The man turned around and found a spot in the ward to cook her a bowl of porridge.
It was quite bland, with nothing added. Xiang Nanzhi finished the whole bowl and then drifted off to sleep again.
Before going to bed, Shen Shixun went to put the bowls away, and she grabbed the man's hand, saying, "Don't go."
As soon as she heard that he was leaving, she perked up and pleaded, "Please, don't go, stay with me."
"I'm not leaving, I'll stay here with you."
He held the bowl in one hand, while Xiang Nanzhi held onto the other. After finally getting her to fall asleep, the man tried to put the bowl back, but he couldn't free his hand. He loosened his grip slightly, but she grabbed it tightly again.
Seeing this, Shen Shixun held the bowl and didn't move again, bending slightly to maintain the same posture.
It wasn't until Ma Xiaorong came in to pack her things that she noticed he was still holding a bowl. "Young Master..."
He took the bowl from Shen Shixun's hand and said, "Young master, you should go and rest. I'll watch over things here."
The man shook his head. "I'm with her; she's scared."
Even in her sleep, Xiang Nanzhi remained terrified, plagued by nightmares, and slept until noon.
Xiang Zhengyi came over halfway through, as did Xiang Ciyuan and Xiang Jingyi, but none of them bumped into her and woke her up again...
Jiang Yao arrived in the late afternoon. Seeing her injuries and near miscarriage, Jiang Yao's heart pounded. "I've been keeping an eye on Xiang Yunduan and Xiang Zhenggang. I don't know how these people managed to slip through..."
She's still in a daze. She thought she had everything under control, but this happened so suddenly that it caught her off guard.
Xiang Nanzhi cleared his throat. "Shen Shixun, I want to say a few words to Jiang Yao."
The man gave her a meaningful look, but respecting her wishes, he left first.
"Are you scared to death?"
What do you think?
Who wouldn't be terrified if they encountered something like this? "They first locked me in a commercial building on the same street where they arrested me, then put me in a box, and then..."
Xiang Nanzhi didn't want to recall what happened next, nor did she really want to talk about it, but Jiang Yao could understand that feeling. She had also experienced being kidnapped once.
Do you remember when I was kidnapped?
Jiang Yao suddenly brought up this matter, saying, "After that, no matter how I investigated, I couldn't find a single clue."
What did they do to you?
“Nothing much, it’s just…” Jiang Yao looked at Xiang Nanzhi, still suspecting that this matter was related to the Xiang family, whether it was Xiang Ciyuan, Xiang Jingyi, or Xiang Zhenggang.
But looking back, she realized that her kidnapping was just a prank and didn't cause her any personal harm.
If it were one of those three, they would at least skin her alive.
"Does anyone else in your family know what I did to you?"
“I didn’t tell them.”
Jiang Yao took a deep breath. "That's strange."
Xiang Nanzhi's face was slightly pale. "You mean, you suspect I did it?"
"Nan Zhi, I don't doubt you. I know you're not the kind of person who would do something two-faced. I'm just wondering, if it's not you, and it's not them, then who could it be?"
Who would play such a prank on Xiang Nanzhi just to vent their anger?
That night, she was completely disheveled, feeling like she was dying. She was drugged to the point of rolling on the ground, displaying a truly shameful state.
Even now, just thinking about it makes me tremble and blush.
“When I came here, I wondered if it was a group of people, but seeing your current state, I don’t think it’s something that the same group of people could do.”
She didn't lose a single hair at the time. The other party force-fed her something and then threw her into a room to fend for herself, tormenting her until she gradually regained consciousness.
The people who kidnapped Xiang Nanzhi were clearly professional and meticulous, luring her to a deserted corner in a bustling street, using cruel methods...
"Based on your description, I also feel that they don't seem to be the same group of people."
Xiang Nanzhi seemed to be deep in thought. "But Jiang Yao, I will find out who kidnapped you. Perhaps there is some connection between them."
"I've checked, but there are no clues at all."
After saying that, Jiang Yao frowned, "If it's convenient for you, you could help me investigate. If I don't know for a day, I always feel like someone is watching me from the shadows, which scares me a lot."
After saying that, he took Xiang Nanzhi's hand and said, "You stay here and recover well. I'll keep an eye on things."
Xiang Nanzhi nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
“It’s not hard work. Xiang Yunduan has given me a lot of kickbacks, and Song Ze is quite generous to me. My dad doesn’t care about me, and I don’t need to go back to the Jiang family anymore. With this money, I can support myself.”
They're not extremely wealthy, but they're better off than most and worse off than most.
Xiang Nanzhi sometimes admired Jiang Yao's mentality.
As soon as the person left, Xiang Nanzhi wanted to use her phone to contact Xiang Ciyuan. At home, she remembered that her second brother was always keeping an eye on Jiang Yao, constantly telling her that Jiang Yao was not a good person and that she should stay away from her.
We should ask my second brother about this kidnapping.
Xiang Nan couldn't reach her phone; it was on the cabinet over there, a bit far away. "Shen Shixun..."
She called out, and the man outside came in.
Because of staying up late, the man's beard grew wildly, with a stubble that she hadn't noticed before.
She beckoned to the man, and Shen Shixun sat down next to her. "What's up?"
"Come here and let me touch you."
Xiang Nanzhi touched his chin with her small hand, feeling his beard like fine needles gently brushing against her palm.
To let her touch him, the man deliberately leaned his face forward, clearly seeing the woman's pale face, her hand touching his chin was white and tender, and her eyes were full of tenderness.
The man's Adam's apple bobbed, his heart raced, and he quickly turned his face away and sat a little further away.
"What do you want?"
"I just wanted to see you."
Xiang Nanzhi still doesn't know how he single-handedly defeated those two men. He kept his hands up in a gesture of surrender, appearing completely calm.
Xiang Nanzhi thought countless times that if those people were coming for her, she could let it go if she couldn't escape, but she couldn't let Shen Shixun be implicated.
But how could her man be so powerful? He charged at the other woman like a bull, and even the woman wielding a long knife was no match for him.
Their eyes met, and the man saw the tenderness in her eyes. He lowered his head slightly, feeling a little embarrassed by her gaze.
"Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat...?"
"No need, just get my phone for me."
Shen Shixun breathed a sigh of relief and obediently went to get her phone.
Xiang Nanzhi picked up her phone and called Xiang Ciyuan. Xiang Ciyuan had just come from the construction site and was on his way to the hospital to see her. Seeing the phone, he felt a surge of joy. "Zhizhi..."
When Xiang Nanzhi's phone was kidnapped, it was taken away. Xiang Jingyi was the first to have someone replace the SIM card for her. It looked like the same model as before, but it wasn't the same model as before.
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