Chapter 47 The Truth

With You Wu present, Jiang Cheng wasn't too worried about accidents, so he chose a room for himself not far away. After all this trouble, he was also feeling a bit exhausted.

Fatty slept next door, while Yao Shunyu and Li Bai stayed in the two rooms opposite. He was so tired that he didn't even take a hot shower, and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

But before long, a muffled explosion woke him up. The whole building shook, and he felt a lurch beneath him, almost falling out of the warm bed.

As soon as he recovered, he heard hurried footsteps outside, and doors opening. Opening his own door, Fatty, Yao Shunyu, and Li Bai were all gathered around. A woman with short hair came running over. Jiang Cheng had seen her before, next to the middle-aged man. She seemed to be his adjutant.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Fatty had almost taken off all his clothes. He had been sound asleep and was confused, thinking it was an earthquake.

"It's the orphanage! There was a violent explosion under the orphanage!" The woman's voice was trembling. "The power of the explosion was enormous. The entire orphanage...the entire orphanage sank. Now there's a huge pit there. The commander has already taken people there, but judging from the scene, there's almost no chance of survivors."

"I see..."

Jiang Cheng pretended to be surprised, as if he hadn't known already. He had already reminded the middle-aged man to move the encirclement around the orphanage, at least a hundred meters back, but the reason he gave was that he was worried about remnants of the Crimson Faction.

The situation was now very clear. The researchers inside had detonated the explosives, completely destroying that hell on earth, as well as all the data and themselves.

Jiang Cheng didn't feel anything special about the deaths of Liu Hui and the others, but he respected their final choice.

At the same time, another message arrived: Su Xiaoxiao...was awake.

Jiang Cheng left Yao Shunyu and Li Bai behind, only taking Fatty with him. He pushed open the door and saw Su Xiaoxiao leaning against a stack of pillows, her face pale. Su An's eyes were red as he stared at the bandaged wounds on Su Xiaoxiao's body.

The moment Su Xiaoxiao turned her gaze to him, Jiang Cheng's eyes turned slightly red, revealing a genuine emotion like meeting an old friend in a foreign land. "Miss Su, you're finally awake! I was so worried about you!"

Jiang Cheng walked up quickly, his movements swift, his expression sincere, and his emotions perfectly controlled. If Fatty hadn't known the doctor for a long time, he would have believed it.

Jiang Cheng sat down by the bed as if he were an old friend, looking at Su Xiaoxiao with deep affection, and asked with concern, "How are you feeling? Although this room was specially arranged by me, I hope you don't mind it."

Su Xiaoxiao looked at Jiang Cheng for several seconds, and finally spoke, "It really is you, Hao Shuai." Her voice was unusually hoarse, and it didn't sound good.

But Jiang Cheng seemed to be completely oblivious, his face full of enthusiasm. Today's main theme was sincerity. After asking about Su Xiaoxiao's condition, Jiang Cheng turned the topic to Su An, after all, this was Su Xiaoxiao's biggest concern. Jiang Cheng sighed deeply, "Su An has suffered a lot. If we hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid Su An would have been...he would have been harmed by the Night Watchers. You don't know what it was like back then. At the critical moment, we..."

"Cough, cough cough!" Fatty clenched his fist in front of his mouth and coughed a few times unnaturally, while frantically giving the doctor a negative look.

Before Jiang Cheng could react, Su Xiaoxiao looked at him and asked in a weak voice, "How are you?"

"Hey, it's nothing, it's just that we came at the right time and just happened to save Su. Actually, it's not a big deal, mainly because Su is lucky. Also, these Night Watchers are devoid of conscience. If we don't eliminate them all, I'm afraid that similar tragedies like Su's will continue to happen, after all, not everyone can meet someone as timely as us..."

Jiang Cheng stopped here suddenly, because he saw Su An pouting, and then leaning close to Su Xiaoxiao's ear, using a big hand to symbolically cover Su Xiaoxiao's ear. The next second, a somewhat clumsy, but very clear voice sounded—

"Sister, he's lying to you."

Jiang Cheng's head buzzed. He immediately looked at Fatty. Wasn't it said that Su An couldn't speak or express himself? What was going on?

At this moment, Fatty also had a bitter look on his face, "Doctor, he's just autistic, not stupid, and his ears and mouth work better than ours."

"Damn it! Why didn't you say so earlier!" Jiang Cheng never thought that one day his IQ would be rubbed on the ground by an autistic child.

"You didn't let me say it!"

It was too late to say anything now. The situation in front of him was indeed a bit difficult to deal with. Jiang Cheng looked at Su Xiaoxiao and Su An with an embarrassed expression. Su An's numb face didn't show anything, but Su Xiaoxiao was looking at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, and Jiang Cheng couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

"You want me to deal with the Night Watchers with you?" Su Xiaoxiao asked directly.

"That's right, but not for me, but for your brother. He has suffered a lot from the Night Watchers. If you don't believe me, you can ask those autistic...呸, those children in the Crimson Faction, they are very pitiful." Jiang Cheng was still thinking about salvaging the situation, after all, there was no doubt that Su An was captured by the Night Watchers.

But to Jiang Cheng's surprise, Su Xiaoxiao refused decisively this time. "I apologize for misunderstanding you before, and I also thank you for bringing my brother out of there, but I'll pass on the cooperation. When I can walk, I'll take my brother away and never come back."

Since the conversation had reached this point, Jiang Cheng no longer hid anything, "Can you give me a reason? After all...you don't seem like someone who can swallow this."

"Reason?" Su Xiaoxiao leaned back on the pillow, slowly raised her hand, and pulled open her collar, revealing the dense scales that made people's scalps tingle, "I'm dying, and I just want to spend the rest of my time with my brother, is that a good enough reason?"

Su Xiaoxiao's tone was calm, but the persistence in her eyes was moving. Jiang Cheng closed his mouth, because he knew that there was no reason to persuade her, to persuade this dying person.

The backlash Su Xiaoxiao was facing was more serious than he thought.

Su An's eyes were red, and slowly, big tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, wetting the white sheets. Su Xiaoxiao raised her hand, put her pale fingers on Su An's messy head, and then scratched it very gently. The scene in front of her was very warm, but the pain behind this warmth was even more despairing.

Silence, a long silence. Jiang Cheng slowly stood up and nodded to Su Xiaoxiao, "I understand. When you recover from your injuries, I'll have someone send you away."