NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14:
Chapter 14: Whose Bloodstain Is on the Sheets?:
“Calm down! Calm down! That blood might not even be yours!”
Lin Xian made a bold assumption.
He trusted his moral integrity.
With his looks, he never lacked female attention. There was no need to take advantage of someone in a vulnerable state.
Moreover…
In his letter to his past self, Lin Xian had explicitly stated that Dai Chuchan was a crucial “tool” for connecting with Dai Shuangcheng.
Doing anything improper now would only ruin all his carefully laid plans.
Hearing Lin Xian’s reasoning, Dai Chuchan stopped screaming and began scanning his body.
Lin Xian also looked at himself. His arms and legs seemed fine, but on his right arm, there was indeed a small wound that hadn’t fully healed.
“Look.”
He showed her his arm.
Considering their sleeping positions, the bloodstain on the sheets was clearly from his wound.
Dai Chuchan blushed, hastily grabbed her clothes, and ran into the bathroom.
The sound of running water soon followed, with the showerhead spraying against the glass walls and filling the bathroom with steam.
Lin Xian exhaled deeply and began to calm down.
He realized he had panicked unnecessarily.
He had prepared himself for the possibility of waking up with no memory.
However, waking up in a place that wasn’t his own bed was something he hadn’t anticipated.
“It seems… as the past is altered, I might not always wake up at home.”
The sound of water stopped.
Dai Chuchan emerged from the bathroom, now dressed and composed.
Looking anxious, she bowed deeply to Lin Xian.
“I’m so sorry, Senior Lin Xian! I overreacted earlier… You and your companions saved me yesterday, but I yelled like that… I was truly out of line!”
“Senior Lin Xian, thank you for saving my life! If they had pushed me into that car, I can’t imagine what might have happened!”
Lin Xian was taken aback.
Companions?
She must mean Vice President Zhang, Brother Li, and Little Wang.
Did they get involved too?
Lin Xian grabbed his phone and called each of them.
Ring… Ring… Ring…
All three calls went unanswered.
“Where are my companions?”
Dai Chuchan looked at him innocently and shook her head.
“Senior Lin Xian, last night, your companions fought with them while you pulled me away. I have no idea where your companions went.”
Lin Xian rubbed his temples.
The lack of memory was frustrating. His merged memories were still incomplete, but he was genuinely concerned about the others.
He patted the chair beside him, motioning for Dai Chuchan to sit.
“Sit down and tell me exactly what happened last night.”
Dai Chuchan blinked her wide, confused eyes and tilted her head.
Why was Senior Lin Xian, who had rescued her, asking her to recount the events?
“Senior Lin Xian, don’t you remember what happened yesterday?”
“I drank a bit too much last night and don’t recall the details clearly.”
Lin Xian lied. In truth, he didn’t remember anything yet, as his memories hadn’t fully merged.
Dai Chuchan didn’t seem suspicious. She sat down and began recounting the events.
“Last night… Tian Miaomiao insisted on holding a celebration party and dragged me to the bar. They gave me cocktails, which I thought were just fruit juice without alcohol…”
“I’ve never had alcohol before, so I got drunk after a few drinks. They said they’d take me home, and I followed them in a daze.”
“When we got to the entrance and were about to get into the car, Senior Lin Xian suddenly appeared. Your companions started fighting with them. The van driver even pulled out a knife, so your companions told you to take me and run…”
“After that… while we were running, the alcohol hit me harder, and I don’t remember what happened next. I woke up here.”
Hearing her story, Lin Xian understood everything.
His past self, after receiving the letter, had brought along Vice President Zhang, Brother Li, and Little Wang to confront the kidnappers. While they fought, he had taken Dai Chuchan to safety.
Still worried about his companions, Lin Xian searched the local news.
Eventually, he found a relevant message in one of his group chats.
“Fight broke out outside MT Bar. A group of men and women brawled, one of them a blonde with a knife. Police patrol intervened and took everyone away. Fortunately, no one was injured.”
Relieved that no one was hurt, Lin Xian locked his phone and looked at Dai Chuchan.
“Your so-called friends planned to kidnap you and demand 5 million yuan ransom from your father.”
Dai Chuchan was stunned.
She had assumed Tian Miaomiao and the others were just taking her to some sketchy place.
She never imagined they intended to kidnap her.
“Senior Lin Xian, how did you know about this?”
“I overheard them while I was in the restroom at MT Bar.”
Lin Xian quickly dismissed her curiosity and spoke seriously.
“Right now, Tian Miaomiao, her accomplices, and my companions are all in police custody.”
“Ask your father to step in and investigate Tian Miaomiao’s phone. You’ll definitely find the chat logs proving they planned to kidnap you.”