Because of Luo Jun's inexplicable words, Ren Chenbai was unable to concentrate fully throughout the entire meeting.
He couldn't figure out what Luo Jun meant by this.
Luo Zhi is missing again?
This is not a rare thing.
Luo Zhi rarely stayed at the Luo family - even if he wanted to, the Luo family wouldn't tolerate him. Mrs. Luo would definitely make a fuss if she was not kept away for more than twelve hours, unless Luo Zhi was stuffed into a secluded guest room in the corner.
If not for this, there would have been no need to send Luo Zhi to their home in the first place.
Ren Chenbai leaned back in his seat, listening to the department report, still fiddling with the Bluetooth headset that had hung up the phone long ago.
He was still wearing that gentle mask, listening to a department manager talking about something incomprehensible, but a strong sense of irritability and impatience was creeping up his spine little by little.
...a bunch of trash.
Even he himself was not sure whether this sudden sneering thought was directed at those subordinates who were just sitting there doing nothing, or was he taking his anger out on the Luo family who couldn't even keep Luo Zhi in check.
Of course, the Luo family couldn't keep Luo Zhi under control, and he was even the one who fanned the flames in this matter.
Ren Chenbai had been doing this since a very early time, since they were very young, since he didn't even hate Luo Zhi.
By quietly indulging Luo Zhi and even guiding her back to the Luo family, Ren Chenbai allowed Luo Zhi to see the true face of that family time and time again.
He confidently and calmly waited for Luo Zhi to completely give up, and then he would stay in the Ren family and be a family with them forever.
Ren Chenbai couldn't understand why his mother punished him for this.
When Luo Zhi was twelve years old, Mrs. Luo pushed him down from the second floor and broke his leg. He was then taken to the Seaview Villa by his mother to recuperate for three months.
Ren Chenbai was very happy and wanted to go find Luo Zhi, but his mother told him not to go or show up until Luo Zhi's injury healed.
So Ren Chenbai had no idea that his mother actually gave Luo Zhi a car.
Why give it to Luo Zhiche?
To make Luo Zhi run? Run away to a place where no one can find you?
Ren Chenbai lowered his eyes, his fingers unconsciously exerted force, almost crushing the Bluetooth headset, before he was brought back to his senses by the applause when the department manager finished his speech.
…Everything started to change during those three months.
During those three months, Luo Zhi found a new hobby. He began to paint on a canvas as big as an entire wall that his mother had specially prepared for him, and started to learn to play the guitar and sing on his own.
Every night, Luo Zhi happily chatted with Ren Chenbai about his guitar.
Ren Chenbai watched his rapid progress and saw the piece that he had difficulty playing a week ago quickly become smooth. Watching the boy, who used to only dare to follow him and was wary and resistant to outsiders, take the initiative to go to the bonfire party at the beach and play with the tourists.
Ren Chenbai looked at Luo Zhi who was sitting on the sand playing flamenco.
That day, many people were listening to his guitar playing by the campfire. The firelight made the boy's face turn red, and his eyes were so bright that it seemed as if stars were falling into them.
Luo Zhi sat on the beach, her short hair caressed by the sea breeze. He held the guitar in his hand, and the lively and passionate improvisational tunes flowed out from his arms, like wildfire burning freely in the prairie.
The boy who was so silent and gloomy, always hiding in a corner of the Ren family where no one could see him, was like a ball of bright fire that suddenly rose up after being touched by a little spark.
Many times, Ren Chenbai couldn't help but wonder if Luo Zhi would ever feel completely disheartened.
If we just give him a little spark, even a tiny ray of hope, he will be able to find reasons for himself to live happily.
If only there was one person who was kind to him, he would still be able to stumble out of his last bit of strength and climb out of the mire that had dragged him into it.
…
Ren Chenbai finally crushed the Bluetooth headset. The broken plastic shell was extremely sharp and pierced into his fingertips, causing blood to gush out instantly.
The department manager who was speaking was startled: "Quick! How come——"
The department manager caught a glimpse of the gloom and coldness in Ren Chenbai's eyes, was frightened, and instinctively stopped talking.
"You are a subsidiary that my mother has focused on supporting in the past."
Ren Chenbai said: "I have given you many chances for this reason."
His tone was calm, but everyone present still broke out in cold sweats, and the entire conference room was silent.
Ren Chenbai suddenly fell silent again.
He looked at the blood gushing out of his fingertips, but the image of Luo Zhi, who was silent and seemed to be dead in the ward, appeared in his mind again.
He didn't know at that time that Luo Zhi had already fallen into coma. Luo Zhi was thrown away by him and her forehead hit the foot of the bed, but no blood came out of the wound.
It was as if all the blood in the body had been drained out, and because there was really nothing left to flow out, the whole person began to slowly cool down.
That was during the first two years after Luo Zhi came back. It was the palest and quietest thing ever.
Ren Chenbai personally pushed Luo Zhi into the quagmire. He watched Luo Zhi struggle and unable to hold either hand. He called Luo Cheng and let Luo Zhi hear with her own ears how the sister he cared about the most didn't care about his life or death.
As he wished, Luo Zhi sank little by little and was swallowed up by the cold black water bit by bit, but she was still never angry with him.
Luo Zhi was soft-hearted towards him and was much more tolerant towards him than towards the Luo family.
Luo Zhi gave him many chances.
This thought came from nowhere and was immediately overturned by an extremely sarcastic sneer - Luo Zhi gave him a chance?
You must be kidding. He was punishing Luo Zhi. Luo Zhi will have to atone for her sins for the rest of her life.
From the day Luo Zhi killed her mother, there was absolutely no chance for them.
Even with the idea of being a little nicer to Luo Zhi, Ren Chenbai actually didn't know whether he could do enough to repay his mother who had been let down by Luo Zhi.
"One last time, let's see what you can do."
Ren Chenbai said: "Think carefully about what you have done before."
The managers in the conference room held their breath and looked at each other, everyone was silent.
The person in charge of the Ren family in the past was Ren Shuangmei, who was always decisive and resolute. After Mr. Ren passed away unexpectedly due to illness, they were indeed quite neglectful and deceitful towards Mr. Ren, who had always been gentle and amiable.
"Yes, is there any misunderstanding?" One of the more experienced managers had a glimmer of hope and spoke up, "Mr. Ren, we..."
"Since you've wasted this opportunity, just pack up and leave."
Ren Chenbai interrupted him: "There won't be a next time."
The manager shut his mouth instantly.
No one dared to say another word. Everyone was trembling with fear and lowered their heads, then left the meeting room in disgrace.
Ren Chenbai didn't leave immediately.
He watched his assistant treat his wounds, and then asked someone to bring his computer. He packed up the things he had promised and sent them to Luo Jun's email.
Then he asked for a pair of headphones and connected them to the computer.
Last night, Ren Chenbai did go to Huaisheng Entertainment alone.
After Luo Zhi left, Huaisheng Entertainment as a whole became much more chaotic, and many departments began to slow down. In addition, Jian Huaiyi's management ability is far inferior to Luo Zhi, and the entire company is actually going downhill rapidly.
It was simply because Li Weiming was so popular that his fame temporarily overshadowed those ominous omens.
Luo Chengxiu is getting old and confused, but he was able to pull a company that was almost delisted and bankrupt back to life within three years. Luo Zhi is very talented. If it weren't for those accidents, his ability would not be weaker than Luo Jun.
Of course, Ren Chenbai was not soft-hearted because of this - no matter how well that company performed, it was still the Luo family's business. Luo Zhi ignored his advice and insisted on running the company well. Now it belongs to Jian Huaiyi.
Luo Zhi will never learn to listen to his advice.
Ren Chenbai suppressed the coldness in his eyes and clicked on the video on the computer.
His cooperation with Jian Huaiyi was not open, but he had never thought of covering it up. He was indeed doing something shady with Jian Huaiyi.
So Jian Huaiyi's assistant was completely unprepared for him. After hearing him say that an important document was left in President Jian's office, he took him there.
On Jian Huaiyi's desk, there just happened to be a USB flash drive that had just been given to him by someone below him.
There are quite a few organized videos in the USB drive.
These videos are all related to Luo Zhi, and were collected by Li Weiming's omnipresent fans.
Li Weiming's own people managed a few big Vs who were stirring up trouble, screened out the parts that were really unusable, and then maliciously edited and distorted the descriptions of these videos and posted them online.
Ren Chenbai made a copy and brought it back. He sent the maliciously edited and distorted parts to Luo Jun as evidence, and dragged the rest into the player one by one.
Ren Chenbai put on headphones and stared at the screen.
The materials that have been screened out and are of no use are the materials that, even if edited to confuse right and wrong, there is absolutely no way to change the nature of the picture itself.
The blurry image shook several times before it stabilized. The distance was not close, but I could still barely recognize that it was Luo Zhi.
Luo Zhi sat in the rain and played his guitar.
The sound of the guitar was no longer as good as the one by the campfire, probably because Luo Zhi herself couldn't hear it, or maybe it was because Luo Zhi's mood had finally changed.
Luo Zhi himself didn't realize that he almost lost consciousness several times in the rain, and even his head and hands had drooped down.
Luo Zhi was pushed and swayed by the wind, and the guitar was almost thrown out of his hands, but Luo Zhi held it tightly as if awakened.
Luo Zhi was looking around, no one knew what he was looking for, maybe not even he himself knew.
Luo Zhi found nothing.
…
Ren Chenbai looked at the final result of his revenge.
He had watched this video last night. He thought he was reviewing and appreciating it, but surprisingly he did not feel any pleasure at all.
Instead, what Director Gong Hanrou had said popped up in his mind for no reason and lingered in his mind all night.
Do you regret it? Not really.
He didn't think he was wrong. Luo Zhi owed his mother this.
He just suddenly felt that maybe this was enough. He thought about making Luo Zhi live in pain for the rest of her life, but Luo Zhi's current appearance looked like she was only half dead.
Ren Chenbai thought that he would probably find someone to treat Luo Zhi's ears.
They were no longer teenagers, and he was tired of making trouble. Maybe he was not unable to pretend to let go of his hatred, pretend that all the changes and twists and turns had not happened, pretend that everything was still the same as before.
Maybe he couldn't be nicer to Luo Zhi.
Maybe he could pretend that he didn't hate Luo Zhi.
Ren Chenbai will deal with Li Weiming sooner or later and make that little star pay the price for these things - but for now, Ren Chenbai still needs to use Li Weiming and Jian Huaiyi to rely on them to get Luo Zhi back.
Luo Zhi has nowhere to go, and she will have to come back sooner or later.
When Luo Zhi comes back, let him kneel in front of his mother for a night, and then pretend that they have all forgotten about this matter.
If Luo Zhi didn't want to go back to the Ren family, he could arrange a quieter apartment for her, or send her to a nursing home to recuperate...
…
So where did Luo Zhi go?
Ren Chenbai slowly frowned.
He watched the blurry video, watched Luo Zhi playing his guitar in the rain, and watched the progress bar below move forward bit by bit.
It was not until this moment that he suddenly realized that not only had he not answered Luo Jun directly, but Luo Jun had also not answered his question.
What did Luo Jun see that caused such a change in his attitude?
What unforgivable thing did Jian Huaiyi do to Luo Zhi?
He seemed to be haunted by some strange state and only now did he vaguely realize that something was wrong. And when he realized this, the wildly growing uneasiness instantly filled his entire body.
For no reason, Ren Chenbai suddenly thought of Luo Zhi who was rescued that day.
Luo Zhi lay quietly on the bed, his body rising up silently and then falling back as the electric shock device did. The body that seemed to have lost all breath of life was lighter than he had imagined, so light that it seemed as if it had lost the last bit of strength to live.
So where did Luo Zhi go, and why didn’t that loser Luo Jun keep an eye on her?
In Luo Zhi’s current condition, what would happen if she ran away?
Where will Luo Zhi run to? Can it be found again? So why on earth was he wasting his time here?
What on earth has possessed him? !
Ren Chenbai suddenly became more flustered than ever before. He stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and forcefully opened the door of the conference room.
The assistant who was standing outside the meeting room was startled and ran over quickly: "Mr. Ren..."
"Look for it." Ren Chenbai clutched the door frame tightly. He took a deep breath and exhaled tremblingly, "Keep looking for the person I asked you to find before."
The assistant was startled and hesitated for a moment before asking, "...bring it back?"
"Nonsense!" Ren Chenbai shouted, "Bring him back! If he refuses——"
The assistant was indeed responsible for looking for Luo Zhi for a period of time, and actually found some clues, but there was no further news after that.
But at that time, Ren Chenbai just gave the order casually and did not urge or ask about the results. They still thought this was an unimportant person.
The assistant didn't dare to ask any more questions. He remained silent in fear and waited for new arrangements.
Ren Chenbai also realized his own loss of composure. He pressed his forehead hard and controlled his voice: "If you don't agree... then notify me."
"I'll go pick him up." Ren Chenbai said, "Don't hurt him."
"Don't hurt him, don't scare him."
Ren Chenbai closed his eyes and said, "Don't rush to bring him back. Send him to the best hospital nearby first, and then notify me."
The assistant heard that something seemed to be wrong, nodded quickly, and ran to do it.
Ren Chenbai stood at the door of the conference room.
He suddenly became extremely afraid of a certain possibility.
Perhaps it was because I was too frightened, so it was difficult to even imagine the specific content, leaving only a large, chilling blank.
He couldn't think any further.
Ren Chenbai was not in the mood to watch those videos anymore. He asked someone to shut down the computer and send it back to the office, then he went downstairs and left the company.
…
When someone was cleaning up the computer, the player automatically jumped to the next video.
Luo Zhi sat on the street corner, holding a drawing board and drawing.
This time the picture is not so blurry. It seems to have been taken while sitting in a cafe on a street corner, with only a floor-to-ceiling window and rain between them.
There was a man in a windbreaker standing in front of Luo Zhi.
The man’s face couldn’t be seen from the angle of the video, and Luo Zhi’s figure was mostly blocked by the other person.
In the picture, one can only see Luo Zhi leaning against the street corner, looking up and talking to the other person. After he finished speaking, he handed the drawing board to the other person and took off his guitar and pushed it over.
The man didn't want a guitar, he just wanted a painting.
But Luo Zhi is very stubborn.
It was unknown what step the two of them had failed to reach an agreement on, and they kept pushing and pushing the issue back and forth in the rain that was flooding the sky. In the end, the man finally compromised before Luo Zhi, pulled up his clothes and half squatted down.
He bent his shoulders and tilted the entire umbrella over Luo Zhi's head. With a serious look on his face, he said something to Luo Zhi.
Luo Zhi tried his best to open his eyes and see, but the light in his eyes still faded little by little. He even maintained his original posture and fainted silently.
The man did not wait for a response and repeated it several times.
Luo Zhi leaned against the wall, eyes slightly closed, without moving.
The man raised his hand to touch Luo Zhi's forehead, but before he touched it, Luo Zhi's body suddenly spasmed violently, and she reflexively curled up her arms to protect her throat.
The man stood still.
Luo Zhi calmed down for a few seconds, shook her head to wake up, and stuffed all the paintings, guitar and a bunch of belongings into his hands.
The other person was well-dressed, and it looked quite funny to see him carrying such a pile of odds and ends. But he still thanked her, stuffed the umbrella into Luo Zhi's hand, and left with all of Luo Zhi's belongings as agreed.
The story seems to end here.
The person recording the video seemed to think so too. As the phone turned upside down, the picture suddenly seemed to have discovered something and quickly returned to its original fixed point amid the background sound of murmurs.
The man from before is back again. This time he had nothing in his hands. Judging from the faint outline in the corner of the video, he probably just put those things on the car not far away.
He seemed to have guessed that Luo Zhi didn't know how to hold the umbrella properly, so he squatted down, held Luo Zhi's hand, and helped him straighten the umbrella to block the cold rain above his head.
Then he raised his right hand, shining his palm forward to prove that he had nothing, and just kept it there next to his ear.
He looked at Luo Zhi, as if waiting for some permission.
What permission is he waiting for?
The people filming the video were discussing in a low voice, and the people packing up their computers were also curious and did not turn off the screen immediately, waiting with bated breath for the final answer.
Luo Zhi was covered under an umbrella.
He opened his eyes and stared at the figure in front of him motionlessly.
After an unknown amount of time, Luo Zhi finally slowly put down the arms that were protecting her chest.
So the other party got the permission, thanked politely, and put his hand on Luo Zhi's head.
He placed his hand on the top of Luo Zhi's head and rubbed it gently and slowly.
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