With a thud, Liao Nanxing felt a splitting headache.
"Ouch! Who are you!" he yelled as he struggled.
However, with the large sack covering almost his entire body, he couldn't struggle at all.
He was suddenly pushed and fell to the ground.
In an instant, countless sticks struck his body.
All he could do, besides scream, was cover his head with his hands, curl up into a ball, and endure the rain of blows and the intense pain in his back.
"Who are you!" Liao Nanxing shouted again and again.
No one responded to him except for the sticks.
Only after the crowd surrounding him scattered did he slowly let go, struggling to break free from the burlap sack.
However, the moment I move, my body aches as if it's about to be torn apart.
He heard the sound of a car starting and driving away not far away, and only then did he grit his teeth and sit up, crawling out of the burlap sack.
"What's wrong with Professor Liao?"
Gu Yao's voice rang out.
She turned around and met Gu Yao's probing gaze.
Liao Nanxing rubbed his shoulder and glanced at the car behind Gu Yao, whose door was still open.
"Could you... take me to the hospital?"
"Of course." Gu Yao helped the person into the car and drove to the nearest hospital.
On the way, Gu Yao took out his phone and handed it to him.
"Call the police. This parking lot has surveillance cameras; they should be able to find out who did it."
Liao Nanxing didn't answer, but grimaced and sized up Gu Yao.
He was wearing sportswear, and there was a basketball in the passenger seat.
"You...invited me to play ball here?"
Gu Yao turned around and glanced at him.
"No, I arranged to play ball here with someone else."
"Then why did you ask me to come here?"
Gu Yao looked puzzled: "What? Professor Liao doesn't think I did this, does he? Call the police! Check the surveillance footage and you'll know if I did it or not?"
Liao Nanxing did indeed call the police.
At the hospital, Liao Nanxing, despite her aching body, paid the fees, underwent examinations, and waited for the results herself.
In the end, Uncle Hat told him, "The parking lot's surveillance cameras broke down three days ago. But don't worry, we'll contact the traffic department and retrieve the vehicles that entered, exited, and drove through that section of road at that time."
"You should focus on recovering first. After you're discharged, take the necessary documents to have your injury assessed, and then bring them to us."
"But... Gu Yao lured me here, and this happened. Aren't you going to question me about it? I suspect he hired someone to do it."
“Since you’ve raised this question, we will investigate in that direction. But based on the current evidence, he was not involved.”
"Evidence? What evidence? Didn't they say the surveillance cameras were broken?"
Uncle Hat played him a recording on his phone.
It was the recording of the phone call where Gu Yao asked him where he was and said he would be ten minutes late.
"He also provided driving records for the period during which you were assaulted. This evidence is sufficient to prove that he was not involved."
To put it bluntly, we can't find anyone right now.
They can't find anyone, what can he do?
We can only do as Uncle Hat says for now.
The examination results showed that his injuries were quite serious.
Four ribs were cracked, and there were multiple soft tissue contusions all over the body.
He suffered a mild concussion and bruising on his cheek.
Hospitalization is required.
As Gu Yao entered the ward, he brought in a fruit basket.
Liao Nanxing raised an eyebrow and said, "You did it, didn't you?"
"Professor Liao, you need to provide evidence before you speak." Gu Yao put down the fruit basket and pulled up a chair to sit down.
"Then why did you ask me to go?"
"Of course it's for Ms. Zhou's case. Professor Liao, have you considered that if your divorce goes to court, it might become a huge scandal? Whether you win or lose the case, it will have a negative impact on you."
Liao Nanxing remained silent.
Gu Yao didn't even need to remind him; he had already thought of it.
Gu Yao added, "As a colleague, I want to remind you that you know in your heart which is more important, money or your current fame and reputation, right?"
If this matter escalates, the damage to your fame and reputation will directly impact your future earnings. To put it simply, if it were me, I would comply with her demands.
After all, a good reputation and fame can bring me more benefits. But if I lose my positive image, living like a rat in the street will be even more unbearable.
Liao Nanxing had certainly considered this as well.
But he was worried that if his elderly mother found out he was leaving with nothing, she might cause a huge scene.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said he would keep wasting time with Zhou Chunhua like this.
The fact that no path seemed viable left Liao Nanxing feeling overwhelmed and extremely frustrated.
Actually, seeing Zhou Chunhua's dramatic transformation today, the thought of returning to family life flashed through his mind.
But Zhou Chunhua's subsequent kick that rendered him infertile shattered that idea.
At that moment, he felt as if he were trapped in a space that was about to collapse.
What worries him is that he has no way out of this space.
These days, he often wakes up in a fright from his dreams and then spends the whole night unable to sleep.
If time could be turned back, he really would never have anything to do with Su Mu again.
But... there's everything in this world, except for the medicine to undo mistakes.
"How about this?" Gu Yao's voice pulled him back to reality.
"If we agree to a divorce, as long as you keep it a secret, I will talk to Ms. Zhou and ask her to keep it a secret for you."
"Is this why you asked me out today?"
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