Chapter 110 Acciden (2/2)
Ying Qingcang noticed the cryptic look Young Master Shen shot him. ”Why are you looking at me like that? Spit it out if you have something to say.”
Young Master Shen cleared his throat twice. ”You've guessed it already, haven't you?”
”It's either my grandfather or my father.” A cold laugh escaped Ying Qingcang's throat. ”If it's my grandfather, I can understand. He couldn't just stand by and watch the offspring of his good friend tortured, so he got her out. But if it's my father...” Ying Qingcang stood up abruptly. ”Then it means he had a hand in all of this.”
”If Uncle Ying was the one who drugged you and forced Xin Qing to leave you, what's his purpose?” Young Master Shen stroked his chin, very puzzled with the turn of events. ”Wasn't he the one willing to move heaven and earth just to get you two together in the first place?”
Ying Qingcang frowned. ”Actually, I should've considered this possibility ages ago. Other than him, who else could've forced Xin Qing to leave me?”
”But what possible reason could he have used to force her to leave?” Young Master Shen shook his head repeatedly. ”None of this makes sense!”
”It's pretty easy to find out the answer. We just have to make him talk.”
”You're going back to England now?” Young Master Shen stood up. ”I'm going with you!”
All of a sudden, Ying Qingcang's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and picked up.
”Young Master! The old master is in trouble,” Ah Nan's voice blared out the phone's speaker. It boomed so loud even Young Master Shen heard it. Young Master Shen stroked his chin harder. ”What the... What a real coincidence!”
It turned out when Ying Hao headed back from meeting his friend, he ran into a demonstration by an anti-government group. The rioters clashed with the police and Ying Hao was injured in the process. Amidst the pandemonium, Ying Hao's head was smashed into a explosion-proof plate, knocking him out cold instantly. When Ying Qingcang and Young Master Shen arrived in England the following day, Ying Hao was still in ICU.
”Ah Cang!” A devastated Rong Siman came over the moment she saw him. Young Master Shen greeted the woman with overt courtesy. ”Aunt Ying!”
The look on Rong Siman's face changed instantly, though she did not pay Young Master Shen any mind. She threw a helpless frown at Ying Qingcang. ”If something happens to your father then I... I...”
”Oh, I don't think you have anything to worry about. He won't die that easily. Scourges can live thousands of years, after all,” Ying Qingcang said without even looking at her. He walked past her and went straight to speak to the doctor in charge. Not five minutes later, he emerged, dragging Young Master Shen. ”There's someone here. Let's go back to the house.”
”Ah Cang!” Rong Siman said in a panic. ”Aren't you going to stay?”
Ying Qingcang turned around and shot her a glance. ”Were you whining last time about him not being able to last long enough in bed for you to service him? Well, right now he's lying there in bed. Now, you can service him to your heart's content.” Ying Qingcang walked away, leaving a very humiliated Rong Siman in his wake.
”Hahahaha!” Young Master Shen laughed as he drove. ”That woman's face is truly... Hahaha!”
Ying Qingcang glared at him. ”Keep your eyes on the road.”
”Don't worry!” Young Master Shen said and then went back to laughing his head off. After a long, intense bout of laughter, he remembered something. ”Why go back to the house all of a sudden?”
”What do you think it is that drove the old man to go behind my back and force Xin Qing to leave? And even drug me?” Ying Qingcang asked with a look of pure derision on his face.
Young Master Shen pondered those words. After a moment, his eyes gleamed. ”The Ancestral Behest!”
Ying Hao's obsession with the ancestral behest appeared obvious even from back then when he still desired Ying Qingcang and Xin Qing together. If the ancestral behest stated that his death could propel the Ying family into generations of glory, then Ying Hao would not hesitate to take his own life. In this vein, the ancestral behest must also be the reason that had caused him to change his mind about Ying Qingcang and Xin Qing.
When they were both standing before the door of the underground cellar, Young Master Shen held up his palm. ”Don't you have the keys?”
Ying Qingcang shook his head. ”This door can only be opened by the current generation's head of the house.”
”Then why are we even here?” Young Master Shen asked, rolling his eyes. ”You knew damn well you wouldn't be able to open it.”
Ying Qingcang forwned in pity ”Come on, let's go check out his study.”
In the end, they were met with more disappointment. They found nothing. Ying Qingcang left the place silently. It was as if he already expected such an outcome.
”Why don't... Why don't we go check out your grandfather's place?”
”This has nothing to do with him. I'm sure of it. So let's not waste time there.” Ying Qingcang paused in thought. ”Since the old man was lying in the hospital right now, the situation is in our favor regardless of whether he's the instigator behind everything. Think about it. Where do you think he'll keep her?”
”When we get back, you should have Ah Nan look into the immigration records, see if we can trace those guys from there. I'll get my boys to make a list of people who entered the country illegally.” Young Master Shen smirked. ”Though I hope that they entered legally.”
”How so?”
Young Master Shen's eyes darted towards Ying Qingcang. ”Think about it. If they entered legally, then there has to be some kind of paper trail or record when they passed the border. But now that they have Molly with them, leaving the country legally is no longer an option. If that's the case, then we can pretty much trace them in just one go.”
”Because there will only be official records of their entry and not of their departure. That will make it so much easier for us to trace them!” Ying Qingcang said, finishing Young Master Shen's line of thought.
”Exactly!” Young Master Shen winked. ”Now we just have to try our luck!”
Xin Qing thought she would still see Ying Qingcang, but he never came by again after that day. It was through Ding Lei, who heard the news from Ah Nan, that Xin Qing learned of what happened to Ying Hao.
”His father is in a coma, and he isn't even there in England. I heard he's back in the country already,” Zhang Mi said, mocking Ying Qingcang as she ate. ”Such an unfilial man, I bet he won't treat his own wife well!”
Shi Qianqian glared at Zhang Mi. ”Stop making random comments about other people's business.”