Chapter 48

On the other side, the Santana car Su Yichen was riding in suddenly slammed on its brakes and stopped by the side of the road.

"What happened?!" Su Yichen asked with a grave expression.

The black driver raised a hand, rolled up all the windows, and said with a vigilant look: "Didn't you hear the gunfire? The road ahead has been blocked."

"Blocked?!"

Su Yichen's brow furrowed tightly, and he asked with a face full of anxiety: "What on earth is going on?!"

The black driver, however, was not in a hurry, as if he were already accustomed to such situations. He leisurely fished a cigarette out of his pocket and began to smoke it, unbothered. "Heh, need you ask? It must be that Kabango lot clashing with the government army. I heard that with the recent outbreak, almost no one in Kabango's army has been spared, and even Kabango himself has contracted the virus... These desperadoes are probably at their wit's end and want to have a final showdown with the government army."

As he spoke, he turned his head while smoking and gave Su Yichen a grin, "By the way, guest from afar, do you want one? It's said... that smoking helps kill the virus."

Su Yichen shook his hand in disgust.

"No need. So what do we do now? Should we take a detour?"

"A detour? Heh, there's only this one road going south in the whole of Suo; where do you want to detour to? We can only find a hotel nearby and stay put, and see when the blockade is lifted."

Su Yichen's heart sank: "Then when exactly will it be lifted?!"

"Heh, who knows! It could be a day or two, or it could be several months, or even a year or half a year. It's no use for you to be anxious; let's find a hotel first. If we go late, there won't even be a hotel left to stay in."

Su Yichen had no choice but to purse his lips and say, "Understood."

There happened to be a small town nearby; although it was already in ruins, the black driver still skillfully found a hotel. Although this hotel was very small and looked quite dilapidated, it was the only building in the whole town that still looked decent.

The car stopped in the open space in front of the hotel.

As soon as he got out of the car, Su Yichen saw several more cars driving into the open space; it seemed to be a convoy. Leading them was a luxurious bulletproof SUV. The door opened, and a handsome man stepped out from inside.

Su Yichen's eyes widened instantly:

"Shi Heng?!"

The person who arrived was none other than Shi Heng and Chu Yehan's convoy. Like Su Yichen, their group had also encountered the road blockade and had no choice but to temporarily check into this hotel. He had already been in a foul mood, but he hadn't expected to run into Su Yichen here, which only made him feel more stifled.

"What are you doing here?"

Without a word, Shi Heng stepped forward, grabbed Su Yichen by the collar, dragged him to the corner of the wall, and spoke with a body full of hostility.

"I am a doctor; of course, I am here to treat illnesses and save lives."

Su Yichen replied with a look of awe-inspiring righteousness.

"Heh, treat illnesses and save lives? Don't think I don't know what kind of ghost ideas you're harboring!" Shi Heng's large hand gripped Su Yichen's collar, his face revealing a murderous look as he said: "I'm telling you, even if my sister returns to the country, it's impossible for her to go with you! You fucking look in the mirror and see what kind of face you have!"

Su Yichen was being choked by Shi Heng, his face flushed and his breathing rapid, but he refused to show weakness and said:

"Shi Yi's own affairs are not for you to decide for her! You devil, you removed one of her kidneys, and you still have the nerve to lecture me here! How could Shi Yi have a brother like you!"

Just as Su Yichen and Shi Heng were confronting each other in the corner, Chu Yehan stood to the side, arms crossed, watching with ease.

At that moment, his sharp eyes caught sight of something square-shaped that seemed to have fallen near the door of Su Yichen's car.

He walked over to take a look; it was a notebook, and on it, the words "Shi Yi" were written in childish handwriting.

"Heh, the little cripple's diary?"

Chu Yehan gave an interested smile and then flipped open the diary.

He didn't read it carefully, just flipped through it sloppily from beginning to end, discovering that almost every page recorded the name "Brother Yichen." Those shy, bitter, and sweet thoughts undoubtedly showed that this "Brother Yichen" was the lover the young girl Shi Yi secretly admired in her heart.

And listening to the conversation between Shi Heng and that man just now, it was clear that the man had come to take Shi Yi away.

For some reason, an inexplicable sense of displeasure rose in Chu Yehan's heart.

He walked to the corner with his hands in his pockets, facing the man with delicate features and a scholarly temperament, a mocking smile tugging at the corners of his mouth:

"You are, Brother Yichen?"

Su Yichen had just been released by Shi Heng and was gasping for air. Seeing a sinister-looking stranger standing before him, holding Shi Yi's diary, he immediately said with vigilance: "And who are you? Give me back the diary!"

"My name is Chu Yehan. Let me formally introduce myself: the one who removed one of Shi Yi's kidneys was not Shi Heng, but yours truly." Chu Yehan said provocatively on purpose.

Shi Heng, standing to the side, changed his expression, "Chu Yehan, are you fucking crazy?!"

Hearing Chu Yehan's words, Su Yichen's brain gave a "buzz," and all the blood in his body rushed back into his head in an instant.

"What did you say? You were the one who removed Shi Yi's kidney?"

Su Yichen's eyes were bloodshot, his hands clenched into fists, and the next second, he lunged fiercely at Chu Yehan's cheek.

Chu Yehan easily pinched Su Yichen's thin, weak arm, curled his lips, and smiled:

"So what if I did? What, want to avenge your little lover?"

As he spoke, he took a step forward, leaned into Su Yichen's ear, and lowered his voice:

"Pretty boy, do you know that your little lover is a murderer? Heh, a mere kidney is getting off easy for her; what she killed was the young life of my sister!" Chu Yehan gritted his teeth and said word by word: "The little cripple can't go with you, because the debt she owes our Chu family hasn't been paid off yet."

Hearing this, Su Yichen only felt a bone-chilling cold rise from the bottom of his heart. So, the reason Xiao Yi had a kidney removed and suffered countless inhuman tortures was because she had been mistaken for a murderer by this devil!

But, Shi Yi clearly hadn't done anything.

Her imprisonment was a miscarriage of justice; she had been used by the Shi family to take the fall for someone else!

"Heh, Chu Yehan, is it?" Su Yichen suddenly curled his lips and burst into mocking laughter. His smile was so unbridled and so eerie.

"What are you laughing at?"

Chu Yehan felt a bit unnerved by the man's laughter; was this pretty boy fucking crazy?

"I'm laughing at how stupid you are!"

"I'm stupid? What the fuck do you mean?"

"Hahaha, for so many years, you've been led around by the nose by that bastard Shi Heng! You still think it was Shi Yi who killed your sister, and you think that fire at the banquet was really set by Shi Yi?"

A look of madness stained Su Yichen's eyes as he snatched the diary from Chu Yehan's hand and clutched it tightly to his chest.

"Su Yichen, shut your mouth!"

Shi Heng's expression changed abruptly; he punched Su Yichen hard in the face, trying to make him shut up.

Su Yichen was knocked staggering by the blow, but the next second he raised his head, wiped the corner of his mouth with indifference, as if he were prepared to perish together.

"The one who killed your sister was not Shi Yi at all." Su Yichen said to Chu Yehan with a face full of mockery:

"It was the Shi family's third daughter, Shi Xi."