Illusion!
It must be an illusion!
This is not real!
Du Ruoxin's pupils trembled violently. She couldn't help but rub her eyes, disbelieving.
Dodging him sideways, she just wanted to curse her luck.
But the man gave her no chance to deceive herself. He gripped Du Ruoxin's shoulders and said, "Xin'er, what, you don't recognize me?"
Du Ruoxin felt her scalp tingle, and her whole body couldn't help but shiver. "Who are you?"
She decided to play dumb. "Who are you?"
Did she encounter ghosts today? She shouldn't have come out!
Du Ruoxin broke free from his grip, turned, and walked back.
Cristiano J. Rothschild: "..."
Did she avoid him like a plague?
The heartless little girl!
Did she know that for more than two years, he had almost scoured every corner of the world to find her?
He had visited E City several times.
He had even sent people to guard her mother's grave 24 hours a day.
Yet, despite his earnest efforts to find her, her first reaction upon seeing him was to flee?
Not just flee, she was actually running, faster than a rabbit.
"Du Ruoxin!" Cristiano's breathing quickened. He rushed forward, grabbed her hand, and stopped her from slipping away before his eyes. "Try walking away!"
Just now, sitting in the car, he saw someone outside the window who looked very much like Xin'er.
He quickly told the driver to stop, held his breath, and approached her.
Three years. It had been almost three years since she left without a trace, and he had finally found her!
The woman: "..."
The sorrow and despair Rong Jingyang had brought her were not as shocking or terrifying as what she felt at this moment.
"I..." Du Ruoxin's features were contorted. "That..."
Cristiano's gaze, like that of a cheetah, turned bloodthirsty the moment he saw the red and swollen handprint on her face. "Who hit you?"
He wanted to kill him!
Du Ruoxin blinked in confusion. Seeing the man ready to unleash hell, she frowned. "If I said I hit myself, would you believe me?"
Cristiano: "..."
No, you're not that foolish.
Du Ruoxin extended her delicate hand, placing it by her face. "Look, are these fingerprints identical?"
Cristiano actually took her hand, traced it around her face, and then, he couldn't understand. "Why would you hit yourself? And so hard?"
Because I'm a masochist.
Because I can't control myself.
Because I love a man to the point of losing myself...
But she couldn't say these words, nor could she let Cristiano know that she hadn't been living well in E City.
Du Ruoxin lowered her head, her emotions subdued. "I want to leave here, now, immediately."
He took her hand and led her towards the car. "Okay."
As they sat in the back seat, the bodyguard in the passenger seat reported, "Master, there are two people and one car following the young lady."
Cristiano said menacingly, "Kill them."
Even though Xin'er was unwilling to tell him what had happened, it didn't matter. Seeing how sad she was, it couldn't be anything good.
"Yes."
"No!" Du Ruoxin glared at the man and threatened, "If you dare to kill them, I'll disappear immediately, and I promise you'll never find me again!"
She knew they were people sent by Mommy to protect her. They had been following her since she left the villa, and Du Ruoxin absolutely could not let them die at Cristiano's hands.
Cristiano's deep blue eyes narrowed slightly. She cared about the lives of those people?
So, they weren't enemies?
He pulled her closer, his slender fingertips touching her lips, and said with a wicked tone, "I can choose not to kill them."
"But you have to promise that from today onwards, you will never leave my sight again."