His already dry lip split and bled almost instantly.
Crimson blood quickly spread across it, coloring his pale lips vividly. Against his equally bloodless face, it was extraordinarily striking.
He squeezed his eyes shut, then opened them again, battling the caged beast inside him.
Had a sentinel Alpha been present, they would have seen that the few mental tendrils he had extended had completely escaped their master’s control. Every one of them wound around Shao Siyan, circling, rubbing, and lingering with boundless intimacy.
Chi Junyan’s condition was clearly abnormal. No matter how suspicious Shao Siyan was, he could not allow something terrible to happen to the man before his eyes.
He moved farther away, ignoring the trace of agitation that abruptly rose in his heart, and urged the driver to hurry.
Regardless of who this man was or who had sent him, he was too ill to cause any trouble.
Since Chi Junyan had not actually harmed him, Shao Siyan would have fulfilled every humanitarian obligation by delivering him to a hospital and preventing him from dying in front of him.
By the time they reached the hospital owned by the Shao family, Chi Junyan’s fever had nearly rendered him unconscious.
He felt like an empty pot being burned dry. His flesh and blood seemed on the verge of vaporizing, and even the marrow in his bones felt ready to boil away.
Having only just survived a massive explosion, he wondered hazily whether dying in the flames then would have spared him his present agony.
The inside of his body tightened. The blood in his veins seemed to flow backward, and his ears were filled with a chaotic buzzing.
He could not hold on much longer.
The doctors had never seen a patient remain conscious with such a high fever. They urgently drew blood for tests and rushed the results, only to discover that all his indicators were normal except for malnutrition.
A doctor studied the way his clothes hung loosely on him and shook his head, muttering, “Being a celebrity nowadays isn’t fit work for a human being. He hasn’t eaten properly in years. He’s ruined his stomach.”
Shao Siyan’s sharp ears caught the remark. He called his secretary and ordered him to investigate whether this man was some minor celebrity.
Perhaps his original guess had been wrong?
Tsk. Young celebrities nowadays never thought about improving their professional ability. They spent every day searching for crooked shortcuts, turning the industry into a foul mess.
It was time to clean up the atmosphere in the entertainment industry.
His secretary respectfully asked over the phone, “What is his name?”
“His name is…” Shao Siyan stopped.
He had never asked.
Casually stopping a passing nurse, Shao Siyan asked, “The man in there—what’s his name?”
The nurse looked surprised. “Isn’t he your friend, President Shao? Doctor Liu didn’t even ask him for his medical-insurance card…”
What pointless flattery.
Shao Siyan waved her away and returned to the bedside to ask the patient himself, only to discover that Chi Junyan had lost consciousness and the doctors were attempting to stabilize him.
Shao Siyan: …