Yan Bai took a deep breath, as if the situation were not as it seemed.
This matter truly had nothing to do with him.
He was merely an employee.
"Something has happened with Miss Xu."
Shen Xizhou looked at Yan Bai, his gaze prompting him to continue.
"Young Master Shen, it appears Miss Xu has been involved in an inappropriate relationship with another man, and his girlfriend has come looking for trouble."
Shen Xizhou looked at Yan Bai in confusion: "Weren't you at the banquet today? You accompanied Xu Ruowei. How could something like this have happened?"
Yan Bai was at a loss for words.
Yes, he had accompanied Xu Ruowei, but who could have foreseen what happened afterward?
Who would have imagined that Xu Ruowei would do something so audacious?
Such a situation was simply unbelievable.
At that moment, when the woman came to cause trouble, he happened to be attending to some urgent matters and had left. He truly hadn't anticipated that something like this would occur.
How was he to explain what happened next?
Yan Bai felt he was quite innocent.
Yan Bai recounted the entire incident clearly.
Shen Xizhou merely frowned and said nothing more.
As Yan Bai was vividly describing the events, his phone rang just as he was concluding. He was initially annoyed and didn't want to answer.
But in the end, he picked it up.
Upon hearing what the person on the other end said, he was genuinely shocked.
He was utterly stunned.
At that moment, he felt that answering the call was a wise decision.
Had he not answered, he might have been innocently implicated in whatever happened next.
It was another matter involving Xu Ruowei.
However, this time, it wasn't an embarrassing situation, but rather that Xu Ruowei had met with an accident.
She had been taken hostage by that madwoman, who then fell from a building, taking Xu Ruowei down with her.
The madwoman died, but Xu Ruowei was lucky to survive, though injured. She was currently in the hospital.
Yan Bai relayed the situation he heard from the phone to Shen Xizhou.
He felt the events were rather coincidental. He even suspected that this must have been meticulously planned by Xu Ruowei herself. However, risking her own life for such a plan seemed unlikely.
As Yan Bai was about to voice his doubts, Shen Xizhou cut him off entirely.
"To the hospital."
Yan Bai hesitated for a moment, then followed him.
After such an incident, Young Master Shen did not show anger and still wanted to visit her in the hospital.
This situation felt increasingly surreal.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Xu Ruowei was in a ward, an IV drip in her arm.
"Young Master Shen, although Miss Xu Ruowei is not in life-threatening danger, she still needs proper care."
Shen Xizhou nodded.
Looking at Xu Ruowei, pale on the hospital bed, a strange glint flashed in Shen Xizhou's eyes, his thoughts unknown.
Gazing at Xu Ruowei on the operating table, Shen Xizhou seemed to make an important decision.
Shen Xizhou gently touched her pale face, his heart aching.
"Ruowei, I will investigate that matter thoroughly."
"I refuse to believe you were involved in that."
"Someone must be framing you. I will find out."
Just as Shen Xizhou was about to withdraw his hand, Xu Ruowei tightly grasped it.
"Xizhou, Xizhou, is it really you?"
"Xizhou, I thought you were angry with me and wouldn't come."
Xu Ruowei spoke as if she were in her own world, then said again, "No, you wouldn't possibly come. Xizhou wouldn't come. I must be hallucinating." She shook her head, speaking with a hint of grievance.
As she spoke, she looked extremely weak, as if she had no strength left.
"Xizhou, those things aren't true. Someone wanted to harm me," Xu Ruowei said humbly.
"Ruowei, don't overthink it. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Those who hurt you will pay the price, each and every one of them."
"Xizhou, it really is you."
"I thought I was dreaming."
"So, it's really you."
"It's wonderful that you came, Xizhou." Xu Ruowei's tears began to flow.
"Xizhou, I don't know what happened with those things," she said softly, lowering her head.
"Ruowei, don't be sad because of such a thing."
"I will investigate and make those people shut up."
"Xizhou, perhaps it's best not to."
Xu Ruowei said with some difficulty, "Even if you find evidence, no one will believe me anyway."
"Perhaps it will only attract more ridicule."
"And that madwoman even produced some video. I don't know what that video is about."
"Most importantly, the person in that video looks so much like me. It's as if we are identical."
"Xizhou, do you know? When everyone looked at me with disdain and mockery, I lost the courage to even live."
"Ruowei, don't think too much."
"That person is not you. It's just someone who deliberately framed you," Shen Xizhou stated firmly.
"Xizhou, I don't care what others think of me, but I care about your opinion. Do you think that person is me?" Xu Ruowei's eyes were full of light as she looked at Shen Xizhou.
"Alright, don't dwell on this matter any longer."
"You rest well, and I will handle it."
Xu Ruowei became anxious. She tightly grasped Shen Xizhou's hand and quickly shook her head, saying urgently, "Xizhou, you're not answering because you think the same way, don't you?"
Shen Xizhou looked at Xu Ruowei but could not speak.
Yan Bai: He really wanted to leave at this moment, not wanting to be there.
He felt this was no place for anyone.
Xu Ruowei lay down, closed her eyes, and tears flowed freely.
"Xizhou, I understand. You should go."
"Xizhou, when I recover, I will cancel our engagement. I am no longer your fiancée."
"That way, you won't have to worry about being ridiculed because of me."
"Ruowei, what are you talking about?" Shen Xizhou reached out, gently stroking her hair, and said softly, "Ruowei, don't think such things."
"You will always be my fiancée, no matter what happens, nothing will change."
Upon hearing this, Xu Ruowei looked up, gazed at the person before her, and said softly, "Xizhou, are you telling the truth?"
"Thank you, thank you for still believing in me."
"Xizhou, no matter what outsiders say about me or misunderstand me, I won't care."
"As long as you believe in me, that's all that matters," Xu Ruowei said with a hint of excitement in her voice.