Chapter 236 Already dead inside
Xiao Zhang's words made all the workers, including the foreman, nod in agreement.
It was the middle of the night, and there was a thunderstorm. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was Lu Junyan and that a leader had given the order, who would be willing to leave their warm beds and come to this godforsaken construction site to get soaked in the rain?
Lu Junyan remained silent for a while before signaling the bodyguards who dared not move to get rain gear to shield themselves from the rain.
Immediately afterwards, he pushed the umbrella in front of him toward Xiao Zhang.
"Mr. Lu?"
"I'm fine."
Despite the rain, Lu Junyan took another step and walked around the construction site.
Lu Junyan's face was as cold as an ice sculpture, looking no different from usual.
But Lu Junyan's pace quickened, and even Xiao Zhang couldn't keep up.
He could clearly sense the anxiety and urgency in Lu Junyan's heart...
There is also panic.
Xiao Zhang was also anxious.
Judging by the time, Jiang Ning has been out of contact for almost a day and a night.
Upon learning of Jiang Ning's disappearance, Bai Yichen, Gu Lanlan, Pete, and Mo Yan either personally searched for him or dispatched a large number of people to look for places where Jiang Ning might have gone.
The surveillance cameras have only captured Jiang Ning driving away from the cultural and creative park so far. The footage of the car behind him was damaged due to thunder and rain, and it will take some time to repair. It is not certain that the camera will be fully restored.
The only clue is indeed this construction site.
But Xiao Zhang's primary task is to ensure Lu Junyan's safety.
It is obviously not safe to stay on the construction site in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm.
"Mr. Lu..."
Xiao Zhang accompanied Lu Junyan to a row of shipping containers.
This is a dead end; there's nowhere to go.
Lu Junyan was completely soaked. Xiao Zhang felt sorry for Lu Junyan, so even though Lu Junyan refused, he still took the initiative to hold the umbrella over Lu Junyan's head.
"Mr. Lu, you have to go back. You'll catch a cold if you keep going like this."
Lu Junyan knew perfectly well that continuing to waste time here would not help.
Even with all the lights on at the construction site turned on during the heavy rain, visibility was still poor.
perhaps……
He should give up.
Jiangning may not really be here.
He certainly isn't more professional than the police.
Reason told Lu Junyan this.
However……
Lu Junyan stood motionless in the rain, at the construction site.
The rain-soaked suit and shirt clung to his cold body, accelerating the loss of body heat.
If we can't find Jiangning tonight...
Just thinking about this prerequisite made Lu Junyan feel a sense of panic and dread.
"Keep searching."
Lu Junyan parted his thin lips slightly, his lips turning purple.
"Mr. Lu..."
"Keep searching."
Lu Junyan repeated the sentence again.
He couldn't allow himself to not be able to find Jiang Ning tonight.
Xiao Zhang stopped trying to persuade him.
When Lu Junyan repeated it twice, it was no longer just a sentence, but an absolute command.
As Lu Junyan was about to turn around, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the corner of the container.
He paused in his steps.
Xiao Zhang saw Lu Junyan bend down, seemingly picking something up from the puddles in the corner of the container.
Lu Junyan didn't pick it up the first time.
Because it was pressed down.
It was crushed under the container, with only a very inconspicuous part showing.
Lu Junyan tried twice, and finally pulled out the exposed part with force.
Xiao Zhang took a closer look and saw that what Lu Junyan was holding in his hand was a bunch of plastic beads.
He wiped the rain from his eyes and examined them closely. He realized that the plastic beads were broken; when they were intact, they must have been woven into some kind of shape.
Lu Junyan stared intently at the plastic bead in his palm, his eyes widening.
"Open these containers!"
Suddenly, Lu Junyan's anxious roar rang out amidst the torrential rain.
Everyone was startled, only to hear Lu Junyan change his mind again:
"No, move all these containers away, quick!"
The thunderstorm intensified.
It was getting darker and darker.
It was as if the next day would never come.
Jiang Ning used to be very afraid of the dark.
I'm also afraid of the sound of the door closing.
Even a slightly loud slam of the door can make her tremble with fear.
At the age of 13, she was sent to a juvenile detention center in City A without going through any legal process, on charges of "intentional injury".
Less than a week after entering the juvenile detention center, she was locked in solitary confinement for talking back to the instructors.
The solitary confinement room was very different from other classrooms; it wasn't even located in the normal school building.
Jiang Ning still remembers that the solitary confinement cell where she was imprisoned was triangular.
There was only one ventilation opening, too narrow to even stick your hand out through.
The little light bulb never lit up.
The walls were covered with peeling paint and mold spots, as well as traces of what could be excrement or vomit.
There was nowhere to rest in the solitary confinement cell; there wasn't even a stool, let alone a bed.
There was only one plastic bucket used as a toilet.
In the dead of winter, there was no heating in the confinement cell, and Jiang Ning's hands and feet were freezing cold, so he curled up into a ball.
But the cold is not the worst thing.
Being in a dark, cramped environment for a long time with poor air circulation, and only being able to hear his own heart pounding like a drum, Jiang Ning felt nauseous and dizzy, causing his stomach to reflux acid several times.
She couldn't tell whether it was day or night.
In the confinement cell where he had completely lost his sense of time and space, Jiang Ning sometimes even experienced illusions—
Is she already dead inside?
He died in a coffin called a confinement room.
She can still think because she has become a female ghost.
Suffocation, panic, despair...
Jiang Ning, on the verge of fainting near the large iron gate of the abandoned power distribution room, seemed to have returned to the juvenile detention center.
Her face was deathly pale, her lips were bluish-purple, and she was barely breathing.
Even when she heard the ear-piercing sound of metal scraping together, she dared only believe that it was her imagination.
She had heard it several times before.
She was filled with anticipation when someone finally opened the door and let her out, only to be met with even greater disappointment.
Again and again, again and again...
Until the frozen body felt warmth.
That's the body temperature of a living person.
The rain stopped, the night cleared up, and surprisingly, the stars were visible.
Xiao Zhang was stunned when he saw Lu Junyan carrying Jiang Ning out of the basement.
He was not only stunned that Jiang Ning was actually there, but even more stunned that Lu Junyan had taken off his clothes.
Lu Junyan's suit was soaked by the rain; both his suit and shirt were completely wet.
Unable to warm the frozen Jiang Ning with his own clothes, he simply took off his shirt and used his own body heat to warm Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning kept his eyes closed, his pale face still devoid of color.
But incredibly, she regained some consciousness.
She felt someone holding her.
She was extremely familiar with the other person's body temperature and scent.
"President Lu!"
Xiao Zhang hurriedly went back to the car to get a spare suit for Lu Junyan.
Lu Junyan, on the other hand, didn't care at all that he was shirtless.
He carried Jiang Ning and hurried towards his car, the headlights of the white Lexus illuminating his figure.
"Ah Ning!"
Bai Yichen and Gu Lanlan got out of the car and immediately saw Jiang Ning being held in Lu Junyan's arms.
Bai Yichen immediately took out a blanket from the car and, together with Gu Lanlan, hurriedly took Jiang Ning from Lu Junyan's arms.
Lu Junyan watched helplessly as Bai Yichen and Gu Lanlan wrapped Jiang Ning in a blanket, put her in the car, and the white Lexus sped away.
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