CHAPTER 252: CHAPTER 231: WHY DO YOU ALWAYS KEEP THINGS FROM ME? (1)

"Anyway, I’ve already been tormented by Ren Yixuan and you beyond recognition, and there won’t be a good end for me. What is there to be afraid of, huh? Miss Rong Family."

Su Xiaomeng glanced at her, then turned and walked away.

The phone in her pocket had already rung several times...

Su Xiaomeng looked up, her tears couldn’t be held back, they dripped "plop plop" down, falling onto the phone screen, merging with the text she was editing.

Telling Yin Shixiu to wait a little longer, she went to the bathroom, put on makeup, and concealed her red and swollen eyes.

After Xiao Meng left, Rong Qiao was still in a daze.

Perhaps like Rong Qiao, the proud daughter who always looked down on others, was just bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Yet, Su Xiaomeng seemed to be nothing but a soft persimmon.

She awkwardly climbed out of the river, her clothes soaked, turning into a drowned rat.

Just then, a pair of white sneakers stopped in front of her.

Rong Qiao couldn’t help but curse, "I shouted until my voice was hoarse just now and no one came, but now that the perpetrator has run away, you show up!"

While speaking, she stood up, and just as she lifted her eyes to the newcomer, she was so frightened her heart skipped a beat.

Bai Shunyuan’s calm yet fierce gaze genuinely scared Rong Qiao.

"W-who are you?"

Bai Shunyuan didn’t speak, just glanced coldly around Moon River, roughly seeing no one else, then yanked Rong Qiao’s wrist with almost bone-breaking force!

"Ah—um!"

Her voice was thoroughly blocked as Rong Qiao was dragged into the woods by Bai Shunyuan.

His chest heaving rapidly, anger, impatience, panic, and unease bundled together there.

Rong Qiao’s eyes widened in terror, struggling wildly, but the man holding her was so strong!

Her shoes had long fallen into the water, now she was barefoot, grinding against the ground, the gravel mercilessly ravaging her feet!

They walked to a deep part of the woods, where normally no one would come.

Bai Shunyuan tossed her onto the ground!

"Ah! It hurts!"

Rong Qiao screamed, not yet sitting up before Bai Shunyuan kneeled beside her and gripped her neck.

His gaze like a ghostly demon stared at her, "I ask, you answer; nod or shake your head. If there’s a single lie, I’ll drown you in the river!"

Tears continuously welled up in Rong Qiao’s terrified eyes.

She didn’t know Bai Shunyuan, or his background; at that moment, he just seemed like a thug to her.

She quickly nodded, just hoping Bai Shunyuan wouldn’t harm her.

"Did Ren Yixuan and Su Xiaomeng have a relationship?"

Rong Qiao hesitated for a moment, then clenched her fist and quickly nodded.

"When? Was it April 17th?"

Rong Qiao quickly calculated, then nodded again.

"Thump"...

The strength slowly drained from Bai Shunyuan’s body... his hand slowly loosening.

Rong Qiao quickly crawled to the side, coughing incessantly.

She wanted to flee while Bai Shunyuan was dazed, but as soon as she made a move, Bai Shunyuan’s wolf-like eyes fixed on her, and he stood up.

Rong Qiao supported herself on the grass, swallowing, observing this man radiating danger...

"W-who are you? What do you want? You..."

"Were you using this to threaten Su Xiaomeng just now?"

Rong Qiao pursed her lips, instinctively shaking her head, but just as she started to move, her neck was gripped again!

Bai Shunyuan didn’t ask Rong Qiao any more questions; he had heard her conversation with Su Xiaomeng clearly.

That night...

That night, he watched her being taken away before his eyes. He saw her struggle; he even suspected that she had been drugged...

But he didn’t intervene, all because of the uncontrollable feelings in his heart.

Because he feared that the more he contacted Su Xiaomeng, the deeper he’d fall!

Yet only he knew that avoiding her wouldn’t help diminish these feelings at all.

The more he avoided, the more deliberate it became, and the more deliberate, the deeper it got.

All his resolutions were built upon the foundation that he couldn’t let her go.

The recording Jiang Shanshan had was just a broken Chapter.

No one would listen to his explanations; no one cared whether he knew they were blood relatives when he fell in love with her.

They only knew that falling in love with a blood relative was a grave offense.

He wasn’t afraid, not afraid of being labeled with the grave offense...

But he feared that Su Xiaomeng would find him disgusting.

But he feared Jiang Shanshan, that bitch, would not attack him but target Su Xiaomeng instead.

Just like what this woman in front of him was doing.

Was it Ren Yixuan who raped Su Xiaomeng, or Su Xiaomeng who seduced Ren Yixuan?

People’s ability to take things out of context was too strong, the horror of public opinion far exceeded human imagination.

He was willing to be dragged around like a puppet by Jiang Shanshan, just to avoid taking the risk of throwing Su Xiaomeng into a storm of public opinion.

He feared that this girl, smaller in stature than himself, wouldn’t be able to bear it.

But now, what kind of thing was this woman in front of him?!

Bai Shunyuan really liked Su Xiaomeng, he had never liked anyone so much before. Liked her so much that even if she got married and had children, he still hoped that one day she might divorce the much older man due to a mismatch in living habits or age differences.

Marriage cannot bind a person’s love.

Moral codes can be challenged.

Bai Shunyuan isn’t someone with outdated thinking; on the contrary, he is unrestrained, unwilling to be bound by convention, and dares to pursue what he desires.

However, he has his limits.

Considering Su Xiaomeng’s married status, he knows the extent of his boundaries.

He can like her but not harm her, can provoke but not frame, can wait but not force.

Of course, targeting a married woman was never a commendable act.

But who can blame his unruly nature?

Yet, what did Ren Yixuan do to Su Xiaomeng...

He painfully became a puppet controlled by others, fearing nothing more than the possibility of her being harmed, yet that person named Ren, along with this woman, actually wants to destroy her!

Who gave them such courage...

He looked at Rong Qiao, but his mind was filled with those unbearable scenes of Su Xiaomeng after being taken away by Ren Yixuan.

He could vividly imagine how pitiful and painful that girl must be...

"Uh...uh..."

As Bai Shunyuan’s eyes filled with blood, his grip tightened uncontrollably, almost breaking Rong Qiao’s delicate neck.

Rong Qiao was pounding the floor with all her might, legs kicking frantically!

Bai Shunyuan’s sanity returned a little, and he loosened his grip slightly, but still held her tightly.

Rong Qiao’s face turned bright red from the lack of blood flow.

Her eyes couldn’t even squeeze out any tears.

"If I were to rape you here, I wonder if Ren Yixuan could handle it..."

"No, no no no! Please don’t!"

Rong Qiao widened her eyes in terror, hurriedly shaking her head.

Bai Shunyuan lowered his head, using his other hand to pinch her chin, "If a word of this gets out of your mouth, I will make sure you are played to death!"

"Do you hear me!"

Rong Qiao nodded vigorously, scared out of her wits.

"I don’t care whose daughter you are; even if you’re the king’s daughter, I can make your life worse than death. Don’t believe me? Let’s try."

"I believe! I believe..."

Only then did Bai Shunyuan release her. He stood up and then kicked Rong Qiao in the stomach, causing her to curl up into a ball, her back breaking out in cold sweat from the pain.

He was about to leave when, unexpectedly, Rong Qiao still grabbed his trouser leg, "You, what is your relationship with Su Xiaomeng?"

Bai Shunyuan looked at her coldly, squatted down, and yanked her hair, "I am Bai Shunyuan, Su Xiaomeng’s cousin. If you have a problem, deal with me."

Bai, Shun, Yuan.

Rong Qiao glared at Bai Shunyuan’s back, her eyes nearly bleeding.

Her phone had long fallen into the river, making it impossible to contact her family. All she could do was sit there and leave in embarrassment once the physical pain subsided.

Su Xiaomeng got into the car and asked, "Where did you go today?"

Yin Shixiu replied, "There is a carpenter outside the sixth ring, though nowadays he should be considered an artist. I got a bookshelf made for Mom, as the ones in her study are all filled with books."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaomeng touched her hair...

"So, what should I give Mom?"

This weekend is Zhou Mengqin’s seventieth birthday, but Su Xiaomeng hasn’t decided what to give Mrs. Yin...

"Do couples give separate gifts?"

Yin Shixiu raised his eyebrows, not particularly pleased.

"No, don’t get me wrong. It’s just... You handled all the effort and cost for this bookshelf by yourself..."

"Your good intentions are enough. Just dress Shuangshuang and Huang Huang nicely, and the old lady will be delighted, and she might even give you something in return."

Yin Shixiu chuckled lightly.

Su Xiaomeng blinked, "Really?"

"Mom doesn’t care about that. As long as you’re doing well, she’ll be happy even if you just perform a dance or sing a song for her."

"Hmm...should I dance for her?"

Su Xiaomeng smiled at him, and Yin Shixiu squeezed her hand tightly, "Sure."

Su Xiaomeng practiced dancing diligently at home until the weekend.

Yin Shixiu mentioned that Mrs. Yin had a preference for ethnic dances, so she chose a Dai ethnic dance to perform.

After practicing at home for a few days, on Saturday evening, Yin Shixiu brought back a set of clothing, which turned out to be a Dai costume.

"Hmm...is this necessary?"

"Since you’re performing, you should dress appropriately to show your sincerity."

Yin Shixiu insisted, and she reluctantly took the clothes into the bedroom to change.

Leaned against the back of the sofa, Yin Shixiu had a rather grim expression.

He had indeed gone out to get the clothing but had also met with someone—the director of a rehab center.

The blood and urine test results suggested that Su Xiaomeng might have been using drugs.

Yin Shixiu was greatly shocked by this discovery.

He sought out Su Xiaomeng’s senior, a man named Huang Xinjue.

He initially thought something had happened at the school reunion, but Huang Xinjue said Su Xiaomeng had left early that night.

She showed no signs of odd behavior when leaving.

The only thing that really concerned Yin Shixiu was that Ren Yixuan had been the one to send Su Xiaomeng home.