After the divorce, the crazy CEO knocked on his ex-wife's door every night.

She paused for a moment, then slowly walked away.

Each step felt exceptionally heavy, as if a huge boulder was pressing on her heart, making it impossible for her to take a step easily.

The desolation of the corridor seemed to reflect her loneliness at that moment.

When Li Siyuan returned upstairs, he found that Shen Xuan was not in the room. There was a half-empty IV bottle and a needle hanging next to the hospital bed, and a nurse was packing things up.

The room was a mess, with the once neatly arranged sheets tossed aside, revealing a sense of panic.

Where did they go?

He entered the room, asking in surprise, his voice tinged with anxiety, while looking around incredulously, hoping to find some clues in the environment.

"Let's go!"

The nurse responded somewhat impatiently.

"Where have you been?"

She countered with a question filled with misunderstanding and complaint, as if she believed that as a family member of the patient, she should have some knowledge of the patient's condition.

“You’re a family member of the patient, and you don’t know? How could I possibly know? I’m the one who’s wondering. She didn’t even have any family members. She just pulled out the IV and left on her own.”

The nurse's tone became even more unpleasant.

Although such situations are not uncommon for her, who often works in hospitals, they still evoke feelings of sympathy and indignation every time.

In the past, most men abandoned women because they couldn't afford to treat their illnesses. But this well-dressed man in front of her clearly wasn't doing it for money. This puzzled and angered the nurse. Was it for some other, more selfish reason?

The nurse tidied up the needles and IV bottles, then walked away looking displeased.

Her back view clearly showed her dissatisfaction.

Li Siyuan immediately frowned, his expression growing increasingly serious as his mood changed. He then quickly went outside, took out his phone, and dialed a number to have someone go find Shen Xuan.

The fact that that fragile yet stubborn woman chose to leave on her own despite her terrible health condition filled him with extreme unease and worry.

He regretted how he had treated her earlier, and the words Shen Xuan had said and her helpless appearance in the ward kept replaying in his mind.

Thinking about this made him even angrier, but at the same time he understood that he should take the corresponding responsibility for it.

All we can do now is try our best to find her and make sure she is safe and sound.

As she left the ward, people kept pointing and whispering, and she could hear constant murmurs and discussions. This made her very uncomfortable, as if the whole world was looking at her with strange eyes.

After such a major incident, it was inevitable that her story would be reported by the media.

After all, who could have imagined that such an ordinary morning would almost end her life? Such an experience is enough to shock everyone.

Besides, in a hospital, once a patient is linked to the news, it will naturally attract people's attention quickly and become the focus of discussion. This kind of thing is already commonplace.

a week later.

In an ordinary residential building in Jiangcheng.

She braced her hands on an iron bar next to the rooftop railing, facing the bustling city streets below, and took a deep breath of the fresh morning air.

The surrounding scenery made her feel a little better.

Gao Jing, meanwhile, was playing on her phone, a happy smile on her face.

Since Gao Wei brought Shen Xuan home from the hospital, she has had a way to contact Li Siyuan directly—via WeChat.

Through this channel, Gao Jing would occasionally report the latest situation of Shen Xuan to Li Siyuan, and the two thus established a private interaction mode.

Watching the girl beside her, who seemed completely indifferent to everything, so happily immersed in her own little world, Shen Xuan couldn't help but glance at her and casually brushed the hair that had fallen across her cheek.

She deeply admired Gao Jing's unrestrained attitude towards life.

"Xiao Jing!"

She called the other person's name softly, hoping for a response.

However, at this moment, Gao Jing, immersed in the world of the screen, did not immediately look up to pay attention to the person next to her. She simply responded with a faint "hmm" and continued to bury herself in the mobile game in her hands.

Shen Xuan seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end she gave up, opening her mouth only to close it again in frustration.

"What's wrong, Sister Xiaoxuan?"

After a while, Gao Jing noticed that Shen Xuan hadn't spoken for a long time, and realized that something was wrong. She raised her eyes and asked, but she was puzzled and didn't understand what the other party wanted to say.

"nothing!"

Although her gaze remained fixed on the young girl opposite her, Shen Xuan decided, for some reason, not to explain further.

She then gently slipped her hands into her coat pockets, glanced at Gao Jing's figure once more, and silently turned and left.

As Gao Jing watched Shen Xuan gradually walk away until he disappeared from sight, a barely perceptible glint of cold light flashed in her eyes.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the direction of the living room, followed by a familiar yet rushed figure—it was Lu Shuli.

Shen Xuan was taken aback at first, and then slowly met his gaze.

That sudden eye contact was tinged with disbelief, surprise, and shock.

Lu Shuli immediately frowned, his eyes fixed on her dark, determined pupils.

At that moment, it was as if the whole world had fallen silent. The coldness in his eyes seemed to freeze, and his gaze towards Shen Xuan became stiff, revealing complex emotions.

Deep within him surged unspeakable emotions and questions.

He never expected Shen Xuan to appear there, let alone that this usually gentle woman would jump into the surging waves without hesitation to save the old lady Chen Xiuwen.

If it weren't for her selfless actions, perhaps Chan Sau-man and those involved in the incident would never have attracted outside attention, and everything would have unfolded quietly according to her pre-planned route, leaving no trace.

But now everything has changed—although with the disappearance of those people, along with all the evidence, he felt a sense of relief, this liberation seemed to be mixed with more loss and helplessness.

Their eyes met silently for a moment, as if they could sense each other's inner turmoil, until Shen Xuan took the initiative to look away, breaking the awkward and oppressive atmosphere.

"Are you ok?"

Lu Shuli looked at the woman in front of her and asked in a calm but concerned tone.

He himself didn't know why he brought up this issue at this moment to show concern for her health.

"fine!"

She responded simply and calmly, her voice so soft it was almost carried away by the surrounding wind.