Ye Ziyu pushed open the door and looked at Di Mingjue on the hospital bed, her anxious heart finally settling.
"Madam." Shen Lin caught up, following her gaze to Di Mingjue on the bed.
"Assistant Shen, have someone watch Gu Xiukai. And find his phone as soon as possible," Ye Ziyu instructed.
Since Gu Xiukai valued his phone so much, it must contain information useful to them.
So far, the only clue they could obtain had to come from him.
Shen Lin felt guilty. If he had been more careful, they would have known who poisoned Di Mingjue.
"Go," Ye Ziyu said, seeing him still standing there.
After the ward door closed, Di Mingjue opened his eyes.
The toxins in his body had not been expelled, leaving him weak all over. His eyes stayed open for only a few seconds before he tiredly closed them again.
He had been poisoned once before, and his body, long eroded by toxins, had been affected in his eyes. Now, being poisoned again, his body lacked the strength to withstand the stimulation of the toxins within him.
"Mingjue." Ye Ziyu sat by the bed and held his hand. "Tell me where it hurts."
Di Mingjue moved his fingers, gently touching Ye Ziyu's hand. Unable to speak, he could only respond to Ye Ziyu with touch.
Sniffling, Ye Ziyu tilted her head, trying to hold back the tears from flowing.
"Don't worry, I'll find the cause of your poisoning as soon as possible and ensure nothing happens to you," Ye Ziyu promised him.
In fact, more than his own health, Di Mingjue worried about Ye Ziyu and the children. The bad guys hid in the darkness, and they could only defend themselves helplessly, unable to fight back.
The situation was now even more dire. They hadn't even discovered the enemy's location, and he had already been poisoned.
Ye Ziyu felt Di Mingjue's fingers intertwine with hers. She stood up and leaned close to his lips. "Do you have something to tell me?"
"Gu..." Di Mingjue had just spoken when his limp body only allowed him to exhale instead of producing a sound.
Gu?
Was he trying to say Gu Xiukai, or Gu Xiuyu?
Ye Ziyu looked into his eyes and asked, "Gu Xiukai?"
Di Mingjue closed his eyes, and after a few seconds, opened them again.
"You suspect Gu Xiukai?" Ye Ziyu continued to inquire.
This time, Di Mingjue closed his eyes and did not open them again. Weak, he drifted back to sleep.
Without a response, Ye Ziyu couldn't be sure if he was referring to Gu Xiukai.
"Rest well. I'll stay here with you." Ye Ziyu tucked him in and quietly guarded by his side.
In the same hospital, although Shen Lin had assigned people to watch Gu Xiukai, something still went wrong.
By the time Shen Lin went to find the man who had staged the accident, he received a call from his subordinate.
Gu Xiukai had disappeared!
When a nurse entered Gu Xiukai's room to change his dressing, the room was already empty. He had vanished as if evaporated, and there was no trace of him leaving on the surveillance footage.
Upon hearing the news, Ye Ziyu guessed that the hospital was no longer safe. Now that they were on the defensive, they had to find other ways to locate the person causing trouble behind the scenes.
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Ye Residence.
"Uncle, why can't Mommy and Daddy's phones be reached?"
"Yeah, they haven't come back all night."
As soon as Ye Chenhan returned, he was swarmed by the children.
After leaving the banquet last night, he had gone to find Yu Xixi and stayed at the Yu residence, accompanying her in caring for the ill Elder Yu. He was extremely sleepy right now.
Covering his mouth as he yawned, he squinted and said, "Maybe they went for some private time. You kids play by yourselves for now. They'll be back later. I'm too tired, I'm going to sleep. Don't disturb my rest."