Seeing her silence, Rong Zhaonan suddenly reached out and pulled her leg. Ning Yuan blushed instantly and slapped him, saying, "What do you want to do so early in the morning? No way!"
"What do you mean 'can't' or 'can't'? Didn't you say it hurt because of the thing on my body? You have several bruises on your legs, do you want me to rub them off?" Rong Zhaonan raised an eyebrow, his tone slightly teasing.
Ning Yuan was taken aback. She looked down and saw several square bruises on her calves and thighs, which were obviously caused by pressure.
Thinking back now, it must have been that after she fell asleep last night, he was holding her, and she unconsciously used him as a pillow—
Using a fully armed humanoid "weapon" as a pillow, what's the difference between that and sleeping with a bunch of hard equipment?
It would be strange if he didn't get bruises all over his body!
Ning Yuan muttered, "And you said you didn't hurt me!"
Seeing Ning Yuan's resentful gaze, Rong Zhaonan chuckled and sat up cross-legged.
As he placed her calves on his body, he bit the tip of his glove and pulled it off. "Let me rub it for you, just rub it in and it'll be fine!"
He deftly pulled a bottle of safflower oil from his tactical waist pack and gently rubbed away Ning Yuan's bruises.
"Hiss..." Ning Yuan gasped. This guy doesn't look very strong, so why does it hurt so much when he rubs it!
"Bear with it, your skin is so delicate, it'll bruise easily if you touch it," Rong Zhaonan said without looking up.
His tone carried a subtle gentleness, and this time his movements were noticeably gentler.
Ning Yuan was taken aback and didn't say anything.
His fingertips applied just the right amount of pressure, with a warm touch, gently rubbing away the bruises on her legs.
Ning Yuan felt the warmth from his fingertips, and her heart was filled with mixed emotions.
In her past life, no one ever cared where she was in pain; being sick or uncomfortable was her own business.
Even her husband, Li Yan, if she says she's not feeling well, he'll tell her to go to the hospital if she's not feeling well. He won't treat her illness if she doesn't talk to him.
That's true, but if everyone in the family has this attitude and can't comfort and care for each other, then why get married?
But Li Yan is sick, and if she doesn't pay attention to him, he will say that she is cold-hearted and not like a wife.
Ning Yuan felt a warm and tender feeling in her heart as she watched Rong Zhaonan massage her legs.
Rong Zhaonan rubbed her for a while, then suddenly said to her in an unusually serious tone, "After I leave, you have to be careful on your own. You must bring a bodyguard when you go out."
Ning Yuan was taken aback: "Huh?"
Rong Zhaonan carefully put away the safflower oil, but then pulled out a small Browning pistol and placed it on the table.
“Once I leave the Hong Kong government and return to the mainland, Ah Heng will continue to come back to your side as your bodyguard to protect you.”
"Although you're clever, you still need to be careful when you're out and about. Here, take this. Do you remember the key points of shooting practice in college?"
Ning Yuan looked at the Browning pistol, sat up straight, stared at Rong Zhaonan's masked face, and asked directly, "What happened?"
Rong Zhaonan remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "Cha Shenlou is most likely not dead; those corpses do not match his physical characteristics."
Ning Yuan's pupils contracted, and she gasped. Cha Shenlou, that heartless madman, was still alive?
Her tone was filled with disgust: "That kind of scum colludes with foreign forces and even kidnaps his own daughter! If someone like that really escapes, it'll be a real problem!"
Rong Zhaonan nodded, his deep gaze falling on her face: "That's right, that's why I stayed instead of sending Cha Meiling back to the mainland right now."
"Hmm?" Ning Yuan looked up at him, her clear eyes filled with doubt.
"Isn't Cha Meiling a victim?"
“You should know that I’m here to investigate Shenlou’s case.” Rong Zhaonan reached out and ruffled her hair.
Ning Yuan nodded: "I know."
Rong Zhaonan: "So, in addition to the fact that she was the person the suspect spent the most time with before his disappearance, there are some other things that require her cooperation in the investigation."
"What is it?" Ning Yuan frowned slightly.
For some reason, she felt that what Rong Zhaonan was about to say was related to her.
A cold glint flashed in Rong Zhaonan's eyes: "Cha Meiling is not an innocent person, and her hands are not clean either. After Tang Zhenzhen woke up from her coma, she recovered a lot of her memories and told a lot of things after treatment by doctors and drugs from the Hong Kong government.
"The person who instructed Tang Zhenzhen to poison your elder brother Wei Heng was Cha Meiling, and also..."
Rong Zhaonan paused, seemingly choosing his words carefully: "She also instructed Tang Zhenzhen to seize your jade chili pepper while you were in the countryside."
Ning Yuan was struck dumb, frozen in place.
Ning Yuan felt a chill run from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head. She never imagined that it was Cha Meiling who wanted her jade chili pepper!
And did Cha Mei-ling already know that she possessed the Jade Chili Pepper when she was still in the countryside?
Could it be that Cha Mei-ling was also the mastermind behind everything in her past life?!
"Why did she poison my elder brother? And why did she steal my jade chili peppers!"
Ning Yuan took a deep breath to calm herself down, her mind replaying the scenes of her time with Cha Meiling.
And all the things from my past life!
She couldn't remember how she had offended Cha Meiling!
Including past lives!
"Because she doesn't want you to return to the Ning family, and she doesn't want you to acknowledge Ning Er Madam," Rong Zhaonan said calmly.
Ning Yuan was truly baffled: "Why?!"
Cha Meiling isn't some fake heiress from the countryside. Once she's recognized back, Cha Meiling will become a fallen heiress with a shameful past.
Cha Mei-ling herself is the eldest daughter of the Cha family, which has produced three Justices of the Peace! She is the future matriarch of the Ning family! And her own sister-in-law!
From her perspective, there was no direct conflict of interest between her and Cha Meiling! Why would she treat her like this?
In her past life, she had never even met Cha Meiling!
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