I am a dragon

No, it can't be Ning Meng!

I want to get this absurd thought out of my head.

Jiang Ruxue's expression shifted between light and dark, and after a long while, she finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "Mr. Chen, do you know where Lin Fang is?"

"I don't know about that, but I can have my brothers look for him. As long as he's still in Miancheng, I guarantee I can find him."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen." Jiang Ruxue nodded to Chen Long in thanks. "Although you and Xiaofeng are good friends, let's keep things separate. I have 20,000 yuan in my phone, and I hope Mr. Chen will accept it."

Chen Hu was somewhat displeased, while Chen Long said calmly, "Alright, but let's wait until we find President Lin before we talk about it."

"That's fine too." Jiang Ruxue did not insist.

After finishing my business, I checked the time and realized it was getting late. I said to Chen Long and Chen Hu, "Brother Long and Brother Hu, it's getting late. I'll visit you another day."

Chen Long said, "Well, Brother Lu, go back and rest first. We'll get together another day."

Chen Hu volunteered to take Jiang Ruxue and me to the residential area.

Jiang Ruxue didn't speak, but the pain in her eyes was obvious. She must have picked up on something from Chen Long's words, which worried me.

After saying goodbye to Chen Hu at the entrance of the residential area, the streetlights cast long shadows of Jiang Ruxue and me. I noticed that she was walking very slowly, her complexion was not good, and she kept pressing her temples.

I kept my head down, lost in thought, not thinking too much.

After entering the house, Jiang Ruxue locked herself in the bedroom.

I pressed my ear against the door and said, "Sister-in-law, are you alright?"

Jiang Ruxue did not speak.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law... I've opened the door."

Just as I was about to push the door open, I heard Jiang Ruxue's voice: "Go to sleep, I'm sleepy."

Hearing her speak, I finally felt relieved and said through the door, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, Chen Long and Chen Hu will definitely find my cousin."

Jiang Ruxue fell silent again.

I wanted to try to persuade her, but I didn't know how. So, with my worries weighing on my mind, I went back to my bedroom and went to sleep.

That night, I slept very restlessly. One moment I dreamed that Ning Meng was holding Lin Fang and opening her blood-red mouth at me, and the next I dreamed that Jiang Ruxue was pulling me and running wildly.

I don't know how much time passed, but I shuddered, which aggravated my wound, and I woke up.

At six o'clock in the morning, I was wide awake.

I left the bedroom and saw that the door to the master bedroom was open. I glanced inside.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ruxue was lying on the bed, with only the towel covering her upper body, her two long legs exposed, dazzlingly white.

My heart was pounding, and I felt like I'd been burned, so I quickly looked away from her.

As I was about to return to my bedroom, I heard Jiang Ruxue groaning in pain. Sensing something was wrong, I hesitated for a moment, then went back and called out to Jiang Ruxue twice from the doorway.

She didn't answer me, her legs were curled up, and she was groaning in pain.

I went inside and saw that her face was flushed, her eyes were closed, and her breathing was a little heavy.

I called her name softly twice, but Jiang Ruxue didn't respond. I reached out and touched her forehead.

"Oh no, she has a fever!"

Without measuring, based on my experience, I judged that she had at least 39 degrees Celsius.

At that moment, I no longer cared about the difference between men and women. I quickly went back to my room, took out the silver needles, and then lifted the blanket.

Jiang Ruxue was only wearing a silk nightgown. I took a deep breath, completely cleared my mind of all distractions, and then, after sterilizing the needles with a lighter, inserted them one by one into her acupoints.

The whole process took about ten minutes. I breathed a sigh of relief, and my tense nerves finally relaxed.

Another ten minutes or so passed, and I reached out and touched her forehead and behind her ears. Her body temperature had returned to normal.

However, I dared not be careless, since this acupuncture technique can only temporarily release the heat in the body for emergency use, and cannot be used as a treatment.

After her body temperature went down, I removed all the silver needles. As I was taking back the last needle, Jiang Ruxue suddenly opened her eyes.

From bewilderment to confusion, and then to shock, she grabbed the blanket and covered herself with it.

Before she could speak, I explained, "Sister-in-law, you had a fever this morning, and I just gave you an acupuncture to bring it down."

When Jiang Ruxue saw the silver needles in my hand, she was fully awake. She wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, her face flushed, and said, "You...you go out first."

"Uh-huh."

I snapped out of my daze, turned around and went out, closing the door behind me.

After I went outside, I sat on the sofa, feeling extremely confused and restless.

My mind was in complete turmoil, filled with images of pale skin and undulating curves.

I cursed myself for being shameless. Just then, Jiang Ruxue walked out barefoot.

She had changed into a conservative nightgown, but it couldn't hide her stunning figure.

"Thank you. I felt unwell last night, and I didn't expect to have a fever, but I feel much better now."

Jiang Ruxue's voice was still somewhat weak.

I didn't dare look at her: "You must be anxious. Drink more water and observe. It shouldn't be anything serious. What would you like to eat? I'll make you something."

Jiang Ruxue shook her head and said, "I have no appetite at all. I'll ask the school for leave later."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, my cousin..."

"Don't mention him to me!" Jiang Ruxue's face changed instantly.

It seems that Jiang Ruxue is really angry.

"Well... I'm going to work now."

For some reason, I felt a tightness in my chest and wanted to go outside for some fresh air.

Jiang Ruxue glanced at her watch and said, "It's not even seven o'clock yet. Aren't you getting to work a bit early?"

"I can't sleep, you should rest. If anything happens, call me..."

I suddenly realized that Zhou Mingyuan had taken my phone. What bad luck! I'll have to get my third phone in less than two weeks!

Jiang Ruxue asked, "By the way, where's your phone? I called you yesterday, but it was always off."

"I was carried off by a dog at a nightclub."

"It was carried away by a dog?" Jiang Ruxue looked bewildered.

I didn't explain. After getting dressed and washing up, I went out.

When I got to the mobile phone store across from my apartment complex, the girl selling phones probably remembered my unlucky look and gave me a knowing smile.

I didn't care. In less than half a month, three phones were gone, costing me over a thousand yuan. I felt like my heart was bleeding.

After getting a replacement SIM card, my first thought was to find Ning Meng and ask her directly if she had anything to do with Lin Fang's disappearance.

I sent a text message to Jiang Ruxue to remind her that I had bought a new phone, ate breakfast absentmindedly, and called Xu Lanya to ask for leave.

My position in the property management department is unique; I am supervised by Zhou Mingyuan, but I am also under the jurisdiction of Jinhai Company's service department. I don't have Director Du's contact information, so I can only call Xu Lanya.

Xu Lanya didn't say anything, nor did she ask me what I was going to do. She just said that I should leave the matter of taking leave to her.

After I took leave, I was about to contact Ningmeng when she called me unexpectedly.

"Lu Feng, can you come with me to the hospital for an abortion?"