Rui Li replied, "Come on, stop rubbing it in for us single folks."
For the next few minutes, Mo Beichen didn't send any more messages. Although the two of them had had a bit of a tiff, considering that Xia Weilan had been frightened earlier, Mo Beichen couldn't just leave her alone. So he gave her quite a few instructions.
In the bathroom, Xia Weilan was naked. In the mirror in front of her, a purplish - blue mark on her shoulder was clearly visible.
Xia Weilan reached out and touched her shoulder. It ached a bit. She sighed. If Mo Beichen found out about this, God knows how he'd punish her. Mo Beichen never showed mercy when he was at it. Last time when she sprained her ankle, he kneaded it so hard that it hurt like crazy.
The sound of "gurgling" water came from the bathroom.
Not long after, Xia Weilan got dressed and walked out, wiping her hair with one hand.
"Where's the hair dryer?" Xia Weilan asked.
"Sister - in - law, let me blow - dry your hair for you." Rui Li stood up from the sofa, quickly found the hair dryer, and plugged it in.
The warm "whirring" air blew on her wet hair. Neither of them said a word. Instead, as Rui Li was busy, she kept looking at the collar of Xia Weilan's clothes, which was occasionally lifted by the hot air.
There was a faint purple patch on it, which was even clearer when the wind blew.
Rui Li squinted her eyes: She's really hurt.
When her hair was dry, Xia Weilan suddenly said, "Do you have any medicated oil here? Lend me some."
"Right away." Rui Li quickly rummaged through the first - aid kit and put a bottle of medicated oil on the table.
"Sister - in - law, do you need my help?"
"No, I can do it myself." Xia Weilan dipped some medicated oil and gently rubbed her shoulder.
Rui Li couldn't stand it anymore. "Sister - in - law, this won't do. You need to use some strength, or it won't work."
Hearing this, Xia Weilan replied helplessly in a low voice, "Do you think I don't know? But it hurts. If I rub it slowly like this, it should work. Or I'll just rub it for a few more hours."
"Pfft~" Rui Li couldn't help laughing. "That's more like scratching an itch. It won't have any effect at all."
"Okay then, I'll use more strength." Xia Weilan immediately pulled a long face, obviously using a bit more force.
Rui Li looked at her speechlessly, opened her mouth, but finally said nothing more. She walked into the room, took out her phone, and planned to report the situation.
"Rui Li, don't tell Beichen about this." Xia Weilan suddenly shouted from the living room.
Rui Li tightened her grip on the phone. After thinking for a while, she deleted the text she had just typed and finally sent a message saying "She's fine."
On the other side, Mo Beichen looked at the words "She's fine" on his phone, and his heart tightened. In Rui Li's eyes, as long as someone wasn't on the verge of death, it was considered fine.
"Mr. Mo, they said it was a guy named Golden Hair who told them to do this. When our people went to find him, they found that Golden Hair had suddenly disappeared, and even his family had vanished overnight." Xu Wei reported with his head down.
"Check again to see if any of the waiters at the bar quit after tonight." Mo Beichen said coldly.
"Yes." Xu Wei immediately sent someone to the bar.
After giving the instructions, Mo Beichen drove to Rui Li's residential area. He parked by the road, was silent for a moment, and then called Xia Weilan directly.
In the living room, Xia Weilan was gritting her teeth and massaging her own arm. When she heard the phone ring, she instinctively picked it up and took a look. Finally, she couldn't help but answer it.
"Hello?"
"..." Mo Beichen was silent for a moment.
For a moment, all that could be heard was their breathing.
"If you don't say anything, I'll hang up." Xia Weilan said sullenly. Her shoulder hurt like hell, so her tone wasn't very good.
"I'm downstairs. Come back with me." Mo Beichen rolled down the window and looked up.
"Humph, you don't even care about me when I was framed. All you do is scold me. I'm not going back with you." Xia Weilan felt rather pent - up.
"I won't scold you. Come down." Mo Beichen softened his tone a bit.
"No." Xia Weilan was very determined.
"Are you coming down or should I go up?" Mo Beichen's tone was even more insistent.
"Mo Beichen, why are you so overbearing? I said I'm not going, and that's final." Xia Weilan's voice was a bit choked.
"Fine." Mo Beichen said and hung up the phone directly.
Then he let out a rather gloomy sigh and sent a text message to Rui Li: "Are you sure she's not hurt? Tell the truth."
Rui Li's phone beeped. To Xia Weilan, the sound was very sensitive.
Xia Weilan immediately grabbed Rui Li's phone and saw the message from Mo Beichen.
"Sister - in - law..." Rui Li's outstretched hand froze.
"Humph." Xia Weilan saw a lot of caring messages Mo Beichen had sent before. Pretending to be angry, she said, "If you want to send a message, do it right in front of me."
Rui Li said helplessly, "Sister - in - law, I'll send whatever you want me to send."
Only then did Xia Weilan pout and let go. Sullenly, she said, "I still have to keep massaging my delicate little shoulder. Don't you have any wine? I'll have a drink to numb my nerves."
Not long after, the two of them started drinking together.
"Sister - in - law, you have classes tomorrow. Don't drink too much." Rui Li was afraid that she would miss her classes.
Xia Weilan's face was already a bit red, but she wasn't completely drunk. She let out a heavy sigh. "I've been so unlucky today. I don't know what's wrong with Gu Yuwei. I'll have to ask her properly when I go to school tomorrow."
"Do you mean Gu Yuwei set you up today?" Rui Li's sharp eyes looked at her.
"Yeah, maybe she has her own difficulties. I have to ask her in person."
"Okay, I'll go with you to ask her tomorrow."
The next day.
When Xia Weilan and Rui Li came downstairs together, a black Maybach was already parked there.
Seeing the two of them come down, Mo Beichen honked the horn to get their attention.
Xia Weilan stopped in her tracks, hesitated for a while, and then directly got into another car with Rui Li.
Mo Beichen tightened his grip on the steering wheel but didn't stop them.
If the girl needed some time to calm down, then it wouldn't hurt to let her be alone for a while.
When she wasn't angry anymore, she'd naturally come back.
In the classroom, Xia Weilan and Rui Li looked around but didn't see Gu Yuwei.
"Could she have flown the coop out of guilt?" A sharp look flashed in Rui Li's eyes.
"No, she must have run into some trouble. I remember Yuwei seemed a bit off the whole day yesterday." Xia Weilan still believed that Gu Yuwei had her own hard - to - tell reasons.
However, Gu Yuwei didn't show up the whole day until school was over.
Xia Weilan called Gu Yuwei, but the line was always busy.
For several consecutive days, Gu Yuwei seemed to have vanished into thin air.
"Maybe we should go to her house to check on the situation?" After school one day, Xia Weilan suggested.
The two of them went to the principal's office to ask the teacher for Gu Yuwei's address. After school that night, they drove there together.