Then the bodyguard walked up to Shi Ran and handed her a box.
"What is this?" Shi Ran asked.
"Medicine," Zhao Wuyan explained. "For abortion. As long as you're willing to take the pill, I'll let Yuan Wei go."
Her tone was contemptuous, her gaze dismissive as she looked at Shi Ran, as if to say, *You, of all people, are you worthy of being my opponent, Zhao Wuyan?*
"Zhao Wuyan, you're insane!"
Yuan Wei yanked Shi Ran behind him, pointing furiously at Zhao Wuyan. "She's carrying my child. That's a living soul. Aren't you afraid of going to hell when you die?"
"Hahahaha…" Hearing Yuan Wei's words, Zhao Wuyan threw her head back and laughed unrestrainedly. "How naively ridiculous."
As her voice fell, Zhao Wuyan's smile abruptly vanished, replaced by a sinister and terrifying expression. "What are you all standing around for? Beat him!"
At her command, the bodyguards standing nearby stepped forward towards Yuan Wei.
Four bodyguards, each one burly and fierce, their gazes alone were enough to exert pressure on Yuan Wei, making his heart tremble with fear.
"What do you think you're doing?" Shi Ran shouted. "Assault is illegal..."
However, before she could finish her sentence, the bodyguards had already reached Yuan Wei. The man leading them landed a punch on Yuan Wei's face. Powerless to resist, Yuan Wei was knocked to the ground.
The four of them surrounded Yuan Wei and began to beat him, giving him no chance to fight back.
Thump, thump, thump. Fists and feet rained down, landing with sickening thuds. Yuan Wei curled up on the ground, rolling in pain, but he gritted his teeth, refusing to cry out.
"Stop, all of you, stop!"
Shi Ran yelled at them, even stepping forward to grab at them. But a bodyguard roughly shoved Shi Ran away, and she staggered back a few steps, nearly falling.
"Ranran, run, quickly!" Yuan Wei said, shielding his head with his hands, glancing at Shi Ran from the ground with heartache.
Zhao Wuyan had brought eight bodyguards. Four were beating Yuan Wei, while another two stood guard. Two more were stationed at the entrance. Shi Ran, pregnant, had no escape.
She looked at the beaten Yuan Wei, glaring furiously at Zhao Wuyan, her anger burning like a wildfire. "Zhao Wuyan, if you have a grudge, come at me. What's the meaning of beating Yuan Wei?"
"Well said."
Zhao Wuyan tilted her head and clapped her hands. She walked over to the bodyguard holding the medicine, took the box, and flung it directly into Shi Ran's face. "Take the medicine, and I'll have them release Yuan Wei immediately."
"Don't!" Even as he was being beaten, Yuan Wei was still paying attention to the situation beside him. "Shi Ran, don't take the medicine, it will kill you. I'm fine, I can endure it. They wouldn't dare kill me... ugh... it hurts..."
The bodyguards were skilled fighters, and their blows were heavy. The pain made Yuan Wei involuntarily cry out.
Shi Ran looked at the box of medicine that had fallen to the ground, the sound of relentless blows ringing in her ears, and Yuan Wei's suppressed groans of pain. She felt an immense despair.
A coldness, as if she had been plunged into an ice cellar, washed over her, and she began to tremble faintly.
No phone, no escape. No one to call, nowhere to turn.
Shi Ran didn't want to be with Tang Si precisely because she feared such revenge and the potential harm to her loved ones.
Her eyes reddened, and in despair, she crouched down and picked up the box of medicine.
Her eyes were blurred with tears, obscuring her vision. She couldn't see the name of the medicine written on the box, her mind filled only with Yuan Wei's voice.
"Enough."
Shi Ran said weakly.
"Stop!" Zhao Wuyan waved her hand, and the bodyguards immediately ceased their assault.
Yuan Wei, lying on the ground, felt his body weaken. He was already bruised and battered, his lips and nose oozing a frightening crimson blood.