I failed again

When he arrived at the hospital, Qi Anyan was sent directly to the operating room. The doctor who had received the news in advance was already ready and waiting.

Xie Zhixuan was stopped outside the operating room by the nurse and had to wait outside.

While they were waiting, their subordinates came to report that they had found obvious signs of a fight in the room, as well as a blood-stained knife, which had been sent for testing.

"Where is Bai Ci?" Xie Zhixuan asked after hearing what his subordinates said.

Xie Zhixuan suddenly received a call from Bai Ci. The other party seemed to be driving at the time. He spoke to him an address very quickly and told him where An Yang was, and then hung up the phone.

Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, Xie Zhixuan thought it would be worthwhile to make the trip. Besides, he and Bai Ci had never had any grudges and were business partners. There was no need for Bai Ci to lie to him.

So, Xie Zhixuan went there, but he didn't expect to see Qi Anyan lying on the ground covered in blood. There was no one else at the scene except Bai Ci.

But Xie Zhixuan didn't care about so much at that time. He quickly brought Qi Anyan to the hospital and left his assistant there to handle the follow-up matters.

"Master Bai has been taken away." The subordinate said, "Assistant Chen led people to search the entire villa and found that only the room you brought Young Master Qi out of showed signs of being occupied."

"Also, a backpack was found in that room, and inside the backpack were guns and knives."

Xie Zhixuan listened to his subordinates in silence, looked at the closed operating room door in front of him, and ordered, "Have you checked the surveillance?"

"Someone has been sent." said the subordinate.

Xie Zhixuan nodded and said, "After the surveillance footage is retrieved, take a look first and tell me if there is any news."

"Okay." The subordinate responded and left.

Xie Zhixuan stood there for a long time before he took out his cell phone from his pocket, opened the address book, and called back the number that Bai Ci had just called.

He has a few questions that need Bai Ci's help.

The call was quickly connected, and Bai Ci's usual gentle voice came from the other end, "Hello, Bai Ci, what can I do for you?"

"Hello, Patriarch Bai." Xie Zhixuan said, "I have a few questions for you. Is Patriarch Bai free now?"

"If that's what Patriarch Xie said, then of course there is." Bai Ci replied with a smile, "Patriarch Xie, if you have any questions, just ask. I will tell you everything I know."

He probably knew what Xie Zhixuan wanted to ask and had already thought of a response.

"When I entered the room just now, there were only Master Bai and Young Master Qi inside. Now Young Master Qi is injured in the operating room, and Master Bai is the only person present. Do you know who was injured?" Xie Zhixuan asked.

"An Yang." Bai Ci said directly.

He did not lie. After all, Qi Anyan was An Yang, and the wounds on his body were inflicted by Qi Anyan himself. It was not wrong to say that An Yang had caused the injuries.

Although he had some guesses in his mind, when he actually heard Bai Ci say that name, Xie Zhixuan's hand holding the phone suddenly tightened, and a flash of hostility passed through his eyes.

"How does Master Bai know where An Yang is?" Xie Zhixuan asked.

"This involves my private affairs, so I can't tell you." Bai Ci said.

"Then why did the head of the Bai family appear there?" Xie Zhixuan continued to ask.

"Private matter." Bai Ci said concisely.

Xie Zhixuan was silent for a moment before continuing, "Why did Patriarch Bai tell me about An Yang's news?"

"Why did you tell Patriarch Xie this news..."

At this point, Bai Ci paused for a moment, giving Xie Zhixuan some time to think, and then continued, "I heard that the Xie family is going to develop the land in the western suburbs recently? That's a very popular piece of land."

Xie Zhixuan instantly understood what Bai Ci meant and agreed, "The Bai family is very powerful, and I just happen to be interested in cooperating with the Bai family recently."

"Then I'll send someone over to talk tomorrow?" Bai Ci set the time right away.

"Okay." After a few more insincere conversations, the two hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Xie Zhixuan sent a message to his assistant, asking him to arrange someone to connect with the person sent by the Bai family tomorrow.

After sending the message, Xie Zhixuan put away his phone and waited quietly at the door.

It was unknown how long it had been before the door of the operating room was reopened and the nurse pushed Qi Anyan out.

Xie Zhixuan stepped forward and asked, "How is he?"

The doctor took off his mask and said, "He is out of danger now. Fortunately, he was brought here in time. He was just given anesthesia and is still asleep. He will wake up soon."

After hearing this, Xie Zhixuan finally felt relieved.

Qi Anyan was sent to the VIP single room upstairs to rest. Xie Zhixuan followed him in and sat next to Qi Anyan's bed, looking at the pale-faced Qi Anyan.

He always thought that he only treated Qi Anyan as a bed warmer, and he cared about him only because Qi Anyan's personality was more to his liking and made him want to conquer him.

But the panic he felt today when he held the blood-covered Qi Anyan in his arms made him feel that Qi Anyan's position in his heart might be more important than he realized.

Just as he was thinking, Xie Zhixuan looked at Qi Anyan who was sleeping on the bed and slowly opened his eyes.

When Qi Anyan opened his eyes, he saw a pure white ceiling. His brain short-circuited for a moment before he realized what had happened before he fell asleep.

A familiar voice suddenly came to my ear, "How do you feel?"

Qi Anyan turned his head and looked over. It was Xie Zhixuan.

"The wound hurts." Qi Anyan said truthfully.

Xie Zhixuan was silenced by Qi Anyan's words. Of course he knew that the wound hurt, but what he meant was whether there were any other discomforts.

Well, it’s not his fault. He didn’t ask clearly.

Thinking of this, Xie Zhixuan asked again, "Besides the wound? Are there any other discomforts?"

Qi Anyan shook his head and said, "No."

Xie Zhixuan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

Coincidentally, the nurse came to check on the patient at this time, so Xie Zhixuan stepped aside and gave his seat to the nurse.

After the nurse finished her rounds, she found no other problems and left.

After the nurse left, Qi Anyan and his partner were the only ones left in the ward.

Qi Anyan was the first to speak and break the silence, "Where's my phone?"

He remembered that he had put his phone in his pocket, but he didn't touch it just now and didn't know where it had been taken.

"I'll ask the nurse to bring it over." After that, Xie Zhixuan asked, "Why do you need a cell phone at this time instead of taking a good rest?"

"Send a message to my brother and the others." Qi Anyan propped himself up and tried to sit up. Xie Zhixuan hurried over to help him up and even brought a pillow to cushion him.

Soon, the nurse handed the phone to Qi Anyan. Qi Anyan took it and said thank you.

When he opened WeChat, he saw the message from his brother, asking him if he was not planning to go to work today.

Qi Anyan replied simply, saying that a friend of his was in the hospital and he had to take care of him, so he would not go to work for the time being.

Regardless of how Qi Yuchen on the other side felt when he saw this message, he unilaterally went into a "cold war" with Qi Yuchen and stopped replying to his messages.

Then, he looked up at Xie Zhixuan and saw that he was talking on the phone and didn't pay attention to him for the time being.

He then withdrew his gaze and operated his mobile phone with his fingers. It was indeed not as convenient as a computer. If it was not obviously inappropriate to ask for a computer at this time, Qi Anyan would have wanted Xie Zhixuan to give him a laptop.

Soon, Qi Anyan blocked, deleted, and modified the surveillance footage at the villa.

After dealing with the surveillance issue, Qi Anyan had the energy to think about the rest.

He was not afraid that Xie Zhixuan's men would find traces of his living in the rooms in the villa.

Their life as killers over the years has made them develop a habit of cleaning up all traces of their presence in a place every time they leave, so he is not worried about this.

The most they could do was to find traces of Jiang Yuan's life there, but that had nothing to do with him.

The tricky thing now is that he doesn't know how Bai Ci communicated with Xie Zhixuan, which makes him a little passive.

A bad answer would arouse Xie Zhixuan's suspicion, but exposing one's identity would be a big deal.

As he was thinking, there was a knock on the ward door. Xie Zhixuan said, "Come in." Then he spoke a few more words to the person on the other end of the phone before hanging up.

The door of the ward was pushed open and the assistant walked in with a briefcase in his hand.

Seeing Qi Anyan lying on the bed, the assistant greeted him in a friendly manner, "Hello, Young Master Qi."

Qi Anyan nodded.

"Have you brought all the things?" Xie Zhixuan asked his assistant.

"I've brought them all." The assistant nodded, then walked to the sofa in the ward, took out a laptop and some documents from his briefcase and placed them on the table.

"These are some important documents from the group that need to be processed by you immediately. I brought them to you." The assistant said to Xie Zhixuan, "They are screening the surveillance cameras at the villa. Do you need to send a copy to you now?"

"No need, just send it to me after you've finished screening." Xie Zhixuan walked to the sofa, sat down, turned on the computer and started working.

Qi Anyan was a little surprised when he saw the assistant taking things out of the briefcase. Could it be that this person wanted to stay here with him to recuperate?

It was not until Xie Zhixuan sat down and started working as if no one was around that Qi Anyan was sure that this man really wanted to stay here with him to recuperate, and he even had someone send some things over.

Qi Anyan moved uncomfortably, which attracted the attention of Xie Zhixuan and his assistant, causing him to freeze instantly.

"What's wrong?" Xie Zhixuan stood up and walked in front of him, asking with concern, "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"...I want to drink some water." Qi Anyan felt a little at a loss for the first time and made up an excuse.

Xie Zhixuan poured him some water, handed it to his mouth, and fed him to drink. After making sure that he had nothing else to do, he directly called his assistant to look after him before returning to the sofa to continue dealing with things.

With his assistant watching him from the side, Qi Anyan didn't know what to do. He could only download a game of Happy Match 3 out of boredom.