Shen Xi glanced at him flusteredly, then brushed her long hair to cover half her face and replied, "Nothing."
She quickly turned her head to look out the window.
Qin Si Ye paused for a moment, then the corner of his lips curved into a charming arc, and he started the car to drive forward.
By the time they returned home, it was already past midnight.
Shen Xi put down her bag and wearily walked into the washroom. Looking at herself in the mirror, she found no red mark on her forehead.
She quickly removed the mask from her face and looked up again. A small part there was indeed red.
She couldn't help but frown, a sense of confusion washing over her. How could Qin Si Ye have seen the red mark on her forehead through the mask?
And he had so carefully tended to it, relieving her pain. Could he have X-ray vision?
Or did he already know she was wearing a mask?
Impossible. If he knew, why didn't he just call her out? Why would he still like and pursue her as Shen Xi?
She must be overthinking.
Perhaps her mask was too thin and too realistic, and it had truly reflected the red mark just now.
The next day, after dropping off her children, Shen Xi took half a day off from An Kang Hospital and then rushed to the First People's Hospital where Xie Yifei was.
When she pushed open the door, she saw Jian Fan sitting by the bedside, personally feeding Xie Yifei porridge spoon by spoon.
Upon seeing her enter, Xie Yifei quickly snatched the bowl and chopsticks from Jian Fan and complained in a low voice, "I told you I could do it myself, but you insisted..."
"Yifei, you don't need to be so nervous. Jian Fan took care of you here all night. What's wrong with him feeding you some porridge?" Shen Xi teased with a smile.
From last night, she already understood Jian Fan's feelings for Xie Yifei.
If he didn't have feelings for someone, how could a man silently stay with a woman all night?
Xie Yifei's face turned slightly red. She lowered her head and continued to drink her porridge, as if she hadn't heard a word Shen Xi said.
Stepping back awkwardly, Jian Fan smiled foolishly at Shen Xi, "Sister Xi, you're here."
"Yes." Shen Xi walked over, placed the clothes she was holding on a stool, and looked at the woman on the bed pretending to be deaf and mute with a smile. "Yifei, how are you feeling now?"
Slowly raising her head, Xie Yifei placed the spoon into the lunchbox. "I don't feel anything, just like a normal person."
Seeing this, Jian Fan immediately took the empty lunchbox from her hand and put it into the trash can.
"Then how much do you remember about what happened yesterday?" Shen Xi asked cautiously, trying to probe.
She shouldn't have asked such a sensitive question as soon as Xie Yifei woke up, but Dai Lei was still in Qin Si Ye's hands.
Qin Si Ye, such a busy person, had already helped them a lot. She couldn't let him continue to be distracted by this matter with manpower.
"I remember almost everything," Xie Yifei replied earnestly.
Seeing that Xie Yifei was in good spirits, Shen Xi continued to talk with her. "Then, tell me in detail what happened last night. I'll see if it matches Mr. Qin's investigation results."
Xie Yifei's gaze turned cold as she looked into the distance and slowly said, "Yesterday, as soon as I heard you say that Zheng Tong and Zheng Jinghe might be uncle and nephew, I wanted to help you find out his whereabouts.
Who knew that I didn't find Zheng Tong, but I ran into his girlfriend. That woman insisted on having a drink with me, saying that if I drank that glass of wine, she would immediately take me to see Zheng Tong.
I was anxious to find him at the time, and I thought that since there were so many people in the hall, they wouldn't do anything despicable, so I let my guard down.
Who knew that as soon as I drank that glass of wine, I felt dizzy. I immediately realized I had fallen into their trap. I was about to leave when a man blocked my way.
He took me to a room. In that room, he attempted to assault me.
Relying on the last bit of clarity I had, I struggled with that man. Later, I found a small knife and kept waving it at his lunging figure.
After that, the door was kicked open forcefully, and the man was kicked several meters away. Then, I saw you."
Xie Yifei's small face turned red. She poured out everything she had experienced yesterday in one breath. It was almost identical to what Shen Xi had guessed and what Qin Si Ye had investigated.
But these words had a great impact on Jian Fan. Especially hearing her resist that man with all her might in the room, he felt both angry and heartbroken.
He clenched his fists, making "crunching" sounds, and veins bulged on the back of his hands.
"That woman is called Xia Jingyi, the second daughter of the Xia Group. You mentioned the word 'they' just now. Besides her, who else was there?" Shen Xi asked Xie Yifei with a confused look.