"She's gone? What do you mean she's gone?" Captain Mu demanded, nearly screaming into the phone. There was another call on the line, and he declined it immediately. There was nothing more important than this madwoman on the loose!
His voice echoed in the cavernous corridors of the mansion, and more than one curious servant turned to look at him in confusion. "How could you let her go, you nincompoop!"
The male voice at the other end faltered. "But Sir! She's Young Master Sun's future mother-in-law! And we're more focused on threats entering the mansion, not people exiting! What reasons do we have to stop her from shopping outside?"
"Shopping? Oh, I'm sure she's shopping alright." Captain Mu scoffed, mentally kicking himself. If this woman was buying anything, it would be a coffin to stuff Old Master Sun in.
He had underestimated Nangong Yue Niang's craftiness. She probably put on a sad pathetic act to gain sympathy from his guards. He vowed to give them a good dressing down after that.
"Captain Mu, what's the matter?" Lady Yu asked, not liking the way his vein twitched on his forehead. Beside her, the lovely couple stood and watched him warily, as though he was a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any minute.
"You need to relax," Jingwei added helpfully, "this is not good for your blood pressure."
Captain Mu gnashed his teeth in frustration. "I'm sorry, but I find it incredibly difficult to relax after I found out that your mother - " at this, he turned to point at Li Xue Ning, "has taken one of the cars and drove out of the mansion, presumably to kill your father."
He then pointed at Jingwei, in case anyone was dumb enough to misunderstand.
"Oh." Jingwei said, palling rapidly at the thought of his father dying at the hands of his future mother-in-law. He recalled the empty eye sockets and shuddered. "Surely you're joking? I don't think -"
"Bloody fuck, you fucking liar murderor -" Xue Ning let out a plethora of curses that blended together marvellously before sucking in a huge breath to calm herself down. Everyone watched her, stunned at the vulgarity that spewed from her lips, especially when she was technically cursing at her own mother.
"What? Why are we still standing here? Let's get into a car and stop her!" She declared hotly at the frozen onlookers, and everyone began to move.
Jingwei clutched at her hand with his own slightly sweatier one, and they were off.
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-Brrrrr brrrrr -
Captain Mu hissed as he saw his phone light up again with another call. He was driving like a madman already and he shouldn't be replying, but he saw that it was from the same bodyguard that was stationed at the hospital.
Fuck, was that madwoman already there? He wanted to pick up the call, but it was a bad time to let his hands off the wheel. He didn't want to send all of them to the hospital as patients!
Li Tai Cheng hurriedly clicked on the 'Accept Call' for him, but Captain Mu only scowled in reply. He had found out that this man was Sun Haowei's old bodyguard, so he was technically his senior.
But so what?
It was his wife's fault that they were all in this mess! Li Tai Cheng sensed the reason for his animosity, judging by the apologetic looks he kept giving him as they drove. The sorry look in his eyes made Captain Mu even angrier. Seriously, this man stole someone's fiancee. Did he have no shame?
"What is it?" Captain Mu barked out angrily at the phone, and at Li Tai Cheng as his car swerved with a sharp turn. He ignored the irate honking of other drivers on the road, too focused on making the turn before the traffic light turned red.
In the backseat, Xue Ning and Jingwei clutched their seatbelts for dear life. Sun Jingwei for once found himself on the other end of the driving equation, and he realised he didn't like it.
There was no reply, only some wordless breathing.
"If this is a prank, I'll kill you." He hissed threateningly. Li Tai Cheng wordlessly offered to help him hold his phone, but he rejected his kind offer.
"You dare?" an old gravelly voice croaked out from the other end. Captain Mu's eyes bulged open in shock as recognition sank in. Beside him, Li Tai Cheng paled. He looked like he saw a ghost.
"Old Master Sun?" Captain Mu demanded, nearly avoiding the collision with another car. "You're awake?"
A scoff was his reply. "No, this is my spirit talking to you. What do you think?" Captain Mu winced, and Li Tai Cheng had to bite back his chuckle.
"Father!" Jingwei exclaimed joyfully from the backseat, suddenly coming forward between the two front seats like an enthusiastic dog on a car trip. "You're awake! I'm so glad!"
"Yes, I see you haven't " was his father's reply. Jingwei had to blink back tears of joy. He had never been so glad to hear his voice!
"I know what you did to help me." His father continued, and Jingwei's happy face turned into one of confusion.
"What?"
"You saved my life when I had a heart attack." Sun Haowei said firmly. "As such, you have proven yourself worthy to be my successor."
Jingwei choked, shaking his head frantically. "Father, you've got it wrong! It wasn't me that saved you!"
"Don't let your brother claim your credit," was his father's nonsensical reply. "You need to stamp out that attitude of yours if you are going to be my successor."
"Father, that's nonsense," Jingwei shook his head. "I'm not going to be your successor, and I'm not the one responsible for saving you! Xue Ning is! She shoved the aspirin in your mouth and did CPR for you!"
"I don't believe you," Sun Haowei said. Xue Ning rolled her eyes at the window. If she lived off his gratitude, she would die. She was fine with not getting credit, but Jingwei continued to talk, refusing to let her deeds be buried.
"Father, come on. Do you think I know how to do CPR? I'm only good at kissing people! Xue Ning actually has the first-aid certification, you should give her some credit. In fact, you have touched her lips so many times, Father. You should be compensating her instead!"
Everyone made a face of disgust at the mental image created by Jingwei's words. Xue Ning pinched his side, causing him to squeal in pain.
"There's no need for you to lie to protect her." His father said, sounding incredibly pained.
"I'm not! Captain Mu, back me up here. You were there, weren't you?"
"...Yes Sir," Captain Mu said, reluctantly entering the conversation. "It was indeed Miss Li's quick action that saved you. If she hadn't fed you the aspirin and did CPR, you might have developed a stroke, or even passed away before we arrived at the hospital."
There was a long pause on the other end of the line.
"Father? Are you still alive?" Jingwei asked hesitantly. "Did you faint again? Oh my god CALL THE NURSE -"
"I'm fine." His father replied, suddenly more curt.
Then he hung up.
"That went well," Xue Ning said, leaning back on the carseat. "Maybe I shouldn't get out of the car. Once you grab my Mom, just shove her back inside and drive us home!"
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