Seeing Wang Zhongyi's anxious expression and noticing that his frantic struggles nearly touched her, Jiang Ruan stepped back.
“I can save you, but you must tell me what happened to you and how you ended up like this?” Jiang Ruan stared at him intently, utterly puzzled.
"I, I, it's all his fault! He killed people, he harmed me, he framed me, and he even tried to harm you. He's a bad person, black-hearted, ruthless, and vicious."
Wang Zhongyi stared intently at the doorway, his face trembling with rage. Against the backdrop of thick smoke and the dim light in the room, Jiang Ruan found it hard to connect him with the same person from just a few months ago.
But she patiently continued to ask, "Who is he?"
"Du, Du Ning, it's Du Ning!" Wang Zhongyi said through gritted teeth, as if he could rush out and bite the person in front of him at any moment.
"It really is him!" Jiang Ruan heard the name she expected, but her heart was not stirred. She had already guessed it.
"Heh, it's him. You, no, you're divorced. He wants revenge on you, but he can't find you. Help! He knows! He knows everything!"
Wang Zhongyi's incoherent words gave Zhang Yang a headache. He looked at Jiang Ruan, who was staring at him expressionlessly, and then at him, feeling an urge to immediately shut him up.
But he couldn't. This man was the key; Jiang Ruan seemed to want to know something from him!
"Did you find anything?" Zhang Yang leaned closer and saw Jiang Ruan rubbing the pattern on her middle finger, looking displeased.
“Yes, of course he is. I never thought he could do something like that.” Jiang Ruan was referring to Du Ning.
"Uncle Wang, I know you're having a hard time. You helped me, so I'll help you this time too. There's thick smoke in this room. Use this rope to jump out the window and escape. I'll cover your retreat."
"Besides, this is a small token of my appreciation for you on behalf of my parents. As their friend, they're not having an easy time either." Jiang Ruan handed a packet of medicine powder to Wang Zhongyi.
"Applying this powder all over your body can affect how zombies track you, so you have plenty of time and energy to seek help from the government."
As for Du Ning, you don't need to worry about him, I'll handle it." Jiang Ruan had Zhang Yang set up an escape route, and Wang Zhongyi walked out anxiously.
Before jumping, he waved and said his last words to Jiang Ruan, "Take care!" before disappearing.
"Why don't you ask more questions? I think you still have some doubts." Zhang Yang watched as Wang Zhongyi quickly smeared the medicinal powder all over himself as soon as he hit the ground, and then ran away and disappeared into the night.
A thought flashed through my mind: "This person didn't even say thank you. Could he be a real-life version of 'The Farmer and the Snake'?"
Jiang Ruan reached out and touched the white-painted chair, then smiled. "He can't tell me anything I'm wondering about, so I might as well go directly to the person in charge and ask them for clarification."
"Du Ning?" Zhang Yang thought for a moment, realizing that this was the only name mentioned multiple times from beginning to end.
Jiang Ruan affirmed, "That's right!"
Just as the two were preparing to make a clean getaway and find an excuse to go upstairs, a commotion broke out outside.
"Boss Du, you've arrived. Please don't go in. There's a fire inside. It's very dangerous."
It was the dean's voice.
"Yes, yes, it's on fire! It's on fire! Everyone's so naughty!"
Is this a mental illness?
Jiang Ruan and Zhang Yang stopped in their tracks upon hearing the noise, opened the door, and made the smoke even thicker.
"Cough cough cough, I mean, why do I feel like I'm hurting the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred of my own?" Zhang Yang coughed uncontrollably, covering his mouth.
"No, it's not that bad. The smoke just looks pungent or even scary, but it won't actually affect your breathing at all. Don't make it too obvious."
Jiang Ruan couldn't help but facepalm at Zhang Yang's overly enthusiastic reaction. Even if she was waiting for him to come over or trying to attract his attention, such a strong reaction was unnecessary.
"Oh, I see. Then I'll be more tactful, cough~" Zhang Yang thought for a moment and changed his approach.
"Stop fooling around, we're here." Jiang Ruan nudged Zhang Yang, and the two of them stared at the doorway.
"Thump, thump, thump..." It was the sound of leather shoes on the floor. And the sound was getting closer and faster.
With a "whoosh!" the door was flung open.
"Wang...Aruan?" Du Ning stammered when he saw the person in front of him. He adjusted his glasses and looked inside, but did not see Wang Zhongyi.
"Why are you here? You're actually here?" Du Ning's voice trembled slightly as he tried to get closer but was rejected, so he took a step back.
Jiang Ruan looked at Du Ning with cold eyes, like a deep, dark pool, and her tone was even colder, "Have some self-respect!"
Du Ning stared blankly, a hurt expression on her face, as if she had a thousand words to say but couldn't utter them. "It's been so long, why are you still so cold? Don't you really love me anymore?"
"Or are you really willing to discard our past entirely, even making our child a laughingstock, someone who says he has no father?"
Jiang Ruan originally thought she could still have a good talk with him. After all, the best punishment for him in this life was to live better than him, to trample him underfoot in every way, and to make him never be able to reach her.
Treat them like strangers!
But since he mentioned children, the matter can't just end there.
"What right do you have to call yourself the father of my child? What have you done? Do I need to name you one by one?"
"We had the child after we got married, why don't you have the right to have it? Ruan, you're so heartless!"
"Shut up, stop talking about children all the time. It has nothing to do with you."
Jiang Ruan threw the chair at him, and he didn't even dodge, though he swayed slightly.
Zhang Yang couldn't get a word in edgewise, and could only silently admire in his heart, "Hmm? So amazing!" But at the same time, he knew that he had to stand in front of Jiang Ruan to prevent him from retaliating.
"Consider this my apology. Please stop making a scene. Can't we just go back to how we were before and live in harmony?"
Du Ning indeed moved closer to Jiang Ruan!
However, Zhang Yang, whom he had ignored from the beginning, didn't tolerate him. He immediately rushed forward, stood between the two, and pushed Du Ning back a little.
He heard it clearly: they were already divorced, and Jiang Ruan had a child. He was disgusted that she could make such a mother so heartbroken.
She cursed under her breath, "What a scumbag!"
[Beep beep beep, a message has arrived!]
[System analysis indicates this person is extremely chauvinistic, a womanizer, and irresponsible—a typical scumbag!]
[Didi, the end!]
Two simple mechanical voices came over. Zhang Yang picked at his ears, held up the dirt on his fingers and blew it in front of Du Ning, who looked at him with disgust.
"Who is he? Why is he with you? What's your relationship?" Du Ning hadn't noticed him before, and now that he was blocking her way and behaving disrespectfully, she was furious.
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