The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert
Chapter 505 - 501: Five Thousand Years

Chapter 505: Chapter 501: Five Thousand Years

Before the medical staff could speak, Ling Chen had already torn open Kaelina’s clothes, exposing the wound, a knife gash that was a full three inches wide. At this moment, fresh blood was ceaselessly pouring from the wound, staining Kaelina’s abdomen red.

"Give me a knife."

Seeing Ling Chen’s outstretched hand, the medical staff were momentarily stunned.

"What are you dawdling for, it’s a matter of life and death, hurry up," Ling Chen urged anxiously.

Seeing that Kaelina was barely hanging on, looking as if she could die at any moment, the medical personnel finally snapped to attention. They quickly opened the medical kit and handed Ling Chen a scalpel. Following that, one of the medical staff placed an oxygen mask over Kaelina’s face.

Holding the scalpel, Ling Chen concentrated intently on the wound, then carefully made a few centimeter-long incisions at both ends of the wound, widening it.

"Hemostats."

As Ling Chen’s words fell, a medical staffer immediately handed him the hemostatic forceps.

Ling Chen frowned, trying several times in succession but failing to locate the exact source of bleeding.

"The light is too dim, I can’t see clearly," Ling Chen said, turning his head to look around, hoping to find a more brightly lit area. At this time, he noticed that there were quite a few people at the entrance of the library using their cell phones to record.

"Call those people over, have them turn on all the flashlights on their phones."

In no time, more than a dozen onlookers hurried over, focusing the lights of their phones on Kaelina’s wound.

With everyone’s help, it didn’t take long for Ling Chen to locate the source of the bleeding. After clamping off the bleeding point, Ling Chen had the medical personnel do a simple treatment to stop the bleeding for now. Then, they lifted Kaelina onto a stretcher and transported her to the ambulance.

There was blood stored on the ambulance. Given Kaelina’s current condition, she just needed to replenish the blood she had lost to stabilize and get out of life-threatening danger.

However, Ling Chen still felt uneasy letting Kaelina go to the hospital alone, so he followed the ambulance and left the library.

No matter who the assailant was, if they knew Kaelina was still alive, they certainly wouldn’t let it go.

Once at the hospital, after an hour of surgery, Kaelina was moved to the intensive care unit.

Seeing the normal values displayed on the monitor, Ling Chen quietly breathed a sigh of relief, glad to have saved Kaelina’s life. It was fortunate that Kaelina’s constitution was stronger than that of an average person, and that he had arrived in time. If it had been a few minutes later, not even a deity could have saved her.

As for the person who made the attempt on her life, the God Organization was the most likely suspect. They probably realized that Kaelina knew too much about their secrets, hence the ruthless attempt to eliminate her.

Had Ling Chen not arrived in time, they would have succeeded.

"Sir."

At that moment, a nurse walked in from outside the ward, handing Ling Chen a transparent plastic bag.

"This was found inside that lady’s clothes, you’re her friend, please keep it safe for her."

"Okay, thank you!"

Once the nurse left, Ling Chen looked at the items in the transparent bag—a cell phone, a wallet, some change, and a few receipts.

Huh?

Ling Chen suddenly noticed that among the receipts were several expired library borrowing vouchers. He had originally thought Kaelina had asked him to meet at the library as a convenient place to talk, but now it seemed that Kaelina frequented that library.

With that thought, Ling Chen took out the borrowing vouchers and examined them for a moment. He quickly noticed a problem.

Each of these vouchers showed that Kaelina always borrowed the same book, "Five Thousand Years."

Considering Kaelina’s personality, she shouldn’t be interested in this type of book.

After pondering for a while, Ling Chen took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

Before long, Jiang Yunkai arrived at the hospital with more than twenty suit-clad security personnel.

"Kai, help me keep an eye on her. Anyone approaching her must be personally vetted by you, including the doctors and nurses of this hospital," Ling Chen instructed.

"Understood."

Leaving the hospital, Ling Chen hurried back to the library. When he arrived, he saw several police cars parked outside.

An attack at the library; the police would certainly not ignore it.

Upon reaching the third floor of the library, he saw several uniformed officers busy searching the scene, questioning the library staff and witnesses.

"Mr. Ling."

Then, a policeman noticed Ling Chen’s arrival and greeted him friendly.

Ling Chen had cooperated with Xia Mutong on many cases and had frequented the police station, so many people there recognized him.

Ling Chen smiled and waved his hand, asking, "Is Officer Xia here?"

"Right there!"

"Okay, got it, go on with your work, I won’t disturb you." After speaking, Ling Chen scanned the people around him, quietly approached the bookshelf, searched for the call number, and found the book "Five Thousand Years" that Kaelina often borrowed.

After flipping through it, Ling Chen didn’t find anything unusual. However, knowing Kaelina, she wouldn’t do anything meaningless. Thinking this, he sneakily hid the book under his clothes, then, pretending to be an innocent bystander, left the bookshelf area and walked straight towards the exit of the library.

"Stop right there!"

Just as he reached the door, Ling Chen heard a familiar voice coming from behind.

This girl... he had intended to leave quietly, but still couldn’t escape her sharp eyes.

Turning around, Ling Chen looked at the stern-faced Xia Mutong and grinned, "Officer Xia, long time no see."

"What are you here for?"

"I wanted to borrow a book to read, but ran into you police conducting an investigation. Seems like I can only come back next time... You go ahead with your work, I won’t disturb you."

"Borrow a book?" Xia Mutong scoffed, her tone icy, "I think you mean stealing a book."

Hearing this, the smile on Ling Chen’s face stiffened, and he said somewhat unnaturally, "Not at all. Officer Xia, please don’t wrong me."

Xia Mutong pointed at the surveillance cameras installed in the corners and said with annoyance, "Don’t think I don’t know what you just did. Fess up, what’s your relationship with that wounded woman?"

"Friends, just ordinary friends."

"Really?" Xia Mutong’s tone carried a trace of disbelief.

"If you’re her friend, why aren’t you at the hospital with her, and instead back at the library? Could there be something here more important to you than your friend?" As she spoke, Xia Mutong reached out her hand in front of Ling Chen, saying, "Hand over that book, I want to see what kind of trick you’re pulling."

Ling Chen looked troubled and said, "Officer Xia, come on, we’re all friends here, you..."

"If you keep rambling, do you believe I’ll take you back to the police station?"

Hearing this, Ling Chen immediately shut his mouth. He knew Xia Mutong too well; she was someone who would definitely follow through with her words.

"Officer Xia, I’m not going to lie to you, the contents of this book are very important to me."

Xia Mutong’s eyes brightened, and she said with a half-smile, "That makes me even more curious."

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