As soon as the stretcher was taken off the ambulance, it was quickly pushed into the operating room by doctors and nurses, but Meng Jiuyi was stopped outside the door.
Her hands and clothes were covered in blood. She was squatting in the corner, the glaring color making her eyes look empty and her whole body trembling.
She regretted coming to save him; if something really happened to him, this karmic debt would follow her for the rest of her life.
Meng Jiuyi can no longer bear the debt of anyone's life.
Jiang Zhou arrived quickly. Upon learning that Tan Yuchen had been shot, he was terrified and immediately contacted the medical team. The Tan family allocates hundreds of millions of yuan to medical and laboratory projects every year and has a professional team on standby at all times.
He dared not disturb the old lady, and after hesitating for a long time, he still called Tan's father.
The medical team arrived quickly, and after careful discussion, they insisted on completing the surgery at the hospital.
The corridor was bustling with people coming and going, the floating lights making them appear like scattered specks, while Meng Jiuyi, sitting on the stool without moving, was just an inconspicuous speck of dust.
For a full four hours, the operating lights were not turned off until the early hours of the morning. The door opened, and a person in a white coat came out.
Jiang Zhou immediately went to greet them. Seeing this scene, the doctor guessed that the patient he was treating tonight was probably no ordinary person, as even the hospital director had come to wait for him.
He took off his mask. "The surgery was successful and no vital organs were damaged. It's best not to transfer to another hospital for the time being."
Meng Jiuyi leaned against the wall, exhausted, and a trace of color finally returned to her pale face.
Jiang Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and was about to deal with the aftermath when he heard her say that.
"I'm leaving, Jiang Zhou."
Jiang Zhou hadn't yet grasped the other meaning behind her words, but knowing that she hadn't slept all night, he told her to go back and get some rest.
"I got the motorcycle from those street thugs, and I deposited 200,000 yuan with it. Remember to transfer that money to me."
Jiang Zhou was somewhat amused and exasperated that Meng Jiuyi was still thinking about money at this point.
"If he holds a grudge against me for scheming against him and wants to get revenge, please mention to him as often as possible that I helped him today."
After so many years of unexpected life experiences, Meng Jiuyi has become accustomed to always leaving himself a way out. Part of his concern was that he was uneasy about saving Tan Yuchen, but more so he was worried that Tan Yuchen would seek revenge in the future.
Jiang Zhou looked at her, somewhat puzzled.
He thought that her willingness to turn back and save Tan Yuchen meant that she was actively seeking a way out, but it didn't seem like that was the case.
The bright white light illuminated Meng Jiuyi's unadorned face, making her eyes appear even brighter and more expressive of her likes and dislikes, especially given her pale complexion.
“Although I’ve schemed against him, I’ve come back to help this time. Please tell him that I’ll settle all grudges with him from now on.”
Jiang Zhou watched her figure through the window. It was still dark outside, with only streetlights stretching to the end of the road, shining on her head. Her shadow looked like a lonely tree.
He suddenly regretted not driving him home.
*
Tan Yuchen regained consciousness in the afternoon. Compared to the medical team that was running around, he didn't even blink when he learned that he would have to rest for half a month.
He was lounging in the hospital bed, eating and drinking normally, and surprisingly, he was in a pretty good mood.
Jiang Zhou, however, was still in shock when he learned from his attending physician that the bullet had been only half an inch from his right chest.
When he entered, the caregiver was peeling an orange for Tan Yuchen. Men are picky eaters, and when they eat this kind of thing, they have to remove even the veins clearly, without leaving the slightest bit of them.
Hearing the door open, he glanced up, then casually looked away.
Jiang Zhou inexplicably felt that he was being treated poorly.
"As for the old lady, I told them to try their best to keep it a secret, but Mr. Zhou already knows that the private jet just passed through the Middle East—"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tan Yuchen clicked his tongue and opened his eyes to look at him.
Under his chilling gaze, Jiang Zhou forced himself to add, "We are about to enter the country's airspace."
Tan Yuchen asked slowly and deliberately, "Are you his person or mine?"
"you!"
Jiang Zhou said, "But if I keep it from Mr. Zhou, I'll die. If he finds out, I'll at most be crippled for a while. I choose to be crippled."
No sooner had he finished speaking than an apple came flying at him. Jiang Zhou didn't dodge and was hit in the cheek.
He said, "Third Young Master, shouldn't you go back to the army for some training?"
He had witnessed firsthand how amazing Tan Yuchen's obstacle avoidance ability was. Minor injuries were inevitable, but he had emerged unscathed from the jungle battle, and this was the first time he had ever been shot.
It almost turned into a fatal injury; someone as suicidal as him would almost never do that.
Tan Yuchen glanced at him and said casually, "I can hurt you if I want to, nobody cares if you're jealous?"
Jiang Zhou: "......" What's he jealous of?
The man's dark eyes glanced casually at the door. There had been no movement for so long, and he said indifferently.
"She went back to rest?"
"Um."
Tan Yuchen raised his eyebrows leisurely, also a little sleepy, his eyes drooping, naturally not noticing the hesitant look in Jiang Zhou's eyes.
Cen Dong and his group only learned that he had been admitted to the hospital that evening. The throngs of people visiting the patient almost completely surrounded the ward. When they learned that Tan Yuchen had really been shot, they felt more schadenfreude than concern.
After all, he was the one who pinned the other person to the ground and rubbed them hard; it was rare for him to get injured in all these years.
"Can you please not turn your engagement party into a funeral next time? I practically rode a rollercoaster with you, and you almost gave me a heart attack."
Tan Yuchen closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, letting out a soft chuckle.
Cen Dong couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this too harsh on the Shen family?"
He was unaware that the Shen family had kept the drugging incident a closely guarded secret from outsiders, and Tan Yuchen naturally had no reason to tell him about being tricked into doing something so shameful.
Cen Dong knew that he was not the type to start trouble, especially since the Shen family and the Tan family were old friends.
As he submitted this, the man slowly opened his eyes, his thick eyelashes concealing a sleep-deprived look in them, which held a languid quality.
It's obvious that he hasn't been completely appeased yet, but the person who needs to be coaxed hasn't come all afternoon.
Cen Dong then asked, "There's something else. What did Xie Youze do to you?"
Tan Yuchen only found out about his injury from Xie Youze in the afternoon. Tan Yuchen had exposed the secrets of his two tech companies, and even his secret mistress was revealed to his fiancée.
Xie Youze suffered a double loss this time. If Tan Yuchen had been stabbed in the past, he would have definitely made a scene long ago, but this time he didn't dare to utter a word.
Tan Yuchen closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. Sunlight streamed in from the window, outlining his indifferent and lazy features.
"Go ask him."
Someone pushed the door open and came in. He glanced up, then casually looked away. His face was expressionless, but his dark eyes stared at the person, making them feel uneasy.
After this happened several times, everyone in the ward could feel his low spirits.
It's so unpredictable; it was fine just a moment ago.
They didn't dare to breathe and immediately made their escape.
Cen Dong heard him ask in a drawn-out tone, "You said that people have come back to help, shouldn't we be generous and give them a way out?"
Cen Dong: ?
What is that?
Tan Yuchen didn't need his advice. His brows relaxed, and he leisurely rubbed his phone as he sent a message.
However, a message immediately popped up in the other party's message box—
The other party has enabled friend verification. You are not yet their friend. Please send a friend request first. You can chat only after they accept the request.
Did she delete him?
The phone screen vaguely outlined the man's angular features, and the leisure in his eyes quickly faded, replaced by a look of stagnation.
"Wait, what the hell did you just say?"
Just as Cen Dong was about to ask more questions, his eyes met, and the chilling gaze made Cen Dong immediately make a zipper-sewing motion to close his mouth.
When Jiang Zhou came to report the results of the investigation to him at noon, he heard the man ask.
What did she say when she left yesterday?
Jiang Zhou didn't react at first, but Tan Yuchen looked up at him again, his lips pressed into a stiff line.
Jiang Zhou immediately realized what Meng Jiuyi had said the night before and repeated it verbatim.
"...Miss Meng said...that from now on you and she will be even."
For some reason, after saying that, he didn't dare to look up at Tan Yuchen's face.
A few seconds later, a man's laughter was heard, which inexplicably sent chills down one's spine.
Tan Yuchen chuckled, but his eyes were devoid of warmth, like the receding tide revealing dark rocks.
"Whether she owes someone or not, is that up to her to decide?"
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