The silver ring was removed from the neck, and Shi Tan looked at Huo Yanxin in shock.
Huo Yanxin held the ring, weighed it a little, and looked at Shi Tan, a faint smile playing on her lips: "What? So surprised over this?"
Shi Tan couldn’t say a word.
Her lips trembled slightly, her hands were shaking as well.
Her eyes slowly filled with red veins.
"So, is there sothing a bit different about here with you?" Huo Yanxin asked.
Her tone suddenly very earnest.
Shi Tan’s eyes flickered a bit.
Huo Yanxin continued, "There’s still a bit of a difference, right?"
Shi Tan remained silent.
Huo Yanxin didn’t say anything further.
After a long silence, Shi Tan slowly lowered her gaze, and with the movent of her gaze lowering, tears slid down her cheeks.
Huo Yanxin watched the tear slip down and raised her hand gently to wipe it away for her.
Shi Tan didn’t dodge, she raised her hand to hold onto Huo Yanxin’s hand.
Huo Yanxin’s pupils quivered slightly, looking at Shi Tan.
"I..." Shi Tan took a gentle breath, "I haven’t done anything. I suddenly ca to the Capital City just to get close to Qiao Yuxian. But I didn’t have a chance, you recomnded to the dubbing studio, providing an opportunity."
Huo Yanxin frowned and clicked her tongue lightly.
The anger of being used by soone...
She wanted to shake off Shi Tan’s hand but hesitated for two seconds and didn’t make a move.
Shi Tan continued, "After I got into the dubbing studio, I just worked peacefully. I haven’t done anything in these years. Only that night, they asked to take Gu Yao out of the Capital City to help him escape."
"They... who are they?" Huo Yanxin asked.
"I don’t know." Shi Tan shook her head lightly, "I’ve never seen them."
"How did they contact you then?" Huo Yanxin asked.
She rembered Qiao Yuxian said she didn’t find anyone contacting Shi Tan.
So, it wasn’t through the internet or phone.
"Soone sent a letter." Shi Tan said.
"You acted just based on a letter?" Huo Yanxin asked.
"Yes." Shi Tan said, "There was a special mark on the letter."
"Where’s the letter?" Huo Yanxin asked.
"I burned it." Shi Tan replied.
"What kind of mark?" Huo Yanxin asked again.
Shi Tan tightened her grip on her hand, raised her eyes to look at her.
Her eyes were very red, still filled with tears, but also containing a coldness that sealed herself away.
Huo Yanxin frowned.
Shi Tan smiled slightly, placed her hand on her face, and said, "Miss Huo, will you really let go?"
Huo Yanxin’s palm touched her face, clearly smooth skin, yet her hand felt as if stung, the pain traveling from the palm to the heart.
"Untying this..." Shi Tan looked at the ring in her hand and said, "is only worth so much of my answer."
She knew clearly that Huo Yanxin would not let her go.
Huo Yanxin looked at her, gave a light mock smile, withdrew her hand, and lightly patted her on the face, "Shi Tan, you really piss off."
Shi Tan gave a faint smile again, revealing no particular aning.
Huo Yanxin took a deep breath, and finally, unable to suppress her anger, kicked the chair beside over.
Shi Tan watched her flare up, thinking about when she would vent it on herself.
But after all these years without seeing her, Huo Yanxin had changed, beco soone who could control her temper.
After kicking a chair, Huo Yanxin quickly cald down, turned to look at Shi Tan, and said, "Let just ask you one last thing, did you ever harm that girl from my family?"
Shi Tan lowered her gaze, her fingers curled slightly.
"Shi Tan!" Huo Yanxin called her.
Shi Tan clenched her fingers and said, "No."
Huo Yanxin stared at her for a while, grabbed Shi Tan’s arm, forcefully twisted it behind her back, and pressed her whole person onto the bed.
Too fast the movent.
Shi Tan was unprepared, or perhaps she didn’t even intend to prepare.
At this point, any defense or resistance she had was aningless.
But when her whole body was pressed into the bed, she still instinctively struggled a bit, unable to break free.
Huo Yanxin’s grip was strong, holding Shi Tan and placing the silver ring back on her neck.
It clicked shut.
Shi Tan struggled violently once again.
Huo Yanxin pressed her down and said, "Your answer is only worth the ti it takes to unlock this."
With that said, Huo Yanxin stood upright, turned on her heels, and left the room without looking back.
Shi Tan lay on the bed, her head buried in the blanket.
Listening to Huo Yanxin’s receding footsteps.
She felt her body becoming heavier, every bone in her body ached.
She curled up, fingers clutching tightly onto the blanket.
Tears uncontrollably stread down.
One by one sinking into the soft blanket.
...
Gu Yanjing took Qiao Yuxian to the hospital for a check-up.
Afterwards, they went to the company, when they returned to Jingyu Garden in the evening, the first thing they saw upon entering the living room was Huo Yanxin languidly slumped on the sofa.
Her eyelids drooped, lips a bit dry, face flushed red.
A fever patch stuck on her forehead.
Yu Heng, with one arm in a sling, carefully placed a cup of coffee in front of her with the other hand.
Qiao Yuxian quickly stepped over to Huo Yanxin’s side.
Huo Yanxin’s reaction was a bit slow, only raising her head when Qiao Yuxian was already beside her.
That’s when Qiao Yuxian saw her eyes were very red.
Her typically aggressive features now bore an indescribable bedraggled look.
Qiao Yuxian was a little surprised and asked, "Got a fever?"
"Mm." Huo Yanxin rely let out a hum, but the hoarseness in her throat was evident.
"Drinking too much last night?" Qiao Yuxian sat next to her and asked.
"Was fine in the morning, then went around Jingyu Garden in circles under the blazing sun," Yu Heng said wearily from the side, "I think it’s sunstroke."
Qiao Yuxian looked at Yu Heng and then at Huo Yanxin.
Huo Yanxin lowered her gaze again, listless, and said in a low voice, "Nonsense. I’m clearly just mad."
"Who pissed you off?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"Who do you think?" Huo Yanxin stretched her hand that felt as heavy as a thousand pounds to reach for the coffee, barely managing to touch the cup before Qiao Yuxian took it away.
"What are you doing?" Huo Yanxin looked at her.
"Drinking coffee with a fever." Qiao Yuxian handed the coffee to Gu Yanjing.
Gu Yanjing took it and walked away.
Huo Yanxin watched the coffee go far, then looked at Qiao Yuxian, her lips moved a bit, but in the end, she didn’t say anything and settled back into the sofa.
Qiao Yuxian called soone to bring a glass of water.
Yu Heng, seeing he wasn’t needed, also sat down on the sofa to rest for a while.
Qiao Yuxian said, "Why not go back to your room?"
"Hard to be cared for in the room," Huo Yanxin replied.
Qiao Yuxian gave Yu Heng a look, "Why does he have to take care of you?"
In Jingyu Garden, there were so many people, anyone would probably take better care than Yu Heng.
"Because my fever has a direct relationship with him," Huo Yanxin said hoarsely, angrily.
Qiao Yuxian looked at Yu Heng.
Yu Heng looked so wrongly accused that his face turned dark.
"What happened?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
Yu Heng replied, "She said her fever was caused by Shi Tan. And... I was the one who told her where Shi Tan was held."
...
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