Chapter Fifty-Four

  At noon that day, when eating lunch, Si Ruo Nan learned about Xiang Qian Tong's situation from Yilin and was very worried. Immediately, she found the doctor who stayed at the hot spring center to come and conduct a detailed examination of Xiang Qian Tong. Yilin did not expect that there would be such an experienced doctor and professional equipment here, and she also applied to participate in this treatment. She really wanted to know what the composition of that medicine was.

  For the next two days, Xiang Qiong cooperated with the investigation and did almost all the checks that could be done. Yilin was always helping seriously there, not only witnessing the authority of the Si family but also learning a lot. Because the incident happened too suddenly, Yilin was busy helping and didn't tell Si Luo Chen about Yan Bing's appearance until two days later.

  Everything that happened at the hot spring resort was told to Si Luo Chen and Si Rou Nan by Yan Bing.

  From the conversation, Si Luochen learned that Yan Bing was Shen Lue's person. Also knew that her "her" referred to Wang Shaokuo. No wonder, two weeks ago, Wang Shaokuo couldn't be contacted, and people who went to Shen Lue's house didn't see any trace of him. It seemed that something had happened during this time. When thinking, his gaze inadvertently swept over Si Yunnan beside him, and it was clear that when he heard the two words "Yan Bing", Si Yunnan didn't seem very surprised, as if he already knew about the existence of this person.

  "Brother, how much do you actually know? And how many things are there that I don't know about?"

  Si Ruo Nan looked at Si Luo Chen in front of her with no expression, their eyes locked as she asked back: "I don't know what you want to know, Luo Chen?"

  Yilin suddenly felt that the aura of these two senior sisters had become much stronger in an instant, and she was afraid of being mistakenly injured while standing in the middle. Just as she thought of finding a reason to leave, she heard Si Luochen say coldly: "I want to know if our family and Shen Lue are acquainted? Who is Yan Bing? What's their relationship with Qian Tong? Who wants to find Qian Tong? You should all know this, shouldn't you?"

  Si Lu's attitude was very calm, because of what happened with Qian Tong and Wang Shaoke, she almost lost her mind.

  Yilin stopped in her tracks and stood there, stunned, because she was also curious who Yan Bing was and who Shen Yue was.

  Upon hearing Si Luo Chen's string of questions, Si Rou Nan calmly walked over to the sofa and sat down, pushing his glasses up with one hand: "I don't know much, but I can tell you about the things you're asking." As he spoke, his gaze swept briefly towards Yilin.

  Yilin understood the meaning of this gaze, just wanting to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Si Ruo Nan: "Yilin, this matter also involves your Yilin family, so it doesn't matter if you know."

  Irene's movement stopped, and she looked at Si Wennan with a puzzled expression. Was this matter also related to the Yi family?

  She sat on the sofa, her hands clasped together and placed on her knees, speaking seriously: "As for Shen Lue's identity, I really don't know much about it. All I know is that she's very powerful. According to people who have fought against her, she's agile and has strong observational skills, and should be a former soldier, although this hasn't been confirmed yet. She has three most trusted subordinates, Luo, Shen, and Yan, whose identities are also shrouded in mystery, and they're all very skilled fighters. I don't know exactly how strong they are, though. However, Shen Lue's attitude has always been neutral, so I'm not sure if she's a friend or foe."

  In the United States, Si fell in love with Luo at first sight, and knew that this person was very powerful. According to Yilin's description, this person named Yan Bing is also very mysterious. As for what her sister said about being an enemy or a friend, she had also doubted this point before, and the only thing she could trust was her feelings towards Wang Shaokui.

  Yilin sat quietly on one side, listening. Although it was a bit vague, she also relied on her own analytical ability to understand a thing or two.

  "As for finding Qian Tong, it's not actually about that. They just want to find Qian Tong's father, Xiang Wen Tian, because five and a half years ago he was involved in an experimental project. Afterwards... he took away the main plan of the experiment and disappeared without a trace. So I sent Qian Tong to America to hide her, only because of the Gu family's affairs, exposing her identity. So... those people decided to start with Qian Tong, to find out about her father's whereabouts." Si Yan Nan's tone was always light, but his expression was very serious.

  "Was it one of the people from this experiment who killed Liu Yi?" Irina asked curiously, this was her only experience.

  "It's possible."

  Yilin felt a chill run down her spine, she still remembered the cruelty of that person's actions, and furrowed her brow: "Isn't it very dangerous for Xiang learned sister? So... is Yan Bing here to protect her?"

  "I'm not clear, but Shen Lue knew about Qian Tong's news in the US very early on. To the extent that Qian Tong can be so safe and sound, it's mostly related to her, just what her purpose is, I'm not clear." Si Ruo Nan also had doubts about this, couldn't find Shen Lue's purpose, and didn't know what her attitude was. People like this are the most frightening.

  Si Luo Chen sat quietly to the side, knowing that her sister's words here had a hidden meaning. The last person to see Xiang Qian Tong's father should be her sister, so it was someone from the Si family who hid Xiang Wen Tian away.

  It's just now... something unexpected happened, and Wen Tian is nowhere to be found. Could it be because the five-year period is almost up?

  Si Lu Chen's eyes flashed and he said: "Qian Tong said that her father made an appointment with her five years later."

  "Is there a place where we can meet?" Si Ruo Nan asked with a slightly fluctuating tone.

  Si Luo Chen shook his head: "I'm not clear, I didn't ask in detail. Later I'll ask Qian Tong if she knows, if we find her father, maybe...we'll know what happened back then."

  Xia Ruonan nodded in agreement.

  "Sister, is our family involved in this experiment project? Is it... and the Yi family?" Si Luo Chen thought back to what she had heard during her university days, and suspected that her parents were talking about this at the time. The type of experiment should be human-related.

  It's probably thanks to this experiment that Qian Tong was able to survive such a severe injury. It seemed like Ci Luo Chen suddenly understood many things, all the questions floated to the surface, but it also seemed like there were even more secrets waiting to be uncovered.

  Yilin was also very curious about what kind of experiment it was, and her gaze fell on Si Ruo Nan.

  Her eyes were comforting, and she was indeed her sister. Many things were clear at a glance, and nothing could be hidden from her. She nodded without denying it: "Yes, both the Yi family and the Si family are involved."

  I knew it!

  Si Luo Chen could feel his heart beating faster with Si Wei Nan's affirmation, and he asked seriously: "Then... what was the experimental group?"

  Just as he was hesitating, a black figure jumped in from outside the window and responded in a cold voice: "A person."

  At one word, three people's eyes fell on her at the same time. Si Luo Chen recognized her as Yan Bing, whom Yilin had mentioned, with just one glance. He hadn't expected that she had been by their side all along.

  Her appearance clearly made the atmosphere awkward, even a little frightening.

  Si Luo Chen knew that if Yan Bing wanted to harm them, she would definitely not protect Yilin. She took a step forward and asked: "How is Xiao Ke?"

  Can't see Yan Bing's expression, can only see her gaze slowly turning to Si Luo Chen, coldly saying: "I haven't seen her, currently Si Xu is guarding her, should still be alive." Yan Bing's attitude towards life and death has always been very indifferent.

  Xia Lu Chen: “......”

  A cold voice sounded again: "I didn't mean to join your conversation, but... Qian Tong's body should be fine now. Ask what you want quickly, it won't be safe here soon." As he spoke, his gaze turned to Si Rou Nan: "Today, when leaving the Si family, Mrs. Fang was ambushed on the way, but Mrs. Fang had already known in advance and wasn't in the carriage, so don't worry."

  "What did you say?" they chimed in unison.

  Yilin stood by in a daze.

  "It's not suitable to stay here for long." Yan Bing ignored their surprise and said these few words lightly.

  The three of them looked at each other and knew that things were serious, deciding to leave quickly. However, they heard Yan Bing say: "Miss Yi, please stay."

  Xiaowan and Xiachen's puzzled gaze fell on Yilin, who was also curious about what she wanted with her. She gave the school sisters a reassuring look, indicating that nothing was wrong, after all, if they were going to kill her, they wouldn't have saved her in the first place.

  Si Luo Chen was worried about his mother's safety and also wanted to return to Xiang Qian Tong's side as soon as possible, so he didn't ask much. He just reminded him in a low voice and left. Si Wei Nan turned her head and took a glance at Yan Bing standing on the spot. As for Shen Lue's person, she saw Yan Bing for the first time and always felt that Yan Bing was a bit strange, but couldn't tell where it was strange. Without staying much longer, she also left.

  After the door was closed, Irene took a deep breath and turned to look at Yan Bing standing by the window, asking: "What do you want from me?"

  "Yi's family is a traditional Chinese medicine family, when did you inherit it?" Yan Bing asked coldly with her hands clasped in front of her chest and her chin slightly raised.

  Yilin didn't think she would be curious about the Yi family's affairs, but this question was not very clear to her either. After all, in the later period, the Yi family did not continue to inherit traditional Chinese medicine, and only vaguely remembered that when browsing through traditional Chinese medical classics, it seemed that their ancestors were jinshi (a title conferred on the top three scholars in the imperial examination) during the early Qing dynasty.

  Later, out of curiosity, I asked my brother Yi Kong and found out that the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner from our family was actually the wife of our ancestor, Wu Shi.

  Yilin was lost in thought, and when she looked up, she found Yan Bing already standing in front of her. She subconsciously took a step back and said: "I... I'm not very clear either, all I know is that the ancestors of the Yi family were jinshi during the early Qing dynasty... As for traditional Chinese medicine, it was probably practiced by the wife of our ancestor."

  It was unclear if this answer was what Yan Bing wanted, but the masked face of the icy beauty revealed a slight curve at the corner of her mouth, which surprised Irin greatly.

  Is she laughing?!

  Take another look, and there's no curvature at the corner of her mouth. It was just an illusion... How can a block of ice smile? But for this answer, I don't know if it's what she wants, so I curiously ask: "What? Has our family had dealings with you before?" But as soon as I ask this question, Irin feels very strange again - how could they have had dealings before?

  Yan Bing looked at Irene and said faintly: "No."

  "What did you come here for?" Irina didn't understand.

  "It's none of your business."

  Yilin: “......”

  Yan Bing opened the door and said to Irina: "Time is limited, let's leave now."

  "And you?" Irene didn't hurry to leave, but instead was curious about Yan Bing.

  "Me?" Yan Bing asked in confusion.

  "Yes. If you want to protect your senior sister, why don't you set off with us?" Irin suggested.

  Yan Bing's quiet and profound eyes stared straight at Irene for a long moment... then turned around, back to her, coldly saying: "No need!" And left from where he came.

  Yilin first experienced what it means to have a sudden change of heart, and indeed the most difficult creatures to serve are women. What was wrong with her previous sentence?

  She couldn't help but let out a sigh, and without lingering any further, she arrived at the examination room to see that Xiang Qian Tong's complexion was indeed much better than it had been over the past two days. A servant was helping to pack things up on one side, while Si Rou Chen went to arrange for their departure, and Si Luo Chen stood guard tensely by her side.

  Yilin didn't understand this feeling, but she could empathize with it. If the person she liked encountered such a thing, she would be more anxious than anyone else.

  Arrived at the doctor's side, brought the drug composition analysis report done two days ago.

  There were many Western medical terms inside that Yilin couldn't understand, and after asking around, she found out that these medicines all belonged to antibacterial agents that enhanced various bodily functions. Among them, there were also several Chinese medicines that Yilin was familiar with. However... looking at this composition, Yilin felt a bit dizzy.

  "Yilin?" Si Luo Chen, having seen Yilin and the doctor ask questions for half a day, curiously came over to ask: "Is there something wrong with this medicine?" She also wanted to know what side effects the medicine had.

  Yilin pursed her lips and shook her head: "It's still unclear, I need to study it some more."

  Si Luo Chen knew it wasn't a simple matter, nodded: "Let's go and study on the way, sister asked us to leave first."

  At this time, Qian Tong also put on his windbreaker and walked over, smiling: "Yilin, you've worked hard for the past two days."

  Looking at Xiang Ye in front of her, Yilin didn't know if she had saved her or harmed her again. With a guilty shake of her head: "I actually didn't do anything, but Xiang Ye, I'll think of a way."

  As for Qian Tong, she had already mentally prepared herself for this, and upon seeing Si Luo Chen beside her, she smiled and nodded: "Mm."

  The three of them didn't linger and left the hotel.

  At the door, Si Wei Nan had already arranged for a car, and the four of them got into a low-key black SUV. Si Luo Chen knew that this was an armored vehicle that the Si family had just purchased in recent years.

  Will we really encounter some danger?

  There were three cars in total following them. Their car was in the middle and they drove away from Xishan towards the place that Qian Tong had agreed on beforehand.

  "Qian Tong, are you sure your father is waiting for you there?" Si Yunnan was somewhat perplexed by the location of this meeting. Was it really true what the book said, that the more dangerous a place was, the safer it was?

  Qian Tong shook his head: "I'm not clear either, but my father told me back then that he would be waiting for me at the old house. The old house should refer to the last place where I and my father lived."

  The driver nodded in understanding and continued driving. Si Luo Chen and Irene didn't say a word, to be exact, the four people in the car were all lost in their own thoughts.

  I don't know how long it took on the road, but when I arrived at my destination, it was already 2:01 in the afternoon.

  Several black SUVs suddenly appeared in an ordinary residential area, and even if they were low-key, they attracted the attention of many people, especially those aunts who were holding their own children for a walk, pointing and whispering to each other around the cars.

  But as soon as they saw several tall and big men in black suits, they all retreated neatly for several steps. When they saw Si Yinan and other elegant beauties get off the car one after another, they couldn't help but curiously move forward a few steps.

  "I'll just go in."

  Qian Tong looked up at the house where she had lived for several years, with a different mood. The happy memories of that time seemed like a dream.

  Si Luo Chen couldn't bear to let her go, so he walked up to her side and said, "I'll go with you." Although he didn't know if there would be any danger, Si Luo Chen only knew that he wouldn't let Xiang Qian Tong leave alone again.

  Qian Tong smiled and looked at Si Luo Chen without saying a word, just nodding slightly.

  The two walked in, and Si Wenyu let the two people quietly follow up, protecting the safety of Si Luochen and Xiang Qiantong at all times.

  Then put on sunglasses and got into the car.

  Irene looked around at the surroundings and indeed it was not suitable to stay outside the car, so she sensibly got back in.

  Qian Tong took out the key to unlock the anti-theft iron gate, then opened the wooden door inside and walked in. Looking around at the narrow environment, the lighting here was not bad, and it was very clean, obviously someone had swept it.

  After checking each room with Qian Tong, he returned to the study and took out that dictionary from the densely packed bookshelves, opening it up.

  As expected, a thick dictionary had been hollowed out, with a letter and a pocket watch stuffed inside. Si Lu Chen stood quietly to the side, his expression slightly puzzled.

  Seeing Si Luochen's confusion, Xian Tong explained: "Dad said that if he wasn't around, I should look at the dictionary. Because this is the only gift he gave me."

  Si Luo Chen nodded in understanding, thinking that what his sister said was indeed correct, and that Qian Tong's father was hiding from someone.

  Qian Tong opened the envelope and unfolded the letter. The two of them looked at the contents together, then both furrowed their brows slightly.

  The author has something to say: Today, I revisited Speed and Passion, missed Paul Walker a bit, and was infatuated with that woman who rode motorcycles and played robberies again.

  Starry eyes.

  So I went to bed a few minutes later.