The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

The car slowly drove back to the apartment. As soon as they entered the apartment, Xi Yuanchen pressed Yao Yingxi against the wall.

Caught off guard, Yao Yingxi bumped her head against the wall. Before she could react, Xi Yuanchen's cool lips pressed down on her head and kissed her heavily.

The kiss was anything but gentle; Xi Yuanchen bit and gnawed, as if he wanted to devour her whole.

Yao Yingxi only felt a tingling pain in her lips.

"Ringling..."

Xi Yuanchen's phone, which was placed inside his suit jacket, suddenly rang.

His face stiffened, turning gloomy and terrifying, and he released his grip as if choked by a fishbone.

After he released Yao Yingxi, she gasped for breath. Her eyes were filled with tears, like flower buds waiting to bloom, making one want to pluck them.

His tone was cold, more chilling than the dead of winter: "What is it?"

Anan swallowed hard on the phone: "Boss, the police called. The person has woken up. Do you want to go check on him?"

Hearing the dial tone, Anan patted his chest.

Xi Yuanchen put his phone back inside his suit jacket. Yao Yingxi, her expression now normal, stared at him.

Xi Yuanchen suppressed his inner turmoil and said coldly, "That person has already woken up. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Yao Yingxi nodded quickly.

This must have been orchestrated by Xu Hengyuan; she wanted Fugui to testify against Xu Hengyuan.

We won't know anything about the bribery until tomorrow; she's already impatient to get Xu Hengyuan in jail.

The two went out together. Yao Yingxi's mood was complicated. As soon as she got into the car, the things that happened between her and Xi Yuanchen in the apartment earlier inexplicably popped into her mind.

A blush rose to her cheeks, as red and rosy as a ripe apple.

As the car pulled up to the hospital entrance, Xi Yuanchen maintained a somber expression, and Yao Yingxi dared not utter a word.

After getting out of the car, the two of them walked into the hospital.

On the fourth floor inpatient ward, as soon as the two stepped out of the elevator, the police captain saw them and rushed over. "The suspect is now awake. Young Master Xi, if you have any questions, please go in."

As they spoke, the group walked to the ward door, and the police captain opened the door and gestured for them to enter.

Yao Yingxi stepped inside first, then paused and turned to Xi Yuanchen, saying, "Mr. Xi, I'll go in by myself."

Fu Gui was targeting her, and the same goes for Xi Yuanchen going in.

Seeing her resolute gaze, Xi Yuanchen's face darkened slightly, but he said nothing and did not step inside.

The police captain stood aside, bewildered, coldly watching Xi Yuanchen stand at the door and close the ward door.

Yao Yingxi closed the door with both hands, then turned around to look at the person on the hospital bed.

Fu Gui had one hand in a cast and the other hand cuffed. He stared at the ceiling with his eyes open, and his eyes moved slightly when he heard the sound.

Yao Yingxi walked to his side, and he moved his head, seeing Yao Yingxi standing beside him.

His emotions surged suddenly, and he struggled on the bed while being handcuffed, his hand completely unharmed.

The stainless steel on the headboard creaked against the handcuffs. His eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Get out, get out!"

The moment he saw this woman, he felt an urge to kill her.

It's all because of her that I ended up with this disabled appearance.

Upon hearing the voices, the police captain and Xi Yuanchen outside the door quickly opened the door and came in.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yao Yingxi standing there unharmed.

The police captain chuckled dryly and said to Xi Yuanchen, "I've already handcuffed him."

Yao Yingxi turned her head and saw Xi Yuanchen and the others standing at the door. She didn't say anything and her gaze fell back onto the hospital bed.

The police captain stood there for a while, unsure whether to go in or not.

Xi Yuanchen was unable to retreat. The police captain wanted to go in and close the door, but Xi Yuanchen glanced at him with a cold face and did not make any further moves.

Yao Yingxi stood motionless by the bed, her eyes cold, and asked directly, "I know Xu Hengyuan sent you to kill me."

Upon hearing this, Fu Gui, who was struggling on the hospital bed, stopped moving and stared at her with red eyes: "No, it has nothing to do with the master."

Yao Yingxi pulled out a chair and sat down. "Xu Hengyuan knew I was going to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, so he had you lie in wait for me there, didn't he?"

Ignoring Fugui's denial, she pointed out what she had in mind.

Fu Gui denied it, excitedly saying, "It has nothing to do with you, sir."

Yao Yingxi was somewhat surprised to hear him deny Xu Hengyuan's instructions again.

The police captain outside the door was holding a pen and notebook, preparing to take a statement.

“If that’s not the case, I have no grudge against you, so why did you try to kill me? Where did you get your gun? And how did you drive the car out? As far as I know, that’s Xu Hengyuan’s car. How did you drive it out without his permission?”

One question after another was raised.

"No injustice or enmity?"

Fu Gui's cold, mocking voice rang out: "Yao Yingxi, if it weren't for you, would I be in this crippled state?"

"It's ridiculous. You got yourself into this disabled state."

She was simply giving him a taste of his own medicine. He could have chosen to implicate Xu Hengyuan, but he didn't.

"you……"

Fu Gui became so angry that he became agitated again, his eyes filled with the look of someone who would want to devour Yao Yingxi alive once he broke free.

Yao Yingxi spoke again: "You know better than anyone who caused your disability."

She walked a few steps to the hospital bedside: "I'll ask you one more time, was it Xu Hengyuan who wanted to kill me? Were you acting on his orders?"

"No, no, it has nothing to do with you, sir."

He denied it again.

Yao Yingxi frowned slightly. She asked for the third time, but Fugui still denied it, so there was no point in asking any further.

Furthermore, she didn't have much power; she was only doing so out of respect for Xi Yuanchen, and dared not say anything more.

"Illegal possession of a firearm and murder are enough to put you in jail for life. You could have confessed to the person who ordered your arrest to get a reduced sentence, but it's clear you don't want that opportunity."

After saying that, Yao Yingxi turned to leave the ward, but then, remembering something, she turned back.

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, I've already done what Xu Hengyuan wanted to stop. I believe it won't be long before he meets you in prison."

Upon hearing this, Fugui looked pained.

Yao Yingxi continued, "You still have a chance. You can confess that Xu Hengyuan was the one who instigated this and that you can get a reduced sentence."

After saying that, she walked out of the ward on her own.

After the police captain finished taking notes, he stood up and looked at Yao Yingxi with a strange expression.

As expected of the people brought by Young Master Xi, their interrogation techniques are comparable to those of professional police officers.

Yao Yingxi stood next to Xi Yuanchen and said to him, "Mr. Xi, let's go back."

Xi Yuanchen had heard the questions the whole time. If Fugui didn't confess, the matter would have to stay there.

Xi Yuanchen nodded, glanced at the police captain, and then turned to leave.

……

That night, the police captain called to say that Fugui's interrogation results were in.

He confessed to his crimes without reservation. The car belonged to Xu Hengyuan, but he had indeed stolen it and driven it. The gun was bought on the black market; he had been a soldier before and knew that shortcut.