Chapter 78：

Xia Ruan subconsciously wanted to reject Mr. Li's words, but when she raised her eyes and saw Mr. Li's gaze, she felt her heart tremble and couldn't say anything.

The gaze that belonged to the superior made her too scared to say no.

Yun Feiwu also leaned into Xia Ruan's ear: "Ruan Ruan, go and have a rest first, if you don't like this place, we'll just slip away when you come back from buying cigarettes."

Yun Feiwu's voice was very sweet when she was a child, especially when she was talking to Xia Ruan, she would always use the sweetest and softest voice, and she could always coax Xia Ruan into a light and fluffy voice.

So at that time, Xia Ruan did something that made him regret for many years.

She nodded.

Although Xia Ruan vaguely sensed that there was a problem with the dinner, the counter for buying cigarettes was indeed very close, right under her nose, so it shouldn't be a problem. And Yun Feiwu said that as long as she comes back, they will go together. Furthermore, Xia Ruan really didn't dare...to reject that man.

But after Xia Ruan returned to the box from the counter, Yun Feiwu had disappeared. Mr. Li disappeared with her.

The men and women in the box hugged each other in pairs, looking at Xia Ruan at the door with a playful expression. Xia Ruan suddenly realized something, and took a step back suddenly, her voice trembling: "What about him, what about them...?"

"Little girl, are you finally willing to talk? Your voice is nice." One of the men took a puff of a cigarette and teased. The smoke sprayed on the face of the woman in his arms, she slapped him coquettishly, he immediately put down the cigarette, and the two kissed together.

The others acted as if they hadn't seen it. A man without a female companion got up and hugged Xia Ruan: "little girl, come in and accompany my brothers. You ask where the actress sister of yours has gone? My brother tells you, She was bullied by Mr. Li, little girl, do you understand?"

Xia Ruan's pupils suddenly dilated.

Seeing that the man was about to pounce on him, she took a step back and ran towards the back door of the hotel.

Cigarettes and money were scattered all over the floor.

She bought cigarettes at the counter just now, so Mr. Li must have walked away with Yun Feiwu from behind. She only walked for a minute or two at most. She can catch up...can catch up...

...Come on, get on!

While Xia Ruan was running desperately, she made a phone call to Zhou Hanchi, her voice was hoarse and painful due to the strenuous exercise, almost convulsive: "Uncle Zhou, something happened to Maomao, the film crew investor... you save Maomao, you find a way Save her, okay...!"

Zhou Hanchi didn't know exactly what happened at the time, but when he heard Xia Ruan's voice, his mind froze for a moment, as if he had been hit hard by a blunt object.

In the next second, Zhou Hanchi guessed something: "Xiao Ruan, I'll be right back, don't panic, I..."

The investor of "Wanli Away" is Mr. Li of the Li Group. At that time, the Li Group was a class that Xinghui had no contact with. Although Zhou Hanchi has also heard some bad rumors, at least on the surface, the Li family is indeed clean. Zhou Hanchi is not a person who likes to listen to rumors, so he has never thought about some bad things . Who knew that those rumors were actually true...? !

At that time Zhou Hanchi was preparing for a meeting. After hanging up the phone, he left the meeting without any hesitation and went straight to Haicheng Airport.

However, it was too late.

When he returned to Yuncheng, everything changed, and everything was irreversible.

Yun Feiwu was sent to the room of the investor, Mr. Li, and Xia Ruan, who had always been soft and sticky, hit Mr. Li on the head with something to save her.

Almost killed.

…

The perspective turned to Yun Feiwu and Xia Ruan.

Yun Feiwu was lying on the bed in a daze, his hands and feet were weak, he couldn't move, he couldn't even make a sound, but he could hear the surrounding sounds clearly.

Yun Feiwu first heard the knock on the door and the man's voice.

"Hey, isn't this the little assistant girl? I haven't even had time to touch her yet. Why, little girl, do you want to join me too?" Mr. Li was changing his bathrobe with a greasy smile, and the wrinkles were almost overflowing from his face .

He was only focused on making fun of her, and didn't notice at all that deep in Xia Ruan's timid eyes, there was a trace of absoluteness hidden.

Xia Ruan nodded tremblingly, walked into the room, and closed the door.

Mr. Li raised his eyebrows in disbelief: "Hey, little girl, are you really here? Why, Xinghui's salary is not enough, do you want me to subsidize it?"

Xia Ruan lowered her head, with one hand behind her back, feeling the man's scrutiny, her fingers trembling violently.

Mr. Li clicked his tongue twice: "He looks quite beautiful, but he is a bit older, but forget it, I suffered a loss once, and it is cheaper for you."

He smiled and supported Xia Ruan's shoulders, and moved closer.

The closer she got, the more Xia Ruan trembled.

Finally, Xia Ruan felt a scorching, disgusting smell of alcohol on her cheeks, she raised her head suddenly, there was no trace of timidity in her eyes, replaced by... absolute killing intent.

She raised her hand and smashed the ashtray in her hand towards the man's temple.

With one hit, the blood flowed down.

Then, Yun Feiwu heard the sound of tearing and the man's curse.

"I, fuck—what are you doing, little bitch! I can't beat you to death...!" President Li subconsciously covered his head with his hands, and looked at the thin girl in front of him in disbelief.

He wanted to slap Xia Ruan's face with a slap, but Xia Ruan jumped forward and bit his neck tightly. No matter how much he hit her, her clothes were about to be torn. None of them let go.

There was a red mist in Xia Ruan's eyes.

There is more and more blood.

Immediately afterwards, what Yun Feiwu heard was the sound of collisions and the man's screams getting weaker and weaker.

Mr. Li lost a lot of blood and gradually lost his strength. However, Xia Ruan was crazy, her eyes were red, not only did she not intend to stop, but instead took the ashtray and smashed it on Mr. Li's head non-stop until... her face was covered with blood.

She is weak, if she hadn't hit her unexpectedly the first time, no matter how much Mr. Li beat her and threw her, she would still bite his neck and hold on, there was no way she would have won him.

During the whole process, Xia Ruan didn't say a word, until the man lying on the ground like a dead pig was completely silent, then she regained her composure little by little, and stood up with a dazed expression.

Xia Ruan looked at the bed with red eyes.

Yun Feiwu lay there motionless, his clothes still in order, obviously the man hadn't had time to do anything yet. Xia Ruan was afraid for a while, if she was late, if...

Xia Ruan wanted to go to Yun Feiwu's side, wanted to hug her, but before she took a step, her feet were tripped by the man's arms. Xia Ruan realized belatedly that she seemed to...killed someone.

The expression in Xia Ruan's eyes changed again and again.

Panic, fear, calm, constantly intertwined.

After standing in a daze for a while, Xia Ruan suddenly realized something and rushed towards the door.

She killed someone, she will be discovered sooner or later, it is better to surrender herself. But now it is not her who is in danger, but Yun Feiwu. Xia Ruan remembered that she had read in the book that an overdose of drugs could lead to death. Now that Yun Feiwu had been drugged, and she remained motionless for so long, it might be dangerous. Therefore, Xia Ruan should go to the doctor immediately, save Yun Feiwu, and then surrender...

Xia Ruan almost knocked out the door of the room. As soon as she went out, she almost ran into the arms of passing guests.

The man dodged to the side, and the two of them staggered. Xia Ruan staggered a few steps, and instinctively raised his head to meet his gaze. It was an old man in his fifties or sixties, his hair was slightly white, but his eyes were full of energy, like a sharp goshawk.

If Mr. Li at the dinner table is like a majestic tiger, this old man is like... a poisonous snake that can kill a tiger at will. Just looking at each other, Xia Ruan instinctively felt scared.

The next moment, a smile appeared in the old man's eyes, and his eyes slowly moved down to Xia Ruan's collarbone.

Being stared at by such poisonous eyes, Xia Ruan couldn't help shivering, and then she noticed that her clothes were torn to pieces by the man just now, and the birthmark was exposed outside.

Xia Ruan trembled while covering the birthmark, and was about to close the door and run away, but at this moment the old man grabbed her wrist and smiled: "Little girl, do you need help?"

Xia Shutong subconsciously wanted to refuse, but under the eyes of the old man who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, she felt her whole body was stiff and her throat was so tight that she couldn't speak a word.

The old man asked again: "My personal doctor is downstairs, should I call him up?"

As he said that, the old man pushed open the door, walked in, and at the same time took out his mobile phone to dial.

Xia Ruan was stunned for a moment, then immediately followed behind him, and slammed the door shut to prevent others from seeing the scene in the room.

When Xia Cha saw the dead pig-like man on the ground, he just narrowed his eyes slightly, without any change in expression. When he turned his head and saw the **** the bed again, he almost guessed what happened.

"Little girl, is this your friend?" Xia Cha pointed at Yun Feiwu and smiled.

Xia Ruan shook her head, and finally whispered a word: "...my sister."

"Isn't my sister?" Xia Cha sat down with a smile, not in a hurry. Seeing that Xia Ruan didn't answer, he waved to her again, "Don't worry, the doctor will be here soon."

Xia Ruan flinched and walked up to the old man. She couldn't explain why, it was the first time she was so afraid of a person. The old man was obviously smiling all the time, but he always gave people a gloomy feeling, as if, as long as he disobeyed him a little, he would be thrown into the pit of poisonous snakes in the next second, and his body would be broken into pieces.

Xia Ruan lowered her head: "No."

"Isn't it my own sister, and you don't even want your own life for her?" Xia Cha continued to laugh, "This person is Mr. Li of the Li family. If he dies, you will also be sentenced to death. I guess , are you an adult? Nineteen years old?"

Xia Ruan clenched her fingers and said nothing.

Xia Cha laughed twice: "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. My name is Xia Cha, what about you?"

"... Xia Ruan."

Xia Cha clapped her hand on her shoulder: "Louder, I didn't hear clearly."

Xia Ruan flinched: "Xia in summer, so weak."

Xia Cha put away his smile and frowned: "This name is not good."

Before he could say what was wrong, there was a knock on the door of the room. Xia Cha got up and opened the door: "It's okay, the doctor is here. Girl, do you want the doctor to see the little sister on the bed first, or the one on the ground?"

Xia Ruan pointed at Yun Feiwu without hesitation.

Xia Cha smiled inexplicably, with a strange voice.

The doctor has followed Xia Cha for so many years, and he hasn't seen any scenes. Xia Ruan said to look at Yun Feiwu first, so he just ignored the man lying on the ground and went to see Yun Feiwu's situation. After a minute or two, the doctor calmly said, "No big problem, just wait for another hour or two and you'll wake up."

After finishing speaking, the doctor went to Mr. Li and listened with a stethoscope: "Not dead. No problem."

Xia Cha smiled slightly and said, "Give him a bandage."

The doctor nodded.

Only then did Xia Cha pick up the phone, went to the balcony and made a few calls. After a while, he came back again, hooked his fingers to Xia Ruan again, and motioned her to go to the balcony with him.

Xia Ruan looked at Yun Feiwu, who was still in a coma, and shook his head.

Xia Cha's eyes sharpened.

Xia Ruan's fingers began to tremble, but she shook her head again. At the dinner table just now, it was because she left without authorization that Mao Mao was taken away by Mr. Li...

So now, no matter how scared she is, Xia Ruan will not leave her half a step before Yun Feiwu wakes up.

Xia Cha chuckled twice, stopped talking, and finally ordered the bodyguards to throw Mr. Li into the next room, and the doctor followed, and Xia Cha sat next to Xia Ruan again: "Little girl, grandpa is going to discuss something with you How about it? Go to the hospital with grandpa at night."

go to the hospital? Xia Ruan couldn't understand the old man's intentions. They just met once, and then the old man helped her out of nowhere, and asked her to go to the hospital out of nowhere?

very strange.

Xia Ruan couldn't guess his intention, so she was even more frightened.

Xia Ruan bit her lip and trembled: "I... don't want to go."

This may be the first time in her life that she rejects someone.

Xia Ruan vaguely felt that as long as she agreed to Xia Cha's words and went to the hospital with him, then her life... would definitely undergo irreversible and earth-shaking changes.

She is afraid of this unknown change.

"Little girl," Xia Cha narrowed his eyes, pointed at Yun Feiwu on the bed, and said slowly, "If you want to save her, follow Grandpa."

"Grandpa checked just now. Her name is Yun Feiwu, right? She's a young actor, and the company... is called Xinghui, right? Little girl, I don't know if I said that, do you understand? Xinghui's size is completely incomparable. Compared to Mrs. Li, if you hurt Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li, they will definitely come to your door. At that time, you, your sister Yun Feiwu, and her company will all die."

"So, little girl, how about I help you settle this matter?" Xia Cha smiled.

Xia Ruan's fingers touched Yun Feiwu's hand little by little, and he clenched it tightly.

"why?"

"Why do you want to help you?" Xia Cha smiled, and tapped his fingers on the chair, "You will find out when you go to the hospital with grandpa tonight. Little girl, do you still want to ask what to do?"

Xia Ruan nodded hesitantly.

Xia Cha smiled slowly, "Paternity test."

Xia Cha's voice was neither soft nor heavy, but it hit Xia Ruan's forehead like a thunderbolt.

Paternity Testing? What's the meaning?

Xia Ruan lowered her head, her brows were tightly frowned, and her mind was in chaos. I accidentally bit my lip, and some blood came out, and I immediately felt a salty smell on the tip of my tongue.

Xia Ruan found it difficult to digest Xia Cha's words for a while, but she was not stupid. On the contrary, except for being a little cowardly and afraid to communicate with others, her brain had always been smart. So soon, Xia Ruan thought of Xia Cha's expression when he saw her birthmark.

And Xia Ruan knew from a young age that she was not born to her mother Wang Xiaoning, but an adopted child.

Xia Ruan quickly figured out a lot of things, for example, this old man who looks like a poisonous snake and has hands and eyes, may know her biological parents, or even a relative of hers.

But her mind was still in turmoil, and she couldn't believe such a coincidence existed in the world.

In the end, Xia Ruan raised her head and said with difficulty: "Paternity test... If I am not, not the person you are looking for, what should I do?"

Unexpectedly, this seemingly weak little girl could think so much. Xia Cha raised his eyebrows in surprise, showing appreciation: "If not, grandpa will help you settle this matter, and it will be regarded as doing good deeds."

Xia Ruan nodded, and when she looked up again, Xia Cha had already gone out, and her face was full of panic.

She forgot to ask just now, if she is really Xia Cha's long-lost relative, then... what will he do? take her away? Does she have the power to choose?

…

When Zhou Hanchi rushed back to Yuncheng, Yun Feiwu had already been sent back to the company dormitory. Yun Feiwu, who is always very active on weekdays, looks like a little sun, but now his shoulders are drooping, his head seems to be hanging on his neck, and he looks down at his fingers in anxiety, his eyes are blank. Huang Qiongyi has rushed back and kept talking with her, but she still seemed to be unable to hear.

"Yunyun, where's Ruanruan? Where's Ruanruan...?" Zhou Hanchi ran over, putting his hands on Yun Feiwu's shoulders, extremely anxious.

Yun Feiwu didn't speak, and when he moved slightly, her body shook weakly.

Lifeless.

Zhou Hanchi suddenly realized something.

Afterwards, Xia Cha's assistant contacted Xinghui and told the "whole story" of the incident—

Mr. Li was interested in Yun Feiwu. In order to save her, Xia Ruan smashed Mr. Li's head, and then...hit his head when he jumped off the building to escape, and he was gone. Xia Cha's assistant said that they are Li's rival company, Pastoral, and they happened to see this scene, so they hoped to use this opportunity to have a win-win situation with Xinghui, send President Li to prison, and destroy Li. The only requirement is that Xinghui's insiders need to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and the details of this matter must not be disclosed.

A few days later, President Li was arrested and imprisoned, and the crew of "Wan Li Yao" was implicated and disbanded. As for Xinghui, he also received a set of ashes.

At the same time, Xia Cha gave the crew of "Wan Li Yao" a compensation fee, and sent people to spread the news of Xia Ruan's death and President Li's arrest and imprisonment in the town, and guided public opinion so that people would associate these two events with go together.

At that time, in a remote place like Yuncheng, the Internet was not very developed, so this matter was mostly spread through the gossip of the aunts after dinner.

In the end, not only did everyone in the town know about it, but the rumors became more and more exaggerated—Xia Ruan was played to death by Mr. Li, and there was even a witness who said that she saw the tragedy with her own eyes. , as pitiful as you can be, fortunately Mr. Li was arrested and imprisoned in the end, otherwise Xia Ruan's child died too badly.

At this point, the matter is over.

As for Xia Ruan... According to Xia Cha's explanation to Xinghui, Xia Ruan accidentally fell to his death. According to the public opinion released by Xia Chafang, Xia Ruan was played to death by President Li. But no matter what, there is only one meaning Xia Cha wants to express: Xia Ruan is dead.

And at the same time... Xia Ruan did disappear just like that.

After being briefly affected by this incident, some staff members of "Wanliyao" and Xinghui quickly returned to work. After all, everyone has their own lives to live, and not many people have the leisure to care about a Nothing to do with the life of the girl. Even if some people had doubts in their hearts, they were quickly dispelled.

Only Zhou Hanchi cared about this matter all the time.

He had always had a vague feeling that Xia Ruan was not dead, maybe she was just taken away by those people for some unknown reason. Maybe she's still alive, maybe she's had a different life, maybe...

However, every time he assumed this, Zhou Hanchi would wash his face with tears in the end.

He tried his best to check Xia Ruan's whereabouts, but when he signed the non-disclosure agreement, he didn't even know who the other party was, and found nothing after checking. He knew that his assumption was nothing more than self-comfort.

After that, Yun Feiwu also fell into a slump, and his personality changed drastically. From the lively little sun he used to be, he became taciturn and didn't like to talk and laugh.

When she was a child, Yun Feiwu could never hide her words, but from then on, even Zhou Hanchi and Huang Qiongyi, who brought her up, couldn't walk into her heart again. Because of Yun Feiwu's condition, Zhou Hanchi took her to another school and changed to a new environment, so she didn't let her play anymore for the time being.

In the next few years, Zhou Hanchi suffered and regretted his carelessness countless times.

He hated himself for not carefully checking the background of "Wan Li Yao", why he didn't notice Li Shi's problem, and why he agreed with Yun Feiwu and Xia Ruan to go to the dinner alone.

Even though they later moved away from Yuncheng to Haicheng and Yun Feiwu's career developed again, they have been living in the shadow of the past.

It wasn't until Zhou Hanchi saw Xia Ruan's shadow in Xia Shutong when he participated in "Mountains and Rivers" this year, and a horrifying guess came to his mind, that he finally came out of the pain. And Yun Feiwu finally got close to Xia Shutong little by little, and after standing side by side with her, he finally came out of the past.

Of course, this is all for later.

…

The "Wan Li Yao" dinner had the greatest impact on Yun Feiwu and Xia Shutong.

Yun Feiwu knew that Xia Ruan was not dead, but she heard everything.

At first, she could only listen to Xia Ruan wrestling and tearing with the man, unable to help. Later, when Xia Ruan smashed the man until his head was bleeding, she couldn't get up to stop Xia Ruan's movement. Then, she could only watch weakly as Xia Ruan was taken away by Xia Cha. From the beginning to the end, she couldn't do anything, she could only listen weakly.

Every minute and every second of that day was extremely painful for Yun Feiwu.

As for Xia Shutong, when she was at the dinner table, she had already faintly sensed that something was wrong with the dinner, but she couldn't think of a way to leave with Yun Feiwu, she didn't know how to protect Yun Feiwu.

Even later, she was easily sent away to buy cigarettes, and when she returned to the dinner table, Yun Feiwu had disappeared... If she hadn't left the hotel immediately and found a nearby hotel, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Xia Shutong felt a terrible headache just thinking about this possibility.

Xia Shutong hated herself for being so weak back then. If she could take Yun Feiwu away from the dinner table decisively, if she could have been tougher and refused the man's request to let her buy cigarettes, if she could protect Yun Feiwu...

Everything after that will not happen.

This day is the source of countless pains in Xia Shutong's life in the future, and it is also the source of her determination to change.

She paranoidly wanted to change herself, wanted to protect Yun Feiwu, and never let anyone dare to bully them again. Never let something like this happen a second time.

no way.