DLJWAV CH8

Fortunately, such torture did not last long.

Ao Ruize quickly snapped back to his senses, casually throwing everything he had just seen to the back of his mind, then in two or three moves, helped Zhong Chi buckle his belt.

“Done.”

Ao Ruize withdrew his hands: “Can you still walk?”

Zhong Chi instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Yes, yes I’m okay…”

But in the next second, his legs went soft again, and he collapsed into Ao Ruize’s arms once more.

“I, ungh…”

Although he tried his best to restrain himself, biting his own lip until it broke, he still couldn’t help but gasp.

Ao Ruize couldn’t help but glance again at Zhong Chi’s neck, which was as impossibly beautiful as his eyes. For no reason, he wanted to undo all the remaining buttons on his shirt.

However, this wasn’t the main point. The main point was that he suddenly discovered Zhong Chi wasn’t entirely as useless as he had thought.

After all, Zhong Chi currently had no memories of the past and was actually not much stronger than an ordinary person.

Yet, despite being drugged with such a potent aphrodisiac, he could actually still manage to maintain his sanity.

However, it seemed he was about to reach his limit.

Thinking of this, Ao Ruize reached out and injected a small amount of spiritual energy into Zhong Chi’s body.

Before this, he hadn’t thought about giving Zhong Chi this kind of treatment.

But it was only a small amount of spiritual energy.

After all, if he really directly helped Zhong Chi neutralize the drug, afterwards, even if he had eight mouths, he wouldn’t be able to explain it clearly.

But this was already enough.

The moment he stepped out the door, Zhong Chi felt a coolness rush over him, and the heat in his body was also greatly alleviated.

Fortunately, they didn’t encounter anyone on the way, so the two successfully took the elevator to the underground parking lot.

Soon, Ao Ruize delivered Zhong Chi to the hospital.

Because he had called the hospital in advance.

So as soon as they arrived at the entrance, doctors and nurses pushed a gurney and surrounded them.

“Mr. Zhong?”

He just didn’t expect that doctor to actually know Zhong Chi.

Seeing Zhong Chi’s condition, the doctor’s expression changed abruptly.

But clearly, now was not the time to ponder these things. He immediately said, “Quick, quickly send Mr. Zhong to the operating room.”

But this was good.

With an acquaintance present, there was no need to worry about any more problems happening to Zhong Chi.

Ao Ruize hesitated for a while, then turned and left.

He had to go find Gao Xiong.

After all, he had been lured to the fifth floor by Gao Xiong’s text message.

But after he arrived upstairs, he didn’t see Gao Xiong.

On the way here, he had already messaged his other scoundrel friends.

They also hadn’t found Gao Xiong yet.

This made him somewhat worried about Gao Xiong’s safety.

Seeing Ao Ruize turn and leave, Zhong Chi, whose vision on the gurney had already begun to blur, felt an inexplicable sense of loss rise from the bottom of his heart. But in the next second, he completely lost consciousness.

On the other side.

Le Zhan said finally: “…Once you take down the Xiao family and hold real power in your hands, Lin Hongshen will no longer be able to shake your position.”

Lin Hongshen was none other than his good eldest cousin, wasn’t he?

But the one who truly wanted to pull him down from the position of heir, and had the ability to pull him down, wasn’t Lin Hongshen, but his good grandfather, Old Master Lin.

Indeed, an idiot is an idiot, unable to see even the basic situation clearly.

Although he thought this in his heart, Lin Gaolang didn’t show it on his face.

He just said, “What do you want?”

Le Zhan said confidently: “I want twenty percent of the Xiao family’s assets.”

“Also, I want you.”

Lin Gaolang frowned.

Le Zhan said repeatedly: “Brother Gaolang, I’ve gone to this extent. You should believe that like you, I truly love you, right?”

Lin Gaolang was silent for a moment. He only said, “I need to consider it.”

“Let’s leave it at this for now.”

After speaking, he turned and left.

Le Zhan was stunned.

He hadn’t expected Lin Gaolang to actually hesitate.

Could it be that he really fell for Zhong Chi?

Otherwise, how could he possibly hesitate?

Thinking of this, Le Zhan’s face instantly darkened.

But in the next second, he suddenly laughed.

Even if Lin Gaolang really developed feelings for Zhong Chi, it didn’t matter.

Because Zhong Chi was about to be finished.

Thinking of this, he lifted his foot and followed with a joyful expression.

But what he didn’t know was that the instant Lin Gaolang turned around, a sharp glint burst forth in Lin Gaolang’s eyes, and the excitement on his face could barely be concealed.

Le Zhan absolutely couldn’t be lying to him.

Which meant, Le Zhan really obtained the Xiao family’s lithium battery recycling technology.

His chance had come!

But agreeing to Le Zhan’s conditions? Absolutely impossible!

Even if Le Zhan could bring him tremendous help right now.

But don’t forget, it was a fact that Le Zhan once cheated with Lin Ming and cuckolded him.

Moreover, to some extent, the Xiao family was Le Zhan’s savior.

Yet he actually turned around and stole the Xiao family’s technology, and even tried to collude with him to ruin the Xiao family.

He looked down on him before, and now it was even more impossible to allow such a viper-hearted person to become his bedfellow.

This was also the main reason why he used the excuse of needing to think about it and left directly—

Because his hesitation would definitely cause certain psychological pressure on Le Zhan. At that time, without him needing to speak, Le Zhan would definitely take the initiative to make concessions.

After all, Le Zhan was impatient to win him back now.

He didn’t need Le Zhan to concede too much. As long as Le Zhan didn’t act too close to him in front of outsiders before handing over all the information on the lithium battery recycling technology, causing Zhong Chi’s suspicion, that would be enough.

Because once he got all the information, he would deal with Le Zhan directly, for example, by sending him to a branch company in Country A to be watched over.

This way, no one would know about the matters between him and Le Zhan, and he could continue to pursue Zhong Chi.

As for the twenty percent of the Xiao family’s assets that Le Zhan demanded, did he deserve it?

In short, he wanted the Xiao family, he also wanted the Zhong and Chi families, but forget about Le Zhan.

However, the cash he could mobilize right now wasn’t much.

If he could raise more funds, then his chances of taking the lion’s share of the Xiao family would be greater.

But who could help him raise such a large sum of money in such a short time?

Lin Gaolang instantly thought of a person.

Zhong Chi!

Thinking of Zhong Chi, he suddenly remembered the several calls Zhong Chi had made to him earlier.

He hurriedly took his phone and called Zhong Chi back.

But after several calls, Zhong Chi didn’t pick up.

Lin Gaolang’s heart skipped a beat.

He only assumed Zhong Chi was angry because he hadn’t answered his calls, plus he knew about his entangled affairs with Le Zhan.

He immediately strode towards the banquet hall.

Only unexpectedly, when he arrived at the banquet hall, he didn’t see Zhong Chi’s figure.

He asked several people, but they said Zhong Chi didn’t seem to have returned after going to the restroom.

Lin Gaolang immediately called Zhong Chi several times again.

Still no one answered.

Others’ expressions also changed: “Could something have happened?”

Just at this time, a passing waiter said: “Are you talking about Mr. Zhong?”

“I saw him earlier; he seemed to have gone towards the fifth floor.”

“Fifth floor?”

Lin Gaolang immediately lifted his foot and walked towards the elevator lobby.

Seeing this, others also followed one after another.

Seeing this scene, Le Zhan gave a look to the waiter who had just spoken.

The waiter nodded and immediately disappeared into the crowd.

Then he straightened his clothes and followed upstairs.

As soon as the elevator stopped, Lin Gaolang and the others rushed out directly: “Mr. Zhong?”

But no one responded.

Until someone said: “Huh, the door of the room ahead seems to be open—”

Seeing Lin Gaolang and the others striding towards that room, Le Zhan clenched his fists tightly.

The moment he had been anticipating most had finally arrived.

However, in the next second, he heard the person who rushed into that room first say: “Huh, there’s no one in the room?”

What?

The excitement and smugness in Le Zhan’s eyes froze instantly.

How could it be—

He jerked his head up, trying to look past the bodies of those people in front to see the scene inside the room clearly.

But Lin Gaolang and the others had already backed out of the room.

Obviously, Zhong Chi and Xiao Ruize indeed were not in that room.

Maybe they went to another room—

Right, they definitely went to another room.

Le Zhan forced himself to calm down.

Just at this time, someone’s phone suddenly rang.

The second after he answered the call, he exclaimed directly: “What did you say?”

“Mr. Zhong was drugged?”

“He’s at your hospital right now?”

Hearing this, Le Zhan’s expression froze completely.

Zhong Chi had already been sent to the hospital?

How was that possible?

How could his meticulously crafted plan go wrong?

Lin Gaolang’s face was even uglier than his.

Because he suddenly thought of something: could those two calls Zhong Chi made to him earlier be because Zhong Chi knew he was drugged and was asking him for help?

But because of Le Zhan, he didn’t answer his calls—

His image in Zhong Chi’s heart would definitely be affected because of this.

This was something he absolutely could not tolerate.

He had to do something!

Lin Gaolang immediately strode outwards: “We’re going to the hospital.”

“Don’t tell the Liu family about this for now.”

When Zhong Chi woke up, it was already the next morning.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Lin Gaolang sitting by his bed.

There were dark circles under his eyes, and he was still wearing the suit from last night, only many places had been pressed into wrinkles.

Seeing him wake up, Lin Gaolang hurriedly got up and walked to the bed: “You’re finally awake?”

“Do you know, you’ve been unconscious for a whole night.”

“How do you feel now?”

Zhong Chi: “Much better.”

Which meant Lin Gaolang had guarded here all night.

Thinking of this, Zhong Chi’s mood… didn’t seem to improve much.

Because for some reason, right now his mind was full of Xiao Ruize.

Firstly, because his memory had always been good.

The result was that what happened last night was rushing into his mind scene by scene.

He felt that he had lost all the face he had in this lifetime.

Secondly, because he hadn’t expected Xiao Ruize to extend a helping hand to him.

After all, he had always thought they were love rivals.

And before that, he had mistakenly thought it was Xiao Ruize who harmed him.

Thinking of this, Zhong Chi inevitably felt somewhat awkward and even guilty.

Zhong Chi felt he should do something.

For example, giving Lin Gaolang up to Xiao Ruize—

Zhong Chi’s hand, unconsciously hooking the bedsheet, stopped instantly.

This method seemed feasible.

After all, he and Lin Gaolang had just started and hadn’t developed any deep feelings yet.

But Xiao Ruize had obviously fallen for Lin Gaolang already.

Otherwise, knowing that the Lin family was a rival to the Xiao family, how could he still want to fight him for Lin Gaolang?

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Author’s Note:

Ao Ruize: Thanks wifey for sending over… hmm, trash, and one that’s going bald soon?

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