He Su trembled with pain, but dared not rush towards Zi Ye again. She could only grit her teeth and say to Rong Zhaonan, "You did this on purpose! Why didn't you stop him!"
With Rong Zhaonan's abilities and skills, he could have stopped Ziye when he turned his gun on him!
He did it on purpose!
Rong Zhaonan said leisurely, "I'm not as capable as you think. I'm just a temporary worker."
"I'm not a criminal in your hands. I'm injured, and I want to leave!" He Su choked, her face pale, and gritted her teeth as she continued.
Rong Zhaonan said indifferently, "Don't ask me, this is not something I can decide."
Regardless, Xiang Ziye was still quite satisfied with Rong Zhaonan's "sensible" behavior. He chuckled and gave He Su a strange smile—
“Aunt He Su, no one on this bridge should make any rash moves unless I tell you to.”
As he spoke, he rudely raised his chin and gestured to Chen Chen and the other man holding He Su: "Put your hands up and get off this bridge!"
Chen Chen and the other two didn't move, both looking at Rong Zhaonan.
Upon hearing this, He Su panicked even more and instinctively turned her head, crying out, "You can't leave! You must protect me!"
Rong Zhaonan nodded slightly, and Chen Chen and the other person slowly left the bridge.
He Su took a deep breath, her face deathly pale, and pressed hard on her bleeding leg, her eyes filled with undisguised rage—
"Rong Zhaonan, this is you settling a personal score... If I had known, I should have let them kill you in the countryside!"
"Bang!" Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly kicked hard in the face by Xiang San next to her.
Caught off guard, He Su fell to the ground in a sorry state, spitting out a mouthful of blood and two molars with a "whoosh".
Without Chen Chen to restrain him, Xiang San brazenly picked up the gun Rong Zhaonan had thrown down, then, while loading the bullets from the ground, grinned maliciously at He Su, whose face was covered in blood from being kicked by him.
"Old woman, do you really think we brothers are dogs in your hands? That we'll do whatever you tell us to do? Even dogs can kill!"
He Su's eyes were bloodshot from the blows, and her head was buzzing.
She instinctively wanted to look at Rong Zhaonan to the side: "You can't let them treat me like this, your father..."
Rong Zhaonan stared blankly ahead without saying a word, not even glancing down at her, as if she were something dirty.
He Su's heart skipped a beat, and a venomous glint flashed in her eyes. She chuckled softly, "Ah...right, you're the one here who wants me dead the most. You're using someone else to do your dirty work, aren't you? You want to copy me, don't you? You little bastard..."
"Alright, shut up! Or I'll smash your mouth in!" Xiang Ziye impatiently fired another shot into the air.
The piercing "bang" made He Su flinch and dare not speak again.
Under the cold moonlight, Rong Zhaonan watched as Ning Yuan's face was roughly constricted by Xiang Ziye's movements, causing her some discomfort.
He said coldly, "Xiang Ziye, I told you brothers this a long time ago—the reason I agreed to meet you and Xiang Xiaosi at the reservoir during our training was twofold: firstly, because our training had just ended, and secondly, because I had promised Old Ye that after beating him up one last time, I would stop dwelling on this matter, let Xiang Xiaosi go, and focus on finding out the truth about that night at the reservoir."
“Xiang Xiaosi did sincerely repent in front of me. There were three people on this bridge that day—me, Xiang Xiaosi, and Rong Xiangdong.”
Rong Zhaonan said calmly, "Rong Xiangdong was here because he was fishing with his friends nearby and said he had something to say to Xiang Xiaosi. I agreed to let him come over. When I beat up Xiang Xiaosi, Rong Xiangdong was standing by."
Hearing Rong Xiangdong's name, He Su trembled and instinctively stared intently at Rong Zhaonan: "Don't even think about dragging Xiangdong down with you. If Xiang San sees it's you..."
"Bang!" Another gunshot rang out, hitting He Su right next to his hand.
She screamed in fright, clutching her hand that had been grazed by a bullet, and curled up in a very disheveled state.
Xiang Ziye said sinisterly, "Tsk, too bad you missed. Say one more word and try again?"
He Su trembled all over, her eyes flashing with anger and resentment.
Why, why did things turn out this way...? Ever since Rong Zhaonan brought that country girl back, everything has been spiraling out of control!
Rong Zhaonan said calmly, "...On the bridge, after I finished beating him, Rong Xiangdong suddenly threw a stone at Xiang Si, who was standing up while holding onto the railing by the bridge."
"He dodged the stones, but he lost his footing and fell through a dilapidated section of the bridge. I was closest to him, and instinctively reached out..."
"You reached out to pull him up, but from my third son's perspective, it looked like you pushed him down!" Xiang Ziye suddenly sneered.
He stared menacingly at Rong Zhaonan: "Yes! You've said this many times, to us, to the police, to everyone, but where's the evidence?!"
"You believe that someone who beat my brother to a pulp, someone who hates him to death, would actually go to save him? Who would believe that! Where's the evidence? Where's your evidence?"
Rong Zhaonan glanced at the sky and said in a deep voice, "At most, wait another quarter of an hour, and the evidence will arrive."
Xiang Ziye's face instantly darkened: "You fucking tricked me! You didn't just say 15 minutes!"
Xiang San instantly flew into a rage and grabbed Rong Zhaonan by the collar: "You, surnamed Rong, what do you think you're doing? Who can believe you..."
Ning Yuan suddenly spoke coldly: "Why not believe it? Beating up someone who hurt his own sister and saving a life that shouldn't have died are not contradictory. He wouldn't be so inconsiderate as to blur the lines between public and private matters!"
Xiang Ziye glanced down at Ning Yuan and sneered contemptuously, "You're his woman, of course he'll protect him. Doesn't he distinguish between public and private matters? His whole team follows you every day and even came to rescue you with this gear. What gives you the right?"
Ning Yuan said emotionlessly, "Just because I'm a key person involved in your case, and a victim of your kidnapping—of course, without me, the police might not have been able to lure you out."
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