Jiang Yiyi had been eating well recently, recovering without any fuss, and her formerly pale complexion had improved considerably, much to Jiang Dalei's relief.
However, alongside his relief came a wave of anxiety.
His sister had attempted suicide over a man.
If something happened once, it could happen a second time.
He didn't want the life he had managed to salvage for her to be thrown away again.
Initially, this matter had been kept from the family elder. Jiang Dalei scratched his head, troubled.
But he was the one who had escalated things and revealed the situation himself.
And he had made the elder deal with the aftermath.
The elder was extremely displeased with the actions of Jiang Dalei and Jiang Yiyi. He was unhappy with Jiang Dalei's foolishness while also heartbroken that Jiang Yiyi would abandon her family and attempt suicide over a man.
The head of the Jiang family had truly forced himself not to visit Jiang Yiyi.
Instead, he had someone secretly record a video of Jiang Yiyi's recovery status each day and bring it back for him to watch.
When children are willful, parents bear responsibility; while teaching them a lesson, they must also clean up the mess.
The important projects of the company Jiang Yiyi was in charge of, after a brief halt, were being swiftly carried out under the elder's decisive arrangements, thus preventing losses that would have been like cutting flesh for the Jiang family.
The elder's impression of the man he'd heard about had worsened. That young man should never dream of being associated with the Jiang family, not in this life, nor the next, nor the one after that.
Parents and children think differently.
Jiang Dalei's sole desire was to indulge his sister, as he always had since childhood.
Meanwhile, the head of the Jiang family's thinking was: to solve a problem, if the problem itself cannot be solved, then solve its source.
Not long after eating, Jiang Yiyi's body, lacking rest, became drowsy. She slept peacefully in the hospital bed, her face appearing gaunt.
Soon, doctors and nurses came and took Jiang Yiyi away, along with her bed, stating that a scheduled treatment had yet to be performed.
When she was wheeled back in several hours later, the sleeves of her arms were rolled up high. A three-finger-wide wound was visible on her arm, and she was still asleep.
"Big Brother, we have news. The location has been roughly pinpointed. The brothers have been staking out the area these past few days. Once we confirm the details, we can bring him back."
Jiang Dalei couldn't help but feel that his sister looked even more haggard after the treatment.
Her color had returned a little, but after this treatment, it seemed like half of it was gone?
He shifted his gaze, looking somewhat ferocious. "Where is that kid hiding? I'll go myself."
His subordinate quietly reported an address.
Considering the more pressing matter at hand, Jiang Dalei instructed the nurse, "Anyone who wants to visit must have my permission."
Then, he left with his men.
Soon, Ji Tianle gave Wen Bai the date for their engagement. He joyfully announced to Wen Bai over the phone, "Wen Xiaobai, I'll send you the engagement location and time on your phone later. Hey, no offense, but who would have thought that I, a confirmed bachelor, would be ending my singlehood soon? Fate's arrangement, tsk tsk~ Truly~ no one can stop it."
The other party seemed to be in a somewhat noisy environment, and a chorus of cheers immediately erupted around him.
Wen Bai, the "fate's arrangement" for Ji Tianle, listened with a poker face. "Engagement? Not marriage?"
He genuinely felt that this person was moving incredibly slowly.
Why did they need an engagement before a wedding? Couldn't they just get married directly?
The other party raised his voice, as if wanting to broadcast it to the world: "Wen Xiaobai, you don't think that marrying into a family of the Ji family's status and standing would be that simple, do you? Although, before this, I also didn't know it would be this troublesome, sigh~"
Ji Tianle sighed dramatically.
The other side seemed to quiet down considerably, and Ji Tianle's voice became clearer.
This time, he spoke softly, "I also want to marry Shuangshuang home immediately, right now, but these are the procedures. I've already compressed the wedding timeline to the shortest possible! We need to hold an engagement banquet first, announce it publicly, and custom-made wedding attire also takes time. The design and decoration of the wedding venue, and the guest invitation list—you have no idea how complicated it is. Besides, it's a once-in-a-lifetime wedding, and I want to give Shuangshuang the best."
In reality, it was like this in all prominent families; their children's marriages were never just about them, but also involved numerous interests and entanglements.
Ji Tianle was fortunate to be born into the Ji family, as the Ji family would not use marriage for trading benefits.
However, matters like engagement and marriage still required inviting many business partners, all individuals with vested interests, as well as friends and relatives.
Gift exchanges, business negotiations, and attempts to forge connections were all part of it.
Here, this engagement, or even wedding, was no longer just about the union of two individuals, but leaned more towards a small-scale business banquet.
Wen Bai didn't understand, nor did he want to.
"Okay," he interrupted the other's incessant chatter with a blank and cold expression, then hung up the phone.
On the other end, Ji Tianle was still muttering away when he suddenly heard the "beep, beep" of the call being disconnected from the receiver.
Ji Tianle: "..."
He wasn't angry.
He thought about his own success in both career and romance, and then about Wen Xiaobai's emotional life.
He understood that Wen Xiaobai wouldn't have the opportunity for such a grand wedding.
Understood, understood~
He immediately returned to his circle of friends not far away to continue boasting.
Wen Bai glanced at the message sent by Ji Tianle.
System 001: "Host, it's a large villa."
The time was set for a few days later.
Seeing this, Wen Bai felt a bit more satisfied.
Although the wedding date wasn't set, the engagement date was so tight, it would likely be soon.
Wen Bai glanced towards the direction of the basement and, with a heavy heart, made an important decision.
He would stay at home for the next few days and keep a close eye on the male lead.
At the hospital.
A young female doctor knocked on an office door.
The female doctor entered and smiled at the assistant inside. "Where is Dr. Su?"
The assistant: "He just came down from the operating table not long ago. He should be changing clothes. Dr. Li, is there something you need?"
The female doctor's gaze swept around the office. "There's an emergency surgery later, and I wanted to ask Dr. Su for a favor. I have something tonight, and the patient is waiting for confirmation."
If it were in the past, the assistant would have been 100% sure that Dr. Su would accept.
But now, the assistant was very unsure.
The assistant also smiled. "Dr. Su will be back soon. Perhaps you could wait a moment?"
The female doctor nodded and entered the room.
Su Ying returned after changing clothes. Seeing Su Ying, who had already taken off his doctor's uniform, the assistant showed a knowing look, while the female doctor appeared somewhat bewildered.
Before the female doctor could ask, Su Ying glanced at his wrist to check the time, then nodded at the female doctor and the assistant.
Su Ying picked up his phone from the table and said to the assistant with a slight turn of his head, "It's time to get off work. You should go home early too."
Without waiting for their reactions, he left directly.
The assistant shrugged at the female doctor.
The assistant astutely guessed that Dr. Su might be in love recently.
In the past, Dr. Su was not exactly a workaholic, but wherever there was surgery, he was there.
If doctors in the same department had any issues, or if there were high-risk surgeries they were reluctant to perform, Dr. Su would readily agree.
But recently, Dr. Su had changed.
Dr. Su's almost frenzied enthusiasm for surgery had ceased.
Dr. Su had become a doctor who clocked out precisely on time and absolutely refused to work overtime.