Chapter 148: Aftermath
On this side, Gu Wanrong took the group back to the residence on the Champs-Élysées.
Luo Qiaoming’s face was full of anxiety. She quickly went forward and tightly held Gu Wanrong’s hand, looking up and down, left and right, carefully. Seeing that Gu Wanrong was unharmed, her heart finally settled a bit.
Gu Wanrong smiled slightly and comforted her softly: “Don’t worry, Qiaoming, we are all fine. The ones truly in trouble are Jeffrey and those fellows.”
After speaking, she turned slightly and ordered Butler Liu: “Jing Xiu and the others were indeed startled today. The hotels outside are not very safe right now, so let them stay at my place for a night. Tomorrow morning, arrange for them to return home directly.”
Butler Liu nodded respectfully and replied: “Yes, Miss. I will immediately contact the people staying at the hospital and have them bring the people directly here.”
After speaking, she turned around and began to arrange the many subsequent matters in an orderly fashion.
Hearing the word “hospital,” Luo Qiaoming couldn’t help but widen her eyes and ask in astonishment: “How could this happen? Are they… okay?”
Only one or two hours had passed, and Jing Xiu and the others had actually been tormented to the point of needing to go to the hospital?
Gu Wanrong explained to Luo Qiaoming: “Although they only looked powerless when I arrived, after all, they were injected with drugs, so they still need to go to the hospital for a check-up.”
She sighed gently. “It’s just psychological; this experience will definitely leave a significant shadow on them. After returning home, we’ll need to hire professional psychologists to help them through it.”
As she spoke, Gu Wanrong’s tone became colder and colder, as if condensed into a layer of frost, clearly angry at the actions of Jeffrey and the others.
In her mind, the scenes she witnessed in Jeffrey’s villa couldn’t help but emerge. The young men and women they brought for amusement were each in a very miserable state.
When she stepped into the villa entrance, several men with hideous faces and unrestrained behavior were teasing a person lying on the ground without a stitch of clothing. All the skin was exposed to the air without any concealment, and dots of white spots were still stuck to the skin. When they turned to look at her, the eyes that should have been clear and bright were full of blurriness and fawning, yet upon a steady look, there was also unhideable self-loathing.
Walking all the way from the entrance to the hall, similar scenes kept happening. One after another, haggard and sorrowful young men and women either curled up on the ground or were casually manipulated by others. Their dignity had long since ceased to exist.
Luo Qiaoming keenly sensed the change in Gu Wanrong’s emotions at this time. Gu Wanrong appeared to emit a coldness like a thousand-year-old snow mountain, and also like an long-suppressed volcano that could erupt at any time.
She knew that Gu Wanrong at this moment probably didn’t have the heart to talk more with her.
So she sensibly took her leave softly: “Since you’ve returned and I can’t help with much, I won’t disturb you.”
Gu Wanrong only gave her a faint look, her eyes not showing much emotion, indicating she knew and didn’t say anything, letting her go back.
After a long while, as if suddenly losing all her strength, Gu Wanrong’s body leaned back heavily, leaning against the soft sofa back, and closed her eyes.
In the silence, only the sound of her own breathing could be heard.
“Only by seeing it with my own eyes did I know that everything described in words cannot compare to the shock of what I saw. It was unbearable to look at.” Gu Wanrong murmured to herself.
After a moment of silence, she opened her eyes and ordered: “Tong Shenba, find someone to rescue You Ai and send her back home. If You Ai asks who saved her, there’s no need to tell her.”
Think of it as a momentary discovery of my conscience, Gu Wanrong paused and thought to herself.
Then she added: “As for the specific address and the information on the leader of this organization, I will give it to you later.”
Just follow the people mentioned in You Ai’s personal profile, and the specific location and information on the related personnel can be found.
Tong Shenba responded briskly: “Yes.”
“Alright, you’ve worked hard all day today. No need to follow me all the time. Go and rest well; I’m also preparing to sleep.” Although Gu Wanrong spoke without much fluctuation, she felt a bit of the burden in her heart lifted.
The next morning, the sunlight shone through the gaps in the heavy curtains into this bedroom, which was decorated magnificently and elaborately.
Gu Wanrong woke up leisurely. The first thing she did was reach out to pick up the phone on the bedside table to unlock and check it, and then she stretched.
Looking from top to bottom, the news pushed on the homepage was all about dozens of people being handcuffed and pushed into police cars at the party held by Jeffrey and his partner Marcus.
Looking at the time, when the police cars set off for Jeffrey’s villa last night, this scene had already been filmed by others and had quickly topped the trending lists on major social platforms.
Nine out of ten posts online were discussing this. Gu Wanrong clicked on the comment section of one of the news items with interest and was instantly overwhelmed by various remarks.
Some netizens claimed with certainty that Jeffrey must have broken the law to receive such treatment; another group of netizens used their imagination to boldly guess that perhaps Jeffrey and Marcus accidentally provoked some high-ranking person…
Just as she was holding a cup of milk and drinking, Tong Shenyi, dressed cleanly and neatly, walked into the dining room from outside, obviously having worked for a while.
Gu Wanrong put down the milk cup and tilted her chin to signal Tong Shenyi to sit beside her. “Morning, how did you rest last night?”
Tong Shenyi nodded. “Not bad.”
Then he walked to the dining table and sat down, his gaze falling on the phone screen. “It seems Richard Labette kept his promise; the heat of the news about Jeffrey and the others hasn’t been suppressed.”
“Mm.” Gu Wanrong swallowed the food in her mouth to end today’s breakfast. “Is there anything you need me to decide on?”
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