"People from the underworld?" Bai Ling frowned her delicate eyebrows and looked at Meng Nianchu in disbelief.
Wasn't Meng Nianchu equally shocked? She had interacted with Li An. Li An was a gentle and straightforward person. How could he possibly have offended people from the underworld!
"Are you sure?" Meng Nianchu asked suspiciously.
Mu Junze's eyes fixed on her face. He said firmly, "I got to know them when I was discussing cooperation with them in the US before. It's true."
The US?
Hearing these two words, Meng Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. She subconsciously had a bad premonition.
Why was it always the US!
After Meng Rong was sent to the US, Linda, who had just returned from the US, suddenly caused trouble. Now, it was involved with people from the US underworld. Why did everything suddenly have something to do with the US!
The group silently wondered what was going on. Suddenly, Li An on the bed moved and slowly opened his eyes.
Looking at the off - white ceiling above, Li An looked around.
"Do you feel any discomfort in your body?" Bai Ling asked nervously.
Li An glanced at Meng Nianchu and then shifted his gaze to Bai Ling. He said weakly, "No."
At this, Bai Ling couldn't help but ask again, "How did you offend those people? They were extremely ruthless. They seemed to want to kill you. What did you do?"
If he hadn't done anything, she really couldn't figure out why they would target Li An out of the blue.
Li An closed his eyes and thought carefully. After two or three seconds, he said, "I don't know why they kidnapped me. They kept saying that I had seduced someone I shouldn't have, some kind of sister - in - law. But I..."
He glanced at Meng Nianchu again and then suspiciously at Mu Junze.
Meeting his gaze, Mu Junze's expression remained unchanged. "I'm not that despicable."
"Sister - in - law? What sister - in - law?" Bai Ling was completely confused and couldn't make heads or tails of it.
As far as she knew, the school Li An attended was a science and engineering school with very few girls. He wasn't the type to take the initiative to talk to other girls. How could he get involved with a girl who had a boyfriend?
It was Meng Nianchu who caught on. "Could those people be referring to the time when you deliberately said you and Linda were a couple?"
As soon as she said this, the people in the ward instantly got an idea.
Li An was suddenly enlightened. "Before those men, there was a fat man with a gaudy appearance who came to the warehouse. He said I had seduced his woman. Judging from his appearance, his identity should be extraordinary! And when he was beating me, his movements were extremely fast, as if he had been specially trained."
After saying all this in one breath, Li An, who had just finished the operation and hadn't had a chance to rest, coughed violently twice.
However, after hearing what he said, Bai Ling's heart sank to the bottom.
As if he had been specially trained, and Mu Junze said those people were likely from the underworld. All the clues fit together. How could one not be worried?
Li An was lucky not to be crippled this time. But what if those people didn't intend to let Li An go and there was a next time?
No one could say for sure.
Even though she was extremely worried in her heart, Li An was still very weak at this time. In order not to add to his psychological burden, Bai Ling didn't say anything to him and kept it all to herself.
That night, Bai Ling didn't dare to go back at all. She stayed in the hospital to take good care of Li An.
The next day, Meng Nianchu got up early. She made two servings of chicken soup. She asked Mu Junze to drive her to the hospital first, wanting to give it to Li An and Bai Ling to nourish them.
"What's going on there?"
As soon as the car stopped at the hospital entrance, Meng Nianchu saw many reporters blocking the entrance with cameras in their hands.
Fearing that these people might hurt Meng Nianchu, Mu Junze didn't hesitate. He quickly turned the car around and drove in through the back door of the hospital.
The two rushed into Li An's ward.
Bai Ling, who was standing by the window observing the situation outside the hospital, was startled by the sound of the door opening.
After just one night, Bai Ling looked much haggard.
"What's going on outside?" Meng Nianchu put the chicken soup on the table and walked over.
Looking at the bustling reporters outside the hospital, she frowned tightly. "Why are these people everywhere!"
"I don't know how it happened. The news that Li An was beaten and hospitalized has spread. These reporters want to find out what's going on." Bai Ling's face was gloomy. She glanced out of the window again. "I saw that most of the articles on the Internet are about topics like 'Li An was beaten up after publicly announcing his relationship with Linda'."
"Do you suspect it was Linda who did this?"
Meng Nianchu immediately understood what she meant.
Bai Ling nodded. "Very few people knew about this in the first place. If our guess last night was correct and this matter is indeed related to Linda, then today's events are even more reasonable!"
The ward fell into silence.
After a while, Li An suddenly said, "Sister Nianchu, be more careful of her when you're on the set. This woman is not simple."
Hearing this, Meng Nianchu replied seriously, "I know."
Since the reporters had been blocking the entrance for a long time, which had seriously affected the other patients being treated in the hospital, without Bai Ling and Meng Nianchu having to do anything, the hospital dean had already brought the security guards to drive those people away.
Bai Ling could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Li An said, "Since those people have all left, you should go to the set quickly. Especially Sister Nianchu, you've just decided to make a comeback. You can't make any mistakes at this time."
Bai Ling also said, "Nianchu, you go to the set first. I've already told the director that I won't go today. I'll just take care of this kid Li An."
"Call me if there's anything."
Even if Meng Nianchu was here, she might not be able to help much. Moreover, today's scenes in the crew were really important. If she really didn't go, it would be very irresponsible to the crew members.
She patted Bai Ling's shoulders heavily and told her to pay more attention to rest. Then she left the hospital with Mu Junze.
Her son had been entrusted to her mother. After leaving the hospital, she asked Mu Junze to take her directly to the set.
On the way, Mu Junze seriously warned, "Stay away from that Linda."
Meng Nianchu agreed.
The incident of Li An being beaten up and then trending on the hot search was really sudden. Meng Nianchu got out of the car. As she watched the car disappear from sight, this incident kept flashing through her mind.
She also subconsciously felt that this incident must have something to do with Linda. Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that on the day after Li An was beaten up and hospitalized, this incident made it onto the hot search, and Linda was widely mentioned in it.
The coincidence was so suspicious that it seemed intentional.
It was as if someone was trying to tell everyone that any man who got involved with Linda would definitely be beaten up.
Meng Nianchu was still deep in thought when suddenly she caught a glimpse of a figure. Looking up, the person was already standing in front of her.