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Rong Zhaonan was taken aback; he didn't use any force.
The next moment, he raised his hand to hold her face still, and pushed aside her stray bangs without giving her a chance to refuse, instantly revealing the bump on her forehead.
"Did you get injured today?"
His eyes instantly turned cold. She only said that she hit Xiang San, but didn't mention that she was also injured.
Ning Yuan didn't intend to hide it any longer, and nodded in agreement: "Yeah, it's alright, the injured foreman pushed me away."
Rong Zhaonan looked at the bump on her head, a surge of anger rising to his head: "You didn't even tell me!"
After saying that, he turned around and strode out.
Seeing this, Ning Yuan reached out and grabbed his arm: "Wait a minute, Anan!"
Then, she pressed herself against his back: "Aren't you going to check if I'm still hurt anywhere?"
Rong Zhaonan indeed stopped in his tracks.
He suppressed his anger, turned around, and met her expectant look. He could only force himself to hold back his temper: "Take off your clothes, let me see."
Ning Yuan: "Huh??"
But seeing his stern face, she obediently raised her hand: "I just have abrasions on my hands and arms. They've been treated twice by doctors from the Hong Kong government. It's really nothing."
Rong Zhaonan ignored her and directly reached out to lift her skirt, flipping her over and over to check her over.
Ning Yuan's round face flushed red as she sat on his lap, covering her chest: "I'm really fine. I was just worried that you might impulsively go and cause trouble for the Xiang family this morning!"
He was examining her like he was checking a baby, even spreading her legs to look inside! It was horrible!!
Rong Zhaonan gripped her slender waist tightly with a cold face: "If you dare to lie to me again next time, you'll know who I'll lash out at first!"
Ning Yuan shifted her little bottom to avoid pressing down on someone's angry "gun".
Did he have any impure thoughts when he was examining her just now? Or is it that men, when angry, might actually... well, you know...
Ning Yuan raised her hand and put it around his shoulder, saying softly, "Don't be angry. You know the Xiang brothers are venomous snakes. We can't fall for their tricks. We have to proceed cautiously."
Holding her soft, warm body in his arms, Rong Zhaonan's anger and guilt intertwined, and he fell silent, holding her slender waist tightly.
After a long while, his cool voice, slightly hoarse, finally rang out above her head: "I'll listen to my wife."
Ning Yuan rested her chin on his shoulder: "Well... I'm sleepy, come sleep with me early, okay?"
He'll be able to calm down if he sleeps with her for one night.
He paused for a moment, then said, "Okay, I'll go take a shower first."
She's still injured, and he doesn't plan to touch her tonight; he needs to calm down.
Ning Yuan lazily snuggled into the covers, lay on the pillow, and tilted her little face to look at him: "Hurry up and come here."
Rong Zhaonan felt a surge of heat in his heart as she looked at him. He let out a soft hum and got up to take a cold shower.
Ning Yuan waited for more than twenty minutes, almost falling asleep, before she felt a body covered in moisture next to her.
She instinctively leaned over and hugged his tight waist.
Rong Zhaonan dimmed the lights, carefully avoiding her injured arm, and lay down on his side beside her.
"Tell me a story about your time in the army?" Ning Yuan leaned against him and yawned.
Rong Zhaonan looked at the petite girl in his arms, patted her back, and said calmly, "I'm not good at telling stories, but I'm better at doing things."
Ning Yuan: "Speak!"
Rong Zhaonan: "...Okay."
The man told the story haltingly, but fortunately his voice was very pleasant. Ning Yuan hugged his waist and slowly fell asleep.
After watching the little woman in his arms fall asleep, Rong Zhaonan carefully got up, went out, took the elevator, and went to an office on another floor.
"Captain." Old Xu and Chen Chen were both there.
Rong Zhaonan expressionlessly picked up a pack of cigarettes from the table and deftly took one out: "Retrieve all the files and documents we had on Lao San before."
Old Xu was taken aback: "What are the captain's plans?"
When he found out that his sister-in-law was injured, he thought the captain was planning to beat up Xiang Laosan.
Rong Zhaonan lit a cigarette expressionlessly: "Isn't he the type who likes to meddle in other people's projects? He's a so-called all-rounder who's good at architectural design and even interior design... Of course, we'll let him meddle to his heart's content."
Old Xu and Chen Chen exchanged a glance.
Xiang Laosan stepped on the captain's tail, and the captain is going to take drastic measures and resort to underhanded tactics.
...
When Ning Yuan woke up early the next morning, Rong Zhaonan had already left, leaving a note saying that he would be a little busy these two days.
Ah Heng came in and said that he had also met with Ning Bingyu and talked for half an hour before leaving.
Ning Yuan felt relieved. Since he had just left in the morning, he probably wouldn't be impulsive enough to cause trouble for Xiang Laosan.
After she got up and reapplied the medication, she was about to have breakfast when the phone rang.
Ning Yuan answered the phone casually. Uncle Qiao's somewhat cold and deep voice came from the other end of the line: "Xiao Ning, the construction site is sealed off, and the project cannot be started for the time being."
Ning Yuan was taken aback: "Why?"
Didn't you say everything was fine yesterday?
Uncle Qiao paused for a moment: "The police sent people to investigate the scene and said there were traces indicating that the cement crane was deliberately smashed down."
Ning Yuan couldn't help but get anxious: "Of course we know it was done by someone, but..."
Her voice paused, then a sudden thought struck her: "Because it was intentional, suspected murder, so they're sealing off the scene to investigate?!"
Uncle Qiao rubbed his temples, his voice hoarse from the heat: "Yes."
Ning Yuan gripped the phone tightly, her chest heaving, and laughed in exasperation: "So that's what they were planning!"
The Xiang brothers' ultimate goal yesterday was actually—
As long as she is on the construction site and on the project, the construction site of the Tenth Department Store will never have a peaceful day.
The Xiang brothers wanted to use this to force her to leave the project.
Those two lunatics, if you mess with them, they'll chase you down like hyenas!
What's next? Force her to drop out of school? Or force her to divorce Rong Zhaonan? Or just kill her?
Uncle Qiao: "Once this matter is investigated, the construction site will reopen. Don't think too much about it. Just rest at home because you're injured. Aren't you going to Beijing?"
Ning Yuan felt a little down: "I'm sorry, Uncle Qiao."
The Tenth Department Store project was the culmination of so many people's hard work, so she certainly knew how much the Shanghai government and the Ning family valued this project.
Uncle Qiao paused for a moment on the other end of the phone: "Don't overthink it. You're still a student. We adults aren't people to be trifled with."
After hanging up the phone, Ning Yuan frowned, ate breakfast hastily, and went to read.
Seeing this, Aheng didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only think of calling Weiheng.
Unfortunately, Wei Heng wasn't at the hospital anymore, so he was really bored and went back to his unit's residence to do morning exercises.
Ning Yuan had no appetite all evening, so Aheng had to sit down and forcefully persuade her to eat.
"Oh, don't worry, just like Director Qiao said, once the higher-ups have investigated and clarified the matter, the project will be restarted!"
Ning Yuan sighed: "I'm afraid it won't be that easy. In the end, this matter might turn out to be some worker from the construction site who becomes a scapegoat."
The Xiang family is no ordinary family; otherwise, they wouldn't dare to undertake such a significant project.
Moreover, bringing their conflict into the open has obvious benefits; it's highly likely that her troubles were caused by the Xiang brothers.
The disadvantages are also obvious—
The Xiang family is clearly targeting her, telling everyone that as long as she leaves, the project can proceed smoothly.
But she was truly unwilling to give up... This was a project she had painstakingly worked on, a project she had created with great effort!
How can we break this trap she's in?
Ning Yuan paused, then said with annoyance, "And even if we find out the truth, if the Xiang brothers repeat this a few more times, or even cause someone to die, the construction site and project will have to be shut down again..."
Her words abruptly stopped, and she stood up abruptly and walked out: "Let's go to the hospital now."
Aheng was taken aback: "Are you worried about Foreman Li? Didn't we hire his brother to keep an eye on things?"
While putting on her shoes, Ning Yuan said with some unease, "If Xiang San and his gang want to make things bigger... they might actually try to frame it as a murder case. I'm a little worried and need to go and check it out to put my mind at ease."
If Foreman Li, the survivor, dies in the hospital, it will be even more troublesome for the construction site project to reopen!
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