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Ji Nuan held the package and turned to enter the elevator.

As she approached the office door, Feng Ling took a glance at the package in her hands. “What is it?”

“A package I received earlier. I’m not sure what’s inside.” Ji Nuan walked to enter the office.

Feng Ling’s expression turned solemn as she instantly became wary. She abruptly turned to enter the office with her, saying, “I’ll help you open it. Stand further away.”

Ji Nuan faltered. She was about to say that it was fine; that it was only a package.

However, seeing that Feng Ling had already nimbly brought the package to the office desk, she considered how professional and diligent Feng Ling typically was and chuckled. She said, amused, “All right, then you open it. Be careful, it better not be a bomb or something similar.”

While she spoke, Feng Ling had already removed the waterproof seal and opened the box. She lowered her gaze to scan the things inside, paused, and then turned to look at Ji Nuan.

“What is it?” Ji Nuan approached, lowering her head to see that it was actually a doll. It was not too large nor too small and was dressed in a white bridal gown. It was beautiful and adorable.

“Eh? Why is it a doll? Who would send me such a thing? … Ss!”

Ji Nuan reached over to pick up the doll. However, the moment her hands came into contact with it, her palms stung with sharp pain. She instinctively released a cry as blood began flowing from her palms and fingers onto the doll’s white bridal gown.

“Be careful!” Feng Ling’s eyes were sharp as she quickly tugged Ji Nuan’s hands away. She then kicked the package onto the ground.

Ji Nuan turned, staring in disbelief as the doll shattered the instant it fell onto the ground. She paid little attention to the pain in her palms, fixating on the doll that appeared to be in one piece when it was in the box but was actually dismembered before it was packed, and at the countless blades scattered across the ground…

Ji Nuan’s blood stained the doll’s bridal gown red. Its head and four limbs were separated, and the sight of the red gown made it a frightening sight!

“Are you all right?” Feng Ling coldly glanced at the adorable doll that had turned frightening in an instant and lifted Ji Nuan’s hands for a closer look. She saw that there were multiple incisions of varying severity.

“I’m all right.” Ji Nuan shook her head. The pain in her palms was not especially serious. The blade had simply cut too deeply, causing quite some blood to drip from her hands.

She turned back to the doll on the ground. Her brows moved slightly as she fell into deep thought.

Whose prank was this? Does someone have other intentions?

Feng Ling pulled Ji Nuan to take another step backward in case the doll caused more problems. After confirming that Ji Nuan was a safe distance away, she approached, leaning down to undo the doll’s gown. This revealed the multiple blades stabbed into the doll’s body. The gown also hid several small, sharp blades.

Ji Nuan glanced at those blades and then looked at her own hands in consideration.

After checking it, Feng Ling stood up to say, “The cuts on your hands are quite deep. Let’s go to the hospital to bandage it first.”

Ji Nuan nodded. She then turned to look at the box. Feng Ling appeared to understand her as she ripped off the delivery receipt on the box.

The two walked out of the office. Coincidentally, Xiao Ba passed by. When she saw Ji Nuan’s hands, she instantly shouted, “My god! Boss Nuan, what happened to your hands! Why is there so much blood?”

Ji Nuan indicated for Feng Ling to hand that receipt to Xiao Ba. “Go to this delivery company and request for them to investigate where this package came from. If they refuse to investigate, immediately report them to the police.”

Xiao Ba was slightly dumbfounded as she received it. She then nodded. “All right. But Boss Nuan, your hands…”

“It’s all right. It’s just bleeding a little. Don’t make a fuss.” Ji Nuan did not say more as she headed out.

“Let’s go to Doctor Qin’s hospital. It’s not far from here,” Feng Ling said as she pushed open the door.

Ji Nuan did not reply as she wondered why the doll wore a wedding dress.

When they got on the car, Ji Nuan saw Feng Ling’s solemn expression and said after some consideration, “It’s all because of my own carelessness. These are just superficial wounds. Don’t tell Jing Shen, or he’ll worry.”

Feng Ling was just about to start the car. She turned back to meet her gaze. “It was caused by my neglect. I shouldn’t have lowered my guard after seeing it was a doll. Mr. Mo will know about this sooner or later. There’s no point hiding it.”

“Let’s go to the hospital first. Wait for the results from Xiao Ba before we decide.” Ji Nuan lowered her eyes to look at her hands.

Feng Ling did not say more as she started the car.

—-

In the hospital.

As Qin Siting applied the medication on Ji Nuan’s hands, he coldly mocked, “Do you really think I’m omnipotent? I’m in charge of internal medicine, yet you run here for me to deal with your superficial injuries. How did your hands become like this just by staying in the studio. How exactly did you get hurt?”

Feng Ling stood by the side without speaking. Ji Nuan got distracted when she entered to see Qin Siting earlier and paid extra attention to his expression.

He still had that fox-like smile, as though nothing had happened previously at Zi Jing Cheng Club.

“Aiya, be more gentle!” Ji Nuan felt a piercing pain in her palm and abruptly shouted softly.”Are you trying to press the cotton ball into my wound? Can’t you see that there are two deep wounds on my palm? Can’t you be more gentle…”

Qin Siting sneered. “Tolerate it.”

Ji Nuan: “…”

She raised her eyes to look at Feng Ling. Earlier, when she said to look for a traumatology doctor to bandage her wounds, Feng Ling had insisted on bringing her to Doctor Qin instead. It was as though everyone else was unreliable when compared to Doctor Qin.

“You don’t need to look at Feng Ling. Previously, she was heavily injured in America during a mission and almost lost her life. I was the one who brought her back from the gates of hell. She is very obstinate. I’m afraid aside from me, no one else would qualify as a doctor in her eyes,” Qin Siting indifferently explained. He wiped Ji Nuan’s fingers with an antiseptic solution and, as she gritted her teeth in pain, he asked coldly, “Does it hurt that much?”

“It didn’t hurt much when I got injured. You must have added salt to your antiseptic. It really hurts…” Ji Nuan replied, tugging back her hand. “Are you done? This is fine, there’s no need to bandage it.”

“The wounds on your palms are more serious and have to be bandaged immediately. Your fingers are fine. The antiseptic solution is sufficient.” Qin Siting’s voice was mild. “Take note not to touch water for the next few days, or it might become infected.”

Ji Nuan nodded.

Qin Siting returned the antiseptic solution to the shelf on the side, before turning to look at her. “Did you tell your man that your hands have been wounded?”

“I’ll tell him when I go back tonight.”

“That’s fine.” Qin Siting finished his words and turned to type on the computer. He then turned to Feng Ling. “I’ve prescribed some medication for her. Go to the pharmacy on the third floor to collect it for her. Apply it on her wound every morning and night.”

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When Feng Ling left, Ji Nuan turned to look at Qin Siting. “Isn’t she one of us? Why did you suddenly send her away?”

“Do you want more people to know about your Ji family’s problems?” Qin Siting indifferently eyed her, casually bringing out a drug analysis report much thicker than the previous one.

Ji Nuan was just about to receive it when Qin Siting paused, placing it by her side. “Forget it, don’t move your hands.”

Ji Nuan lowered her head to scan the report before looking at him. “How are the results?”

“Similar to what you initially predicted. These so-called health supplements all do not reveal to have any harmful effects on their own. It can be seen that the other party is acting cautiously and thoughtfully. But when these medicines are taken together, it becomes a slow-acting poison that causes one’s kidney to fail gradually.” Qin Siting’s tone was cold and mild.

Ji Nuan was silent for a moment.

She had already expected this. Hearing the report now was not especially shocking.

“This medicine, my father shouldn’t have been taking them for too long. I saw that he only takes the medicines in his drawers when he remembers them. Could there already be any harm done to his body?”

“That depends on how much he usually takes. These sort of medications work very slowly to avoid detection. If he hasn’t been taking them for too long, at most, they will only weaken his immunity and increase his likelihood of falling ill. As long as he stops taking them and nourishes his body well, after clearing the toxins, he should be fine. But if he has been taking them for a long period, it will be akin to boiling the frog slowly. Without realization, it will permeate into his blood and bone marrow, and the effects will be irreversible.”

Ji Nuan concentrated on his cold and solemn expression for a long moment before saying slowly and softly, “Thanks for the trouble, Doctor Qin.”

Qin Siting chuckled, glancing at the report by her side. “It is a good thing you managed to discover such a difficult-to-detect problem. The other party must be a cautious and scheming person. If you wish to expose this, you must be clever with your approach, or you’ll end up falling into their trap and burying yourself.”

Ji Nuan nodded and did not speak.

Qin Siting did not pay her any more attention, leaving her to sit by the side to wait for Feng Ling’s return.

After around two minutes, Qin Siting, who sat by the office desk drank some water and suddenly asked, “Your stepmother; her previous husband was the son that died early in the Sheng family?”

Ji Nuan had previously done some investigation on Shen Heru but did not expect that Qin Siting would also know of this.

“What is Doctor Qin trying to ask?”

Qin Siting glanced at her. “Sheng Yihan is her son. Even if the two of them severed their mother and son relationship for the Ji family years ago, your step-mother was once reliant on the Sheng family. Who knows if she has actually cut off all contact with that son of hers.”

Ji Nuan looked at him. “You mean, the medicine that my father has may be related to Sheng Yihan?”

Qin Siting smiled mildly. “It’s not impossible. But Sheng Yihan is cunning and adept at deception; he is difficult to grasp. Your step-mother is already in her fifties. A woman like her who rarely shows her face is suited to live in contentment in the Ji family. If something happens to your father, even if the Ji family’s power landed in her hands, it would be useless for her unless she has someone behind her.”

It was self-evident. Although Shen Heru was clever, she could not plan such an elaborate scheme.

Qin Siting did not speak any further, clearly only intending to share so much.

When Feng Ling returned, Qin Siting coincidentally had to leave for a consult. He left Ji Nuan with a few instructions for her wounds and left.

Only the two of them were left in the clinic. Ji Nuan was just about to prepare to leave when her phone abruptly rang.

“Hello, Boss Nuan, I’ve checked. The package came from America. I’m only able to find the address where it was mailed out, but the person who sent it is not listed. Any other information is not provided either.”

“There is no information about the sender at all?”

“En, en. Not even a bit. I can’t find anything. The delivery company says that it is common for people to send their packages out without listing their address. Usually, they’ll leave their name and phone number, but this package appears to have a problem. Even the name and phone number are not listed. They find it strange as well.”

America?

Why was it that recently, everything around her appeared to be related to America, yet she was so clueless of it all?

Regardless if it was in her past or current life, Ji Nuan was sure that she had never lost any memories. She recalled everything that happened to her since young very well.

She had only studied in Los Angeles for several years. In between, was there anything that had escaped her notice?

Sending a doll in a wedding dress; an amputated doll even. The meaning behind it was clear.

But since it came from America, it could not have much to do with Ji Mengran.

Although An Shuyan had already returned to America, based on her proud and arrogant character, even if she were clever and smart with her schemes, she would never commit an act like this. If An Shuyan were someone who employed malicious methods, she would already have done something when she was within the country, and she would never have agreed to return to America so easily.

Such a scheme also did not seem like something Mo Jingshen’s father would use either. The method clearly revealed that the other party was a woman.

Who could it be?

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At night, Feng Ling sent Ji Nuan back to the Yu Garden. Unexpectedly, Mo Jingshen arrived home at the same time as her. As she alighted from her car, his car stopped by the Yu Garden’s gates.

When Ji Nuan alighted, she subconsciously placed her hands behind her back. She eyed the black Ghost behind her and headed into the villa without waiting for Mo Jingshen to alight.

Mo Jingshen was initially on the phone. When he saw Ji Nuan acting suspicious, he immediately hung up the call, closed the car door, and approached her.

Ji Nuan rushed to the villa entrance but was unable to raise her bandaged hands to unlock the door. She felt Mo Jingshen’s approach, and her scalp immediately prickled in discomfort.

“What shameful deed did you do? You don’t even dare to raise your head?” Mo Jingshen’s voice rang above Ji Nuan’s head.

Ji Nuan quickly took a step backward, moving to the side away from the man in front of her. “Nothing much. I’m just a little tired today. Why did you get off work so early? Don’t you have any business parties to attend today?”

Ji Nuan leaned against the side of the door without a change in expression. When she finished speaking, Auntie Chen noticed their return and unlocked the doors from inside.

She was only a step away from entering the villa, but things did not go as she hoped. The man appeared to have the strange ability to look into hearts. No matter how natural Ji Nuan’s performance was, he still said unhurriedly, “Stop there.”