Meng Yuan, having just gotten into the car, felt a pang in her chest. She looked out the window at the still falling snow, the hurried pedestrians, and the bustling traffic.
She gently pressed her hand to her chest, her heart still pounding fiercely. Meng Yuan rarely experienced such a sensation, as if something had happened.
She withdrew her gaze, quickly suppressing the feeling of unease, and had the driver take her to the airport.
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He Mingrun woke up again in the afternoon. His forehead was bandaged, and he looked weak and pathetic.
Mu Jiuchen watched him wake up and asked in a low voice, "You're awake."
He Mingrun ignored Mu Jiuchen and glanced around the hospital room. Seeing no sign of Meng Yuan, he anxiously looked at Mu Jiuchen, "What happened to me? Where's Yuan Yuan?"
Mu Jiuchen took out his phone and showed it to him. "You slept with Yang Minjing, and your video with her was reported. Your He family has unexpectedly made it onto the trending list. Your little peach, I don't know where she's hiding and crying right now."
Mu Jiuchen looked at him expressionlessly, his tone devoid of any emotion.
He Mingrun's heart ached fiercely. He felt dizzy and unwell, but he was more worried about Meng Yuan.
He looked at himself, in a terrible state. His hand was in a cast, and his foot was in a cast as well.
"Mu Jiuchen, take off my casts. I need to go find Yuan Yuan," He Mingrun struggled to sit up.
However, his limbs ached, and he had no strength in his body.
Mu Jiuchen remained in the same seated position. He had gone through something similar and knew how anxious and pained He Mingrun must be.
His tone remained cold, "You're close to losing your life, so lie down properly. There's a hallucinogenic drug in your system, but its composition cannot be identified. It seems you haven't vented enough. The doctor said your body is like a balloon that has suddenly deflated, and it will take a long time to recover."
Mu Jiuchen spoke vaguely. He had the same outcome, but he wouldn't tell He Mingrun.
Therefore, the person targeting him and He Mingrun was the same individual.
He Mingrun was stunned by his words. He stared at him blankly for a long time before asking in a dry voice, "It will take a long time to recover. What aspect are you referring to?"
"Your second organ," Mu Jiuchen told him a heartless truth.
Then he watched He Mingrun's reaction with a calm demeanor, allowing him to process this fact.
He Mingrun's mind went blank at first. After several minutes, the only sound in the room was shallow breathing.
A few minutes later, he slowly looked at Mu Jiuchen, "Can it be cured?" His voice was filled with disappointment and pain.
Mu Jiuchen looked at him intently and said, "Yes, if we find Nuan Nuan, there is hope."
He Mingrun remained silent for a long time. Mu Jiuchen was not a talkative person to begin with.
When he arrived at the scene of the car accident, He Mingrun had already fainted. He brought him to the hospital. While He Mingrun was undergoing surgery,
The news of He Corporation's Young Master He and the Yang family's daughter's hotel rendezvous was exposed.
Seeing this news, he knew that He Mingrun had been framed.
The affection He Mingrun had for Meng Yuan was evident to everyone. He loved Meng Yuan dearly.
Meng Yuan's phone was unreachable, and he knew Meng Yuan had disappeared.
He Mingrun, like him, had become a loner.
Mu Jiuchen curved his lips in self-mockery. They thought themselves omnipotent, but unfortunately, they couldn't even hold onto the woman they loved most.
He Mingrun finally snapped out of his anger. He looked at Mu Jiuchen and said, "Where's my phone?"
Mu Jiuchen handed him his phone from the bedside table.
The phone was fine, intact.
He called his assistant and asked him to first track down Meng Yuan's whereabouts.
After giving the instructions, he saw a message from Meng Yuan. The two words stabbed his eyes.
He would never break up, never!
He Mingrun felt discomfort all over his body, but it couldn't compare to the pain in his heart.
His whole body trembled. He couldn't imagine what Meng Yuan must be feeling right now.
She must be heartbroken, and since she cried so easily, she must have cried all night.
"Yuan Yuan sent me a message saying she wants to break up. Last night, she went to the hotel and saw that scene," He Mingrun felt as if his heart was being pierced by a sharp blade with every word he spoke.
He Mingrun, who had fallen in love at first sight for the first time in his twenty-something years, would never break up.
Mu Jiuchen let out a cold laugh, his tone unhurried, "Do you think things would be such a coincidence?"
A single sentence awakened the dreamer!
He Mingrun suddenly looked up at him.
"Xiao Jiu, I remember now. When I entered the elevator, I smelled a floral scent, and then my body started to feel off. Before that, I was on the phone with Yuan Yuan. I was supposed to pick her up, but she said I was running back and forth too much and told me to go home first. She said she would go back to the apartment directly from there. I thought it wasn't a long distance, so I didn't go to pick her up and instead went downstairs to go home."
"She was supposed to go back to the apartment. Why did she come to the hotel?"
Mu Jiuchen said calmly, "Do you still need to think about it? Someone wanted her to see that scene."
"Is it Yang Minjing?" He Mingrun's face turned extremely grim.
Mu Jiuchen thought about the news that had been reported, his dark eyes narrowing dangerously, "So, they released the news first to prevent you from taking action against the Yang family? Your two families were supposed to form an alliance. With so many eyes watching, you can't do anything, can you?"
"Heh..." He Mingrun let out a cold laugh. A terrifying killing intent flickered in his usually gentle eyes, "Am I afraid of public opinion?"
Mu Jiuchen was afraid he would act irrationally and do something he would regret. He reminded him, "He Mingrun, calm down. Your little peach is gone, and my Nuan Nuan is also gone."
"But what needs to be done now is to think rationally. You smelled the floral scent and lost control. I also smelled the floral scent and lost control. Therefore, someone wants to target our two families. Think further, they want to target the He family, the Mu family, and the Li family."
He Mingrun looked at Mu Jiuchen in surprise, "But I haven't offended anyone recently?"
"You're thinking too naively. Do ambitious people need a reason?" Mu Jiuchen gave a cold laugh.
He Mingrun frowned slightly, his expression gloomy. Of course, he wasn't that naive. It was just that the events had happened to him, and he had lost track of Meng Yuan, which had limited his thinking. He couldn't come up with more at that moment.
With Meng Yuan gone, his world was covered in dark clouds.
He had always felt fortunate. Even though he hadn't received much love since childhood and had been trained like a machine, he still felt lucky. He met Meng Yuan and fell in love at first sight. He always felt life was wonderfully unpredictable.
She was a light in his life, a light that led him out of the darkness.
"Xiao Jiu, who do you think it could be?" He Mingrun asked seriously.
Mu Jiuchen looked out the window. The heavy snow had been falling for a day and a night without stopping.
His gaze was distant, and his tone was indifferent, "We don't know who it is for now, but Yang Minjing is definitely just a pawn. The Yang family's foundation was shaken by you last time. Logically, they wouldn't easily provoke you. But in the past few days, the Yang family has had continuous contract signings. Do you understand now?"