Because he didn't know the exact time of Xiao Shenglin's car accident, Song Xuanhe could only call him at the appointed time during this period and carefully ask him where he was going every day.
After a few days, not only Xiao Shenglin felt something was wrong, but even Zhou Nan sensed something.
When Song Xuanhe called Xiao Shenglin again to "check on him", Zhou Nan, who was with Xiao Shenglin, could no longer hold back and snatched the phone away, saying, "Song Er, what the hell are you doing? I've looked for Lin Zi three times, and every time I've seen you calling to check on him, if I hadn't known there was a Xiao Yuanmu in the United States, I would have thought you were planning to eat grass in your own backyard."
Joking aside, Zhou Nan was always smart, and considering the last time Song Xuanhe had pressed Xiao Shenglin about the Xiao family in the bar, he easily realized that something was wrong.
"Lin Zi and I are at Ruyixuan. You have nothing to do anyway, so why don't you come over for dinner?"
Song Xuanhe was halfway through drawing the design and didn't want to go out. However, he also knew that this matter had aroused the suspicion of Zhou Nan and Xiao Shenglin. If he didn't give them an explanation, Zhou Nan would come to his house to ask him questions either in the afternoon or evening. He would be disturbed anyway, so he might as well take the initiative.
Ruyixuan is a little far from Song Xuanhe's apartment. It was near noon and there was a lot of traffic. He drove smoothly for less than ten minutes and has been stuck in traffic for half an hour. Zhou Nan called twice to urge him to leave. Song Xuanhe was helpless. At this time, his cell phone rang. He picked it up and said, "Nothing has happened. You keep urging me every ten minutes. Are you annoying?"
There was silence for a few seconds, and then Xiao Yuanmu's clear voice came: "It's me."
Song Xuanhe paused, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Louis was injured in a car race, and I just came back from the hospital."
Song Xuanhe knew Louis, and occasionally heard his voice from Xiao Yuanmu's phone, so he asked politely: "Is he okay?"
Xiao Yuanmu said calmly: "My arm is injured a little, I want to take two months off."
"Very clever." Song Xuanhe praised, "Did you approve it?"
"What do you think?"
"It's really miserable for him to be in partnership with you." Song Xuanhe sighed, "Not only does he have to work overtime, but he also has to drag others to work overtime with him. He can't even take leave when he's injured. It's inhumane."
Xiao Yuanmu listened quietly to Song Xuanhe's words and uttered two words: "Approved."
Song Xuanhe continued without any pause or embarrassment, "He took two months off just because his arm was injured. That's not very reliable."
Xiao Yuanmu chuckled, and then his voice sank slightly: “Louis’ car accident was not an accident.”
"Hmm?" Song Xuanhe's smile faded a little, and he asked, "Is it related to the Xiao family?"
Xiao Yuanmu hummed softly.
Song Xuanhe frowned and said, "Could it be Xiao Bocong? He is only eighteen years old, but he is ruthless."
Hearing that Song Xuanhe suspected Xiao Bocong without even thinking about it, Xiao Yuanmu's gloom disappeared a lot, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Do you trust me so much?"
Song Xuanhe didn't know what Xiao Yuanmu meant by this.
Xiao Yuanmu said in a low voice: "You haven't even met Xiao Bocong, but just because I mentioned him a few times, you stood by me unconditionally. I... am very happy."
The three words "very happy" lingered in Song Xuanhe's ears. The trembling sound from his throat seemed to carry an electric current, piercing his ears, making him subconsciously put away the phone and cough lightly.
He wanted to explain: "I..."
——Drip drip drip
A head popped out of the car behind him and shouted, "Dude, are you going to leave or not?"
Song Xuanhe paused and started the car. In just a moment, he had found an excuse: "I don't know the Xiao family. Apart from the Xiao family's head and Madam Xiao, I have only heard you talk about Xiao Bocong. When you said that Louis was in trouble, I naturally could only think of him."
Xiao Yuanmu had expected that Song Xuanhe would not admit it, so he raised his lips and deepened his curve. He stopped dwelling on this topic and got down to business: "I just got the news that Xiao Bocong seemed to have sent someone to China a few days ago. I don't know what it was about, so I wanted to remind you."
"A few days ago?" Song Xuanhe suddenly felt a little uneasy and asked, "When?"
"Three days ago." Xiao Yuanmu said: "The people around him are very central, so I only got this news now, but I can confirm that it is accurate."
"Three days..." Song Xuanhe repeated, and asked, "Do you think it's possible that this is for Xiao Shenglin?"
“It’s hard to say.”
When Song Xuanhe talked to Xiao Yuanmu about Xiao Shenglin before, Xiao Yuanmu actually thought that it was unlikely that Xiao Bacong would go to so much trouble to frame him. But this time, Xiao Bacong really sent people to China, and his first instinct was that it was for Xiao Shenglin.
His intuition has always been accurate, but he cannot use his intuition to tell Song Xuanhe the answer, because compared to Xiao Shenglin, he feels that Song Xuanhe is more valuable to him than Xiao Shenglin.
So the first thing he did when he got the news was to contact Zhang Siwei and send more people to Song Xuanhe. If Xiao Bacong really dared to attack Song Xuanhe, he would make sure that his end would be worse than in his previous life.
However, there was no need for him to tell Song Xuanhe all this.
"If he is targeting Xiao Shenglin, then he is in danger. I won't talk to you for now." Song Xuanhe frowned and stepped on the accelerator. Before hanging up, he pursed his lips and whispered, "Be careful."
The other party's voice could no longer be heard on the phone, but Xiao Yuanmu was reluctant to let go of the phone. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly chuckled, and his slightly raised eyes revealed a deep and affectionate look.
After passing the most congested section of the road, the road became unobstructed. In less than fifteen minutes, Song Xuanhe arrived at Ruyixuan.
Zhou Nan and Xiao Shenglin had been waiting for him for nearly an hour and were already starving. Especially Zhou Nan, he held his stomach and said, "I thought I had to have dinner with you today."
Song Xuanhe looked gloomy and did not respond to Zhou Nan's words.
Xiao Shenglin noticed that he was in a bad mood, frowned slightly and said, "What happened?"
Song Xuanhe glanced at Xiao Shenglin's gentle expression, pursed his lips and said, "On the way, Xiao Yuanmu called me."
Xiao Shenglin was puzzled, but still nodded to show that he was listening to him carefully.
"Xiao Bocong sent people to the imperial capital." Song Xuanhe said straight to the point, "I suspect his people came for you."
Zhou Nan was confused: "What do you mean? Isn't Xiao Bocong Xiao Yuanmu's brother? Why did you come to the imperial capital to find Xiao Shenglin?"
Xiao Shenglin saw something from Song Xuan and Wei Chen's expressions, and his gentle expression changed slightly. He asked, "What else do you know?"
Song Xuanhe lowered his eyes and thought for a few seconds, then told him Xiao Yuanmu's guess with some additions and subtractions, hiding the fact that he was the first to raise this issue to Xiao Yuanmu, making them think that it was Xiao Yuanmu who suspected that someone was going to attack Xiao Shenglin.
Xiao Shenglin looked solemn. He was silent for a while and said, "No wonder, I always felt that someone was watching me these days, but I tried several times and didn't notice anything wrong. It turned out to be someone from the Xiao family."
Zhou Nan was startled and asked, "Someone is following you? Why didn't you tell me?"
Xiao Shenglin shook his head and said, "When Xuanhe asked me about the Xiao family before, I felt something was wrong, so I had a doubt in my heart. Nothing happened in the next few days, until two days ago, when I suddenly felt that I was being followed. In addition, Xuanhe called me from time to time to confirm my location and safety. At that time, I guessed something, but I couldn't find out anything after several attempts. So I came out today to ask Xuanhe how much he knew."
Zhou Nan looked at Song Xuanhe, pounded his chest and said, "Brother, why didn't you tell us about such a serious matter before?"
"He wasn't sure before." Xiao Shenglin said, "It was right not to tell us."
Zhou Nan actually just wanted to ease the atmosphere and didn't blame Song Xuanhe, so after hearing Xiao Shenglin's explanation, he didn't say anything more, but his face looked slightly gloomy.
Seeing the worried looks on Song Xuanhe and Zhou Nan's faces, Xiao Shenglin smiled and said, "Don't worry so much. Now we know the answer, right? We can always avoid things if we know the answer in advance."
"Xiao Bocong has sent people to the capital, how can we not be worried?" Zhou Nan's eyebrows were tangled together, and he said indignantly: "What does the Xiao family mean? They are so perverted. They fight for power and profit in their own family, and use other people's lives as stepping stones? This is a palace fight."
Song Xuanhe also frowned. Xiao Bacong's people had already arrived, and he had no idea whether he would deal with Xiao Shenglin in the same way he knew. His appearance had caused many changes in this world. If Xiao Bacong's way of dealing with Xiao Shenglin also changed, then they would be very passive.
"What methods do you think Xiao Bocong will use to deal with you?"
As the person involved, Xiao Shenglin had the calmest expression. After hearing Song Xuanhe's question, he hesitated for a moment and shook his head, saying, "It would be too easy for the Xiao family to kill someone quietly without alerting the government. I can hardly imagine what method they would use. But if it was Xiao Bocong, he doesn't have such great power. He would try his best to create a reasonable reason for death. In this case, I think a car accident is the easiest way to clean up the mess."
Song Xuanhe suddenly raised his eyes, Xiao Shenglin was a little surprised, and asked: "What's wrong?"
"nothing."
Suppressing the emotions in his eyes, Song Xuanhe shook his head and said, "Besides this, what else can you think of?"
Xiao Shenglin thought for a while and said, "If they wanted to frame Xiao Yuanmu, robbing him to death is also possible."
Zhou Nan said, "Xiao Bocong and his people are definitely not Chinese. There must be records of their entry into the country. I'll have someone check it out."
Xiao Shenglin stopped him and said, "It's too late. Xiao Yuanmu can't even confirm who these people are from Xiao Bocong's group. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack for you to investigate. Besides, it's not certain whether they are using their real identities."
"Is your Xiao family a chaebol or a gang?" Zhou Nan joked, "Isn't he an underground assassin organization?"
Hearing this, Song Xuanhe and Xiao Shenglin raised their eyes at the same time, with some guesses in their hearts.
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