Cen Xi walked over hurriedly.

  The rain had soaked the man completely from head to toe. He was lying on the ground, his face covered in both blood and dirt.

  Seeing that he was unmoving, Cen Xi hurriedly crouched in front of him and stretched a finger under his nose.

  In that moment, her mind was completely blank. She was so afraid that he would die here like Young Master Li did.

  After she felt that he was still breathing, her tensed heart finally relaxed a little. She used her sleeve to wipe the dirt off his face for him. She was extremely careful, afraid of hurting him.

  After wiping his face clean, she pressed her forehead against his. She shouted as she cried, “Da Zuo, Da Zuo, your young master is here!

  “Someone come!

  “Da Zuo, your young master is still alive. He’s unconscious! Hurry and bring a doctor!”


  She shouted until her voice was hoarse.

  Cen Xi didn’t realize that the man lying on the floor was slowly opening his eyes.

  Hearing Cen Xi’s hoarse voice from shouting, he lifted his hand and grabbed hers. “Xiao Xi, stop shouting.”


  He had been protected by Young Master Li, so even though he had been injured, his life wasn’t in danger.

  Seeing the large hand grabbing hers, Cen Xi hurriedly turned back towards the man that had woken up.

  “Where does it hurt?”


  “Help me up first.”


  Cen Xi hurriedly nodded. She helped him up from the ground carefully. His face and arm were all covered in open wounds that were bleeding……

  Seeing him like this, Cen Xi’s heart ached badly at the sight.

  After Qiao Yanze stood up, he glanced around. When he didn’t see Young Master Li, he furrowed his eyebrows slightly. “Where is Young Master Li?”


  Cen Xi looked down, remembering how Young Master Li was before he passed away. She sniffled, “Young Master Li is gone.”


  Seeing Cen Xi’s sad expression, Qiao Yanze instantly understood what she meant by ‘gone’.

  If Young Master Li didn’t pull him and jump out of the plane, he might have died in that explosion. However, he didn’t understand. Young Master Li already made sure that his life was ending soon. Why did he save him again?

  “Young Master Qiao, I have something to ask of you.” Cen Xi looked up with her wet lashes, glancing at Qiao Yanze with a complicated gaze.

  Qiao Yanze nodded. “Say it.”


  “I want to bury Young Master Li on this island.” Even though Young Master Li was very evil, she didn’t want his body to be left beaten by the weather and have nowhere to rest after he had passed on.

  Qiao Yanze hummed softly.

  At this moment, Da Zuo rushed over with his men. Qiao Yanze was helped onto a stretcher and before he left, he instructed Da Zuo, “Help bury Young Master Li and make a proper grave for him.”
……

  Following the fall, Qiao Yanze had a slight concussion. On the way back to the Capital, he fell unconscious once more. When he woke up again, he was lying in the VIP ward of the Royal Hospital.

  There were several people in his room.

  An Feng, Nan Zhi, the Qiao family members, Tang Xi, Chu Yifan and more. Seeing that Qiao Yanze had woken up, An Feng and Nan Zhi hurriedly approached him.

  “Yanze, how are you?”


  “Uncle, how are you?”


  Qiao Yanze still felt a little dizzy as he pushed himself up. “I’m sorry for making all of you worry.”


  An Feng hit the back of Qiao Yanze’s hand. “I heard the person who had harmed our Qiao family is dead. Once you’re discharged, Sihan plans to reinstate your title as the Duke.”


  Qiao Yanze knew that his family was worried about his safety. His biggest wish was also to inherit the Duke title and rebuild the Qiao family.

  However, his body probably didn’t give him any chance to!

  “Uncle, until then, please rest well.” Nan Zhi said.

  Qiao Yanze nodded. “I’ll listen to you.”
……

  Cen Xi made some soup at home and brought it to the hospital. When she arrived at the ward and saw so many people inside, she didn’t dare go in. She quietly stood in an inconspicuous corner and waited until everyone in the room left. It was only then that she finally entered the room.

  Qiao Yanze stared as Cen Xi entered the room with a thermos flask. He narrowed his eyes slightly. “Why didn’t you come in earlier?”


  Cen Xi put the thermos flask on the table as she stared at Qiao Yanze’s handsome and thin face, before she said softly, “I don’t dare to see them.”


  It was then that Qiao Yanze finally remembered that there was something important that he had yet to do.

  He took his phone and sent a message to Da Zuo.

  After he was done, Cen Xi was also done with pouring a bowl of soup out for him. She sat by the bed and fed Qiao Yanze the soup slowly.

  Qiao Yanze opened his mouth and took a sip.

  Cen Xi stared at him nervously. “How does it taste?”


  Qiao Yanze scrunched his nose. “It tastes……” He waved at her. “Come over.”


  Cen Xi stared at him in confusion.

  Not knowing what he wanted to do, she leaned towards him. He lifted her chin and kissed her.

  A few seconds later, he asked, “Did you taste it?”


  Cen Xi’s face was a little flushed. “You’re acting like a gangster.”


  Qiao Yanze stared at her as he smirked. What Cen Xi didn’t know was that he was holding onto a few strands of her hair.

  Although he had woken up, he could tell that his body wasn’t in as good of a condition as it was before.

  After conversing with Cen Xi for a while more, he felt a little sleepy. Seeing that he wasn’t very energetic, Cen Xi fell silent and sat by the bed quietly to accompany him.

  Qiao Yanze laid back down on the bed and stared at Cen Xi. “You should leave first!”


  Cen Xi bit her lip. “Don’t you want me to accompany you here?”


  “It’s alright. It’s been quite tiring for you too, so go back and rest early.”


  “I’ll leave after you fall asleep.”


  Qiao Yanze remained silent and closed his eyes.

  Not too long later, Qiao Yanze finally fell asleep.

  Cen Xi sat by the bed and stared at his handsome face and his exquisite and well-defined facial features. Her fingers couldn’t help but caress his face.

  She didn’t know why, but after what happened this time, she felt as if there was still an invisible barrier between them.

  She knew that even if Young Master Li had died, it wouldn’t change that her sister had hurt him before.

  Ultimately, they will still never be able to be together……

  Cen Xi didn’t go to the hospital again.

  Like ripping open a bandaid, it was better to deal with painful things quickly than to let it grow and hurt more later. She had already done everything she could for Qiao Yanze.

  So Cen Xi booked a flight ticket for three days later to Switzerland……

  Qiao Yanze only stayed in the hospital for two days, before he returned to the Qiao manor.

  He sat in the room his mother once lived in. While staring at her photo, he couldn’t help but recall what happened in the past, his eyes turning red unconsciously.

  The person he had disappointed the most was his mother.

  Knocks rang at the door.

  Qiao Yanze put down Mrs Qiao’s photo and said hoarsely, “Come in.”


  Da Zuo pushed the door open with a document file in his hand.

  “Young Master, the DNA results report is out.”


  Qiao Yanze hurriedly took the document file from Da Zuo’s hand. He took the document out from inside and flipped it till the last page.

  Da Zuo had managed to find Xiao Ying’s hair in the room she had once tried to commit suicide in, so he got Da Zuo to send the hair and Cen Xi’s hair to do a DNA test.

  The results showed that the two of them had no blood relations.

  Qiao Yanze closed his eyes. He put down the document and started to laugh like a fool.