Chapter 319: The Ke Family Strikes Lin Shutong

Ke Zhongyu posted a Moments, which both dispelled outside rumors and announced that he is no longer single—a win‑win.

At this point, more important than whether the Ke Group CEO's car accident was serious is that the Ke Group has already welcomed its future female master.

Insiders' curiosity about who the woman in the photo is has peaked, but they also know Ke Zhongyu's thunderous methods and dare not leak the photos.

And the fact that Ke Zhongyu has a girlfriend is spreading like wildfire within the circle.

Xie Yongsi, who had been among the beauties, was startled into sitting up, asked several people one after another whether the CEO's having a girlfriend was real; everyone said it was, and Ke himself posted a Moments.

"Do you have a photo?" Xie Yongsi thought Ke Zhongyu's girlfriend was Jiang Lai.

"Who dares to screenshot Ke's Moments? Where did the photo come from? No photo, only know she's a black long straight‑haired girl."

Black long straight? That matches Jiang Lai's hair.

Xie Yongsi immediately called Shen Xun, wanting to tell him, brother Shen, but fearing to hurt him, hung up after two rings.

Shen Xun also had no time to answer.

She took Lin Shutong to the hospital, because Jiang Lai was unharmed, because she felt a bit guilty toward Lin Shutong.

She left after delivering him to the hospital.

Lin Shutong was also seriously injured, lying alone in the hospital, quietly staring at the ceiling, with no pain in his eyes, only hatred that Jiang Lai had escaped unscathed.

She didn't dare to keep a fixed schedule, each day swapping cars and shuttling along the regular route between the Ke Clan and Number Ten Courtyard on Yanping Road, only after much effort did she learn Jiang Lai's movements.

She learned she went to different restaurants, and finally chose Mujiang Tai.

She arrived early at the entrance of Mujiang Tai to wait.

Hungry, she waited for Jiang Lai to finish eating, waited for the Ke family to walk away, waited to see whether Ke Zhongyu would appear; after more than ten minutes with no one appearing, just as she was about to rush at Jiang Lai, something intervened and stopped her.

Why?

Why does Jiang Lai get into trouble, yet someone always comes to help her!

Just a little bit, just that little!

She was a hair's breadth from descending into hell, when a reckless Ke Zhongyu burst onto the scene.

The top‑tier aristocratic heir, the lofty ruler of the Ke Group, would so disregard his own life, risking everything to save Jiang Lai!

And her?

She gets into trouble, who will rescue her?

Her grandfather gets into trouble, who will rescue him?

To this day she has never seen her grandfather even once; he is not allowed any visits, locked in an airtight room, constantly interrogated.

Lin Shutong's tears keep falling; her grandfather is the only person in the world who truly loves her, and he is now unable to get back on his feet because of a denunciation letter from Jiang Lai.

Just when Lin Shutong thought that with Shen Xun's protection the case wouldn't be traced back to her, a man in his forties appeared in her ward early in the morning, claiming to be the Ke family's steward, surname Ke.

A steward who can bear the family's surname is no ordinary steward; he was cultivated by the Ke family since childhood, rarely appears, and his appearance signals a serious situation.

"Miss Lin, we have already contacted Professor Lin and Professor Ji, and have arranged to transfer you to Hexin Yiyuan; Mr. Ke and Ms. Nian are waiting for you there."

Lin Shutong's pupils contracted sharply, terror flashing in her eyes.

"W‑why?"

"Miss Lin, please understand, even if you rent a car under someone else's name, even if you wear a mask to hide your face, even if you flee amid the chaos, as long as the Ke family wishes, we can quickly trace it."

When the Young Master's accident occurred this time, the location data from the car was sent to the Ke family's security company White Tower; as the manager of White Tower, he already used technology to lock onto visible on‑site cameras and retrieve all information about the offending vehicle.

The Young Master usually has no bodyguards, but the safety of the Ke heir is White Tower's top priority.

When Mr. Ke's call reached him, he knew he should take the files over to handle the matter.

Lin Shutong's injuries were severe; any movement caused pain, but she could not care about it and insisted on refusing the transfer.

"You're keeping me under house arrest!"

"Miss Lin, you're joking, Hexin Yiyuan will not tamper with you; you are free to come and go."

"My car's brakes failed!"

"We know," the Ke Guanjia calmly transferred her to Hexin Yiyuan, handed the files to Mr. Ke and Ms. Nian, then said, "Whether the black sedan's brake failure was an accident or intentional, whether Lin Shutong knows, requires investigation time."

Ke Fu nodded, indicating the Ke Guanjia could return.

Ms. Nian said, "The police still need to be reported; handling this privately could get us labeled, so we'll proceed as a criminal case."

Ke Fu: "The criminal investigation team will arrive soon."

Ms. Nian looked toward Lin Shutong's ward, adjusted her shawl, walked in, and sat down.

"This isn't our first meeting."

Lin Shutong stared at the woman sitting eye‑to‑eye with her, clearly gentle and cultured, yet she gave Lin a suffocating feeling.

Perhaps that suffocation came from the former ruler of the Ke Clan standing behind her.

"The car you drove last night not only frightened my future daughter‑in‑law, but also injured my son, causing him to bleed; I think you should bear the corresponding responsibility."

"It wasn't intentional; the brakes just failed," Lin Shutong had already prepared an excuse, having spent these days preparing; even under the pressure of a powerful aristocratic family, she would hold firm and claim it was an accident.

Ms. Nian merely smiled: "You once colluded with Jiang Lai's ex‑husband to bully Jiang Lai; at that time we didn't know, we couldn't intervene, but now Jiang Lai is my son's beloved, the daughter‑in‑law both my husband and I acknowledge; you hurt her, you hurt my son, you're provoking the Ke Family, I don't know where you got such nerve and audacity."

"Did the Ji Family give you that? Ji Lao has fallen."

"Did Gu Zhiyan give you that? Gu Zhiyan now, apart from the surname Gu, is no different from being expelled from the Gu family."

"When you used your own status to oppress others, did you ever think there are higher heavens, people beyond people?"

Ms. Nian stood up: "I hope when you face the police later, you can confess your faults and seek leniency."

Ke Fu said gravely, "If you persist in your view and achieve flawless perfection, then you're welcome to rely solely on yourself to stand against the entire Ke Family in the years to come."

With that, Ms. Nian and Ke Fu left.

When aristocratic power strikes the common folk, it is nothing less than a dimensionality‑reduction attack.

Lin Shutong, when she decided last night to drive into Jiang Lai, even though she might suffer severe injury or death, felt no fear at that moment.

A fear unlike any before.

Cold crawled from the soles of the feet up to the back of the neck, like being strangled by a poisonous snake.

Lin Shutong swallowed a mouthful of saliva hard.

Before the police arrived, Lu Hongyuan's call came first, a burst of angry reproach: "What have you done again? I can't keep you here any longer, good luck."

Ding-dong.

Gu Yinxue's message popped up.

【My brother went to see you】