"Sister, brother-in-law is also injured. He's in another hospital."
Zhan Jiayi immediately said, "Which hospital? I want to see him!"
Her brother pressed the call button for the ward while stopping her, "Sister, you can't move right now. You have to lie down. Your injury is to your waist."
Zhan Jiayi tried to pull out the IV needle herself, but as soon as she raised her other hand, she pulled the injured part of her waist. Another wave of sharp pain hit her, and her face turned even paler.
At this moment, the doctor and nurses rushed into the room, holding her down to prevent her from moving.
The doctor examined the wound on her waist and found it bleeding again. He said to her brother, "How could you let her move around? It's bleeding again. She'll have to go back to surgery to have the wound restitched!"
Her brother was also anxious upon hearing this. He persuaded her, "Sister, brother-in-law is really fine. You need to recover from your injuries first! Your injuries are more serious than his!"
"He's injured too?" Zhan Jiayi was about to ask for details when the doctor administered painkillers and anesthetic.
Feeling groggy, she was pushed into the operating room.
...
Before sleeping, Su Su was browsing her phone and accidentally saw the news about Xie Zhendong and Zhan Jiayi being in an accident. Her sleepiness vanished, and she searched for all related information online.
Tianyi came out of the bathroom and saw her still looking at her phone. He tried to take it away, saying, "Stop playing with it. Get some rest."
Su Su held her phone out to him, "Did you see this news? Xie Zhendong and Zhan Jiayi had an accident. Have they caught the person who harmed them? Who is it?"
"I'm not too sure about the specifics," Tianyi said, glancing at her phone. "I only heard that Zhan Jiayi was shot in the waist, and Xie Zhendong fell from a building while fighting those people. Fortunately, a bamboo pole broke his fall, and he landed on a thick pile of grass. He was only injured and didn't lose his life."
Su Su murmured, "The Xie family is really unlucky. If this continues, they'll be wiped out."
"Who can they blame for this?" Tianyi said indifferently. "Xie Qining is not living up to expectations, and Xie Zhendong is too headstrong. I think with Xie Zhendong's accident, Xie Corporation is also in a precarious situation."
Su Su was not interested in the business matters he spoke of and asked, "Do you think Sasha might have done something to Zhan Jiayi and Xie Zhendong?"
Tianyi had the same suspicion, but it was unconfirmed. "The current rumors are that Xie Zhendong offended someone with his overseas projects. The person who wanted to harm them this time is a businessman from abroad who came to Lan City. He doesn't want their money, only their lives."
Su Su gasped. What foreign businessman? He only wanted their lives? What deep-seated hatred did he have for Xie Zhendong?
Tianyi saw Su Su still deep in thought, snatched her phone, and put it aside. He pushed her onto the bed, saying, "Stop thinking about it. Xie Zhendong brought it upon himself. Why should we worry about him?"
"Okay, okay." Su Su was almost suffocated by him. "You're annoying, get up! My bones are going to break."
"Then let me press you," Tianyi flipped over and pulled Su Su onto him.
Su Su lay on him and hit his chest twice. "Still playing around? Didn't you say you wanted to sleep? Sleep!"
Saying that, she rolled to the side, pulled a corner of the quilt over her head, and prepared to sleep.
Tianyi also covered himself with the quilt and burrowed under it, but he wouldn't easily let go of this beautiful moment.
...
When Zhan Jiayi woke up again, she truly felt a dull ache in her waist.
Opening her eyes, she didn't see her brother, only a strange woman wearing a hospital orderly's uniform.
"You're awake. I'm the orderly here, Sister Lin."
"Water, I want to drink water." She felt her throat was very dry.
The orderly poured her a cup of water and slowly fed her some with a straw.
She felt her throat was better and asked, "Where's my brother?"
"The young man who hired me? He said he had something to do back home and will bring you food later."
Zhan Jiayi hummed, feeling very tired and exhausted, and closed her eyes, wanting to sleep more.
She remembered that when she woke up last time, her brother told her that Xie Zhendong was fine, just a little injured, while she had been shot in the waist and couldn't move.
She could only see how badly Xie Zhendong was injured after she recovered from her own injuries.
As she was drowsily falling asleep, she felt someone approaching her hospital bed.
She woke up and saw that the person who appeared was not Xie Zhendong, and she felt a little disappointed.
"Thank you for still coming to see me," she said weakly to Su Su.
Su Su took advantage of her lunch break to buy a fruit basket and nutritional supplements to visit Zhan Jiayi.
She had heard from the orderly that Zhan Jiayi was no longer in danger and would recover if she rested well.
Su Su sat on a chair by the bedside and asked, "How are you feeling?"
"Much better."
"Then get plenty of rest. I won't disturb you. I'll come to see you again when I have time." Su Su said, preparing to leave.
Zhan Jiayi called out to her, "Wait, do you know which hospital Xie Zhendong is in?"
Su Su shook her head and said, "I don't know. I asked, but I couldn't find out. With his status, he should have signed a personal security contract. In case of a major accident, he would be protected by bodyguards twenty-four hours a day in a specialized private hospital."
Zhan Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems my brother didn't lie to me. He's just injured."
"Do you know who did it?" Su Su asked. "Who did Xie Zhendong make an enemy of?"
"I don't know. The man who wanted to kill us was not tall, and his accent was not from Lan City. It sounded like... like a Hong Kong or Taiwan accent, or the accent of an overseas Chinese returning home."
Su Su said "Oh."
Zhan Jiayi seemed to remember something and quickly asked, "Was that person caught? How were we saved?"
"I saw on the news that the man's subordinate suddenly betrayed him, and Xie Zhendong's bodyguards arrived in time. That's when the man was captured and handed over to the police," Su Su said. "The police haven't released his identity yet, nor the reason he sought revenge."
Zhan Jiayi murmured, "That's great. It's good that he was caught."
"Yes, don't worry and focus on recovering," Su Su hesitated, then asked out of curiosity, "Didn't you suspect Yang Shasha wanted to harm you before? Have you met her again since then? Could this incident be her... I'm just guessing."
Zhan Jiayi thought back and said, "I haven't had much contact with her. Just recently, she came to the Xie family mansion to see the child. At that time, she changed her mind and didn't want to give up custody of the child. She even wanted the child to recognize her as his mother. So I... I kicked her out of the Xie family. I remember she stood outside the gate of the Xie family for a long time and didn't leave. I didn't pay attention to her, and she left on her own later."
Su Su was shocked. No one knew better than her how important that child was to Yang Shasha.
Yang Shasha endured the pain and gave up custody for the inheritance of the Xie Corporation, but she would never truly give up custody of the child.