After a night of carpet searching, he still couldn't find Mu Ning Jing and Qin Xiaoyi.
When the sky was about to brighten, Shen Tingxi returned to Qin Garden. He pushed the door open and entered. The room was cold and cheerless. Although he knew that Mu Ning Jing wasn't at home, he still wanted to return here because there was the scent of her life here.
Dong Zai came to Qin Garden and entered the living room. A strong smell of nicotine assailed his nostrils. The living room was filled with smoke. How many cigarettes had he smoked?
Shen Tingxi leaned back on the sofa. Exhaustion could be seen in his eyes. His eye sockets were sunken, and his eyes were bloodshot. There was a stubble on his chin. The hand that was resting on the sofa's armrest held a cigarette. Faint smoke rose from between his fingers.
Dong Zai walked in front of Shen Tingxi and saw that the ashtray was full of cigarette butts. Some had even fallen on the coffee table. "Young Master."
Shen Tingxi was thinking about something. Dong Zai called out to him, and he shifted his gaze to Dong Zai. Then, he shook the cigarette between his fingers. "How is it?"
"I've already found someone to crack the surveillance at the Traffic Control Bureau. The video shows that Doctor Qin's car left Fan City. It'll be even harder to find him outside Fan City …" Dong Zai observed Shen Tingxi's expression as he spoke. He deliberately paused for a moment, and when he couldn't see anything strange, he asked softly, "Young Master, should we continue to expand the search?"
"Search. Search around Fan City and the surrounding cities. If we can't find him, then expand the search until we find him." Shen Tingxi's voice was hoarse from staying up late, and his words were surprisingly calm.
"Yes." Dong Zai nodded. He thought of something and said, "We've arranged for someone to guard Miss Mu's mother's grave. As long as Miss Mu returns, she'll definitely know immediately."
"Okay." Shen Tingxi waved his hand, indicating for Dong Zai to leave.
Dong Zai hesitated for two seconds before saying, "Young Master, Madam called to ask about your diet. You haven't eaten anything since yesterday. Why don't I pack a few dishes for you? Only when you're full will you have the strength to look for Miss Mu, so that Madam won't worry."
Shen Tingxi smoked silently without making a sound.
Dong Zai wiped the sweat off his palms and mustered up his courage to say, "If Miss Mu knew that you didn't cherish your body so much, I'm afraid she would be sad."
"Will she be sad?" Shen Tingxi looked deeply at Dong Zai.
Dong Zai hurriedly nodded. "Definitely."
Shen Tingxi took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled a puff of smoke into the air. His thin lips slowly curved into a self-deprecating smile. "She won't be sad."
"Young Master …"
"Before this, I felt that I had a place in Ningning's heart. But now … I've just realized that she never had me in her heart. She rejected my proposal three times and left without a word. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?"
Dong Zai had seen the cold and heartless Shen Tingxi, the vicious and merciless Shen Tingxi, and the cold-blooded Shen Tingxi. However, he had never seen Shen Tingxi who lacked confidence. "Young Master …"
"Go and find her. No matter what, we have to find her first." Shen Tingxi pinched his eyebrows with his hand that was not holding the cigarette. Then, he turned the back of his hand and placed it on his forehead, covering his deep eyes.
"Yes … What about lunch?"
Shen Tingxi was silent for a few seconds. "Send it up."
Dong Zai's expression relaxed and he said, "Okay." Then, he left.
…
Mu Ning Jing sat on the sofa in the hotel and looked at the bustling city outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Her mind was filled with the scene of her meeting Lv Zhiwen in prison in the morning.
Lv Zhiwen was serving in H City. She had already written an application to visit him in prison earlier and had received permission. However, she had been hesitating and did not go.
She and Qin Xiaoyi had arrived in H City yesterday evening. At that time, it was already past visiting time. They found a hotel to stay in and only went to the prison this morning.
Lv Zhiwen had changed a lot. He had a buzz cut and had lost a lot of weight. His beer belly from before was completely gone. His face was so thin that one could see his protruding cheekbones. His entire person seemed to have shrunk. He was dispirited and looked a little like a terminally ill old man.
She did not dare to enter the visiting room. Qin Xiaoyi had done a lot of thinking for her before she mustered up the courage to step in.
When she entered and saw Lv Zhiwen like this, her originally fearful and nervous heart suddenly relaxed a lot.
To her surprise, Lv Zhiwen was so excited that he cried when he saw her. Then, he knelt on the ground with a plop. He slapped himself hard and admitted his mistake. "Ningning, I was wrong. Please kill me on account of me raising you for so many years. Don't let them torture me like this. "
Mu Ning Jing was still confused when she thought about it. Why did Lv Zhiwen suddenly become like this? Could it be that he had been in prison for too long and had gone crazy because he had been suppressed for too long?
If that was the case, it would be retribution.
Mu Ning Jing looked down at her hands that were bruised because she had used too much strength. It was these hands that had beaten Lv Zhiwen's head until it was bleeding in the morning.
When Lv Zhiwen begged her for mercy, Qin Xiaoyi said something to the prison guard in the prison room. The prison guard nodded and went out, standing outside the door.
Only Lv Zhiwen, Qin Xiaoyi, and her were left in the visiting room.
Qin Xiaoyi walked to her side and tilted his head to ask in her ear, "Do you hate him?"
How could she not hate him?
Since she was 15 years old, Lv Zhiwen had started to touch her. His wretched and dark eyes often woke her up in the middle of the night. She wanted to rub off a layer of skin from the marks he left on her body.
She felt like she was living in darkness forever. There was no light and no end to it.
If she was not worried about her mother, she would rather die.
Step by step, she felt the darkness devouring her, but the frustration of being powerless made her feel worse than death.
Lv Zhiwen made her life only black and without any glory.
How could she not hate such a person?
She wanted to skin him, pull out his tendons, pick his bones, and drink his blood!
So when Qin Xiaoyi said in her ear, "Go, vent all your hatred." When she said this, the hatred and anger that had accumulated in her heart for many years erupted like a volcano.
She ran up and punched and kicked Lv Zhiwen like a madman, crying and shouting as she hit him.
Mu Ning Jing had never known that she could be so ruthless when she hit someone!
Lv Zhiwen's head was bleeding from her beating and he lay on the ground, twitching and trembling.
The fear in her heart towards this beast-like man, when she hit him, disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only a carefree and unrestrained pleasure.
After coming out of the prison, her entire body was relaxed. Looking at the bright sun, she felt like she had walked out of the darkness and seen the light again.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Mu Ning Jing retracted her thoughts and got up to open the door.
Qin Xiaoyi looked at Mu Ning Jing, his gentle eyes filled with obvious worry. "Are you okay?"
Mu Ning Jing nodded. She recalled the scene of the prison guard running in and forcefully dragging her away in the visiting room. She hurriedly asked, "Did I cause you trouble?"
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