Chapter 1250: Qi Heng's Counterproductive Scheme

"It doesn't hurt, I'm going to go see Ranran."

He wouldn't be at ease without seeing her; he was afraid his mother was fooling him.

Since she said she was fine, why hadn't she woken up yet?

Ma Ling'er couldn't win against him; a mother knows her own son better than anyone.

So, she had a nurse bring a wheelchair and pushed him to go see.

Shi Ran's Hospital Ward.

Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan were both there.

The couple was keeping their daughter company, and they hadn't relaxed their efforts in tracking down the culprit either.

Everyone currently believed that the assassin had come for Shi Ran.

Ma Ling'er pushed the wheelchair in, and Shi Youxuan asked in surprise, "Why aren't you resting properly in your hospital bed? What are you doing here?"

Before her son could speak, Ma Ling'er interjected, "Look, he's just not at ease, he insisted I push him over here. If I hadn't agreed, I reckon he would have crawled over here himself."

"Mom—"

He drew out the sound, stopping his mother from continuing.

Even if it were the truth, it was quite embarrassing to have such things said out loud.

"Quick, come over here."

Shi Youxuan took the wheelchair from Ma Ling'er's hands, personally pushed him to their daughter's hospital bed, and gave up the best spot to him.

"Thanks to Qitian, if it weren't for him saving our Ranran..."

He interrupted Shi Youxuan: "It's not like that, Auntie. The assassin was aiming for me; it was Ranran who saved me."

Shi Youxuan:...

It wasn't just her who was confused; no one else knew what was going on either.

Everyone was waiting for him to explain, but he stopped talking, just staring at Shi Ran without even blinking.

"Speak up, what's going on?"

He used his index finger to make a shushing gesture against his lips: "Shh! Keep your voices down, Ranran is still sleeping."

Sheng Hanyu stood up and waved at the two women, so the three of them went out, leaving the Hospital Ward to Yun Qitian and Shi Ran.

The hallway.

Ma Ling'er said, "What is going on? Tian said the assassin was aiming for him? Our family hasn't offended anyone, who would want..."

"... my son's life?"

If anything were to happen to her son, she wouldn't want to live either.

Sheng Hanyu's expression was very grim; he didn't speak, but Shi Youxuan only had to look at his face to know that her husband knew the answer.

She had guessed it too.

Ma Ling'er wasn't an outsider, and besides, she had the right to know the truth.

She asked her husband, "Do you suspect Qi Heng?"

Her husband hadn't intended to say it in front of Ma Ling'er, but since his wife had already pointed it out, he didn't hide it and nodded: "Yes, it's definitely him. It couldn't be anyone else."

"Qi Heng? I will definitely not let him off!" Ma Ling'er said fiercely, but aside from being fierce, she actually had no other way.

The Yun Family couldn't do anything about Qi Heng for the time being, but they could put pressure on the country to track down the assassin.

The sharpshooter fled to the place where he had disembarked, but he waited on the shore for a whole day without seeing a shadow of the boat captain.

He couldn't keep waiting; he had to leave here immediately.

In the last few hours, the number of police officers at the seaside had clearly increased.

They must be looking for him; he knew in his heart that after such a big incident, given the influence of the Yun Family and the Sheng Family in Jiangzhou, they wouldn't let it go.

In the end, he abandoned his beloved gun and boarded a smuggling boat to leave Jiangzhou!

When the boat reached international waters, he was safe for the moment.

Yet, the more the sharpshooter thought about it, the more unwilling he felt. Why?

Why should he just leave like a stray dog?

It wasn't that he couldn't leave like this, but he would definitely be severely reprimanded by Liu Min upon returning.

He wasn't afraid of being reprimanded, but the key was that he had thumped his chest and made grand promises when he left L Country.

Now, not only had he failed to kill Yun Qitian, he hadn't even hurt a single hair on his head.

How could he have the face to go back like this?

He was a man who cared about his reputation; a scholar can be killed but not humiliated.

If he went back like this, he would definitely be reprimanded and mocked, and his companions would also be dragged down by him... No, he absolutely could not let such a thing happen.

"Boss, turn back!" The sharpshooter made up his mind and ordered the boat captain.

"What did you say? Turn back?"

This was the first time the boat captain had ever heard such a reasonable request.

"Turning back is fine, but the ticket money won't be refunded."

"No problem."

Since the patron didn't care about money, the boat captain didn't mind either. Just taking a trip out to international waters and coming back earned the same amount of money, so why not?

And so, they turned back.

The hospital.

Shi Ran woke up.

The person she saw when she opened her eyes was Yun Qitian, and she immediately shed tears of excitement: "Qi Tian, you're alright? It's so good that you're alright."

"I'm alright, we're both alright. Ranran, it's thanks to your quick reaction, otherwise you'd only be able to shed tears at my photo right now..."

Shi Ran was amused by him and let out a "puchi" laugh.

A moment later, she chided him: "What time is it, and you can still crack jokes? You're really carefree."

Yun Qitian thought to himself, I'm not carefree; my heart is only small enough to hold one person!

But he couldn't say his inner thoughts out loud; he had never put pressure on Shi Ran, and that was true in the past, it is true now, and it will be true in the future.

The two chatted for a while longer, then Shi Ran suddenly asked: "Who wanted to kill us?"

Yun Qitian: "It wasn't to kill us, it was to kill me."

"The police judged from the position where the bullet entered that it was aimed at my head."

After he finished speaking, he regretted it, blaming himself for talking too much.

But the words were already out; spilled water cannot be gathered, and they couldn't be taken back.

Shi Ran was so smart that she immediately thought of who the mastermind behind the scenes was, and her expression suddenly turned very ugly.

Yun Qitian comforted her: "Ranran, don't take this matter too much to heart. It can be considered human nature, after all. It's fine; they say that if you survive a great disaster, you're bound to have good fortune later. My good fortune is still to come."

Shi Ran:...

She was shocked by Yun Qitian's optimistic attitude.

This was exactly what she lacked; being with him always made her feel relaxed and happy.

"Qi Tian, marry me, will you?"

She suddenly blurted out.

Now it was Yun Qitian's turn to be astonished!

He reached out to touch Shi Ran's forehead: "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

Shi Ran was angry and brushed his hand away: "Cut it out, you said the same thing last time. Isn't it annoying to say the same thing twice? Give me a straight answer, yes or no?"

Yun Qitian was about to speak when she warned him: "This is the last time I'm proposing to you. There won't be a third time. Keep all your excuses to yourself; just tell me yes or no?"

He: "If I say no, you'll turn around and find someone else to marry, right?"

He still understood her; after all, they had grown up together, and he hadn't just started paying attention to her a day or two ago.

"Mm." She nodded, acknowledging that he had guessed correctly.

As for who the mastermind behind this assassination was, anyone with a discerning eye could guess it.

It's Qi Heng, of course.

It couldn't be anyone else but him.

Only by marrying someone else quickly could Shi Ran completely dispel Qi Heng's crazy thoughts; otherwise, things like this would happen again in the future.

This was the first time, but it would definitely not be the last.

Qi Heng would be jealous and hateful toward all of Shi Ran's suitors, but he wouldn't hunt down her husband to the end.

To put it bluntly, it was his deep-seated male chauvinism at work.

Once Shi Ran married, she would belong to someone else and no longer be "pure," which would naturally cut off all his lingering thoughts.

She understood him, so she was desperate to get married and sever this ill-fated connection!