"Li Jie and Huang Ying aren’t familiar, Qiao Huanxuan is quite familiar; she’s from the same hometown as Li Yan, and they’ve played together during previous New Year’s gatherings. As for Hai Fu... she’s undoubtedly the one I’m most familiar with, yet also the one who surprises me the most," Yurong lamented.

However, with Yu Xiaodi and Qiao Huanxuan early on, her mental resilience is relatively strong now. Even though she feels they might have some ambiguity with Li Yan, it’s not overly shocking.

She glanced at the still unconscious Li Yan, took a deep breath, and pushed these thoughts aside. Of course, she didn’t have time to respond to each of them. She continued searching through her phone book, found Zheng Yixuan’s number, and dialed.

Zheng Yixuan didn’t avoid her call, and he was very courteous towards Zhang Yurong. Clearly, he had received the boss’s indication to help clean up the aftermath. So, despite not fully understanding the situation himself, he had already prepared an excuse.

He explained to Yurong that Li Yan had improperly parked on the roadside and lost consciousness. He was checked by the traffic police for drunk driving but appeared not to have consumed alcohol. With the situation looking grim and no family address found, they searched for family contact numbers in his phone and unexpectedly found Zheng Yixuan’s number. The traffic officer happened to know him, so they called him. After arriving and realizing the issue, he took Li Yan to the hospital.

Due to his busy schedule, Zheng Yixuan could only use his connections to ensure the hospital gave Li Yan special attention after watching over him for a while; he couldn’t stay to guard him personally. Of course, he arranged for someone to send the message to Zhang Yurong as well.

Although many aspects of this story don’t hold up under scrutiny, Zhang Yurong, at this moment, already knew Li Yan was not an ordinary person and believed Zheng Yixuan was Li Yan’s true friend, not just some casual acquaintance. She trusted someone of his status wouldn’t lie—after all, he had mobilized his network and paid upfront to ensure Li Yan received top-tier medical care. So, she didn’t doubt much and expressed her gratitude.

Regarding Li Yan’s current condition, Zheng Yixuan also felt uneasy. After all, Li Yan was the "Old Seven" who called him "Third Brother," despite not gathering often, but they shared similar destinies and secrets. The boss wanted him to deal with the aftermath, offering an explanation, yet as a lawyer, his nature was to be skeptical; could he fully trust the boss’s ’official narrative’?

He knew since last year that Old Seven wanted to escape control and freely decide his fate. Now, the boss personally visited S City and privately met Li Yan, undoubtedly to communicate or possibly hold him accountable. The final result was the formidable King of Assassins being unconscious; if it wasn’t the boss’s doing, he really wouldn’t believe it!

But regardless of his belief, he had to show trust and ensure the hospital made efforts. He avoided appearing before Li Yan to prevent suspicion of collusion with him by the boss.

"How is his situation... now?" Although Zhang Yurong was not familiar with Zheng Yixuan, after the general background was laid out, the call was about to end when Zheng Yixuan asked proactively—though he could inquire for more detailed results from the hospital.

Yurong smiled bitterly, "He hasn’t woken up yet. The doctors here seem to have changed shift after shift, gone through numerous departments, and still have no diagnosis. It’s not just about waking him up now; they don’t even know what’s wrong."

This outcome was expected by Zheng Yixuan. In his view, since the boss was involved, it wouldn’t be easy to cure, sending him to the hospital was merely a formality and a warning!

A warning to each of them!

"Let’s do this..." Zheng Yixuan sighed and made a decision for her, "If you trust me, just take him home."

"Take him home?" Yurong exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, I’ve spoken with the hospital’s director, and trusted they’d do their best. Honestly, hospitals won’t miss the opportunity to earn. Since the hospital can’t solve it, keeping him there is pointless..."

"..." Yurong’s expression darkened at these words. After such a brief period, now that he seemed alright, are we being asked to prepare for the worst? If this hospital is inadequate, can other hospitals be? She replied coldly, "Thank you for the suggestion, Lawyer Zheng!"

Zheng Yixuan sensed the sudden shift from politeness to chill in her tone, suspecting a misunderstanding, and explained, "Let me put it this way. I knew Li Yan before you did. I may understand him better. I’m quite aware of his physical condition, which might really be fine; maybe he’s just drunk or asleep and will wake naturally after resting."

He wasn’t just offering comfort; he genuinely believed it. He thought cultivating a super assassin like Old Seven wasn’t trivial, so the boss wouldn’t kill him so lightly—otherwise, why bother sending him to the hospital or informing him? It was likely that Li Yan had been administered some drug and once the boss’s purposes were fulfilled, he’d probably provide an antidote after the retribution.

But these were their secrets, and even Guan Ziyi and the others had to be expressed subtly, face to face, without outsiders present; it couldn’t be revealed to Zhang Yurong.

"Thanks." Yurong offered a cold thanks and ended the call.

Now, Li Yan was right here, yet the hospital’s various departments and specialized attending physicians couldn’t find the issue, saying it’ll resolve with rest? Isn’t that absurd? If they can’t diagnose even ’sleep’ or ’drunkenness,’ mistaking it for mysterious ailments, how could this hospital still operate until today?

...

Yue Yao was beside Zhang Yurong, had heard much of the phone conversation. Having more insight, Yue Yao knew Zheng Yixuan wasn’t just an ordinary friend of Li Yan. Since he suggested so, there must be a valid reason. Yet, this couldn’t be easily shared with Yurong, willing to but unable to start.

Yurong briefly conveyed Zheng Yixuan’s explanation to Yue Yao and spoke sternly, "This Zheng Yixuan, not sure what his intention is; maybe he’s behind this for all I know. Since this hospital’s director is instructed by him, it’s unreliable. We should arrange a transfer immediately!"

"This..." Yue Yao thought this was troubling; this hospital is a leading and reputable institution in the city, a transfer might not make much difference. Here they couldn’t find a solution, moving Li Yan around is merely exhausting. Perhaps Zheng Yixuan truly knows something, but it’s inconvenient to discuss with Yurong? Returning home for rest might be a practical option...

"Yurong, calm down a bit. Transferring hospitals is a complex matter; you can’t even go to work today..."

"He’s in this state, what’s the point of going to work?" Zhang Yurong frowned, she highly valued her career, but it depended on the situation, her husband in a coma is too distressing to focus on work.

"I didn’t mean that..." Yue Yao apologized, "I’ll definitely help care as well. Just as for Li Yan? Since you’re distrusting this hospital’s report and test results, won’t you distrust another hospital’s report as well? Transferring means restarting tests entirely, new department examinations, what one can’t solve, referred elsewhere...Frankly, even a healthy person would find this exhausting. What if Li Yan truly needs rest? Wouldn’t that harm him?"

Yurong frowned again. Her decisions solely for Li Yan, mainly Zheng Yixuan’s advice, indeed seemed off-target and unreliable.

"I also think Lawyer Zheng’s words seem somewhat frivolous. Yet..." Yue Yao casually reminded, "We all know Li Yan’s incident must relate to events and people from last night. Sigh, ...not sure what relationship this Lawyer Zheng has with Li Yan, does he know Li Yan’s identity?"

Yurong’s heart trembled, true! If Zheng Yixuan is indeed Li Yan’s special friend, perhaps he really knows his identity? Then he’d be aware of Li Yan’s situation, maybe this suggestion... (To be continued. For more Chapters, please visit www.qidian.com. Support the authors, support legitimate reading!)