonight's expenses, so you should rest a bit more."
"..." I smiled and declined. Once I felt a little better, I couldn't wait to contact the lawyer. Fortunately, he didn't seem to know about the deal between me and Ye Fenglin. He sent me an address and told me to go to the firm to find him.
That law firm was located in the most famous black building on the commercial street. The interior decoration had an exceptionally cold and austere feel, with black walls and an extremely efficient working environment. The lawyers who came and went wore suits, were sophisticated and considerate, and exuded an air of elites and fashion.
I walked into the office on the inner floor. The view was excellent, with an unobstructed view of the bridge and river across the way.
“Attorney Fu Yue is inside.” His secretary escorted me to the office door and knocked.
I waited quietly, and after a short while, Fu Yue told me to go in.
He remained calm and went straight to the point: "These are the clues I've found over the past few days. I saw them through some videos posted on TikTok that day. Half an hour before the accident happened, it was the last time visitors were to tour the Empire State Building. After the tour, some tourists went outside and filmed videos, and some of them happened to film the situation on the opposite street."
I looked at his computer. The video was very noisy and chaotic. Tourists were wearing bright hats, but the street across the street was empty. The time was five minutes before the car accident.
"Okay, let's look at this one." He quickly pulled up another clip. "This is the convenience store's video from that day. Watch it carefully."
I took a closer look and initially didn't notice anything amiss; it was just a bunch of customers coming and going. But then I noticed that at the moment this video overlapped with the previous one, those noisy tourists weren't in the camera's view.
But a few minutes later, several of these tourists wearing hats suddenly appeared in the store.
The video from the convenience store had been deliberately edited! My brows furrowed, and goosebumps rose all over my body, further confirming my belief that someone was trying to frame Yu Xu.
Fu Yue: "In addition, I found out which club Yu Xu went to that day and retrieved the store's surveillance footage. As I expected, nothing was captured before and after Yu Xu entered and left. It is possible that the surveillance footage was also tampered with."
I don't understand.
Fu Yue: "That's a club under Ye Fenglin's name. His father used it to invest in him. The club is extremely strict in controlling who comes in and out. The illegal drugs that Yu Xu found at the scene of the car accident were things that could not possibly have been brought in or leaked out."
He loosened his tie slightly. "So, as long as the club's manager and the organizer of the gathering that day can testify to this, I can definitely plead not guilty for Yu Xu, or communicate with the prosecutor in advance to have him pay some bail and get him out of jail first. This case is far from reaching the level of a second-degree murder charge, and the procedural loopholes in the police's actions are simply too difficult to ignore..."
I quickly took out my bank card and handed it to him.
Fu Yue tapped his pen impatiently on the table. "Miss Jiang, what do you mean?"
Ignoring the lingering pain in my hand from the IV drip, I quickly wrote to him, "I can pay his lawyer's fees. Please ask him not to give up on Yu Xu no matter what happens."
He frowned, his thin lips pressed together, and his gaze lingered on me for a moment.
“Ms. Jiang, I have something to tell you. Apart from me, all the other partners in the firm are handling FTX’s bankruptcy case. Each of them charges more than [amount] per hour. How much can you possibly pay me at most? I also need to be prepared to offend the Imperial State police and prosecutors for this case.”
My face flushed. I was about to tell him that I could work hard to earn money, but he coldly rejected me.
"I was just giving Mr. Ye's son face," he said.
I silently placed the card on his desk, and before I even left the room, I heard him say, "Where are you going? I'll take you."
As he was leaving, he casually picked up the card and placed it in my palm.
Following Fu Yue's advice, even if Xie Yong was unwilling to appear in court, if I could persuade Ye Fenglin to testify, he would be 80% confident that he could convince the jury to believe Yu Xu. However, Ye Fenglin's father was an extremely shrewd man and naturally would not allow his precious son to get into such trouble.
My heart couldn't help but race. Ever since that ambiguous night with Xie Yong, I hadn't bothered him again. But Ye Fenglin was different; our relationship seemed to grow closer after that day. He even helped Lu Qixi get a job at the law firm and secure her internship.
That day, Ye Fenglin invited me to his house for a swim. I humbled myself and acted as his little follower, fulfilling all his requests.
Ye Fenglin's apartment in the West District is among the top in the entire Empire State, with strong security, excellent privacy, and one apartment per floor.
Every time I come, it takes a lot of effort. Fortunately, Ye Fenglin has given me access to the apartment, so I can park my car nearby and take the elevator directly to his place.
I never expected that I would run into Xie Yong on the road.
Before I could leave, the black G-Class stopped right in front of me, just a few steps away.
My heart was pounding. I felt that Xie Yong's action was a warning. I moved further away, trying to get away from him, but Xie Yong got out of the car and grabbed my wrist with his long, slender hand. "I remember telling you not to bother me anymore."
He was probably going to a banquet. Standing at nearly 1.9 meters tall, he was dressed in a black suit, tall and slender, with an outstanding temperament. His hair was combed back, revealing a smooth forehead, which made him look even more noble and aloof.
"..." I didn't. Seeing his persistent attitude, I was afraid he would misunderstand, so I had no choice but to take out my phone and tell him.
"I didn't come here to see you."
"If it wasn't me, who are you looking for?" Xie Yong's lips curled into a mocking smile. But after only a few seconds, he seemed to have figured it out. His eyes suddenly turned cold, and his dark eyes looked extremely dangerous. I was scared.
He held my hand, and suddenly a cold hand grabbed my chin. "Ye Fenglin? What did he give you that makes you so attentive to him?"
Xie Yong didn't give me a chance to speak at all. His warm lips bit me. I couldn't budge his strength at all, and I couldn't even make a sound. All I could do was sob and struggle. Xie Yong held the back of my head and applied pressure.
I was passively enduring his kisses again... I was both anxious and angry. What hurt the most was that the more times he kissed me, the more my body could feel the improvement in his kissing skills and his teasing.
My whole body went limp at once; I couldn't control my body's instincts.
Xie Yong put his arm around me and, seeing my weak and vulnerable appearance, smiled. "Let me in, Xiao Fu."
He held my lips, tentatively parting them. The sweet, refreshing taste of fruit candy filled my mouth, and I felt my blood surge. Xie Yong's anger seemed to slowly subside, his strength gradually lessening as he kissed me, his hand moving downwards...
This is the roadside! I snapped back to reality and, just like last time in the car, unexpectedly slapped him.
Xie Yong tapped his back teeth, looked up, and the faint marks on his face did not make him look embarrassed at all; on the contrary, they were full of aggression and threatening intent.
"Are you done? Then I'll continue." He left me speechless in the car, his Adam's apple bobbing. He gave me an arrogant smile that signified invasion, conquest, and possession.
"You can slap me again later."
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