Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Everything Returns to Its Rightful Place

"What features does the leader have?" Xu Ke asked, his eyes half-closed, his tone revealing little fluctuation.

"The leader is someone with dyed yellow hair, slightly slanted eyes, a scar on the brow bone about half an inch long, and a tattoo of a blue-eyed white tiger on his left arm, looks around six foot tall. Oh, right, he calls himself Brother Biao." The honest-looking worker replied while gesturing.

Xu Ke silently repeated it in his mind, ensuring he remembered everything before looking up and saying to the two workers, "I’ve noted everything you just said, but once Mengyao wakes up, please do me a favor and don’t tell her I was here." Xu Ke stood outside the corridor, watching Lin Mengyao lying on the hospital bed through the glass window.

"Why not? Aren’t you two a couple?" asked the straightforward man in confusion.

Knowing he still needed their help for what’s coming, Xu Ke half-jokingly said, "We had a fight and we’re in a cold war now. The doctor just advised that her emotions shouldn’t be agitated, and I’m afraid she’ll get upset seeing me and it might affect her condition."

Luckily, the two didn’t probe further and instead patted their chests, promising, "Don’t worry, we’ll keep this a secret for you."

"Alright, you two can rest a while. I’ll stay with her now, you can come over when she’s about to wake up."

The two nodded and found a spot to nap on the hospital’s long bench, while Xu Ke quietly walked in.

Lin Mengyao’s face, initially dirty, was cleaned, revealing her original appearance. Xu Ke, smelling of sweat and earth, didn’t sit on the bed but pulled a chair closer and silently observed Mengyao’s face.

She had lost a lot of weight, her wounded face looked pale and her lips were colorless, resembling a fragile porcelain doll that might break with a slight touch, causing Xu Ke’s heart to ache painfully, making it hard even to breathe.

Xu Ke’s gaze was filled with affection and pain as he greedily looked for a few moments before taking out his phone to call Xu Jie. The call connected swiftly, with Xu Jie answering almost as soon as it started ringing.

"Mr. Xu, any instructions?" Xu Jie asked from the other end.

Xu Ke glanced at Lin Mengyao on the bed, walked to the farthest corner of the room, and whispered, "Find someone called Brother Biao; he’s about six feet tall, with a half-inch scar on his brow bone, dyed yellow hair, and a blue-eyed white tiger tattoo on his left arm. Track down where their group is now and gather evidence of their crimes over the years; tell me where they are before dinner, and collect all evidence against them within three days. Use any method necessary, but this must be done." Xu Ke’s voice carried endless coldness, and Xu Jie wondered if it was her illusion, as she seemed to hear Xu Ke gritting his teeth as he spoke.

"Understood, I’ll get on it right away." After Xu Jie finished speaking, Xu Ke hung up, his gaze fell on Lin Mengyao’s bandaged head. He wanted to drag out Brother Biao and beat him, returning Mengyao’s pain tenfold a hundredfold, but for a thug like him, just that would be too easy; he had to make sure he spends the rest of his life repenting in prison.

Xu Ke stayed with Lin Mengyao in the hospital room all afternoon, until the time the doctor mentioned she’d wake approached, he left the room and let the two workers take over, "I’ve arranged for a special caregiver for Mengyao here. Thank you for bringing her to the hospital today, here is the advance for medical fees, the card has no password and can be directly used." Although Xu Ke was reluctant to leave Mengyao under the care of others, he knew why Mengyao moved out, and he didn’t want to upset her or cause any emotional distress, considering her current injury and the doctor’s warning against emotional shocks; he didn’t want to gamble with Mengyao’s health, so he had no choice but to hire a caregiver.

"It’s what we should do." The kindly man rubbed his freshly trimmed stubbly head and smiled.

"Thank you all the same." Xu Ke thanked the two men, "I’ll be staying nearby for the time being; if anything happens with Mengyao, I hope you can inform me immediately, including on the construction site. I don’t want something like today to happen again."

The two honest-looking men were startled by the sudden aura of Xu Ke, it took a moment before they reacted, nodding eagerly, "Absolutely."

Meanwhile, at the police station, Brother Biao and his crew were bailed out with money, each stretching and twisting with good spirits as if they were at home. Known to frequent the place, the station was almost like a second home.

Brother Biao stretched as he stepped out of the station, complaining with a face full of displeasure, "Damn, it was suffocating, what a gloomy place. Let’s go, dinner’s on me tonight," he declared with a wave.

"Aren’t we going to watch over the construction site?" someone murmured.

"Watch what? The woman from today got hit into the hospital with my bat, their leader is there too, without a head to guide them, what work can they do, you idiot!" Brother Biao smacked the younger guy’s head, making him stagger before laughing loudly, "Now, let’s go eat."

Soon the juniors chimed in, turning the police station’s entrance into a noisy market scene. noveldrama

"What’s all the noise, get moving if you’re leaving, or else come inside and stop loitering at the entrance," an old officer scolded with a police baton pointed at the gang, appearing strict yet not intimidating them; anyway, the police station’s a regular haunt for them, familiar enough not to be fazed anymore.

Strutting out, the thugs were unaware that a prison term was speedily heading in their direction.

Xu Jie’s efficiency proved swift; before dinner, she’d already tracked down the gang’s movements, sending their dinner location to Xu Ke.

Xu Ke’s face darkened further as he looked at the address. Mengyao still lay in the hospital bed, yet they leisurely dined—truly a bunch in need of a lesson, Xu Ke thought through gritted teeth.

After a brief goodbye to the two honest-faced men and asking them to contact him with any updates regarding Mengyao, Xu Ke headed straight for the restaurant where the gang was.