After I Woke Up to Find I Had a Wife - Chapter 44

Fu Xinran and her group had arrived at the Xie family residence with overwhelming momentum, then left in a hurry. This drew quite a few people’s secret attention.

They had left too urgently. They had not even taken Su Qingfeng with them.

Xie Yun’an returned to the old master’s study. In recent years, the old master no longer handled matters and only wanted to be a smiling family patriarch.

The Xie family’s study was decorated in a classical style, grand yet elegant. The thing displayed most in the old master’s study was not books, nor anything else, but all of the old master’s own calligraphy works.

Old Master Xie stood at the upper end with an upright, uncorrupted air. He even had the leisurely mood to hold a brush and write and draw on the paper.

Someone was kneeling in the center of the study. Xie Yun’an did not even look at the person kneeling.

“Family Head Lin fainted on the fifth floor.”

Old Master Xie stopped the brush in his hand and lifted his eyelids to glance at Xie Yunfeng, who was kneeling in the center and did not even dare breathe loudly.

“Starting tonight, move out of the Xie family old residence. In the future, when you go outside, do not call yourself the Second Master of the Xie family.”

The old master’s hawk-like gaze looked at his second son indifferently.

The moment Xie Yunfeng heard the old master’s words, his shoulders collapsed. He looked at his father in disbelief.

Yesterday, this father had still told him he had done well, that he was considerate, that he was a good child. Yet today, because of an outsider, he was being driven out of the house, and he was not allowed to use the rights of a Xie family son anymore.

Xie Yunfeng was unwilling. Both hands gripped his pants tightly. In the end, he still silently stood up, sneered at Xie Yun’an, forcefully bumped past her, and left the Xie family.

In the car, Lin You lay unconscious on Fu Xinran’s lap. An emergency glucose drip had already been attached to her hand to help flush out the drug in her body.

Fu Xinran lowered her head, her fingers stroking Lin You’s face again and again. Tears fell from her eyes, one drop after another.

If she had not come quickly today, she could no longer imagine what would have happened to Lin You.

“Madam, the Xie family sent over the surveillance footage. Do you want to watch it?” Chunsheng called to ask.

“Send it over.” Fu Xinran wiped away her tears with her fingertips, then gently wiped away the tears on Lin You’s face one by one with a handkerchief.

Ding.

The video was sent to Fu Xinran’s phone. The angle of the surveillance footage was very tricky. It had been filmed from about thirty meters directly in front of Lin You.

At that time, Lin You was sitting on the chair with her head lowered, playing on her phone. Fu Xinran compared the time. At that moment, Lin You had been chatting with her.

Before long, a waiter brought over a cup of plain water. Lin You accepted it and drank a mouthful. In less than a minute, she directly fainted on the wooden chair. The glass in her hand also fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Fu Xinran’s heart clenched. She gripped Lin You’s hands tightly, very angry. She badly wanted to scold her: Where was your caution? Where was your coldness toward others?

But she clearly knew this had nothing to do with Lin You. When someone truly wanted to harm you, it was impossible to guard against everything.

Lin You also regretted it greatly. She felt as if all her years of experience had been learned in vain. She had clearly seen Lin Gong and his family, yet it had not raised her guard.

She had been too careless, too arrogant. She had never thought Lin Gong would go through such a large circle to make a move at the Xie family’s evening banquet.

Old Madam Wei had probably also joined hands with Lin Gong. Lin You had figured it out now.

If not for Shen Mengmeng trying to save herself, Lin You feared she would have encountered an entirely different situation at the Xie family banquet.

The fastest way to destroy a person, aside from killing them, was dirty framing.

Lin Gong wanted to set her up to forcibly mark an Omega at the Xie family banquet. Forcibly marking an Omega was a serious crime.

She would go directly to prison. In a more serious case, her pheromone gland would be dug out. Even if the matter could be resolved in the end, Lin You would still suffer a serious blow.

Moreover, the people who came to the Xie family banquet were all prominent aristocratic figures. Most of them were family heads or heirs qualified to attend this banquet.

If something like this happened to Lin You here, all of her reputation would be directly destroyed, and the company’s stock would also become unstable.

Other aristocratic families would also take advantage of Lin You being arrested to fish in troubled waters, entering the field one after another to take a share.

Most importantly, Fu Xinran was pregnant.

They had finally gained the feelings they had now with such difficulty. She had finally fallen in love with such a kind, beautiful woman who loved her wholeheartedly.

It would be directly destroyed by this matter. Fu Xinran had just become pregnant, and immediately afterward, Lin You would be unable to wait to forcibly mark a female Omega. What kind of irony would that be?

Even the Fu family would turn against the Lin family. This vicious plan killed three birds with one stone and could directly restrain Lin You.

All those little disturbances and provocations before had merely been Lin Gong’s smokescreen.

Look behind you… You have to look behind you…

What am I supposed to look at?

In the darkness, Lin You once again vaguely saw the original body.

The gloomy, cold original body stood opposite her and suddenly smiled.

She smiled madly, crazily. Lin You could see the tears at the corners of her eyes. Her pale skin was extremely conspicuous in this darkness.

Do you want me to look at you? Lin You stood in place, her expression unmoving. She was not afraid of the original body’s madness either.

The original body wiped away her tears with her index finger, then lightly flicked them away. The tears fell in a parabola. Lin You frowned. She liked doing that gesture too.

Have you accepted her? And have you accepted yourself? The original body walked forward and stopped an arm’s length away from Lin You.

I don’t understand what you’re saying. Lin You looked at the original body, who was visibly thinner and weaker than her.

I never knew I possessed such wonderful memories. I used to be like this too. Treat her well. The original body looked at Lin You with nostalgia. The current Lin You had the appearance she had on Earth.

She was not as tall as the original body, but she was not short either. Her long hair fell behind her head. This was from before she cut her hair short. Lin You herself could no longer remember what she looked like with long hair.

She had not expected to see it again here, and she felt rather pleasantly surprised.

Listening to the original body’s nostalgic and reluctant tone, Lin You asked, Are you an obsession, or a soul?

The original body’s gaze, which had originally been looking elsewhere, flashed with surprise for an instant.

I’m not dead. How could I be an obsession? The original body mocked Lin You and took another step forward.

Lin You also took a step forward.

Bang.

An invisible wall separated the two of them. Lin You raised her hand, but she still could not touch this invisible wall.

The original body suddenly pointed behind Lin You. Lin You turned to look. There was nothing behind her. She immediately turned back, but the original body standing in front of her had disappeared too.

She wanted to take a step forward, but she still collided with that invisible wall.

Behind Lin You, a golden-white light lit up. Lin You was not used to the sudden brightness. She turned around and shielded her eyes with her hand, wanting to see where the light came from.

“Hubby, when are you going to wake up?”

Standing in this bright space, Lin You suddenly heard Fu Xinran’s wronged and sorrowful voice coming from all directions. For a time, it filled the entire space.

Lin You trembled all over, goosebumps rising. What she could never withstand most was Fu Xinran deliberately calling her “hubby” to tease her.

Fu Xinran lay by Lin You’s hand, calling her by the title Lin You could least withstand. Every time Fu Xinran called her that, the hairs on Lin You’s body would stand up.

Lin You lay on the hospital bed with an IV needle inserted into her right hand. After blood tests, it was confirmed that Lin You had indeed been drugged unconscious. It was a heavy-dose sedative. If Lin You slept through it naturally, she might not wake for two or three days.

Right now, she was being infused with medicine to flush out the drug. In about another hour, Lin You should be able to wake up.

“Hubby, why aren’t you awake yet?” Fu Xinran held Lin You’s hand that was not receiving the IV.

“Haha, hubby… hubby…”

Seeing the hairs rising on Lin You’s arm, Fu Xinran could not hold back a laugh. But as she laughed, tears fell again.

“Don’t cry. My heart hurts.”

A trembling voice came from above. Hearing the voice, Fu Xinran wiped away her tears and sat up by the bed. Seeing Lin You’s pale lips, she could not hold back and cried again.

Lin You struggled to lift her hand, wanting to wipe Fu Xinran’s tears. Fu Xinran rolled her eyes at her and refused to let her stretch out her hand. She herself intertwined her fingers with Lin You’s, holding tightly together without the slightest gap.

Lin You signaled for Fu Xinran to lean closer. Fu Xinran thought Lin You had something important to say. She brushed aside the hair near her ear, placing her pink-white ear beside Lin You’s mouth.

Without warning, Lin You took her earlobe into her mouth. Her voice was blurry but clearly fell into Fu Xinran’s ear.

“Next time… next time, can you call me that in bed?”

Hearing Lin You’s words, Fu Xinran’s face instantly burned. Just at that moment, the ward door opened. Fu Xinran pulled away and immediately sat upright.

“Madam, Chairman Xie is here.” Chunsheng opened the door and led Xie Yun’an inside.

Fu Xinran sat by the bed, her expression淡淡 and calm. If not for the damp earlobe beneath her hair, Lin You would almost have been deceived by her Ranran.

Seeing that Lin You had already woken up, Xie Yun’an said, “Family Head Lin is awake. Then I can feel relieved. Regarding what happened at the Xie family this time, I feel deeply apologetic.”

“After you recover, I will come again to apologize properly.”

Xie Yun’an was indeed very sorry. No matter from which aspect, whether emotionally or logically, Lin You’s accident could not be separated from the Xie family.

Lin You’s whole body was soft, like someone who had stayed up for three or four days. Her entire body was weak and powerless. Her mind was awake, but still like mush. She could not think about anything.

She nodded and did not say anything. Xie Yun’an’s appearance was only to show her current stance and to apologize in time. Seeing that Lin You had not recovered enough to rest properly, Xie Yun’an prepared to take her leave and go home.

Before leaving, Xie Yun’an suddenly remembered something. “By the way, President Su of your group is still resting at our home. Do you need to send someone to pick her up?”

Only then did Fu Xinran remember that two people had gone to attend the banquet. But thinking of the video the Xie family had given her, and how her aunt had actually gotten herself drunk, Fu Xinran became a little angry even thinking about it.

“There’s no hurry. Going back and forth like this would waste too much time. Then I’ll have to trouble you to let Auntie rest at the Xie residence for now.”

“Speaking of which, our families have been friends for generations. I don’t need to be so polite either. From now on, I’ll call you Sister Xie. What do you think?”

Fu Xinran suddenly remembered that Lin You had purely been dragged there by Su Qingfeng.

Xie Yun’an was a little surprised. To be precise, many things tonight had surprised her, so this one did not make much difference.

She nodded and agreed to Fu Xinran’s suggestion.

“All right. Then I won’t be polite either and will call you younger sister. I’ll head back first. If there’s anything, we can contact each other later. Once President Lin recovers, I’ll come visit again.”

Fu Xinran got up to send Xie Yun’an out. Xie Yun’an knew Fu Xinran had a question. She and Fu Xinran left one after the other.