chapter 56

Wei Lin received a call from Qin Zhenyang at 4:00 p.m. Usually at that time of a day, Wei Lin was either in a meeting or engaged in social activities. He rarely slept in his house at this time like now.

He got off the plane at 12:30 that afternoon. Because he didn’t sleep all night and had jet lag, he didn’t even have time to take a bath and directly went to bed to sleep…

He hadn’t had slept for three hours before he was disturbed by constant phone ring. There was never a moment when Wei Lin was so angry. He didn’t even look at his cell phone, and just threw it under the bed, ‘The mobile phone will not ring again after it is broken.’ He thought no one would disturb him after his cell phone was broken. But what he did not expect was that his fixed phone rang again…

“Damn it. My sleep is totally ruined! Who would call me in the middle of the night?” Wei Lin was very sleepy, and the windows in his room were covered with curtains. He thought it was still midnight.

He was very angry. But as long as he didn’t get up to answer the phone, the telephone in his room kept ringing. If he wanted to continue to sleep, he must get up and answer the phone before continuing to sleep. Otherwise…

There were not many people who knew his personal phone number, and only a few people knew his telephone number. But Wei Lin didn’t think of it at all. He answered the phone in a daze and said angrily, “Damn it. What’s so urgent? Say it now, or I’ll hang up.”

If it were in the past, Qin Zhenyang would have scolded Wei Lin. But this time Qin Zhenyang remained silent… In a few minutes, Wei Lin did not hear the reply over the phone. At that time, he woke up a little, and then he turned on the light and looked at the caller ID of the telephone. To his surprise, the person who called him was Qin Zhenyang.

So Wei Lin immediately changed his attitude.

“Third brother, ha-ha, what can I do for you? I didn’t mean to scold you just now. I was sleeping. I was disturbed when the phone rang. I felt the person who called me was so annoying…” Wei Lin could only explain his abnormal behavior by saying so. Qin Zhenyang seldom took the initiative to call Wei Lin. It has been more than a year since Qin Zhenyang called him last time.

“I’m sorry to disturb you.” Qin Zhenyang said with some annoyance.

Wei Lin hesitated for a moment, and didn’t know how to reply Qin Zhenyang for a while, ‘Was Qin Zhenyang calling me because of some urgent military affairs?’

“I want you to find someone for me.”

“Ah… Who are you looking for?” ‘The person Qin Zhenyang is looking for must be an important person.’ Wei Lin was full of interest in the man Qin Zhenyang was looking for and listened to Qin Zhenyang’s words carefully.

“I’m looking for my wife.”

‘Is his wife gone? Is she missing? Or does she run away from home?’ Wei Lin wondered in heart.

Wei Lin was very curious about Qin Zhenyang’s wife. Then he asked with a smile, “Did you bully your wife? Third brother, I know you are good at fighting. But women are weak, and they can’t stand your fists. So you should be considerate to your wife.”

“I didn’t do that.” Qin Zhenyang was a little angry.

“Cold violence then? Women can’t stand your poker face.” Wei Lin said triumphantly. It must be mentioned that most women liked considerate and gentle men. Coincidentally, Wei Lin was that kind of good man.

“No.”

Wei Lin couldn’t help but speculate, “Are you…”

“What do you want to say?”

“Although women like men with strong sexual ability, sometimes you should be moderate. After all, your wife is so thin and weak; she can’t stand your vigorous energy…”

Qin Zhenyang was rendered speechless by Wei Lin. Because he was worried about his wife’s safety, he told Wei Lin why he couldn’t find his wife, “… That’s what happened. You ask the hacker in your team to check if there is any information about the hotel my wife stayed in and give me the result as soon as possible.” There was a hacker in Wei Lin’s team, who could break into the system with a very strong firewall. So Qin Zhenyang really needed this hacker’s help right now.

“OK, I’ll have the result in two hours. After all, your wife must have stayed in the north in such a short time, so it should not take too much time to check up.”

After getting the exact time, Qin Zhenyang was very satisfied, and then he told Wei Lin another thing, “Help me investigate Ji Xuewei. I don’t think this is as simple as it seems. If possible, please send the result to my email within two days. Thank you.”

Wei Lin agreed to Qin Zhenyang’s request. He was about to go on sleeping, but he found that he was not too sleepy. He had scolded Qin Zhenyang countless times in his heart. But now that he had woken up, he had begun to help Qin Zhenyang do some things. He first let his subordinates start looking for Ji Xiaoli, and then let his subordinates start to investigate Ji Xuewei.

Wei Lin even wondered what kind of woman Ji Xuewei was, ‘She looks like a delicate woman, and such a woman is the most popular in society. However, if she is not as delicate as she looks, it can only show that she is a very thoughtful woman, otherwise she would not have made so many people believe her.’

Qin Zhenyang asked Wei Lin to help because Wei Lin’s team paid a lot of money to hire these experts from abroad. The members of the team led by Wei Lin were professionals from all walks of life, including hackers, detectives and some illegal spies.

Although espionage was illegal, it had to be said that this kind of talent was needed in some tasks.

At half past five, Wei Lin got the accurate news. According to the info, Ji Xiaoli stayed in a small three-star hotel on the south side of the capital. People could only check in with their ID cards, so they could find out the location of Ji Xiaoli through her ID number.

Ji Xiaoli did not know her specific location had been found. She had no time to worry about so much at that time. Because she had a cold somehow, which was rare for her in the past.

Ji Xiaoli’s physical fitness had been good. It seemed that she hadn’t had a cold for two years. So she as always thought she was strong and would not get sick easily. But when she really had a fever and a cold, she felt extremely miserable. It was said that if minor diseases often occurred, serious ones would not come. She didn’t think so before. But this time after she had a cold, she began to believe this statement.

Although she didn’t have a thermometer, she could feel her temperature was very high. Even the breath from her nose and mouth was hot. Besides, she felt very dizzy, as if she were all in the fire.

Her clothes had been wet with rain. So she couldn’t wear her clothes at this time. Fortunately, there was a bathrobe in the hotel, so she took off her clothes and wrapped her body with the bathrobe.

Ji Xiaoli’s temperature was very high. She felt that she was dying, and made a sad cry. She rolled in pain on the bed. She was sleepy and wanted to sleep, but she was just unable to fall asleep.

She wanted to lie down a little longer. After having some rest, she would go out and buy some medicine. But she had no strength and didn’t want to get up…

She covered her head with a quilt. She used a quilt to insulate herself from the outside world, and she felt like she was going to be cooked. She looked pitifully at the ceiling, ‘If Ji Xuewei saw what I looked like now, she would be very complacent.’ Somehow she suddenly recalled what had happened this morning. She still remembered the old lady’s questioning eyes, Qin Zheng’s mother’s angry look, Qin Zheng’s doubt and hesitation…

‘Ironically, almost everyone was cheated by Ji Xuewei’s disguised face…’

Thump-thump-thump…

She turned over, continued to sleep, and tried to ignore the annoying knock on the door, ‘Now it’s evening. Does the waiter have to clean the room?’

But someone didn’t give her a chance to ignore the knock. The knock on the door outside the room was getting louder and louder.

Ji Xiaoli took off her quilt. She couldn’t even put on her shoes and went to open the door angrily. She opened the door, and frowned when she saw someone coming, “How do you know I’m here?”

“Why can’t I find you?”

After getting the news of Ji Xiaoli, Qin Zhenyang quickly rushed over. He had made up his mind outside the door. If she refused to open the door, he would not force her to open it.

Ji Xiaoli’s room was located on the third floor of the hotel. Therefore, for Qin Zhenyang, it didn’t take much effort to climb the window into Ji Xiaoli’s room.

But in fact, his concerns were superfluous.

Seeing that it was Qin Zhenyang, Ji Xiaoli instinctively reached out to close the door. But since the door had been opened, Qin Zhenyang would definitely not give Ji Xiaoli a chance to close the door. If she wanted to close the door, she would close it after he entered the room.

Watching Qin Zhenyang swagger into the room, Ji Xiaoli became very angry. After walking to the bedside, she pinched the pillow on the bedside table in her hand and smashed it hard at Qin Zhenyang, “What do you want to do?”

“I don’t want to do anything. I came to see my wife. Is there something wrong with me?”

Ji Xiaoli just wanted to say that she was not his wife, but she thought that they had registered for marriage. For a time, Ji Xiaoli was speechless. She sighed, “You go back first. I want to be here alone.”

“Do you want to be here alone?”

Hearing Ji Xiaoli’s words, Qin Zhenyang immediately raised his vigilance, “I can’t leave you alone. In case you really want to leave me, I will lose such a good wife.”

He was unwilling to take the risk.

So…

“What are you undressing for?” Ji Xiaoli only felt her body temperature was higher. Qin Zhenyang did not seem to have heard any questions at all. He continued to take off his clothes and his trousers, and then he was ready to go to bed…

“What are you doing?”

Qin Zhenyang blinked, “Since you want to stay here, it’s better for me to accompany you.”

“I want to be alone.”

“It’s OK for two people to be together. I can guarantee that when you need me to be quiet, I will not speak…” Qin Zhenyang vowed.

Looking at Qin Zhenyang with a resolute expression, Ji Xiaoli felt helpless. But even if she wanted to leave, she couldn’t get out of here. After all, it was raining hard and she had got a high fever…

“Qin Zhenyang, can we calm down first? You saw what happened today. If you choose to stay with me, I’m afraid your family will not agree to…”

Qin Zhenyang frowned.

He didn’t think it was the best time to talk about the issue. Because he found that his wife’s face seemed a little red and abnormal, “Do you have a fever?”

Was he trying to change the subject at this time?

Ji Xiaoli wanted to say no, but her throat had been very uncomfortable. She picked up the boiled water on the other side of the bedside table and took a sip, which made her feel more comfortable.

And when she came to her senses, a big, cold palm had already stuck to her forehead. Qin Zhenyang said in a cold and impatient voice, “You have such a bad fever, why don’t you tell me? I’ll take you to the hospital.”

Even if there was no thermometer, Qin Zhenyang could feel Ji Xiaoli’s temperature was at least 39 degrees. ‘If she continues to drag on, the consequences may be disastrous.’ Ji Xiaoli didn’t want to go anywhere, “I’m not going to the hospital.”

“You have to go to the hospital with me.”

“Stop bossing me around.”

“Boss you around.” Qin Zhenyang was angry and anxious, but he found Ji Xiaoli’s words amusing. He picked up his wife directly, let her sit on his laps, and then spanked her directly…

“How dare you hit me.” Ji Xiaoli had a high fever, and she felt very uncomfortable. After she was spanked heavily a few times, she was more aggrieved.

Qin Zhenyang rubbed his eyebrows, hugged his wife in his arms and said gently, “If you don’t want to be spanked again, follow me to the hospital.”