"Now it's your mother, and next it will be you," Wei Yumeng said coldly, not missing the flicker of confusion in Zhang Xinyi's eyes. "And your father. Since you refuse to speak, you'll have to bear the consequences of your silence."
Zhang Xinyi's mind reeled. She looked up blankly at the three people before her, their gazes making her heart pound with unease.
They already tacitly accepted that she had kidnapped Shi Qing. Today, they were determined to force the truth out of her.
As Zhang Xinyi's thoughts spun wildly, the orderly opened the door. The creaking sound echoed in her ears, so clear it felt as if only that door existed in the entire world.
"Zhang Xinyi, are you sure you won't speak? Will you just watch your mother die without seeing you one last time?"
Wei Yumeng's indifferent tone struck directly at Zhang Xinyi's vulnerability.
"Wait! I'll talk, I'll talk! Please spare my mother!" Zhang Xinyi cried, panic seizing her as she saw the doctor about to step into the room. She struggled to crawl forward, but the two bodyguards behind her held her down tightly.
"Alright, I'll give you one last chance. Where is Shi Qing?" Wei Yumeng's eyes were cold as she looked at Zhang Xinyi, whose face was as pale as paper, and asked in a low voice.
Zhan Mohan did not stop the doctor. He let the doctor step closer, intending to halt him only after Zhang Xinyi revealed the answer.
Zhang Xinyi hadn't expected her plea to be insufficient. Seeing that Liu Xin might die before her eyes, her eyes turned red. With a hardening of her resolve, she shouted loudly.
"Shi Qing is at 120 Yongde Alley! That's where I rented a place!"
Zhang Xinyi dared not rent in proper hotels or residential areas. Bank officials were searching for her everywhere, and her credit had been blacklisted. She could only find a small, independent landlord and rented a two-story attic.
Wei Yumeng's tightly furrowed brows relaxed. She instinctively looked at Zhan Mohan, her luminous, beautiful eyes sparkling with joy.
Zhan Mohan gently grasped Wei Yumeng's hand in reassurance. He immediately sent the address to the bodyguards who were on standby outside. Cars then sped towards the target location.
Zhang Xinyi, using almost all her strength, watched the patient's room. The doctor had already entered, and Zhan Mohan hadn't ordered him to come out!
"I've told you! Let the doctor out, get him out!" Zhang Xinyi screamed hysterically, breaking out in a sweat from her anxiety.
However, the three people before her merely glanced indifferently at Zhang Xinyi upon hearing her cries, as if looking at a dead person.
"You, you're crossing the bridge and then burning it! I'll fight you!" unable to see the situation in the room, Zhang Xinyi mustered all her strength, kicking and biting the two bodyguards, cursing them with uncontrollable rage. "Let me go, let me go!"
The two bodyguards, trained professionals, restrained Zhang Xinyi's limbs, stopping her frantic, dog-like actions.
Zhan Mohan gave a signal with his eyes and a wave of his hand. The two bodyguards, acting on his command, released Zhang Xinyi.
Zhang Xinyi, who was struggling, stumbled to the ground when she was suddenly let go. Ignoring her disheveled state, she cried and rushed in, throwing her arms around Liu Xin.
"Mom! I finally see you!"
The doctor and orderly stood quietly to the side. Liu Xin, disturbed by Zhang Xinyi's commotion, also woke up. Seeing her beloved daughter, whom she had longed for, she also burst into tears, regardless of the circumstances.
"Xinyi, if you hadn't come to the hospital sooner, Mom thought she would never see you one last time!" Liu Xin cried pitifully, tears and snot streaming down her face.
Everyone present knew the truth, except for two clowns who were being kept in the dark and were performing this farce in the ward.
"How touching. Then I'll tell you another fact," Wei Yumeng said, clapping her hands expressionlessly. The sudden clapping drew their attention. She picked up the critical illness notice from the bedside table and smiled calmly. "This is fake."
Zhang Xinyi and Liu Xin looked at Wei Yumeng in confusion, unable to comprehend her words for a moment. Wei Yumeng slowly tore the critical illness notice to shreds, causing their mouths to fall open.
"Luring the snake out of its hole. How do you like this tactic?" Zhan Mohan wrapped his arm around his little wife, asking her softly in her ear in a low voice.
Wei Yumeng smiled and nodded, her rosy lips curving upwards.
"Doctor, given their intelligence, they might not be able to process this. You explain it to them," Mu Linjing snapped her fingers, kindly gesturing for the doctor to explain to Liu Xin and the others.
The doctor had never seen such a grand spectacle. In one day, he had seen several members of the Zhan family and had deeply witnessed their terrifying methods. He nervously adjusted his glasses.
"The patient's condition is currently very stable. As long as she rests well in the hospital and cooperates with the subsequent treatment, it will be fine."
Zhang Xinyi was stunned when she heard the doctor's words. So, the initial critical illness notice was aimed at her by the Zhan family, to lure her to the hospital!
Liu Xin still didn't know what was happening, but she knew for sure that she wasn't critically ill and could live!
"Xinyi, did you hear what the doctor said? Mom isn't going to die! That's wonderful!" Liu Xin vigorously shook the dazed Zhang Xinyi, then joyfully ran to hold the doctor's hand, thanking him repeatedly.
Zhang Xinyi looked at Liu Xin, who seemed oblivious to everything. She hunched over, sat by the hospital bed, and murmured to herself that it was over.
The critical illness, it was all fake! This was a setup coordinated by the Zhan family and the hospital! Everything was truly over now!
Wei Yumeng didn't even glance at Zhang Xinyi. She pulled Zhan Mohan out of the room, her eyes filled with determination.
"I want to go find Shi Qing too!"
"Okay, I'll take you." Zhan Mohan gently tidied Wei Yumeng's stray hairs, holding her hand, his broad palm enveloping her small one.
"Go, go."
With the matter here settled, Zhan Mohan looked at the scene in the ward and beckoned the doctor and orderly out, his tone chilling to the bone.
"You mother and daughter must have endless things to say. Stay here and have a good time."
Before Zhang Xinyi could react, the door was locked by the bodyguards. Five or six bodyguards surrounded Liu Xin's room, making it impossible for even a drop of water to leak through.
Zhan Mohan, holding Wei Yumeng's hand, walked towards the elevator without looking back. Zhang Xinyi's cries echoed behind them.
Outside the hospital, a crowd had gathered, and Bai Qing, passing by, looked curious and joined the edge of the crowd.
"What's happening inside?"
"I don't know. My wife said the hospital gave them a free room upgrade and that the floor needed to be used for something..."
"I just saw a lot of people come out, and their demeanor wasn't ordinary..."
The crowd chattered and gossiped, making Bai Qing even more confused.
She decided to ignore them and quickened her pace towards her residence, a nagging thought in her mind.
Which hospital did Zhang Xinyi go to?