Chapter 66: The Gray Zone
The operation lasted more than ten hours.
Fortunately, Yan Peidong has passed the dangerous period, and the doctor said that his physical fitness is relatively good, and as long as he is on bed rest, he can slowly recover.
"Doctor, why hasn't he woken up yet?"
Wanwan didn't sleep all night, and kept guarding the door of the operating room, feeling a lot haggard.
The doctor mistakenly thought Wanwan was Yan Peidong's girlfriend and comforted: "Don't worry, in an hour, you will probably wake up." β
"Okay, thank you, doctor. Wanwan was about to cry with gratitude, and the nerves that had been tense all night were finally relaxed in this one.
Qiao Yiyue was also guarding on the side, her heart was full of guilt, and she was a little shameless to face Wanwan.
"Wanwan, if you scold me, it's okay to beat me, if it weren't for me, the boss wouldn't have driven to Ke's house, and he wouldn't have had a car accident. β
"I really want to hit you if I can. Wanwan raised her hand, but she didn't really hit Qiao Yiyue.
She didn't blame Qiao Yiyue in her heart, not at all, really.
The boss is the only one who has the right to blame Qiao Yiyue, but that will happen after the boss wakes up.
She's just an employee of the boss and doesn't have the qualifications to take care of anything else.
"The doctor said that the boss would wake up in an hour, and before he woke up, I had to hurry back to the sleepless night, I was missing all night, and I don't know if anything happened during the sleepless night, and when I take care of the things over there, I will come back to visit the boss. β
"You stayed, you guarded him all night, more than ten hours, he was about to wake up, how can you leave now?"
Qiao Yiyue disagreed, so she had to pull Wanwan to stay.
How could this stupid woman leave at this time, in this way, how could Yan Peidong know her intentions?
Wanwan smiled and shook her head, "My duty is to be the general manager of Sleepless Nights, I left my post without permission last night, and the boss would be very disappointed if he knew, so you must help me keep it secret, and don't tell the boss that I skipped work last night." β
Qiao Yiyue frowned in embarrassment, "Wanwan, you ......"
She also wanted to persuade Wanwan, but Wanwan didn't give her a chance to persuade her, picked up her things, and hurriedly said, "Take good care of the boss." β
With that, he turned and ran.
"Wanwan, you wait a minute......"
Qiao Yiyue chased after her, but Wanwan ran very fast, and Qiao Yiyue couldn't catch up.
As soon as I ran to the first floor of the inpatient department, I happened to meet Ke Linyu who came back.
Ke Linyu didn't stay outside the operating room all the time, he went to deal with other things at the scene of the car accident.
He grabbed Qiao Yiyue and said, "You're not guarding the ward, why are you doing?"
"Don't pull me. Qiao Yiyue pushed Ke Linyu anxiously, she couldn't see Wanwan's figure anymore.
Could it be that she was mistaken?
She thought that Wanwan was deeply in love with Yan Peidong, so she always wanted to match her and Yan Peidong, and the last time she was angry with Yan Peidong, it was also because of Yan Peidong's attitude towards Wanwan.
If Wanwan didn't mean anything else to Yan Peidong, then didn't she mess with the mandarin duck score.
No, she must ask Wanwan what the hell is going on.
usually looks at Wanwan's eyes when she looks at Yan Peidong, so affectionate, how can she have no feelings?
"Now Pei Dong's life safety is the most important, you all ran out, who is watching him in the ward? If the person who wanted to kill him knew that he was not dead, do you think he would let go of such a good opportunity?"
Ke Linyu said solemnly, didn't care about Qiao Yiyue, and walked quickly towards the ward where Yan Peidong was.
Qiao Yiyue was woken up by Ke Linyu's words, and she hurriedly chased after her, panicking in her heart.
She had already hurt Yan Peidong once, and she couldn't hurt him again.
"Have you investigated the car accident clearly, are you sure that someone did it on purpose?" Qiao Yiyue asked.
Ke Linyu turned his head to look at Qiao Yiyue and said, "The investigation is clear." β
After saying that, Ke Linyu didn't say anything else.
Qiao Yiyue was anxious, pulled Ke Linyu's clothes, and asked, "The investigation is clear, what is the result, what do you say?" β
"As a result, there was no result. β
"What does it mean that there is no result? β
The two of them walked as they spoke, and they had already arrived at the door of the ward.
Yan Peidong had already woken up at this time.
He heard the voices of the two men at the door.
"If there is no result, the other party is very clever and hides deeply, so that you can't investigate any problems. Ke Linyu chuckled, Qiao Yiyue was always too young, her world seemed to have only two levels, black and white, she didn't know that most of this world was a gray area.
He asked people to investigate, and he also went to the scene to investigate, and he could indeed find some suspicious places, but these suspicious places could not be used as evidence. There were too many people who wanted to hurt Yan Peidong, and for a while, he had no clue and no way to start.
Perhaps, only by asking Yan Peidong can the culprit be found.
Therefore, he hurried back, first, he wanted to ask Yan Peidong in person, and second, he was also worried that someone would attack Yan Peidong, who was very weak at this time.
"How can it not be investigated, as long as it is done by man, it will definitely leave traces. Qiao Yiyue didn't understand, how could there be something that didn't leave a trace?
Just like those things Lu Lu has done, isn't Ke Linyu completely invisible.
She even wondered if Ke Linyu had ever investigated.
Why did Ke Linyu investigate the matter of her leaking the design drawings at once, but Lu Lu's matter has not been discovered until now?
Is it because love blinded Ke Linyu's eyes?
She didn't believe it, she felt that even if Ke Linyu didn't investigate, you would never be able to wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.
The relationship between Ke Linyu and Yan Peidong is not the so-called good buddies, the two of them may also have conflicts of interest, or Ke Linyu is unwilling to investigate sincerely.
"Do you doubt me?" Ke Linyu saw Qiao Yiyue's suspicion of him, "Do you think I will deliberately fail to investigate and cause Peidong to suffer this car accident in vain?"
"This is what Mr. Ke said himself, I didn't say anything. β
Qiao Yiyue said coldly, since he had guessed it himself, he must have a ghost in his heart.
"Ahem, ahem, ahemβ"
Yan Peidong coughed twice, which immediately attracted the attention of the two people at the door.
Qiao Yiyue pushed the door in, saw Yan Peidong awake, hurriedly ran to the bedside, squatted down directly, and asked for warmth with a shush, "Boss, how are you feeling, do you feel uncomfortable, do you want to drink water, or do you want to sit up first, do you want to call a doctor now?"
"Huh. Yan Peidong smiled and said softly: "You ask me so many questions at once, which one should I answer first?"
He could still laugh, because he had a head injury, and the doctor had shaved all his hair, and now his head was wrapped in gauze, and he was completely handsome as before.
Qiao Yiyue pursed her lips, frowned sadly, and felt very guilty, "I'm sorry, boss, I'm too verbose, you can say whatever you want, whatever you want, whatever you want, just tell me to do it." β
"Hehe, I just want to ask, is there a mirror, I want to see what I look like now?" Yan Peidong actually made a joke of himself, he wanted the atmosphere to be relaxed.
Ke Linyu also walked in, looking at Yan Peidong condescendingly, although his face was bloodless, he had the strength to joke, it seemed that he was indeed fine.
"Mirror?" Qiao Yiyue didn't think much about it, and got up to really go to find the mirror.
Yan Peidong grabbed Qiao Yiyue's hand and stopped her with a smile, "I'm joking with you, if I want to see it, it's okay for you to open your phone camera and show it to me." β
Qiao Yiyue felt that she was so stupid, no matter how critical she was, her brain would not turn.
She hurriedly turned on the mobile phone camera, turned on the front camera, and in order to make it easier for Yan Peidong to see his own appearance, she held the mobile phone in front of Yan Peidong, and worried that the angle was wrong, so she also got closer, almost sticking Yan Peidong.
"I went to the site to investigate, and it was a perfect accident. Ke Linyu couldn't stand it and spoke coldly.
Yan Peidong raised his eyes and saw that Ke Linyu's face was so bad, as if he was the one who was injured in a car accident.
"Okay, I saw it, although he was wrapped like a mummy, he was still handsome, right?" Yan Peidong asked Qiao Yiyue.
Qiao Yiyue naturally wouldn't say anything unpleasant, nodded again and again, and said affirmatively: "The boss is the most handsome." β
As soon as he said this, Ke Linyu's face became even more ugly.
Yan Peidong couldn't help laughing, but his chest hurt heavily, so he relented a little.
"Don't kill yourself in a car accident that didn't kill you, laugh yourself to death. Ke Linyu complained ruthlessly, not used to Yan Peidong's villainous appearance.
Qiao Yiyue turned her head and glared at Ke Linyu, "If you don't speak, no one treats you as a dumb person." β
Seeing Ke Linyu being scolded by Qiao Yiyue, Yan Peidong laughed again, making him feel uncomfortable, but he felt that if he didn't laugh at this time, after this village, there would be no such shop.
Qiao Yiyue's attention returned to Yan Peidong, and he told him seriously: "Boss, don't laugh, the doctor said, you have to recuperate, and your emotions can't fluctuate too much." β
The corners of Ke Linyu's mouth raised slightly, and he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. Yan Peidong said obediently.
Qiao Yiyue frowned unhappily and corrected Yan Peidong's words, "Don't listen to me, you have to listen to the doctor!"
"Poof-" Ke Linyu couldn't help laughing.
Call you arrogant, do you think Qiao Yiyue is so easy to tame?
Qiao Yiyue turned around when he heard the sound, glanced at Ke Linyu, and felt that he was very inexplicable.
"Yiyue, I'm suddenly a little hungry, can you help me buy some food?" Yan Peidong is not naughty anymore, and the business is important.
Qiao Yiyue knew in her heart that Yan Peidong was deliberately trying to break her away so that she could talk to Ke Linyu about things, she nodded understandingly, got up and walked out of the ward.
There were only two people left in the ward, Ke Linyu and Yan Peidong, Yan Peidong wanted to sit up, tried it himself, and found it a little difficult.
He stretched out his hand towards Ke Linyu, and motioned to Ke Linyu with his eyes: Come over and help me quickly.
Ke Linyu reluctantly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to give Yan Peidong a hand.
However, Yan Peidong's body was weak, and even with Ke Linyu's help, he still couldn't sit up.
"Is this still the head of the Yan family? as weak as a girl. Ke Linyu couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply helped Yan Peidong up, and by the way, he also took a pillow to cushion his back.
Yan Peidong didn't mind Ke Linyu counting him down, seeing that Ke Linyu also took a pillow for him as a cushion, he said with relief: "It's worthy of a relationship that has been away from home since childhood, seeing that my life is hanging by a thread, you really won't sit idly by." β
"Don't mention the things you did when you were a child, aren't you ashamed?" Ke Linyu's face was very stinky, and he didn't really want to talk to Yan Peidong back then.
But Yan Peidong wanted to go against Ke Linyu, and talked about running away from home when he was a child.
"I'm not ashamed, you still picked me up and told me to leave Nanhua City with you, have you forgotten?"
"Yan Peidong, I think your brain is confused, shut up. Ke Linyu closed his eyes helplessly, not wanting to listen to Yan Peidong continue.
"Why are you so reluctant to mention the past, how happy the two of us were at that time, with a thousand yuan, went to a strange city, just got off the car, the luggage was robbed, we chased that person for eight streets, and finally was surrounded by that person's accomplices, I was beaten by them and lay in the hospital for more than half a month. β
"Yan Peidong, what do you want to say, do you think that I will feel guilty because of this and feel indebted to you?"
Ke Linyu looked at Yan Peidong indifferently, this guy suddenly mentioned the old past, he must have some intentions.
Instead of being broken, his brain became more shrewd, and he actually remembered to play the emotional card.
At the time, the two of them were only thirteen or fourteen years old, and their bodies were not fully developed, and the people who robbed them of their luggage, one of them was tall and big, and he still had tattoos, and they looked scary.
Seven or eight people surrounded the two of them, Yan Peidong had been fighting with others since he was a child until this age, so he naturally would not be afraid.
However, Ke Linyu has never encountered such a scene.
He was frightened and stood in place, his body not listening to his own command at all.
"Linyu, you go quickly, I'll cut it off. "Yan Peidong is a righteous person, when he thinks of the eldest young master of the Ke family, who has been pampered since childhood, he will definitely not fight, and he will only be beaten if he stays, so it is better to flee first, and if he can escape, he will be one by one.
However, Ke Linyu stood stunned and didn't move.
"Stinky boy, you're quite bold, there are so many of us, you still want to fight us, you really don't know what it's like to be beaten, do you?"
"She's chasing me for eight streets, you dogs, I want to see what is valuable in your bag. β
When this group of thugs taunted them, Yan Peidong hurriedly took Ke Linyu's hand and signaled him to be sober.
He reminded in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, this group of people just looks scary, it's nothing at all, you just run, I'll catch up with you later." β
"I won't leave you alone. Although Ke Linyu was afraid, he did not lose his backbone.
"Stupid you, hurry up and run away to move the rescuers, don't talk about the two of us, even if it's two, I can't beat so many of them." β
While the two were talking, the thug had already opened the bag of the two of them, and found that there was nothing of value in it except for a few changes of clothes.
"She's it, just these rags, she actually chased me for eight streets, brothers, beat them up for me!"
"Run!"
Yan Peidong pushed Ke Linyu hard, and stopped the group of thugs by himself.
Ke Linyu ran away, he was going to move the rescuers.
By the time Ke Linyu moved in to help the soldiers, the alley had returned to quiet, and the group of thugs didn't know where they had gone.
Yan Peidong was lying on the ground, covered in blood, and there were countless footprints on his clothes.
Since having such a lesson, Ke Linyu has never said anything about running away from home.
He didn't like the life of the Ke family, like a cage, trapped him.
However, as soon as he left the cage, the beast outside the cage would eat him to the bone.
As the only heir of the Ke family, inheriting everything from the Ke family is a responsibility he has to bear.
It was also because of this incident that Ke Linyu went to learn taekwondo, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, and tai chi.
Instead of complaining, it is better to strengthen your own ability, if you can't change the world, then try to change yourself.
But because of this incident, Ke Linyu always felt a little indebted to Yan Peidong in his heart.
Yan Peidong stayed in the hospital for more than half a month, and was punished very badly by Uncle Yan for running away from home.
From beginning to end, Uncle Yan didn't say anything bad about Ke Linyu, and every time he saw Ke Linyu, he was still very kind.
In fact, Uncle Yan and Aunt Xiao are very good to Ke Linyu, Yan Peidong also said angry things when he was young, feeling that he is not the biological son of his parents, Ke Linyu is.
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"Do you owe me less?" Mr. Yan said.
His words pulled Ke Linyu's thoughts back, and he admitted that he was a little despicable in doing so, but in order to let Qiao Yiyue stay, he had to be a little mean.
"Except for Qiao Yiyue, you can mention other conditions. Ke Linyu said.
He guessed that Yan Peidong would speak for Qiao Yiyue, so the ugly words came first.
Yan Peidong hooked the corners of his lips, what a smart Ke Linyu.
"It seems that I have misunderstood you before, I thought that you had accepted your fate, and An An would be your young master of the Ke family, the executive president of Shengtian Group. Yan Peidong said, "You have been pretending to be a gentleman, unlearned, and unskilled, what are you going to do after so many years?"
Although he saw through Ke Linyu, he never understood.
"Why don't you be, on the surface, you willingly become the head of the Yan family, but behind the scenes, you have been weakening the power of the Yan family, disbanding one field after another, and now even the sleepless nights are going to be transformed into ordinary bars, you do these things that make your uncles and uncles unaccustomed to it, why do you have something to do?"
Once, the two of them understood each other's distress.
But now, everyone is hiding deeper and deeper, and no one can understand others.
Sometimes, I don't even know what I want.
is like Ke Linyu, does he want Shengtian Group or Qiao Yiyue?
"I don't have any other requirements, I just hope you don't force Qiao Yiyue to leave the sleepless night again, she doesn't want to go abroad, you should know very well in your heart. β
Don't play the emotional card, then let's talk about the conditions directly.
Qiao Yiyue stayed in Nanhua City, he could at least see it often, if she went abroad, then he really didn't know when she would be able to see each other again.
Yan Peidong is selfish, he is for his own selfishness.
Although, he knew in his heart that Qiao Yiyue insisted on staying because he still had unfulfilled wishes and unresolved hatred.
"Do you know how dangerous you are now, leaving her in the sleepless night, do you want to watch her die?" Ke Linyu gritted his teeth and said, he would never agree.
"She's just a designer I've hired, and those people aren't going to do anything to her. β
"Is it just a designer? Why did you drive to my house today for the sake of an ordinary designer?"
"Okay, then let her leave Sleepless Night, but she wants to stay in Nanhua City. β
Yan Peidong compromised, this is indeed his lack of consideration, he wants to keep Qiao Yiyue by his side too much, but he doesn't know that staying by his side will be dangerous.
"No, she has to go to the United States. "Ke Linyu insisted on his original approach, and the entire Nanhua City was not safe.
"Are you so courageless, Ke Linyu?" Yan Peidong suddenly raised his decibels, and he saw the cowardly Ke Linyu again, "Don't you have the ability to protect her? For so long, in addition to doubting her and hurting her, what else would you do for her?"
"I'm just protecting her!" Ke Linyu was also angry and interrupted Yan Peidong's words, "Your Yan family has a fierce struggle, do you think our Shengtian Group is too peaceful?"
Yan Peidong was surprised, it turned out that Ke Linyu had been driving Qiao Yiyue away in order to keep her away from danger.
However, why do you have to be ruthless to drive it away, Qiao Yiyue is not the kind of person who can't share hardships.
"You don't know her, she's a character who would rather stay and share your woes, and if one day, she knows what you've done for her, she won't be happy, on the contrary, she'll hate you, hate you for hiding from her, keeping her in the dark. β
Yan Peidong said in dismay, he was very entangled in his heart, whether to let Qiao Yiyue stay in Nanhua City?
"I know she'll hate me forever, but I'm willing to bear her hatred, even for the rest of my life, compared to her safety. Ke Linyu spoke in a very soft voice, but his attitude was very firm.
"Don't say how great you are, Ke Linyu, you killed her child, this is a sin that you can't wash away. β
"Yes, so I owe her all my life. Ke Linyu secretly lowered his eyes and hid the sadness in his eyes.
Yan Peidong sighed, knowing that it was impossible for him to convince Ke Linyu, and he did feel that Qiao Yiyue's safety was the most important.
He completely compromised.
"Are you sure she'll be safe in the United States?" asked Yan Peidong.
"I have arranged everything, the power of you and me has not extended so far to the United States, she has friends in the United States, and Xiaobin, a younger brother, is with her, she will slowly forget these unpleasant things in China. β
Yan Peidong smiled bitterly, "Forget? are you really willing?"
He was reluctant anyway, he already had a place for Qiao Yiyue in his heart, and hoped that Qiao Yiyue could occasionally think of him.
"What if I am reluctant, I am no longer the Ke Linyu who will run away from home, the responsibility on my shoulders tells me what I should do and what I should not do. β