Unable to argue, Zhao Hengyu’s face fell as he realized for the first time that not only was Qin Ningyi perverted, but the woman he found was also extraordinary.
“Lao Qin, the setting for the emergency button in the car is that it will notify me and Assistant Xiao when he presses it,” he embellished the reason behind it. “There are two buttons with different alarm levels. This button indicates that he suspects something.”
“How is your investigation going?” Huo Rou asked, her brows furrowed. She quickly recalled her current enemies. The person in Ningzhong City shouldn’t have the ability to retaliate like this. “What’s the driver’s name?”
Zhao Hengyu thought back to the report from Langyan’s people just now. “His surname is Zhu, and his name is…”
Huo Rou didn’t hear the rest of his words. If his surname was Zhu, it wouldn’t be him. Besides, if he had been acting strangely recently, the Jiang family would have informed her.
That person couldn’t leave Ningzhong City. Could it be…
“What does this have to do with you?” Qin Ningyi’s voice was barely audible.
Huo Rou looked up in a daze. Qin Ningyi slowly opened his eyes, adjusting to the light.
“It was my careless driving. Why are you blaming yourself instead?” He had indeed sensed something was wrong, but he could handle this matter himself.
He said it lightly, but his expression turned anxious as he looked at Huo Rou.
“What’s wrong? Are you injured? What happened to your leg?” The person who had been listlessly lying in bed sat up instantly. He reached out to touch her leg, tearing the wound and causing it to bleed profusely.
“Don’t move around!” Huo Rou was also flustered by his reaction. Seeing the blood seeping from Qin Ningyi’s wound, she became extremely anxious and reached for the call bell.
At this moment, she seemed to have completely forgotten that she used to disregard such “minor injuries.”
Qin Ningyi, however, stubbornly stared at her leg, insisting on knowing how it was.
“This is the wheelchair Sitong found for me. I felt dizzy, so she pushed me over like this,” Huo Rou explained.
“Dizzy? Did you hit your head somewhere?”
As she was asking, the doctor and nurses walked in.
After a chaotic period of mutual examination and treatment, Qin Ningyi’s wound was bandaged, and Huo Rou was helped to sit on a soft sofa nearby.
Qin Ningyi could feel Huo Rou’s gaze on him. After all this time, it was rare for them to have such idle time to sit together. She also rarely stared at him like this. Qin Ningyi felt a sense of satisfaction.
“Arrou…” He was about to say something when Xiao Konglin’s voice sounded from outside the door.
“President Qin!”
“Come in!” Qin Ningyi’s voice was several degrees colder than usual. Xiao Konglin shivered outside the door, ignored Zhao Hengyu’s gloating eyes, and stepped in with trepidation.
As expected, as soon as he entered, he was met with Qin Ningyi’s stern face and angry eyes. He must be blaming him for the slow investigation results. After all, President Qin had an accident, and before that, he had given him such a signal. Upon learning that Zhao Hengyu had already arrived at the hospital, he had quickly begun his investigation. President Qin’s itinerary today was decided at the last minute, and in retrospect, only he and the assistant who had ordered their meals knew about it. If the news had leaked, he would have to take the blame no matter what.
Xiao Konglin quickly reported, “President Qin, I’ve found out…”
Qin Ningyi didn’t want to discuss these conspiracies and schemes in front of Huo Rou. She had just experienced a car accident, and he didn’t want to scare her further.
“Go buy some dinner. Arrou is still hungry,” he interrupted Xiao Konglin.
Xiao Konglin understood and stopped talking. “Yes, I’ll go right away.”
As he was about to leave the room, Huo Rou added from behind, “Two portions.”
Originally, he thought it was just a story about a single person buying food for the two of them. However, when they were eating, Xiao Konglin realized that the harm he was about to suffer was far from over.
“Open your mouth.” Huo Rou brought the spoon to his lips.
Qin Ningyi looked at his left hand, which could still move freely, and then at his right hand, which was also functional. He remained silent for a moment. Huo Rou had already blamed herself countless times. If she didn’t do anything, she would feel uneasy. So, she stubbornly held the bowl and spoon. Faced with her gaze, which was solely focused on him, the words of refusal were hard to utter.
“I can do it myself.” Qin Ningyi struggled for a moment, but then, contrary to his intentions, he opened his mouth and drank the spoonful of porridge.
Xiao Konglin watched his usually strong boss obediently eat the food being fed to him. His eyes nearly fell out.
Zhao Hengyu pushed open the door and was about to enter when he saw the man on the bed cast a cold glance at him. With his recovery speed and stamina, could he not finish a bowl of porridge? Did he need to be so slow? That scoundrel!
While complaining, Zhao Hengyu pulled Xiao Konglin out of the ward. “You have no foresight. Your President Qin is shamelessly seeking attention, why are you in the way?”
Xiao Konglin looked confused. “I need to report to President Qin. An assistant was bribed.”
Hearing this, Zhao Hengyu’s eyes changed. “There’s such a problem within your organization? You, as his special assistant, are quite something.”
Xiao Konglin lowered his head in shame. This person had always been honest, and today he was indeed a bit too eager, but this…
“Give him to me, I’ll investigate.” He had already made some progress on the driver’s matter. It was the first time he had seen someone plot against others to the point of forgetting to exclude themselves. Langyan’s people had already gone to follow Jiang Rong. Just now, he heard a report that the woman was excitedly going to a bar to drink and meet her lover. She was truly living it up. If the scoundrel inside knew that he was tripped up by such a person… he wondered what his expression would be.