Chapter 51 - Before it ends me.

Chunlan was in her own room, sitting on the bed covered in darkness. She hugged her knees, holding a table lamp waiting for intruders.

She was woken up by the gunshots and loud screams in the hospital. Her guards who were outside the room advised her to stay quietly when she wanted to check on Jihai.

The leader of the Tang guards personally entered the room after giving orders to some men to check the situation. Chunlan turned to the door, tightly holding the lamp. "Who is there?"

"Its me, First Young Mistress." He walked to the bed, stopping in front of her.

She visibly relaxed when she recognized his voice. "Whats going on?"

"A shooting took place in the hospital. There were some injured bystanders but they are okay."

She frowned. "What about Menxiang? Is Jihai safe?"

The guard kept his voice even, but did not hide his facial expression of disgust at the mention of Jihai. "Miss Su was not in the building when the shooting took place. Mr Bai should be in his room."

Chunlan felt uneasy all of a sudden. Jihai was all alone, not being protected by any guards, is it not possible that he was in danger? Although a lot of wealthy elites are being admitted in this hospital, she had a gut feeling he was the target this time. "Go and check on him."

The guard fell silent.

"I want to just make sure he is alright. Please make sure he is okay." She pulled the leader's sleeve frantically, her body trembling.

The guard looked helpless and his hand touched hers comforting them. "Okay, but you must not come out of the room." He warned.

She nodded obediently but prayed fervently. She knew he wasn't going to die but she wanted her husband to stay alive in one piece. She felt useless, unable to do anything but wait anxiously.

She knew Honglin was behind the shooting today. She thought that if she was able to pacify him, he would let Jihai go. It seemed she was wrong. She just hoped that Menxiang was okay too.

She heard the door open and gripped the lamp tightly, lifting it in the air.

A guard who entered inside the room said."We couldn't find Jihai in the room, First Mistress."

She tensed. "He is missing?"

"It seems so. We have searched the whole hospital and we suspect he was abducted."

She jumped off the bed, her foot carelessly landing on a nail making her yelp. The guard rushed who saw everything forward to hold her, making her sit on the bed. "First Mistress, please calm down."

Her mind numbed the pain spreading through her leg, her heart in turmoil. "Call my father."

The guard who was inspecting her leg meticulously: "??"

She raised her voice, her temper flaring. "Are you deaf? Call my father!"

The man quickly called his leader and relayed the order. The leader frowned but still made the call. "Boss."

"What is it?" Tang Huizhong's voice boomed through the phone.

"First Mistress wants to speak to you."

"Give the phone to her." He instructed.

The leader passed the phone, making sure to place the phone in her hands. She held the phone to her ears, sniffing "Papa...."

Tang Huizhong froze, putting a pair of pliers on the iron table in front of him leaving an unknown man in the background who was tied to a chair screaming and kicking wildly. The pungent smell of piss and blood filled the air as the man's fingers were shaking, his cuticles missing.

Huizhong glared at the man before he turned his attention back to his call. "What is it, princess?"

"Jihai is missing....."

Tang Huizhong wanted to roll his eyes and pull his hair at his daughter's stubborn love obsession. But she only called his papa on two occasions.....

.....when she was extremely happy.....

.....or extremely scared.

He sighed. " I will see what I can do. Leave it to me."

"Thank you." Chunlan ended it promptly, giving it back to the owner.

The men took their leave, turned on the lights and shut the door. As they walked away, the guard scratched his head puzzled as he called his captain. "Brother Yin Tao, there is still something I don't understand."

Yin Tao continued to walk, not sparing him a glance. "Speak."

"How did the police arrive so fast? And why did it seem that instead of investigating the crime scene, it looked like they were trying to conceal it?"

Yin Tao stopped in his tracks, his mind coming to another realization. "Someone must be pulling the strings here."

The police truly didn't carry anything except the dead bodies. By the time they left, the place was cleaned spotless. It was normal for different fractions to be able to control the police. But this hospital was famous and this kind of scandal would definitely reach the cables so who was brazen enough to pull this kind of stunt?

This people are not to be trifled with...

"Increase security on First Young Mistress. Make sure to only allow doctors we send to treat her." He walked away.

A man stood, hiding in a corner wearing a baseball cap concealing his scarred face. He watched them walk away before taking his phone out. "Boss don't worry, Miss Tang and Miss Su are safe. But Jihai is not here. Someone else took him away."

"Who?"

"We don't know. But I just found out that Jihai was being protected by some anonymous guards while he was in the hospital. They killed all our men and the police arrived, taking the evidence away."

"Police? The ones we sent?"

"No....Boss. Another group of police took the bodies away."

"What?!"

"Don't worry, Boss. They carry nothing but a bottle of poison each." The man tried to pacify his boss.

"You stupid fool! What we can't hide is the tattoo they bear on their lower backs! What if the police find out about this?" His voice was not loud, but low enough to cause dread in his subordinate's body.

The man dared not utter another word of protest, rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"You better find out who took those bodies or I will end you before it ends me." Wen Honglin snapped.