Chapter 204
He Mian's whole body seemed to be nailed to the spot, especially when he saw Nan Yan's back getting farther and farther away. He wanted to call her name, wanting her not to leave, but his throat was dry and hoarse as if he had swallowed a knife.
He Mian just stood there. He hoped that Nan Yan would turn around and look at him, even if it was just a glance. He didn't mean it, he really didn't mean it.
He was just a little angry. Only now did he realize how sad he felt in his chest. He had been feeling upset ever since she broke up with him. He knew that he had a bad temper, so even when he was angry, he subconsciously wanted to stay away from her and refused to say anything excessive in front of her.
He was really just being stubborn and angry. He didn't expect her to come back to find him, and he didn't expect that she was right behind him and heard those angry words that didn't even cross his mind.
He Mian suddenly felt a sour sensation in his chest. The sour sensation kept spreading upwards, and even caused the area around his eye sockets to feel unbearably sore and swollen. He felt his eyes were also very uncomfortable.
What he said were really just angry words, he didn't even dare to say them in front of her. He was just talking nonsense with his friends in a fit of anger. But he really didn't know that she would come back to him.
She was still holding flowers in her hands. He knew that she must have softened her heart after seeing everything he had arranged, but he really didn't mean it this time. He had never disliked her.
He Mian stood there for so long that he suddenly felt an obsession in his heart. He wanted to catch up with her and explain things to her, but he stood there for too long. When he moved a little, a feeling of numbness quickly spread from his stiff limbs. It felt like countless ants were biting and gnawing at his body crazily, making him feel extremely painful and uncomfortable.
As soon as he took a step forward, his whole body swayed and staggered twice as if out of control. If he hadn't held on to the sofa beside him, he would have down fallen on the spot.
The friends behind him had already fallen silent, having obviously noticed that something was wrong with this guy. Wei Chuan beside him stepped forward to give him a hand. He actually felt a little guilty and embarrassed, as he had no idea this would happen. If he had known that He Ge was so stubborn and would say that, he would have warned him no matter what, and things wouldn't have turned out like this.
"Hey brother, you..."
Before he could finish his words, He Mian beside him finally spoke. His voice was dry and hoarse. He only said one sentence:
"Don't worry about me, just go away."
Wei Chuan and he had grown up together, and he knew that He Mian had a strange temper, but when it came to people he was serious about and cared about, he would remember them firmly, and sometimes, even the smallest details would be remembered for a long time.
On the other hand, this person is also quite stubborn and awkward.
But seeing how distraught he looked now, he knew that this man was just being stubborn and impulsive, but he was probably really concerned about that girl, which was not a good thing.
But he didn't say much now. Instead, he turned around and winked at his friends who were looking at each other in bewilderment. Then reacted, said hello, everyone turned around and left together.
When something like this happens, it really takes time for people to calm down.
After everyone left, He Mian seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, and he slid slowly to the ground, leaning against the sofa behind him. There were a few petals scattered on the floor, scattered here and there near the door.
He even felt a slight numbness where his face had been hit.
He Mian reached out and touched the ring box that had fallen to the ground, and a feeling of sadness suddenly surged in his chest.
This was the couple ring he had carefully selected for a long time two days ago and finally picked out. The initials of their two names in pinyin were specially engraved on it.
He prepared all day yesterday, bought a lot of flowers, and baked a cake himself, all to make her happy, but before he could tell her, he ran away because of anger.
He also thought that when she received the ring, she would definitely ask him why he gave it to her. Then he would pinch her cheek and tell her that it was because someone was too petty and couldn't forget about the necklace, and she was sulking and jealous and refused to pay attention to him, so he specially picked out the ring so that the two of them could wear it for a long time in their lives.
He thought about her reactions in many ways, how he would be so excited that he couldn't sleep in the second half of the night, and he would use his phone to read all kinds of suggestions from relationship coaches. He fantasized that she might be happy, and then laugh and throw herself into his arms, kiss his chin, or pinch his ears and say nice things to him.
But now, there is nothing left...
He really didn't think things would turn out like this.
On the other side, Nan Yan, who had left the private room, seemed to be in a state of emotional collapse. She lowered her head, walked forward quickly with red eyes, and accidentally bumped into a customer. However, she just lowered her head, hurriedly said "I'm sorry" and quickly left.
Zhong Ling had just come out of the bathroom when he saw this scene. The lighting in the corridor was too dim, and he didn't see the other person's face clearly when he glanced casually. He only saw a familiar figure walking quickly in front of him.
For a moment he thought he was too obsessed and had an illusion, so much so that whenever he saw a similar silhouette he would subconsciously think it was Yanyan, but it didn't seem like an illusion.
Zhong Ling paused and frowned. He wanted to look away, but for some reason, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the figure that just passed by was unusually familiar.
She was so familiar to him that when he took another look, he almost immediately recognized that the person who was bowing her head to apologize was Nan Yan. She was walking too fast and didn't know what happened. She accidentally bumped into a customer who had just walked out. Her body was swayed for a while. Zhong Ling didn't even see her face clearly, only the side profile that flashed by.
But he could tell from that one glance that her complexion was abnormal. He didn't know if it was the effect of the light, but he felt that her complexion looked particularly pale. Her lips were tightly pursed, and he could vaguely see a trace of water flowing across her chin.
Those look like tears. Is Yanyan crying?
Zhong Ling's expression changed slightly, and a thought subconsciously emerged in her mind: Did someone bully her?
He instinctively wanted to catch up, but was entangled by two customers who were walking towards him. This made Zhong Ling feel inexplicably irritated and annoyed, but there was nothing he could do. Due to the previous damage to its image, the company had some problems and many customers asked to cancel their orders and refund their funds. He came to the club this time specifically to renegotiate business with these customers. He couldn't leave for the time being, but he didn't expect to meet Yanyan here.
Zhong Ling took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the irritable and uncomfortable emotions that were rising in his heart.
But Zhong Ling quickly stopped a passing waiter and asked him to help find out which private room the crying girl who had just walked by had gone to, and whether something had happened to her and why she ran away crying.
The waiter was naturally familiar with these high-quality regular customers, especially since Zhong Ling looked good, was generous, and treated them politely, so he quickly went to inquire. After the waiter came back, Zhong Ling gave him a lot of tips.
He finally understood what had happened. A couple had a quarrel and broke up in the private room on the top floor. The waiter said to him a little embarrassedly:
"Mr. Zhong, we shouldn't have spread rumors about this, but you and Mr. He are friends, so I won't hide it. Just now in the private room on the top floor, Mr. He broke up with his girlfriend, and the girl couldn't hold back, so she ran away crying."
The moment he heard the news, Zhong Ling was indeed stunned, even a little dazed. He didn't expect it to be this matter, and he didn't expect Yanyan to break up with He Mian so soon.
So the reason Yanyan cried just now was because of He Mian? She was sad because of He Mian, not because she was bullied by someone?
Zhong Lingxia clenched his fingers subconsciously and pursed his lips. For a moment he didn't know how to describe his emotions at the moment. He knew that this was not a good thing.
But this is actually a good thing for him. Since they are separated, does it mean that he can pursue Yanyan openly?
As for Nan Yan on the other side, when she saw Zhong Ling when she came, she just felt it was a pleasant surprise. She had made up her mind to hang around him. Now she did hang around, but he unexpectedly did not catch up with her. She guessed that he was delayed by something.
But she was not in a hurry, as she estimated that he would soon hear the news of her breakup with He Mian. After all, there were many people in the private room today, and the news would reach his ears if it was spread casually.
After leaving the club, Nan Yan went straight home, back to the house she lived in with He Mian, but she went back to pack up and leave. After all, she had already broken up with him, and it would be boring to stay in someone else's house. She didn't want to do such a thing.
Nan Yan quickly packed up everything in the house. She didn't bring much with her when she came. All she packed was a box of clothes. She packed everything neatly and took all her things back to the rented house she shared with Sister Zhou.
Because she had known that this day would come, she had never moved out of the house she shared with Sister Zhou, so moving was not a big deal.
In addition, she has now officially broken up with He Mian, and her work at Zhong Ling has long been suspended. It can be said that the two have not had any contact since the day Zhong Ling confessed his love.
According to her personality, she took other people's wages but did not work properly, and she also owed the other party so much life-saving money. Under normal circumstances, she would definitely find a way to pay it back as soon as possible. After all, this was a unilateral breach of contract. Since there was a breach of contract, it was impossible for others to pay wages and bonuses.
Also, she had to give others a chance to make a move. After all, Ruan Xiaoxiao was not so generous in her previous life. Just because of a simple conversation between her and Zhong Ling and those false pasts, she couldn't help but get angry and make things difficult, and thus found many customers to "teach her a lesson".
She couldn't believe that in this life, Zhong Ling and she kissed on the spot, Ruan Xiaoxiao could still resist and not make a move on her?
That person probably won't let her off. Instead of running around outside, it would be better for her to go to him herself, rather than having them go through the trouble of looking for her.
So soon, Nan Yan rested at home for two days, and after completely adjusting her mood, she returned to the club to work again.
Fortunately, she had taken a long vacation before and did not resign directly, which left herself a way out. The foreman manager naturally would not say anything. After all, having more people can also get more commissions. Why not do something that can make money?
What's more, this is not an unpleasant girl.
Especially there are too many girls like her who left and then came back. Most of them were kept and then abandoned. These beautiful and young girls are used to spending money lavishly. After being abandoned, they are unwilling to live a hard life, so they turn around, change their clothes and appearance, and go back to the club to serve drinks.
Similar incidents happen in the club every once in a while. This kind of situation is so common that the foreman manager is no longer surprised.
However, although these people did not say anything on the surface, the rumor slowly spread among private people, saying that she was abandoned. After all, when she left, she followed the young master of the Zhong family in Lingcheng, and it was Boss Zhong who drove to pick her up personally that day.
But what about now? It's not even four months, and she's back in such a miserable state. I originally thought this girl was lucky, and even if she broke up with that Mr. Zhong, she would at least get a large sum of breakup money or something. At the very least, the maintenance money would be enough for her to live happily for half a year, right?
But they really didn't expect that this person would return to work at the club so soon. She didn't even have a few brand-name clothes or jewelry on her, and she was wearing those few dozen yuan worth of Taobao items. Although it wasn't ugly, her life was too miserable. Others were all in glory, spending money lavishly to dress themselves up beautifully. This was the case in this industry, and only Wen Nanyan was so frugal.
Besides, Mr. Zhong wouldn't even give her money to buy a few pieces of clothes, right? They all wondered if this girl had been cheated? After all, they could only sigh that she was still a young girl and didn't have enough shamelessness.
A bunch of girls scolded her for being useless and brainless! It was such a pity that she didn't grasp such a good opportunity and ran away without taking advantage of it.
They had heard a long time ago that the Zhong family was at least among the top two in Lingcheng in terms of strength, and that Mr. Zhong was a generous and polite person, but they didn't expect that she couldn't even get a car?
If this isn't a lack of ambition, what is it? It's been several months, and I'm still eating and sleeping for free!
If it were them, they would definitely make Mr. Zhong happy, and then take the opportunity to make a big profit before he gets tired of it, and then never have any contact with each other again. If he pursues the matter, they could just move to another city, hide their identities, and live a carefree life. Wouldn't that be good?
Nan Yan was too lazy to explain to those people. It was impossible to explain it clearly anyway. Everyone had different pursuits. It was good to just make a quick buck and run, but if you dared to take Boss Zhong's money, you would probably be blacklisted by the other party in the future.
These rich people have no shortage of money, but they care about sincerity and trust. They have no shortage of material things, but they lack spiritual things. If she took his money and ran away, she probably would never be able to get close to Boss Zhong again in her life.
The news that she was back to work at the club reached Zhong Ling's ears at the first time. When he heard the news, Zhong Ling frowned consciously, but didn't say anything.
He knew Yanyan's character very well. Since she broke up with He Mian and refused to accept his money, she would definitely go back to work.
In fact, Zhong Ling has been hesitating for the past two days. He is wondering whether he should contact the other party and come back to continue working.
He could start paying her again, as long as they were the same as before, and he could promise that he would not do anything excessive to her again.
But if he said this to others, even he might not believe it, let alone Yanyan.
Especially after what happened in the club last time, Zhong Ling felt that her trust in the other party might have fallen to the bottom, and she estimated that it would be difficult for her to trust him.
He didn't even need to verify it, Yanyan would definitely reject his request, and she might even be trying to pay him back as soon as possible. Although he didn't need it, Yanyan had always been like this, and after she paid him back, she would probably cut off all ties with him.
This is not impossible. After all, his bottom line was exposed very thoroughly last time. She must have been scared, so she would rather go back to the club to continue working than ask him for help.
Despite thinking this, Zhong Ling still turned down a business reception in the evening. He still wanted to meet her tonight. No matter what, he wanted to give it a try.
She could like He Mian, so why could she like him? He was no worse than He Mian, and he helped her no less than He Mian, he just started a little later than He Mian.
As night fell and the lights came on, in a high-end club in a high-rise building in the city center, a row of young and beautiful girls put on sexy and revealing skirts as usual, walked into the private rooms one by one, and began to serve tea, water and wine to a group of guests sitting on the sofas in a familiar manner.
Nan Yan was naturally among them. She wore a black halter dress tonight and put on some delicate light makeup. Her hair was slightly tied up, with a few strands scattered on the sides of her face, revealing her clear collarbone and beautiful swan neck.
A simple black dress without any excessive decoration, but it makes the exposed skin look as white as jade.
Nan Yan had a standard smile on her face as she did at work. She was an exceptionally quiet and docile girl as she squatted quietly pouring wine. There was no other emotion in her eyes, and no one would feel any resentment towards her. However, the situation tonight seemed not to be very good.
From the moment she entered the private room, several people kept looking at her. Their eyes were not ones of admiration, but rather ones filled with some hidden thoughts, especially at the exposed areas of her chest and arms.
At first they were quite well behaved and just harassed her with their eyes, but after a while, this group of people started to make things difficult and began to ask Nan Yan to drink alcohol as guests.
I don’t know whether this so-called superficial “lesson” and “difficulty” was manipulated by someone behind the scenes.
The square-faced man in black who was originally sitting on the sofa stood up directly from the sofa, reached out to the bottle of freshly opened ale on the table and handed it over.
It was the same as in her previous life, except that these people were relatively well-behaved at the beginning, threatening to complain and persuading her to drink with a smile. This kind of thing had happened too many times in the club, so Nan Yan also drank the wine handed over by the guests with a smile. In the end, this group of people obviously became impatient and simply forced her to drink. Their attitude was much more ferocious than in her previous life.
"Don't even think about leaving until you finish this bottle of wine tonight!"
"I have plenty of time to complain to you."
"Drink, drink quickly! Who made you so restless? You pretend to be clean and innocent, but you are so capable behind the scenes that you even dare to hook up with other people's boyfriends."
When Nan Yan was being forced to drink by a square-faced, black-clothed man holding her shoulders, a princess who was disgusted by the situation stepped forward to try to persuade her. However, she was slapped in the face by the man as soon as she walked over. The princess fell backwards and sat heavily on the sofa, tears streaming down her face. Several young princesses in the room were frightened out of their wits.
What is there that everyone does not understand about this situation? It is obvious that this group of people are here to cause trouble. Otherwise, a group of grown men bullying a group of young girls pouring wine, don’t they have any shame?
Nan Yan finally got an opportunity to block the opponent's attack. She picked up the wine bottle on the table and smashed it hard on the man's head. Very good, this hit the man's head directly, and more than half of the wine bottle was broken. The man's forehead immediately bleeds.
The scene suddenly became very chaotic.
Some people were frightened by the scene and started crying and screaming.
They were all a group of young girls. They had never seen such unreasonable guests and such a chaotic scene.
Wine bottles and glasses were stepped on and knocked over, and the man who had been slashed in the head earlier had blood all over his face. He touched his head, and the bright red blood made him even angrier. He swore angrily on the spot, and angrily overturned the table in front of him. The flying fragments and wine instantly scattered all over the floor, and a lot of them even splashed on his body. The room was immediately in a mess.
The man was swearing in the room, his voice becoming more and more fierce and brutal, making it clear that he would not let them go.
The lights in the private room were not turned on, and there was only a dim blue light. Once the scene became chaotic, it was impossible to see what was going on. In addition, a group of frightened women screamed and shouted, and the room suddenly became a mess.
At this moment, everyone was trying to save their lives and no one had time to complain to the guests. As soon as the door opened, a group of frightened girls immediately ran towards the corridor crying and shouting, and Nan Yan also took advantage of the chaos to run out.
Originally, when this happened, the foreman manager should have called the security guards to handle the matter, but I don't know if someone had arranged it in advance. Even though the private room was in such a mess, not a single security guard or manager came forward to resolve the problem.
Nan Yan started running towards the backstage of the club, and while running she took out her cell phone and started calling someone in a hurry.
To be honest, she dared to hit someone and make a big fuss tonight because she knew Zhong Ling would come to see her. If she hadn't heard from the manager in advance that the private room on the top floor had been reserved in advance, she would not have acted so impulsively.
And now, everything is still being calculated.
Nan Yan calculated the time and called He Mian first, but the phone rang for a long time and no one answered.
Nan Yan was so anxious that tears came out instantly.
As for He Mian, he hadn't gone out for two or three days. He didn't know what happened to him. He lay in a daze in the room that originally belonged to his girlfriend.
But now, the place was empty, without even a piece of clothing. These past few days, no matter how many times he called or texted Yanyan to apologize, there was no response from the other side, as if his words had fallen into the ocean. He also secretly went to her house to look for her.
But the moment I saw her, I felt inexplicably guilty and afraid. I didn't dare to show up, nor did I dare to say hello to her. I could only follow her secretly, making sure that she wouldn't encounter any danger before leaving quietly.
He Mian got drunk again during the day and had a headache when he woke up at night. He heard the phone ringing on the sofa but didn't want to answer it. In the past few days, many friends have called him to persuade him to be more positive, and they just advised him to go out and have fun.
In the past, he might have thought that breaking up was just a big deal and that if this one didn't work out, he could just switch to the next one. But now he just can't let go and doesn't want to let go.
That feeling of being powerless yet not wanting to let go.
But today, for some reason, the phone outside kept ringing. He Mian wanted to ignore it, but the phone kept ringing, which made him impatient. He turned around, reached out to touch the phone in the corner, pressed the answer button, and cursed without even looking at it:
"Get away! Don't bother me anymore--"
But this time, before I could finish my words, I heard a burst of noise coming from the phone, followed by a faint cry, cautious and fearful.
"He Mian... come and save me..."
"ah!"
He Mian's heart suddenly tensed up when he heard the scream, especially when he heard the crying voice on the phone. His face suddenly changed, and his original irritability and drunkenness disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"Yanyan? What's wrong with you?" He Mian felt something was wrong and almost subconsciously shouted into the phone.
"I..."
Before the other party even finished speaking, He Mian heard a burst of cursing, the sound of many people's footsteps, very chaotic, and the sound of something breaking.
"Damn it, bitch, I'm going to kill you tonight!"
There were some unbearable words mixed in with the chaos. The viciousness and obscenity in the words made He Mian's face on the other end of the phone turn cold instantly, and he felt cold from head to toe.
He didn't even have the chance to comfort Nan Yan before the call was suddenly hung up, completely cutting off contact.
At that moment, He Mian felt as if his heart was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand. An unprecedented panic and uneasiness swept over him like a tide.
It caused a throbbing pain in his chest.
He didn't have time to think about it. He just took the key and rushed towards the car in the yard.
…
On the other side, Zhong Ling had been waiting on the top floor for a long time. He and Yanyan had always gotten along like this before. He knew that Yanyan might not want to see him privately, but if it was about work, she might not be able to refuse.
But he didn't know what was going on tonight. His eyelids kept twitching and his chest felt a little stuffy, making him feel uncomfortable. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyelids, feeling that something bad was going to happen tonight.
Zhong Ling looked at his phone again. According to the previous appointment time, Yanyan should have come long ago, but she was late tonight. He wondered if it was because of what happened before that Yanyan refused to take his job.
Zhong Ling waited for a while and couldn't sit still any longer. He opened the door and was about to find a manager to ask when suddenly a girl with her makeup smudged by tears rushed towards him.
Zhong Ling held her wrist, but the girl grabbed his sleeve tremblingly and cried all over, as if she was extremely frightened.
Zhong Ling frowned. He also noticed that there was a very obvious slap mark on her cheek. He thought that he was seeking help and asked subconsciously:
"Excuse me, who are you? How can I help you?"
"Mr. Zhong, is that you? Yanyan asked me to come to you. You should go and save her. She is being targeted and someone wants to harm her... We are all very honest and did not show up. Those men tonight were obviously coming for her."
"She was forced to drink a lot of alcohol. They wanted to beat her and teach her a lesson... We ran out together, but the group of people chased us again..."
"Yanyan asked me to come to the top floor to find you, Mr. Zhong, please go and save her quickly, or she will die."
The girl was crying and talking in an intermittent voice. When Zhong Ling heard that someone was targeting Nan Yan, his expression changed. Then he heard that Yan Yan was forced to drink.
Zhong Ling's expression suddenly changed. He could hardly suppress the chill in his heart. "Where is Yanyan?"
The girl quickly said the room number while trembling.
Zhong Ling didn't have time to think about it. He almost subconsciously rushed to the room downstairs. While running, he called the club's head of personnel and asked him to bring security over.
When he arrived at the location, he saw that the door of the room was tightly closed. He twisted the handle hard and found that it was locked. The anger in Zhong Ling's heart grew deeper and deeper, and he kicked it hard, with a loud "bang".
The red painted wooden door was kicked open.
The group of people in the room were startled. They stopped injecting with syringes in the middle of their hands and looked at Zhong Ling who broke in in shock.
As soon as Zhong Ling stood firm, he saw Nan Yan being pinned down on the table, unable to move. Six men were pinning down a woman, and it was unknown whose hands were dishonestly on Nan Yan's waist. The hands were trying to reach up and pull her skirt hard. It was originally a thin suspender skirt, but the straps were broken by the pulling, revealing a large area of skin.
The man standing next to her was holding a syringe in his hand and injecting something into her arm.
In this kind of scene, it was obvious what this group of people would do to her next. For the first time, Zhong Ling found his calmness completely collapsed, and his eyes were even slightly red with anger.
I couldn't control my own reason at all and was on the verge of losing control.
At this moment, he felt that the anger in his heart instantly burned throughout his body. The scene stimulated the sensitive nerves in his brain crazily. The blood vessels in his head were throbbing, and blue veins appeared on the back of his white hands.
Zhong Ling simply picked up the fire extinguisher at hand and smashed it hard at the person in front.
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
Those people resisted at first, but Zhong Ling was not a know-nothing nobleman. On the contrary, he was the most ferocious fighter in high school. The more expressionless his face was, the harder he hit. He picked up the wine bottle on the table and smashed it without mercy.
The people in the house were cursing and wanted to resist.
But this time, after a while, a large number of security personnel quickly rushed out from behind. The six people in the room were frightened instantly when they saw such a large number of security personnel.
Soon, these people were brought under control.
Zhong Ling took off his coat and put it on Nan Yan, who was already unconscious on the table.
His eyes became more fierce and gloomy. He turned around and kicked the man on the chin, causing him to spit out blood and even lose several teeth. He still didn't feel satisfied.
He stepped on the man holding the syringe, and his leather shoe crushed the back of his hand hard, making his finger bones make a crisp sound and his fingers were bloody.
"Tell me, what's in the syringe?"
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