Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Useless At Everything

Hearing this name again after half a month, Du An Rao was also startled.

She suddenly remembered that the time she had predicted in the restaurant for Ye Meng Zhen’s brother to run into trouble seemed to be almost here. For her to call Du Yu Xi at this time, could it be…

As soon as Du Yu Xi finished asking, low sobbing came through the phone.

Du Yu Xi felt a bit helpless, but could only try her best to comfort her as she said: “How did you get my contact information? Okay, okay, don’t panic first, calm down a little. Yes, An An and I are both in City J right now. All right, I’m on XX Street at the moment. If you come from your side, it’s right on your way to us. That’s it then, see you in a bit.”

After hanging up, Du Yu Xi turned around and met Du An Rao’s curious gaze. Since this matter involved Du An Rao in the first place, she had never planned to hide it.

She explained: “That was Ye Meng Zhen. Her brother had a car accident.”

Now that her guess was confirmed, Du An Rao’s heart gave a hard thump.

[Didn’t I already remind Ye Meng Zhen that, for the next few days, she should not let her brother go out alone? How did he still end up in a car accident? Did she not tell him, or did he not take it seriously? Ah, this is trouble. I just hope he did not get hit as badly as in the original story.]

Du An Rao asked: “Then why is she calling you now…?”

“She is already so scared that she doesn’t know what to do. She bought a plane ticket home overnight, then got my contact information from one of our classmates. She hopes you can go to the hospital and see if her brother can still be saved.”

As Du Yu Xi said this, she seemed to think of something, and her face showed guilt: “Sorry, An An, I agreed to her request for you on my own without asking you first. She just got off the plane, and I guess she will come pick us up in a while.”

But Du An Rao did not care about this at all. She waved her hand and said: “It’s fine, it’s fine. I was already curious about how her brother is now. Since she invited us herself, going over to take a look is no big deal.”

Li Zhao Yang, however, was completely confused as he asked: “Who were you talking about just now? Ye Meng Zhen? That name sounds kind of familiar.”

Xi Jing Yue glanced at him and smoothly added: “The younger daughter of the Ye family.”

The Ye family and the Li family had a pretty good relationship. Otherwise they would never have let Ye Meng Zhen and Li Qian Xi get together.

It took Li Zhao Yang a few seconds to sort out the connections, then he sucked in a sharp breath and said: “Then her brother must be…”

“Ye Zhi Huan was in a car accident.”

“Mr. Xi, you know Ye Meng Zhen’s brother?” As soon as Du An Rao heard that name, she turned her head and looked at Xi Jing Yue.

A hidden smile flashed in Xi Jing Yue’s eyes as he nodded and said: “The Xi family and the Ye family have some business dealings. We know each other fairly well.”

It was just that the person who worked with him was actually Ye Zhi Huan’s father. His understanding of this young master of the Ye family was in fact not even as deep as that of the nearby Li Zhao Yang.

But this did not stop the clueless Du An Rao from being impressed by someone’s wide network of connections.

[Sure enough, the circle of rich bosses is small. No matter where you go, you can run into old acquaintances.]

The corners of Xi Jing Yue’s lips could not help lifting, but he still had to pretend to look very worried for Ye Zhi Huan as he asked: “He had a car accident? Is it serious? Which hospital is he in?”

Du An Rao turned to look at Du Yu Xi to ask, and Du Yu Xi’s doubtful gaze swept across Xi Jing Yue before she finally chose to answer honestly.

“She didn’t say, but she is very anxious, so it should be… kind of serious.”

“Then I’ll go with you to take a look. If something really happens, I can help take care of things.”

This suggestion from Xi Jing Yue was reasonable enough. For the moment, Du Yu Xi could not think of any good reason to refuse, so she could only agree.

She said: “Then call and ask which hospital Ye Zhi Huan is in. We can drive straight there and meet her at the hospital gate, so we don’t waste time.”

Du Yu Xi nodded and called Ye Meng Zhen again to get the address.

Just as the three of them sat down in the back seat, Li Zhao Yang squeezed himself into the passenger seat, grinning foolishly as he said: “I know that kid from the Ye family too. I’ll just hitch a ride with you and go see him.”

But compared to Xi Jing Yue’s reason, this one seemed pretty weak. At least, Du Yu Xi saw through his little plan with just one glance and looked at him with open dislike.

Sitting beside Du Yu Xi, Du An Rao covered her mouth, secretly laughing, once again acting as her sister’s voice.

[Useless at everything, number one at joining the fun.]

Xi Jing Yue almost burst out laughing: “Pft…”

Because she did not need to swing by to pick up the two sisters, the already anxious Ye Meng Zhen asked her driver to take a shortcut straight to the hospital.

The two cars arrived at the hospital doors almost one after the other. When Ye Meng Zhen pushed open the car door and got out, her legs were so weak she almost could not stand.

Seeing this, Du Yu Xi quickly went up to support her and asked: “Are you okay?”

“Thank you.” With her eyes red from crying, Ye Meng Zhen looked at the Du family sisters and, for a moment, did not know what to say.

Seeing how the proud, high-spirited young miss from half a month ago had turned into such a mess now, Du Yu Xi did not feel the least bit pleased. She only felt sorry for her.

She frowned slightly and took the initiative to ask: “Which room is your brother in? Is he badly hurt?”

“In 304. I don’t know how serious it is. My parents are hiding it from me and don’t dare let me know. I heard it from a friend.”

Du Yu Xi understood. Most likely, Ye Meng Zhen’s family had not told her the truth because they did not want her to worry.

But since her friend lived in the same city as her family, that friend heard some rumors first, then called to ask her about it. That was how this secret was accidentally revealed.

Du Yu Xi said as they walked: “Tell me while we walk. After that day, didn’t you tell your brother to stay home and not go out?”

“How could I not?” Ye Meng Zhen sniffed and said: “Since that day, I have been calling him every day to warn him.”

But she also knew her brother’s personality. Forcing him to stay home all the time would probably feel worse to him than killing him, so she could only keep repeating that whenever he went out he must bring family or friends along and absolutely could not go out alone.

She had never thought that something would still happen.

The group hurried up to the third floor. At that time, there was no one else in Ye Zhi Huan’s ward.

As soon as Ye Meng Zhen opened the door, she saw her brother lying on the bed, wrapped up like a mummy, not even sparing his head. His eyes were tightly closed, his face pale, as if he would sleep forever.

Grief rushed over her all at once. She threw herself forward and cried at the top of her lungs.

“Didn’t I tell you not to go out during this time? You just wouldn’t listen. Would staying at home a few more days really cost you your life? Wuu wuu, now look what happened. What are Dad and Mom supposed to do after this? What am I supposed to do after this? Brother… wuu wuu wuu…”

The anesthetic had just started working well enough for Ye Zhi Huan to finally get some proper sleep, but he was forced awake by his precious sister pressing down on him. His chest tightened and he started coughing hard.

Hearing the sound, Ye Meng Zhen was also shocked. Her crying stopped and she stared wide-eyed at Ye Zhi Huan: “Brother, you’re okay!”

He coughed and said hoarsely: “Cough, cough… I was fine, but with you pressing on me like this, I’m about to not be fine.”

Ye Meng Zhen froze, then finally noticed that her hands were still pressed on her brother’s chest. She hurriedly pulled them back, embarrassed.

Just as the awkwardness filled the room, a pair of startled voices suddenly came from outside the door. Father Ye and Mother Ye exclaimed: “Zhen Zhen, what are you doing here?”