Chapter 37: Clues to the Truth of the Past

Shi Heng's heart sank abruptly, "What did you say? Shi Yi was lying on the floor back then, vomiting... a lot of blood?"

Zhang Ma nodded silently.

"Yes, at that time I wanted to take the Second Miss to the hospital, but the Second Miss refused, saying she had just drunk some alcohol, which caused the gastric bleeding, and told me not to worry. She also asked me to buy some medicine for her... She also said not to tell you all about this. But now, the Second Miss has left this home, and I, an old woman, have nothing to worry about anymore, so today, I told you about this. Young Master, all these years, the Second Miss has really had it too hard! Look at what her body has been ruined into!"

Zhang Ma's words were like silver needles piercing into Shi Heng's heart. He gritted his teeth and said:

"What day did this happen?"

"It was June 12th."

Shi Heng clearly remembered that on June 11th, the night before, Shi Zhenyuan had kicked Shi Yi hard in the chest. At that time, her face had turned deathly pale, and she had almost been unable to stand up.

But the matter shouldn't be that simple... Why would she go drinking alone?

No, she must have encountered something else! Otherwise, she couldn't have dragged such an exhausted body home with such a desperate look.

So... Shi Yi was missing a kidney, and her body had been tortured into such a state; everything had long had traces to follow.

It was just a pity that he had never paid attention to her or cared about her.

Thinking of Shi Yi lying alone and lonely on the cold floor, the blood from her mouth winding down, the warmth of life disappearing bit by bit... Shi Heng felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

No matter what, Shi Yi was his own sister!

"I know..."

Shi Heng took a deep breath, trying to calm his breathing, and then said: "Zhang Ma, is there anything else you're hiding from me?"

Seeing Shi Heng's painful expression, Zhang Ma felt a little relieved. It seemed that the Young Master was the only person in this family who still had some humanity left.

So, she gathered her courage and said:

"There is nothing else to hide from you. However... there is one more thing I am very suspicious of..."

"Speak."

"It's about the incident where the Second Miss used a laser pointer to injure the Third Miss's eyes back then. Young Master, based on my understanding of the Second Miss, she would absolutely never do such a thing! Even if she liked to be mischievous back then, she was already 7 years old and had a sense of propriety in doing things. She also usually cherished the Third Miss and liked her too much to have time for anything else; it's impossible for her to have done such a thing! Moreover, moreover..."

"Moreover what?"

"Moreover, that laser pointer toy was a gift from the Madam. The Second Miss usually cherished it very much and couldn't bear to take it out to play, so how could she..."

Shi Heng's heart skipped a beat. That laser pointer was a gift from Liu Wanxin to Shi Yi?!

"What exactly happened that day?!"

Shi Heng's sword-like brows furrowed tightly as he looked up at Zhang Ma.

On the evening the incident happened back then, he was in class at school and didn't know the specific situation.

By the time he rushed to the hospital, Shi Xi's eyes were already blind, and Shi Yi was terrified to the point of incoherence, curled up in the corner of the hospital wall trembling. And that laser pointer had been smashed to pieces; it couldn't be found even if they looked for it. The doctor said Shi Xi's blindness was caused by retinal burns and pupil rupture, which was irreversible.

"Sigh, that day... I really don't know what happened specifically. I was cooking in the kitchen at the time!" Zhang Ma said with a helpless expression, "If I really knew something, I would have stood up and said it long ago; I would absolutely not have let the Second Miss suffer such grievances for so many years! However... I do know one person who is very likely to know something. If you really want to know the truth of the past, Young Master, you might as well look for her."

Shi Heng's expression turned stern, "Who is it?"

"It's the Third Miss's nanny at the time, Auntie Ye."

"You mean, Ye Jing?"

"That's her. That incident happened in the garden, and only Auntie Ye was by the Third Miss's side, so she must know something. However, after such a thing happened, she knew she couldn't shirk the responsibility, so she packed her things and ran away that very night, and there has been no trace of her since... Sigh, she ran away herself, but let a child bear such a huge mistake; it's truly a sin..."

Hearing Zhang Ma's words, Shi Heng's expression sank bit by bit.

"I know."

Finally, he stood up and left Shi Yi's room.

Shi Heng didn't stay at home for too long and soon returned to his black Maybach, then made a phone call to Sun Mishu.

"President Shi, is there something wrong so late?" Sun Mishu's familiar voice came over the phone.

"Sun, help me investigate a woman named Jing. She should be in her 50s, from Guangfu, and once worked in Lanwan as a nanny for the Shi family."

Shi Heng only gave some basic information, but for the Shi Group, which mastered big data resources, this was already enough.

Finding this Ye Jing was actually easy for people of the Shi family. But for so many years, Liu Wanxin and Shi Zhenyuan had never looked for her, which could only mean that the truth of the past was not what he, Shi Heng, had thought.

They were deliberately hiding something!

"Okay, President Shi." Sun Mishu agreed readily.

On the other side, at the Lanwan City People's Hospital, the International Medical Department office was brightly lit.

"Director Ni, I request to apply for the next batch of the medical team to the Sozali Republic to serve as an international doctor."

Ni Xia put down the application form in her hand and pursed her lips helplessly.

"Dr. Su, stop messing around. The medical team to Sozali is not a game."

Su Yichen's expression was serious and earnest, his eyes flashing with determined light:

"Director Ni, I'm not messing around! I really want to apply to join the medical team to Sozali and be a doctor who saves lives!"

"Dr. Su, to tell you the truth, the doctors we recruit for the Sozali medical team are actually those who can't make it in the country, such as those who have had medical accidents, been complained about by patients, or have truly poor family conditions and are in urgent need of money. With Dr. Su's excellent conditions, staying in the hospital makes you a top talent with a limitless future. Why go to that poor and backward place of Sozali to suffer?"

Su Yichen turned his head, looked at the pitch-black night sky outside the window, and said in a heavy tone:

"Director Ni, I know you might not understand my actions, but I have a reason that I must go..."

Ni Xia smiled in her heart. In fact, she had long seen through Su Yichen's thoughts.

"Is it because of... Shi Yi?"

A look of surprise appeared on Su Yichen's face, "Director Ni, you... already know?"

Ni Xia crossed her arms and watched Su Yichen with ease, not speaking.

After a long while, she suddenly sighed, then opened the drawer and took out a stack of documents:

"Dr. Su, I can let you join the Sozali medical team, but I have a condition..."

"What condition?"

Ni Xia placed the document on the table. Su Yichen looked closely; it was Shi Yi's medical examination report.

"You've already seen this medical report, right? This is the child's true medical report. Heh, she lied to me... So..."

"You must help me bring Shi Yi back, safe, sound, and healthy." ===== CHAPTER 38 =====