Chapter 126: Cause of the Accident

Ling Feng said, "They are all in this hospital too, just on different floors. Grandpa Han's condition is very bad right now and he cannot be stimulated any further. Mother Han fainted once but has already woken up. She came by once, but hasn't said a single word since. Father Han is keeping her company."

Bai Shuruo said, "Then, then I'll go see Mother first."

Ye Caiyue was on the floor below; in order to be closer to Han Yangting, she had booked out the entire floor of VIP rooms.

She sat silently on the bed, while Han Dongbei was by her side, serving tea and water, but Ye Caiyue ignored him completely.

"Ayue, it won't do for you to go without food and drink like this. Don't let it be that when our son wakes up, you yourself have collapsed."

Ye Caiyue remained indifferent.

"But what is the point of torturing yourself like this? The car accident wasn't caused by you, everyone knows that. You love him more than anyone in the world..."

Perhaps because Han Dongbei's persuasion had become annoying, Ye Caiyue suddenly grabbed the cup he was handing her and smashed it hard against the floor: "That's right, I care about my son more than anyone else, no one cares about him more than I do. I gave birth to him and raised him, watching him grow up from a child, unlike you. You have never managed him, so you will never understand this feeling of being about to lose a child. Get out! If my son doesn't wake up, don't you ever appear in front of me again!"

Han Dongbei was left speechless by the shouting.

It was true, he had never spent time with Han Yangting, which was why after Han Yangting's accident, he was the only one who hadn't fainted.

Not only did he not faint, he was as rational as an outsider.

But, if he also collapsed, then who would be left for this family?

Just as Han Dongbei was feeling frustrated, Bai Shuruo arrived.

"Father, Mother." As Bai Shuruo entered, she saw the mess all over the floor.

Ye Caiyue glanced at Bai Shuruo, and her expression improved slightly.

But not by much.

The more Bai Shuruo was here, the more she missed her son.

Bai Shuruo walked up to Ye Caiyue, hugged her, and then the two women cried in each other's arms.

Seeing this, Han Dongbei actually let out a sigh of relief; it was better for them to be able to cry. If they had just kept everything bottled up, that would have been serious.

He didn't mind being shunned, and just silently went out to call a cleaner to come and tidy up the room.

Ling Feng and Bai Shunan also went in to offer some comfort.

Ling Feng was a friend of Han Yangting, whom Ye Caiyue recognized, but Ye Caiyue did not know Bai Shunan. After learning she was Bai Shuruo's older sister, her expression improved quite a bit more.

Perhaps due to the comfort and company of the young people, Ye Caiyue spoke a few more words.

But the atmosphere remained very heavy.

Han Dongbei didn't mind being shunned; no matter how much Ye Caiyue rejected him, he still had to bite the bullet and take care of her.

He had a table of food sent from home, set it on the round table in the room, and invited everyone to come and eat together.

"Ayue, the children have traveled such a long way to get here, why not have a meal with them? I know you have no appetite and don't want to eat, but if you don't eat, the younger ones will feel embarrassed to eat. What I mean is, you, you should eat a little."

Han Dongbei's tone was cautious.

If only the two of them were there, Ye Caiyue certainly wouldn't want to eat, but with the juniors present and the food already served, she had no choice but to eat.

In the evening, Ling Feng and Bai Shunan left the hospital.

Ling Feng had a car waiting at the hospital entrance. After getting in, Bai Shunan leaned back powerlessly against the seat, resting her chin on her hand in deep thought.

Ling Feng took a bottle of sparkling water from the car, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to her, "Drink some cold water."

Bai Shunan took it, tilted her head back to take several gulps, and then screwed the cap back on.

Ling Feng said, "Life is truly unpredictable. I always felt that Han Yangting was an incredibly awesome person, but I never expected him to encounter something like this."

Bai Shunan asked, "Everything was fine, so how did a car accident happen? Whose responsibility is it?"

"I haven't looked into that yet. I saw that the Han family members were all devastated, so I didn't have the heart to ask. However, Ali should know; I'll ask him in a moment. We must get to the bottom of the cause."

Bai Shunan said, "It must be investigated clearly."

Ling Feng said to Bai Shunan again, "You've been rushing around for so long now, and the Han family isn't in a position to host you at the moment. Why don't you come home with me first?"

Bai Shunan shook her head: "I'll stay at a hotel."

"You've already come all this way, why stay at a hotel? It's not like my house doesn't have any rooms."

"It's a custom in Fengcheng. My brother-in-law has had such a major incident, so I cannot stay at someone else's house, otherwise, it will bring bad luck to your family."

"Where did that saying come from? Beishi doesn't have such customs. Besides, your sister is already married; she is a member of the Han family, so you staying at my house has nothing to do with that."

Bai Shunan still shook her head: "If I go to your house, I'll have to deal with your family members, and after all the pleasantries, time will have passed. It's more convenient for me to stay at a hotel. You should also get some rest early. If you have time, remember to look into the specific cause of the car accident. My sister is a person without much guile, I'm just afraid she'll be deceived by others."

"Alright then." Ling Feng didn't insist anymore. He had the driver drive and take Bai Shunan to a hotel near his home.

Bai Shuruo stayed at the hospital today, next door to Ye Caiyue.

The ICU had strict visiting hours, so she could only wait here, waiting for news of Han Yangting at any time.

Night fell, and she stared blankly at the ceiling all by herself, her mind filled with Han Yangting.

She had always thought that when she returned this time, she would still be able to throw herself into his warm embrace and act spoiled; she had only just started learning how to act spoiled, after all.

As she thought about it, tears flowed down again.

Han Dongbei had originally been waiting on Ye Caiyue hand and foot, but now that Bai Shuruo had arrived, he had one more person to serve. He brought some drinks, bread, and desserts for Bai Shuruo and told her to eat some.

Bai Shuruo naturally had no appetite.

She wiped away her tears and then asked Han Dongbei: "Father, this car accident... what is the specific cause?"

Han Dongbei said: "It was just that a truck's brakes failed and it crashed into them. The driver didn't dodge in time, and the car flipped over. Yangting was sitting in the back row, and at the time he was still replying to emails and wasn't wearing a seatbelt, so..."

Bai Shuruo nodded.

This was indeed a common type of traffic accident.

But Han Yangting's status and financial resources were not ordinary, so Bai Shuruo still kept a wary eye: "The driver wasn't instigated by anyone, right?"

"The driver who caused the accident didn't flee either; he has already been detained, and nothing can be asked out of him."

Bai Shuruo wiped a tear, thinking to herself, is this the fate of Brother Han?

He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, noble beyond compare for the first thirty years of his life, and possessed of brilliant talent—was he a genius envied by the heavens?

……

At the detention center, Ali sat with his legs crossed in the visitation room, waiting for Li Meng to come out.

Li Meng was the driver who caused this car accident.

Because it constituted an accident and the family of the victim refused to settle privately, he had no choice but to wait here.

Today, Li Meng had already been interrogated several rounds.

When he saw Ali, he was stunned for a moment.

This Ali was not wearing a uniform, but was dressed in denim from head to toe, looking like a rough man with a strong air of the underworld.