CHAPTER 672: WHO IS 665?

Sisi and the others went directly to the hospital in F City, where Qiao Xingbang was already waiting at the entrance. Now in his thirties, Qiao Xingbang had become much more stable, even carrying the aura of a successful person.

"Thank you so much!" Qiao Xingbang took the two jars of medicinal wine and expressed his gratitude.

Sisi gave him a sidelong glance, "What are you talking about, aren’t we all family? Why so formal?"

Qiao Xingbang scratched his head and, without any more pleasantries, ran off with the medicinal wine to help save her.

Luo Linglong was in a private room, with tubes all over her body and wrapped in bandages, as if she might stop breathing at any moment. She looked even worse than Sisi had imagined.

Sisi poured the medicinal wine into Luo Linglong’s mouth. Once she seemed to breathe more steadily, Sisi left the room. Qiao Zhenbang stayed behind to care for her, as the medicinal wine needed to be administered every hour.

In the corridor, Mo Hui appeared panicked with the children. They sat quietly beside her, clearly also terrified. The eldest twins were six years old, with a four-year-old daughter and the youngest son still in her arms, not yet a year old.

Mo Hui, though slightly fuller, exuded a mature charm. If Mo Hui once appeared as an innocent young woman, she now had the allure of a beautiful mature woman, indicating she was living a good life.

Understandably so, as Mo Hui was a great benefactor to the Qiao family; who would dare trouble her?

"Sisi, it’s so terrifying!" Mo Hui couldn’t help but tremble upon seeing Sisi. If not for the children beside her, she might have broken down in tears.

Sisi soothingly patted her and asked, "What exactly happened? Second Brother didn’t really clarify it on the phone earlier."

Mo Hui seemed genuinely frightened, her hands shaking. Qiao Xingbang and Tian Xinhua disappeared as soon as they arrived at the hospital, likely off discussing matters.

Sisi pulled a small bottle of Qiong Wine from her bag and indicated for Mo Hui to take a sip to calm her nerves.

After drinking the wine, Mo Hui’s hands stopped trembling, and she stammered out the story of the car accident.

The accident happened around nine in the morning because last night, Luo Linglong and Qiao Zhenbang’s daughter, Qiao Xueyi, insisted on seeing the lotus flowers and picking seed pods. Luo Linglong, who always indulged her daughter, agreed to drive her to the countryside after breakfast to see them.

When the car reached the mountain road, Luo Linglong realized the brakes weren’t working. But by then, it was already downhill, and as the speed increased, she desperately crashed the car into the mountain wall beside, shielding her daughter underneath her.

Mo Hui said the car was completely wrecked, and Luo Linglong was covered in blood, like someone who had walked out of a sea of blood.

"Sisi, you didn’t see how terrible Sister-in-law looked, soaked in blood. If it hadn’t been for a passing car, Sister-in-law would have bled out." Mo Hui spoke tearfully.

Sisi could imagine how devastating the scene was. In her mind, Luo Linglong was a petite and gentle woman, and she never expected her to act so extremely in a crisis!

Not everyone can make the right choice in such times! Not everyone would unleash such potential!

This is probably the instinct of a mother!

"Sister-in-law will be alright, Mo Hui. You need to pull yourself together; the children still need you!" Sisi comforted her.

Mo Hui suddenly covered her face and cried, her voice filled with fear, guilt, and self-blame.

"You don’t know, the car Sister-in-law was driving is the one I usually drive. I should have been the one in the accident. Sister-in-law and Xueyi took the hit for me."

Through Mo Hui’s explanation, Sisi finally understood why she was so panicked and uneasy.

Originally, Luo Linglong was to drive her own car, but for some reason, Xueyi suddenly wanted to ride in her aunt’s red car, saying her mother’s black car wasn’t pretty.

Unable to refuse the child’s fussing, Luo Linglong and Mo Hui swapped cars, and she set off in Mo Hui’s red car, leading to the accident.

Which means, the person behind it truly intended to target Mo Hui, or perhaps her and her children.

Because Mo Hui mentioned that she would take the kids out daily, either to play or to swim. She rarely drove alone, always accompanied by at least three kids, sometimes four.

This makes the culprit’s intentions clearer, targeting Qiao Xingbang’s children.

More precisely, the target seems to be the boys of the Qiao family, since Luo Linglong’s car was untouched, indicating a disregard for girls.

It seems the enemy wants the Qiao family to have no successors!

This feud seems quite deep.

Inexplicably, Sisi thought of the sinister Miyazaki Shin but quickly dismissed the idea since Boss Qiao’s enemies were all in Hong Kong, not likely to feud with people from R Country.

It appears this must be Boss Qiao’s old enemy seeking revenge, or maybe the enemy’s descendants?

Boss Qiao couldn’t leave Hong Kong, so he sent Brother Li with some men to bring Mo Hui and the children back to Hong Kong, including the injured Liu Xueyi, while Luo Linglong, unable to move, had to stay temporarily in the hospital.

It seems Boss Qiao also figured out the culprit’s intention, feeling secure only with all the children under his watchful eyes.

Sisi took out another two jars of medicinal wine from the car for Brother Li to take back. With an unknown enemy, it’s better to be prepared.

Problems never come singly!

With the care of the medicinal wine, Luo Linglong’s body slowly regained vitality. Although still unconscious, she was on a positive trajectory.

All the doctors said it was a miracle Luo Linglong survived. It seemed her strong will to live kept her alive.

The car accident investigation led nowhere. The day before, Mo Hui had driven that car to the city to buy stuff, but since the city’s roads were flat, she couldn’t recall if she ever braked.

This means there’s no way to determine when or where the car was tampered with, and the culprit behind it remains unidentified.

"Could it be some old enemy Qiao Uncle made while seizing territory back then?" Sisi asked.

Qiao Zhenbang shook his head, "It’s unlikely. My Old Dou generally didn’t go to extremes; most of those whose territories were taken have retired to the countryside. Though some aren’t doing well, there isn’t deep enough hatred for this."

"Not even one? Like a blood feud or a vendetta?" Sisi pressed, unwilling to give up.

Qiao Zhenbang thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, "Now that you mention it, there is one, and you know him too, Sisi."

"Ah, stop being mysterious and just tell me!" Sisi urged impatiently.

Tian Xinhua deliberately said slowly, "It should be Ju Yi Gang, taken down by Qiao Uncle seven years ago. I remember the Young Master managed to escape."

Qiao Zhenbang gave Tian Xinhua an admiring glance and nodded, "Indeed, that’s right, if we’re talking about a deep-seated blood feud, it would be Shi Jianhao."