Ling Xiao looked at Ling Qingwan who was lying unconscious on the bed and muttered to himself.
Shen Chengzhou was so focused on Ling Qingwan's safety that he had no time to care about Ling Xiao. Only Madam Pu heard what he said.
Seeing Ling Xiao frowning and his eyes full of heartache when he looked at Ling Qingwan, Nanny Pu was frightened and carefully walked around Ling Xiao.
"Master, have you remembered anything?"
If it were an ordinary Ling Xiao, he would not care about Ling Qingwan's life or death. Madam Pu waited for Ling Xiao's answer with expectation.
Ling Xiao shook his head woodenly.
In fact, he didn't know why he felt sad when he saw Ling Qingwan injured.
Nanny Park was very disappointed, but she didn't say anything. She patted Ling Xiao on the shoulder and left.
Ling Qingwan was still in a coma. Shen Chengzhou stayed with her for a while and then left the room.
"Besides the injury on your left arm, did Wanwan have any other injuries?"
Walking to the center of the yard, Shen Chengzhou asked Hongshang.
He sent Hongshang and Luluo to Ling Qingwan to take care of them, so Shen Chengzhou was naturally aware of their strengths. Hongshang's martial arts and intelligence were not as good as Luluo's, but she was good at medicine, and ordinary injuries were not difficult for her.
Ling Qingwan had already contracted a lot of minor ailments due to overwork, so Shen Chengzhou felt more at ease with Hong Shang around.
"No." Hongshang answered truthfully. "I heard from Qiaoer that the young lady was chased by a mad dog and bitten on the arm, and the dog ran away. Therefore, the only and most serious injury on the young lady's body was the bite on her arm."
"Fortunately, I met a kind person who knows medicine and helped Miss treat the wound first. Now Miss just needs to rest well, and the wound will heal in time."
"Suddenly encountered a mad dog?" Shen Chengzhou's expression became more serious.
He had lived in the capital for decades, and had never seen a dog tied so loosely. As luck would have it, this dog would not bite anyone but Ling Qingwan.
"Let Luluo go with you to see what's going on." At last, he whispered to Hongshang.
Hong Chang knew without asking that Shen Chengzhou must have suspected that this matter was a fraud. She immediately agreed, and when Shen Chengzhou left the yard, she went to inform Lu Luo.
When Ling Qingwan woke up, it was already dark.
"hiss."
She subconsciously moved her left arm and touched the wound, gasping in pain.
"Miss!" Qiao'er had been guarding the room. When she heard the noise, she quickly walked around the screen, rushed to the bed, helped Ling Qingwan up, and sat down against the head of the bed.
"Is this the general's mansion?" Ling Qingwan looked around.
She was supposed to go back to Ling Mansion today, but unexpectedly an accident happened on the way, so she went back to the General's Mansion.
"Yes, Miss." Qiao'er replied. "You must be hungry, right? Rest for a while. I will ask the kitchen to prepare some food for you."
Having said that, Qiao'er was about to turn around and leave.
"Qiao'er." Ling Qingwan called out to Qiao'er.
She looked up and happened to meet Qiao'er's eyes. The candlelight in the room was bright, and Ling Qingwan could clearly see that Qiao'er's eyes were red and swollen around her eyes. It seemed that she had been crying for a long time.
"What's wrong, miss? Does your wound hurt?" Qiao'er asked Ling Qingwan in panic.
"It's okay." Ling Qingwan's lips curled up slightly. "When you go out, if you see Mingyue and Luoluo, ask them to come in."
Seeing the little girl's sad and self-blaming look, Ling Qingwan felt heartbroken.
It was not Qiao'er's fault. The dog was designed to bite her, and no one could stop it. Ling Qingwan knew it clearly.
Soon, Mingyue and the others arrived at the room. Including Ling Qingwan, there were four people in the room.
"Mingyue, go to the bookshelf and get the long box I put there." Ling Qingwan ordered Mingyue.
Then Ling Qingwan opened the box, took out the painting inside, unfolded it, and showed it to the three people.
"You guys should investigate this person separately and see if you can find out his background." Ling Qingwan said to several people.
This man is good-looking and can be recognized at a glance in a crowd. It shouldn't be that difficult to find out his whereabouts in the capital. The difficulty lies in finding out the man's true identity, where he came from, and why he is familiar with Ling Chuchu.
"Okay!" Mingyue, Luluo and Hongshang agreed.
"Miss, is this man the one that Qiao'er mentioned who saved you today?" Luluo suddenly asked Ling Qingwan.
"Yes." Ling Qingwan responded.
"General Shen sent me to investigate your injury during the day. I found that the dog was a stray dog that had been wandering around outside the city and had never left. But when I found it, it was lying at the door of an abandoned shop in the north of the city, already dead."
"Dead?" Ling Qingwan was surprised.
Dogs can't talk, let alone stray dogs, and they don't know how to recognize people. If there really was someone behind it, why bother killing the dog
"The dog had Houttuynia cordata in its body, which can cause animals to have temporary hallucinations, become emotionally agitated, and is highly toxic." Luluo told Ling Qingwan. "I guess someone must have fed the dog Houttuynia cordata in an attempt to pass the poison to you. As for why there is no Houttuynia cordata toxin in your wound, it must be because the man in your painting cleaned it up for you."
"Someone actually wants to poison the young lady! Isn't this just wanting the young lady to die?" After hearing Luoluo's words, Mingyue was both angry and anxious.
Ling Qingwan was in a very calm mood.
It was normal for someone to want her life, she was used to it. Ling Qingwan now just wanted to know who wanted her life, and who the man in the painting was.
"In that case, he is still my savior." Ling Qingwan chuckled.
"Miss, there is one more thing." Hong Chang said.
"Hmm?" Ling Qingwan became interested.
"Someone from the Ling Mansion came an hour ago to take the Madam back home." Hong Shang replied.
Ling Qingwan was stunned, and after thinking about it, she found this matter more and more interesting.
"Not to mention that my mother has been back to the General's Mansion for so long, no one in the Ling Mansion has ever cared about her. When she was in the Ling Mansion, the old lady and my father didn't pay much attention to my mother. Sending someone to urge my mother to go back at this time, I guess it was the old lady's intention, right?"
"It should be. Without the old lady's order, no one else in the mansion would dare to invite her." Hong Chang agreed.
"Then what? What did my mother say?" Ling Qingwan continued to ask.
"That person told Madam that the mansion needed her and asked her to go back to take care of the affairs. Madam almost agreed, but General Shen disagreed and drove the person away." Hong Shang told Ling Qingwan truthfully.
Ling Qingwan knew that as long as Shen Chengzhou was there, he would protect Ling Shen.
"Don't worry about this for now. If the old lady is willing to let my mother go back, she will come to ask me again in the next few days. I can also see what she wants to do. The most important thing for you now is to find out the identity of the person in the portrait."
Ling Qingwan was fully aware of Madam Ling's thoughts, and it was not worth it for her three capable men to handle them. As for the mysterious man, Ling Qingwan was becoming more and more curious about him.