Chapter 106

Chapter 106: This Name, I Will Remember It. Hospital. In the corridor outside the emergency room, Yang Xuelian kept wiping away her tears, her eyes red from crying. "Auntie Yang, what happened to my dad?" Chu Tang asked, her face full of anxiety. Yang Xuelian wiped her tears as she spoke: "Your dad said he was going to the stairwell for a smoke. When he didn't come back after a while, I thought I'd go check on him, wuwuwuwuwu... I... I opened the safety door to the stairwell and saw your dad lying on the ground unconscious, with a pool of blood under his head..." "How could this happen..." Chu Tang muttered to herself, her gaze vacant. "Wuwuwu... Tangtang, your dad just went to the stairwell for a smoke—how could he have fallen? At his age, his eyesight isn't so bad that he can't even see where he's going..." Yang Xuelian's words hit Chu Tang like a blow to the head. It was Fu Yuanzhou. It had to be Fu Yuanzhou! That madman—he couldn't touch the Jiang family and couldn't find her, so he went after the people around her, all to force her out. Chu Tang was so angry that her lips trembled uncontrollably, the fury in her heart reaching its peak. Why? Why did Fu Yuanzhou hurt her family again and again? First Jiaojiao, and now her father. Chu Tang clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her flesh. At this moment, her rationality was burned away by rage. As a lawyer who studied and understood the law, all she wanted to do right now was kill! Fu Yuanzhou. This name, I will remember it. Ruan Shaodong was resuscitated and transferred to a regular ward. Outside the private hospital room, two bodyguards stood guard on either side of the door. Yang Xuelian walked to the door carrying a thermos, her gaze puzzled. "You are...?" Chu Tang opened the door from inside. "Auntie Yang, my dad's fall probably wasn't an accident. These two bodyguards outside were sent by Shi Xu to protect him." Yang Xuelian frowned. "Tangtang, what do you mean by that?" "Come in first, I'll explain slowly." Ten minutes later. Yang Xuelian looked terrified, her eyes filled with worry. "So you're saying the Jiang family's illegitimate son had someone harm your dad just to force you to show up?" Chu Tang nodded solemnly. "You all need to be careful lately. Auntie Yang, you should bring bodyguards when you go out too. And as for Jiaojiao, it's best if she doesn't go to school for now. The person who kidnapped Jiaojiao last time was one of Fu Yuanzhou's men." "Okay." The fear in Yang Xuelian's eyes had yet to fade. "I'll hire a tutor for Jiaojiao." Chu Tang said: "The tutor needs to be someone reliable—you must thoroughly investigate their background. I'm afraid they'll send someone posing as a tutor to sneak into the house and take you and Jiaojiao hostage." "Mm, I'll hire the teacher we've used before." "Thank you for your hard work, Auntie." Chu Tang rubbed her temples wearily. "How is Jiaojiao's condition? She wasn't scared yesterday, was she?" Yang Xuelian shook her head. "I didn't tell Jiaojiao. Your dad's accident happened near the end of the birthday party. I told Jiaojiao that her dad had something to do and left early." "Mm. Auntie, I'll have Shi Xu pick some capable bodyguards to protect you and Jiaojiao." "Okay." ... The next afternoon. Jiang Shixu finally finished his work and came to the hospital. Yang Xuelian sat by the hospital bed feeding Ruan Shaodong his medicine, while Chu Tang sat on the sofa with a laptop and a case file folder on the small round table in front of her, working while keeping her father company. Jiang Shixu pushed the door open and came in, with his assistant Lin Sen behind him placing bags of nutritional supplements and fruit baskets on the table nearby. Jiang Shixu: "My apologies, Uncle. After the incident, I was urgently tracking down the culprit and couldn't come to see you right away." Ruan Shaodong let out a muffled "Mm" in response. Chu Tang looked up from her computer. "Did you find the culprit?" "We did." A spark of fire lit up in Chu Tang's eyes. "Where are they?" "They've been handed over to the police already. However, Fu Yuanzhou has covered his tracks completely. For now, we can only arrest the suspects—we can't arrest Fu Yuanzhou yet." Chu Tang's gaze darkened. "He wouldn't be stupid enough to implicate himself." Jiang Shixu turned to look at Ruan Shaodong on the hospital bed, speaking with slight apology: "Uncle, I'm sorry for dragging you into this. This matter was ultimately caused by me." Ruan Shaodong looked pale and sickly, very weak. "Ah, Shixu, Chutang has told me everything. Can't your Jiang family, with all its power and influence, do anything about that Fu Yuanzhou? You're just going to let him harm people like this?" "I'm sorry, Uncle. Right now, it's only my speculation that he hired someone to do this, but there's no evidence, and the police can't assist us." "Shixu, sometimes you don't have to stick to the ways of a gentleman. If the other side plays dirty and uses underhanded tricks, you have to be even more cunning to control him. You're not a policeman—why do you insist on finding evidence?" Jiang Shixu lowered his eyes. He understood this reasoning well enough. It wasn't that he insisted on finding evidence before going after Fu Yuanzhou—it was just that Fu Yuanzhou had just returned to China, kept a low profile, and had no fixed residence. Several times, Jiang Shixu had tracked down his whereabouts and sent people over, only to come up empty-handed. Jiang Shixu patiently explained the current situation to Ruan Shaodong. Ruan Shaodong seemed quite dissatisfied. He sighed, drank his medicine in silence, and said nothing more. After Jiang Shixu explained the situation regarding the attackers to the Ruan family, he left a bank card behind. "Uncle, this is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it." Ruan Shaodong was deeply displeased. It wasn't as if he was short on money. His gaze fell on the card. "Don't bother with all this useless stuff. Catching Fu Yuanzhou as soon as possible is worth more than anything." Before his father-in-law, Jiang Shixu kept yielding for Chu Tang's sake, his attitude so impeccable that not a single fault could be found. He gave a slight nod. "That goes without saying." Just before Jiang Shixu left, Chu Tang put away her laptop and spoke in a calm voice, "Shixu, I'll leave with you." Ruan Shaodong's gaze swept over coldly, his expression darkening slightly. Chu Tang sighed. "Dad, the reason they hurt you is to force me to show myself. Only when I show myself will you, Aunt Yang, and Jiaojiao be safe." Yang Xuelian was taken aback. "Tangtang, we have bodyguards protecting us now. Nothing should happen again. But you must be careful!" Ruan Shaodong let out a cold snort. "If allying with the Jiang family brings mortal danger to our household, then there's no need to continue this alliance." Chu Tang froze, her heart sinking heavily. In an instant, she felt ice-cold all over, as if she had fallen into a frozen abyss. She knew very well that Ruan Shaodong was serious—this was no joke. What made her feel most helpless was that she had no standing to object. Because the ones who had been harmed were her sister and her father, not herself. She couldn't allow her family to be hurt again and again for the sake of her so-called love. "Dad." Chu Tang's voice was somewhat strained. "Let me have a proper talk with Shixu." Ruan Shaodong said in a deep voice, "You two should indeed have a proper talk." …… In the hospital's underground parking garage. The car's heating was on full blast. Jiang Shixu took off his coat, revealing a black dress shirt underneath with a tie—the attire of a business elite. He looked like he had just rushed over from the Jiang Group. "Shixu." Chu Tang called out to him. "Let's talk." Jiang Shixu kept his eyes lowered, concealing the emotions within them. "What do you want to talk about?" Chu Tang's heart ached. To make her say those words—she simply couldn't bring herself to say them no matter what. But her family had been hurt time and time again. She couldn't be selfish and think only of her own love and happiness. Yesterday, Jiaojiao was kidnapped. Today, her father fell and was injured. What about tomorrow? Would it be Aunt Yang, or herself?