Rebirth, but baby, where are you?

Chapter 39

Mo Shanshan sat on the sofa in the observation lounge, turning her head to look absent-mindedly at the night scenery outside the viewing window. Her expression appeared calm, yet only she knew that at this moment she was merely struggling to maintain her composure. Otherwise, she really feared she might lose control, especially when thinking about how Qin Huanxi was still unconscious.

Her breathing hitched again subconsciously. If something really happened to Qin Huanxi this time, even if Mo Shaoheng and Qin Huanxi himself didn’t blame her, she would never be able to forgive herself.

She knew fully well that Fu Zecheng’s purpose in hosting this banquet was impure, and yet despite Qin Huanxi warning her many times, she still walked into the trap that the enemy had designed long ago easily.

Her eyes reddened slightly. A hand settled on her shoulder gently. She turned her head, looking up along the hand on her shoulder slowly. When her eyes met Su Yang’s smiling face, she said softly, “Su Yang…”

Su Yang looked at Mo Shanshan’s reddened eyes, her pale complexion, and utterly haggard appearance.

She sighed softly and shook her head, sitting down beside her. She patted her hand and said, “I can see you haven’t eaten much all day today, and last night you barely slept the entire night—your dark circles are so heavy. Didn’t Uncle Shen and Dr. Shen already say that Huanxi is fine? Once the effects of the drug wears off, he’ll wake up. Stop overthinking things.”

Mo Shanshan shook her head gently. “I know Huanxi is fine, but Su Yang… Huanxi trusted me so much, yet I fell so easily into the trap they set. Before attending the banquet, Huanxi told me more than once to always pay attention to the guests around me, and I still…”

“Enough!” Su Yang stopped Mo Shanshan from continuing her dejection. She said softly, “This can’t be blamed on you. Since they chose to target you, that means they definitely knew that straightforward methods wouldn’t work against Huanxi. We are all the people Huanxi trusts most around him. Even if it weren’t you, they would have targeted me instead.”

Mo Shanshan remained silent. Actually, even now she couldn’t figure out which part went wrong, and this was the most terrifying thing and what frightened her the most. Because the opposition didn’t succeed this time, there would be a second time, a third time in the future, and she would become Qin Huanxi’s greatest weakness.

She looked at Su Yang and said, “Su Yang, you don’t understand. I’m not feeling guilty because of fear, but because I’m genuinely horrified from the bottom of my heart. Just as you said, they know they can’t deal with Huanxi directly, so they’ll look for opportunities from the people around him. Even if they failed this time, there can be a next time. Yet I’ll never know when the enemy has unknowingly strapped a bomb to my body. As soon as I get close to Huanxi, they can press the remote control in their hands.”

Su Yang stared steadily at Mo Shanshan for a long while before chuckling softly. “Shanshan, are you underestimating Huanxi too much?”

Mo Shanshan looked at Su Yang, who was laughing with such ease and comfort puzzledly.

Su Yang smiled and patted her shoulder, settling comfortably into the sofa and stretching lazily. “You’re thinking of Huanxi too simply. If he were so easy to deal with, they wouldn’t need to go through such elaborate schemes. Moreover, based on my understanding of Huanxi, after suffering such a big loss this time, how could he possibly give others a second chance to harm him? Even if they still want to target those of us who stay by Huanxi’s side, even if we fall into their trap once again, would Huanxi really be completely unprepared?”

Mo Shanshan seemed to understand Su Yang’s meaning somewhat. A smile gradually appeared on her pale face.

“Huanxi is not like us.” Su Yang smiled rather smugly. “I think this time they’ve alerted their prey. In the future, if they want to use the same methods against Huanxi, it won’t be so simple. Huanxi is much more shrewd than we imagine. Don’t underestimate him at all. After this lesson, Huanxi will definitely be more vigilant in the future, making it even harder for them to succeed.”

Mo Shanshan nodded heavily. Perhaps she really had been worrying too much.

“Alright, stop looking so worried. Or think about it from another angle. This time Uncle Mo was there. Even if Huanxi was drugged, he could immediately call Uncle Mo, so no matter what, Huanxi wouldn’t be in danger. Besides, through this incident, we can also find out who exactly wants to harm Huanxi. Regardless of whether the opposition succeeded, Uncle Mo definitely won’t let them off easily.” Su Yang’s thinking was much clearer than Mo Shanshan’s.

Mo Shanshan thought about it for a moment after hearing this, then nodded with a smile. “Yes, Uncle must already know who did it.”

Su Yang told her, “When Huanxi wakes up, we can just ask Uncle Mo and find out.”

Mo Shanshan nodded lightly. Ever since learning that last night, after she and Li Junyan left to find Su Yang, Qin Huanxi immediately had an accident, and that the cause of the accident was precisely the glass of wine she had handed to Qin Huanxi, she had been immersed in guilt, unable to extricate herself and not daring to face Mo Shaoheng.

When the waiter told her that Su Yang was waiting for her in the lounge, Qin Huanxi had looked so vigilantly at that waiter, worried about whether it would be dangerous for her to leave alone. It was only when Li Junyan volunteered to accompany her that Qin Huanxi relaxed his guard. Qin Huanxi constantly worried about her, yet she had fallen into their trap so easily.

She still remembered the grim expression on Mo Shaoheng’s face clearly when he carried Qin Huanxi out. At that moment, she didn’t dare take a single step closer. If Li Junyan hadn’t been by her side comforting her, she felt she could barely hold on. Just thinking about how Qin Huanxi had the accident because of her made her feel suffocated with difficulty.

She had been restless all day today, not daring to face her little uncle, and even less daring to face the unconscious Qin Huanxi. At a time like this, how could she open her mouth to ask her little uncle questions? Qin Huanxi hadn’t woken up yet, how could she have the mind to care about other matters? She knew her little uncle wouldn’t blame her, but she just had this strong feeling, a feeling that made her too ashamed to face him.

Just as Mo Shanshan was once again falling into guilt, the sound of light, scattered footsteps came pattering from far to near. Mo Siyuan’s small figure rushed into the living room. Then seeing Mo Shanshan and Su Yang, he shouted happily, “Sister Shanshan, Sister Su Yang, Big Brother Huanxi is awake! Daddy asked me to come and tell you!”

Mo Shanshan jerked up from the sofa. “Huanxi is awake?”

Mo Siyuan looked up at Mo Shanshan and nodded happily. “Yes, Big Brother Huanxi said he’s fine now.”

“That’s wonderful!” Mo Shanshan turned around and hugged Su Yang excitedly, the tears she had held back for a day and night finally spilling from her eyes.

Su Yang patted her back helplessly. “Didn’t I tell you not to worry? With Uncle Shen and Dr. Shen here, how could anything happen to Huanxi? Come on, let’s go see Huanxi.”

Mo Shanshan wiped the corners of her eyes, turned back to pick up Mo Siyuan, and nuzzled his tender little face with her own. “Xiao Yuan, thank you for bringing me such good news. Did Daddy have any other instructions?”

Mo Siyuan tilted his head to think. Daddy seemed to have told him something else. He worked hard to turn his little brain, and after a long while finally remembered. He clapped his two small hands forcefully, his eyes sparkling brightly as he said, “Oh right! Daddy said Big Brother Huanxi wants to eat something when he wakes up, so he told the kitchen to prepare food.”

Su Yang laughed helplessly, pinching Mo Siyuan’s face. “Little ancestor, you can still remember so clearly. Alright, I’ll take care of instructing the kitchen. You quickly take Sister Shanshan to see Big Brother Huanxi. Your Sister Shanshan is so anxious she’s about to cry.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Mo Shanshan blushed with embarrassment.

Hearing that Mo Shanshan had cried, Mo Siyuan held Mo Shanshan’s face hurriedly, looking worried as he said, “What’s wrong with Sister Shanshan? Why are you crying? Daddy said Big Brother Huanxi is fine now, so Sister Shanshan shouldn’t cry anymore. Look, even Xiao Yuan isn’t crying.”

“Pfft…” Su Yang finally couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “You’re really regressing, reduced to being comforted by a six-year-old child. Baby Xiao Yuan, you’re really my little treasure. Hahaha…”

Mo Shanshan glared at Su Yang, who was laughing without any dignity, and quickly ran away carrying Mo Siyuan.

In the room, Qin Huanxi was leaning against the headboard chatting with Mo Shaoheng. Seeing Mo Shanshan standing at the doorway holding Mo Siyuan, he straightened up quickly and said, “Shanshan, why don’t you come in?”

Mo Shanshan put down Mo Siyuan, who was struggling to get down. Then watching him run toward Qin Huanxi, she followed behind him, walking slowly to Qin Huanxi’s side. She carefully examined Qin Huanxi and saw that he was only slightly pale but his spirits seemed to have recovered. Finally, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She said spoke. “I’m sorry, Huanxi…”

“The person who should apologize is me. They were targeting me in the first place, yet I made you worry about me instead. In the end, it was still my carelessness.” Qin Huanxi interrupted Mo Shanshan’s words, comforting her. “By the way, Shanshan, when you and Mr. Li went to the lounge to find Su Yang, did you ask Su Yang which family’s young master bumped into her?”

“It was that good-for-nothing, idle third young master of the Zhan family, Zhan Shuoming.” Su Yang had walked in at some point, her face still showing some annoyance. “That damned blind bastard, if it weren’t for him, Shanshan and Li Junyan wouldn’t have left your side… Speaking of which, what happened to that bastard? Could it be that he was the one who drugged the wine, then deliberately spilled wine on me to get us away?”

Qin Huanxi laughed. Worthy of being Miss Su, her imagination really wasn’t ordinary. He smiled and explained, “No, I was just overthinking. I wanted to understand more about the situation at that time to see if there were any oversights. The person who drugged the wine was Brother Shui’s subordinate. Fu Zecheng had them disguise themselves as banquet waiters to maintain security at the banquet, which gave them the opportunity to act.”

“I see.” Mo Shanshan finally remembered. “At the banquet, waiters carrying wine came and went constantly. Even if they deliberately walked past me several times, I wouldn’t have noticed them. When I wanted to drink and called for them, they just needed someone to come over randomly, and they could easily drug the wine when I wasn’t paying attention.”

“How is it them again?” Su Yang frowned. “These people are really like lingering ghosts. I wonder what schemes Fu Zecheng is plotting, actually keeping these people around to work for him and having them disguise as waiters to infiltrate the banquet hall. Could it be intentional?”

Qin Huanxi shook his head gently. “Probably not. This matter was their unauthorized action and has nothing to do with Fu Zecheng.”

As Qin Huanxi spoke, he turned to ask Mo Shaoheng, “What’s this Zhan Shuoming’s background?”

“Didn’t I already say? The third young master of the Zhan family, a playboy who idles away his time and only knows how to eat, drink, whore, and gamble. He used to hang around with that illegitimate second young master of the Pan family, Pan Zhijie often. The Zhan and Pan families are similar in nature. They have some standing in T City, but compared to the Fu family, they’re far inferior. I heard Zhan Shuoming has been following Fu Shunfei around lately, probably trying to curry favor.” Su Yang said dismissively.

Pan Zhijie? That name sounded familiar.

Qin Huanxi propped up his chin, and after a long while suddenly realized, wasn’t Pan Zhijie the confused illegitimate rich second generation who had kidnapped him at the old master’s birthday banquet, attempting to deliver him to Mo Shaoheng’s bed? Indeed, birds of a feather flock together. However, Pan Zhijie seemed to have never appeared again afterward. Could it be that Qi Fengyu had dealt with him secretly?

Still, he had no interest in Pan Zhijie. Back then, he had just woken up and was willing but unable to act. Now, if someone wanted to kidnap him, it wouldn’t be so easy. Since Zhan Shuoming had nothing to do with Brother Shui, last night’s incident should have nothing to do with Zhan Shuoming. Su Yang getting wine spilled on her was really just a coincidence.

Qin Huanxi breathed a slight sigh of relief, though he kept on feeling that something had flashed through his mind that he couldn’t quite catch for the moment.