Chapter 334 To Read or Not to Read

After Liu Yuyang’s suicide, both Fang William and Liu Chen felt extremely guilty and sad. Although they had more opportunities to be together, their hearts were uneasy; this was not the result they wanted. Therefore, the two agreed to a joint suicide...

Such a reason is somewhat unkind, but this incident has made Li Yan aware that he must eliminate any future troubles, or it will lead to harm to his loved ones.

The current reason has left the families of those involved tongue-tied; even if they are angry or sad, they do not want others to see their joke. Regarding such matters, they won’t chase the root cause but handle it coldly. It’s become a joke over tea, whether it’s credible, no one really doubts it!

Because Liu Yuyang and Fang William had a good relationship, even before the incident they often discussed some secrets alone during gatherings; and after Liu Yuyang’s incident, Fang William frequently visited the Liu family, closely associating with Liu Chen... These are far from enough to conclude a homosexual love triangle, but announcing it first, then everyone reverse-proves it, is sufficient. Preconceptions naturally lead to groundless conclusions.

The Liu family’s relatives, upon learning that Liu Chen had donated most of his assets to overseas charitable organizations before his death, were very unhappy and disappointed, although there were still properties and cars, they weren’t convenient to liquidate. Enthusiasm dwindled, and privately they suspected whether the Liu family’s mansion had a feng shui problem, causing such occurrences successively.

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About these matters of the Liu family, Zhang Tianyi had heard of it, but Zhang Yurong hadn’t; she was at the hospital with Yue Yao, seeing the comatose Li Yan.

Upon arriving at the hospital, they learned he was like this when sent over. He had been examined by surgical, internal, cerebral, neurological departments, yet no external injuries or internal issues were found, no tumors or hematomas in the brain, and nothing in the nervous system.

Including traditional Chinese medicine doctors, who could only diagnose Li Yan’s chaotic pulse, mentioned possible results, but no clear explanation for causes or treatment was available.

This left Yurong both anxious and annoyed, such a big hospital didn’t have a doctor who knew what was wrong with Li Yan, leading her to contact for his transfer.

Yue Yao never imagined Li Yan would be critically injured and comatose, still unable to find the cause. She was extremely anxious too, but Yurong was already muddled with anxiety, she couldn’t be. She could only cool-headedly analyze in her mind, suspecting he might have been struck by a martial arts expert’s pressure points.

Although she hadn’t seen such experts in person, she wouldn’t deny their existence. Considering Li Yan’s abilities, the possibility of knocking him out without conventional weapons seemed highest. If such pressure points were real, Western medicine wouldn’t understand, nor would unexperienced traditional Chinese medicine.

With this thought, she advised Yurong against transferring him and suggested finding out who had sent Li Yan to the hospital.

Zhang Yurong initially felt saving him was urgent, everything else secondary, even if the culprit was gone. But after hearing Yue Yao’s rationale, she thought it made sense. If the person who sent Li Yan to the hospital and notified them didn’t intend to kill him, finding out who they are might reveal the root cause.

After some inquiries, the hospital said they didn’t remember who sent him, only that renowned lawyer Zheng Yixuan had phoned and advised the hospital’s leadership, who personally oversaw matters, leading to the attention of multiple departments.

Zheng Yixuan!

This answer relieved Yue Yao somewhat. Why Zheng Yixuan arranged for him to be sent wasn’t clear, but likely he wouldn’t harm Li Yan. Yet upon deeper thought, unease returned.

Li Yan had spoken to her about the mysterious leader. If this time was targeted at the Zhang family, with Li Yan harmed, and orchestrated by that leader, Zheng Yixuan would likely be on that leader’s side. Li Yan’s disappearance last night and his current coma... very likely the leader’s handiwork!

This thought made her wary of everyone around. Li Yan didn’t know the leader’s identity, let alone her? Given that they managed to acquire her and Yurong’s phone numbers and send messages, nobody could guarantee they weren’t nearby! Perhaps doctors, nurses, even cleaners here could be mixed in with the leader’s people...

She couldn’t speak such thoughts out loud, needing to deeply bury them within herself, avoiding any giveaway expressions to prevent any real ones noticing her realization.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yurong thought of something else, she knew about Zheng Yixuan from Li Yan in the past. There was an incident with Chief Legal Counsel Zhou Shiru being bribed, Li Yan introduced Zheng Yixuan to assist her. She felt unreliable, questioned how they knew each other, even joking about meeting at a gay bar.

At that time, for trust, Li Yan claimed their acquaintance happened when vying over a club’s celebrated hostess, leading to a fight and subsequent friendship. She associated this with his habitual nightlife, somewhat believing it. She labeled Zheng Yixuan among his motley crew, pretending gentlemanly yet lecherous. (Detailed description in Volume 2, Chapter 10; Author forgot later repetition concerning Zheng Yixuan)

All along, Yurong never believed Li Yan and experienced lawyer Zheng Yixuan had a solid friendship, thinking they were mere acquaintance from mutual indulgence, never actually sought him for anything. Paradise Group’s legal capacity was strong enough.

But now, she knew almost assuredly of Li Yan’s assassin status, naturally wouldn’t doubt his having powerful friends. Although assassins and lawyers being good friends seemed an odd match, fundamentally, strong people make stronger friendships, it’s more credible than his past.

Since Zheng Yixuan was his friend, now sending him to the hospital should have no ill intent. However, Zhang Yurong hesitated, unsure how to reach Zheng Yixuan through the office, with her never contacting him.

Ultimately, she resorted to Li Yan’s phone, searching for Zheng Yixuan’s private number, as odds favored direct mobile communication over office outbound calls.

Yue Yao, meanwhile, stayed quietly by her side. Zheng Yixuan had indeed called her before, contacting him wouldn’t be difficult, but revealing it now seemed unwise.

As the phone powered on, Yurong hadn’t found Zheng Yixuan’s number before several text messages appeared. Unquestionably they were sent earlier, but since Li Yan’s phone was off, now they flooded in upon restarting.

Normally, based on her quality and habits, Yurong wouldn’t read Li Yan’s personal texts, but she was eager to find his contacts, and frequent message pop-ups interrupted this, displaying their contents unwittingly.

The first two hints she managed with composure: one from Yu Xiaodi asking what happened, why she couldn’t reach him, and to call back upon reading. Another from Wen Qianyi also querying his situation and mentioning Zhang Yurong seeking him, indifferent to his past, urging him to contact Zhang Yurong promptly.

Wen Qianyi, prior to Li Yan contacting her, had willingly relayed his words, making Zhang Yurong quite grateful, considering her a true friend to both Li Yan and herself.

However, the succeeding messages shook her composure.

Though upon mistakenly seeing two, her pace had slowed, future ones didn’t auto-open anymore. Avoiding contents, familiar senders unsettled her. Li Jie, unknown, possibly a cousin, harmless; Huang Ying, past business department clerk, knew him well; Qiao Huanxuan, the first love classmate waiting ten years; most shockingly... Hai Fu!

Perhaps coincidentally, needing him despite unreachable, hence the texts... Not reading the contents, she consoled herself thus.

But rationally, it seemed too coincidental, having gone off for a day, yet all seek him? Or continuously numerous women reaching him? Why would Hai Fu personally text him?

Hesitant, her fingers stalled. Logic urged retrieving Zheng Yixuan’s number regardless, yet heart yearned to examine these messages’ contents.

"What’s wrong?" seeing her holding the phone as messages arrived, Yue Yao suspected exceptional content experienced indecisive hesitation, prompting inquiry.

Yurong bitterly smiled, "Upon powering on, received numerous women’s texts. Should I read them or not?"

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