Chapter 14 I saw you were quite nervous about that girl

Dressed in black, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, his handsome features were sharply outlined beneath his pale, cold skin. A pair of icy, indifferent black eyes, and lightly pursed thin lips.

The policewoman's eyes lit up; the charm of an attractive man was irresistible.

In Shang Jianghan's gaze, the first thing he saw was Bai Jinyuan in a black dress suit, three-centimeter heels, her hair pinned up, and oversized black-framed glasses.

This aunt of his, whenever she was in public, was always dressed in this old-fashioned style!

Then, he looked behind Bai Jinyuan, only to catch a glimpse of a figure half-hidden behind the policewoman.

Seeing Shang Jianghan walk in, Bai Jinyuan couldn't help but complain.

"What took you so long? Weren't you at Bai Ye?"

As it turned out, the distance from Bai Jinyuan's residence to Shang Jianghan's was more than twice as far.

Knowing that her nephew was cold and indifferent, and that he typically had an 'it's none of my business' attitude, Bai Jinyuan didn't scold him too much.

She slapped the statement against Shang Jianghan's chest.

"Take a look!"

The frustration that had been simmering in her chest seemed to find an outlet, and only then did Bai Jinyuan turn to care for her own student.

"Shen Chaoxi, how are you, where are you hurt, I'll take you to the hospital!"

The white corridor was brightly lit, almost blindingly so.

Shang Jianghan suddenly looked up; with nothing obstructing his view, the slender figure curled up in the corner of the bench was fully exposed in front of him.

Shen Chaoxi was hugging her knees, propping up her chin. She turned her face slightly, with most of it visible to Shang Jianghan. Her small face was ghostly pale, lips bloodless, dense eyelashes drooping, eyes upturned at the corners, the entire person listless.

Pale skin was overshadowed by ghastly paleness, the bloodstains and bruising on the lips and cheeks were shocking to behold.

Shang Jianghan felt his heart being gripped by something, his breath hitching for an instant.

His brows swept across fiercely, his eyes cold.

All the information about the recent events was stacking up like pieces, slowly coming together.

The captain of the criminal police was explaining the case progress in real-time.

Noticing that the accused perpetrator might have a special relationship with the third young master of the Shang family, the captain spoke more cautiously.

"...We received the report and got to the scene in ten minutes. When we got there, a crowd had gathered outside the relocation office. Inside, we saw six men lying on the ground, blood everywhere.

This student... named Shen Chaoxi, was holding a broken stick, and according to witnesses at the scene, she drove a Wuling van into the community and headed straight for the relocation office. She picked up a stick at the entrance and started hitting people without a word.

...After the incident, we contacted a man called Old Han from the relocation office. He sent the injured to the hospital, and since Shen Chaoxi admitted that she was the one who hit them, we brought her in!

But, Mr. Shang, ever since she came from Eastern Suburb, Shen Chaoxi hasn't said a word. We found her student card in her bag and notified her homeroom teacher!

As someone familiar to you, we can help negotiate a private settlement.

The surveillance footage is still..."

"Stop with that for now. My student is just a child, soaked through. You should at least give her some clean clothes to change into! Leaving her here unattended and in a cold draft, what is this? An interrogation?"

Bai Jinyuan surveyed Shen Chaoxi up and down, seeing her soaked through by the rain, with skin showing abrasions and quivering uncontrollably, she couldn't help but feel indignant.

The captain of the criminal police glanced at Shang Jianghan and lowered his head.

"Yes, this was our oversight. Xiaohu, find some clothes for Shen Chaoxi to change into!"

Xiaohu was the policewoman mentioned earlier.

"What's the point of changing clothes now!" Bai Jinyuan pulled Shen Chaoxi to her feet and held her trembling shoulders.

"Jianghan, she has a fever; she needs to go to the hospital. I don't care how you negotiate, I'm taking her away!"

When Bai Jinyuan was determined, nobody could stop her.

"This..."

Having someone taken away isn't a decision that a detective captain can make.

In a moment of hesitation, Shen Chaoxi's body went limp and she slanted toward the floor.

Shang Jianghan took a quick step over, scooping her up in a sideways embrace.

His gaze was fierce, filled with ice shards, as he barked at the several police officers blocking the corridor.

"Step aside!"

Half an hour later, Shen Chaoxi was settled in a separate ward of the medical university's affiliate hospital.

"It's all superficial wounds, nothing serious, the fever is related to getting soaked in the rain and the body's stress response, we'll see how she's doing once she wakes up, generally there's no major concern!"

In the doctor's office, Shang Jianghan listened to his second brother's words and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shang Jiangchuan wasn't on duty tonight but had been called in by a phone call from Shang Jianghan.

He has been dealing with a difficult patient for the past few days and has been staying in the hospital family quarters. It took less than ten minutes to arrive, and he bumped into Shang Jianghan carrying the girl toward the emergency room as he came.

The girl was soaked to the skin, her breathing heavy. Because of her fever, she was delirious, her teeth chattering intermittently, and she also had external injuries.

After typing the last few words of the medical record into the computer, Shang Jiangchuan looked over at his cousin with a probing gaze.

"Where did you provoke such a complicated situation? Doesn't your mom always say you steer clear of women, that you wouldn't even know how to get a girlfriend? But I saw you were quite anxious about that girl just now."

Shang Jianghan felt like having a smoke. He had already reached into his pocket, but considering the setting wasn't appropriate, he didn't take it out.

He curved his lips slightly.

"She's a student of my aunt, second brother, don't overthink it, and don't mention it to my mom either. You know how she is, she'll start a scandal without a trace of wind!"

Leaving the doctor's office, he happened to run into Song Yang, who was returning from making a payment.

This incident, when brought up, was inseparable from the demolition project.

At this moment, Zhong Shuoxi was dealing with an issue on Old Han's side, in another hospital.

The two passed by the elevator area and just happened to encounter Yu Dong coming out of the elevator. He was holding a black tablet and opened up a video upon seeing them.

The video was surveillance footage of a fight that had taken place, and the image was blurry due to the rain and outdated equipment.

However, this did little to prevent them from seeing the entire process of the event clearly.

"Damn, are they even human?"

Hearing the police's description was one thing, but actually seeing the scene was quite another state of mind.

The timestamp showed 6:40 in the afternoon. Shen Chaoxi indeed went into the demolition office alone; at that time, several burly men were playing cards, with plaster on their faces.

Shen Chaoxi kicked open the metal door with a foot, causing a thudding echo.

The hissing and crackling noise from the surveillance video carried through.

"Hey! Look at this long and lonely night, seems the heavens felt pity for us brothers, sending down a fairy to grace us with her presence!"

"Bro, can a fairy be as pretty as this chick? Check her out, she's even come with a wet seduction..."

"The little girl must be here to take shelter from the rain, come on in, big brother will dry your clothes for you!"

"Hahaha..."

Even after years of mingling with the rich second generations in Shangjing, Shang Jianghan's eyes filled with disgust upon hearing such foul language.

At that moment, he felt the lowest of the low should not tarnish the girl before him by an inch.

"Ah!"

Screams interspersed with grunts of pain kept coming.

Shen Chaoxi swung the club with enough speed that the men barely had time to react before she swept the area.

The six burly men hardly had a chance to resist.