Ancient Tablet Town had no decent large hospitals, only a clinic with barely passable medical facilities. After Baizhi's father received a simple examination at the clinic, he was transferred overnight to a city-level hospital for care.
The Taoyuan West Branch of Qinzhou Medical College was 23 kilometers from Ancient Tablet Town—not far, but the roads along the way twisted and turned, passing through three tunnels and frequently climbing onto and descending from elevated bridges.
The terrain was treacherous and transportation inconvenient, one of the reasons this part of Taoyuan City had remained relatively underdeveloped.
Ning Zhe had wanted to try contacting Bai Fugui's subordinates or trusted aides within his own group and have them pick Baizhi up and take her to her parents. But he found that they were basically all dead. Right, Aunt seemed to have mentioned that the group executives who had come here with their family were all staying at the manor too...
What a tragedy.
Ning Zhe looked at Baizhi's timid, withdrawn appearance—she could barely even speak above a whisper—and felt that letting her take a car alone would probably be dangerous.
"Did your mother tell you anything before she left?" Ning Zhe asked.
"Mother told me to stay with you, and to notify her once you woke up," Baizhi answered truthfully.
"What else?"
"And..." Baizhi thought for a moment. After organizing her words, she said, "She also told me to be careful, not to believe anything anyone says... except you."
"Okay, then it looks like Aunt ran into danger." Ning Zhe roughly understood why Feng Yushu had left her by his side. "Wait here for me for a while. I need to take care of something. Stay right here. Don't go anywhere."
"You're taking advantage of me," Baizhi muttered softly.
"Huh?"
"That's a line from