Chapter 208
"I didn't! I wasn't hanging out with anyone from the beginning to the end. It was just an accident! Zhong Ling, did you not believe my explanation from the beginning?"
Ruan Xiaoxiao broke down and cried. The worst thing she had done abroad was to make a bunch of bad friends because she was too lonely. Then that night, she drank too much at her birthday party because she was emotionally depressed and was almost taken advantage of by other men.
But the fundamental reason for that matter was that he didn't care about her enough. She was obviously his girlfriend! But he was busy with his studies, graduation and those messy topic analyses all day long. When did he ever care about her wholeheartedly?
The two of them had been abroad for so long, but the number of times they saw each other in a week could be counted on one hand! How could he treat her like this? If he hadn't failed in his responsibilities as a boyfriend, would she have made friends with those messy people out of frustration? Would she have let others take advantage of her?
It was clearly him, he was the one who didn't care about her enough from the beginning. She had clearly been trying very hard to keep up with him, but she just couldn't. As her boyfriend, why couldn't he stop and wait for her?
Ruan Xiaoxiao cried until her eyes were red, she felt wronged and resentful, she looked at him with red eyes, her tears kept falling down, she cried to him, "Now I have become a vicious and selfish woman in your eyes, right? But you once liked me, and you even wanted to propose to me!"
"But what about now? Just because of a high-ranking princess you've only known for a few months, what has become of you?"
Ruan Xiaoxiao asked while crying, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances and resentments in her heart over the past few months at once, "You have been bewitched by a princess and you don't even want to see me! Have you forgotten that I am your legitimate girlfriend?"
She desperately needed to vent, tears still falling, "You think I've become bad and unworthy of you, right? But half of the reason I'm like this is because of you!"
"You're the one who left me alone abroad. You're the one who fell in love with someone else. It's all your fault. How can I bear this? Why can't I find someone to teach her a lesson?"
As Zhong Ling listened to what she said, his face became colder and colder. In the end, he sneered and seemed exceptionally calm. His calmness at this moment formed a sharp contrast with the emotional breakdown of Ruan Xiaoxiao opposite him. He even seemed a little cruel to her.
Zhong Ling sneered, and simply found it ridiculous. Does he look stupid? How could she say such a moral kidnapping? From the beginning to the end, her choice was all caused by herself, and had nothing to do with others.
"Don't make yourself sound so pitiful and wronged, and don't blame others for your stupid behavior. Ruan Xiaoxiao, you are already a 26-year-old adult, not a 16-year-old minor. No one will pay for your irresponsible behavior!"
"Do you think I'm stupid? Would you be morally kidnapped by what you said? Let me tell you, no one forced you to make a choice from the beginning to the end, and the choice you made has nothing to do with anyone. It's purely your own stupidity."
Ruan Xiaoxiao opened her eyes wide, as if she couldn't believe that he would say such cruel words, and tears fell one by one.
Zhong Ling's expression became colder and colder. "Why are you crying so hard? The person who made the mistake not only refuses to repent, but also harms others with a clear conscience. What qualifications do you have to feel wronged? Is it because you are thick-skinned or shameless?"
"I did like you, and I was ready to propose to you when I was abroad. That's a fact, I don't deny it. But now we have broken up. Even if it was a misunderstanding, we have definitely broken up! If you are dissatisfied with me, you can tell me directly instead of attacking innocent people behind their backs."
"What on earth is supporting you to become so lawless and wantonly control and play with a person's life?"
The more Zhong Ling spoke, the deeper his voice became, and his eyes became more obscure, especially when he was looking at the man in front of him who had no intention of repenting. He only felt that the anger in his heart was burning more and more intensely.
"As for the little lesson you mentioned, Ruan Xiaoxiao, I really should let you see how terrifying and disgusting the scene that happened that day was for a girl!"
He seemed unable to control his emotions whenever he mentioned the scene of that day. Zhong Ling had never been so angry before, and had never shown such a cold and disgusted look and expression to her.
Ruan Xiaoxiao was frightened by his look for a moment and took a step back unconsciously.
She just stared at him blankly.
Zhong Ling's eyes flashed fiercely, "You prepared six men for her. Do you know what those men were going to do to her? The little lesson you mentioned is to let those six men inject her with drugs and prepare to kill her? If I hadn't gone in time, do you think she would still be alive?"
"Ruan Xiaoxiao, this is the lesson you mentioned. Do you still feel wronged?"
Ruan Xiaoxiao's pupils dilated instantly, and she was a little bit unbelievable.
As Zhong Ling spoke, he suddenly grabbed her wrist. The force was so strong that Ruan Xiaoxiao felt pain and her face turned pale in pain. He seemed to be unable to control his temper and said something to her with a tone that was colder than ever before.
"If you really feel so wronged, I can also let you feel the fear she experienced at that time.
Zhong Ling really didn't understand how a person's temper could become so bad. She was obviously not like this before. Apart from being a little willful, she was even very soft-hearted. But such a soft-hearted girl almost destroyed another girl's entire life with just a flick of her hand.
Ruan Xiaoxiao seemed shocked by these words, and also seemed frightened by Zhong Ling's sudden fierce expression. She subconsciously tried to pry open the hand that was tightly clenched on her wrist, but because of the other party's overly calm and serious expression, she finally couldn't help but burst into tears out of grievance.
Her fingers were trembling slightly, and her face turned pale from crying. She shook her head vigorously, trying to explain, "I didn't, Zhong Ling, I really didn't. What men? You can't frame me. I really didn't let those men hurt her! I just asked them to pretend to be guests and go to her workplace to make things difficult for her. At most, they forced her to drink some wine, but isn't her job to accompany her drinking?"
"The worst thing I could think of was to complain to her and make her lose her job. How could I do such a cruel thing?"
"Zhong Ling, believe me, I really didn't, I really didn't let anyone inject her with any drugs, and I didn't let those men bully her..."
At the end of the conversation, Ruan Xiaoxiao's tears kept falling from her eye sockets like beads with a broken string. She felt so wronged and scared that her emotions collapsed. She had no idea what Zhong Ling was talking about.
She did ask someone to teach her a lesson, but the lesson she said was just some insignificant hardship and punishment. How could she be so bad? She didn't even say she wanted to inject any drugs, let alone kill her...
That's why she felt wronged from the beginning, thinking that Zhong Ling was making a big deal out of nothing, questioning and accusing her indiscriminately for a princess, and not even showing any mercy, but she didn't expect the result would be like this.
Ruan Xiaoxiao tried hard to control her emotions and explained to him, her voice becoming increasingly blocked and choked, "Zhong Ling, can you believe me? Even though I hate her, I really never thought of hurting her in this way. I'm really not such a vicious person, you know, you know my character..."
Zhong Ling frowned, watching her crying with such fear, regret and sadness, how could he not see that she was not sincere? If she was not lying, then someone was making it up?
He listened to the crying voice and suddenly felt annoyed. He raised his hand and pushed the person away, then said, "Tell us everything you have done from beginning to end."
By the time Ruan Xiaoxiao told Zhong Ling everything, he was basically certain that the worst outcome was caused by the poor communication between the two sides.
Ruan Xiaoxiao initially wanted to complain to Yanyan under the pretext of teaching her a lesson, but after contacting the middleman, the information conveyed was not accurate enough. In addition, the people the middleman found were obviously not good people. They were all a group of criminals who were paid to do things, and those people thought that a lesson was to teach them a lesson severely, so that night such consequences occurred.
But no matter whether she meant it sincerely or unintentionally, the injuries Yanyan suffered that night were all real.
Zhong Ling's face became more and more ugly because the matter became more and more difficult. He had clearly promised to help Yanyan deal with this matter, but now it seems that under such circumstances, it is unlikely to send the culprit behind the incident to the police station.
He had no substantial evidence at all, and since he couldn't find the middleman, he didn't have sufficient evidence to prove his guilt. The only reason he recognized the number was because he had a close relationship with Ruan Xiaoxiao, so he subconsciously remembered the other number.
But now, that number has been cancelled, those who actually did it have been locked up, and there is too little evidence, so it is basically unlikely that Ruan Xiaoxiao will pay the price for her mistake.
This situation made Zhong Ling feel irritated for a while.
You know, when he didn't know who was behind the brutal attack, his original plan was to make the mastermind pay the same price. If there was no way to send the person to the police station, he could deal with the other party in his own way.
但現在，他根本不可能用自己的方式對阮潇潇做出這樣的事情，因為不論如何，這件事情都與他脫不了關系。
如果不是因為他，阮潇潇也不會做出這樣糟糕透頂的事情，他不是在為她的行為負責，而是拿她沒辦法。但嫣嫣那邊怎麽辦？難道她遭受的那些傷害就這麽算了嗎？
鐘嶺收起了臉上的表情，低頭沉思了好一會兒，又看向對面哭聲已經停了，但整個人卻處于某種巨大的迷茫跟懊悔情緒中的阮潇潇，心中隐隐有股煩躁。
他将那股情緒壓下去，眼神變得冷凝沉靜，開口說道，“不管你是不是故意的，事情都已經發生了，不可能你一句對不起就徹底抹消這件事情給別人帶來的傷害。阮潇潇，你學了那麽多年的法，也知道自己這樣的行為就算在法律層面上也構不成嚴重侵害吧？”
聽到這話，阮潇潇的身體微微顫了一下，确實，他說得沒錯。她故意用了境外號碼，就是為了避免事後被人追究這事，號碼注銷之後，連通話記錄也全都消除了，一般人很難會找到記錄，要不是鐘嶺恰好記得那個號碼，只怕也不會知道背後的人是她。
沒有證據，即便他真的要為那女人讨回公道，也沒辦法定她的罪的。
更何況，那個公主并沒有受到任何的傷害，她最多只是受到了一些驚吓，而且這次，她是真的沒想到事情會這麽嚴重。
鐘嶺看到她閃躲的眼神便大概猜到她心底的想法了，厭煩的移開了視線，“我會把這件事情告訴你舅舅，他最近應該要準備升遷了，即便沒什麽證據，但如果這件事情鬧大，醜聞傳開，你舅舅的升遷之路估計也不會順暢。我會要求他把你送到國外去，以後都不準再回來，更別想着再傷害別人了。”
這是他目前能想到的，最好解決問題的辦法，他拿她沒辦法，但不代表不能将她送走，有這麽一個定時殺器待在他跟嫣嫣的身邊，誰知道以後她又會做出什麽樣的事情？
所以，送走是最好的辦法。
只是這件事情卻不能告訴嫣嫣。
鐘嶺想到這點，便不自覺地皺眉，總覺得心中有些不安，但他暫時是真的沒辦法。
而對面的阮潇潇聽到這話後卻頓時愣住了，她眼裏流露出一絲難堪又不甘的神色，有些難以置信的望着眼前的男人，聲音沙啞地問，“送去國外，以後都不準再回來？”
“你還要告訴我舅舅？”
說完聲音便不自覺哽咽堵塞了，她舅舅是阮家目前地位最重的人，舅舅涉政，性子一向比較嚴格端正，而且他最近确實是準備升遷了，如果他知道了這件事情，不管是哪個層面上，她以後都不會再有好日子過了。
阮潇潇的眼淚瞬間就出來了，她只覺得心中驟然湧出了一種無窮無盡的委屈跟怨忿，“送去國外？鐘嶺，你怎麽能這麽對我？這裏才是我的家，你要把我去哪？”
“我已經跟你解釋過了，從頭到尾我都沒有想過要真正傷害她的，如果你真的不覺得不解氣，我甚至可以當面去給她道歉！可你把我送到國外，你讓我以後一個人怎麽辦？”
阮潇潇心中的不甘都快要溢出來了，她原本還覺得有些愧疚，可鐘嶺的這個做法只讓她覺得無情無義，她是做錯了事情，但這并不是不可挽回的，而且也并沒有給對方造成什麽實質性的傷害不是嗎？他不是及時去救她了嗎？為什麽還要把她送走。
“我這次回來就是已經打算不再離開了，我爸媽的年紀也大了，他們就我這麽一個女兒，鐘嶺，我不要一個人孤零零的在國外待着，算我求你了，我真的知道錯了，我可以去道歉的，別把我就這麽送走。”
她哭着搖頭，伸手去抓鐘嶺的袖子，卻沒有抓住。鐘嶺看了眼時間，明顯有些不耐煩了，他轉過頭看着她，聲音有些嘲諷，
“你覺得這次的懲罰很嚴重？我只是讓人送你去國外待着而已，別把自己說得那麽可憐，你做的事情一點也不無辜。”
鐘嶺甚至覺得這懲罰力度根本不夠，即便是将她送去國外，心底也沒有感覺到一點輕松，反而更加悶堵，仿佛一根刺紮進了喉嚨裏，讓人有種說不出的煩悶感。
她根本沒有付出任何的代價，但嫣嫣卻差點因此而送命，就因為對方的家底不簡單，偏偏這就是現實。
鐘嶺深呼吸了一口氣，忽然不想再跟她糾纏了，他驟然冷下臉，将胸口那股異樣的情緒一點一點壓下去，最後冷聲說了一句：
“你不想去也沒辦法，去跟你舅舅說吧，事情是你自己犯下的，你自己承擔後果。”
可這算什麽後果？傷害過嫣嫣的人不僅毫發無損，還能躲在國外逍遙法外，她甚至還覺得委屈，連道歉都沒說過一句。
如果這件事情被嫣嫣知道了，他甚至有些不敢去想她會有的反應，她可能會覺得他是在故意包庇對方。
一想到這個，鐘嶺就覺得胸口沉悶。
他沒有再繼續糾纏下去，這件事情再說下去也沒用，阮家不可能真的把阮潇潇推出來定罪，更不可能對她有什麽實質性的懲罰，輕拿輕放是必然的。
鐘嶺不得不承認這個事實，那就是他也沒辦法私底下報複，不止是因為這件事情是因他而起，更重要的是，有些事情沒他想的那麽簡單，畢竟阮家也沒那麽好招惹。
鐘嶺皺着眉，黑眸在燈光下的照射下，顯而易見的露出幾分煩躁的情緒。
他轉身将那份文件收起來，臉上的表情也微微收斂，這件事情可能還需要瞞着嫣嫣，起碼現在還不能讓她知道。
鐘嶺再沒管身後哭泣的阮潇潇，他一路開車回到家，到家時已經快七點了，天已經黑了。
他往常下班時家裏都沒什麽人，張嫂偶爾會在，但通常周五下午都會提前離開，從前他回來的晚了，諾大的房子裏總是黑漆漆的格外安靜，他以前也不覺得這種情況有什麽不好，反倒很享受那種安寧的環境。
不過，現在倒是有些不一樣了。
車子停進院裏，就看到客廳裏的燈光亮着，暖白色的燈光映着窗口冷灰色的窗簾，莫名有種溫暖的煙火氣息。
鐘嶺推開門，沒看到有人，倒是聽到客廳裏有些聲響，仔細一聽，還是電視裏播放的一部最近很熱的狗血仙俠劇的聲音。
他以為南嫣是在看電視，不過走近了才發現電視是開着的，不過原本坐在沙發上的人卻睡着了，他有些好笑，又看了眼手機，都這麽晚了居然還睡得着，看來是昨晚又熬夜了，他養的這只喜歡熬夜的仙女貓，也不知道什麽時候能把作息時間調整好呢？
鐘嶺腳步很輕地走過去，單膝跪在沙發邊緣，擡手将她臉龐上遮蓋的碎發小心撥開，忍不住捏了捏她的臉。
“睡在這裏是為了等我嗎，嫣嫣？”
鐘嶺伸手在女朋友的嘴唇上蹭了蹭，又湊過去吻了吻，睡着的仙女感受到身上的重量，不高興地翻了個身，沙發沒那麽寬敞，她剛翻過身，身上的那層薄被就掉下來了。
鐘嶺看她身上穿的也不是睡衣，是一件日常的很寬松的體恤衫，胸口印着一只小貓圖案，底下只穿了一件輕便的棉麻短褲。
這麽一翻身，原本就寬松的體恤衫往上掀了一半，露出一截纖細柔軟的腰。
鐘嶺往下瞄一瞄，剛好能看到胸口那一圈若隐若現的淺紫色蕾絲胸衣，限定版的仙女款，還是他前兩天剛去商場買的。
他剛伸手過去，原本是想替人将掀起的衣服蓋上的，只是觸及到那片柔軟細膩的肌膚，不自覺地就往腰上摸了過去，忍不住摩挲了一會兒，手指順着衣擺想要往上探尋。
“鐘嶺？”
她迷迷糊糊喊了聲他的名字。
“嗯，是我，剛回來了。”
鐘嶺還聽到她嘴裏發出的輕微的呓語，也不知道在說什麽，這人醒是醒了，但還是有些賴床的習慣，也不肯起來。
這麽明顯的動靜，南嫣要是再沒點反應的話就要被人占便宜了，在對方壓低身子緩慢吻過來的時候，她有些嫌煩地推了兩下胸膛，不過沒推開，那雙手掌反倒順着腰線慢慢往上，手指涼涼的，撓得人有些發癢。
南嫣這下終于忍不住了，睜開眼睛，眼裏全是那種被人打擾睡眠後的不滿，一巴掌拍開了他的手，略帶些惱意地喊了聲：
“鐘嶺。”
“嗯，怎麽了？”
這人還好意思問她怎麽了？
南嫣簡直想打他。
沉迷于親吻中不可自拔的鐘嶺感覺到女朋友的不配合，呼吸有些急促，他有些控制不住地壓過去，吻住那雙微張的唇瓣，按住她伸過來的手掌，半個身子覆蓋上去，一開始是淺嘗辄止，但漸漸地就有些不滿足了。
他覺得人的本質可能真的是雙标跟打臉之前自己說過的話，他嘴上說着她不用以他為中心，可以有自己的私人空間，可當她總這麽平平淡淡的面對他時，他又會覺得不滿足，怎麽親近都不夠，希望她能夠多在意他一些，也希望她能跟他更親密一些。
但她對他好像沒什麽太大的玉/望，這點讓鐘嶺十分困擾，成年男女有姓/欲，這并不是什麽可恥的事情，相反這很正常，但嫣嫣對這種事情卻沒那麽熱衷，是因為他的技術不夠好嗎？還是那天晚上他沒讓她舒服？
南嫣這下是徹底清醒了，被人黏黏糊糊的親醒了，沒辦法推開，只能沒好氣地瞪他一眼，問了聲，“親完了沒有，你很重。”
鐘嶺便支起身子，撐在她腦袋兩邊，小心沒壓着她頭發，嘴裏還有一股淡淡的咖啡香氣往她臉上撲，然後又埋下來，高挺的鼻梁蹭着她的下巴，細細密密地吻着，問她：
“你洗澡了嗎？身上好香。”
南嫣便側頭聞聞自己身上的味道，“沒洗，不是一直都是這個味道嗎？沐浴露的香氣，你今晚怎麽了嗎？”
莫名其妙的有點興奮過頭？
鐘嶺沒有回答她的問題，低頭又去吻她的耳垂，順着脖子慢慢往下，蓬松而幹燥的頭發蹭得脖子癢絲絲的。
南嫣下意識想要推開他的臉。
鐘嶺這才擡起頭來，他的眼神專注而柔和，尤其是盯着人看的時候，讓人很難移開視線，也很難拒絕他的請求。
他也不知道今晚是怎麽了，不知道是不是因為阮潇潇的事情，心底總有股莫名的不安，人在不安的時候會下意識地想要抓緊身旁那個最怕失去的東西跟人。
他下意識地想要跟嫣嫣親近。
南嫣明顯感受到那股異樣的反應，聽到他呼吸越發急促，嗓音也變得低啞，好似具備某種穿透力。尤其是盤旋在耳邊時，充斥着某種濃厚的欲，“給我嗎？這次會戴的，我有提前準備，茶幾下就有一盒。”
他這個樣子，倒跟平常冷靜的狀态不一樣了，眼睫低垂，額前的黑發散落，鼻尖帶點洇濕潮紅的狀态，他睜着眼，南嫣也正好對上了那雙粘稠得仿佛要拉絲的眼神。
這人居然是來真的？
這就有點奇怪了，前兩天不是一直都挺冷靜克制的嗎？
南嫣覺得自己可能猜到了某些事情，心底了然，不過并未表露出來，她雙手環住他的脖子，吻吻他的眼角，因着這份主動，鐘嶺能感覺自己的心跳在緩慢加快，但很快就聽到了她蹭着他的鼻尖拒絕的聲音，“不行，要到生理期了，這幾天肚子有些不舒服。”
她好像是故意的，故意看他為難的樣子，眼裏甚至閃過一絲細碎的笑意。
鐘嶺皺了皺眉，心中确實有些遺憾。
不過算算日子，好像是快來了。
說實話，他對女孩子生理期方面的事情了解得并不多，腦海中只有個模糊的概念，生理期确實不适合做這種事情，女方會不舒服，可能會引起腹痛，他當然是舍不得的。
但他今晚又确實很想要，自從上次那件事情之後，兩人就再沒這麽親近過了。
鐘嶺擔心自己過度的索取會引起對方的反感，所以平常一直克制着，最多不過是親吻，平常有需要的話也是自己解決，不過今晚可能是被刺激到了，難免有些控制不住。
于是又低下頭吻了吻她的唇，溫軟的觸感讓他有些眷戀着迷，他聲音低低的，含了些沙啞，“那幫我可以嗎？弄出來就行。”
南嫣覺得這種時候她是不是該合理的臉紅了一下了。
但她擡眸，看着鐘老板蹙着眉，那格外坦然的眼神，好像自己說的只是一件十分尋常的事情，南嫣便忍不住本性瞪他一眼，這厮的臉皮是越來越厚了，又問他，“那你五分鐘夠了嗎？時間不早了，我得起來了。”
五分鐘……鐘嶺表情怪異僵硬了下，這麽短的時間能做什麽？正常人會是這個速度嗎？鐘嶺甚至疑惑，嫣嫣對他是不是有什麽誤解？他在她眼裏這麽不堪的嗎？
鐘嶺皺眉猶豫了一下，不過有總比沒有好，自己解決跟女朋友願意幫忙很明顯是兩種體驗，他還沒試過這樣的。
他埋頭在南嫣脖子裏，輕輕吸了一口，有點像吸貓似的，嗅着那脖頸間隐約彌漫出來的柔軟香氣，聲音放緩，“好吧，那我試試，可能沒那麽容易，你得理解一下。”
說好的五分鐘硬生生的拖成了半小時，南嫣被人死死圈着腰，整個人幾乎是坐在他腿上的，到最後感覺自己腰都快被勒斷了。
……
這事解決之後，鐘嶺的心情肉眼可見的好了不少，沒了一開始那副蹙着眉抑郁的模樣了，一絲不茍地整理好了淩亂的衣衫後。
他又抓着南嫣的手去了洗手臺，大概也是知道自己這次有點過分了，就老老實實的擠上洗手液，将那點殘留的痕跡全都仔仔細細的清洗洗幹淨了，還拿毛巾擦了擦手。
鐘嶺還聞了聞她的手指，洗了兩遍後确定沒什麽異味了這才将人松開，然後開始道歉，“對不起，下次我一定注意。”
這種人大概就屬于那種，知錯必改，但下次還犯的類型。
南嫣看起來明顯有些不高興了。
瞪他一眼後，轉過頭根本不想搭理他。
鐘嶺嘴角彎了彎，他其實還挺喜歡惹她生氣的，看着比從前生動多了，不像從前那副溫柔安靜的模樣，看似跟他很親密，但其實兩人之間永遠隔了層薄膜。
等到晚飯過後，南嫣終于有機會将心中的疑問問出口了，兩人坐在沙發上看電視，鐘嶺這會兒倒是老老實實的了，攬着她的腰也沒做什麽過分的舉動，只是偶爾會低頭吻一下額頭，帶點濕漉漉的感覺。
南嫣便問他，“你今天是遇上了什麽不高興的事情嗎？”
明明一句簡單的打探消息的話，卻愣是被對方曲解了意思，鐘嶺低頭看她一眼，臉上甚至帶了絲笑，“你這是在關心我嗎？”
南嫣停頓了一下，忍不住伸手擰他一把，“鐘嶺，你好好說話。”
鐘嶺嘶一聲又去摸那只毫不留情的小手，臉上表情倒是沒怎麽變化，依舊是含着笑意的，“好吧，沒什麽。”
“只是工作上遇到了一些小麻煩而已，不是什麽大問題，我自己能解決。”
南嫣疑惑，“就只有這些嗎？”
鐘嶺輕笑了聲，“不然還能是什麽。”
“我還以為是鐘家那邊為難你了。”
聽到這話，鐘嶺眉頭也擰了下，不過很快又松開了，他朝南嫣笑了聲，“沒有，我已經是個成年人了，鐘家再厲害也做不了我的主，我能靠自己的能力養活你。”
南嫣點點頭也沒懷疑，猶豫了片刻後，她忽然轉頭親了親他的嘴角，這動作倒是讓鐘嶺有些驚訝，低頭看着她，然後便聽到她聲音輕輕說了句，“那你以後要是遇上了什麽不高興的事情，可以跟我說，別再悶在心裏了，我們現在是……情侶，以後會結婚的。”
她說完聲音又停頓了一下，手指握住他的手，貼在自己的臉上，“我答應了你，要跟你在一起的，以後我就會一直愛你，只要你別騙我，可以嗎，鐘嶺？”
“……嗯，不會。”
南嫣試探完，感覺應該不是鐘家那邊的事情惹他心煩，那就很可能是阮潇潇那邊的事情了，于是她又問，“對了，之前你說幫我查那幾個人背後的主使人，你查到了嗎？有證據能定對方的罪嗎？”
鐘嶺聽到這話，原本一直捏着她的手指停頓了下，雖然很快又恢複了正常，但南嫣明顯感覺到了。
這人今晚應該就是因為這事心煩吧，看來他确實是查到了一點東西。
那為什麽不直接告訴她呢，是因為他沒辦法幫她處理這件事情嗎？還是因為他心軟了，沒辦法對自己曾經喜歡過的前女友下狠手呢？
南嫣感覺自己這下終于抓到他的小辮子了，可算是沒白費心思。
鐘嶺不知道自己是怕看到她露出失望的眼神，還是擔心那件事情會影響到兩人之間如今好不容易才有的平靜生活，他低着頭沉默了一瞬，最後還是選擇了隐瞞這件事情。
“抱歉，那件事情，可能沒那麽容易查到證據，唯一得到的确切消息就是背後那人是在網上找的第三方聯系人，所以很難查證。”
“嫣嫣，對不起……”
鐘嶺說這話的時候情緒明顯不太好。
南嫣看着這人似乎有些沉悶低迷的樣子，便伸手揉了揉他的臉，淺笑着安慰他說：“沒關系，我并沒有要你一定要找到那個人的意思，你不需要跟我道歉，這件事情本身就很難，而且也不是你的責任。”
She spoke in a softer voice, comforting him while also speaking to herself, "At worst, I will try to be more careful in the future and not give others the chance to hurt me. Besides, aren't those people also locked up?"
The people she was talking about were the ones who committed the crime in the club that day. Zhong Ling saw that although she was smiling, there was still some uneasiness in her eyes. This was normal. No one would feel at ease when there was someone secretly wanting to hurt or retaliate against them.
He reached out and held Nan Yan in his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder. "You can rest assured about this. I won't give that person the chance to hurt you again."
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