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 fallen down 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 everyone reacted, said hello, 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.

要按照她這人設，拿了人家的工資卻沒有好好工作，而且還欠了對方那麽多的救命錢，正常情況下她肯定是會想辦法盡快還給人家的，畢竟她這也算是單方面的違約，既然違約了，別人也不可能再支付工資跟獎金。

還有，她總得給別人一個出手的機會吧。畢竟上輩子的阮潇潇就沒那麽大方，僅僅因為她跟鐘嶺之間一次簡簡單單的對話、還有那些虛假的過往，都會忍不住生氣刁難，從而找來不少客人“教訓教訓”她。

她不相信這輩子，鐘嶺跟她都當場接吻了，阮潇潇還能忍得住不對她出手？

那人估計也是不會對她善罷甘休的，與其到時候在外面亂撞，還不如她自己送上門去了，也好過他們找得辛苦。

于是很快，南嫣在家休息了兩天，将自己的心情徹底調整好之後，又回到會所重新上班了。

好在她之前請的也是長假，并不是直接辭職，給自己留了一條後路，領班經理自然也不會多說什麽，畢竟多個人還能多拿抽成，能掙錢的事情何樂而不為呢？

更何況，這并不是一個讨人嫌的姑娘。

尤其像她這樣離開後又回來的女孩實在是太多了，大多都是包養後又被抛棄的，這些漂亮又年輕姑娘們習慣了大手大腳的花錢消費，被抛棄後又不甘心過苦日子，轉個頭換身衣服換個面貌又重新進會所陪酒了。

會所隔那麽一段時間就會有類似的事情發生，這種情況，實在太常見了，領班經理也早就見怪不怪了。

只不過，這些人表面不說，私底下還是慢慢傳開了，傳她被人抛棄了，畢竟她走的時候，是跟着那位陵城的鐘家公子走的，而且當天還是那位鐘老板親自開車來接的。

可現在呢？這還沒過四個月吧，居然就這麽灰頭土臉的就回來了。原本以為這姑娘是個運氣好的，就算跟那位鐘公子分手了，起碼也能撈到一大筆分手費什麽的吧，再不濟，包養費也夠她逍遙快活大半年了吧？

但是她們是真沒想到啊，這人居然這麽快就又重新回到會所上班了。身上連幾件名牌衣服跟首飾都沒有，還穿着那幾十塊錢的某寶貨，雖然不算醜，但她這混得也太慘了吧，其他人都是風風光光的，花錢大手大腳把自己打扮得光鮮亮麗的，這行都這樣，也就溫南嫣還那麽節省。

再說了，那鐘老板不至于連幾件衣服錢都不給她買吧？她們都懷疑這丫頭是不是被人騙了？說來說去，最後只能感嘆一句，到底還是個年輕的小姑娘，臉皮不夠厚啊。

一群小姐妹都罵她沒出息，沒腦子！這麽好的機會都把握不住，沒趁機撈一把就跑，實在是太可惜了。

她們可是早就聽說了，鐘家的實力在陵城起碼排前二的，鐘公子為人也大方斯文，但沒想到，她居然連輛車子都沒撈到？

這不是沒出息是什麽？這都幾個月的時間了，居然給人白吃白睡！

要換作是她們，保管哄得那位鐘老板開開心心的，在對方膩歪了之前再趁機撈一票大的，然後雙方老死不相往來，要是對方追究的話，那就幹脆換個城市隐姓埋名，逍遙快活去，這樣不好嗎？

南嫣也懶得跟那些人解釋了，反正也解釋不清楚，各人追求不同，撈一把就跑确實挺好的，但敢撈鐘老板的錢，估計以後也會被對方拉入黑名單了。

他們這些有錢人不缺錢，但就是在意那點子真誠跟信任，物質上不缺的東西，他們就缺精神上的，要是撈了他的錢就跑的話，估計她這輩子都別想再近鐘老板的身了。

而她回會所上班的消息也在第一時間傳到了鐘嶺的耳中，得知這個消息時的鐘嶺下意識地皺了眉，不過也沒說什麽。

他很清楚嫣嫣的性格，她跟賀冕分手了，也不肯收他的錢，就勢必會回去上班。

其實這兩天鐘嶺一直在猶豫，他在想，要不要聯系對方回到自己的身邊繼續工作。

他可以重新給她開工資，只要他們倆像以前一樣，他可以保證自己不會再對她做任何過分的事情。

只是這種話說出去，可能連他自己都有些不太相信，更別提嫣嫣了。

尤其是上次在會所發生的事情之後，鐘嶺覺得自己的信任度在對方的心裏可能已經跌落到了谷底深處，她估計很難相信他了。

他甚至都不用去驗證，嫣嫣肯定會拒絕他提的要求，說不定連之前借下的錢都已經在想辦法盡快償還給他了。雖然他不需要，但一直以來，嫣嫣就是這樣的性格，而等她還清之後，估計就會跟他徹底撇清關系。

這不是沒有可能，畢竟他上次的底線暴露得十分徹底，她應該是被吓到了，所以寧肯回會所繼續工作，也不肯開口找他幫忙。

想歸這麽想，鐘嶺還是推掉了晚上的某個商務酒會，他今晚還是要去見她一面，不管怎麽樣，他都想去嘗試一下。

她能喜歡上賀冕，那為什麽能喜歡上他呢？他并不比賀冕差，幫她的也不比賀冕少，他只是比賀冕晚了一些時間而已。

随着夜幕降臨，華燈初上，市中心某座高樓大廈裏的高級會所裏，一排年輕貌美的漂亮姑娘們又像以往一樣，換上性感暴露的裙子，挨個走進包房，開始熟門熟路給一群坐在沙發上的客人端茶倒水倒酒。

南嫣自然也在其中，今晚穿了一件黑色的吊帶裙，化了些精致的淡妝，頭發微微挽起，有幾縷散在臉龐側邊，露出清晰明顯的鎖骨跟線條優美的天鵝頸。

一條簡簡單單的黑裙子沒有任何過多的裝飾，但襯得裸露出來的皮膚瑩白如玉。

南嫣臉上挂着标準工作時的淺笑，蹲在一旁安安份份倒酒時就是個格外安靜溫順的姑娘，眼裏也沒什麽別的情緒，任誰見了都不會心生惡感，但今晚的情況似乎不太好。

從一開始進入包房之後，就有幾個人的眼神一直往她身上打量，那并不是什麽欣賞的目光，而是充滿了某種隐晦的心思，尤其是胸前跟手臂裸露的位置。

一開始還安安份份，只是用目光騷擾，時間久了之後，這群人明顯開始刁難了，開始以客人的身份要求南嫣喝酒。

也不知道這所謂的一次淺淺的“教訓”跟“刁難”是不是有人在背後操作了。

原本坐在沙發上的方臉黑衣男人直接從沙發上站了起來，擡手摸過桌上那瓶剛開封的麥啤酒遞了過來。

跟上輩子一樣，只不過這些人剛開始的時候還算規矩，以投訴來做威脅，笑着勸她喝酒，而這種事情在會所遭遇過的次數太多了，所以南嫣也是笑着喝完了客人遞過來的酒，到最後，這群人明顯不耐煩了，幹脆直接強行灌酒了，這架勢可比上輩子兇多了。

“今晚不把這瓶酒喝光，別想離開！”

“老子有的是時間投訴你。”

“喝，快喝！誰讓你他媽不安分的，裝得一副幹淨清純的模樣，背地裏倒是很有本事，別人的男朋友也敢勾搭。”

南嫣被個方臉黑衣服的男人按着肩膀強行灌酒時，身旁有個看不過眼的公主上前想要勸勸，結果剛走過來就被那人直接扇了一巴掌，那公主被扇的整個身子往後一倒，重重跌坐在沙發上，眼淚當即就出來了，屋內有好幾個年輕的公主們被吓得花容失色。

這情景大家還有什麽不明白的呢，這群人很明顯就是來找茬的，否則一群大男人欺負一群倒酒的小姑娘們，他們不要臉嗎？

南嫣好不容易得了空擋，直接抄起桌上的酒瓶用力朝着那人的腦袋狠狠砸了過去，很好，這一下直接給那人開了瓢了，酒瓶都砸碎了一大半，那男人的額頭立馬冒了血。

場面一時間變得十分混亂。

有人被這場景吓得哭喊尖叫了起來。

都是一群年輕的小姑娘，哪裏見過這種蠻不講理的客人還有這種混亂的場面。

酒瓶酒杯被人踩翻撞翻了，先前被開了瓢的男人被糊了一臉血，他一摸腦袋，殷紅的血液刺激得那人心中怒意更甚，當場怒罵了一聲髒話，氣得擡手就掀翻了面前的桌子，飛濺的碎片跟酒水瞬間散落了一地，有不少甚至濺到了身上，屋內頓時一片狼藉。

那男人在屋裏罵罵咧咧的，聲音愈發放肆兇狠，擺明了是不會放過她們的了。

包房裏的燈光沒開，一直都是幽藍色昏暗的燈，場景一亂起來根本看不清狀況，再加上一群受到了驚吓的女人們驚聲尖叫呼喊起來，裏頭頓時亂成了一團亂麻。

這時候都是保住小命要緊，衆人也顧不上投訴陪客人了，門一打開，一群被吓得花容失色的姑娘們立馬哭着喊着朝着走廊上跑，而南嫣也趁着這混亂一塊跑了出去。

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?"