Upon hearing this, Yi Qilin frowned even more deeply and grabbed him, "Quick, come with me!"
Xu Zhe looked confused. "What's wrong, Brother Qilin?"
“That group of people is clearly after you. Even if you jump into the water, they won’t give up and will keep chasing you. That means they’re a group of paid assassins!” Yi Qilin explained quickly as he led him forward. “These kinds of people value money more than their lives. They won’t give up until they get what they want and they’ll keep chasing us. So let’s run away first!”
Xu Zhe's mind was in complete chaos. After all, he had never experienced anything like this before, and had no prior experience whatsoever.
He only knew that Yi Qilin wouldn't harm him, so he let him pull him forward at breakneck speed.
After running several hundred meters, both of them were out of breath, so they entered a rather secluded alley and hid to rest for a while.
Xu Zhe was soaked to the bone, pale-faced, and frightened. Water droplets kept rolling down his hair, and his body was shivering from the cold wind.
Seeing this, Yi Qilin quickly took off his coat and draped it over him. "You, didn't I tell you to be careful and not to wander around? Do you know how dangerous your situation was? You almost didn't make it! Luckily you were able to run away."
Xu Zhe was touched by Yi Qilin's kindness, but upon hearing this, his expression changed slightly. "Brother Qilin, are you saying that the person who was chasing me this time was... her?"
Yi Qilin's expression was not good. "Unless you have offended other powerful people."
"I..." Xu Zhe opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
His expression was somewhat dejected, his voice hoarse, and filled with undisguised pain. "I don't want to suspect anyone without evidence."
“You!” Yi Qilin shook his head helplessly. “You’re just too naive, that’s why you’ve been deceived time and time again. But it’s also my fault. I’ve protected you too well. If I had let you know earlier that people can be unpredictable, maybe you wouldn’t have been deceived by Yi Tianran.”
Xu Zhe felt uncomfortable listening to this and wanted to refute it, "Actually, she..."
The next second, Yi Qilin shouted, "Watch out!"
Before Xu Zhe could react, Yi Qilin shoved him aside. The next second, a man holding a dagger plunged it deep into Yi Qilin's abdomen.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and Yi Qilin staggered and knelt on one knee on the ground with a thud.
At that moment, time seemed to slow down.
Xu Zhe watched as the dagger pierced through the skin and was pulled out, its blood staining his eyes red.
Enraged, he rushed forward and brutally beat the man in black to the ground, leaving him bruised, swollen, and bloodied.
"Enough..." Yi Qilin clutched his abdomen, his face pale, and struggled to reach out his other hand to stop him. "If you keep hitting him, someone will die! Search him first to see if he's hiding anything."
Xu Zhe then came to his senses and looked at the blood on his abdomen. "I...I'll take you to the hospital first."
"No! Search him first!" Yi Qilin insisted. "We must find the culprit. I will never forgive the person who hurt you."
Xu Zhe couldn't resist him any longer, so he searched him with red eyes and found only a cell phone.
"Okay, take this first! Let's see if we can find any clues..."
Xu Zhe's eyes were red and he said anxiously, "Brother, I'll take the phone. Let's go to the hospital first. Your wound is still bleeding. If we don't stop the bleeding, your life will be in danger!"
Yi Qilin nodded and followed him to the nearest hospital. The medical staff came over and quickly put him on a stretcher and sent him into the operating room.
Xu Zhe was left outside, anxiously waiting with the phone in his hand.
Time was ticking away, and he was panicking, frantically tearing at his scalp in frustration.
He truly hadn't expected that, in that life-or-death moment, Yi Qilin would disregard his own life and push him away, while he himself was seriously injured.
He didn't even dare to think about what would have happened if the knife had gone a little higher, if it had pierced his chest.
Even though it was in his abdomen, the alarming amount of bleeding filled him with fear and unease.
He was afraid.
The thought of Yi Qilin getting into trouble sent chills down his spine, and he couldn't help but grip his phone tightly.
In stark contrast to his anxiety and pain, Yi Qilin's demeanor changed completely the moment he entered the operating room, displaying a calm and collected demeanor. He stood up from the operating table, lifted his clothes, removed the blood bag from his abdomen, and tossed it to the medical staff beside him.
The medical staff took it without any change in expression and respectfully asked, "Sir, what should we do next?"
"Wait a few hours before going out and explain my situation to him. Remember to describe it in a serious way. Say that I barely escaped death, but my body will become very weak from now on, and it may even affect my lifespan." Yi Qilin lied through his teeth without any guilt.
Everything before us was arranged by him.
First, they told Xu Zhe about his background, and then, without giving him much time to process it, they took advantage of his confusion and lowered guard to find a group of people to "hunt him down".
Instead of killing him outright, they gave him a way out, allowing him to escape. They then reappeared to help him escape, and when his physical condition was at its weakest, they had someone launch a sneak attack from behind.
Yi Qilin was prepared. The moment he pushed him away, the black-clad man he had hired would stab the blood bag in his abdomen as instructed. Blood would splatter everywhere, and Xu Zhe would definitely explode and knock the black-clad man unconscious.
Then he guided Xu Zhe to get the phone from the man in black, and then took him to a nearby hospital that had been arranged in advance to perform "surgery".
Everything was going smoothly, and no matter how suspicious Xu Zhe was, he would never have imagined that it was a ruse by him.
After all, he was injured while protecting the other person!
...
Outside the operating room, Xu Zhe waited anxiously all night, his eyes bloodshot, until the surgery results finally arrived.
Upon hearing the doctor's description of the severity of his condition, Xu Zhe nearly lost his balance and fell to the ground.
He was filled with regret, remorse, and pain, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.
It was all his fault. If he hadn't been protecting himself, Yi Qilin wouldn't have suffered such a serious injury.
He could never repay this life-saving debt of gratitude, even if he spent his whole life doing so.
"I'm sorry." When Yi Qilin woke up again, he saw Xu Zhe standing by the bed, apologizing to him with red eyes.
“Silly brother, I am so lucky to be able to protect your life.” Yi Qilin smiled gently. “Do you know? When I was little, my aunt was the best person to me. She gave me warmth and was the closest person to me. So when I learned that my aunt had a son still alive, I vowed to protect you at all costs.”
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