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Jiang Mian was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Lu Bozhou.

But he simply held her hand tighter, preventing her from pulling away.

Xu Yawei was still hysterically going crazy on the other end of the phone.

When Lu Bozhou looked at his phone, his gaze sharpened. "Xu Yawei."

Xu Yawei's frantic voice abruptly stopped on the other end, leaving only some hurried breaths that hadn't had time to calm down.

Her voice calmed down slightly, "Bo Zhou? Bo Zhou! Please help me, please help me!"

Lu Bozhou's voice was devoid of warmth, "What did you do five years ago, on the day she gave birth to Lu Chaochi?"

Jiang Mian listened from the side, her brows furrowing, and she tried to pull the bag away with even more force.

Whatever happened that day, it was a process of reopening old wounds for her, and she didn't want to reopen her old wounds.

But Lu Bozhou held her hand tightly, not letting her pull it away.

Because of the force, the needle in the back of my hand came out, and my hand swelled up.

Jiang Mian had no choice but to stop what she was doing.

Xu Yawei remained silent for a few seconds on the other end, seemingly hesitant, but slowly spoke, first offering a reassurance.

"I'm sorry, Bo Zhou, I didn't expect her to get into trouble. I just... I love you so much that I was so jealous, that's why..."

Before Xu Yawei could finish speaking, Lu Bozhou interrupted her, saying, "Save those words for Lu Bolin."

Hearing that Lu Bozhou was about to hang up, Xu Yawei panicked and quickly said, "I just saw Jiang Mian's call coming in, so I answered! But I really didn't expect her to die. I didn't realize the situation was so serious. I was planning to tell you after your meeting!"

Xu Yawei said repeatedly, "Besides, you were in a very important meeting at that time, and I was also... I was only trying to help you..."

Lu Bozhou sneered, "Your intentions were for my own good? That meeting was for a project that you helped Lu Bolin negotiate."

Lu Bozhou's voice was still slightly weak, but it couldn't hide the chill in it.

“My wife was about to give birth at that time, and I didn’t want any complications, so that the Lu family would keep bothering the child before and after birth. That’s why I agreed to the project.”

“That was my goal, and you ended up answering her call.” Lu Bozhou’s voice grew increasingly sinister. “Before she died, all she heard and believed was that I was with another woman. I wasn’t even there when she was in danger during childbirth.”

Xu Yawei's voice became even more flustered on the other end, sounding somewhat stammering, "I didn't expect it to be this serious, I didn't mean to, I just... I just..."

Xu Yawei couldn't continue, but Jiang Mian actually knew the answer. Xu Yawei's mentality was simply that even though she didn't like Lu Bozhou that much, she didn't want Lu Bozhou to have other women around him.

I may not like you, but you cannot like anyone else.

"You really have no reason to be in this situation today." Lu Bozhou chuckled, but his tone sounded even more terrifying than when he wasn't laughing.

“Starting today, don’t call me again. If you do, I’ll use every means possible to make sure you stay in there until you die. You’ve been in cahoots with Lu Bolin for so many years, you can’t possibly have covered your tracks completely. It’ll be very easy for me to get rid of you.”

“Bo Zhou…” Xu Yawei’s voice was low and hoarse, sounding hesitant.

"Did you understand?" Lu Bozhou asked.

Xu Yawei dared not say anything more. She knew that Lu Bozhou would definitely keep his word. "I understand."

Lu Bozhou hung up the phone and tossed it aside.

He switched hands and held Jiang Mian's hand, afraid she would leave. Then he glanced at the back of her hand, which was swollen from the IV drip.

He only frowned slightly, not seeming to care much.

Jiang Mian stood up. Lu Bozhou watched her as she was about to leave, his brows furrowed, his voice low and hoarse, "Don't go. Mianmian, don't go..."

Jiang Mian frowned at him. "Your needle has come loose. I need to call someone to fix it for you. Stop messing around!"

Jiang Mian reached out and patted the back of his hand on the side that wasn't being treated.

Lu Bozhou then let go of her hand, and Jiang Mian turned and walked out of the ward.

A nurse came in shortly after and, upon looking at Lu Bozhou's hand, said, "We might have to reinsert it."

They quickly changed the needle for him, and by the time the nurse switched the needle to his other hand, Jiang Mian still hadn't come in.

Lu Bozhou kept looking towards the door.

"Okay, stop moving that hand," the nurse instructed.

Lu Bozhou asked, "Where did the person who went to call you go?"

“I didn’t notice. She went to the nurses’ station and called us over to check the needle in my hand.” The nurse pointed to his phone. “Why don’t you call and ask?”

After the nurse finished speaking, she repeated the instruction, "Don't move your hand that's being used for the injection."

He then left the ward. As soon as the nurse left, Lu Bozhou picked up his phone and dialed Jiang Mian's number.

When Lu Bozhou heard the beeping tone from the phone's receiver, he also heard another sound.

A buzzing vibration came from beside the bed. Jiang Mian's phone was there; she hadn't taken it with her.

When Lu Bozhou saw that her phone was still there, the tension in his expression gradually relaxed.

A short while later, someone came in through the door. Lu Bozhou suddenly looked up and saw Song Xu walk in.

Song Xu: "What kind of look is that? Are you unhappy to see me?"

Lu Bozhou was too tired to speak. He was in a lot of pain and leaned against the bed. He asked in a low voice, "Where is she? Did you see her just now?"

"You said you'd be here in a bit, what's wrong? You weren't happy to let people know before, but now you can't leave for even a second?" Song Xu teased Lu Bozhou.

Lu Bozhou was too lazy to talk to him anymore. He slowly took a breath in and then slowly exhaled.

After a while, there was some noise outside.

Lu Bozhou looked up and saw Jiang Mian pacing back and forth in the outer room from the doorway of the ward, seemingly busy with something.

He glanced at Song Xu, then propped himself up to get out of bed.

Song Xu's eyes widened. "Can't you just stay in bed and behave yourself?"

"My joints are practically rusting. Push the wheelchair over here and help me out," Lu Bozhou said.

Although his injuries were quite serious, they were not to the point of being paralyzed and unable to move. At most, his ribs would hurt more when he was moving around.

Song Xu thought that if he was willing to suffer, then let him suffer. He pushed the wheelchair over and helped Lu Bozhou into it.

Lu Bozhou controlled the electric wheelchair and went to the outer room.

He overlooked it, and Song Xu also forgot about it all at once, the needle on the back of his hand.

Or rather, Song Xu hadn't expected him to be in such a hurry! As soon as Lu Bozhou's wheelchair started moving, Song Xun cried out, "Needle! Needle!"

But it was too late! The needle, which had just been inserted into the vein, was pulled out.

A trail of blood droplets, ranging from dark to light, fell onto the light-colored tiled floor, making it quite noticeable.