A bare-handed brawl wasn't considered a major offense. Instead of taking them to the station, the police drove both men straight to the hospital.
From the moment he sat in the police car, Jian Suiying hadn't uttered a word. No matter what the officers said to calm him down, he sat stiffly in the corner, staring blankly ahead.
At the hospital, the doctor treated his wounds and insisted he stay overnight for observation. Jian Suiying called Liang Mi to come clean up his mess.
He didn't want a woman driving alone late at night, but after considering his options, he realized he had no one else to turn to.
Jian Suiying lay in the hospital room, staring at the pitch-black ceiling. His body was utterly exhausted, yet sleep eluded him.
What could he do? It was utterly humiliating.
That person he held in such high regard had treated him like a sucker, teaming up with his own brother to betray him.
Jian Suiying felt like both laughing and crying.
He thought to himself, this might be the greatest challenge he'd ever faced—only a real man could endure it.
He picked up the bedside phone and dialed the hospital's internal line. He didn't know where it connected, but someone answered.
and said, " " "Hey, I can't sleep. Needles, pills... you better figure something out for me fast..."
The next day, Secretary Liang picked up Jian Suiying from the hospital and brought him home.
His injuries weren't severe. If he hadn't been too lazy to move, he might have come home last night. Once home, he couldn't hold back any longer and asked Secretary Liang how Li Yu was doing.
Looking back now, based on their past fights, Li Yu probably knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't go all out. But Liang had grabbed Li Yu and beaten him mercilessly—Li Yu must have been badly hurt.
Secretary Liang replied awkwardly, "He's young. He'll be fine."
The moment Jian Suiying heard that, he knew Li Yu couldn't have gotten off lightly. Part of him felt damn satisfied, while another part worried he might have actually been hurt badly.
To be worried about Li Yu at this point was utterly pathetic.
Secretary Liang, seeing her boss looking so dejected and disheveled for the first time, felt her maternal instincts stir. She took Jian Suiying in,
a dozen or so dishes and cooked for him, bustling about for most of the day. It wasn't until around five or six o'clock, when she had to go pick up her child, that she finally had to leave.
Throughout the entire day, aside from a few bites of food in front of Secretary Liang, he hadn't consumed a single thing. He just sat there
sat motionless from daylight until dusk, then spent the entire night lost in thought.
He thought a lot during those two days.
He desperately wanted to find Jian Suiying and apologize properly, but he knew Jian Suiying's temperament. Showing up in front of him anytime soon
would only add fuel to the fire.
Though he genuinely wanted to see Jian Suiying immediately. The Jian Suiying who showed him no mercy felt both unfamiliar and heartbreaking.
The memory of Jian Suiying's frenzied actions and words still sent waves of pain through his heart.
On the day he was discharged from the hospital, he ran into the last person he wanted to see right now—Jian Suilin.
The two stared at each other, neither wearing a friendly expression. Li Yu said coldly, "You told him."
Jian Suilin shook his head. "Not me. It was Bai Xinyu."
Li Yu turned away indifferently, unwilling to exchange another word. Who had told Jian Suiying no longer mattered. What mattered
was that Jian Suilin now knew.
As Li Yu brushed past him, Jian Suilin murmured, "What are you going to do?"
Li Yu didn't want to answer, but he paused briefly before saying, "Once he's calmed down, I'll go find him." "Find him?" Jian Suilin's breathing was uneven as he clenched his fist tightly.
Standing back-to-back, Li Yu couldn't see the fleeting ferocity that flashed across Jian Suilin's face.
"Yes, I'll go find him. This isn't over between us." Li Yu watched the hospital's long, dim corridor
and said expressionlessly, "Suilin, for the sake of our long friendship, whatever you plan to do, stop now
. Otherwise, I'll tell him everything you ever said to me."
Jian Suilin sneered coldly: "Do you really think that just by running to him and saying 'I'm sorry,' he'll forget the past and take you back?"
Li Yu's heart skipped a beat. She pressed her lips together and remained silent.
Li Yu's lips trembled slightly as she recalled Jian Suilin's words. No matter how furious or unhinged Jian Suilin had been in the past
, he had never felt fear. Yet yesterday, hearing those words—even knowing they were likely spoken in anger—he couldn't calm his heart. Each time he recalled them, they grew sharper and more painful.
If Jian Suiying truly only wanted him for "a bit of novelty," he would never let him off the hook.
Jian Suilin turned and whispered softly: "Li Yu, trust me — my brother won't let this go. You can't defeat him alone. You should use joining forces."
Li Yu replied coldly, "Don't let me hear that again." With that, he strode toward the elevator entrance.
Jian Suilin watched his back disappear around the corner with a dark expression. He swung his fist and slammed it hard against the wall beside him.
The cheap tiles on the hospital wall cracked in several places.