Chapter 60: So Innocent
Ruan Zhimian’s pure, icy dark eyes lowered. Despite possessing a soft, beautiful appearance like a rose that required meticulous cultivation, he currently radiated an unignorable sense of pressure.
Leaning down, his peripheral vision swept faintly over the glasses on the table as he looked at Su Ning, who had been pinned to his knees on the floor. “Speak up, what are you trying to do?”
This world had its own rules: things could not be explicitly stated, and others could not be influenced.
Certain things, however, could be spoken aloud.
Su Ning bit his teeth tight, suppressing the terror in his heart, determined not to utter a single word. “We live in a society ruled by law. You rich kids are pinning me down here for absolutely no reason. You’re the ones with ulterior motives.”
Teng Yu was thoroughly speechless. “No reason?”
Wen Song said, “Tsk, do you think we’re just that bored?”
Su Ning shouted loudly, “How should I know! I just came here to work. I saw that gentleman was a bit drunk just now, so I reached out to steady him.”
His loud voice was nothing but a cover-up for his guilt.
Ten years later, he would enter the Shi Corporation—one of Huajiang’s top five companies—to work, using an outstanding resume to become a department manager.
But Su Ning had forgotten that right now, he was merely a youth who had just entered college two years ago, whose thoughts could be read with ease.
Gu Xici’s cold eyes were profound. He was methodically wiping his fingertips with a wet wipe from the table. “The first time you walked in, you were already staring at Xiao He. What you’re trying to do, you know perfectly well in your own heart.”
Given the environment this group had grown up in, reading right through Su Ning was child’s play.
Ruan Zhimian turned back, taking Shi He’s hand.
“Let me.”
Beside him, the Alpha with cold phoenix eyes lifted his forearm, his long knuckles sliding into the gaps of Ruan Zhimian’s snowy-white, soft fingers. His shadow practically enveloped Ruan Zhimian. Looking slightly drunk, he clingily nuzzled his forehead against the soft strands of hair, completely blind to anyone else.
“Sit here and rest for a bit.”
“I’ll listen to you. I’m being very good.”
Wen Song felt a chill down his spine and took another step further away.
He pressed his hand to his forehead. Who would have thought Shi He would act like this in a relationship? Only Ruan Zhimian would dote on him enough to let him get away with it.
Gu Xici turned around and grabbed Wen Song’s arm, pulling him to his side.
“Are you still avoiding me?”
Wen Song shook him off. “I am not. You’re so annoying.”
Despite his words, he stayed standing by Gu Xici’s side anyway, crossing his arms to rub his arm. What did this guy eat to be so strong? He had pulled him hard enough to hurt.
Ruan Zhimian pressed Shi He down to sit on the sofa. “Su Ning.”
He picked up the glass of wine that had just been brought over and walked in front of Su Ning. Seeing that glass, Su Ning’s eyes couldn’t help but twitch. “If you are truly innocent, I’ll apologize to you.”
Ruan Zhimian drew closer and closer, an icy chill radiating from his beautiful eyes.
To think such a despicable person was actually the protagonist of the manga.
Su Ning backed away. “What are you going to do?”
Ruan Zhimian clamped his hand around Su Ning’s chin. Exerting force with his fingers, he forcefully poured the wine down his throat. “Whatever you added to the drink, taste it yourself.”
He had only added a bit of a sedative, wanting an opportunity to get close to Shi He.
Su Ning practically collapsed on the floor, coughing violently as he tried to throw it up. Although he knew what the substance was, he didn’t dare ingest it; he had merely seen it used while working part-time at bars.
“Ruan Zhimian.”
“Cough, cough… You’re nothing but a bully relying on your family background. You don’t like Shi He at all. What’s wrong with other people wanting to care about him?”
Right then, the door to the private room opened, and Ruan Xubai arrived late.
Standing at the doorway, he happened to witness this scene—Su Ning choking until his face was flushed crimson, shouting accusations at Ruan Zhimian.
Su Ning looked toward the door. “Mr. Ruan.”
Ruan Xubai only cast a single glance at Su Ning, having no recollection of him. He walked over to Ruan Zhimian’s side; he had arrived late only because he had gone to pick up a report. “Mianmian, what happened?”
“He drugged Shi He’s drink, and he intentionally ran into Shi He yesterday.”
He shed tears piteously. “Mr. Ruan, I didn’t.”
Su Ning had actually met Ruan Xubai two years ago. At that time, Ruan Xubai had just returned to the country and stayed at the Jiangan Nursing Home for a period. Su Ning lived near the nursing home and worked part-time at the convenience store across from it.
Ruan Xubai would occasionally come by in the middle of the night to buy cigarettes.
The first time they crossed paths, the cold-featured Alpha was wearing white striped hospital pajamas underneath a black trench coat. Holding a cigarette between his fingertips, he stood outside the store, silently gazing up at the pitch-black sky.
Until one time, someone came to steal from the convenience store, and Ruan Xubai stepped in to help him.
That was how Su Ning learned Ruan Xubai’s name.
How could I have forgotten Ruan Xubai? Even though Ruan Xubai isn’t a main character and the Ruan family collapses in the end, the current Ruan family hasn’t fallen yet.
“Mr. Ruan, your younger brother has a misunderstanding about me.”
Contrary to his expectations, Ruan Xubai told him, “Our Mianmian wouldn’t misunderstand someone. Whatever he does, he has his reasons.”
Teng Yu let out a snort. “Not bad.”
He had almost thought Ruan Xubai was going to buy it.
Ruan Zhimian had no intention of wasting words on Su Ning; he had neither the energy nor the time to drag things out here. “Su Ning, I truly admire your acting skills.”
He made a quick phone call. “Send two people up, I have something to handle.”
Two tall, heavily built bodyguards quickly appeared, lifting Su Ning up. Well-trained, they asked, “Young Master, where should we take him?”
“To Zishanju.”
Zishanju was located on a mountain in Huajiang, containing an unoccupied villa.
It was Ruan Zhimian’s eighteenth birthday gift.
It was far removed from any human presence; nobody would ever find him there.
Su Ning couldn’t break free at all, trembling with terror. “What are you going to do to me? Let go of me!”
“Mr. Ruan, please save me.”
“I really didn’t do anything.”
Ruan Zhimian curved his eyes, his smile soft and beautiful.
“Don’t be afraid. I won’t do anything to you. I’m simply inviting you to stay in a quiet place for a period of time.”
Leaning close to Su Ning’s ear, he spoke carelessly, “Whatever you’re trying to achieve, I already know.”
“I guarantee you won’t get it.”
Su Ning’s eyes overflowed with pure hatred, completely failing to grasp the true meaning behind Ruan Zhimian’s words. “Ruan Zhimian, I will never let you get away with this.”
You deserve to die early, it’s all karma.
Not long after Su Ning was taken away, the effects of the sedative kicked in, and he completely lost consciousness, blacking out.
…
The door to the private room remained open. Ruan Xubai headed downstairs to get his car to drive Ruan Zhimian and Shi He home. Gu Xici had already pulled Wen Song downstairs ahead of them. Teng Yu stood by the railing watching them leave; an absolute social butterfly, he actively added their WeChat accounts.
Only Shi He and Ruan Zhimian were left inside the private room.
Ruan Zhimian clutched his coat in one hand while wrapping his other arm around Shi He’s, lifting his dark eyes to ramble softly, “I told you not to drink.”
When the two reached the exit, what was likely one of the male models hired last time greeted Ruan Zhimian enthusiastically, “Young Master Ruan, long time no see.”
Ruan Zhimian gave a distracted response, focusing entirely on supporting the Alpha into the elevator.
In the next second, his world spun completely on its axis.
Ruan Zhimian found himself pressed against the elevator wall. The Alpha, who had been “drunk” just moments ago, lifted his thick, ink-dark phoenix eyes. Raising his left hand, he clamped it around the snowy-white wrist. “Baby, you still remember him?”
Pressing a kiss against the corner of his lips, he murmured, “You two seem quite close.”
“Is he more handsome than me?”
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