Chapter 576


    After making sure that everything was taken care of, Nan Chen motioned for Qiao Zhan to leave.


    Soon, Nan Chen and Nan Xing were the only ones remaining in the ward.


    “Now, care to tell me what happened?” Nan Chen asked coldly.


    Nan Xing simply shed him a nce and kept his head low without saying a word.


    “You went to have dinner with Ouyang Qing, didn''t you? How did you get hurt like this?” Nan Chen


    pressed on.


    Instead of answering the question, Nan Xing looked up at him and said, “Chen, what happened to


    Erbao had nothing to do with me. I''m not a heartless monster!”


    The look in Nan Chen''s eyes grew cold instantly. “What makes you say that?”


    “I mean exactly what I said. I didn''t do anything to harm Erbao. She''s my niece, and I love her very


    much. How could I ever bring myself to hurt her?” Nan Xing lowered his head again as he said that.


    “I know you wouldn''t hurt her, but why are you saying such weird things to me now?” Nan Chen asked.


    “No reason. I just wanted to make it known that I had nothing to do with Erbao''s matter, that''s all,” Nan


    Xing replied.


    “Look at me, Nan Xing,” Nan Chen''s voice grew increasingly colder, but Nan Xing still kept his head


    low.


    “Do you not trust me?” Nan Chen''s question hit the nail on the head.


    “Of course I do! I''ve always trusted you the most!”


    “Oh? So, you think I don''t trust you, then? Is that why you said all that weird stuff?” Nan Chen pressed


    on.


    Nan Xing kept quiet.


    “Lift your head!” Nan Chen shouted all of a sudden.


    Nan Xing looked up in fear, but still avoided making eye contact with him.


    “Look at me!” Nan Chen ordered coldly.


    Nan Xing had no choice but to do as told and shifted his gaze to meet Nan Chen''s.


    “Did someone say something to you? Is that why you think I don''t trust you?” Nan Chen asked.


    “No.”


    “That''s impossible. All right, fine, let''s put that aside for now. Do you trust me?”


    “Yes, I do.” Nan Xing nodded.


    “Okay, then tell me what exactly happened to you tonight. How did you get hurt, and why were you


    brought to this hospital by the police?” Nan Chen asked.


    I do trust Nan Chen, but what if he really is suspecting me? What if he had something to do with those


    people? No, I don''t want to think about that any further. It''s way too scary! This man in front of me is my


    twin brother who cares about me the most!


    Nan Xing was still a little hesitant, but decided to take a chance and asked, “Chen, you won''t hurt me,


    right?”


    “Of course I won''t! You''re my brother, so why would I hurt you? I need you to tell me what you went


    through tonight. I trust you, so you need to trust me too. The day we stop trusting each other will be the


    day we fall into someone else''s trap.”


    In order to reduce the tension in the air, Nan Chen eased up his tone to sound gentler.


    “I was having dinner with Ouyang Qing at Xiang Jiang Restaurant tonight. However, we got ambushed


    by some men before we even started eating. They caught us off guard and had us outnumbered, so I


    couldn''t fight them off. Look, I even got cut on my arm. They were using me of harming my own


    niece and wanted to kill me,” Nan Xing exined.


    The look in Nan Chen''s eyes grew cold all of a sudden. “What happened next?”


    “They threw me out the window. Luckily for me, there was a river beneath it, or I would''ve been dead


    right then and there. I then encountered a pair of siblings who mistook me for a thief and tied me up.


    They wouldn''t believe me no matter what I said. Eventually, the police came over, confirmed my


    identity, and brought me to this hospital. That''s pretty much everything that happened tonight,” Nan


    Xing continued.


    “I see. So, you thought I sent those men to the restaurant. That''s why you said those strange things,


    right? That''s why you kept telling me you had nothing to do with Erbao''s poisoning?” Nan Chen asked


    coldly.


    Nan Xing kept quiet.


    “You im to trust me, and yet this is how you think of me?” Nan Chen was starting to get angry.


    “It''s not that I don''t trust you, Chen. I just thought—”


    “That I''d lose all sense of reason and be stupid enough to suspect you? We''re twin brothers, Nan Xing!


    We literally grew up together! You should know me well enough by now! Did you really think I''d suspect


    you and send assassins after you? Do you even see me as your brother?”


    Nan Xing felt bad for suspecting Nan Chen when he heard how angry he sounded.


    “I''m sorry, Chen. I never should have thought of it like that. I just got so scared that I let my fear


    consume me...” Nan Xing mumbled apologetically in regret.


    “How did those men get into the room?” Nan Chen asked.


    “They disguised themselves as waiters and brought the food in. I couldn''t recognize them because they


    all had masks on.”


    “Was Ouyang Qing there as well?”


    “Yes, she got hit too. I don''t know what happened next because I got thrown out the window.”


    “Who else knows about you two dining there?”


    “I didn''t tell anyone else on my side, but I don''t know about her.”


    “Those must''ve been Ouyang Duo''s men.”


    “Huh? Why would Ouyang Duo want to kill a nobody like me? What would he stand to gain from killing


    me?” Nan Xing eximed in shock.


    “How could you call yourself a nobody? You''re my brother and a member of the Nan family! Besides, it


    wasn''t sheer luck that saved you from being thrown out the window. They threw you out precisely


    because they knew there was a river beneath it. If they really wanted to kill you, they could''ve done so


    in the restaurant. There was no need for them to throw you out the window at all. Also, the fact that


    they were disguised as waiters indicates they were prepared beforehand. The whole dinner date was a


    trap all along, and you walked right into it. I told you to be careful, didn''t I? Why did you go alone?”


    Nan Xing''s mind was in a mess, but hearing Nan Chen''s analysis cleared everything up instantly.


    “Oh, you''re right! Ouyang Qing must''ve told them I would be dining there! She even pretended to try


    and help me during the attack! D*mn it, what is that cunning b*stard Ouyang Duo nning? I''ll go


    confront him right away!” he shouted angrily as he leaped to his feet.


    “Are you stupid or what? Do you even have evidence to prove his involvement? Besides, you might not


    be able to find him at all. Even if you do manage to find him, what are you going to tell him? He might


    end up ming you for not protecting his daughter well enough instead!” Nan Chen reprimanded him.


    “What am I supposed to do, then? Just let that old fox y me like a fool? Can''t we do anything to get


    back at him?”


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    “Right now, we need evidence before we can do anything. I know you''ve had it rough, but this isn''t


    necessarily a bad thing. You see, Ouyang Duo got so impatient that he made a huge mistake!” Nan


    Chen replied coldly.


    “How is it not a bad thing?” Nan Xing eximed anxiously.


    “I wasn''t able to confirm if Ouyang Duo had anything to do with Erbao''s food poisoning, but his actions


    tonight have made that connection clear. I mean, how else would he have known what happened to


    Erbao? When they used you of trying to harm your niece, what did you say in response?”


    “I didn''t say anything.”


    “Good. Ouyang Duo did this in order to turn us against each other and to find out if Erbao has indeed


    been poisoned. However, his impatience got the better of him, and he ended up exposing himself as


    the culprit instead.”