Xia Wan didn't notice anything unusual about the cleaning lady. The lady had just helped her, and since she was being spoken to, she couldn't just leave.

"The movie was too scary, I couldn't watch it."

At this moment, she was feeling down and didn't want to pursue Cui Ziqi anymore.

As she chased after him, she got a little tired.

"Are you a part-time worker here? You look familiar." She started talking to the young cleaner.

"Yeah?"

The young cleaner touched her chubby cheeks and smiled, "Maybe it's because I have a rather common face. This is the first time I've met you, miss."

Xia Wan understood, greeted the cleaning lady, and headed towards the exit.

The cleaning lady behind her took a small camera from the toolbox next to her and took a picture of Xia Wan's back.

In the photo, Xia Wan walks alone in the cinema corridor. At the end of the corridor is darkness, and a cold white light shines down from above, casting a lonely shadow on her silhouette.

"This one is good; it'll definitely come in handy later!"

The young cleaner excitedly packed up his camera and pushed his cleaning tools toward the next theater where the movie was ending.

After leaving the theater, Xia Wan returned the power bank and went to the public restroom next door.

She figured Cui Ziqi must have already left, so she decided to leisurely head back.

She shouldn't rush to see him until she has composed herself.

She had just entered the restroom when she heard hurried footsteps behind her.

She assumed it was someone in a hurry to use the restroom, so she moved aside to make way.

"You must be Xia Wan?"

Xia Wan's pupils contracted sharply; it was a man's voice!

Her heart skipped a beat, and just as she turned around, a blunt object struck her on the head.

She suddenly saw stars, her vision went black for a moment and then brightened again, and she stumbled and fell to the ground.

A burning sensation ran down her head, and a loud buzzing sound throbbed wildly in her brain. She felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to faint immediately.

But she can't.

She forced her eyes open to look at the person who had hit her.

Through her blurry vision, three men looked down at her. She couldn't see their faces, but she felt that their gazes were filled with murderous intent.

The man in the lead, holding an iron bar, kicked Xia Wan's head as if it were a dead object.

Xia Wan felt like her brain was spinning.

"You are quite good-looking, but unfortunately, you have offended someone you shouldn't have. Today I will send you to meet the King of Hell."

As the iron rod came crashing down on her face, Xia Wan's will to survive was ignited. She placed her palms on the ground and rolled away in the last second before the rod fell.

He then got up.

Blood dripped onto the ceramic floor, splashing up vibrant flowers.

"Oh! You can still stand up?"

Xia Wan leaned against the wall, struggling to support her body.

I finally got a clear look at the three men in front of me.

The leader had a scar across his right cheek, and the two men beside him also looked fierce and menacing, with sharp eyes that made it clear at a glance that they were criminals.

"Who...are you...?"

She managed to ask a question, her hand quietly slipping into her pocket.

The scarred man chuckled, "I've been following you for so long, and I finally found a chance to strike. I won't waste any more words. If you want to know the truth, go ask the King of Hell!"

The scarred man didn't want to say anything more to Xia Wan, so he gripped the iron rod and struck her again.

When he rushed up to her, Xia Wan took out pepper spray from her pocket and pressed it hard against the scarred man's face.

"ah!"

The pig-like screams echoed throughout the bathroom.

...

Cui Ziqi sat in his car as soon as he came downstairs. He originally wanted to drive away, but when he thought of Xia Wan being alone, he gave up the idea of ​​starting the car.

He leaned back in the driver's seat, his gaze following the windshield forward. The dim light of the streetlights illuminated a small section of the road, and pedestrians walked by in twos and threes on the sidewalk. Among them, there was a couple among ten people.

They nestled together, their happy and romantic voices piercing the thin air and reaching Cui Ziqi's ears through the open car window.

He frowned, another question crammed into his already questioning mind.

Is love really that simple?

Simply watching a movie is a form of love.

Love is simply giving each other emotional value.

Love expressed simply by speaking is also love.

The love Xia Wan spoke of for him was clearly mixed with other emotions, such as sympathy and ulterior motives.

Is this kind of mixed love still love?

Is it love that he so easily compromises because of Xia Wan's actions?

Thoughts are like a tangled ball of yarn; the more you try to untangle them, the more chaotic and frustrating it becomes.

In any case, he couldn't analyze his feelings for Xia Wan before he understood her true intentions.

He cannot be passive.

The only benefit of escaping is that his turbulent heart has now calmed down.

He turned his head to look at the cinema entrance, his handsome brows furrowing slightly.

He remembered that she had followed him out, so why hadn't she come out yet after so long?

He took out his phone, swiped the screen to open an app, and after a short while, the app connected to Xia Wan's phone.

This is why he insisted that Xia Wan use the phone he gave her.

The mobile phones he developed can monitor each other, meaning he can monitor Xia Wan's location and what she is doing at any time.

As soon as the connection was established, a harsh male voice came from the phone.

"You must be Xia Wan?"

The dull thud of the iron rod hitting a hard object came through the phone, followed by Xia Wan's cry of pain.

Cui Ziqi's face quickly darkened, and a murderous intent surged from his dark eyes.

The next second, he opened the car door and rushed back into the movie theater.

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