Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him-Chapter 192 - Eleven Phone Calls No Answer
Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Eleven Phone Calls, No Answer
Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Eleven Phone Calls, No Answer
Qiao Xi’s legs felt as if they had been filled with lead, staring as the red light of the emergency room lit up.
Her hands hung by her side, trembling violently.
Her fair cheeks were marked with dark traces, and her almond-shaped eyes were red and brimming with moisture.
She felt utterly weak, yet forced herself to stand there.
Sharp pain spread from her chest throughout her body, her throat choked up badly, and tears rolled down one by one. The red light in front of her seemed blurred, becoming hazy and then slowly clear again.
She watched as her world seemed to collapse, then bit by bit mend itself, only to be torn apart again.
“Grandma.”
She called out in a hoarse voice.
If only she hadn’t gone out tonight.
“Qiao Xi, Grandma will definitely be okay. Don’t be too sad, good people will have good fate,” Xu Yunye limped over to her side, comforting her.
Qiao Xi slowly turned her head, her eyes pained and icy.
“What right do you have to stand here?” her voice was raspy, “Xu Yunye, is this how the Xu Family retaliates against me? Being powerful must be great, huh? Liu Huimin said she would destroy my clinic, and she did it with ease.”
Xu Yunye was stunned for a moment, feeling a chill throughout his body.
So this was how he and his family appeared in her eyes.
“Qiao Xi, my mom has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She just talks, she wouldn’t do something so heartless,” Xu Yunye knew Liu Huimin cared for Xu Xingluo, but he couldn’t believe she would do such a thing.
“Then who could it be? Was it really an accident?”
Qiao Xi lost her composure, her emotions nearing collapse, “I don’t want to see you again, just go! From the beginning, you shouldn’t have gotten close to us! Meeting the Xu family has never brought any good.”
“Go!”
Her eyes swollen, she screamed hysterically.
Xu Yunye opened his mouth, feeling a spasmodic pain shoot through his chest.
Out of nowhere.
“Qiao Xi, I will go home and find out! The cause of this fire, I will definitely find out! If it really was my mother, I…” Xu Yunye fell silent for a long while, limping back.
Blood had already seeped through his wounds.
Qiao Xi’s head was buzzing, forcing herself to calm down.
After Xu Yunye left, she fumbled in her pocket and realized her cell phone was lost. Dragging her heavy body, she went to the nurse’s station to borrow a landline.
Her fingers were blistered from burns, but she endured the pain and dialed the familiar sequence of numbers.
“Dial tone…”
“Dial tone…”
The busy signal was clear in her ear.
Hang up, redial.
“Dial tone…”
“The number you have dialed is switched off, please…”
She repeatedly called Huo Xingzhou’s number, but could not reach him. In Haicheng, his was the only number she remembered.
Qiao Xi bit her lip, tears streaming down, she dialed eleven times at the nurse’s station.
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No response.
Finally, it went directly to voicemail.
Her heart gradually grew cold and heavy.
She placed the receiver back, saying to the on-duty nurse, “Thank you.”
“Oh, Doctor Qiao, does your hand need dressing? We have clean towels here, your face…” the nurse asked cautiously, yet fearful of touching her wounds.
Qiao Xi shook her head, managing a faint smile: “No need, thank you.”
She walked along the hospital’s corridor back to the emergency room.
This stretch was one hundred sixty-three steps; each step seemed to exhaust all her strength.
She gazed at the “In Resuscitation” sign, her vision blurred.
Qiao Xi prayed countless times in her heart, hoping she would never slacken in treating and saving the lives of others for the rest of her life, and that God would bring her grandmother back to her.
The hospital corridor was eerily quiet.
Scenes of her time with her grandmother flashed through her mind over and over again. Despite being poor in Moon Village in the past, they had been very happy. Her grandmother had loved her dearly since she was a child.
Zhao Yuzhen was an irresponsible mother, so the grandmother took on all the responsibilities.
In Qiao Xi’s heart, her grandmother was her only relative in this world.
She fiercely wiped the tears from her cheeks.
No! It can’t be!
Fate couldn’t be so cruel as to take away her only relative.
She needed to be proactive; her grandmother must also be fighting desperately to come back to her.
“Don’t cry,” she patted her cheeks and sniffled, “Qiao Xi, don’t cry! Grandmother doesn’t like children who cry, you mustn’t cry!”
But the tears fell uncontrollably.
“No crying.”
She commanded herself to push the tears back.
Qiao Xi took a deep breath, the air slicing through her throat like a knife.
Footsteps echoed from the end of the corridor.
Two police officers in uniform approached Qiao Xi and said, “Ms. Qiao, we are from the local police station investigating the fire. The fire at the scene has been extinguished, and we’d like to understand some details from you.”
Qiao Xi turned to look at them, her voice hoarse, “What caused the fire?”
“It has been determined initially that your grandmother was burning paper money in the clinic, which accidentally started the fire. An insecticide was ignited, and the gas leaked in the enclosed room caused an explosion, spreading the fire and triggering a chain reaction.”
Qiao Xi immediately objected, “Impossible!”
“The clinic was my pride, and I told my grandmother we’d go to the countryside to worship my father, she promised she wouldn’t go back on her word. It couldn’t have been caused by burning paper money!”
Her grandmother would never do such a thing.
“Ms. Qiao, we understand how you feel. But this is the preliminary investigation result, we need further confirmation. The two apprentices at the clinic provided their respective testimonies and also have alibis.
The fire spread to two neighboring shops, which are now seeking compensation. If the fire was caused by you or your family, you would need to pay substantial compensation. If it was due to other reasons, then the relevant departments would compensate. The property is also insured against fire and will cover part of the damages.”
They explained the situation clearly to Qiao Xi.
And they asked her for some details.
Qiao Xi insisted, “My grandmother would never burn paper money in the clinic. The insecticide was kept by Wang Lang, and I don’t know where it ended up. I wasn’t in the clinic when the fire broke out.”
“Thank you for your cooperation. We’ll contact you if there is any news,” they said.
Their attitude was very objective, and they did not unduly trouble Qiao Xi.
“Hmm.”
Qiao Xi responded.
“Oh, right.”
One of them pulled out a cellphone and handed it to Qiao Xi, “This cellphone was found by a helpful bystander at the scene; having checked, we confirmed it belongs to you. We’re returning it now, and we’ll contact this number if there is any update.”
Qiao Xi reached out her hand to receive the cellphone, saying, “Thank you, this is indeed my phone.”
“Then we’ll be on our way now. Remember to inform us if you think of any clues. Please also inform us when your grandmother wakes up, as she is a witness.”
“Okay.”
Qiao Xi held the cellphone, watching them walk away.
Many thoughts crossed her mind.
The cause of the fire definitely wasn’t what they claimed to be the burning of paper money. There must be many misunderstandings involved.
She was certain!
Her grandmother would never joke with the efforts she had put into the clinic; she knew how much Qiao Xi had sacrificed.
Buzz, buzz.
The cellphone in her hand vibrated several times, notifying her of a new message.
