Gu Xiyan quickly sent the man to the hospital. Watching with her own eyes as the nurse stopped his bleeding, disinfected and bandaged him, and then gave him a blood transfusion, she finally felt slightly at ease.

  "Really, thank you so much." Gu Xiyan thanked him sincerely. She didn't know why, but from earlier on, she had this inexplicable urge to get close to this man. This feeling was truly unreasonable. Although the man in front of her was indeed handsome and charming, she wasn't some lovesick fool after all.

  "Hey, I almost lost my life for you! You're just going to thank me like that?" Chu Yan Chen said with a dissatisfied tone towards Gu Xiyan. He pulled at Gu Xiyan's clothes with an air of annoyance and still wanted to touch her hand.

  Gu Xiyan was at a loss for words, crying and laughing at the same time. "What else did you want?"

  "That's simple. Life is precious. I saved your life, you just... " Chu Yan Chen hadn't finished speaking when Gu Xiyan suddenly interrupted him."

  "I'm a married man." Gu Xiyan naturally thought that the two words behind him were "engaged".

  "Cut it out, you have a family and I have nothing to do with you. Self-love isn't like that, is it? Don't tell me you think I want to say 'be my wife'. Second, I'm saying you should be my free servant for a few days as compensation. Look at yourself, I don't even find you attractive." Chu Yan Chen sneered, his eyes fixed on Gu Xiuyan, as if calculating whether it was worth making her his servant.

  Gu Xiyan's ears turned completely red from being teased by Chu Yanxun's words. She should have known better than to speak so quickly.

  "Hey, you don't have to be like that either. These days, saying the wrong thing is as normal as marrying the wrong person. Don't worry about it." Chu Yan Chen suddenly grabbed Cui Xiyan's wrist and pulled off her glove. Cui Xiyan's palm was scratched at this moment. Chu Yan Chen's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily. "Xiyan, I think you have some abrasions on your body. Let me take a look at your hands and legs. It's best to get an X-ray. Don't let it develop into something worse." After saying that, Chu Yan Chen got out of bed, pulled Cui Xiyan along, and headed towards the emergency department.

  Gu Xiyan's calf indeed had a wound, not very deep but long. After the doctor treated her, they were asked to go to the radiology department for an X-ray.

  Luckily, apart from a slight issue with her leg, Gu Xiu Yan is fine in other aspects.

  After leaving the hospital, Chu Yan Chen made a phone call and went somewhere unknown. Gu Xiyan naturally wouldn't ask about it.

  "Where are you going, girl?" Chu Yan Chen casually put his arm around Gu Xiyan, ignoring her refusal, and walked with her to the side of the road.

  "I'm going to pick up my daughter." Gu Xiyan was helpless in the face of his overbearing behavior.

  "Girl, I'll send you off. Looking at your state, you probably provoked someone again. Be more careful when going out in the future, not every time can be as lucky to run into me saving you." Chu Yan Chen looked down and saw Gu Xiyan being held by him with a reluctant expression. He couldn't help but stretch out his bandaged hand to pinch her little face. "What's wrong, girl? I'm not someone who just hugs anyone, you know."

  "Alright, I'll go..." Gu Xiyuan reported an address and the two of them got into a taxi together. When they arrived at school, Xiaoyu and Yangyang were already waiting at the school gate. After telling Yangyang what her mother meant, the four of them got back into a taxi together.

  "Mommy, who is this uncle?" The little girl sat next to Gu Xiyan. Cangcang was being held in Chu Yanxun's arms.

  "Hey, kiddo! Your daughter is greeting me. Little guy, my surname is Chu, just call me Uncle Chu." Chu Yan Chen teased the little girl a few times.

  It wasn't obvious that Chu Yan Chen was quite popular with the two kids. Until they got off the car, the little girl still held his hand and said reluctantly: "Uncle Chu, you must come to our house next time."

  Although Yan didn't say anything, her expression also clearly showed that she hoped to see Chu Yan again.

  "Alright, Uncle Chu has promised you. Well-behaved kids go in first. Uncle needs to have a talk with your mom." Chu Yan Chen didn't dare laugh too much when facing the kid. After all, he didn't want to be blamed for spoiling the next generation.

  After the two children entered the villa, Chu Yan Chen reached into Gu Xiyan's pocket and took out her phone. After a few movements on Gu Xiyan's phone with his fingers, he let out a sly laugh. "Girlie, you can find me anytime, remember you still owe me a few days of being a servant."

  Chu Yan Chen left. Gu Xiyan put away her phone and went in to prepare dinner.

  According to Gu Xiyuan, Shang Ruiqi had sent Ceng Ceng to Zhao Yanlan's home by 7:30. Shang Ruiqi didn't return home until after 9 o'clock. After taking a bath, he went downstairs to the living room. At this time, Xiaoyu was enthusiastically talking about Chu Yanxun.

  "Yan'er, who is Uncle Chu?" The little fellow's interest was piqued by Shang Yi's interruption.

  "Uncle Chu is the uncle who went to pick up Yan'er and Yangyang with Mommy this afternoon. Does Daddy know Uncle Chu?" Little girl leaned against Shang Yueqi's body, obviously wanting him to hold her.

  Shang Yi didn't refuse. But also didn't mention this topic again. Instead, he started talking about other interesting things with the little guy.

  At half past ten at night, Xiao Yao finally went to bed. After she rested, Gu Xiyan naturally returned to her room with Shang Yueqi. When Gu Xiyan came out of the bath, Shang Yueqi patiently waited for her to dry her hair before going to bed.

  "Hey, I feel like you're not very happy." Gu Xiyan rested her head on Shang Yue's right shoulder, her body leaning towards him. She placed one small hand on his chest.

  "Darling, who is that Uncle Chu?" Shang Xi's words were laced with a hint of jealousy.

  Gu Xiyan sneered and then became serious after a few nods. After recounting her experience that afternoon, she fell silent. Just as Chu Yan Chen said, Gu Xiyan also felt that this matter was not so simple.

  Shang Yi got up and lifted the hem of Gu Xiyan's pants. He checked her wound and only lay back down after seeing that she was fine. But his eyes had a few more sharp glints this time.

  "Darling, I know that Chu Yan Chen." Shang Yi Qi didn't bring up the car accident at Zhuangzi again, but instead mentioned this person, Chu Yan Chen.

  "You know him." Gu Xiyan was surprised how he knew that rascal.

  Gu Xiyan didn't mean to look down on Chu Yanxun, but she felt that her husband and Chu Yanxun were two completely different people in terms of personality, so how could they possibly know each other.

  "He is the teacher's son."

  Gu Xiyan suddenly became interested, her small head pressed against Shang Zhen's chest. She raised a faint smile and said, "Then he won't be a soldier either."

  "He is a naval major general." Shang Qi said with a sneer, "Xunzi says he doesn't look like a soldier, but rather a military thug."

  "What about you?" Gu Xiyan poked Shang Yi's chest.

  Shang Yi smiled and brought Gu Xiyan's small hand to his thin lips, sucking on each finger one by one. Gu Xiyan only felt a tingling sensation from her fingertips to her heart.

  "I am a soldier." Gu Xiyan suddenly heard Shang Yueqi say this sentence vaguely, although it was vague, but straightforward and powerful, with a sense of justice.

  But how did she know the deeper meaning of the sentence "I am a soldier" at this moment?

  What Gu Xiyan could not have imagined was that one day, he would tell her the meaning of this sentence in such a nearly cruel way: I am a soldier, country is heavy, family is light, if country and family conflict, then first protect the country, and then defend the family.

  After the two of them had fooled around for a while, Shang Qi turned off the lights. Gu Xiyan had an injury on her leg. Shang Qi didn't want to affect her wound, so he didn't move his hands and feet randomly.

  Wei Zhe didn't know that Gu Xiyan had almost gotten into an accident until several days later. The vehicle responsible for the accident was quickly found. However, the driver of the vehicle repeatedly claimed that he was driving drunk on that day and did not intentionally try to harm anyone.

  That day, Chu Yan Chen called the Beijing City Police Department, and the police quickly intervened in the investigation. Although the driver who caused the accident had escaped early on, there is a saying that "the law net is loose but not leaking".

  It's no longer possible to investigate whether he was driving drunk or not. However, the police station in Beijing is absolutely not a simple place. Plus, with Chu Yan Chen putting pressure on them, the police quickly got to the bottom of this incident. The driver who caused the accident initially insisted that it wasn't intentional harm. But in the end, he overturned his own statement and admitted that he was instructed to hurt someone.

  The driver who caused the accident was originally just a small mixed breed in Beijing. According to his confession, he was bribed by a woman to get rid of Gu Xiuyan. As for what that woman looked like, the driver who caused the accident couldn't say anything. He only said that the woman was hiding in a dark place at the time and he couldn't see her face clearly. He could only hear that it was the voice of a young woman.

  In that case, the driver can't escape the charge of intentional injury. As for who the woman was, Wei Zhe had a vague guess after hearing about the incident, but he didn't dare to confirm it yet.

  Wei Zhe had received news from home that Ye Jiarong was nowhere to be found, but after returning to the capital for several days, Ye Jiarong still hadn't taken the initiative to look for him. Wei Zhe had already sent people to find Ye Jiarong's trail. If this matter was really her doing, then he would be blamed...

  Time flies. Four days have passed. On that afternoon, Wei Zhe's secretary knocked on the door of Wei Zhe's office.

  "Director, I've had my men searching for several days now, but we still haven't found any trace of Miss Ye. Could it be that Miss Ye isn't even in the capital?" The secretary reported the results of the investigation to Wei Zhe.

  Not in the capital city. Wei Zhe knew that his subordinates were not ordinary people. Although they were not as familiar with the capital city as they were with T City, it was unlikely that they couldn't find anything. Had he guessed wrong? Wasn't it her?

  "Is there any progress on the police side?" Wei Zhe's eyebrows were tinged with a hint of worry.

  "The president. The police are putting pressure on them, but they still haven't got any leads on the woman who was behind it all." Of course, a diligent secretary wouldn't miss out on news from the police station.

  "I know. Report any new developments to me in a timely manner." Wei Zhe waved his hand, indicating that the secretary could leave.

  Author's Notes