Rong Jingyang glanced at the screen. The video was playing a scene where Miranda and Du Ruoxin were beating Ai Wei.
It was brutal.
It made one’s skin crawl.
It sent chills down one’s spine.
“I only appeared at the dinner to discuss copyright with Shirley. Ruoxin’s friend started verbally abusing me and even threw a plate at me.”
Feng Linwan too!
She didn’t listen to her explanation at all and started hitting her.
If Rong Jingyang and Rong Jianchen hadn’t been present, she would have fought back.
“Ruoxin also threw it.”
“I’m covered in injuries.”
“I cried and begged them to talk things out properly, but they refused.”
“They wanted to beat me to death.”
“I ran…”
Ai Wei’s voice was hoarse from crying. As she recounted the humiliation she suffered, tears silently streamed down her face again.
“I wanted to run, but Du Ruoxin wouldn’t let me. She grabbed me.”
Ai Wei was lost in the fear of yesterday. Her phone slipped from her hand. Suddenly, she grabbed her own neck, as if the scene was replaying.
“Du Ruoxin wouldn’t let me go… she and her friends surrounded me and beat me…”
“If the police hadn’t arrived…”
Ai Wei’s eyes, bloodshot, looked at the man. “The doctor diagnosed me with a concussion.”
“Cough, cough, cough—”
After a few coughs, Ai Wei covered her head with her hands, groaning in pain, “Ah—”
It hurt so much, so much.
Her head felt like it was about to explode.
Rong Jingyang took Ai Wei to a large general hospital.
Examinations, MRI, lab tests, blood draws, admission procedures. Rong Jingyang had Lin Xuanyao push Ai Wei around. He, meanwhile, sat in the VIP ward, waiting for time to tick by.
Ai Wei lay alone on the hospital bed, letting Lin Xuanyao push her for various tests.
“Rong Jingyang…”
He believed her, didn’t he?
He believed her story?
Whether out of guilt or for other reasons, if she said she wanted to return to E City, to return to his side, he would definitely agree… wouldn’t he?
—
Qin Yunxi, dressed in casual wear, got into his parents’ car and found Feng Linwan and her husband.
Upon hearing about Du Ruoxin, he finally understood why his mother had immediately known he and Grace had argued.
If they hadn’t argued, if he and Grace were together, how could he not have known Ruoxin had a miscarriage?
He had been careless!
Finding an excuse, Qin Yunxi walked aside to smoke.
His mother didn’t know he and Grace had broken up, and he didn’t want to worry her repeatedly because of his personal relationships.
After a moment of thought.
Qin Yunxi took out his phone and dialed Grace’s number.
“Beep, beep…”
Listening to the normal connection sound from the speakerphone, he felt a slight surprise—Grace hadn’t blocked him? She could still be reached?
“Beep, beep, beep…”
Each ringtone, each connection sound, struck the beating of the man’s heart.
Qin Yunxi’s fingers tightened.
Even he himself hadn’t realized how much he wanted her to answer the phone.
But she didn’t.
Until the call automatically disconnected, no one answered.
Qin Yunxi glared at the screen with a hint of exasperation, thinking, “Grace, what are you doing? Why aren’t you answering my call!”
He sent her a message.
Opening WeChat, he, who always preferred voice messages and disliked typing, jabbed his index finger on the screen:
“If you don’t want me to pester you, don’t want me to use tactics, don’t want me to force you, cooperate with me and act.”
Grace was eating lunch in her office, having worked all morning without even a sip of water.
She poured a full cup of coffee and drank it down in gulps.
Just as she was about to enjoy her meal, her phone on the table rang.
Qin Yunxi?
Seeing the three characters, her pupils widened in shock.
No—
Didn’t they agree to never contact each other again?
Grace didn’t answer, letting the ringtone blare.
Only after the call disconnected did she put down her phone.
“Qin Yunxi… it was just a whim… right?”
Shaking her head, Grace collected her thoughts, inserted a piece of steak into her mouth, and chewed it fiercely.
“Ding—”
The WeChat message notification sounded again.
It was still from Qin Yunxi.
“If you don’t want me to pester you, don’t want me to use tactics, don’t want me to force you…
Grace stared at the message from the man on the screen, her brows furrowing repeatedly.