Nangong Nuannuan nodded. “Yes.”
Then, she looked at Sze Lingyun and said, “Senior, I reckon that the case here will only be solved tonight. Why don’t you follow me to see the Wu Family First? I won’t be at ease if I let you leave alone. Anyway, my Big Brother Chiyang has promised your boyfriend that he’d protect you.”
Sze Lingyun felt her heart warm at this. She wanted to spend more time with her idol, so she agreed without even needing to think.
Thinking that Chi Yang and Nangong Nuannuan were going to meet the Wu family, and knowing that Zhou Wei had offended them, Yin Ge directly arranged for his chauffeur to drive Chi Yang and Nangong Nuannuan back to the Wu family, while he and Zhou Wei went separately.
Since the chauffeur was Yin Ge’s chauffeur, Nangong Nuannuan did not have any reservations about speaking in the car.
“Senior, weren’t you in Emperor District? Why did you come to Sea District?”
Sze Lingyun said a little embarrassedly, “My home is here. My mother has asked me to come home.”.
Nangong Nuannuan nodded. “I see. Big Brother Chi Yang, why don’t we send senior sister back to her home first?”
Chi Yang nodded, but Sze Lingyun immediately waved her hand. “No, no! My home is still an hour away from here. I’ll accompany you to the Wu family first. I’ll leave after I make sure everything is fine there.”
Sze Lingyun was also following Chi Yang and Nuannuan because she was afraid that Xiao Yaxin had a backup plan and planned to take her life on the road. Although the possibility was very small, she only had one life. She did not dare to gamble with it.
She did not want to trouble Chi Yang and Nuannuan over that.
Nuannuan thought about the situation that the Wu family might be facing and nodded. “Okay, you’ll accompany us to the Wu family first. Then, I’ll accompany you back home.”
“There’s really no need to go through so much trouble. You guys saved my life today. I’m so grateful, and I don’t know how to thank you guys anymore. If I trouble you guys again, I’ll feel bad.”
This time, it was Chi Yang who responded to Sze Lingyun. “Li Jingyan is my brother. He has already entrusted you to me. I promised him that I’d protect you when you returned to Sea District.”
Sze Lingyun was so touched that she did not know what to say. She could only repeatedly thank him.
On the way there, her phone suddenly rang. She took it out of her bag and looked at it. She hesitated for a moment before answering.
“Mom.”
The phone was not on loudspeaker, and as Sze Lingyun answered, she used her hand to cover the speaker to further mute the sound. However, the voice on the other end of the phone was still very shrill and ear-piercing to Nangong Nuannuan’s ears.
“You wretched girl, didn’t you say that you’d arrive at two o’clock? It’s already four o’clock, and you’re still fooling around outside!”
“Mom, I was in a car accident on the road just now and was almost slammed to death by two trucks. I’m at the police station now to record my statement.”
The person at the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before a harsh and sharp voice sounded again. “But are you dead? You’re still alive right? Don’t try scaring me! I’m telling you, you have one hour to get home. Don’t play tricks on me again!”
After saying that, Sze Lingyun’s mother hung up.
Sze Lingyun glanced at her phone indifferently before silently putting it back into her bag.
“Was that your biological mother?” Nuannuan could not help but ask when she thought of Jiang Shuwan.
Sze Lingyun smiled bitterly. “I’m sorry for making a fool out of myself. My mother is a commoner, and she has a very strict preference for sons over daughters. In her heart, daughters are money-bleeding goods, and only sons are hers. They’re meant to be passed on to the next generation of the family.”
