"What?" she asked instinctively.
His eyes were deep, and he didn't speak. Instead, he raised his other hand to brush away her long hair that was scattered on her cheek. Jing Yu's heartstrings suddenly tightened, and her heartbeat was irregular. She instinctively turned her face away to avoid his burning fingers.
He didn't approach, but just asked: "Who hit you?"
Jing Yu was stunned.
Today, both this action and his question went far beyond the scope of their relationship, leaving her confused.
They are not that familiar.
"This is my private matter, Mr. Yu will not be interested." She let her hair down again, covering her face, as if this was also her protective color. She had no intention of talking about those embarrassing things.
Yu Zeyao's eyes darkened.
The atmosphere was awkward. Fortunately, the phone rang just in time. She pulled her hand out of Yu Zeyao's and lowered her head to pretend to look through her bag.
She took out her phone and scanned the words "Jinnian" on it. She smiled at him as if nothing had happened and said, "I'll get off first."
Yu Zeyao didn't say anything, but just frowned, looking unhappy.
Jing Yu got out of the car. Just as he was about to answer the phone, he suddenly remembered something and turned back. He spoke to him through the lowered half window, "If you are not in a hurry, wait for me here, I will go upstairs to get the tie clip." After all, they might not have the chance to meet again next time.
"No need." Yu Zeyao's tone was not very good, "I will come to see you again when I come back."
"… "
Jing Yu wanted to say something, but his car drew a beautiful arc on the street and disappeared from her sight.
She stood there, looking at the taillights of the car, then looked down at the pills she had just found. There was a slight ripple in her heart, but it quickly returned to calm.
Qi Jinnian's phone was still ringing. She picked it up, and Qi Jinnian's weak voice came over, "Yu'er, when will you be back?"
"Already downstairs."
"I'm so hungry. Please buy me a pack of instant noodles from the supermarket downstairs and bring it up."
"You should eat less of this kind of stuff. It's not good for your health. I'll cook noodles for you when I come back."
"You're the best, momo!" Qi Jinnian gave her a loud kiss on the phone.
Jing Yu walked upstairs. What happened just now was just a very small episode to her, and she didn't think about it anymore.
Perhaps, he just asked casually out of curiosity.
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Yu Zeyao's car had just come out of the dormitory building, and Zhuang Yan and his friends' car had been following cautiously behind.
Halfway through the journey, he got off the car and sat in the back seat. The driver came over and took over the car.
Zhuang Yan sat down next to him.
"Sir, please let us take care of escorting Miss Jing from now on. The environment is dangerous right now, so we should be prepared for any unexpected situations."
"I can handle it." Yu Zeyao didn't say much.
Zhuang Yan seemed to be thinking about something, and then continued, "Song Guoyao has been promoting the marriage between Mr. President and Miss Song recently. So, Mr. Yu just called me and asked me to persuade you to be a little more relaxed in front of Minister Mo. His daughter is sincere to you."
"Let someone help me find out what happened to her in the hospital today."
His words made Zhuang Yan stunned. He didn't quite understand who this 'she/he' was referring to. The next moment, he caught a glimpse of Mr.'s expression and immediately understood.
It seems that the gentleman's mind is not on Miss Mo at all at the moment.
"I'll check right away."
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The next day.
Jing Yu went to the police station to make a statement. As soon as she arrived, the police officer came up to her and said, "Ms. Jing, we have arrested all the people who threatened you yesterday. Look carefully, are they these people?"
When Jing Yu went in, he saw a lot of people squatting against the wall, with their hands handcuffed. They looked as if they were staring at dark clouds with their heads drooped, completely devoid of the arrogance they had yesterday.
"All of you, raise your heads!" the police officer shouted, and everyone had to raise their heads. Jing Yu looked over and saw that it was indeed the same people from yesterday. She counted them, eight, not one less. But their faces were swollen like pig heads, probably because they had been slapped a lot.
"I thought the remaining few would be difficult to find, but I didn't expect the efficiency to be so high." Jing Yu sighed.
"It's not that we're efficient. Just now, these guys were thrown out of the car. Their faces are so swollen, they must have received at least 50 slaps, if not a hundred. Moreover, each of these people has a number of criminal records. Now that they've been caught, they're bound to go to jail."
Jing Yu listened, said nothing, and went to take a statement.
After taking the statement, the police officer couldn't help but ask curiously, "Ms. Jing, do you have any extraordinary friends?"
"Hmm?" Jing Yu didn't understand.
"According to these guys, they fled to the next province overnight to hide, but were caught and brought back. They were slapped dozens of times until they fainted, and when they woke up, they were dumped outside the police station."
“…” Jing Yu was also stunned, and felt that the other party was just telling a story.
However, she thought about it and couldn't think of such a friend. Finally, she shook her head and said, "Maybe they have offended a lot of people outside."
"That's right. These bastards are so arrogant that they don't even take us police officers seriously. It's really satisfying to be beaten up like this this time. By the way, this is your card. Check it later to see if there's any money missing."
Jingyu got the card back. After recording her statement, she walked out of the police station. A sports car suddenly rushed over and whizzed past her. She was startled and took a step back, but she didn't expect the car to move back. The window was lowered, revealing half of the young man's face, "Are you Jingyu?"
Jing Yu looked at the other person in confusion. She didn't remember knowing this person.
The man looked her up and down, and then came to his own conclusion: "She's pretty."
Jing Yu: “…”
Then the windows closed and the car disappeared.
Jing Yu was completely confused and puzzled.
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In the sports car, Wen Yanzhi called Yu Zeyao.
Yu Zeyao asked: "Is it done?"
"That's it! I slapped them 50 times each to avenge your little beauty. How about that? Is that enough?"
"50 slaps each, don't your hands hurt?"
"I'm going to take action. I'm afraid that a slap in the face will kill them half of their lives." Wen Yanzhi was not exaggerating. His fighting skills were first-rate. "I'm looking for someone to hit them. But it's not serious. Those guys' faces are now swollen like pigs' heads."
"It's done. I'm hanging up now."
"Hey, don't hang up yet. Guess who I just met?"
"Do not care."
"You don't care about your little beauty?"
Yu Zeyao was silent.