"Ye Fei, what are you doing? Stay down!"

He looked sideways and found the pale face of Lin Qingwan, staring at him with bloodshot eyes. Obviously, she didn't sleep much last night.　

Lin Qingwan sighed and picked up a peeled apple from the bedside table, offering it to Ye Fei. "Hungry?"

"I would give anything to eat the apple peeled by the hand of Manager Lin, but..."

His whole body was covered in bandages. He could barely move his fingers.

"Don't be silly. I'll feed you." Lin Qingwan used the fruit knife in her hands to cut out a small piece and put it into Ye Fei's mouth.

It was a very ordinary movement, but Lin Qingwan suddenly realized something that made her face blush. "I've never fed a grown man before in my life!"　

The thought was stuck in her mind as she used a small spoon to carefully pour warm water into his mouth.

"You're so nice to me..." Ye Fei whispered.

"No, come on..." she peeped bashfully.

"You are practically a mother to me..." he continued.

"Oh, f.u.c.k off."

Lin Qingwan's shy features instantly hardened and she s.n.a.t.c.hed away his pillow from under him.

Ye Fei's head hit the back of the bed with a dull thud and he cried out, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, give me back the pillow! Anyway, let's talk about something serious. How's Liu Manman? Was Zhong Mei's blood the right type?"

Lin Qingwan mercilessly glared at Ye Fei for a few moments, then giggled and put the pillow back. "Yes, but Zhong Mei is such a little girl, how much of her blood could we use? In any case, Manman survived thanks to her, and her condition has been basically stable so far, but she's still unconscious. Chu Mo is watching over her in another ward.

"And you! You're hurt even worse than Manman. You're lucky you're in such great physical condition, 'cause most people would have died before they even reached the hospital with those injuries. What in the world happened to you last night?" she asked with concern.

Before Ye Fei could say anything, Lin Qingwan waved a hand and said, "The police will come to take a statement from you soon enough, just explain everything then."

Ye Fei closed and opened his eyes in lieu of a nod.

After a short while, there was a knock at the door. "Is Ye Fei in here?"

Lin Qingwan opened the door and two uniformed police officers - a man and a woman - entered, followed by Murong.

Murong said, "Ye Fei, the surgeon said you're covered in severe lacerations most likely caused by a large blade. Were you attacked? We received a report last night about some people killing each other in an alley close to the hospital. Said the ground was covered with blood and corpses, but when a patrol came to look around, they found nothing. Were you there? Tell us what happened last night."

"I was there," Ye Fei said in a low voice.

The male cop took out a pen and a notepad and said, "So tell me, what was it all about? Did you provoke someone?"

"It was Fire dragon!"

"Fire dragon?"

The police officers exchanged a worried look. Some time ago, the police had raided a few centers of criminal activity, one of which was controlled by Fire Dragon. He himself had escaped and was now considered armed and very dangerous.

"Are you sure it was Fire dragon?" the policewoman asked slowly.

"Absolutely!"

After a few more questions, the cops concluded that Fire Dragon had rounded up a few of his criminal cronies to get back at Ye Fei for his role in the events leading up to the police raid that destroyed his business.

After that, the two police officers left to report to their superiors.

Murong closed the door behind them and muttered, "Fire Dragon…? He is ruthless and unscrupulous! He even threatened Manman..."

Lin Qingwan worriedly rubbed her chin. "I'll tell my dad, ask him to send me a few more bodyguards..."

"Fire Dragon's dead," Ye Fei said in a low voice, "I killed him"

Lin Qingwan and Murong swiveled around to gape at him.

"What?!"

"You killed Fire Dragon?"

Although they did not see for themselves what happened in the alley the previous night, they could imagine how dangerous it was based on Ye Fei's account.

Incredibly, Ye Fei could kill Fire Dragon even in such a great disadvantage.

Lin Qingwan raised her eyebrows and nodded admiringly.

But Murong frowned and bit her lip. After all, she was a police officer. Punishments had to be settled through due legal process, and although Fire Dragon was a dangerous criminal, Ye Fei hadn't the right to kill him on a whim.

However, since Fire Dragon's body was nowhere to be found, Murong could look past this.

"Fire Dragon is dead, but there had to have been someone else behind the attack. We can't let our guard down quite yet," Ye Fei said.

By then, the anesthetic for his wounds had worn off, and every slight movement made him wince.

Lin Qingwan frowned. "Someone else? Who?"

"I don't know. I have no idea who's trying to kill me, but if we don't find out soon, we could all be in grave danger."

Ye Fei shook his head with a wry smile. He really didn't know anyone who could be the mastermind behind such a plot. Perhaps they just wanted to get rid of him so they could reach Lin Qingwan?

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Ye Fei.

"Could it be the same person who hired the gunman to kill Lin Qingwan?"