154: Chapter 154 The So-Called Truth 154: Chapter 154 The So-Called Truth Su He watched as he furrowed his brows, and couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.
“Don’t frown like that, it’s not attractive.
And it’s not doing any harm to my body.”
She realized that although she was the one injured, the person who needed comforting was him.
She took his broad palm into hers and squeezed the center of his hand.
This man, from the inside out, was so handsome.
His long fingers, distinct knuckles, very attractive, very seductive.
At the same time, those hands were also very good at stirring emotions…
As she watched, her thoughts began to drift…
Fortunately, Lan Yan’s voice rang out, bringing her back to the moment.
“Alright, boss.”
Then, she turned to the duty doctor and said proficiently, “I need you to prescribe some anti-inflammatory and antipyretic medicine.”
The duty doctor nodded, “Then come with me.”
Lan Yan followed him to get the medication.
Soon after, she was back.
“Boss, the medicine is ready.”
“Mm, then let’s go back.”
Just as she was about to stand up, she was scooped up in the man’s arms.
She was startled and quickly said, “I can walk on my own, put me down.”
Her arm was injured, not her leg.
Lan Yan sensibly turned and left first.
The man looked down at her, his tone leaving no room for negotiation, “Be good, don’t move around, we’re heading back to the city first.”
“No need, I’m really fine, and…”
Before she could finish, the man interrupted her sharply, “Leave this matter here to Jiang Feng, he will resolve it, you must come back with me to the hospital.”
Su He blinked and ultimately complied obediently.
“Oh, alright then.”
Lan Yan, hearing the commotion inside, realized that someone could actually keep their boss in check.
Because from her understanding of Su He, such an injury would definitely not require hospitalization.
Besides, once Su He made up her mind, no one could persuade her otherwise.
…
After returning to Beijing, it was already 4 a.m.
Su He directly checked into the hospital.
She had fallen asleep on the helicopter and did not know when she arrived.
At 5 a.m., she began to have a fever.
Before Lan Yan left, she had given Jiang Yan a heads-up that Su He would surely have a fever tonight, so he stayed up almost all night.
Only at 7 a.m.
did her temperature finally go down.
When Su He woke up, it was already 1 p.m.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she felt weak all over.
Jiang Yan had just stepped out to take a call and saw the woman on the bed stirring as he entered.
He rushed over to her in two long strides, supporting her back so she could sit up.
Then he turned to pour her a cup of warm water, “Here, have some water.”
She was indeed feeling quite thirsty and wanted to drink.
After she finished drinking, the man sat down, his gaze soft as he watched her, asking, “Are you still feeling uncomfortable anywhere?”
Su He licked her lips with the tip of her tongue, her clear eyes looking at the man in front of her, and shook her head.
His chin stubble had grown out and was yet to be cleaned up; this was very unlike his usual style.
After developing a fever the previous night, her voice was a bit hoarse, “Why don’t you go freshen up?”
She pointed at his jaw.
Upon hearing this, the man obediently got up and went to the bathroom.
Soon after, Lan Yan came with food.
“Boss, you’re awake.”
“Uh-huh, what about those people?” Su He asked.
Lan Yan replied, “Last night, President Jiang took them back to Beijing, they’re detained now.
I’ve seen and asked them, but they haven’t said anything.”
Su He pondered for a moment, “Keep a close watch on Lin Yuanshan’s side.”
Lan Yan said, “President Jiang has arranged everything.”
Su He: “…” Alright then.
After Jiang Yan came out of the bathroom, Lan Yan left.
The man changed into a black shirt, the top two buttons undone, sleeves rolled up to his forearms, revealing his strong muscles.
Dressed in all black, an abstinent and extraordinarily charming man, bewitching hearts.
He went straight over, opened the food Lan Yan had brought, and took out a bowl of porridge.
“Eat something first, we can discuss other matters after you’re done.”
“Okay.”
She was about to reach for the spoon herself, but the man spoke again, “Sit still, don’t move.”
Su He lightly lifted her eyelids, “I can eat by myself.”
She wasn’t that delicate—although it was her right hand that was hurt, her left hand was perfectly fine.
The man ignored her words, took the spoon, opened the lid, and a plume of hot steam rose.
He scooped a spoonful of the porridge, carefully blew on it before feeding her.
Since it wasn’t the first time, it would be somewhat pretentious to refuse.
After eating her fill, she was fully reinvigorated.
Just as she was about to ask him something, someone knocked on the door.
The man said in a deep voice, “Come in.”
Jiang Feng entered the room.
He greeted, “Young Madam, Fifth Young Master Jiang.”
“We’ve brought Lin Yuanshan back,” said Jiang Feng.
Su He looked at him somewhat startled, “What did you say?”
Jiang Feng continued, “Young Madam, Lin Yuanshan said he’s willing to reveal the events of that year, so the master ordered me to bring him here.”
Su He blinked, wondering how in the span of one night he was willing to talk.
She glanced at the man next to her, then at Jiang Feng, and said, “Then let him in.”
“Yes.”
Two minutes later.
Lin Yuanshan walked in trembling.
He raised his head, looking at Su He, “Miss Su, ask whatever you need.”
Su He narrowed her brows slightly, “You only need to tell me whether my mother died from the illness, and who was behind instructing you?”
Lin Yuanshan nodded, “Okay, okay, I’ll tell you.”
“Actually…
your mother’s illness wasn’t fatal.”
Lin Yuanshan said shakily, mainly because the air pressure in the ward was too low, sending chills down his spine.
Especially when he said that, the temperature in the entire room seemed to drop.
It was truly hair-raising.
“Continue,” Su He said coldly.
Lin Yuanshan swallowed, his lips trembling slightly, “It was because someone injected an overdose of Xidelan into your mother’s body, leading to her death.”
Xidelan?
She did indeed see Xidelan medication on her mother’s medical record, but the dosage was correct.
Su He’s brows furrowed tightly, glaring at him, “So you altered the medicine dosage on the medical record?”
Lin Yuanshan’s body shook, he lowered his head, nodding, “Yes…
it was me who changed it.”
Then he continued, “I was forced at that time, too.
Because of my gambling habit, I lost five hundred thousand.
More than a decade ago, that was not a small amount, and I couldn’t earn it in ten years with my salary.
Later, they caught my weakness and blackmailed me with it, saying that if I didn’t help them, they would tell the hospital about my gambling.
At that time, I couldn’t do anything other than being a doctor, and if the hospital found out about my gambling, they would definitely fire me.
I was burdened with huge debts, and I could not afford to be fired.
Being fired would be the end of me.
So when they mentioned the second condition, I agreed, and they also promised to help me pay off my debts and even give me an additional five hundred thousand.
I was blinded by greed and agreed…
I really didn’t do it on purpose.”
“After your mother passed away, I resigned half a year later, and my identity since then has been falsified by others.”
In fact, other than his younger days when he liked to gamble, he really hadn’t done any bad things.
All these years, he had always been afraid of being discovered, but he never forgot about this matter.
Su He had always known that not all doctors necessarily uphold medical morality, not always following their heart, and some people would take the wrong path, betraying their conscience and doing disreputable deeds.
But she could never have imagined that one day, she would encounter such an incident.
She had always thought that her mother had died a natural death, so she never had any suspicions.
“Get to the main point.”
Jiang Feng’s deep black eyes gave him a sharp glance.
Lin Yuanshan shivered, “I…
I don’t know who it was, I only know that the person who contacted me was a woman, but I never saw her.
However, during a phone call, I heard someone in the background calling her Ms.
Qiu.
After the job was done, we lost contact, and I have been living in Teng Town since then, but they have people watching over here, and I can’t leave.”
Ms.
Qiu?
Su He’s pupils dilated slightly, and she abruptly sat up straight in bed.
Jiang Feng looked at her, “What’s wrong?
Do you recognize this Ms.
Qiu?”
She turned her head, looking at him, “Ms.
Qiu is already dead.”
No wonder that day, An Xueyin said she could never know the supposed truth in her lifetime.
The man frowned upon hearing this, “What happened?”
“Ms.
Qiu was the auntie who took care of my mother.
A month after my mom passed away, Ms.
Qiu resigned due to poor health and left the An Family to return to her hometown.
However, she had a car accident on the way back home.”
Su He never expected that this matter would involve Ms.
Qiu.
If Lin Yuanshan was telling the truth, then Ms.
Qiu’s death was no accident.
But after so many years, it was impossible to reinvestigate the case.
If she remembered correctly, the car accident that Ms.
Qiu was involved in was judged an accidental natural disaster.
Because Ms.
Qiu had been kind to her mother and her, she always remembered Ms.
Qiu as an honest, kind, and gentle woman.
Su He still found it somewhat difficult to accept.
She fiercely looked at Lin Yuanshan, a chilling light flashing in her beautiful eyes, “Lin Yuanshan, are you sure you didn’t hear wrong?”
How dared Lin Yuanshan lie; he was almost ready to kneel and kowtow to her to show his sincerity.
“I’m sure I didn’t hear wrong, Miss Su, you could give me a thousand guts, and I still wouldn’t dare to lie to you.”
If he had known seventeen years ago that he would get into such trouble, he would have never agreed to do that thing, which has caused him to spend half his life hiding and living in constant fear.
Just last night at dawn, a group of men in black suddenly barged into his house and tied up his whole family.
Each one of them was fierce and formidable; he was no match for them.
And these people were even more terrifying and ruthless than the ones who had been watching him in secret.
His wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, and grandson were all still in their hands.
He dared not tell lies.
“…”
After Lin Yuanshan left the hospital room, Su He fell into deep thought.
She had thought that finding Lin Yuanshan would lead to the truth, but unexpectedly, it involved another person she had not anticipated.
But how did An Xueyin find out?
Since she could make such a statement, it meant she knew the truth.
But given An Xueyin’s attitude toward her, if she were to ask nicely, she would probably just mock her and not tell her the truth.
Jiang Feng saw her looking dejected for the first time.
He raised his hand and gently rubbed her head, his voice low, “Alright, don’t overthink it.
This matter, I will have Jiang Feng continue the investigation.
If the other party has done this, they will have left clues and loopholes, just like people, nobody’s perfect.”
Su He looked up at him, “Actually, you don’t need to distract yourself with helping me investigate this.”
Jiang Feng’s eyes were like a warm sun, tender and comforting.
“She’s your mother, and also my mother-in-law, and the closest person to the one I love the most.
Don’t you think I should get involved?
Hmm?”
His voice was deep and warm, with a captivating low tone that left Su He’s heart pounding like a drum at his words “the one I love the most.”
Before, she was slow to react to emotions and quite resistant, so no matter who confessed their feelings to her, she remained indifferent.
She had been pursued many times, heard countless cheesy confessions, but her heart had never raced; she was always cool and collected.
But now, facing the man before her, the calm lake in her heart seemed to have been disturbed by a stone, rippling endlessly.
Jiang Yan saw her staring blankly at him and chuckled, teasingly saying, “Are you trying to seduce me into committing a crime in broad daylight?”
Su He blinked in confusion upon hearing this.
Seduce him into committing a crime?
The man curved his thin lips into a smile, moving closer to her.
“Don’t you know that I have absolutely no resistance to you?
Just seeing you makes me want to take you, press you beneath me and ravage you, and I’m dying to hear your beautiful voice.”
Su He’s eyes widened, disbelieving what she was hearing.
Such explicit, shameful words, even bordering on vulgar, actually came from the mouth of this favored son of heaven!
Appearances are deceiving, and the ocean’s depth is immeasurable!
All men are the same, their heads filled with durians both stinky and fragrant.
The frustration in her heart was momentarily dispersed by his shameless words.
“…”
One second her heart was pounding, the next it was gone.
Two days later.
She could finally be discharged from the hospital.
Actually, her injuries didn’t necessitate a hospital stay, but no matter what, he insisted on her being admitted.
After being discharged, they didn’t rush back to Yue City; instead, Su He took him to visit the Su Family.
The car smoothly entered the Su Family Mansion.
As soon as the car stopped, Jiang Feng said, “This time, at least, we weren’t stopped.”
Su He had come back on a whim, without notifying anyone.
Upon seeing her return, the housekeeper Uncle Zhu was startled, then immediately broke into a wide, toothy smile, “Ah, Miss Su, you’re back!
The master and Old Madam will be so happy.”
“I’ll go to the back garden right now and call them.”
Seeing Uncle Zhu’s grinning face, Su He also smiled and said, “No need, Uncle Zhu.
We’ll go find grandma and grandpa ourselves.”
Uncle Zhu only noticed Jiang Yan’s existence when she said “we.”
He glanced at the tall and handsome man standing next to Su He, and his smile instantly froze.
Jiang Yan: “…”
Su He slightly embarrassed, tugged at the corner of her mouth: “…”
Uncle Zhu then cleared his throat and said, “Oh, sorry, I just didn’t notice the son-in-law was also here for a moment.”
Jiang Yan responded with a nonchalant smile, “It’s alright.
I understand.
When I reach Uncle Zhu’s age, my eyesight might decline too.”
Uncle Zhu: “…”
Su He pursed her lips, trying to hide a smile.
This man really didn’t allow himself to suffer any loss, and even when belittling himself, he didn’t spare others.
Halfway to the back garden, the man suddenly stopped.
She looked up and asked, “What’s wrong?”
He looked down at her, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, “What if grandpa and grandma kick me out later?”
He hadn’t forgotten that the two elders weren’t quite fond of him.
Su He looked at him, suddenly feeling like laughing, the prestigious leader of the Jiang Family, a titan in the business world, overseeing tens of thousands of employees, Fifth Young Master Jiang, actually feared two old people whose ages combined were nearly a hundred and sixty.
She hadn’t mentioned to him yet what Su Zhimian told her last time at home; in fact, the two elders had already approved of him.
A sly glint passed through her eyes as she said, “Then you’ll just have to wait for me at home, poor thing.”
Jiang Yan: “…Aren’t you going to help me?”
Su He shrugged, looking helpless, “I can’t change what grandma and grandpa decide.”
“Good luck, perform well.
I believe you can win over the elders, just show them your negotiating skills.”
Su He made a cheering gesture, then walked ahead by herself.
“…”