You're still a mistress, huh…
A tidal wave of suffocation suddenly surged into Bai Yi's heart, pulling him far away from the surrounding noise.
"Bai Yi! You're scheming for money and causing death!"
"You'll die a terrible death—"
Who is it? Who's talking in my ear?
So uncomfortable…
I can't breathe… It's the water pressure!
Salty, fishy water drilled into his mouth through his lips, and he was like driftwood in the ocean, engulfed in a huge sense of suffocation.
"Baby, what's wrong?"
Bai Yi suddenly widened his eyes, a strong dizziness coming from the place where he was hit by the bottle. His hand unconsciously grabbed in the air, and He Chengxiao grabbed him.
His whole body was pressed against He Chengxiao's chest, the strong and powerful heartbeat drumming in his eardrums, gradually gaining the upper hand in the fight against dizziness, clearing away the bizarre illusions in front of him, and pulling his vision back to the clean white walls of the police station.
The feeling of almost drowning just now was too real. He took a deep breath of fresh air, his palms full of cold sweat.
"I'm fine."
He Chengxiao's eyes became dark for a moment: "Do you want to go to the hospital for another checkup? Is there still an injury on your head…"
Bai Yi nodded weakly: "Go to the hospital later."
Zhao Dongshi was startled at first. Seeing that he had returned to normal, he muttered in a low voice, "You're a grown man, can't you even handle a bottle… If you can't handle it, why show off? You have the guts to seduce her into cheating, but no guts to take responsibility, right!"
As he spoke, he seemed to have found his own logic, and his voice became louder and louder, almost pointing at his nose and scolding him.
Bai Yi rubbed his temples with two fingers, gradually calming down, and asked, "You said she's keeping me?"
Zhao Dongshi rolled his eyes at the sky: "Dare to do it, but don't dare to admit it?"
"I just met this lady by chance. If you continue to pester me, I'll sue you for defamation."
"Defamation?" Zhao Dongshi sneered and said to He Chengxiao, "Your partner sent my wife home in the middle of the night. What do you think?"
"I believe in Bai Yi." He Chengxiao didn't accept his provocation. "But you need to show evidence when you speak."
"Evidence? There's plenty of evidence!"
The police officer on duty had confiscated his phone, but when he heard that he had "evidence," he opened an album according to his wishes.
The album contained a large number of secretly taken photos of Lü Shanshan's life. The little girl was so frightened that she took a few steps back, her face devoid of blood.
Zhao Dongshi sneered, "Now you know to be afraid?"
The police officer scolded again: "Be honest, taking secret photos is illegal!"
"What's wrong with me taking pictures of my own woman…" Zhao Dongshi was obviously bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and his voice suddenly weakened. "Okay, okay, I won't talk about this. You flip back… Yes, yes, this one!"
It was a photo taken from above. The photo was enlarged, and the faces of the people were not clear. It could only be recognized that the two were walking together and were intimate.
The woman in the photo was none other than Lü Shanshan, but the other person was wearing a hat, and judging from the figure… it did look a bit like Bai Yi. He was wearing a mask in the bar, so it's no wonder the man would mistake him.
However, the next few photos taken by Zhao Dongshi were either of the back or backlit, and after zooming in, none of them were clear.
"This is not my partner." He Chengxiao denied his guess at a glance. "Miss Lü, would you like to explain?"
Lü Shanshan twisted her fingers together: "It's really not this gentleman. It was a colleague who was interning with me. Because it was dark after working overtime, he kindly gave me a ride."
"You're talking nonsense. How could I mistake him? You're clearly protecting this pretty boy…"
"Okay." He Chengxiao ignored him. "Then we're going to pursue… Mr. Zhao's responsibility. Do you have anything to add?"
Lü Shanshan glanced at Zhao Dongshi quickly and gritted her teeth: "The angle of this photo was taken from the hallway of my house. Police officer, I think my personal safety is threatened!"
"You stinky woman, don't be ungrateful—"
Seeing that he still wanted to do something, the police officer on duty subdued him in one step.
Zhao Dongshi suffered a loss, and Lü Shanshan's courage grew again: "Sometimes I can see him standing under the street lamp at the entrance of my house from the window. He also sent dead rats to the place where I interned before… I also kept the evidence. Can you use these?"
-
Lü Shanshan calmed down and was a little scared. She apologized to Bai Yi and Qin Sheng again: "He's my ex-boyfriend. We didn't break up cleanly. He's been pestering me recently. I didn't pay attention to him. I didn't expect him to come to the bar. Thank you, sir. If you hadn't pulled me away in time, I definitely wouldn't have escaped that attack… I'm sorry, Boss, I brought such a person to our store."
Qin Sheng recalled the three slaps and felt a pain in his face for no reason: "I'm fine. We're originally a legitimate bar. It's you, a little girl. Are you interning now? You should quickly change companies. Today's incident may cause you trouble."
"Still a student? From A University?" The police officer flipped through Lü Shanshan's documents, his brows furrowed. "Little girl, you should focus on your studies and not fall in love so early. Fortunately, you have a strong sense of self-protection. Look at this photo. Fortunately, you resisted the urge to find him."
In those photos, there was one of Zhao Dongshi smoking next to a trash can, with a bright fruit knife attached to his waist.
Lü Shanshan's back was sweating profusely: "What should I do?"
"He didn't do anything, we can only warn him." The police officer also had a headache. "But the injuries on this gentleman can be prosecuted for public security."
"Injuries on his body?" He Chengxiao turned around abruptly. "You still have injuries on your body?"
Bai Yi secretly gestured to Qin Sheng behind him, signaling him to help him, and explained kindly: "I took a few blows to stop him, just small bruises. The forehead is the worst."
Qin Sheng understood and helped cover up: "I specially called the duty doctor from the Qin Family to come. I've checked his body, and they're all skin injuries. They didn't hurt his bones. He'll be fine after a few days of rest."
"So it's just the head? You just now—"
The feeling just now was too clear. Bai Yi suddenly hesitated, suspecting that something really went wrong with his head.
"Let's settle the matter first, and get a new checkup on the injury later."
There seemed to be a small struggle in He Chengxiao's eyes, but it was quickly submerged by his usual calmness: "Okay, let's pursue responsibility first."
-
After handing the matter over to the lawyer, Bai Yi was forcibly sent to the Qin Family's hospital by He Chengxiao.
The Qin Family occupies a large share of the medical market in China, and the private hospital it controls is also one of the top-tier ones in A City.
Although Qin Sheng didn't take over, the person in charge of the hospital naturally didn't dare to neglect him. He insisted on summoning the entire department in the middle of the night, and after a series of examinations, it was already late at night.
The results of the examination were not so quick. He Chengxiao was not at ease and forced him to be hospitalized.
After being poisoned by alcohol, his brain went through this ordeal. When Bai Yi woke up in the afternoon, it started to ache like needles. He Chengxiao took a few warm patches and put them on his head through the quilt, and put a bowl of clear porridge on the bedside.
"Eat something before sleeping?"
Bai Yi lay weakly: "Put it there, I want to rest for a while."
His forehead had been re-treated by the doctor and was covered with a small piece of gauze, making him look pale and fragile. The collar of his pajamas was loose, inadvertently revealing the bruises on his shoulders, and He Chengxiao's eyes were filled with heartache.
"Goo…"
His stomach growled inappropriately.
He Chengxiao's tense expression immediately dissipated. He put his hand into the quilt, held his back and knees, hugged him out of the quilt, and sat him down with a soft pillow: "I'll feed you."
As he spoke, he scooped a spoonful from the bowl. The porridge had already cooled down, and the temperature was not high. Bai Yi lowered his eyes and stared at the spoonful in a daze, like a delicate doll deprived of its vitality. His lips were already pale, and coupled with his physical discomfort at the moment, he was even more bloodless.
"No need, I can do it myself."
Because he was in a bad mood, he went to the bar, was chatted up, and even had a fight. This was not something he should mention more, so he wanted to muddle through it casually.
He Chengxiao's hand holding the spoon turned white from too much force: "You haven't eaten anything from last night until now. It's easy to get a stomachache if you don't eat something."
He suppressed his temper, and his tone was rarely a bit fierce.
Okay then.
Bai Yi didn't insist. The white porridge intertwined with the bright red tip of his tongue, neutralizing the coldness in his expression and leaving a touch of seductive color.
He Chengxiao's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, and he turned his gaze elsewhere: "Baby, why did you go to the bar?"
Sure enough, he couldn't avoid it.
He acted noble and aloof in front of He Chengxiao, but in private, he didn't shy away from drinking and having fun. Yesterday's incident was not handled well, and it revealed a small corner of his bottom line.
He casually made an excuse: "There's only red wine at home, so I occasionally change my taste."
"Change your taste?" He Chengxiao's body stiffened obviously, and he asked uncertainly, "Cocktails?"
"Yeah…"
Bai Yi keenly noticed his strangeness, but couldn't find the reason for a moment.
He Chengxiao's tone was sour: "Even caused a commotion at the police station… Is Qin Sheng's place a legitimate place? The security must be unqualified, right?"
"Why do you have such a big opinion of him?"
"I'm just worried about you."
"Okay, I didn't expect it either. I won't go there in the future." Bai Yi followed the trend. "You're out socializing every day, and I'll be worried about you too."
"I'm sorry, baby, Chengfang is dragging you down."
The phone on the bedside suddenly rang. Bai Yi took the opportunity to avoid this topic, stretched out his arm and picked up the phone: "What's wrong?"
"Are you okay! How was the hospital checkup? Your Old He wouldn't let me come up… I'm sorry, I scolded my cousin."
"I'm fine. That bar probably has to close for a few days."
"Don't mention it…" Qin Sheng paused. "My cousin sold the bar to Zhuo Shen."
"Then you…"
"…Your Old He also participated. The two of them bid against each other, and Qin Yu, that kid, was so happy."
Bai Yi raised his eyes, and He Chengxiao noticed his gaze: "What's wrong?"
He Chengxiao… bid against Zhuo Shen?
"…Really?"
"Can I lie to you? I'm almost worried to death. The original bands were directly dismissed at high prices, and they even asked my cousin for the contact information of that rabbit guitarist…"
A hand easily took the phone from Bai Yi's hand. He Chengxiao frowned and sat down by the bed, saying to the microphone: "Is it okay to talk later? Bai Yi hasn't eaten anything yet."