The two women chatted while Huang He and Bai Muchuan talked about work.

Once he got better in Xi City hospital, he gave Tian Danyue a call.

When Tian Danyue heard that he suffered heavy injuries, she wanted to come.

Huang He rejected that idea.

He told Tian Danyue that in order to save himself, he had to rescue a hostage. Since he did not commit any crime and was on friendly terms with Bai Muchuan, the police did not restrict him much. Thus, he got to enjoy a small amount of freedom.

Nonetheless, leaving the hospital was not possible at the moment. He had to cooperate with the police in the investigations. Although all medical insurance and necessities were available for his disposal, the police did not allow him to meet anyone casually since they would make multiple trips to his ward several times a day to inquire about the case.

Under such circumstances, it was definitely not convenient for Tian Danyue to appear.

She was a mature woman and knew Huang He was in a difficult situation. In addition, as Huang He was under police surveillance, she didn’t dare to do anything rash!

Bai Muchuan nodded when he heard that. “It’s been tough on you.”

Huang He was nonchalant about it. “It’s okay!”

Bai Muchuan glanced at Fang Yuanyuan and Xiang Wan from the corner of his eyes and took on a worried expression.

“You can decide what to do next. Are you able to pacify Fang Yuanyuan? Also, regarding Tian Danyue… does she believe you? If you can’t handle either of them, you can apply to terminate this mission!”

“Terminate? All my previous sufferings will be all for nothing!”

“Don’t let these ‘sunk costs’ interfere with your decision!”

“I won’t!” Huang He had a determined look on his face. “Yuanyuan is very understanding on this…”

Bai Muchuan kept quiet.

He glanced at him for a second, got up from his seat and patted his shoulder.

“Concentrate on getting well first, give yourself more time to consider.”

When he was preparing to leave, he received a call from Tu Liang.

Tu Liang said that there was a legal program interested in making a documentary about the 121 case. They wanted to interview someone from the police who were involved in the investigations. Hence, he needed to consult Bai Muchuan’s opinion.

“No!” Bai Muchuan immediately threw out the idea without a second thought.

“But…” Tu Liang sounded troubled. “It’s not easy to refuse them.”

If it was not easy to reject, that meant the program had people with some background.

Tu Liang, the butler of their team, was an especially dependable person.

When he said that it was not easy to refuse them, then he must have tried his best.

Bai Muchuan hesitated for a while before suddenly turning to Tang Yuanchu.

“Little Tang, there’s a program…”

“No, no, no, Boss, don’t look for me!” Tang Yuanchu noticed his gaze and quickly waved his hand. “I feel like being an online celebrity is worse than death already! I don’t want to face the public anymore…”

A man dreaded fame the same way a pig dreaded being fat!

Tang Yuanchu really couldn’t stand the internet after he became an online celebrity.

Especially when his name was being mentioned alongside Xie Wanwan, he felt that a demon might have cursed him since all kinds of verbal abuses were being hurled at him…

He was even surprised by how Xie Wanwan could stay calm and unaffected amidst the raging storm online…

“You don’t want to?” Bai Muchuan asked.

“Not interested!” Tang Yuanchu nodded then shook his head. “Yes, yes, yes, I don’t want to suffer a fate worse than death!”

Bai Muchuan patted his shoulders. Before he left, he made a remark.

“Death or suffer a fate worse than death. Choose one!”

What!

Tang Yuanchu replied, “… Then a fate worse than death!”

…

Bai Muchuan left.

Xiang Wan stayed behind. In less than half an hour’s time, there was a call from Xie Wanwan.

That call was looking for Tang Yuanchu.

“Where are you?”

Tang Yuanchu swiped a glance at Xiang Wan. He answered a little haltingly and his words were somewhat incoherent. “I’m with Huang He, to see how he was doing… And uh, Captain Bai and Teacher Xiang are back.”

When he mentioned Bai Muchuan, he sounded a little unnatural.

However, Xie Wanwan did not seem to mind at all. Her tone even indicated that she wasn’t particularly surprised by this.

When she arrived in Tang Yuanchu’s ward, the nurse told her that he was with a man and a woman.

Upon hearing that, Xie Wanwan had already guessed what was going on.

“So where are you?”

In the beginning, no visitors were allowed in Huang He’s ward. Currently, he was still a suspect under “protection”. During this stage, it was not convenient for Xie Wanwan to appear there…

Therefore, Tang Yuanchu gave Huang He a meaningful glance.

“Wait for me inside my ward. I’ll come back now!”

Xie Wanwan replied, “Okay.”

She hung up the call.

That was all she said.

She did not even ask how Bai Muchuan was doing.

Xiang Wan felt that Xie Wanwan knew what should be done and what not to do, most of the time. However, when her obstinacy kicks in… she could do silly things!

She got up from her seat. “I’ll go over with you!”

Tang Yuanchu waved his hand. “It’s alright. I can go back by myself—”

Xiang Wan raised an eyebrow. “You’re not worried that when she sees you like this… she’ll know that your injuries are actually not that serious?”

Tang Yuanchu was slightly embarrassed and replied with some hesitation.

“I believe that… she should have known.”

Alright!

Xiang Wan shrugged and smiled. “I want to see how she’s doing too!”

After that, she turned to Fang Yuanyuan. “I’ll be back in a while!”

Fang Yuanyuan nodded. “See you later, the role model of women!”

Xiang Wan was speechless after hearing what she had said. “…”

Was she complimenting her or what?

…

Actually, Fang Yuanyuan had misunderstood Xiang Wan.

Her willingness to keep in contact with Xie Wanwan was not that she wanted to boast her nobleness, pureness, and kindness. It was also not her intention to show her magnanimity in front of them.

It was simply because she held no personal grudge against Xie Wanwan.

Most of the time, she even felt that it was not easy for Xie Wanwan to have gone a long way and became who she was.

Xie Wanwan was sitting on one of the lounge chairs outside the ward. Her eyes were half-closed in a lazy manner with a lighted cigarette clamped between her fingertips.

When she saw Tang Yuanchu and Xiang Wan returning together, she paused for a while then she snuffed out the cigarette before getting up from her seat.

She did not greet them. Instead, she just looked at them with her bright, clear eyes. Her light make-up that day looked stunning as well. Her voice, however, had slight, distinctive hoarseness caused by the cigarette.

“Did you think really think you’re cool by doing this?”

She directly chided Tang Yuanchu, totally being impolite.

Tang Yuanchu replied, “Huh? Me, cool? How come I didn’t know?”

Xie Wanwan rolled her eyeballs. “Do you want really want to make a few rounds around the hospital so you can prove that your body is in tip-top condition?”

Tang Yuanchu scratched the back of his head. “Well, I’m alright… but aren’t your fans downstairs? I’m worried that they’ll kill me!”

Hmph! Xie Wanwan couldn’t be bothered with him. She looked at Xiang Wan.

“Just arrived in Xi City?”

“Yeah, a while.” Xiang Wan was calm and relaxed as she smiled at her.

“Oh, how’s the journey?”

“Not bad, at least it didn’t rain while we’re on the road.”

Xie Wanwan nodded. “I’m going back to Nanmu first thing in the morning!”

Eh? Xiang Wan was a little surprised. “You’re leaving?”

Xie Wanwan pursed her lips into a faint smile; there wasn’t much change in her expression.

“Yeah, I’m dragging down the progress of the film set. If I don’t rush back for the shoots, I might compensate them so much that I’ll lose my entire fortune!”

“…”

Didn’t Meng Chi value her a lot? Why would he actually make her compensate?

Of course, Xiang Wan should not be prying too much.

As soon as they arrived at Xi City, Xie Wanwan wanted to leave for Nanmu. Did she do that on purpose? Was she avoiding them?

After the incident at Vulture’s Mouth, Xie Wanwan did not really show her emotions.

Her pain and humiliation did not seem to be present.

She was still as beautiful and dazzling everywhere she went. Although there were a lot of hateful fans and unpleasant gossips circulating around her, this did not bother her. She just continued doing what she had to do. She walked with her back straight as if she had never been hurt…

Nevertheless, Xiang Wan felt that although her appearance indicated otherwise, she must have felt bothered inside.

All the craziness and struggles must have left a deep scar in her heart.

Otherwise, why did she feel the need to avoid them…

As well as… avoiding Bai Muchuan?