Around three in the morning, Qin Chuan, who had been guarding the corridor outside the hospital's emergency room, finally saw the emergency room doors swing open.
Several doctors, fully covered in surgical scrubs, emerged.
Whoosh!!
A group of people immediately surrounded them, bombarding them with questions about the patient's condition.
"Boss Qin, it's fortunate you brought the person to the hospital so promptly. If it had been a few minutes later, the patient might not have survived!" Kuaishuge
The hospital director said to Qin Chuan.
This statement immediately brought a sigh of relief to everyone who had been on edge.
As long as the person was saved, that was all that mattered.
Qin Chuan, even more so, gripped the director's hands tightly, repeatedly expressing his gratitude, his eyes reddening as if he were about to shed tears.
A short while later, Bai Xiaoguang, who had just undergone surgery and had his wounds stitched, was wheeled out of the emergency room in a deep coma and transferred to a ward.
Qin Chuan forbade everyone from disturbing him and, at the same time, assigned people to guard the ward entrance, strictly prohibiting any unauthorized personnel from approaching.
Only then did the tension that had gripped Qin Chuan all night finally ease. However, he quickly thought of something else, pulled out his phone, and prepared to make a call.
Unexpectedly, his phone rang just then. Qin Chuan quickly looked at the caller ID, and the name displayed was that of the elder brother he intended to call.
"Brother!"
Qin Chuan exclaimed nervously after answering the phone.
"Xiao Chuan, send a car to Yanhuang Road. Our car can't be driven!"
Qin Yang said.
"Are you guys alright?"
Qin Chuan asked.
"We're fine. Those guys have been captured by us."
"However, one person died!"
Qin Yang said in a low voice.
Qin Chuan was startled and quickly moved to a corner to inquire about what had happened and how someone had died.
Up until this point, since the start of their venture, Qin Chuan had consistently warned everyone that occasional scuffles were acceptable, but they must never result in death.
Because the moment a life was lost, the nature of the situation would change completely, leading to many unpredictable consequences.
On the phone, Qin Yang vaguely recounted the events. After listening, Qin Chuan breathed a slight sigh of relief. This incident could be explained away with a different excuse, minimizing their responsibility to the greatest extent.
However, the fewer people who knew the details, the better. He decided to drive there himself.
After hanging up, he took a deep breath, Qin Chuan managed to compose his expression, and walked out of the corner.
As he stepped out, he saw Xiao Guodong smoking in the corridor.
"Qin Chuan, did your people catch up to those guys?"
Xiao Guodong asked.
"I'm not sure. Their phones are unreachable. I don't know the outcome."
Qin Chuan said with a heavy expression.
Xiao Guodong's brows furrowed into a worried frown. The incident tonight was a major case for the entire police department.
Those gangsters were too lawless, daring to commit acts of violence in broad daylight, and their target was Qin Chuan's group. Any mishandling of the situation could lead to grave consequences.
"Director Xiao, I need to go home and change my clothes."
Qin Chuan gestured to his bare chest. Xiao Guodong, without suspicion, nodded.
Driving out of the hospital, Qin Chuan immediately turned the steering wheel towards the electronics factory.
Upon arriving at the electronics factory, he quickly freshened up and changed his clothes in his office, then abandoned the imposing SUV and took a seven-seater van, disappearing into the night.
He sped along Yanhuang Road, Qin Chuan saw numerous skid marks on the road, each one deep as if plows had gouged the ground, along with scattered car parts from collisions.
His heart clenched tightly, unable to imagine the events that must have transpired to result in such a scene.
It wasn't until his car was nearing the border of Shaanxi Province that Qin Chuan finally spotted his elder brother and the others standing by the roadside.
Under the glare of the headlights, his elder brother Qin Yang, Zheng Chengdao, and Yao Dong were squatting by the roadside, smoking. They were all unharmed. Beside them, a heavily damaged Santana was parked precariously by the roadside; Qin Chuan recognized it as their car at a glance.
He quickly jumped out of the car and approached the three men.
"Boss, you're here!"
"Xiao Chuan!"
"Boss!"
Yao Dong, Qin Yang, and Zheng Chengdao all discarded their cigarette butts and greeted him.
"Boss, how is Xiaoguang?"
The three asked anxiously.
"When I left, Xiaoguang had already finished surgery in the emergency room and was successfully rescued!"
Qin Chuan said. This statement caused Zheng Chengdao, Yao Dong, and Qin Yang to heave a collective sigh of relief, their taut nerves finally easing.
If Bai Xiaoguang had truly suffered any fatal harm, they might have indeed resorted to killing.
Qin Chuan comforted them, then asked, "And those guys?"
"They're in the grass over there. We've hidden them!"
Qin Yang said.
Qin Chuan let out a sigh. This was, after all, a highway. Although the road was poor and traffic sparse, cars still occasionally passed by.
If someone were to witness anything, it could lead to unnecessary trouble. Hiding them was the best course of action.
This way, even if a car passed by, onlookers would simply assume it was a traffic accident and nothing more.
"And… the person who died?"
Qin Chuan didn't go to check on the three hidden individuals but directly asked about the most critical matter.
"Boss, it's over here!"
Yao Dong led Qin Chuan to the roadside and pointed to the dark, deep mountain ravine below.
Qin Chuan hurried over and was startled.
The roadside was a cliff hundreds of meters high, and below it was a rocky mountain ravine. At the deepest part of the ravine, flames were still slowly burning – remnants of a car.
Anyone who had been in the car and fallen down with it would have had almost no chance of survival, perishing in the inferno and being reduced to ashes.
"Did anyone go down to check the situation?"
Qin Chuan asked.
"It's too dark, and this place is too steep. Even if we wanted to go down, we'd have to wait until daylight."
Zheng Chengdao said.
Qin Chuan remained silent for a few seconds, then said in a low voice, "Since it's happened, we need to find a way to deal with all the loose ends!"
"I have a flashlight in my car. Two of you can go down and assess the situation. That will put our minds at ease."
The three men nodded in agreement. As expected, the boss was always meticulous.
Just then, Qin Chuan's gaze fell upon their Santana, half of which was hanging precariously over the cliff edge. "This car is ruined and has lost all value."
"Take off the license plate and erase all the VIN numbers on the body. Then push it directly into the ravine below!"
Zheng Chengdao chimed in, "Boss, this car was obtained from that punk in Pingyang City. The license plate and everything else aren't registered under our names. Why don't we just pour gasoline on it and burn it?"
"That works too. Then go get a hose from my car, siphon out the gasoline, and get to work!"
Everyone nodded in agreement and split up to work.
It took nearly an hour of effort. The east had already begun to show a hint of white. Amidst the roaring flames, the Santana was completely reduced to slag. Yao Dong and Qin Yang also climbed up from the bottom of the ravine.
They informed Qin Chuan and Zheng Chengdao that the car at the bottom had completely turned to scrap, and the person inside had been reduced to ashes.
Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. "Go, bring those three guys. Let's head back!"
"I plan to record something and send it to that old bastard Liu An!"
Qin Chuan's tone became extremely chilling towards the end. This assassination attempt made him realize completely that the two sides could no longer coexist peacefully. Since that was the case, he would no longer hold back.