He Xian left in a hurry, and told Lin Sitao to go to bed first and not wait for him. He promised to contact Lin Sitao immediately if anything happened.
Before leaving, he said to Lin Sitao, "Don't worry too much. It's a matter between He Yan and the Cheng family."
Lin Sitao tossed and turned in bed for most of the night and only fell into a drowsy sleep in the early hours of the morning.
The day was still sunny. Lin Sitao quickly browsed the domestic news in the morning. There was nothing special in the morning news. There was no news of anyone being arrested.
Then he realized that the news might not leak out so quickly.
Just as he was standing there, hesitating whether to call Ding Shengguang or Secretary Bai, He Xian called.
He didn't say anything, just reported to Lin Sitao that he was safe.
"I'm fine and my family is fine. I'm staying at my dad's house tonight." He didn't say a word extra.
Lin Sitao asked him, "Is it serious?" He didn't care about anyone else, as long as He Xian was okay.
He Xianfang seemed to be able to hear his inner voice. He said in a steady voice, "I'm fine. Don't worry. I'm fine."
He paused and said, "Let's talk about it when we meet."
Lin Sitao arrived at the design institute earlier than usual today. As soon as he arrived, he heard the young girl at the front desk whispering about this morning's gossip.
"What a surprise, Lian Yuan is dead."
Lin Sitao was startled: "Who died?"
The receptionist told him: "Lian Yuan, that actor! He was in a car accident last night. It was horrible. The pictures are all out online."
Lin Sitao is not keen on the entertainment industry. He is not familiar with the actor Lian Yuan, but he always feels that he seems to have heard of this name in other places.
Hearing this kind of thing early in the morning will only make you feel more depressed.
It was not until the lunch break at noon that Lin Sitao suddenly remembered where he had heard of Lian Yuan.
He typed Lian Yuan and Cheng Duoduo on the Internet, and many photos of Cheng Duoduo and Lian Yuan popped up immediately. Although Cheng Duoduo always said that she and Lian Yuan were just ordinary friends, there were many people on the Internet saying that they had been in a relationship.
Now Lian Yuan is dead. Cheng Duoduo is both the daughter of the Cheng family and the daughter-in-law of the He family. Lin Sitao wondered if He Xian being called home in the middle of the night was related to this incident.
If it was just that Cheng Duoduo's ex-boyfriend died accidentally, this matter might not alarm the He family, but they are afraid that it will involve something worse.
For a moment, many scary movie plots flashed through Lin Sitao's mind.
But he could only endure it.
As soon as he got off work in the afternoon, he went straight home—to his own rental house. At about one in the morning, he heard the sound of keys opening the door, and he ran out of bed.
He Xian opened the door and he hugged He Xian.
"I'm frozen." He Xian hugged him and murmured.
He was afraid that Lin Sitao would be anxious, so he came back as there was nothing to do there for the time being.
Seeing that he was not in good spirits, Lin Sitao took a thermometer to take his temperature and found that he still had a low fever.
"What are you having for dinner?" Lin Sitao asked him.
He Xian couldn't remember it all of a sudden. He shook his head and said, "I just ate something."
Lin Sitao made him some quick-frozen dumplings. He Xian took a shower and ate the dumplings while talking to Lin Sitao about the general situation.
"He Yan had a car accident last night."
As soon as He Xian opened his mouth, Lin Sitao thought of the incident with Lian Yuan.
"Could it be Lian Yuan?" he asked.
He Xian said, "You also saw Lian Yuan's car accident? That's the one. He Yan was also in the car, but Lian Yuan was driving and He Yan was sitting in the back seat. He was seriously injured, but luckily his life was not in danger."
"The car accident happened at 10:40 pm. Someone saw the two people arguing before they got in the car, but then they got in the car together and left."
Lin Sitao was confused: "What's going on?"
He Xian said: "Only He Yan himself knows the dispute between them. But the car accident has been confirmed. It must have been caused by Lian Yuan - he was drunk. He Yan was also drunk. Fortunately, there are dashcams and intersection surveillance."
He was silent for a moment before he said, "The trouble is with Lian Yuan and the Cheng family, as well as other dealings."
Lin Sitao asked: "Is it related to money?"
He Xian nodded: "It's a pretty big number."
There are only a few types of interpersonal relationships. If they are not related to matters between men and women, then they are economic transactions involving money. Lian Yuan died suddenly, and the Cheng family was in a hurry to clean up the mess, so there were inevitably loopholes.
He Xian took the medicine and lay down on the bed. He was so sleepy that he fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
"He Yan still doesn't know what to do..." he murmured.
Lin Sitao stroked his hair and kissed his forehead gently.
At first, the He family was very mysterious in his mind, but after being with He Xian, he found that the mystery was actually meaningless.
He Yan has regained consciousness in the hospital.
Cheng Duoduo hadn't slept all night. When He Yan opened his eyes, he saw that she looked exhausted and her makeup was off. She rarely looked so disheveled.
The couple looked at each other, and Cheng Duoduo said softly, "Lian Yuan is dead."
He Yan didn't even blink. He knew there was nothing between Cheng Duoduo and Lian Yuan - the ambiguity was all a cover.
He wanted to say that he almost died - at the moment of the car accident, he really thought he was going to die. At that moment, all the memories and regrets exploded in his mind like an explosion.
At that moment, he only called out one name in his heart, but Cheng Duoduo couldn't hear it.
He said, "Is this time I finally finished?" He said with a smile.
Cheng Duoduo couldn't laugh, but she couldn't blame He Yan. He Yan had always advised her to stay out of the Cheng family's affairs, but she couldn't. She had to be a good daughter of the Cheng family.
"He Yan," she said gently, "families like ours are either advancing or retreating - in fact, who in this world is not like that? If you just wanted to live a peaceful and stable life with your friends, why did you marry me?"
She looked at He Yan and said, "Don't learn from your elder brother."
He Yan felt that what she said was exactly the same as Sheng Qiuhua's.
He Yan stayed in the hospital for a week and went home to recuperate after the operation. Lian Yuan's death had gradually faded away, and there was no shortage of news in the entertainment industry every day.
But the Cheng family's affairs are still a bit tricky.
On the weekend, He Xian went to visit his grandfather He Zhongcheng again. He Zhongcheng called him and asked him to come over.
The family was very peaceful. He Zhongcheng was busy with his memoirs recently. His secretary recorded a 90-minute conversation with him every morning, and then compiled the content for him to review and revise. This cycle repeated.
When He Xian arrived, He Zhongcheng had just finished recording today's ninety minutes.
He Zhongcheng stood up and went for a walk in the garden with He Xian.
They talked about He Yan's car accident and the Cheng family's affairs. He Zhongcheng said, "Don't worry about He Yan and the Cheng family's affairs in the future. If there is any problem, let your father and He Yan handle it themselves."
He Xian said: "But..."
He Zhongcheng interrupted him: "No buts."