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nWhen Sun Zhen saw Yan Wangchuan, he was already scared out of his wits. At this moment, he was overwhelmed with terror, and his head was dizzy.

n“… I do want to kill you.” His voice was bone-chilling, like a cold wind drilling straight into the bones.

nYan Wangchuan bent over, grabbed Sun Zhen’s collar, and lifted him up easily.

n“Are you afraid of me?”

nHe had very few expressions to begin with, and his expression was normally cold. Even when he stared straight at someone, they would usually feel fear, let alone now that his eyes had a looming murderous intent in them.

nIt was bone-chilling.

n“L-let go…” Sun Zhen was already stupefied from fright. His limbs were powerless, and he couldn’t break free at all.

nAt this moment, Fu Zhongli and Sun Qionghua, who had heard the sudden sound of braking and screams, had already rushed out of the courtyard. They saw Yan Wangchuan holding Sun Zhen as if he was holding a chick with a dark gaze.

nSun Qionghua had thought that Sun Zhen had been hit by a car. Seeing that he was fine, she heaved a sigh of relief. But when she saw Yan Wangchuan, her heart rose to her throat again.

nWhy is he here? Sun Qionghua had never interacted with him before, but she knew that he wasn’t easy to deal with.

nHe was already a well-known figure in Yuncheng.

n“Aunt, quick! Save me!” Sun Zhen was about to pee his pants from fright.

n“Mr. Yan…” Sun Qionghua wasn’t aware of the full story after all, so she was just about to speak to understand the situation.

nYan Wangchuan held Sun Zhen in one hand, clenched the other tightly, and aimed it straight at his face…

nBang! His punch was powerful and quick.

nSun Zhen’s mind went numb from the impact, his teeth loosened, and he lost consciousness. When he regained his senses slightly, he suffered another punch.

nIn front of Yan Wangchuan, he had no strength to fight back and could only let Yan Wangchuan ravage him.

nHe was too ruthless.

nEvery punch was extremely cruel, and it seemed he would only be satisfied if he killed him.

nNo matter how stupid Sun Qionghua was, she knew that Yan Wangchuan wouldn’t attack someone for no reason. The one Sun Zhen hit is probably…

n… someone close to Yan Wangchuan.

nHe only knows a few people in Yuncheng. When I attended the Hundredth-day Pledge Ceremony, I saw Song Fengwan, so it’s definitely not her. Then the person who got hit is most likely…

nQiao Aiyun!

nThis bastard. Yuncheng is so big, so there can’t be such a coincidence.

nShe didn’t even dare to imagine what the consequences would have been if she had been soft-hearted and helped him…

n“Mr. Yan,” Fu Zhongli reminded. According to the way he was beating Sun Zhen, Sun Zhen would probably be long dead by the time the police arrived.

nYan Wangchuan retracted his hand and threw Sun Zhen away as though he was throwing away a piece of trash.

nHe had exerted a lot of force, and every move he made had been violent and ruthless.

nSun Zhen came back to his senses, climbed back onto his feet, and rushed toward Sun Qionghua. “Aunt, you have to save me. I don’t want to go to jail. I really don’t want…”

nJust as he approached, Sun Qionghua tightened her fingers and slapped him.

nDue to inertia, Sun Zhen staggered and fell to the ground. Half of his face was swollen and bleeding, and his original appearance could no longer be seen.

n“Did you deliberately hit someone with your car?!”

nSun Zhen was shocked. His eyes were flustered, and he didn’t dare to look at her directly.

n“Are you crazy?! How dare you do this kind of thing?!” Sun Qionghua had watched him grow up after all, and it would be a lie to say that she had no feelings for him. Her eyes were red from anger, and she raised her leg to kick him twice.

n“What exactly did you want to do? This is a crime, and you have to go to jail for it.

n“A hit and run, do you know how serious of a crime this is? And you still dared to come to my place?! You’re beyond redemption!”

n…

nFury rose in Sun Zhen’s heart as she scolded him, and he suddenly pushed her. If Fu Zhongli hadn’t supported her in time, she would have fallen again.

n“What right do you have to scold me? Wasn’t it your Sun family who took me in back then? You people promised to treat me like your own son, but in the end…

n“The moment something happened, all of you ran away. What do you people take me for?

n“Sun Rui was right. I’m just a dog your Sun family raised!”

n“Nonsense!” Sun Qionghua was so angry that her brain was swelling.

n“Everything that happened that night was Sun Rui’s doing. She wanted to drug Song Fengwan, and I helped her block the bullet. Otherwise, she would have stripped naked and looked for men everywhere that day!”

nSun Qionghua was panting rapidly. “What did you say? What do you mean by drug and look for men?”

n“On the night of the twenty-eight of the twelfth lunar month last year, she was the one who reaped what she sowed. She failed to harm others and instead ensnared herself. She deserves it. It’s not Song Fengwan’s fault at all. She’s stupid, so she can’t win against others!

n“If it wasn’t for me, she would have been the one who took off her clothes and rushed out that day. I told my father, yet he even slapped me a few times and blamed me for not stopping her. Could I have stopped her?

n“I’m just a plaything your Sun family raised. What right do I have to stop her?!”

nSun Qionghua didn’t know the inside story, and she didn’t completely believe what Sun Rui had said about Song Fengwan harming her. But this was the first time she heard the full story.

nHer heart trembled, and she didn’t know what to say for a moment.

nSun Zhen got up from the ground and approached Sun Qionghua.

n“You think that Sun Rui really treats you as her aunt, but she just wants to use you to get close to Fu Chen. When you said that she wasn’t compatible with Fu Chen, she called you a bitch behind your back…

n“When the last incident happened and you didn’t help, the entire family said that you were an ingrate behind your back.

n“They said that a daughter who gets married is just like splashed water, completely useless! And they said that since you’re not helping them at such a critical moment, you might as well die!”

nSun Qionghua’s fingers trembled. She raised her arm and slapped him again.

nSlap!

nAt this moment, she was so angry that her head was dizzy and her fingers were weak. So even after the slap, Sun Zhen was still standing upright in front of her.

n“They don’t care about your situation in the Fu family because…

n“Even if you’re in a difficult position, it has nothing to do with them. They know very well that they can’t count on the Fu family in the first place.”

nSun Qionghua took a deep breath. “Sun Zhen, you…”

n“Anyway, I won’t be able to run away today. Since the Sun family has treated me like this, I don’t have to help them hide anything. Aunt, I told you all this because I truly care about you.”

n“Bastard!” Sun Qionghua raised her arm and slapped him again.

nHer arm went numb from the impact.

n“Hah, you treat me as your aunt?

n“After all these years, you ask yourself, how do I treat you? Do you really care about me?

n“If you really cared about me, you wouldn’t have sought my help after the incident. Had I listened to you and sent you out of the city, I would have been your accomplice, and I might have even implicated the entire Fu family.

n“I’ve helped you so many times in the past, yet you still want to harm me. Is this how you care about me?”

nSun Zhen sneered. “You just want me to die by sending me to the police station!”

n“I don’t want you to make any more mistakes. This is helping you!” Sun Qionghua’s body trembled slightly. “Don’t tell me that you want to live as a fugitive for the rest of your life?”

nEver since her parents passed away, the Sun family had no longer been as powerful as before after being in Sun Gongda’s hands. He was her biological brother, and they had grown up together, so Sun Qionghua naturally helped the family as much as she could.

nBut she hadn’t expected that even though she had helped them so many times, they had said that she was an ingrate when she didn’t agree to their request merely once.

nHer entire body instantly turned cold, and even breathing became difficult.

nHer eyes were unfocused, and she was in a daze and at a loss.

nIn their eyes, the efforts she had put in all these years were what she should have done. And when they got the slightest bit unhappy with her, they criticized her like this. She couldn’t help laughing as tears welled up in her eyes.

nShe had always been domineering and competitive. She was unwilling to fall behind others in anything, so she naturally had to take care of her maternal family as well. Who would have thought that she would end up in such a state in the end?

nIt was ridiculous.

nHer personality didn’t allow her to cry, so she could only forcefully hold it in.

nFu Zhongli sighed. He patted her shoulder and then held her hand…

nSeeing the two of them not in the mood to care about him, Sun Zhen gritted his teeth and ran past Sun Qionghua toward the other side of the street.

n“Sun Zhen!” Sun Qionghua didn’t expect him still not to give up and attempt to run away.

nFu Zhongli turned around to chase after him, but someone was even faster than him. He wasn’t a martial arts practitioner. The only thing he felt was Yan Wangchuan brushing past him like a gust of wind, and a black shadow slid past his eyes…

nIn the car crash earlier, Sun Zhen had also been injured, and he had just been beaten up by Yan Wangchuan, so he wasn’t able to run fast.

nYan Wangchuan strode forward and kicked his back.

nSun Zhen cried out in shock. He fell to the ground face first and groaned…

nYan Wangchuan had kicked with all his might, as though he wanted to crush Sun Zhen’s spine. Sun Zhen lay on the ground and never got up again.

nFu Zhongli glanced at the person beside him.

nHe was dressed in black and wearing slippers on his feet, but every move he made was fatal.

nHe was vicious and ruthless.

nThe two of them had met once in the hospital because of Song Jingren’s debt with loan sharks. Yan Wangchuan looked like a man of few expressions and few words. He had also beaten people up back then, but it was just that Fu Zhongli hadn’t seen it with his own eyes.

nFu Zhongli had never thought that Yan Wangchuan had such an arrogant and ruthless side to him.

nIf Qiao Aiyun really gets together with him…

n… then he’ll be Song Fengwan’s stepfather.

nI wonder how he treats Song Fengwan. If he’s also as domineering and protective of her, it’ll likely be difficult for anyone to marry her in the future.

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nBecause Fu Zhongli had already called the police earlier, the police soon arrived. While taking Sun Zhen away, they also asked Fu Zhongli and his Sun Qionghua to go to the police station with them and assist in the investigation.

nAs for Yan Wangchuan, the police officers glanced at him. “Mr. Yan, you can go back to the hospital first. We’ll look for you later to get your statement.”

nConsidering his current situation, the police officers discussed among themselves and decided not to bring him to the police station.

n“Thank you.” Yan Wangchuan drove away and went straight back to the hospital.

nActually, this matter was very simple. There were many passersby who had witnessed the incident, and there were surveillance cameras all around the school. When Sun Zhen got out of the car and ran away, not only had there been witnesses, but even the surveillance cameras had taken the footage very clearly.

nHe was suspected of endangering public safety by driving recklessly, and it was obviously not intentional that he hit Qiao Aiyun. But the police still had to go through the standard procedures to handle the case.

n“It’s fortunate that we came early. If we came a little later, Sun Zhen would have been beaten to death by that devil.”

n“Devil?”

n“Mr. Yan. He looks austere, and every time we’re on a case, as long as we see him, there’s definitely bloodshed. And it’s so difficult to get a statement from him.”

n“F*ck, you didn’t have it as difficult as me. When I went to the hospital to take the statement of the man who sent the victim to the hospital, he was so f*cking stingy with his words, and he even looked at me coldly. Who was he trying to scare?”

n“Haha, that person is really terrible. I think getting his statement is comparable to getting one from Mr. Yan. They’re both so f*cking difficult to deal with.”

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nWhen Yan Wangchuan rushed back to the hospital, Qiao Aiyun’s operation had already ended, and she had been sent to a hospital ward.

nHe tried to find someone to ask which ward she was in, but there were too many people undergoing operations every day, so the nurses couldn’t remember who was in which ward. Only then did he recall that he had asked for Qian Jiang’s number, and he hurriedly called him.

nThe emergency room was very chaotic. During this period of time, the weather was extremely cold in spring, so there were many patients with fevers. He could occasionally see a few people with bleeding heads moaning in pain. He squinted his eyes and moved about like a headless fly…

nHe wanted to see her right away.

n“Mr. Yan, we’re in the inpatient department, orthopedics…” After Qian Jiang said the location, Yan Wangchuan ran all the way to the inpatient department.

nWhen he pushed the door open and entered, Qiao Aiyun was lying on the bed, taking an IV drip. One of her legs was propped up, gauze was still on her forehead, and her lips were pale. She turned her head to look at him. She looked haggard and disheveled.

n“Where did you go?” Qiao Aiyun still didn’t know who the culprit was at this moment and simply thought that it was an ordinary car accident.

nYan Wangchuan was inarticulate and didn’t know how to explain, so he just sat on the head of the bed and remained silent.

n“Qiao Aiyun’s family member, please come out for a moment.” The nurse saw someone enter and knocked on the door lightly.

nYan Wangchuan walked out, and the nurse led him to a doctor’s office. “… The gentleman has already paid the medical expenses. There are some procedures that require your signature, and the doctor will talk to you in detail about her condition.”

n“Thank you.” Yan Wangchuan couldn’t calm down at all when he thought about Qian Jiang’s mention of her abdominal bleeding. When he saw her attending physician, his palms even started sweating.

n“You’re Qiao Aiyun’s…” The doctor took out Qiao Aiyun’s medical record.

nYan Wangchuan chose his words carefully. “Lover.”

nThe doctor was a middle-aged man. Seeing Yan Wangchuan’s dry lips, the doctor picked up a disposable paper cup and got him some water. “Don’t be too nervous. Drink some water first. The car accident has caused a slight bone fracture in her calf, but we’ve already put a cast on her, and…”

nThe doctor analyzed all her injuries to Yan Wangchuan.

nAt the end, he slowly said, “When she was sent in, she was bleeding in her abdomen…”

nYan Wangchuan tightened his grip on the paper cup slightly, and the warm water spilled onto his hand.

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