153: Chapter 153 She Got Stabbed 153: Chapter 153 She Got Stabbed The next day.
Su He, accompanied by Lan Yan, rushed to Beijing.
Based on the address found by Bai Yang, the two arrived near their destination in a place called Teng Town by 3:30 in the afternoon.
Lan Yan looked at the map; they were still two kilometers away from their destination.
She looked up at Su He, who was driving, and said, “Boss, Lin Yuanshan’s house is still two kilometers away; we can only walk from here as the road ahead is too narrow for cars.”
Su He surveyed the surroundings.
Although remote, it was a six or seven-hour drive from the city center.
However, it didn’t look like a destitute place; the streets were bustling with various goods, very lively and seemingly prosperous.
It even resembled a tourist attraction, although there were no skyscrapers, there were many guesthouses and farm stays nearby.
Immediately, she found a place to park the car.
After getting out of the car, they followed the navigation toward Lin Yuanshan’s house.
Twenty minutes later.
They stood in front of a two-story building.
Lan Yan glanced at the house number 1-4 on the door and said, “Boss, this is the place.”
But the door was closed shut.
Lan Yan stepped forward and knocked on the iron gate with her palm.
“Hello, is anyone home?”
She knocked a few times and called out a few times, but no one responded.
She turned back to look at Su He, shaking her head.
“Boss, at this time, could they have gone to work and not yet returned?” Lan Yan said.
They had seen factories nearby, and they weren’t far from Teng Town; it would be about half an hour by electric bike.
Su He slightly frowned and said, “Bai Yang said Lin Yuanshan doesn’t work.”
After thinking for a moment, Lan Yan asked, “Could he have a small shop or something in this town?”
Bai Yang hadn’t mentioned that.
She glanced at the neighbors, then asked around.
Surprisingly, Lan Yan’s guess was on point.
Lin Yuanshan had opened a small restaurant in the town, which Bai Yang hadn’t found, possibly because it wasn’t registered under his name.
But she wasn’t interested in these details; she just wanted to find the man.
Half an hour later, the two returned to the town and found the restaurant mentioned by an older man they spoke with.
Perhaps because the two women were too beautiful, as soon as they entered, they attracted the attention of the patrons.
A group of men at one table, upon seeing Su He and Lan Yan, immediately whistled and shouted, “Lin, your restaurant has got two beauties!”
Su He ignored them but slightly furrowed her brows; the restaurant was filled with an offensive smell of smoke and strong alcohol.
This hardly seemed like a normal place for dining.
Lan Yan felt disgusted; her gaze turned icy, warning the men who had whistled at them with her look.
She hated such men!
Absolutely contemptible!
Struggling with the irritating smell, Su He covered her nose and continued walking inside to the cashier counter.
A relatively young woman was sitting at the cashier.
She was momentarily stunned when she saw Su He, envy appeared in her eyes.
Su He was so beautiful and fair, she shone; one might think she was a big star.
Politely, Su He asked, “Excuse me, is Lin Yuanshan here?”
The woman came back to her senses and responded, “You’re looking for our boss?”
“Yes, I have some matters to discuss with him; he asked me to come.”
Hearing Su He’s words, the woman didn’t suspect anything; after all, someone so beautiful couldn’t be a bad person or a scam artist.
She then pointed to the staircase beside her and said, “Our boss is on the second floor, you can go up there.”
Su He gave a light smile and said, “Thank you.”
She and Lan Yan exchanged looks and walked towards the staircase, going up.
Lin Yuanshan was leisurely lying on a rocking chair with his eyes closed.
Hearing footsteps, he thought it was a staff member and spoke, “Haven’t I said not to disturb me unless it’s a life-or-death matter?”
Su He stood there, watching him without saying a word.
Lin Yuanshan, finding it strange not to hear a reply from his staff, opened his eyes and was suddenly startled to see two unfamiliar women standing in front of him.
“Ouch!”
“Who…
Who are you?”
He sat up immediately, his face wary as he asked.
Su He stepped forward, her gaze cold as she looked at him.
She had met her mother’s attending doctor years ago, and despite the years, she vaguely remembered his face; it seemed she had found the right person.
She looked at him and calmly said, “Doctor Peng Jun, long time no see.”
The man on the rocking chair’s pupils shrank, and his expression became stiff.
He quickly composed himself and glared at Su He, saying, “Who are you looking for?
This is a restaurant, we don’t have any doctors here!”
Su He didn’t miss his evasive gaze.
She chuckled lightly, her voice cold, “It’s fine if you don’t want to admit it; at least that proves you indeed have something to hide.”
“Don’t spout nonsense here, leave immediately, or else I’ll call the police.
This is trespassing.
The second floor is not open to customers and customers are not allowed up here!”
Su He was not frightened in the slightest, instead, she responded, “Go ahead, call them, it will save me the phone charges.”
Lin Yuanshan: “…”
“Now you go by Lin Yuanshan, but seventeen years ago, you were called Peng Jun, a doctor at the Central Second Hospital in Yue City,” Su He said with a somber gaze, speaking clearly, “I am not wrong, am I?
As for why you are hiding your identity, you and I both know the reason.”
Su He did not expose it immediately.
“What do I know exactly?
I don’t understand what you’re talking about!
Leave immediately, or I’ll call for help.” Lin Yuanshan feigned ignorance and roared.
Unmoved, Su He slightly lifted her gaze, fixed her eyes on him for a few seconds, then mentioned a name: “Su Wanqiu, you should still remember this name, right?”
Upon hearing this name, Lin Yuanshan’s pupils faltered, and his mind buzzed.
He thought he had hidden it well, but Su He still noticed his unusual reaction.
How could he forget that name?
If it weren’t for the person with that name, he wouldn’t have come to this remote town and stayed for seventeen years.
Only then did he start to scrutinize Su He, looking at her face which did indeed seem familiar.
“So, remember now?”
Lin Yuanshan clenched his teeth and still denied it: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
Su He frowned.
“Lin Yuanshan, if you tell me what happened back then, I can ensure your safety.”
His steadfast silence could only mean that someone was threatening him in secret.
At that moment, a cellphone ringtone sounded.
It was Lin Yuanshan’s phone; he picked it up and answered.
“Hello.”
The person on the phone said something, but whatever it was made Lin Yuanshan’s face stiffen instantly, a flicker of panic in his eyes.
Su He’s frown deepened.
After hanging up, Lin Yuanshan looked up at Su He and said calmly, “Leave quickly.
I have nothing to say, and no one is threatening me.
I don’t recognize the person you mentioned.”
He stood up, grabbed a stick by his side, and attempted to drive them away.
Lan Yan quickly approached and seized the stick from his hand.
With considerable strength, she effortlessly snatched the stick away.
“You…”
Lan Yan’s gaze was frosty and fierce, glaring at him.
His words of rebuke were stuck in his throat, unable to come out.
“What exactly do you want?”
“Lin Yuanshan, if you have any conscience, just tell us what happened!” Su He said coldly.
“I told you I don’t know what you’re talking about; what do you want me to say?” Lin Yuanshan said agitatedly.
Seeing that Su He wasn’t leaving, he shook off his hand and walked away himself.
Lan Yan wanted to stop him, but Su He called out to hold her back.
“Boss, we’re just letting him go like this?”
“If I’m not mistaken, those people already know we’ve come for Lin Yuanshan.
That phone call just now was probably a warning to keep him from talking,” Su He said with a grim expression.
Lan Yan paused slightly, “But we were very careful coming here, almost no one knew.”
Su He said, “The only explanation is that someone has been covertly watching Lin Yuanshan for years, even helping to erase his tracks.”
Otherwise, they couldn’t have possibly found out about their arrival so quickly.
They had just gotten off the car when the other party probably already knew.
After all these years, the other party had been so cautious, it’s no wonder they left no trails.
It seems that getting Lin Yuanshan to talk would require some time; they shouldn’t rush things.
Su He said, “Let’s find a place to stay first and check who has been watching Lin Yuanshan all this time.”
Lan Yan responded, “Alright, I’ll do it now.”
Half an hour later.
They checked into a guesthouse, had some food, and then went back to their rooms.
Lan Yan had just closed the door when a text message popped up on her phone – it was from Bai Yang.
“Boss, Bai Yang has replied,” she said as she walked inside with her phone, “Bai Yang checked Lin Yuanshan’s phone records.
The call he received this afternoon was from a burner phone, leaving no clues.”
Hearing that, Su He responded, “Alright, got it.”
“Go rest for a while, and remember not to sleep too deeply tonight.”
She reminded her.
Lan Yan was slightly startled but then understood, “Okay, I got it.”
Su He was also unsure whether they would make a move, but given the situation, it was better to be safe than sorry.
Both then returned to their own rooms.
Su He stretched her waist; driving for hours today, coupled with being kept up until midnight the night before, she was quite sore.
Just as she thought of that person, her cell phone rang.
She looked at the caller ID and answered.
The man was sitting on an office chair, looking down at the city center through a floor-to-ceiling window, his profile illuminated by a touch of orange glow.
He looked up to see a sky blush with sunset.
“How is everything going?”
Lying on the bed, Su He listened to the man’s deep, magnetic, and tender voice, feeling the fatigue lessen significantly.
She sighed deeply.
The man then asked, “What’s wrong?”
Su He raised her hand and rubbed her brow, then recounted today’s events to him.
“…”
The man listened attentively, responding occasionally.
But gradually, he noticed her voice getting softer until it faded away, leaving only faint breathing sounds.
His thin lips curved into a faint smile, and it took about twenty minutes before he finally hung up the phone.
…
In the Rolls-Royce, the man suddenly spoke: “Have Fei Yang prepare a helicopter.”
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi were taken aback.
“Alright, Master.”
Immediately, Jiang Feng made a call to Fei Yang.
Night fell.
At midnight, Teng Town was enveloped in darkness, with occasional barking of dogs.
Su He just turned over, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and her eyes opened instantly.
In the pitch-dark room, her bright eyes appeared exceptionally cold.
At this moment, outside the living room of the guesthouse they were staying in, stood several men in black, all holding knives.
The leader made a gesture, and his men approached rooms on both sides.
“Bang!”
The doors were kicked open simultaneously.
As they entered, they advanced towards the beds and immediately pulled the sheets away, but…
“Damn!
No one!”
The room wasn’t large; a quick glance was enough to see there was nowhere to hide.
“Mr.
Rong, there’s no one in the rooms.
Could it be that they aren’t staying here?”
The lead man’s gaze was terribly grim as he said in a deep voice, “Impossible.
Keep looking.
They’re just two women.
We were ordered not to let them leave Teng Town!”
“Yes!”
Upon hearing the noise, Su He and Lan Yan woke up and directly jumped out of the window.
Fortunately, it was the second floor, not too high.
After jumping down, Su He did not leave but hid in a dark corner behind the guesthouse, which allowed her to see the men coming out.
If they could freely enter and leave here, it only meant one thing – the owner of the guesthouse was also problematic.
Either bought off or part of them.
At that moment, Lan Yan also darted over.
She whispered to Su He, “Boss, I just overheard their conversation.
They said someone is keeping us from leaving Teng Town.”
Su He pondered for a while and said, “Let’s split up and scatter their forces.”
“No, Boss, let me handle it all.
I can do it,” Lan Yan said.
It wasn’t that she doubted Su He’s capabilities, but she still worried since her Anesthesia could make her overlook many things.
Su He knew what she was worried about, “Don’t worry, I won’t die.”
After saying that, Su He took the lead and walked out.
The men in black saw her and shouted, “There she is!”
“Chase!”
Lan Yan took one last look at Su He’s silhouette and then went out in the opposite direction.
“Mr.
Rong, there’s another one here.”
“Ah Da, take your men and chase!”
“Yes!”
Under the sparse moon and stars, several men in black chased a slender figure through the alleys of the town.
They hadn’t expected Su He to run so fast and although they were close to catching up, they just couldn’t close the distance, as if she did it on purpose.
After a long while.
She suddenly stopped.
She stood under the street lamp at the end of the alley, watching the black-clothed men still running, the faint halo of light above her head, making her appear somewhat blurred from a distance.
Eventually, they reached her.
One of the men in black, panting heavily and with hands on hips, said, “Mr.
Rong, this woman can really run!”
She watched them, all out of breath, and her lips curved in a mocking smile: “All you big men, that’s all the stamina you have?”
They looked at Su He, who stood calmly.
Was this woman even human?
She had run through several alleys and wasn’t even winded.
The man called Mr.
Rong, also gasping for air due to exhaustion, squinted at Su He.
She was the person from the photos, and even more glamorous in person.
His gruff voice rang out: “You’re Su He, right?
If you know what’s good for you, come with us.
My men are rough, and with your delicate limbs, it’d be unfortunate if they hurt you.”
Su He looked at them calmly, not showing the slightest fear.
Instead, she spoke in a contemptuous tone: “Try beating me first before saying that!
It’s not yet decided who will hurt whom.”
The man sneered at her words, “Overestimating yourself.
Since you’re so ungracious, don’t blame us then!”
He shouted, “Ah Fu, go!”
“Yes, Mr.
Rong.”
A sly smile flickered across Su He’s cold and gorgeous eyes.
The moment the black-clothed man charged at her, Su He perfectly dodged and quickly moved to his side, grabbing his arm and kicking his knee, causing him to kneel on the ground immediately with a loud crash.
Standing behind him, she locked his arm and with a pull, a “crack” sound was heard as his arm was dislocated.
As he tried to use his other hand to stop Su He, another crisp “crack” echoed.
“Ah!”
A piercing scream tore through the night sky!
This sound seemed a bit eerie in the quiet, deep night.
When she let go, the man in black fell to the ground like a puppet that had its strings cut.
The whole process took less than a minute.
Su He turned around, looked at the person behind her, and clapped her hands, “Next, who is it?
Hmm?”
The people behind her were shocked by the scene.
They didn’t expect Su He to have such agile movements.
The person called Mr.
Rong, with a dark expression on his face, gritted his teeth and said, “Everyone, attack!”
He didn’t believe that a woman could overpower them!
Upon hearing this, Su He didn’t even blink an eye.
The remaining three men pulled out knives and charged at her.
But before she could move, a tall shadow darted out from a small alley.
This person, in terms of speed and skills, was even faster and fiercer than Su He.
Soon, several screams of agony echoed from the alley, and the remaining men in black were left sprawled on the ground, unable to get up, clutching their hands, chests, and feet in agony.
Su He stood still, watching the tall and familiar figure before her, somewhat dumbfounded.
Why was he here?
Jiang Yan’s dark and deep eyes seemed even more piercing in the night, like a lion released from a cage, chilling to the bone.
He glanced at Mr.
Rong, who felt a chill sweep through him, his body stiffening and his limbs trembling.
Who…who is this man?
Where did he come from?
Wasn’t it said there were only two women?
He wanted to turn and run, but Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi had already blocked the possible exits.
“Brother, where do you think you’re going?” Jiang Feng smiled and looked at him.
…
Jiang Yan turned around, walked forward two steps, and pulled her into his embrace.
He caressed the back of her head and asked softly, “Sorry, I came late.
Are you hurt?”
After holding her for a while, he let her go and then tried to check for any injuries on her body.
Su He stared at him blankly.
To be honest, she was really surprised to see him in this remote town in the middle of the night.
At the same time, she felt a touch of emotion in her heart.
“I’m not hurt,” she said looking at him.
“Really?”
She nodded, her tone playful, “I didn’t even get a chance to take action, and you’re already here.”
“Why did you come?” she blinked and asked.
The man looked into her bright eyes, his lips curving slightly, “I missed you, so I came.
Also, I can’t sleep without you.”
…
Su He’s heart skipped a beat, feeling a slight warmth in her ears.
Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw a figure rise from behind him holding a knife, which startled her.
“Watch out!”
She pushed Jiang Yan away with force.
The knife in the man’s hand swung but didn’t touch Jiang Yan, but because Su He spotted it early and stepped in front, the blade fell on her arm.
Then she kicked, sending him flying.
“Master!”
Lan Yan, who had just dealt with those people, came over just in time to see this scene.
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi were also shocked; nobody expected the man on the ground to get up.
—
Twenty minutes later, in a small hospital in the town.
The attending doctor was intimidated by the imposing aura of the man in front of him.
Lan Yan didn’t expect any help from him, so she went to find surgical instruments, iodine, gauze, and bandages…
…
The man looked at the wound on her arm, the flesh gashed open.
He furrowed his brows, his dark eyes simultaneously cold and filled with regret and heartache.
But Su He didn’t make a peep, as if she couldn’t feel anything.
Lan Yan quickly stopped the bleeding and disinfected it, then prepared to stitch up her wound.
“Wait!”
Jiang Yan suddenly shouted.
“You haven’t given her anesthesia,” he said coldly.
Lan Yan was startled for a moment.
Su He glanced at her and calmly said, “Just stitch it.”
Then, she looked up at Jiang Yan, grasping his hand with her other hand, and softly said, “Don’t worry, I don’t feel pain.”
The man frowned, how could it possibly not hurt?
Su He knew he was puzzled, and then she explained, “Do you remember the wound on my wrist last time in Country Y?
I told you I didn’t feel any pain, there’s a reason for that.
I haven’t had the chance to tell you, but I’ve had anesthesia since I was little, which simply means I don’t feel any pain no matter how severe the injury is.”
The more Jiang Yan listened, the darker his expression became.