Chen Ya was playing with a spoon with a leisurely smile on his face, as if he didn't take her words to heart at all.
Zhao Yanan leaned over and said, "I'll emphasize again, don't think that just because you've got Ruyan in your corner, you can act recklessly. For someone like you who's penniless but still trying to climb the social ladder, there are plenty of ways to deal with you."
Chen Ya laughed even more sarcastically.
"After Ruyan Liu spoke to you, you immediately contacted her parents." He suddenly said, "If this is the trustworthy friend that Ruyan Liu racked her brains to think of, I'm quite disappointed."
Zhao Yanan suddenly panicked: "No, no."
"Ever since you came in, you've been adjusting the position of that phone that's been placed face down on the dining table. No matter how many dishes are served, you refuse to take it under the table," Chen Ya said. "I guess you're on silent mode right now, talking to her parents?"
Zhao Yanan quickly put the phone on the table back into his pocket.
"Sister Yanan, is that so?" Liu Ruyan asked in a muffled voice beside her.
"No," she said quickly.
Chen Ya's smile was unbridled as he said, "So, what you just said, was it you who meant it, or her parents?"
Zhao Yanan was silent.
"Do you know what I'm laughing at?" He sat up straight and asked, "From the beginning to the end, no one except me cared about what Liu Ruyan was thinking."
"As her friends and family, you're concerned about the monthly salary of the person who found her, whether he has a car or house, and whether it's easy to settle... But no one has even asked why Liu Ruyan wanted to commit suicide."
"To put it bluntly, you don't care what she thinks, nor do you care about her spiritual loss. In your eyes, she may be a treasure, a work of art, or a key, but in short, she is not a living person. A person with thoughts, feelings, and an independent personality."
"In this environment, I finally understand why she wanted to jump into the lake."
Liu Ruyan sat there blankly with her mouth wide open.
Zhao Yanan felt a little suffocated by what she said. After a while, she was about to say something, but was interrupted by Chen Ya again.
"You guys are right about one thing. From the moment Liu Ruyan got off the bus, I had my eyes on her."
"She was wearing clothes worth 58,000 yuan from the Shiwani counter. Even her socks were a gift from an Evanchy membership. Yet, she was wandering around the crowded place penniless, completely unaware that she was being watched by several people."
Liu Ruyan's face suddenly turned pale.
Chen Ya continued, "You might not be able to imagine this, but Yuehu Park isn't a completely safe place. She was walking around the park when at least two habitual thieves and a reserve thief set their sights on her."
"I followed her all the way. Before she was about to sit down on a bench in a blind spot of the surveillance camera, I sat down before her and forced her to sit on a bench below another surveillance camera. Then I stayed there until 2 or 3 in the morning. In the end, this silly girl actually fell asleep in my arms."
"After subsequent observation, I concluded that she had no ability to survive in the wild."
Chen Ya shook his head and said, "No, actually, her ability to survive is secondary. The most important thing is that she only has a beautiful appearance but no self, like a beautiful vase."
"If this is what you want, then I have nothing to say. Perhaps I am too arrogant and cannot accept this kind of training from an aesthetic point of view."
"There's one more thing. You guys have a misunderstanding about me," Chen Ya spread out his hands. "I've never forbidden her from doing anything, including being taken back by you now. So, you can take her back now."
He took a tissue, wiped his mouth, stood up, and said, "Anyway, these past few days have been very interesting. They've relieved the boredom of my time off. Thanks for the treat. Goodbye."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
Only two women were left sitting side by side.
When Chen Ya walked out of the hotel door, the sound of his high heels stepping on the ground was like a string of ellipsis, and a fragrant breeze followed. He turned around and Liu Ruyan bumped into his arms.
She covered her forehead, cried out "It hurts" and rubbed it for a while, then looked up and said:
"Why did you leave me there alone?"
"Huh? Why are you still following me?"
Liu Ruyan held his shoulders and raised her legs to adjust her high heels:
"I'm your nanny. Although I'm just a pretty face, I take my job very seriously."
After she finished speaking, she stood up straight and smiled at him: "You didn't forbid me to do anything, did you? Can we go home now?"
In the moonlight, her dress shone as brightly as she did.
…
Zhao Yanan is already in the manager's office of the Regent Hotel.
"Did you take a picture of the license plate number?"
“I filmed it.”
The manager held out his cell phone. On the screen, Chen Ya and Liu Ruyan were getting into a taxi. The license plate number on the back of the taxi was clearly visible.
"Contact the taxi company to see if there's anyone you know. When they arrive, call and ask for the address." Zhao Yanan ordered.
Then she asked the waiter next to her: "Have you taken the photo?"
"It has been sent to the manager."
Zhao Yanan fiddled with the screen of her mobile phone. There were several secretly taken photos on WeChat. She picked out the one with the clearest face of Chen Ya and forwarded it to herself.
"If his phone address wasn't so hard to find, we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble." Zhao Yanan was a little annoyed. "Let's post the photo in the group chat later. Someone will eventually find out who he is."
At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door, and then the office door was pushed open violently, and two tall men appeared in front of her.
A man with a flat head walking in front took out an ID and waved it in front of Zhao Yanan. Zhao Yanan happened to see a line of small words on it and took a breath.
That was the department she least expected to encounter.
"We have a case to handle, come with us." The man said coldly.
"Okay." Zhao Yanan was obedient.
In front of this department, she knew that the only way to avoid trouble was to behave honestly.
"Take out your phone."
Zhao Yanan obediently handed over the phone. When the man saw Chen Ya's photo on the phone screen, his eyebrows tightened like steel bars.
“Who took this?”
The room suddenly became silent. Another man blocked the door and locked it, as if no one could get out.
The waiter raised his hand in bewilderment: "Yes, it's me."
The man took his phone, frowned, scanned it, and put it in his pocket.
"You come with me. And you, you, everyone in the room, come with us."
Zhao Yanan walked out of the door in a daze, only to find that there were seven or eight people guarding outside the door.
She suddenly noticed that one of the men had his coat open, revealing half of the butt of his gun.
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