Chapter 554 Ilia's Fear
That night, Fu Sheng did not go home.
He called Xie Min back and said that there was an urgent matter at the company and he would be busy for a long time, so he went to rest in the company.
His tone was calm, without the irritability of being drugged, nor the anger of knowing that she had drugged him.
The more this happened, the more uneasy Xie Min felt.
Fu Sheng didn't come home that night... Could he be looking for a prostitute?!
She cursed Secretary Xu in her heart, why didn't he call earlier or later, but at that time!
In the morning, Fu Sheng called Xie Mu, but no one answered.
He just thought she was busy and didn't answer the call, so he called again half an hour later.
Still no one answered.
Fu Sheng realized something belatedly.
He found Xie Mu's WeChat and left a message.
After a busy morning of work, Fu Sheng checked his phone and saw no reply.
He raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows.
Was it she who provoked him first, aroused his suspicion, and then left him aside?
Since there were fewer courses in the senior year, Xie Mu teamed up with two classmates to participate in a professional competition jointly organized by universities as a group to enrich his resume.
At noon, Xie Mu and his classmates came out of the library's reading room and walked towards the cafeteria while discussing questions.
"Xie Mu."
Suddenly, she heard someone calling her. Xie Mu looked in the direction of the voice and saw Fu Sheng standing by a pillar not far in front of her. When he saw her looking at him, he strode over.
The classmate on the left also saw Fu Sheng, poked Xie Mu with his elbow, and gave the two of them an ambiguous look.
"Manager Fu?" Xie Mu's face was calm. "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Well, how about I treat you to lunch at noon and talk while we eat?"
"What's the matter? If it's nothing serious, just tell me."
Fu Sheng looked at her expression, which was so calm and a little indifferent, smiled, and looked at the two classmates beside her.
Xie Mu said to his classmates, "Go to the cafeteria first and get me a chicken chop rice. I'll be right there."
"Why."
The student on the left smiled slyly and couldn't wait to pull the student on the right away.
"Manager Fu, if you have anything to say, just say it."
Fu Sheng looked around the library hall, where people were coming and going. "Are you sure you want to say this here?"
Xie Mu looked at it and walked to the corner, "Go ahead."
"Have you made a deal with my second brother?"
"...Yeah." Xie Mu lowered his head.
It’s not surprising that Fu Sheng was able to find these things.
"Did he give you the opportunity to enter the hot spring resort and destroy the surveillance cameras before the New Year?"
"...and it's all thanks to Manager Fu who got Meng Ce drunk."
"But you said that your child is not Meng Ce's, and you know that nothing happened between you and Meng Ce. So what else happened that night? In order to get the money, you didn't call the police, but framed Meng Ce." He looked into Xie Mu's eyes and slowly described what he had guessed.
If that were the case, then everything would make sense.
“…”
The scene of that night flashed back in his mind. Xie Mu's face turned pale. He took a deep breath and couldn't help but distance himself from Fu Sheng. He looked up at him and said, "Manager Xie, I was offended last time. I spoke nonsense without knowing the truth. I'm sorry. Please don't mention this matter again in the future."
Fu Sheng laughed, "You came to me first, but now you're asking me not to mention it again?"
"I'm sorry, Manager Xie. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
Fu Sheng pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time.
Xie Mu glanced at him and avoided his gaze. "If you have nothing else to do, I'll leave first. My classmates are still waiting for me."
"etc."
Xie Mu stopped and looked at him in confusion.
Fu Sheng patted her shoulder and said, "In that case, I won't force you. Just study hard."
After saying that, he walked past her and left the library.
Xie Mu withdrew his gaze and hurried back to the cafeteria.
The two classmates had already taken seats and helped Xie Mu get his meal.
As soon as Xie Mu sat down, he was severely interrogated by the classmate on his left, "Mu Mu, tell me the truth, how far have you and Fu Sheng gotten?"
She had gone to Fu's for an interview with Xie Mu before, and she recognized that the main interviewer was the handsome guy who almost bumped into Xie Mu on the street. After Xie Mu passed the interview and was hired, she was looking forward to whether Xie Mu could have an encounter with Fu Sheng.
However, there was no news until the end of Xie Mu's internship, and she had long forgotten about it.
Until today when Fu Sheng came to the school to find Xie Mu, her gossipy heart was ignited again.
The classmate on the right was also informed about the "fate" between Xie Mu and Fu Sheng, and looked at Xie Mu with an ambiguous expression.
Xie Mu looked at the expressions of the two and said helplessly, "You have a big misunderstanding. Manager Fu's wife is my cousin. He came to see me for other things. It has nothing to do with what you think."
"Huh?" The classmate on the left was extremely surprised. "Your brother-in-law? That's fine."
The two of them put their thoughts aside and started discussing the competition.
…
When Ilia came out of the detention center, her face was haggard and her body was thin. There was no trace of her previous bright and beautiful appearance.
Seeing Yan Huai coming to pick her up, Ilia paused for a moment, hunched her shoulders, and her eyes revealed fear of him, "...Brother."
She looks like a completely different person now, completely devoid of her former arrogance.
Yan Huai looked at her for a few times and said, "Let's go to the hotel to get ready. I've booked a flight for you tonight."
Ilia hurried to keep up with him, with her head down and without saying a word.
When she got in the car, she was still like this.
Whenever Yan Huai looked at her, she would lower her head and huddle, twisting the edge of her clothes with her hands, looking extremely nervous and fearful.
Yan Huai said, "Are you afraid of me?"
Ilia was stunned for a moment and quickly shook her head, "No... no."
She said this, but her expression and body language showed that she was afraid of him.
"Do you know you're wrong?"
Ilia nodded vigorously, tears welling up in her eyes. "I know I was wrong, brother. I really do. I don't want to go back to the detention center. I will listen to you from now on!"
If it weren't for Ilia's identity, he would have taken the time to watch the surveillance footage of Ilia in the detention center. Otherwise, he would have suspected that Ilia had suffered inhuman abuse in prison.
"It's not about listening to me, but about not taking advantage of your power to bully others and committing crimes again. This is just a small lesson for you. If your father wasn't here, you would have been sentenced to several years in prison for what you did before."
"Yes... yes, I know I was wrong. I will never bully anyone again. Please don't lock me up again." Ilia promised tremblingly.
"Listen carefully to your parents when you get back. As for Fanfan, you'll keep custody here, and you can visit Philadelphia a few times a year."
"Just make the arrangements, I'll do whatever you say... I was possessed by my own demons before. If you ever see her, please apologize to her on my behalf. It's all my fault that she got into a car accident out of selfish motives. I'm not worthy of being her mother."
"If you have the chance in the future, it would be better if you tell her in person..."
Ilia tidied up and rested in the hotel. At eight o'clock in the evening, Yan Huai personally sent her on a plane to Philadelphia.
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