bodyguard against fate

Chapter 17 Final Destination 1

"Xiuli, come quick, I've found Dad!"

He Xiuli asked the nurse on duty, who also said she hadn't seen He Yong. Just then, He Xiuli received a call from Wu Renxing.

"Found it? Where?"

"It's on the basement level, in the rightmost room!"

"Okay, I'm coming right away!"

He Xiuli hung up the phone and headed towards the basement.

The morgue is located on the far right of the basement level. It is usually deserted, and now, in the dead of night, it is even more deserted.

Wu Renxing hadn't actually found He Yong; he'd only said that to trick He Xiuli into coming down. This time, he planned to use a different rope, so that strangling her with a rope wouldn't cause so much blood loss, and he wouldn't be unable to bring himself to do it like last time.

"Thump...thump..." Wu Renxing hid in the corner, holding his breath. He Xiuli's footsteps were getting closer and closer, almost within reach. As soon as He Xiuli appeared, he would go up and strangle her.

"Renxing, Renxing?"

The rightmost spot on the basement floor was right next to the stairs. Wu Renxing chose this spot because it was secluded and dark, making it easy to carry out his plan. However, He Xiuli was also quite timid. The further she went, the more frightened she became. After calling out a few times without getting a response, she dared not go any further and took out her phone to call Wu Renxing.

Wu Renxing had silenced his phone beforehand. He saw He Xiuli's name on the screen, but he didn't dare to answer. If he spoke, He Xiuli would immediately hear his location, and that would expose him! At this moment, the two were less than two meters apart, but because of the wall separating them, one was in light and the other in darkness, as if they were in two different worlds.

"Murder!"

Suddenly, a nurse's scream shattered the hospital's tranquility.

Wu Renxing was startled. He hadn't even made a move yet, so how had he been discovered?

Startled, He Xiuli turned around and walked back. As the footsteps faded into the distance, Wu Renxing frowned. What a pity, just one step away, just one step away!

It turned out that Zhang Hao was chasing and hitting Feng Weida. In his panic, Feng Weida also went down the stairs on the right. When he was on the second floor, he bumped into a nurse on duty. The nurse saw that Feng Weida's face was covered in blood.

"Don't you dare run away, I'll kill you, you bastard!"

Zhang Hao's voice came from upstairs.

The nurse on duty thought she had encountered a murder case and screamed while covering her ears in fright. Little did she know that her scream would inadvertently save He Xiuli's life.

Feng Weida wasn't lacking in fighting spirit. He knew Zhang Hao had misunderstood, and at the same time, he felt he was in the wrong, lacking confidence and the fighting spirit of a fully-fledged Ximen Qing. He accidentally bumped into the nurse on duty, causing her tray to fall to the ground, scattering its contents everywhere. Feng Weida didn't have time to pick it up; he simply said "Sorry" and continued running downstairs. When Zhang Hao chased after him from upstairs, he asked the nurse which way Feng Weida had run. Seeing his fierce expression, the nurse cleverly pointed to the second floor, and Zhang Hao immediately gave chase.

Feng Weida met He Xiuli at the bottom of the stairs on the first floor. He Xiuli hurriedly asked Feng Weida what was going on. Feng Weida saw that Zhang Hao hadn't caught up, so he stopped to catch his breath and said that his girlfriend's boyfriend had misunderstood. It was nothing, and it would be fine once it was explained. He Xiuli was also stunned. Your girlfriend's boyfriend? Then you're the other woman?

Feng Weida cried. "I'm nothing now. Xiaoyu broke up with me. There's no one in my world I need to greet every day anymore."

He Xiuli had heard Wu Renxing talk about his relationship with Xiaoyu, and she felt something was off about it. Now everything made sense; it was a honey trap. Feng Weida had been set up, but she never expected that the person who set Feng Weida up was her own husband.

"Don't worry, there are plenty of good girls out there. I'll introduce you to some later!" He Xiuli comforted him. "By the way, what do you think of Wu Meng? She's single too!"

"Thank you, Mr. He," Feng Weida said, wiping away his tears. "If possible, could I please not marry a widow?"

"When did Wu Meng become a widow? She hasn't even gotten married yet!" He Xiuli was baffled.

"Mr. He, what are you doing here? Where is Mr. Wu?" Feng Weida didn't want to continue this topic.

He Xiuli only remembered after Feng Weida reminded her.

"Renxing is waiting for me, come with me! It's so quiet down there, it's terrifying!"

Wu Renxing thought He Xiuli wouldn't come back, so he took out his phone, thought for a moment, and then switched to another phone to call He Xiuli.

"They probably didn't leave, did they? I called them earlier but no one answered."

He Xiuli and Feng Weida were walking and talking when He Xiuli saw that the caller ID showed "Dad" and quickly answered the phone.

"Hey, Dad, where are you? Are you with Renxing?"

On the other end of the phone, it was Wu Renxing who answered.

It turned out that when the food delivery arrived at night, He Yong had just gone to the restroom and there was no one in the ward. Wu Renxing opened the food delivery, added some "ingredients" to it, and then put the lid back on, pretending that it was untouched.

Just then, He Yong returned from the restroom, startling Wu Renxing, who was almost discovered.

"Dad, I ordered you some late-night snacks. You didn't eat much tonight, so let's have a little something together."

"I'm not hungry, take it!" He Yong didn't give him any face at all.

"Xiuli ordered this for you!"

Wu Renxing knew how to manipulate He Yong, and sure enough, He Yong didn't refuse anymore, but instead ate with great relish. Wu Renxing was afraid that he wasn't eating enough and the medicine wouldn't be effective, so he kept putting food on his plate. He Yong looked disgusted and picked out all the food that Wu Renxing put on his plate, only eating the food that hadn't been put on his plate. Wu Renxing knew that He Yong had fallen for the trick again, and that the food he put on his plate hadn't been drugged.

After He Yong finished eating, he looked at his phone for a while and then felt sleepy. He fell asleep and Wu Renxing took the opportunity to quietly take the phone without anyone noticing.

Wu Renxing hung up the phone without saying a word. He knew that this one call was enough to make He Xiuli worry about her father's safety. He turned off He Yong's phone and threw it into the trash can.

After He Xiuli was hung up on, she called back, only to find that the phone was switched off.

"The phone's off? I hope something's happened to Dad?"

On her way to the hospital, He Xiuli couldn't get through to He Yong no matter how many times she called. She comforted herself, thinking she could just say her father hadn't heard her. But now that He Yong had answered the phone, the call was immediately disconnected, which clearly meant he was being controlled. This made He Xiuli very worried. She had to go down to the basement to check on him no matter what.

"Dad? Renxing?"

"Mr. Wu?"

The two of them kept calling out.

Wu Renxing, hiding in the shadows, saw the two of them. Feng Weida's state surprised him. How come Feng Weida wasn't agitated? Shouldn't he have gone insane? Even if he didn't go berserk on the spot, he should have fought Zhang Hao to the death. He just backed down like this. Wouldn't all my efforts have been for nothing? I introduced you to a partner, arranged for you to sleep in the wrong room, and almost got your own sister involved. Is this how you repay me? Where is your mental illness? Where is your temper?

"Is the stimulation not strong enough?" Wu Renxing wondered to himself.

That's true. Last time he caught someone cheating, so this time, in terms of scale alone, it's definitely not as good. But we still have hardcore design. Whether Feng Weida can go crazy or not depends entirely on you, Zhang Hao!