He watched as Xu Zhuohua's feet dangled by the bedside, walked over, took off Xu Zhuohua's shoes, reached out and held her cold feet. He took off her socks, revealing horrifying scars on her ankles.
Having worked in the police station for so many years, Chen Hede knew very well that these injuries were caused by the friction from the shackles.
He dared not imagine what kind of torment Xu Zhuohua had suffered. He lifted her sleeve, revealing a smooth, untouched wrist.
"Find a nurse to check if she has any other injuries."
Chen Hede stood outside the ward door, where the nurses were examining Xu Zhuohua's injuries. He took out an envelope and carefully opened it.
After reading it, Chen Hede's brows furrowed even deeper.
As soon as the nurse came out, Chen Hede immediately asked, "Does she have any other injuries?"
The nurse frowned. "Apart from the more serious injury on his ankle, there are no other scars, and most of the marks on his body have also disappeared."
Chen Hede asked in confusion, "What marks are on your body?"
The nurse bit her lip, blushed, and said awkwardly, "You've got marks all over your body from making love. You don't even know how to be a little more restrained."
The nurse turned and left, leaving Chen Hede frozen in place, his fingertips white from clenching his fist. He felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, as if his blood was rushing against his veins. His temples throbbed, and his mind was a jumbled mess.
I thought that letting go was for her sake, but I didn't expect that Xu Zhuohua was not doing well.
Imprisonment and forced sex are things only someone would do with their own hands!
Thankfully, Xu Zhuohua braved the freezing cold to deliver the message, still determined to save Cheng Muyun. Thinking of this, Chen Hede felt an urge to punch Cheng Muyun in the face.
When Xu Zhuohua woke up, her whole body ached. When she opened her eyes, it was already daylight.
Chen Hede sat by the bedside, keeping watch. The ward was very warm. He was wearing a thin black shirt, and his already cold face looked even colder, with a frightening gaze.
Xu Zhuohua coughed lightly and asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong with me?"
Chen Hede's voice sounded like it came from an Antarctic glacier, "You've caught a fever from the cold."
Xu Zhuohua raised her hand and found that there was still an IV drip in her hand. There was a heater hidden under her hand, and a bottle of hot water was wrapped around the IV tube, so the medicine being injected into her body was not cold at all.
Moreover, the speed is extremely slow, and it may have been like this all night.
"Thank you," Xu Zhuohua said with a slight smile, then suddenly remembered the purpose of her meeting with Chen Hede, "Have you read Xiao Wuxin's letter?"
Chen Hede's face grew even colder. "I've seen it."
Xu Zhuohua asked impatiently, "Do you have any way to stop Cheng Muyun?"
"No, Young Marshal Cheng always keeps his word. What can I do?"
Xu Zhuohua grew anxious, "Then why did Xiao Wuxin send me to find you?"
"I have no idea."
Chen Hede responded coldly, his gaze falling on Xu Zhuohua's hand with the needle in it, "Just because of this, how long have you been waiting at the entrance of the pear garden?"
Xu Zhuohua pouted, "It must take at least an hour. The servant inside said you weren't there and wouldn't let me in, so I had to wait outside."
"Are you stupid? It's so cold outside, can't you find somewhere to stay?"
Reprimanded, Xu Zhuohua felt a surge of grievance and retorted, "Where else could I go? People are looking for me everywhere. I didn't bring a penny with me, and I don't know anyone except you. Where else could I go?"
Chen Hede paused for a moment, realizing his words had been too abrupt, and sighed, "Why not go back to the Xu residence?"
Xu Zhuohua felt even more aggrieved. "I ran away from the Xu residence. If it weren't for welcoming my eldest and second eldest brothers, Cheng Muyun wouldn't have let me leave the house at all."
Why is he locking you up?
Xu Zhuohua opened her mouth, unsure how to explain her conflict with Cheng Muyun to Chen Hede.
“I wanted him to stop investigating the Luo family, but he wouldn’t listen to me and even got close to Luo Yunqiao. We had a fight, and then he locked me up.”
Chen Hede asked, "You two started arguing as soon as you came back from Dongzhou?"
"yes."
Chen Hede, with his extensive experience in interrogating prisoners, immediately seized upon the loophole in Xu Zhuohua's words: "How did you know that Cheng Muyun was investigating the Luo family? If I remember correctly, not many people know that."
Xu Zhuohua snorted coldly, "I went to Dongzhou. I'm not blind. I could guess it at a glance, and I would have known if I had just asked."
Chen Hede frowned. There were many things he wanted to hide from Xu Zhuohua, but he simply couldn't.
He said helplessly, "We have been planning to investigate the Luo family for a long time, and we cannot stop here. We are also prepared to confront the Si family head-on."
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