"Does Chen Hailing know about this?" Guo Xuyang asked.
"She knows. But she's very good to Sun Yiling, after all, the children grew up together. She even visited a few times after Sun Yiling was hospitalized. However, I heard recently that Sun Yiling apparently tried to commit suicide by cutting her wrists in the hospital."
"Sun Yiling committed suicide? When did this happen? Does Chen Hailing know?"
"It's been about a week since Sun Yiling's suicide. Hailing probably doesn't know; they didn't dare to tell her. Her mother doesn't know about it either," Chen Shikun said.
"Are you implying that something happened to Chen Hailing after Sun Yiling committed suicide?"
"Hailing went out with her boyfriend five days ago. I asked her boyfriend about it."
"What's her boyfriend's name? What does he do? Do you have a photo of him?"
"Young man, aren't you asking too many details? Can you actually save my daughter?"
"Mr. Chen, I need to know the whole story to decide how to save Chen Hailing. For your daughter's sake, my girlfriend and I rushed back from Kyoto overnight. If I didn't want to save your daughter, I wouldn't ask for such detailed information. Some things cannot be explained at the moment; I need to confirm certain matters before I can decide on the next steps. Let me put it this way, this matter concerns your family's honor and Chen Hailing's happiness for the rest of her life. Therefore, I have to be cautious. This is for Chen Hailing's good, and for your family's good."
Seeing that Guo Xuyang didn't seem to be lying, Chen Shikun asked Chen Qiang to find Chen Hailing's boyfriend's photo from his phone. Chen Hailing's boyfriend was not Sun Yiling's brother, Sun Xin, but a tall and handsome young man.
"This is Li Haiyang, my sister's boyfriend. They are planning to get married in the first half of this year," Chen Qiang said, handing the phone to Guo Xuyang.
Guo Xuyang looked at it and felt that he had seen this person before. It was the man who accompanied Chen Hailing to work that morning. He thought carefully and realized that this man had appeared during lunch that day. He seemed to have drunk too much.
"Have you seen Li Haiyang recently?"
"Yes. I specifically looked for him regarding Hailing's situation," Chen Shikun said.
"That's not right," Guo Xuyang murmured to himself.
"What did you say?"
"What did he say when you found him?"
"He said he hadn't seen Hailing since they parted ways that morning."
"Can you call him over now? Why didn't he come when Chen Hailing was admitted to the hospital?"
"He works in an important department and can't take leave. We can understand that."
"As far as I know, Chen Hailing was sent to the hospital last night. Doesn't he get off work? Did you not tell him?"
"We did. He was working overtime last night," Chen Qiang said.
"How are their relationship usually?"
"Their relationship is very good. What's wrong? You don't think Li Haiyang has a problem, do you?"
"Does Li Haiyang know Sun Shihai?"
"Yes. He even pursued Sun Yiling in the past."
"Li Haiyang pursued Sun Yiling?" Guo Xuyang felt that the matter was getting closer to the truth.
"Yes. He was classmates with Sun Yiling at the time," Chen Qiang said. "But he wasn't as close to Sun Yiling as I am. We've known each other since childhood; we were childhood sweethearts."
"Then why didn't you marry Sun Yiling?"
"As a man, you know, I just fooled around outside. Who knew Sun Yiling would make such a fuss that she accidentally had a miscarriage later."
"What's the situation between Li Haiyang and Sun Yiling?"
"He pursued Sun Yiling, but Sun Yiling didn't like him. He was just a poor loser, only a little handsome."
"Then how did he get together with your sister?"
"It's because he's handsome, my sister liked him and pursued him. She won him over in three days. But he's been quite good to my sister."
Guo Xuyang strongly suspected Li Haiyang's motives for accepting Chen Hailing. This man probably accepted Chen Hailing's pursuit out of some inexplicable desire for revenge because the girl he pursued was taken away by Chen Qiang. He must have known that Chen Qiang was Chen Hailing's brother. If that were the case, Li Haiyang's absence from the hospital would be understandable. Perhaps Li Haiyang was even involved in Chen Hailing's misfortune. All this would only become clear after Li Haiyang arrived.
"Mr. Chen, I have one more question. You said earlier that Sun Yiling committed suicide. Is she dead?" Guo Xuyang asked Chen Shikun.
"I really don't know. I just heard she committed suicide. But I haven't heard of the Sun family holding any funeral."
"If that's the case, Sun Yiling should be alive. I understand. Later, please ask your wife to come out. I need to wake Chen Hailing up by myself. Also, after Chen Hailing wakes up, try not to ask her about what happened in the past few days. It will be better for her and for you," Guo Xuyang said to Chen Shikun.
"No problem. As long as Hailing wakes up, we definitely won't press her," Chen Shikun said, full of emotion.
After giving instructions, Guo Xuyang walked back into the ward.
"Xiao Yun, you and Auntie go out first. Let me see Chen Hailing's condition."
Xiao Yun glanced at Guo Xuyang and prepared to help Chen Hailing's mother out.
"Auntie, shall we go out for a moment? Let Yangzi take a look at Hailing first."
"Xiao Yun, is this young man capable?"
"Let him have a look first. We'll know soon enough."
Guo Xuyang waited for them to leave, then locked the door. He then looked at Chen Hailing's head and saw an emotion within her mind preventing her from waking up. She wanted to forget what happened that night and subconsciously refused to wake up. She had adopted a form of self-hypnosis and psychological reaction, which was why she had not woken up until now. Guo Xuyang used his hypnotic ability to fully hypnotize Chen Hailing and then stripped away all her memories after the banquet that noon.
Chen Hailing seemed to have woken up from a deep sleep and opened her eyes.
"Where am I? Why are you here too, Guo Xuyang? Where is Xiao Yun?"
"You drank too much and have been unconscious. So your family sent you to the hospital. Xiao Yun heard you were in the hospital and specifically brought me to see you."
"Where is she then?"
"She just went out. I'll call them."
Guo Xuyang opened the door, allowing Xiao Yun, Chen Shikun, and his wife to enter.
"Hailing, you're finally awake. You scared your mother to death." Chen Hailing's mother hugged her head and cried loudly upon seeing Chen Hailing awake.
"Mom, it's okay. I just drank too much, didn't I? I'm awake now. Don't cry, what are you crying for?"
"What would I do if you didn't wake up?"
"It won't happen. Where's Haiyang? Is he okay?"
"What did you say? What do you mean, 'is he okay'?" Chen Shikun asked.
"Haiyang also drank quite a bit. I saw him go out to vomit. Where is he?"
Chen Hailing didn't know what had happened afterward, but this statement made Chen Shikun realize that Li Haiyang had lied.