Mu Junze didn't care at all what Linda had become. Seeing that Li Qi and the others were distracted by Linda, he took Meng Nianchu's small hand and immediately walked towards the exit downstairs.
Li Qi noticed Mu Junze's departure, but with Linda in such a state at the moment, it wasn't appropriate for him to leave her there. Looking at Linda's symptoms, a solemn look flashed in his eyes. He guessed that she might have come into contact with drugs.
The ambulance still hadn't arrived. The director was getting anxious and wanted to take Linda to the hospital.
Li Qi stepped forward and grabbed the director's hand that was about to touch Linda. "I have a car downstairs. She looks very dangerous. You smell of alcohol. You must have been drinking. How about I take her there?"
The director hesitated when he saw this sudden stranger in front of him.
On the ground, Linda was almost curled up into a ball. "I'm so hot. My stomach feels so bad. It's killing me!"
"I'll definitely take her to the hospital safely."
Without waiting for the director's consent, Li Qi gave a signal to the two men behind him. They picked up Linda and strode out.
By the time the director came to his senses, those people had disappeared from sight.
Mu Junze and Meng Nianchu knew nothing about what happened next in the KTV.
Meng Nianchu rolled down her window. The image of Linda lying in pain at the box door kept flashing through her mind. The gentle evening breeze blew in, and she shivered.
Mu Junze glanced at her.
"Scared?" he asked softly. Meng Nianchu leaned back on the seat and let out a soft "um". "It feels like there's been so much fighting and killing lately. It's really scary."
First, Zhang Zhi was beaten so badly that he was still in the hospital and hadn't fully recovered. Now they were constantly entangled with Li Qi and the others. It seemed endless.
Meng Nianchu felt as if her heart was hanging in her throat, pounding uneasily.
Mu Junze, who was driving, freed his left hand and tightly held Meng Nianchu's delicate hand. Although he didn't say a word, this simple action gave Meng Nianchu a powerful sense of strength.
She closed her eyes. The tiredness of the whole day seemed to seize the opportunity to spread throughout her body. Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and the sound of the wind in her ears gradually faded...
"I'm so cold. I feel so bad."
"I'm so hot. My whole body feels like it's going to split."
On the bed, Linda clutched her clothes tightly, shivering all over.
Two private doctors in white coats were busy in the room.
Li Qi frowned and said, "I heard the door of Sister - in - law's box open. When I heard Meng Nianchu's voice, I went out. I originally thought Mu Junze should be in the box too, but later I found that Mu Junze came in from outside, and it seemed he hadn't touched this stuff."
Pausing for a moment, he glanced at Linda. "It was just that Sister - in - law suddenly came out of the box, and when we saw her, she was already like this. Judging from Sister - in - law's state, she should have drunk that stuff."
As soon as Li Qi finished the last word, Jin Hui, who was standing right next to the bed, kicked him hard. He said angrily through gritted teeth, "How did you handle things!"
"Sister - in - law's box was quiet, and we didn't dare to act without permission," Li Qi quickly explained with his head down.
Jin Hui gasped for air. The speed at which he rubbed the Buddhist beads with his left hand increased. Looking at Linda on the bed, who was delirious and had a lot of cold sweat on her face, he felt both heartache and anger.
It was clearly a well - planned scheme. How could it turn out like this!
After the doctor who worked specifically for Jin Hui gave Linda a series of emergency treatments, Linda's out - of - control state improved. Jin Hui let out a sigh of relief. After listening to a series of instructions from the doctor, he told Li Qi to quietly send the two doctors out.
Since Linda was addicted to drugs, Li Qi naturally couldn't really take her to the hospital. Instead, after taking Linda out of the KTV, he directly took her to Jin Hui's villa.
Jin Hui paced over and sat down on the edge of the bed. He frowned and stared intently at Linda, lost in thought.
He failed to frame Mu Junze, and instead, someone close to him got hurt. Jin Hui was so angry that he didn't even eat dinner. He sat beside Linda's bed all the time, eager to find out what exactly had happened from Linda's mouth.
Probably because the medicine the doctor injected into Linda took effect, Linda finally woke up at three o'clock in the morning.
Jin Hui, who was sleepy, saw her sit up, looking blank. He said coldly, "Awake?"
Hearing his voice, Linda's body trembled violently.
Jin Hui stared at her coldly, waiting for her to explain.
After being stunned for two or three seconds, Linda blinked her eyes and understood what had happened in the past few hours. She gently pounded her head and then shook it.
"What exactly happened?" Jin Hui was already out of patience.
Linda lowered her eyes and replied softly, "I had already put the stuff in. I planned to find a chance to let Mu Junze drink it after he came. But before Mu Junze came, Meng Nianchu suddenly forced me to drink the wine in my hand. And at that time, that male director was sitting beside me, leering at me."
Her voice was weak as she spoke. Her clothes were askew, and one of her shoulders was half - exposed.
Jin Hui swallowed hard. His eyes were dark, and it was hard to tell if he believed Linda's words.
Linda moved her body and slumped into Jin Hui's arms like a kitten. "I really did my best in this matter, but I didn't do it well. I've caused trouble for Brother Hui. It's all my fault."
She deliberately acted coquettishly.
In the dead of night, with a man and a woman alone, Jin Hui was taken in by her. Half of his anger immediately dissipated, and he put his big hand around Linda's slender waist.
Noticing Jin Hui's action, Linda secretly felt relieved.
She said this, of course, to deceive Mu Junze and make him stop suspecting her in this matter.
She and Jin Hui had originally agreed to use the director's birthday party today to get Meng Nianchu to call Mu Junze over, so that she could find a chance to put something in Mu Junze's wine. In fact, what she said was just to make Jin Hui lower his guard so that she could later have an excuse for putting the stuff in Meng Nianchu's wine.
She didn't expect that Jin Hui had a backup plan and arranged for Li Qi and the others to hide in the adjacent box to listen. Afraid that they might do something to Mu Junze, when she heard Mu Junze's voice outside the box, she immediately endured the pain and ran out.
Fortunately, nothing happened to Mu Junze.
Her small hand limply rested on Jin Hui's shoulder, and her head rubbed against his chest. She said softly, "I also wanted to do my part for Brother Hui, but I didn't expect things to turn out like this. Brother Hui, don't be angry. I really didn't mean it."
Jin Hui raised his hand and gently patted Linda's back. He mostly believed Linda about today's incident.
Every word Linda said was the same as what Li Qi had reported. It didn't seem to have any loopholes.