Startled by the sudden loud noise, Shen Zhiyi took two steps back. Before she could regain her composure, the door was flung open.
A middle-aged man stood inside the door.
The moment he saw her, his expression seemed to freeze, but the next moment, his cloudy eyes lit up.
"So beautiful?!"
His gaze slid impatiently downwards, settling firmly on the bag she was carrying.
He recognized the brand; it was a top-tier brand!
She really is a rich woman!
His deaf son actually has such abilities?
Li Changgui's eyes gleamed. He glanced at Li Heng, who was slumped on the ground, and when he turned back, his face was full of fawning smiles.
Li Heng raised his head.
He couldn't hear what Li Changgui said to her.
But I could hear her thoughts clearly.
【girlfriend? 】
[Is this how Li Heng introduced me to his father?]
A surge of burning shame rushed to Li Heng's head, and his face turned deathly pale.
He practically sprang to his feet, staggering and bumping into Li Changgui, before reaching out to slam the door shut—
"Hurry up!"
He mouthed the words to her, his fingers trembling with urgency.
Ke Chenzhi reacted even faster.
She braced herself against the door, took a step without hesitation, and stormed right in front of him.
"Li Heng! You're injured?!" She immediately noticed the bleeding wound on his forehead and the crisscrossing bloodstains and bruises on his arms. Her voice rose sharply, filled with shock and anger, "How did you get injured like this?!"
[Was it his father who beat him up like this?!]
With nowhere to hide, Li Heng instinctively lowered his head, trying to conceal the scar on his forehead and his disheveled appearance.
Don't look...
Don't look at him...
Shen Zhiyi then noticed his empty earlobes.
His hearing aid is missing.
Anger instantly seized her.
She turned her head sharply and glared at Li Changgui, who had just gotten up from the ground.
“Come with me,” she said, reaching out to pull Li Heng’s hand, her tone leaving no room for refusal. “I’ll take you to the hospital.”
"Pah! You think you can just walk away?!" Li Changgui cursed as he rushed over. "This brat beat me up like this, and he thinks he can just run away?! Pay up! If he can't afford it, then make his rich girlfriend pay up!"
As he spoke, he greedily reached out to snatch Chen Zhiyi's bag.
"Leave the bag! Otherwise, don't even think about taking him away!"
Li Heng almost instinctively turned to the side, trying to block her.
But Shen Zhiyi gently pushed her away.
The next second, she nimbly raised her leg and kicked Li Changgui hard in the face!
"Ouch—" Li Changgui screamed in agony as he fell backward and crashed heavily to the ground.
[Scumbag!]
[Serves you right for bullying Li Heng!]
[If I don't beat you until you beg for mercy on your knees today, I'll tear off the crest of the Agello family!]
Li Heng was completely stunned.
He stared blankly as the slender yet explosively powerful figure rushed forward, using extremely professional fighting techniques to lift and slam Li Changgui like a sandbag.
The fist landed precisely on the spot that hurt the most, yet showed no sign of injury.
Li Changgui was completely powerless to fight back.
All he could do was howl and beg for mercy. Under Shen Zhiyi's cold gaze, he knelt on the ground in a sorry state, kowtowing in the direction of Li Heng, and repeatedly calling out "Ancestor" and "Father".
Shen Zhiyi then stopped.
She took a breath, calmed herself, bent down to pick up the small hearing aid from the ground, and returned to Li Heng's side.
"Can it be used?"
She carefully helped him put it on, her fingertips inadvertently brushing against his earlobe.
Li Heng was startled.
He looked at her in silence.
The world remained silent.
But something else was clamoring and shouting in my heart.
"Is that not allowed?"
Shen Zhiyi frowned and opened her bag.
Fortunately, I made thorough preparations before I came and prepared a new hearing aid for Li Heng.
She took out the hearing aid, removed the broken one, and helped him put it back on.
Is it okay now?
Li Heng was stunned as he heard her voice again.
"Can you hear me, Li Heng?"
A surge of tears welled up in his eyes. Li Heng nodded, turned his back, and wiped away his tears. "I heard you, I..."
"Li Changgui! You old scoundrel! You can run away now, but you can't hide forever! If you don't pay up today, I'll break your leg!"
Suddenly, a series of chaotic footsteps and fierce shouts came from the doorway.
Li Heng's expression changed.
They're there to collect debts!
He pulled Shen Zhiyi away.
Suddenly, several burly men with menacing faces appeared, blocking the doorway. Their unfriendly gazes swept over them before finally settling on Li Changgui, who was trying to get up from the ground.
Li Changgui was terrified.
He instinctively pointed at Shen Zhiyi: "Her! She's rich! She's got tons of money in her bag! Ask her for it!"
The scarred man at the head of the group stared greedily at Shen Zhiyi's bag.
"Do you want the money back?" Shen Zhiyi's eyes turned cold as she turned to ask Li Heng.
Li Heng pursed his lips and shook his head.
Li Changgui's eyes widened. "You heartless bastard! How could you treat me like this!"
"Then let's go!" Shen Zhiyi reacted quickly, grabbed Li Heng's hand, and rushed towards the window!
"Don't let them get away!" The debt collectors all chased after them into the house.
Shen Zhiyi, however, pulled Li Heng along, turned a corner, drew back the curtains to cover the group, and as they bumped into each other, she turned and rushed out the door!
"Chase them! Chase them!" Scarface ripped open the curtains and roared, and his henchmen immediately pounced on them.
Li Changgui's screams and pleas for mercy rang out behind her, mixed with the muffled thuds of fists and feet hitting flesh, but Shen Zhiyi did not turn her head.
They ran down the stairs, hand in hand, and raced through the maze-like alleyways.
Footsteps and shouts followed closely behind.
Li Heng stared at their clasped hands, then moved his arm. "Come with me."
He led her through several dark alleys, hiding in a secluded street corner, where they held each other tightly under the cover of clutter.
The henchmen ran past them, and the cursing and footsteps gradually faded away.
The crisis is over.
Shen Zhiyi breathed a sigh of relief.
She then realized that Li Heng had pinned her against the wall, their noses almost touching.
The world suddenly fell silent.
Only their rapid, panting breaths and burning respirations mingled in the darkness.
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