Thinking of that possibility, Chen Xiao suddenly felt a sense of loss.

Immediately afterward, he severely despised himself in his heart.

"Chen Xiao, ah Chen Xiao, are you crazy? You already have a girlfriend; why shouldn't others have boyfriends?"

After Song Anran hung up the phone, she said lightly, "It seems we have to pause for today; I need to go back."

"Okay, I'll take you, Director Song."

Chen Xiao nodded, saying it calmly.

"Alright."

Song Anran smiled.

The two left the hospital. Since neither of them had driven, they had to hail a taxi by the roadside.

Just then, a black SUV suddenly sped from afar, like a roaring beast.

Because it was nearly midnight, such phenomena of speeding on empty roads were not uncommon.

Chen Xiao was already used to it and usually just thought the other person might be a little crazy.

However, this time, Chen Xiao felt something was not quite right.

Within a few hundred meters, the SUV arrived in an instant, and its target was Chen Xiao and Song Anran.

Since Chen Xiao and Song Anran were standing together, Chen Xiao was unsure who the target of the car was.

But one thing was certain, the car wanted to kill them both.

Watching the SUV speed towards them, Song Anran was so frightened that she was dumbfounded, her mouth wide open, eyes dull, and she couldn't react at all.

At the critical moment, Chen Xiao suddenly hugged Song Anran in his arms and threw a punch!

Bang!

Accompanied by a loud noise, the SUV, under the effect of the reaction force, flew high, fell to the ground, rolled for a while, and finally exploded.

This scene scared Song Anran out of her wits.

She looked incredulously at the burning car, then looked even more incredulously at Chen Xiao.

How... how did he do it?

She knew Chen Xiao was very powerful, but she didn't expect Chen Xiao to be so powerful, simply beyond the scope of human cognition.

But then she thought again, Chen Xiao was someone who could even deal with vampires; what did this even count as?

Looking at Song Anran's frightened appearance, Chen Xiao asked with concern, "Director Song, are you okay?"

Chen Xiao was certain that Song Anran's body was definitely fine; after all, with him as a barrier, Song Anran had not suffered the slightest harm.

He was just worried that Song Anran was frightened.

Song Anran shook her head, saying timidly, "I'm fine, Chen Xiao, thank you just now. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have..."

Before Song Anran could finish her words, Chen Xiao shook his head.

"Director Song, don't say that. If it weren't for me, you might not have suffered this unexpected disaster. I've made too many enemies recently; this car was likely aimed at me."

The car had already burned and exploded, and the people inside must have already been burned to death. Even if Chen Xiao wanted to ask who sent them, he couldn't ask.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Song Anran shook her head and smiled bitterly, "No, Chen Xiao, they were coming for me. I've seen this car several times today. I thought they were just following me; I didn't expect they wanted to kill me..."

"Oh?"

Chen Xiao was taken aback and asked, "Director Song, do you know who sent them?"

Song Anran nodded, "Yes, if I'm not mistaken, they should be from Kangxing Company."

"Kangxing Company? How could it be them?"

Chen Xiao was puzzled.

Kangxing Company was one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. Chen Xiao's old classmate, Zhao Xiaobo, was also a pharmaceutical representative for Kangxing Company.

Song Anran smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what's going on. Kangxing Company found out about me synthesizing the new protease. They wanted to buy out my intellectual property rights. I definitely wouldn't agree, and things got very unpleasant... But I really didn't expect such a big company to use such underhanded tactics!"

"Those not of our race must have different intentions. You must pay more attention to your safety in the future. If it really doesn't work, spend some money and hire a few bodyguards to be around you!"

Chen Xiao suggested.

Song Anran came from a large family and was not short of money herself. Once the new protease was launched, even if Song Anran didn't deliberately profit from it, she would earn a lot of money, so hiring a few bodyguards was nothing.

"We'll see," Song Anran said, somewhat disappointed. She thought Chen Xiao was going to protect her.

Just then, a Bentley stopped in front of the two of them, and then a tall, broad-shouldered man got out of the car.

When Song Anran saw the man, her expression changed slightly, and she asked in surprise, "How did you find this place?"

The man said lightly, "There's a location tracker on your phone."

Hearing this, Chen Xiao frowned involuntarily. Even for a couple, this was too much!

This man was tall and big, but he turned out to be petty.

The man glanced at Chen Xiao and asked Song Anran, "Who is this?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. This is Chen Xiao," Song Anran quickly introduced.

"Oh? So you're Chen Xiao. Nice to meet you..."

The man extended his hand to Chen Xiao. His palm was broad, and his fingers were thick, indicating that he was a trained martial artist.

"Hello," Chen Xiao said, sizing up the man and extending his hand as well.

Sure enough, as Chen Xiao had expected, as soon as the man grasped his hand, he suddenly exerted force.

How childish!

Chen Xiao sneered in his heart and gripped back forcefully.

In an instant, the man's face turned purple.

Judging from his expression, he was very uncomfortable, but for the sake of face, he didn't say a word.

Chen Xiao was amused and asked faintly, "May I ask your name?"

The man gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "I am... Song Anguo..."

Hearing this, Chen Xiao was stunned and quickly let go of his hand, asking, "Then you and Director Song are?"

"I'm her brother, what did you think?"

Song Anguo was grinding his teeth. After Chen Xiao released his hand, he felt that his hand was not getting any blood and was numb!

Chen Xiao shouted in his heart: Damn it, I misunderstood, this is terrible!

He smiled sheepishly: "Hello, Brother Song, I thought you were Director Song's... bodyguard!"

"Humph!"

Song Anguo snorted coldly, thinking to himself, "This brat struck so hard; he probably thought I was Song Anran's boyfriend, right?"

But he didn't say it out loud, but pretended to be nonchalant and said: "It's not wrong to say I'm a bodyguard. I came to Jiangcheng this time to protect her. Irrelevant people better stay away from my sister!"

Song Anguo's words were meaningful. Obviously, Chen Xiao was also the 'irrelevant person' in his mouth!