Chapter 104 Being Slaughtered
After leaving Yinshui Town, Tang Shuo immediately set off for Yanjing.
When he arrived in Yanjing, he first went to the hospital to see Lu Wanqi.
It's been nearly three months since Lu Wanqi recovered from her gunshot wound. While the wound has healed perfectly, one of the bullet wounds struck her shoulder, near her right arm, so she still can't lift anything heavy. She'll need another month to recuperate.
Her work was not affected much. Wu Yi contacted the media she was familiar with. Although Lu Wanqi had not appeared in the news for some time, she maintained sufficient exposure.
And just half a month ago, the well-known director Li Quan held a press conference to announce that Lu Wanqi has been confirmed to play the leading female role in his next film.
Therefore, although Lu Wanqi has been hospitalized for some time, her popularity has been steadily increasing.
In fact, Li Quan had three candidates for the leading female role, but in the end he firmly rejected the investors' suggestions and even delayed the start of filming for half a month to accommodate Lu Wanqi's schedule.
The only condition he put forward to Lu Wanqi was that Tang Shuo had to make a cameo appearance in one of the fight scenes.
Half a month ago, Lu Wanqi asked Tang Shuo about this matter when they were on the phone, and Tang Shuo agreed immediately after listening.
Originally, Lu Wanqi was injured because of him, so he naturally would not refuse such a small matter.
Tang Shuo did not tell Lu Wanqi in advance about his return to Yanjing. When he appeared in the hospital, Lu Wanqi was ecstatic.
Tang Shuo sat beside the bed and chatted with Lu Wanqi for half a day, during which Lu Wanqi mainly chattered about some recent events.
Seeing that it was getting dark outside the window, Tang Shuo promised to visit Lu Wanqi again tomorrow before leaving the hospital.
He first took a taxi to a jewelry store. After seeing a pair of silver bow-shaped earrings on the counter, he asked the female owner, who was leaning against the counter watching a palace drama, "How much are these earrings?"
The female boss glanced at it, then immediately returned her eyes to the TV and replied, "One hundred."
Tang Shuo frowned. This was too obvious a trap.
The boss couldn't see the earrings at all from his position. He just glanced at him and quoted the price, so Tang Shuo said, "Lower price."
The boss didn't even look up and continued, "Eighty dollars."
"Fifty." Tang Shuo made the bid.
"Okay." The female boss agreed immediately.
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Tang Shuo immediately realized that he had bid too high. He regretted it and could only blame himself for being unlucky. Who was it because he didn't know the value of the product?
After the female boss helped him pack his things, Tang Shuo hailed another taxi and told the driver an address.
Today was Li Yihe's birthday. Tang Shuo had promised to go, and naturally he wouldn't break his promise. He also needed Li Yihe's help with something.
After turning on his phone, which had been turned off for a long time, Tang Shuo looked at the dozens of unread text messages on his phone and called Li Yihe...
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Li Yihe sat in front of the bedroom window, tilting his head and gazing at the bright moon that had just risen in the sky.
Although today is her birthday, she is not happy at all.
She rarely celebrates her birthday, and whenever her family wants to hold a party for her, she refuses outright.
But after her brother mentioned this matter jokingly a month ago, she agreed directly for the first time ever.
At that time, she was thinking of inviting Tang Shuo over, introducing Tang Shuo to her family, and by the way, letting Tang Shuo and her brother Li Ruiyi make peace.
But who would have thought that during this period Tang Shuo would steal the bride, which made all of Li Yihe's little thoughts fall into vain.
The invitation had already been sent out, so it was impossible to take it back. But what was the point of the party if Tang Shuo wasn't there?
Li Yihe started to feel irritated when she thought about going downstairs and greeting a group of people she didn't know with a smile.
When the phone next to her suddenly rang, Li Yihe picked it up, took a look, and threw it directly on the bed. She was in no mood to answer the phone at all.
After being stunned for two seconds, she suddenly woke up and turned around to look for the phone she had just thrown away.
Because she was wearing a long skirt, Li Yihe turned too quickly and stepped on the hem of her skirt. As a result, she lost her balance and fell towards the bed, with her head making close contact with the edge of the bed.
Although she was already grimacing in pain, she still reached out to the bed immediately.
Originally, the note on Tang Shuo's number in her phone was Tang Shuo, but she was in a bad mood two days ago because her birthday was approaching, so she changed the note of the culprit Tang Shuo's number to bad guy.
Just now she didn't react to who it was, so she threw the phone away. When she realized it was Tang Shuo calling, she became so anxious.
After Tang Shuo caused the incident, he only replied to her with a two-word text message, which made her so angry that she had been itching to bite him all this time. Would she die if she sent a few more words?
After that, no matter how many times she sent messages to Tang Shuo, he never replied.
He also knew that the Zhao family was still tracking Tang Shuo's whereabouts. Tang Shuo didn't dare to show up, but didn't this guy know how to contact him in another way?
Now, seeing the call from Tang Shuo, Li Yihe felt dazed, as if he was dreaming.
Could it be that this guy remembered that today is his birthday and came here specially to congratulate him?
After answering the phone, Li Yihe asked nervously, "Who are you?"
Tang Shuo on the other end of the phone chuckled and replied, "Who do you say I am?"
Li Yihe complained: "Why did you think of calling me?"
"Of course I will call you." Tang Shuo said, "I haven't thanked you for your concern during this period. I wish you a happy birthday first. I will be at your house soon."
"Really?" Li Yihe exclaimed, and immediately asked, "Are you in Yanjing now?"
"Yeah." Tang Shuo replied, "We'll be at your house in about two minutes."
Li Yihe couldn't believe the truth of this matter. After a moment of hesitation, he said anxiously: "You can't come to my house now."
The Zhao family is now looking for Tang Shuo. If Tang Shuo appears here, the news will spread quickly and the Zhao family will naturally get wind of it.
It would be fine if they just snatched the bride, but the key thing now is that Zhao Chenru is also in the hospital because of this incident, and the Zhao family will definitely not let Tang Shuo go.
"What's wrong?" Tang Shuo asked in confusion.
"The Zhao family is looking for you." Li Yihe said, and then asked: "Where are you now? I'll come to find you."
Tang Shuo smiled and replied, "I'm already downstairs at your house."
Li Yihe immediately dropped the phone and turned to walk towards the door.
From what Tang Shuo said, it didn't seem like he was joking with her. This guy had really come over.
She had to go out and stop Tang Shuo immediately, and then take him away. If he didn't know Tang Shuo, he would definitely think that Tang Shuo was a lunatic. However, although Tang Shuo was not crazy, he was definitely not normal at all, otherwise how could he dare to do anything!
As soon as she opened the door, she ran into Li Ruiyi who was about to knock on the door.
Li Ruiyi saw someone with a panicked look on his face and frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Li Yihe shook his head, managed to calm down, and said, "I'm fine."
He knew that his brother had a good relationship with Zhao Chenru, and that the relationship between her brother and Tang Shuo was not harmonious, so he naturally would not stand on Tang Shuo's side, so this news could not be revealed to his brother for the time being.
Li Ruiyi nodded and said, "Now that the guests have arrived, go downstairs and say hello to them first. You are the star of the evening."
Li Yihe glanced at Li Ruiyi, his mind racing, and finally nodded helplessly, following Li Ruiyi downstairs.
The birthday party that evening required invitations, and she was hoping that Tang Shuo, who hadn't received the invitation yet, would be stopped outside by the family's bodyguards. After she went downstairs, she would find a chance to escape and then take Tang Shuo away.
When Li Yihe went downstairs and saw Tang Shuo standing at the main door of the living room, he was shocked and his originally furrowed eyebrows unconsciously raised.
She didn't have time to figure out where Tang Shuo's invitation came from. She hurried forward and pulled Tang Shuo, who was already being watched by the crowd, saying, "Let's go quickly."
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