Chen Yu raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, looked at Ruan Xingyao, and said, “Sorry, Xingxing, this matter really is my fault, you—”
“Shut up! You’re not allowed to call me Xingxing!” Ruan Xingyao snapped angrily.
She turned around, pointed at the private room door, and said, “I don’t need an assistant who’ll stab me in the back. You can leave!”
Chen Yu said, “Xingxing, whether you believe me or not, I never intended to harm you. This time it truly was my fault. You have every right to be angry, but I still hope you can give me a chance to explain.”
Ruan Xingyao’s face remained cold as she completely ignored him.
Seeing this, Chen Yu sighed helplessly and said, “I’ll head back to the hotel first. Once you’ve calmed down, we can talk again.”
With that, Chen Yu walked out of the room.
Ruan Xingyao only grew angrier, sitting in her chair like a puffed-up pufferfish, her cheeks bulging with rage.
Ruan Xingzhuo and You Huan leaned over, each sitting down on one side of her.
You Huan asked, “Xingxing, what’s going on? Were we being followed?”
Ruan Xingyao repeated what Liu Jiao had said.
Then she added, “I can pretty much guess. This was arranged on purpose by the people above Chen Yu, as some kind of trial for me.”
Ruan Xingzhuo frowned. “If you’re going to use someone, then trust them. If you don’t trust them, don’t use them. They’re going too far.”
Ruan Xingyao said, “It’s not just that. What I’m more worried about is whether there’s another purpose behind all this.”
The timing of Chen Yu’s appearance by her side had been far too suspicious.
She had originally planned to keep him close and carefully observe what he was really up to.
And now, instead, he pulled something like this to provoke her.
You Huan reached out to pat the top of Ruan Xingyao’s head, like she was soothing a small animal.
She said, “Xingxing, what are you planning to do next?”
Ruan Xingyao shook her head in silence.
After a long pause, she finally said, “I’ll give Xie Lin a call first.”
She pulled out her phone, but before she could dial, she received a call from Xie Lin.
Ruan Xingyao answered, “Captain Xie.”
She didn’t even notice that her voice carried an unexplainable note of grievance.
Xie Lin’s voice came from the receiver, “Yaoyao, I saw your livestream just now.”
Ruan Xingyao let out an “oh,” her nose stinging, and said, “I got stabbed in the back by Chen Yu, Captain Xie. Do you have any way to get rid of him for me?”
Xie Lin fell silent, not immediately giving her an answer.
Ruan Xingyao’s expression instantly turned cold.
Her fingers unconsciously tightened around her phone.
For a moment, she felt as though all the blood in her body was rapidly turning to ice.
After a long while, Ruan Xingyao finally said, “You knew?”
Xie Lin was silent again for a few seconds before giving a barely audible response, “Mm.”
“You were involved?” Ruan Xingyao asked.
Xie Lin seemed to take a deep breath.
He said, “Xingxing, this matter was arranged by the central leadership.”
Ruan Xingyao let out a cold sneer and said, “Well, I must be really impressive, to have the central leadership take such an interest in me.”
With that, she directly hung up the phone.
She had already been angry, but now there was even more grievance on top of it.
Her eyes turned red, and with a quiver at the corner of her mouth, she slumped forward onto the table, burying her face in her arms.
You Huan, distressed, gently patted Ruan Xingyao’s back and lifted her eyes helplessly toward Ruan Xingzhuo, not knowing what to do.
Ruan Xingzhuo took a deep breath and typed something on his phone for You Huan to see.
“Stay with my sister. I’ll go find Chen Yu and come back later.”
You Huan nodded and silently mouthed, “Be careful.”
Ruan Xingzhuo nodded back.
Though he was upset, his movements were still gentle as he quietly closed the door behind him.
You Huan leaned close beside Ruan Xingyao, staring at her with worried eyes.
After several minutes, Ruan Xingyao sniffled and finally lifted her head.
You Huan pulled a few tissues and handed them to her. “Xingxing, wipe your face first.”
Ruan Xingyao took a deep breath, accepted the tissues, and casually wiped her face before asking, “Where did Xiaozhuo go?”
You Huan replied, “He said he went to find Chen Yu.”
Ruan Xingyao frowned and said, “Then let’s go too. I’m worried the two of them might fight.”
If Chen Yu just took the beating, that would be one thing.
But if he struck back at Ruan Xingzhuo, then Ruan Xingzhuo wouldn’t stand a chance against him.
You Huan thought for a moment and said, “Let me call him first and check the situation.”
They hadn’t been gone long, so even if they had started fighting, it probably wouldn’t be…
Right?…
You Huan was a little unsure, but still dialed the number.
As they waited for the call to connect, You Huan asked, “Xingxing, do you want Chen Yu to come back?”
Though Ruan Xingyao still felt angry and wronged, she nevertheless said, “Let him come back.”
She was indeed upset and hurt, but she wasn’t stupid.
That earlier call with Xie Lin had made her realize something: her every move was being monitored.
Even though Chen Yu had betrayed her, he was also someone she couldn’t simply get rid of.
Since that was the case, Ruan Xingyao had no other choice but to keep him by her side.
Just as she was thinking this, Ruan Xingyao’s phone suddenly rang.
It was a WeChat from Xie Lin.
Ruan Xingyao originally didn’t want to open it, but after struggling for a while, she finally tapped on it.
Xie Lin concisely told her that her recent livestreams had made too big of an impact.
At first, it was only the police who were aware of her abilities, but now her information had already been passed on to the central leadership.
This incident with Liu Jiao following her was indeed deliberately arranged by someone from the leadership, but it was also partly a coincidence.
After her daughter, Xiao Yue, had her accident, Liu Jiao reported it.
The Changcheng Police Department accepted the case but never gave her a satisfactory result.
It could only be said that fate worked in strange ways—right at that time, Ruan Xingyao happened to arrive in Changcheng.
At the end of the message, Xie Lin repeated “I’m sorry” to her many times.
Ruan Xingyao pressed her lips together and stared at the dialogue box for a long time, but in the end, she couldn’t type a single word.
She exited the WeChat and turned off her phone screen.
You Huan had already finished her call, and when she saw this, she tugged on Ruan Xingyao’s arm and said, “Xingxing, they’ll be back soon. Let’s order food first.”
Ruan Xingyao nodded. “Mm, let’s eat. I’m going to eat a lot.”
She was going to turn her anger into appetite—nothing could stop her from enjoying good food.
You Huan picked up the ordering tablet and, based on Ruan Xingyao’s preferences, ordered all of the restaurant’s specialty dishes.
Before long, Ruan Xingzhuo came back into the private room together with Chen Yu.
There were fresh marks on Chen Yu’s face.
In addition to the bruise left earlier at the corner of his mouth when Ruan Xingyao had hit him, now his cheekbone and eye area were bruised as well.
You Huan’s mouth dropped open in shock as she looked at Ruan Xingzhuo in disbelief.
He was the one who did that?
— The end of the Chapter–
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