Chapter 282 I Couln’t
Lu Yang was shocked when he heard that, and immediately checked the corridor. Murong Yunxi’s ward was a VIP ward. There were not many people on this floor. A few people passed by, but there was nothing unusual about them. He found it even more disturbing.

The security captain then asked him, “Mr. Lu, can you come to the surveillance room? See if you know these people!”

“OK, I’m on my way.”

Lu Yang hung up, but he did not go directly to the surveillance room. Instead, he went straight to the nurse, and asked her to keep an eye on Murong Yunxi and the little girl in the room. The little nurse thought that because the little girl had ran off earlier, Lu Yang was now worried that the girl would be lost again. The nurse did not think too much, and went to Murong Yunxi’s ward.

Lu Yang went to the surveillance room again. The security captain had intercepted the surveillance video, and waited for Lu Yang to screen through it.

From the surveillance video, several men dressed in black, and wearing baseball caps, lingered at the door of Murong Yunxi’s room. Lu Yang could not identify who they were, because their faces were covered by their caps, but he was sure that they were not from the Murong Family. He had seen what the Murong Family’s men looked like. They had close cropped hair and wore black suits as uniforms. Of course, this did not prove that these people were not from the Murong Family. The most important thing was that if they were the Murong Family’s men, they would have taken Murong Yunxi away instantly, but they did not.

Lu Yang then switched over to the camera monitoring the parking lot, and saw these people driving away. Although the video was not very clear, Lu Yang still asked the security captain to make a copy of both videos for him.

He sent both videos to Hao Qiang.

Hao Qiang was very concerned about Lu Yang’s affair, and he did have his own way of doing things, after so many years of experience. So he acted on it fast. In the evening, he called Lu Yang.

“Lu Yang, this is really weird. I checked it out. Now, there are two groups of people looking for her. One group is her family, and there are a lot of people searching out there. It seems that they are really anxious!” Hao Qiang paused for a moment, and then asked Lu Yang. “Lu Yang, what’s your plan now? Are you really going to hide her from everybody?”

In fact, Lu Yang’s heart was torn between these two decisions, they were like two men fighting in his mind. Now that Hao Qiang asked the question, he did not even know how to answer. He asked, “Qiangzi, if you meet a woman who is the love of your life, but you find that you have missed the chance to be with her. What will you do?”

“What else can you do? You did miss the chance to be with her. I can only say that you’re not meant to be together, so there is nothing you can do, except let her go. It will be good for both of you, since there is no other way.”

“Well, what would you do, if now you find that it’s not over for both of you? Once again she appeared before you, in the vast crowd. For the first time you could feel that she is right in front of you, and she is so close at hand.”

Hao Qiang understood what was in Lu Yang’s heart. He sighed softly, and tried to advise him, “Yangzi, she is not a toy. You can find a toy and claim it as yours. She is a living, breathing, human being, you can’t keep her to yourself. You have to know the reality. Even if you can have her now, you can’t keep her forever. One day when she wakes up, she will surely want to return to her own home! ”

“But I saved her.”

“Yangzi, you are not that naive to believe that, in this era, someone will still marry you because you saved her life, right? Don’t be silly. Be reasonable!”

Lu Yang knew that Hao Qiang was right, but he just did not want to accept it right now. He still wanted to keep her around, for a while.

“Qiangzi, you just said there’s another group of people?”

They were back to the important issue. Hao Qiang continued what he had just said. “Yes, there is another group of people who have not been identified yet, but I inadvertently discovered that these people have been secretly looking for Murong Yunxi. From the video of the parking lot that you sent me, I found some information about the car. This car was bought illegally, from a person called Erheng, from the black market.

Moreover, Murong Yunxi had been harmed by a group of people, previously. That time those people tried to hurt Murong Yunxi on the road, and they got into a fight. Fortunately she was unhurt. I found out that the car in that accident, had also been bought from Erheng. Maybe these two groups of people are the same, so I need to investigate further. One thing is for certain, these people are out to hurt her.”

After hearing that, Lu Yang was distressed. How could someone want to hurt Xiao Xi? She was not the vengeful type. Was it an internal problem within the Murong Family?

“Yangzi, you should be careful!” Hao Qiang reminded him, kindly, on the other end of the phone.

“Yes, I know. You need to look carefully into it for me, and let me know if there’s any news!”

“Yangzi, what are you going to do now?”

Lu Yang knew what Hao Qiang was referring to. He was silent for a moment. He said sadly, “You look into it for me first. Before I know what the current situation is like, I will protect her and not hand her to anyone!”

Hao Qiang was not a busybody. Lu Yang had clearly stated his stand. As a friend, Hao Qiang felt that he had said enough. Lu Yang still needed to make his own decision, and he did not want to interfere too much.

After hanging up, Lu Yang felt very anxious. He went through the discharge formalities for Murong Yunxi overnight, and transferred Murong Yunxi to another “secret” hospital.

The reason why this hospital was “secret” was not due to its location, but because its existence was unknown to ordinary people.

This was a hospital specializing in the treatment of senior officers in the army. The hospital was not very big, but its medical facilities and technology were top-class. Ordinary people would never know about this place, and the gate was heavily guarded. Even a fly could not get into this fort-like hospital.

For the first time, Lu Yang pulled some strings and got into the hospital, using his father’s name. He arranged for Murong Yunxi and the little girl, to check into the hospital, too.

Of course, Lu Boyi got the news that night.

“Xiao Yang, I want to know what’s going on with you and that woman?” Lu Boyi questioned him directly.

When Lu Yang checked in, he knew that he would certainly alarm his father. So he was not surprised by his father’s phone call. “Dad, she is in danger now, I just want to protect her.”

“Protect her? As who?”

Lu Yang was silent for a long time before he said two meaningless words.”A friend.”

“Friend? Ah… If she is only a friend, don’t you think that you are overdoing it?”

“Dad, if your old comrade-in-arms is in danger, will you stand by and do nothing?”

“That’s different. A comrades-in-arms is like a family. You can’t compare that with an ordinary friend.”

“But, Dad, she might not be my comrade-in-arms, but I think of her as one. I will use my life to protect her.”

Lu Yang’s words shocked Lu Boyi. He did not realize that this woman had such a grip on Lu Yang’s heart, and it made him both surprised and worried.

“Xiao Yang, have you ever thought about what you would do, if things did not end well for both of you?” Lu Boyi did not want to upset his son, but he had to tell him the truth. It was his obligation as a father.

“Dad, I understand! I don’t want to force anything on her, I just want to do my best to protect her. Even though I am just her secret protector, I don’t want to have any regrets in the future.”

Lu Boyi was also caught up in this matter. As a father, he would do everything he could to make his son happy, but this was not any ordinary affair. He could use his power to get a lot, but he could not get a person’s heart. The only thing he could do for his son, was to make sure he had no regrets.

He knew that his son would do nothing out of line. Even if the thing he did was not necessarily right, he could not be more wrong. So Lu Boyi did not say anything for the moment.

On the second day after they left the hospital, Lu Qiang called Lu Yang and told him that someone had sneaked into Murong Yunxuan’s ward, but he left, as he could not find anyone.

It was the security captain who had checked the monitor, and reported to him.

Lu Yang hung up and looked at Murong Yunxi, lying in the hospital bed. He had such a panicky fear in his heart. Luckily they left in time, otherwise Murong Yunxi might no longer be there.

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At Murong Ye’s office in City A.

Gong Yu pushed the door open and strode to Murong Ye’s desk. “Big Brother, prepare a plane for me. I’m going to City C.”

Morong Ye stared coldly at Gong Yu. He had seldom seen Gong Yu in such a hurry. However, when it came to Murong Yunxi, he was used to him being in this state.

“Give me a reason!”

“It has already been twenty days and there’s still no news about Xiao Xi at all. I can’t sit here and just wait!”

“Then tell me what you can do, even if you go there?”

“That will be much better than waiting here every day. for nothing. At least I can go there and search for her, myself.”

“Searching for her personally, we have done it, but nothing came out of it. Now, instead of talking nonsense with me here, you might as well go home, and stay with Niannian. How many days have you not seen Niannian? She is so small and she needs Xiao Xi more than you. She is stronger and more rational than you! Compared to a four-year-old child, you should be ashamed of yourself!”

Murong Ye relentlessly criticized Gong Yu, because he knew that Gong Yu was pining away dreadfully.

He was so handsome in the past. Now he did not keep himself clean and tidy, his face looked pale and haggard and there were dark circles under his deeply sunken eyes. His chin was covered with stubble, and his handsome face was so completely changed that he looked like another person.

Gong Yu held Murong Ye’s shoulders and stared at him with a pair of listless eyes. “Big Brother, but I can’t. I can’t calm down at all. My mind is full of images of Xiao Xi lying in the ruins. I can’t erase that picture away for a moment. I…”

Gong Yu did not finish his words. Murong Ye suddenly gave him a sharp clout on his neck, and he instantly fell into Murong Ye’s arms.