novelhk Chapter 96 She's not someone you should be keeping an eye on.
Chapter 96 She's not someone you should be keeping an eye on.
With Gu Zhen by her side, Li Xi held his hand and fell asleep peacefully.
After she fell asleep, Gu Zhen stared blankly at her left hand.
Jiang Xinghe was carrying a late-night snack when he pushed open the door to the ward and happened to witness this scene.
Just as he was about to call out "Brother Zhen," Gu Zhen looked up at him.
That look in his eyes was like that of a alpha wolf protecting its cubs—fierce and full of possessiveness.
Jiang Xinghe was somewhat frightened.
He quickly pushed the door open, closed it, and knocked solemnly: "Brother Zhen, may I come in?"
It's his fault for being so unruly, barging into the landlord's territory without knocking.
"Come in." Gu Zhen's tone was gentle yet firm, and he didn't seem to be in a bad mood.
After Jiang Xinghe pushed open the door, he first cautiously glanced at Gu Zhen. Seeing that Gu Zhen's expression was calm and no longer gloomy, he felt relieved and went into the house.
"Are you hungry? I went to a small restaurant outside and got some handmade steamed dumplings to go. Don't be fooled by the small size of the restaurant; it's quite clean, and the lady who cooks is dressed neatly. You can eat without worry."
Jiang Xinghe placed the dumplings on the coffee table in the small living room next door and said, "I made a cup of brown sugar tea for Sister Xi, and I put it in a thermos. Remember to remind her to drink it when she wakes up."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhen finally responded, "Thank you for your hard work."
"I should be the one telling you both how hard you've worked."
Jiang Xinghe walked to the chair by the bed and sat down. He saw that Li Xi was sleeping soundly, but her cheeks were a little pale.
"Sister Xi is so righteous."
Jiang Xinghe said, "She's been so good to me, I don't know how to repay her."
“She treats you as a friend, she doesn’t need your repayment.” Gu Zhen put Li Xi’s hand under the blanket and tucked the blanket in for her.
"Treat her sincerely, don't deceive or betray her, that's the best way to repay her." After saying that, Gu Zhen went to the living room.
Jiang Xinghe sat in the chair in a daze, when he heard Gu Zhen call out, "Come here, she's not someone you should be keeping an eye on."
Jiang Xinghe: "..."
Okay, okay, she's yours!
Jiang Xinghe packed two servings of dumplings, one for himself and one for Gu Zhen. "There's one with corn and pork filling, and another with shrimp and pork filling. Which one would you like, Brother Zhen?"
Gu Zhen took away the fresh shrimp and pork filling.
The conference hall was crowded that night, and Gu Zhen hadn't eaten much. He had spent half the night with Li Xi and was indeed quite hungry.
Gu Zhen finished the entire plate of dumplings.
As he cleaned up the trash on the table, he instructed Jiang Xinghe, "I have some work to take care of these few days, and I have to leave after dawn. Please take good care of Li Xi for me."
"By the way," Gu Zhen emphasized, "if Xie Xingyun and her sister come to the hospital, they must not be allowed to get close to Li Xi."
After thinking for a moment, Gu Zhen said, "No one but you can come to see her."
Jiang Xinghe didn't ask for the specific reason, but patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Brother Zhen, I will definitely protect Li Xi. By the way..."
Jiang Xinghe bit his chopsticks, looking at Gu Zhen with a hesitant expression.
"Zhen-ge..." The fire of gossip in his heart was burning fiercely, and he really wanted to grab Gu Zhen by the collar and roar at him: Are you Gu Huaizhou or not!
"You want to ask if I'm Gu Huaizhou?" Gu Zhen saw through Jiang Xinghe's little scheme at a glance. He answered irrelevantly, "Ying Chengfeng, the Holy An, is not someone that just anyone can ask to come. Let alone when he's resting."
“He and Gu Huaizhou are close friends. Mentioning Gu Huaizhou’s name makes it easier to get him to make a house call.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinghe dispelled his doubts. "I understand. Gu Zhen, you know Gu Huaizhou and know that they have a good relationship. You deliberately taught me to say that to help me."
"Hey." Jiang Xinghe patted his head and said, "I was scared out of my wits back then too."
“I don’t know Gu Huaizhou, but Xie Jiaoyue does! You two have met before. If you were Gu Huaizhou, wouldn’t Xie Jiaoyue know?”
Jiang Xinghe scolded himself for being a fool, for forgetting even this detail.
"By the way," Gu Zhen asked Jiang Xinghe, "what exactly happened at the Xie family tonight?"
Mentioning this matter, Jiang Xinghe dropped his nonchalant expression and frowned, saying, "The Xie family is a den of monsters that devours people! It's a good thing that Li Xi was able to break free from the Xie family's control early on."
"How to say?"
“Tonight, I received a call from Jiang Qingkong and overheard the conversation between the Xie siblings and Jiang Qingkong.” Jiang Xinghe took out his phone and placed it on the table. “I realized that something was wrong with that call, so I recorded it.”
"Brother Zhen, let's hear this?"
Gu Zhen hummed in agreement.
Jiang Xinghe quickly found the audio file, clicked play, and the Xie family's conversation came through the receiver...
...
After listening, Gu Zhen concluded: "Xie Xingyun told his mother that Jiang Qingkong overheard Xie Jiaoyue and Zhou Yaoguang sleeping together, but this should just be an excuse to appease Xie's mother."
"Xie Xingyun is covering up the truth. Jiang Qingkong must have overheard an even more important secret, a secret that may be related to the fate of the entire Xie family."
"That's why Xie Xingyun was willing to risk completely offending the Jiang family in order to kill Jiang Qingkong."
“That’s what I think too.” Jiang Xinghe completely agreed with Gu Zhen’s opinion. He humbly asked Gu Zhen for advice: “Brother Zhen, what do you think we should do about this?”
"Look at you."
Gu Zhen stated bluntly: "If you want to resolve this matter quickly, hand over this recording to the police. Xie Xingyun attempted murder but failed; he won't escape jail time."
"If we want to completely destroy the Xie family and ensure that Xie Xingyun has no chance of making a comeback, then we should wait for Jiang Qingkong to wake up, find out the whole story, and then come up with a meticulous plan."
Jiang Xinghe asked Gu Zhen with a smile, "Brother Zhen, if it's you..."
Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "I won't choose either one."
"So you're just going to give up?"
"never mind?"
Gu Zhen leaned back on the sofa with his arms crossed, a profound expression on his face. "If it were me, I would strongly support the Xie family and help them reach the highest point they can achieve."
"Let them enjoy and get used to the life of power and influence, and then take everything away from them!"
A white knife goes in and a red knife comes out; that's how a brute takes revenge.
He prefers to kill without shedding blood.
Jiang Xinghe was stunned. He didn't know why, but after hearing Gu Zhen's words, he subconsciously thought about the relationship between the Gu family and the Xie family.
In Dongzhou City, there are countless wealthy people. In his early days, Xie Mingzong was not even a fish in the river; he was just a nameless shrimp.
But they were lucky.
Twelve years ago, no one knows exactly what happened, but Xie Mingzong's youngest daughter, Xie Jiaoyue, saved Gu Huaizhou, the sole heir of the Gu family.
From then on, Xie Jiaoyue became the Gu family's benefactor.
With the support of the Gu family, Xie Mingzong's small film and television company quickly came to its senses.
Today, Star Entertainment has become one of the four giants of the domestic entertainment industry.
but.
This must be his imagination.
Xie Jiaoyue is the benefactor of the Gu family, and the Gu family genuinely wants to help the Xie family. Their relationship is completely different from what Gu Zhen said.