Sheng Manru brought her easel to the Seaview Hotel to play with An Ran and draw a seascape portrait or something.
An Ran invited her to the suite where he lived, and let her visit the floor-to-ceiling window where the sunset was best viewed.
"If you want to enjoy the sunset, you have to stay here until dark! You can't go home in the middle!" She deliberately made a fierce look to scare Sheng Manru. "It's not okay if you want to go home and cry, you have to insist on watching with me.
Complete sunset!”
Sheng Manru said slowly: "Whenever I want to go home, I will ask Huo Yan to pick me up. How dare you stop him?"
safely:"……"
Well, she was defeated again this round.
Sheng Manru found the angle, set up the easel, and praised with satisfaction: "This position is perfect for landscape painting!"
When An Ran saw that Sheng Manru was starting to work, she was not idle either. She registered accounts on several video platforms and started online classes to teach how to play traditional musical instruments under the name "An Ran Wuyan".
Unexpectedly, there was a lot of harvest on that day, and there was an endless stream of people signing up.
"Hey, I won't have to worry about not having a job at home in the future!" An Ran said proudly.
"Teacher An is great!" Sheng Manru gave a thumbs up and congratulated: "You have evolved the ability to get along with Mr. Nie, and you are not afraid of being locked up by him at any time in the future!"
safely:"……"
At the end of the day, Sheng Manru completed a perfect seascape painting. She packed up her easel and brushes, and Huo Yan called and said he would drive downstairs and wait for her.
An Ran was so frightened that she didn't dare to send Sheng Manru downstairs. She just waved goodbye to her and warned her at the same time: "Don't let him pick you up tomorrow!"
Sheng Manru made a helpless expression: "This hotel is not open to the public yet, taxis can't get in! When I came here in the morning, I asked you to call, and the security guard let the taxis in."
She had to carry her easel and walk three kilometers to the road outside the blocked area before she could possibly get a ride-hailing ride.
An Ran stopped talking. She trembled when she thought of Huo Yan driving and waiting downstairs.
Sheng Manru couldn't help laughing and joked: "Okay, he won't come up and snatch you away! My boyfriend is very dedicated, and he is not interested in other women except me. Don't be afraid, I will go down and lure the big bad wolf away.
!”
After Sheng Manru left, An Ran stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to look down. It wasn't until she saw Huo Yan's car driving away that her hanging heart slowly returned to its original position.
Unconsciously, it got dark, and the waitress came in again and asked where An Ran was having dinner.
An Ran was too lazy to go downstairs, so she said she would have dinner in the suite.
She could still taste Mrs. Liu's cooking skills, but she didn't see Mrs. Liu's person.
After finishing the meal, An Ran felt something was wrong. It took her a long time to understand what was wrong.
She picked up her phone and looked through it carefully. It had been a whole day, but Nie Canghao had not called or sent a message.
These days, she has become accustomed to his company. No matter how busy he is, he will take the time to call her or send a message to tell her what he is busy with and what time he will be back.
But today...there was no news from him?
An Ran patted her cell phone, suspecting that it had no signal. She dialed Sheng Manru and the call was connected.
"Teacher An, what's the matter?" Sheng Manru's cheerful voice came over.
"Well, it's okay. I just want to remind you that I can go out in two days. Remember to take me to the restaurant you mentioned." An Ran gave the reason casually.
"No problem! By the way, I may not have time to go over and accompany you tomorrow!" Sheng Manru's voice was sweet, as if it was filled with pink dreamy bubbles. "Huo Yan said he wanted to take me on vacation! Let's not go to the beach for now.
Let's go to the villa to play. It's a pity that you can't go out these two days, otherwise I would have asked Mr. Nie to take you with me... Well, I forgot, even if Huo Yan is here, you don't dare to go with us, haha..."
An Ran listened absently to Sheng Manru showing off tomorrow's vacation itinerary, with one question always lingering in her mind - had something happened to Nie Canghao?!
For a whole day, Nie Canghao used all his strength to search almost the small town where Zhuo Jiaxuan was located, but could not find any clues about Bai Ling.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he became increasingly anxious, and his tone when he spoke to Zhuo Jiaxuan became a little anxious: "Have you really seen Bai Ling? Or are you just telling me a lie to lure me here!"
"How dare I lie to you!" Zhuo Jiaxuan tried to get close to Nie Canghao, but there were always so many people around him, and she had no chance to get close to him. "I really saw her last night! With her
The woman’s name is Zhu Hong. They both wear masks and are both very tall..."
Nie Canghao frowned, and his sharp hawk-like eyes repeatedly roamed Zhuo Jiaxuan's face, as if he was wondering if she was telling a lie.
Long Jun came over and whispered: "At the time she mentioned, the surveillance in this area happened to be broken, which is in line with Bai Ling and the others' behavior."
Zhuo Jiaxuan can make up lies, but she is new here and has no ability to disrupt the surveillance of an entire area.
Nie Canghao tried his best to suppress the irritability in his heart and said patiently to Zhuo Jiaxuan: "Please tell me in detail again, the whole process of Bai Ling and Zhu Hong meeting you, every word and every action they said,
Don’t let anything be missed!”
Zhuo Jiaxuan's beautiful eyes filled with tears, and she was about to cry: "Zhu Hong said that I am just Bai Ling's substitute because I look like her... Qingyu... Canghao, you, you are really just because of my face
Do you only like mine because of your face?”
"Stop talking nonsense, talk about the important points!" Nie Canghao suppressed his anger.
"Why do I feel that you are becoming more and more impatient with me!" Zhuo Jiaxuan became even more sad, with tears falling down. "Is it because your Bai Yueguang is back, and my substitute is no longer important."
Nie Canghao was breathless and his face was gloomy - when had she ever been important!
Zhuo Jiaxuan sobbed for a while, but Nie Canghao didn't come to comfort her, so she wiped her tears pitifully and continued: "Yesterday, Long Jun had a bad attitude when he sent me here, and he pushed me to the ground. I
I lay on the ground for a long time and cried for a long time..."
She held a grudge against Long Jun's behavior and took the opportunity to accuse him in front of Nie Canghao.
"When did Bai Ling and Zhu Hong come over?" Nie Canghao didn't have the patience to listen to her complaint. He only cared about one thing.
Why did Bai Ling find Zhuo Jiaxuan but didn't contact him? No, Bai Ling is dead. Whether that woman is Bai Ling or not remains to be found out.
Zhuo Jiaxuan couldn't wait for Nie Canghao's comfort. She felt aggrieved, but the man didn't feel sorry for her, so no matter how many tears she shed, it would be in vain. "It was almost dark, and there were no lights in the room, and the two of them suddenly
I opened the door and came in. I don’t know how they unlocked the door... Maybe Long Jun gave them the key to my room..."
"I didn't!" Long Jun quickly denied. "I haven't seen them both!"
Nie Canghao said impatiently: "I know, let's continue talking about what they said, what they did, and what actions they took after they came in!"
As people from the dark island, opening locks with bare hands is just a small skill. Especially for ordinary residential building locks, he only needs a thin wire, while Bai Ling and the others only need to pull a long hair to open it in a few seconds.
This further confirms that the two women are most likely Bai Ling and Zhu Hong.
Zhuo Jiaxuan had no choice but to explain in detail how Bai Ling and Zhu Hong came to her. This time she was more careful. While Nie Canghao was listening intently, she quietly approached him and tried to throw herself into his arms again.
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But Long Jun noticed it and stood in front of Nie Canghao with his arms crossed.
Zhuo Jiaxuan suddenly burst into tears and said aggrievedly: "Cang Hao, this subordinate of yours has been bullying me!"
Nie Canghao asked Long Jun to get out of the way and let her continue.
Zhuo Jiaxuan continued to talk while quietly approaching Nie Canghao. She almost threw herself into his arms, but the bodyguards standing on both sides of Nie Canghao each stretched out a thick arm and stopped her.
As Nie Canghao's personal bodyguards, they do not allow anyone to touch him, even if the other person is a weak woman who does not seem threatening.
"Canghao, I want to hug you!" Zhuo Jiaxuan looked at him pitifully, trying to impress him. "I still remember how nice you were to me when we first met..."
Nie Canghao was just about to tell her to stop talking nonsense when his phone vibrated and a call came in. He picked up the phone and saw that it was An Ran calling.
Only then did he realize that he had been busy all day and had even forgotten to call or send a message to An Ran. She must be anxious.
Zhuo Jiaxuan finally looked forward to meeting Nie Canghao, but she was not willing to let go of this opportunity and said to him without giving up: "I don't believe you just use me as a substitute, I don't believe you don't have any true feelings for me!
Cang Hao, can you hug me again? I really miss your arms..."
"Keep her mouth shut!" Nie Canghao ordered Long Jun while preparing to answer the phone.
Long Jun did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly stepped forward to cover Zhuo Jiaxuan's mouth. When he saw her struggling, he scolded her in a low voice: "My wife is here for inspection, please be calm!"
Nie Canghao made sure Zhuo Jiaxuan wouldn't make any more noise, and then answered the phone: "I'm outside... busy with something. I may not go back tonight. You should go to bed early."
"Not coming back tonight?!" An Ran's tone was obviously a little surprised.
Nie Canghao: "..."
Why do you feel like you've been caught doing bad things and exposed? Wait, what's wrong?
I remembered it! In the past six months, unless the conflict between the two was particularly serious and he was in an extremely bad mood, he would stay up at night. Otherwise, he would go back to be with her at any other time, even if it was later.
This time he said he couldn't go back for no reason, which naturally made her think too much.
Zhuo Jiaxuan's mouth was sealed, so she made a "hmm" sound from her nose. Long Jun simply covered her mouth and nose, and she suppressed it until her face turned blue, and she stamped her feet desperately.