My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

Chen Zixuan's head throbbed with pain as he listened, and he rubbed his temples before saying he understood.

The door to the ward was pushed open right after the call ended.

Lu Yuxuan, holding a bouquet of carnations, frowned as she entered the room, looking at him with a worried expression.

"You were just out on a business trip, how did this happen to you all of a sudden? How are you now? Are you alright?"

Lu Yuxuan portrayed the image of a wife full of worry to perfection. Her eyes were full of sincere concern, and anyone who saw her would feel that she genuinely cared about the old man lying in bed.

Chen Zixuan gave Lu Yuxuan a deep look. His wrinkled face remained calm. "My injury is a closely guarded secret. How did you find out I was injured?"

Lu Yuxuan's face stiffened, and she explained dryly, "The police who came to our house to investigate happened to be in charge of your case. He told me about your situation, and I rushed over as soon as I heard about it."

It turned out that the information was leaked by the police. Chen Zixuan was skeptical and said that he was not seriously injured.

He saw Chen Anshi following behind him and waved.

Chen Anshi obediently walked over and pulled up a chair by the bedside to sit down.

"Dad, are you alright?"

Chen Anshi looked at his father with a worried expression. The old man was so old, and he must have been quite frightened by what he had just encountered.

Chen Anshi was increasingly frightened, wondering which bastard had dared to be so audacious. If something really happened to the old man, their family would be in deep trouble.

"I'm fine. Have you skipped school again?" Chen Zixuan glanced at the date on his watch, immediately realized what was going on, and began to question his son.

Chen Anshi's face stiffened, and he chuckled dryly a few times: "Don't bring this up now. By the way, Dad, has the police caught the driver who tried to kill you?"

Chen Zixuan shook his head and said that the driver had already illegally crossed the border. Chen Anshi was furious and cursed the guy to get into a car accident on the way.

"Alright, alright, it's good that your dad is alright. Look how tired he is, don't disturb his rest here. You should go back to school and leave these things to the adults." Seeing that her son had already expressed his filial piety, Lu Yuxuan urged him to leave to prevent him from saying anything he shouldn't.

"Okay, I'll leave first."

Lu Yuxuan watched her son leave, then opened the nourishing soup she had brought and personally fed it to Chen Zixuan: "This is a nourishing soup made by the family cook. I guessed you wouldn't like the food in the hospital, so I brought you some specially."

Chen Zixuan habitually enjoyed her service. Lu Yuxuan's hand accidentally touched his face, making Chen Zixuan shiver from the cold: "Why are your hands like ice cubes?"

Lu Yuxuan lowered her head and forced a smile, saying, "The incident at home scared me quite a bit. In addition, I was feeling a little unwell before, with low blood pressure and cold hands and feet."

The explanation was plausible, but Chen Zixuan still felt something was off.

After Lu Yuxuan finished feeding him, she cautiously probed, "What are your thoughts about the person who wanted to kill you? Do you think this matter is as simple as it seems on the surface?"

Chen Zixuan glanced at her sideways: "You're very concerned about this?"

"You're my husband, and you were almost killed. How could I not care?" Lu Yuxuan found a perfect excuse for herself.

“This matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface. I’m sure someone is behind it, encouraging that driver to attack me.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuxuan's heart skipped a beat, and her movements became stiff as she twisted the lid of the insulated box.

"So who do you think is likely to do it? Who do you think would do it?"

When Lu Yuxuan asked this question, the other person's thoughtful look filled her with a sense of dread.

Chen Zixuan fell silent.

"Don't you know who did it either?" Lu Yuxuan asked, lowering her head and speaking even softer when he remained silent, as if afraid of startling him.

“I have someone I suspect in mind. I know what I'm doing, so you don't need to get involved. By the way, you told me about An Shui drowning. Do you think An Shui is really dead?”

Lu Yuxuan secretly rejoiced that her makeup was heavy enough; otherwise, the old man would definitely have noticed her unsightly appearance.

“Judging from the surveillance footage, he really did fall into the water, and the fact that no one has been able to find him for so many days can only mean that his body… is… gone. I know you value him a lot, but no one could have predicted such an accident… Don’t overthink it.”

Lu Yuxuan felt like her tongue was tied in knots as she spoke. This old man's attitude was so strange. He used to be all smiles when he saw her, but now he was so calm and indifferent… Could it be that this old man suspected her?

The thought of this possibility made Lu Yuxuan even more frightened.

“I’m not joking. If An Shui hadn’t died, my family business would have been passed on to him…”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuxuan felt as if a sore spot had been touched. Forgetting her fear, she hurriedly retorted, "He can't even get a university degree, and his business administration is terrible. He simply doesn't have the ability to take over this family business!"

Lu Yuxuan seemed to realize that her reaction had been too intense, and gave an awkward laugh, as if trying to make amends, saying dryly, "He's already gone, there's no point in talking about this now, let's not talk about it, I don't want to argue with you about this."

Chen Zixuan stared coldly at Lu Yuxuan, a gaze that made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"I have some things to take care of at home, so I'll be going now."

Lu Yuxuan left in a panic, not daring to stay there for even a moment longer, for fear that staying too long would reveal more flaws.

Lu Zixuan watched her departing figure and sighed deeply. If he could, he wouldn't want to test her like that.

However, the things his son Chen Anshui had said before still made him suspicious.

With just this small test, Lu Yuxuan gave herself away.

Sure enough, it's still about money.

Chen Zixuan had a feeling that everything was expected, as if nothing could escape this reason.

He recalled what his son had once told him: "If you weren't rich, how could that woman Lu Yuxuan have ever been interested in you?"

What was he thinking at the time? He was so angry that he slapped his son hard, scolding him for being ignorant and rude. From then on, his relationship with his son became more and more distant.

Recalling these past events, Chen Zixuan was filled with regret.

If only I had been kinder to my son back then, but now it seems it's too late.

Once in the car, Lu Yuxuan, still shaken, hadn't even fastened her seatbelt when An Yuan, seeing her like this, became worried. He helped her fasten her seatbelt while asking, "Why do you look so pale? What happened?"

Lu Yuxuan lowered her head, clutching it with both hands, shaking her head repeatedly, as if refusing to communicate with anyone. After a long while, with An Yuan's comforting words, she finally managed to speak: "He seems to suspect me." An Yuan's expression changed, but he gently patted Lu Yuxuan's back and comforted her: "Don't worry, there's always a way to solve things."

But he couldn't figure out how to solve it.

The two returned to the house in a state of confusion and were startled to see Zhang Hao still in the villa.

Zhang Hao wasn't originally here, but he noticed that the feng shui here seemed to have changed, so he came to check it out. Before he could find anything out, the two of them returned.

"Mr. Zhang, have you found anything?" Lu Yuxuan forced herself to stay alert and went forward to greet him.

Zhang Hao could immediately see the weariness hidden beneath her delicate face.

What did you do to look so tired?

Zhang Hao felt something was off, but he remained outwardly calm and extended his hand, saying, "Hello, madam."

Lu Yuxuan was too exhausted to deal with him. Hearing that the other party was still investigating, she didn't say anything more and asked An Yuan to take care of the reception while she went upstairs to rest.

Zhang Hao discovered traces of the devil on the woman. He turned to look at the butler beside him, but the butler remained calm, as if he had done nothing wrong.

There were no traces of the imp on the butler.

Could it be that Lu Yuxuan is secretly protecting the little devil that I haven't been able to find?
Zhang Hao had some doubts, but he decided to deal with the vengeful spirit of the aborted baby first.

"Mr. Zhang, are you suspicious of something?" An Yuan was startled when he saw the meaningful look in Zhang Hao's eyes as he looked at his wife. He probed the question discreetly.

Zhang Hao sighed, shook his head, and went out to continue his investigation.

In the end, Zhang Hao went around in circles and returned to the stairs.

The spiral staircase was so clean that its reflection was clearly visible on the marble floor.

Zhang Hao stopped at the bottom of the stairs, while An Yuan, the housekeeper next to him, looked somewhat bewildered.

"This is just a friend's staircase, may I ask..."

Before An Yuan's housekeeper could finish speaking, Zhang Hao stopped him with a gesture.

The sound stopped abruptly, and Zhang Hao stared intently at the stairs. As he stared, he suddenly raised an eyebrow, and to An Yuan's astonishment, the entire staircase was suddenly enveloped by an invisible force.

Then, An Yuan witnessed a scene he would never forget in his life.

At the top of the stairs, a naked baby, or more accurately, a lump of flesh, had only the shape of a baby or fetus, but its facial features were not yet fully developed. It climbed down from there, as if there was an invisible staircase in the air for it to climb.

Zhang Hao remained expressionless, a stark contrast to An Yuan beside him.

"Are you here to see me? Why are you looking for me? I don't want to have anything to do with you! I don't want to leave here."

The baby laughed as it climbed down from above, and after climbing for more than ten minutes, it finally came to Zhang Hao.

When Zhang Hao came to investigate before, he hid very well and didn't expose himself at all.

But the infant spirit could sense that the other party was not someone it could mess with, so it remained vigilant.

However, after a long time, the other party did not take any action against him, so he gradually became bolder.

The little devil said this person was scary, but maybe he was just bragging, since this person seems quite kind.

The vengeful spirit writhed for a while, and facial features quickly grew out of the fleshy thing.

An Yuan was so frightened that he couldn't speak, trembling on the side like an old man.

Both Zhang Hao and the vengeful spirit ignored him.

"I came here to help you pass on to the afterlife. Do you want to stay here forever? Don't you want to be reborn as a human?"

Zhang Hao asked the vengeful spirit in a gentle tone.

The resentment surrounding this vengeful spirit was extremely dense, almost solidifying into a tangible form, as if it could drip water.

However, this vengeful spirit did not have much grievance on it, which indicates that it has not been completely blinded by hatred and has not done anything irrational.

“I don’t want things to stay like this, but the thought that they will become even more unscrupulous after I leave, without any punishment, makes me very unhappy. Isn’t that wrong?”

The vengeful spirit pouted, and its terrifying face surprisingly revealed an innocent expression.

An Yuan covered his mouth tightly, cold sweat pouring from his forehead, but he didn't even dare to wipe it away, afraid that such a small action would disturb them.

"You can't say that. Society has progressed now, unlike before. There are many factors to consider when having children, maybe... well, I don't really understand, since I'm not a woman. If you feel resentful, go talk to your mother. Maybe she can help you resolve your feelings of unfairness."

The vengeful spirit seemed lost in thought, blinked, and asked a completely unrelated question: "I love my mother very much, but she doesn't seem to like me, and she even killed me. Do you think there is such a thing as family love in this world?"

Are even babies this young able to think about such profound things nowadays?
Zhang Hao felt immense pressure.

A careless answer might lead this neutral vengeful spirit astray, so one must answer carefully to avoid giving the spirit any bad ideas.

"For adults, giving birth is a big deal. Why did your mother want to kill you? Perhaps... maybe she didn't want you to suffer in this world. How could any mother not love her child? Although there may be exceptions, most mothers love their children very much. Go say goodbye to your mother, end this tragic relationship, and then go back and line up to be reincarnated."

Zhang Hao touched the vengeful spirit's forehead, seemingly trying to dispel its resentment.

The vengeful spirit felt much more relaxed. It blinked its pair of dark, shining eyes and finally nodded hesitantly: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Then, the vengeful spirit turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the air.

An Yuan then dared to wipe away the cold sweat. He looked at Zhang Hao with awe and asked in a hoarse but respectful voice, "Mr. Zhang, where should we go next to investigate?"

Zhang Hao shook his head: "There's no need to rush now. I'll go back first and maybe I'll come back tomorrow."

An Yuan personally escorted him out and even called a driver.

Before leaving, he still asked worriedly, "Mr. Zhang, won't leaving that vengeful spirit with us have any negative effects?" (End of Chapter)