Chapter 42 Rio's Death
Luo Tingwei, “???”
To pique his interest? What nonsense.
She's just trying to stir up trouble, you know.
Li Yanzhou bit her ear, seemingly in a good mood.
"What, were you jealous when you said that?"
Luo Tingwei's expression froze upon hearing his words.
His and her thoughts were indeed on completely different levels.
Luo Tingwei pursed her lips. "If I say yes, then we don't need to go back to the basement, right?"
So it isn't?
His gaze gradually turned cold.
He had just started to find her somewhat interesting, but then she suddenly became so dull and clumsy. He thought it would be better if she just fooled him.
Yes...
She noticed the change in his eyes and quickly adjusted her strategy.
Unfortunately, Li Yanzhou no longer believed it.
He glanced at her and suddenly laughed, his voice distant and cold.
“Lin Zeyuan came to see you a few days ago. Guess what I said to him? He said he would never bother you again.”
What did you say to him?
Luo Tingwei immediately became alert, and her voice unconsciously rose a few decibels.
Li Yanzhou was even more disgusted by her reaction, and a mocking smile appeared on his face. "I said you're pregnant, mine."
"Are you sick?!"
Luo Tingwei looked at him in disbelief, and was so angry that she was about to punch him.
Li Yanzhou grabbed her wrist. "Why are you angry? Didn't you say you were pregnant with my child, and I forced you to have an abortion?"
Luo Tingwei was furious when she heard his words.
That's a madman.
She was faking her madness, but he was truly insane.
She had been hoping that Lin Zeyuan would come to find her and rescue her from that dark and gloomy basement.
But that means he can no longer appear.
Who would accept a woman who is pregnant with another man's child?
Li Yanzhou is truly despicable!
"What exactly do you want, you madman, you mentally ill person!"
She was about to pounce on him and hit him, but Li Yanzhou was very pleased to see her driven to madness and didn't stop her, letting her little cat punch him.
For him, it was like scratching an itch.
Unexpectedly, the commotion was too loud, and the bodyguards a few meters away saw it and rushed over to hold her down.
"This is none of your business, all of you, get out of here."
Li Yanzhou waved his hand impatiently. The bodyguards looked at each other, puzzled, and quickly retreated.
Seeing that no one stopped her, Luo Tingwei hit her a few more times before she calmed down.
Li Yanzhou yawned. "Finished?"
She ignored him, looked down and touched her hand; it hurt a little.
Li Yanzhou stood up as if nothing had happened, his tone indifferent.
"Come upstairs and sleep with me for a while, I'm sleepy."
"I'm not going."
"Hurry up, don't make me say it twice." His tone suddenly became harsher, half warning and half threat.
"If you don't want to go upstairs, do you want to sleep in the basement?"
After saying that, without waiting for her to react, he picked her up and carried her upstairs.
She thought Li Yanzhou was going to eat her again, and screamed in panic, "Let me go! You're not allowed to touch me!"
The bedroom door was kicked open.
Luo Tingwei's crying stopped abruptly.
Is this still the same room as before?
The entire room was painted pink!
It's her favorite color.
Li Yanzhou's room was originally decorated in cool colors, which made her feel depressed and cold.
The stark contrast left her somewhat at a loss.
For a fleeting moment, she thought she had returned to her room in the Luo family home, which was also decorated in pink.
Not only that, the blankets were all changed to pink, which greatly reduced her anxiety.
Li Yanzhou sneered, "Surprised, aren't you?"
“Originally, after returning from Figi Island, you could have lived here comfortably, but you insisted on courting death, leaving a perfectly good bed to sleep in and choosing to be a rat in a cold, damp place.”
Upon hearing his words, Luo Tingwei felt a mix of emotions.
She never dreamed that he would transform his room to her liking.
On the bed, there were even her pajamas, neatly folded.
Seeing that she still seemed to have doubts, Li Yanzhou softened his voice and explained, "Don't worry, I don't want to do anything today. You probably haven't been sleeping well these past few days, so you should get some sleep now."
Luo Tingwei closed her eyes, sighed, as if resigned to her fate.
She was about to walk to the bed when, a second later, Wu Ma's timid voice suddenly rang out from outside the door.
"Young master, the dog has been brought back."
Upon hearing this, Li Yanzhou frowned slightly.
"If you've brought it back, then take it with you."
"But……"
Wu Ma's voice came from outside the door, sounding hesitant.
Li Yanzhou went forward and opened the door. "What's wrong?"
"The dog...is not breathing."
Aunt Wu spoke, her voice trembling.
Her voice wasn't quiet, and in an instant, Luo Tingwei was wide awake.
What happened to Rio?
She quickly got out of bed and ran over barefoot.
Aunt Wu looked at Li Yanzhou with a probing gaze, unsure whether she should speak or not.
The three people went downstairs, where two or three bodyguards and a man in a white coat were standing in the courtyard.
The dog cage was quiet; you could vaguely see a dog inside, but there was no barking or movement.
"Rio!"
Luo Tingwei rushed over and opened the dog cage, but didn't see Rio sticking his head out.
The dog's eyes were tightly closed, and an unidentified white liquid was dripping from the corner of its mouth.
The veterinarian said, "It looks like it died of poisoning."
"How could someone be poisoned when they were perfectly fine?"
Li Yanzhou's face darkened instantly.
"When we picked her up, we found her to be somewhat lethargic, but we couldn't find anything wrong. On the way back, the bodyguard gave her water once, but when we got to the villa, we found that she was no longer breathing," the veterinarian said nervously.
Upon hearing this, the bodyguard immediately assured him that the water was fine, as it was imported bottled water specifically for pets.
Luo Tingwei held the motionless, ice-cold Rio, and her whole body trembled.
Li Yanzhou glanced at her dazed expression, the shadows in his eyes slowly spreading, as if something had brushed against them.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he just pursed his lips and looked away.
"Find out how the poisoning occurred."
He whispered the instructions.
Soon, the autopsy results came back, and undigested toxins were found in the dog's stomach.
Moreover, a hidden hole was found in the dog's teeth, which did not look like a cavity, but rather as if it had been deliberately chiseled open.
The poison was placed in this hole, so that if you ate or drank anything, the toxin would seep into it and go down with you.
A very insidious tactic.
Holding the autopsy report, Luo Tingwei was still in shock, completely unable to believe that Lin Zeyuan could do such a thing.
The dog stayed with him for a while and even gained weight; it was clear he was taking good care of it.
if……
If it weren't for Lin Zeyuan...
She gasped, feeling a chill creeping over her entire body.
If it wasn't Lin Zeyuan, then it could only have been Li Yanzhou.
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