Chapter 100 At this moment, I just want him to live.
Li Yanzhou's gaze, cold as a knife, was fixed on the doll in front of him. Suddenly, the image of those days in the attic flashed through his mind, where he noticed what looked like needle marks on her hand.
He asked her about it, but she just brushed it off lightly and casually glossed over it.
So that's what they were doing?
Li Yanzhou knew that Luo Tingwei harbored resentment towards him, but he never imagined that she would go so far as to curse him directly.
In an instant, the man's feelings were very complicated.
He suddenly remembered the jar of origami cranes she had given him the night before, which was filled with his blessings.
He spent an entire night carefully opening and examining each item one by one, then turning back to them one by one, feeling a sweet joy in his heart, as if he had found a priceless treasure.
He remembered one of the wishes on it was for him to live to be a hundred years old.
As a result, a doll that curses him to die appeared today.
"It's really come to this...?"
Li Yanzhou held the doll in his hand, muttering to himself in a voice that revealed no emotion.
At that moment, he felt more bewildered than angry.
Seeing this, Aunt Wu continued, "This afternoon, after Mr. Huo arrived, Miss Luo invited him to her room. Later, the bodyguard reported that two people were found in the open space outside the villa; they had escaped by jumping out of a window..."
Annoyed, Li Yanzhou said coldly, "Stop talking and get out."
Seeing that he didn't react as strongly as she had imagined, Wu Ma felt embarrassed and awkwardly shut her mouth and left.
Mosen came in.
Where are they?
Li Yanzhou glanced at him, his tone terrifyingly dangerous, "Did you find it?"
Mosen shook his head helplessly, "Your subordinate is incompetent."
"The guards at the back gate have shown signs of being bribed. The traitor has been caught, tied up, and is awaiting punishment."
"As for the two of them... perhaps they have already escaped."
Li Yanzhou felt utterly exhausted. He waved his hand, his voice tinged with a hint of melancholy.
"Chase her until you find her."
Unexpectedly, his darling wanted him dead.
If before it was just empty talk, this time she really made a doll to curse him.
"Ke Weiwei, if I die, who will protect you? What will you do all by yourself..."
A strong sense of frustration suddenly swept over him.
There was no raging anger as I had imagined; instead, I felt mostly sorrow, loss, and helplessness.
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Huo Zhizhou pulled Luo Tingwei along as they ran, glancing at his watch as he panted, "..."
"It's almost seven o'clock, we need to hurry, we'll be at the back door in three minutes."
Luo Tingwei ran numbly, but her heart felt blocked, heavy and sluggish, as if it were being held down by some invisible force, making her feel increasingly breathless the more she ran.
She knew exactly what she should do, but with each step she took, her body felt as if it were being torn apart by two forces: reason and emotion. The two forces were intertwined, almost causing her to collapse.
Li Yanzhou...
Her gaze gradually turned pained.
Suddenly, she broke free from Huo Zhizhou's hand and shook her head repeatedly, "No...no, cousin."
"You go first..."
After saying that, she turned around abruptly and ran towards the banquet hall.
Seeing her run in the opposite direction, Huo Zhizhou shouted anxiously, "Hey, what are you doing? If you don't leave now, it'll be too late!"
"Luo Tingwei, going back is just asking to be captured and killed! Come back now!"
But the woman who had gone far away no longer cared about anything.
At that moment, she had only one thought in her mind.
She didn't want anything to happen to that bad man; she didn't want him to die.
As Luo Tingwei ran forward, she covered her mouth, her emotions suddenly becoming agitated.
Unexpectedly, she would make this choice under these circumstances.
Everything was out of her control...
What if something happens to him...
No, this is not what she wants to see! She doesn't want to regret it someday.
7:03.
She ran to the banquet hall, panting.
"Brother Sen, target spotted! Target spotted!"
The bodyguard quickly spotted Luo Tingwei at the entrance of the banquet hall and immediately reported it via walkie-talkie.
"Young Master Li is about to give his speech. Should we take her away?"
Mo Sen stood beside Li Yanzhou, holding the walkie-talkie but not daring to speak, nervously waiting for the man's reaction.
Upon hearing this, Li Yanzhou, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, his voice involuntarily tightening.
"The banquet hall? Didn't she run away? Why would she go there?"
“Young Master Li, this is indeed strange… Miss Luo couldn’t possibly be unaware that returning would be like walking into a trap. The bodyguards in the villa are all looking for her now.”
Mo Sen narrowed his eyes in confusion.
The bodyguard started speaking again over the walkie-talkie.
"Brother Sen, the stunt double is already on stage..."
The next second, the bodyguard's voice suddenly turned panicked, "Oh no! Miss Luo is running towards the stage!"
Mo Sen immediately realized what was happening, "Stop her!"
Almost simultaneously, Li Yanzhou suddenly stood up and ran outside without thinking.
Damn it!
An amazing idea popped into his head.
This silly woman... could she be...?
But how could this be? How could this be?
Wasn't she determined to escape?
She could have left just now; she should have known that once she came back, she could never escape again.
"President Li, it's dangerous, you can't go out!"
Mosen immediately realized what was happening and quickly sped after them.
While calling into the walkie-talkie, he said, "Quickly, send more men to protect President Li!"
As soon as the stunt double stepped onto the stage, Luo Tingwei rushed onto the stage in full view of everyone, pounced on him, and shoved him aside.
Gunshots suddenly rang out.
Bang! Bang!
A commotion arose in the crowd, and everyone panicked.
The stand-in was pushed aside, and finally realized what had happened. A look of astonishment flashed across his face as he stared at the woman in front of him. "Who are you?"
Luo Tingwei didn't recognize that the man in front of her was not Li Yanzhou; she just kept checking his body.
She heard gunshots.
Knowing that he had just escaped a disaster, she almost burst into tears.
Luo Tingwei covered her mouth, feeling a sense of redemption, as if she had been reborn from a disaster.
fortunately……
Fortunately, she arrived in time, preventing something she would regret for the rest of her life from happening.
The scene was in complete chaos, and the bodyguards were all mobilized to apprehend the perpetrator.
"It's alright...it's alright..."
She kept muttering to herself, her nerves still taut, unable to shake off her fear.
"Young Master Li."
At this moment, the stand-in's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately became upright and respectful, nodding slightly towards the distance.
The backstage door opened, and a tall figure gradually emerged from the shadows.
Luo Tingwei followed his gaze.
The two identical faces left her speechless with astonishment.
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