Chapter 268 Take Me to Him
Qin Mu held the girl in his arms, patted her back gently, and comforted her silently.
In the warm embrace, listening to the strong heartbeat, Meng Anran completely collapsed and burst into tears.
It was as if he wanted to vent all the emotions that had been pent up in his heart for the past ten years.
Conai gritted his teeth secretly and quietly left the ward.
It’s okay to cry, this is also the growth that Meng Anran must go through.
Only by letting go of the past can you be reborn.
Meng Anran's crying echoed in the ward, and the emotions that had been suppressed for more than ten years finally found an outlet.
She clutched Qin Mu's collar, her tears soaking his shirt, the scorching heat burning his skin through the fabric.
Qin Mu didn't say anything, but just tightened his arms, hugged her deeper into his arms, and rested his chin lightly on the top of her head.
Her crying gradually changed from heart-wrenching at first to low whimpers, and finally to intermittent sobs.
Qin Mu raised his hand, gently rubbed her wet cheek with his fingertips, and said in a low and gentle voice: "Have you cried enough?"
Meng Anran sniffed, her eyes were red and swollen, but she inexplicably felt that the heavy and suffocating feeling in her chest was relieved a lot.
She looked up at him, her voice still nasal: "...Am I embarrassing myself?"
Qin Mu chuckled and rubbed his thumb across the corners of her red eyes: "Silly, An Xiaoran is the bravest girl in the world."
Meng Anran wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, and her emotions calmed down in just a few seconds.
When her mind returned to rationality, she asked, "Did the person who released the dog get caught?"
"Yeah." Qin Mu gently held her hand and said in a gentle tone, "I checked the surveillance footage. Someone disguised themselves as Situ Huajian and tricked the security guards into getting in. Then they disguised themselves as a warehouse worker and took over the dog transport truck. Finally, they used your name to bring the dog to the lounge."
Meng Anran's eyes suddenly turned cold. "So, the figure I saw at the party wasn't Situ Huajian at all?"
"Yes, the person has been handed over to the police, claiming that he was instructed by someone."
Meng Anran's eyes moved slightly, and she suddenly remembered the eye-catching silver-white color when the lounge was opened. "Where is Lu Yi?"
"I don't know. When the hotel was sealed off, he was nowhere to be found."
Qin Mu's face was heavy when he mentioned this matter. Not only did he let Lu Yi slip away that night, but he also sent people to search the whole city for Lu Yi in the past two days, but still couldn't find his whereabouts.
The person who finally showed up disappeared again.
"Maybe I know where he is." Kenai pushed the door open and adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose. His eyes behind the lenses looked at Meng Anran with inquiry.
It's like saying: Are you sure you want to see him?
Meng Anran lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then threw back the quilt and got out of bed, "Take me to find him."
Although Lu Yi was crazy and had nearly killed her many times, she always had a hunch that this incident had nothing to do with him.
Qin Mu went to arrange for Meng Anran to be discharged from the hospital, and then the three of them went together to look for Lu Yi.
The Volvo finally stopped in front of the former site of Lu’s Pharmaceuticals.
Meng Anran looked at the building in front of her that had been abandoned for many years and couldn't help but be dazed.
How could a proud and arrogant nobleman like Lu Yi hide in a place like this?
"Do you remember why Lin Rencheng went to Country A?" Kona's voice was light and seemed to contain a bit of loneliness.
Meng Anran turned to look at him, "Basement?"
"Yeah." Kenai nodded and continued, "Lu Yi disappeared for a while and then suddenly reappeared, then disappeared again. I guess he was kidnapped before, and showed up at the party to make sure you were safe. To prevent himself from being used again, he must have found a secluded place to hide. In the entire city of Jing, there is no better hiding place than this basement."
Meng Anran looked up at the dilapidated building, and Kenai's voice penetrated her eardrums: "Remember what I told you? They just don't know how to express their love, it doesn't mean they don't love you. Lu Heng's self-sacrifice is the best proof."
Of course she remembered that on the night of the rainstorm, Kenai persuaded her to pull Lu Yi out of the abyss, believing that she would understand the meaning of love in the process of saving Lu Yi.
He hated Lu Heng for so many years because he had witnessed his brutality with his own eyes, which also caused him to become ill.
What about Lu Yi? His hatred wasn't caused by mental illness. Should she forgive him for the harm he had done to her?
"Since you're here, let's go in and take a look." Qin Mu held her hand, as if conveying invisible strength to her.
She nodded, and with a heavy heart, she took a step forward.
Pushing open the rusty iron door, the damp and moldy smell mixed with the residual scent of disinfectant hit me in the face.
Meng Anran walked in on the broken floor tiles, and each step stirred up tiny dust particles that floated in the light coming through the broken window.
Qin Mu held her hand tightly, his palm warm and dry, silently giving support.
"The entrance to the basement is over there." Conai pointed to an iron door at the end of the corridor. The lock on the door had long been rusted and broken.
The closer she got to the door, the faster Meng Anran's heartbeat became. She took a deep breath and pushed open the iron door.
The lights in the basement had long been broken, and only a few flashlight beams were sweeping through the darkness.
In the corner, a slender figure curled up on a worn sofa, his silver hair standing out in the darkness.
Hearing the noise, the man looked up suddenly——
Lu Yi's face was so pale that it was almost transparent. There was a fresh wound under his right eye, which had already scabbed over.
When he saw who it was, his pupils suddenly shrank, and then he let out his usual, sarcastic laugh: "Oh, is this a group visiting the zoo?"
His voice was unusually hoarse, as if he hadn't had water for a long time.
Meng Anran stood there, her chest tight.
The person in front of me shed all his arrogance and pride, licking his wounds alone like a wounded beast.
"Did you arrange the dog at the party?" she asked directly.
Lu Yi sneered and leaned lazily on the sofa: "If you think so, then so be it. Anyway, you have already made up your mind."
"I don't think it's you." Meng Anran said lightly, causing Lu Yi's sarcastic expression to freeze on his face.
Those peach blossom eyes seemed to pierce through him. He looked away and smiled contemptuously: "Why wouldn't it be me? The person in this world who wants to drag you into hell the most is me."
“Just because…”
Meng Anran suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Lu Yi's wrist without saying anything. Lu Yi instinctively tried to shake it off, but was too weak to do so.
"Your eyes didn't look sick the other day." She lowered her eyes to look at the needle marks on his arm. "Ming Jing also said that he saw fresh needle marks on your hand. I guess you were sedated."
The air suddenly froze.
Lu Yi pulled his hand back nonchalantly, his eyes swept across Meng Anran's red and swollen eyes, and the smile on his lips faded a little: "I'm not the one who saves the beauty, why bother to care about my life or death."
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