When Bai Qingze answered the phone, he was still somewhat happy and hadn't quite calmed down yet. But as soon as Bai Qinghuai heard his tone, the anger that he had just managed to suppress surged up all over again.
"Where's Qingzhi?" Bai Qinghuai's tone had changed somewhat, but Bai Qingze was too excited to notice.
"Qingzhi went back to the hotel; she sent me a message." Bai Qingze did see it.
"You let a girl go back to the hotel by herself in the middle of the night? The Yuan family lives so far from the city center, Bai Qingze, have you lost your mind?" Bai Qinghuai slammed his hand on the table and roared angrily.
At this moment, Bai Qingze finally sensed something was wrong. He had indeed been so overwhelmed with joy today that he hadn't thought things through.
Now, after my older brother's reminder, I immediately felt guilty.
"Has something happened?" Bai Qingze's expression also turned serious.
If there was nothing wrong, my older brother wouldn't call me in the middle of the night, much less get so angry.
The thought that his younger sister might have an accident because of his mistake made Bai Qingze panic.
Bai Qingze wiped his slightly sweaty hands on his clothes as he held his phone.
Bai Qinghuai briefly recounted what had happened that day to Bai Qingze in a displeased tone, followed by a moment of silence on the other end.
"It's my fault." Bai Qingze's tone turned completely cold.
After being scolded by his older brother for a while, Bai Qingze hung up the phone. He sat in the darkness for a long time before squinting and dialing Xiao Yuan's number.
Xiao Yuan was still awake at this moment, sitting quietly by Bai Qingzhi's bedside, watching her sleeping face.
Xiao Yuan snapped out of his reverie after his phone vibrated slightly twice, and tiptoed out with his phone in hand.
Looking at the name on the list, Xiao Yuan really didn't want to accept it, but when he thought about how today's events were all caused by Bai Qingze not picking up Zhizhi, he changed his mind.
As soon as Xiao Yuan answered the call, Bai Qingze anxiously asked how Bai Qingzhi was doing.
"I'm fine for now, I was just a little frightened," Xiao Yuan said honestly.
Bai Qingze breathed a sigh of relief, then turned cold and pressed for details about where the man had been taken.
In Xiao Yuan's memory, Bai Qingze did not like to interfere in company affairs and was usually quite docile.
Now that he asked this question, coupled with the coldness in his tone, Xiao Yuan was somewhat surprised.
She told him the location without hiding anything, and the two of them didn't say anything more.
Bai Qingze had already gotten dressed while making the call, and immediately left the hotel as soon as he hung up.
This time, he didn't call a driver or assistant; he took the car keys and drove himself to the place Xiao Yuan had told him about.
An abandoned factory.
The interior was already dilapidated, and given the already low temperature, it felt even more gloomy and eerie.
There were no signs of cars driving on the surrounding roads, and Bai Qingze wondered how Xiao Yuan's men had managed to get in.
Bai Qingze deliberately parked his car far away and walked into the factory.
Xiao Yuan's subordinate had already received a call from his boss saying he was coming, so Bai Qingze hadn't gone far when he saw his subordinate waiting for him.
The two didn't say much. The subordinate made a gesture to Bai Qingze, and Bai Qingze nodded.
Immediately afterwards, his subordinate took Bai Qingze's car keys and turned to leave the factory.
Bai Qingze deliberately wore light clothes and strolled into the makeshift factory. As soon as he entered, he smelled a strong stench of urine.
He wrinkled his nose in disgust. It was almost four in the morning, and the sky outside was at its darkest.
There is a small light in the temporary factory, but it is not turned on at the moment.
When Bai Qingze opened the door, it creaked open, and then he saw a black figure in the corner moving fearfully toward the wall.
He turned on the light and, seeing that it wasn't the same man from before, visibly relaxed.
"Please, please let me go! My family is rich, I can give you lots and lots of money." The man cried with snot and tears streaming down his face, almost crawling over to hug his leg.
After getting used to the smell in the room, Bai Qingze walked over with a smile on his face.
Then she squatted down next to the man, looked into his eyes, and asked:
Do you know who I am?
The man's eyes were swollen from the beating, and it was only when he got closer that you could tell he was a movie star in the industry.
However, he immediately remembered the relationship between the movie star and Bai Qingzhi, and his illusions shattered in an instant.
"You're all in cahoots!" the man's voice was hysterical.
Bai Qingze had already stood up and put on the disposable gloves he had brought with him.
Looking back at the man, the man suddenly felt as if he were being targeted by a demon.
"You know what? I actually have a very good personality, but that's only because no one has crossed my bottom line." Bai Qingze turned around and slowly approached him.
Only now did the man truly feel afraid.
"I was wrong, I'll never do it again. If you let me go, I'll go back to Liuguo right away and promise I'll never come back!" The man crawled to Bai Qingze's feet, kowtowing repeatedly.
Bai Qingze did not answer, but only glanced back at the darkness outside.
"That's enough time," he muttered to himself, then turned off the light.
When Bai Qingzhi woke up the next day, breakfast was already laid out in front of her. She was still a little dazed when she looked at Xiao Yuan in front of her.
Then, she revealed a large, small face and stretched out her arms to hug Xiao Yuan.
Looking at her eyes, which were filled with confusion yet completely reflecting his own after she woke up, Xiao Yuan seemed to understand why he had fallen in love with her before he lost his memory.
"Eat quickly, and I'll take you to a fun place after you finish." Xiao Yuan pushed some of the breakfast in front of him toward her.
Bai Qingzhi smiled and nodded, picked up her chopsticks and was about to eat when her eyes suddenly lit up with an idea.
"Brother Yuan, my hands are too weak, can you feed me?" Bai Qingzhi blinked her big eyes, and it was obvious at a glance that she was doing it on purpose.
But Xiao Yuan did not refuse. Although his brain kept telling him that it was childish, his actions were much faster than his brain's reaction.
By the time he realized something was wrong, his hand had already picked up his chopsticks and skillfully picked up a small steamed bun.
Bai Qingzhi smiled, her eyes crinkling, and leaned forward to bite into the xiaolongbao.
Giving a thumbs-up, Bai Qingzhi said, somewhat indistinctly:
"The steamed buns that Brother Yuan makes are so delicious!"
Xiao Yuan's lips curled up slightly, but he suppressed it again.
Nodding with feigned seriousness, Xiao Yuan picked up another one and put it into Bai Qingzhi's mouth.
They fed each other like this until Bai Qingzhi felt too full, at which point Xiao Yuan reluctantly stopped.
By the time Bai Qingzhi finished getting ready, it was already past nine in the morning, and the temperature outside was just right for her to take off her heavy coat.
Xiao Yuan had already arranged for a small trench coat to be prepared, and when Bai Qingzhi came out, Xiao Yuan nodded approvingly.
Sure enough, my judgment was correct.
Xiao Yuan took Bai Qingzhi's hand proactively, his movements now remarkably practiced and natural.
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