Yun Wanqing's face was already turning blue and purple; if any more force was applied, she might be left standing there.
Lu Dongjue loosened his grip, and Yun Wanqing fell to the ground with a thud, panting heavily.
Once she regained her senses, she scrambled away, not daring to linger for even a second.
That's terrifying.
She couldn't believe that she had just brushed past death.
"Yun Wanqing." Yun Suiwan called out to her from behind.
She didn't want to stop, but she didn't dare not stop either. She turned around and looked at Yun Suiwan with a mixture of hatred and fear in her eyes.
Yun Suiwan walked to her side and put her phone into her pocket.
“Go back and tell Huo Beichen that it’s no use trying to capture me to exchange for Sheng Nanyin.” Yun Suiwan raised her eyebrows.
Yun Wanqing's eyes widened in horror.
She saw right through me.
But Yun Wanqing wouldn't admit it; clutching her phone tightly, she ran for her life.
"Yun Suiwan, is this really fun?" Lu Dongjue's questioning voice came from behind.
Yun Suiwan turned to look at him in confusion. What did he mean? Did he think she was playing a game?
"What did I play?" she couldn't help but ask back.
Lu Dongjue raised his chin slightly, his eyes arrogant and aloof. "You're clearly fine, yet you're hiding away, making people anxious. Didn't you do it?"
Yun Suiwan was so angry that his stomach was churning. With his intelligence, couldn't he see what she was doing?
I was just picking a fight with her.
"Who's in a hurry? Are you the one in a hurry, Lu Dongjue?" She decided to call him out on it.
She had witnessed firsthand the ruthlessness with which he attacked Yun Wanqing.
"You clearly care about me, why won't you admit it? If I hadn't come out just now, do you dare say you really wouldn't have strangled Yun Wanqing?"
"Do you dare say you'd just stand by and watch me get taken away by Huo Beichen's men without getting worried or doing anything about me?"
She stared into Lu Dongjue's eyes; she needed an answer now.
Lu Dongjue twitched his lips, let out a cold laugh, and retorted, "So what?"
Yun Suiwan was slightly taken aback. Was he admitting it?
“I did love you, and I did think about marrying you and spending my life with you,” he said calmly, as if recounting someone else’s story, “but how did you treat me?”
“Lu Dongjue…”
Lu Dongjue smiled bitterly, "How wonderful it would be if I could hear your voice calling my name when I was in the most pain."
"But thankfully, it's all in the past now. We're in the past now too."
"Lu Dongjue..." she murmured softly, her throat being attacked by waves of soreness, and she couldn't help but let her eyes redden and tears flow.
He walked towards her.
He walked past her.
He left without looking back.
“Lu Dongjue…” She couldn’t help but turn around and look at his figure intently.
She felt she should do something, but there was nothing she could do but watch him leave.
...
A suite in a luxury hotel.
Yun Wanqing stumbled in, saw a glass of water on the table, grabbed it without thinking, and gulped it down in one go.
Only then did she notice a mirror on the side.
The person in the mirror was pale, with disheveled hair and swollen eyes... looking extremely embarrassed and pathetic.
"No, this isn't me, this isn't me." She couldn't believe she was acting like a lowly, abandoned woman; she had always thought of herself as a high-class socialite.
"What's wrong with you?" A cold male voice rang out, and Huo Beichen appeared in the mirror.
He then walked away, sat on the sofa, and said with a dissatisfied look, "Do you know how much effort I spent bribing the people in the teahouse? They can't even handle such a small matter!"
Yun Wanqing roared angrily, "Lu Dongjue almost killed me!"
Only then did Huo Beichen notice that there was indeed a purplish-red mark on Yun Wanqing's neck.
Lu Dongjue indeed went all out.
Huo Beichen narrowed his eyes coldly. It seemed that the biggest obstacle on his path to marrying Yun Suiwan was still Lu Dongjue.
"Lu Dongjue and Yun Suiwan have wanted to kill you for a long time," Huo Beichen reminded them calmly.
He was the one who protected her back then.
As Yun Wanqing gradually came to her senses, she realized that if she wanted to return to her former life as a socialite, she could only rely on Huo Beichen.
"Although Lu Dongjue is with Gu Fanyan, that bitch Yun Suiwan must still be seducing Lu Dongjue behind his back, otherwise Lu Dongjue wouldn't be so biased towards her!" Yun Wanqing said through gritted teeth.
Huo Beichen hummed in agreement. "You can go back now."
Yun Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then refused to leave. "Brother, didn't you promise me that if I helped you with this, you would give me one of your apartments in City C?"
Huo Beichen's face darkened. "Don't try to claim kinship with others."
He found it ridiculous: "After doing things like this, you still want a reward?"
Yun Wanqing shrugged dismissively: "I've already tried my best. Who could have predicted that Lu Dongjue would suddenly appear out of nowhere? You didn't expect it either, did you?"
"Besides, if I'm in a bad mood, my mom will definitely ask me why. What if I accidentally let slip that there's a problem with your marriage to Yun Suiwan..." She didn't need to explain what she was going to say next.
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Huo Beichen's eyes, but his face remained calm and composed. "I will have someone take care of the apartment matter."
"Mr. Huo, please get some rest." Yun Wanqing left with a smile.
A moment later, a subordinate quietly approached him, "Mr. Huo, should we deal with this woman?"
Huo Beichen raised his hand to stop him: "Fool, there's a use for fools."
Then he instructed, "Dial her number for me."
The subordinate took out a cell phone, and after a short while, a calm female voice came from the other end, "No need to say more, I already know what happened."
Huo Beichen was unusually frustrated. "You've made a fool of yourself in front of everyone."
"Have you ever considered that you're going down the wrong path?"
Huo Beichen frowned: "What do you mean?"
"Lu Dongjue and Yun Suiwan are both people who are not threatened, but they are both troubled by love."
A hint of resistance instinctively arose in Huo Beichen's expression. "You want me to develop feelings for Yun Suiwan?"
The woman chuckled. "Don't you have a son?"
Huo Beichen was slightly taken aback.
...
Late at night, Lin Zhibai walked into the bar, and immediately surrounded by beautiful women.
"Young Master Lin, it's been a while since you last visited."
"What has Young Master Lin been so busy with lately? He's forgotten all about us sisters."
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry upstairs with Young Master Lin for a few drinks."
Lin Zhibai smiled and gestured with his chin towards the upper floor, "Let's go as we please, same old place."
"Hey, Mr. Lin, why don't you go somewhere else today? The usual place is booked out," a waiter said.
Lin Zhibai frowned: "Are you new here? You let someone take my spot?"
The waiter chuckled, "Don't be angry, you'll see when you go."
When Lin Zhibai went upstairs, he saw two familiar faces standing outside the private room: Da Wen and Xiao Wu.
"Young Master Lin." Da Wen and Xiao Wu greeted Lin Zhibai politely.
Lin Zhibai peeked through the glass door of the private room and his face darkened. "What's going on between you and Lu Dongjue now?"
Yun Suiwan had booked a private room to drink alone, and it seemed she was quite drunk. Lin Zhibai could guess what had happened even with a grain of salt.
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