The aunt next to him kept praising Chen Muyun. Chen Muyun worked in an important government department and his family had some connections in the local area. Zheng Tao was very pleased with his respect. He smiled, nodded and left. Auntie left too.
Ruan Qingqing, who had been silent the whole time, walked out without even looking at Chen Muyun. Chen Muyun grabbed her and said, "Qingqing..."
"Let go!" Ruan Qingqing struggled hard, but failed to break free. He said, "Let's talk again, calmly!"
"There's nothing much to say! I have urgent business."
"What could be more urgent than our business?!"
The two men struggled for a while. It was late at this time and there were many people coming and going on the street, many of whom were familiar neighbors. There were also staff members looking around inside the center gate. Ruan Qingqing was upset and yelled, "Don't do this! Don't touch me!"
Chen Muyun looked at her dark circles and haggard appearance, thinking that she had suffered a sleepless night just like him.
This also gave him more hope, so he hugged her tightly and said, "Qingqing, I will never let go in this life. Please forgive me, please forgive me, I will never make the same mistake again! I have cut off all ties with her and will never have any contact with her again! I will not have any contact with anyone except you!"
Ruan Qingqing was angry and anxious. She struggled to get free but failed. She felt extremely embarrassed in front of everyone.
"We broke up yesterday! Just give up!"
Chen Muyun suddenly freed one hand, opened the passenger door, and pushed Ruan Qingqing in.
Ruan Qingqing was caught off guard and fell down. He closed and locked the door with a "click", walked around to the driver's seat, opened the door quickly, got in, and locked the door again.
Ruan Qingqing looked at him in disbelief. Chen Muyun had already started the car and drove out of the street.
"Chen Muyun, what are you doing? What's wrong with you? Stop the car!"
His face was a little pale, his eyes were wandering, but he had a faint smile on his face. He said, "You are not calm now, you are angry. I will take you out for a walk first. When you calm down, we can talk again."
"I am calm and my decision will not change."
"I'm not calm!" He suddenly roared, the veins on the back of his hand bulging as he gripped the steering wheel. "Ruan Qingqing, what do you think of me? What have you always thought of me as? Did you really love me? Or did you stay with me because you felt sorry for me? Now you're breaking up! You don't even have any regrets!"
Ruan Qingqing was silent for a while and said, "Chen Muyun, don't say these nonsense. You cheated on me and we broke up. This is the truth."
Chen Muyun really hated her inherent clarity and ruthlessness, which turned all his grievances and resentment into powerlessness and despair.
He said, "How could this be possible... I have had feelings for you for so many years, it was so hard for me to pursue you, and our relationship has been so good this year, the result must not be like this."
Ruan Qingqing also felt a little sad, but she calmed down, slowed down her tone, and said, "I really have something urgent to do today. Can you let me go? Let's not become enemies who are mortal and life-and-death, okay?"
Chen Muyun's heart was tearing apart like a knife. He smiled bitterly, "What's the matter? Are you in such a hurry?"
"Central matters."
"I'll take you wherever you want to go."
"No……"
"Don't refuse again, Qingqing. I've already taken a leave today. I didn't take care of the company's work and didn't answer the boss's phone calls. I didn't sleep all night yesterday. Where do you want me to go now? Do you want me to jump off the building or into the river?"
Ruan Qingqing finally couldn't utter a word.
After a moment, she told the address: "Qingyuan Mountain."
It was a cloudy day and the skyline was always gray.
After driving for about ten minutes, Chen Muyun asked, "Why are we going to Qingyuan Mountain? There are not many people there now."
"I'm going to find Zeng Xi."
Chen Muyun also had an impression of the extremely beautiful and lovely deaf-mute girl, and asked, "Why did she go there?"
After a night of feeling isolated and helpless and encountering setbacks everywhere, Ruan Qingqing felt heavy in her heart.
In the past, she would talk to Chen Muyun about these troubles. At this time, he asked calmly, just like before.
Ruan Qingqing felt dazed, as if their relationship had not changed and he would still understand and support her. And she could rely on him and trust him.
Suppressing this illusion, she told the story truthfully.
All Chen Muyun wanted now was to regain her forgiveness, and he didn't dare to rush things. Now that the two of them could sit down and talk calmly, he was already satisfied, and his good impression was gained back bit by bit.
He thought for a while and asked, "Do you suspect that she didn't go to Guangdong, but was deceived by that man?"
Ruan Qingqing frowned slightly and nodded: "I have to contact her to feel at ease."
"The phone still can't get through?"
Ruan Qingqing immediately dialed again, but the phone was still turned off.
"Have you contacted her parents in Guangdong?"
Ruan Qingqing was silent for a moment, then answered, "I did contact them. They didn't know Zeng Xi was going there, so they were not very happy. They also asked me to persuade her to come back because they were very busy and under a lot of pressure. When I called again later, they refused to answer."
Chen Muyun cursed and said, "Don't worry, Zeng Xi is a grown-up and has the ability to judge. There aren't that many bad people in this society. Maybe there are other reasons why she left without saying goodbye and we can't contact her for a while."
"Um."
Chen Muyun glanced at her, but didn't dare to look any further, and asked again: "Why did you go to Qingyuan Mountain to find her?"
"She usually likes to come to this mountain to collect bamboo, rattan, strips of flowers and so on. She told me before that she would come again yesterday to collect materials and make a pair of... straw dolls for me."
"So it's possible that she did come here. Did you call the police?"
"I called the police last night, but it was useless. There was no way to prove she was missing. The police contacted my uncle and Zeng Xi's parents, and they all said everything was fine. They said I was being paranoid, so the police asked me to confirm before contacting them."
Chen Muyun looked into her eyes: "I believe you, you have always been sharp and have good judgment."
Ruan Qingqing looked away and said nothing.
The nursing home was located on the outskirts of the city, and it didn't take them long to reach Qingyuan Mountain.
There are many mountains in western Hunan, and Qingyuan Mountain is just an inconspicuous one among them. It is covered with vast green trees and seems uninhabited at first glance.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, there was only one mountain road that cars could drive up. It was a winding, narrow, old, and dilapidated road.
Chen Muyun was concentrating and driving very slowly. Ruan Qingqing noticed that there were two clear wheel marks on the loess road, which should have been left not long ago.
After driving for about half an hour, we reached a dead end halfway up the mountain. Next to it was a wasteland with a thick layer of leaves on the ground. The woods were completely silent, without a single sound.
Chen Muyun asked: "Do you want to go down and take a look?"
"You go back first. I'll take a taxi back later."
Chen Muyun: "It's a desolate place here, how can you get a taxi? Needless to say, I definitely can't leave a girl like you here."
Ruan Qingqing no longer insisted.
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