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Song Xun rushed over, "BOSS!"

Seeing Jiang Mian's miserable state, Song Xun frowned and said, "Miss Jiang should go to the hospital."

“I’ll take her there,” Lu Bozhou said, frowning, glancing sideways at the mess on the ground. “You take care of things here.”

"Okay." Song Xun nodded.

But before Lu Bozhou could take Jiang Mian away, Jiang Da rushed up!

"Who are you?! Where are you taking my daughter?! Mind your own business, huh? You look respectable enough to be a busybody, but what's it to you?!"

Jiang Da had a loud voice, roaring and cursing, and he was quite aggressive. If he hadn't seen Lu Bozhou beat those people down in no time, he would have been a different story.

Jiang Da might even want to rush up and have a go at Lu Bozhou.

Song Xun handled those thugs very well, but Jiang Da... after all, was Jiang Mian's father.

Song Xun was in a bit of a dilemma...

But before they could speak, a curse came from the side.

"Have you lost your conscience?! That's your own daughter! I've never seen anyone treat their own child like this! Someone was just trying to help your daughter, and you're not happy about it?"

"You're seriously out of your mind! Did they only release a mentally ill freak like you because the walls of the mental hospital collapsed?!"

"You brought people to my shop to cause trouble, and you even tried to harm your own daughter. You're not happy about it now that someone is helping you? What? You'd only feel comfortable if someone sold your daughter off?"

The people who were angrily cursing Jiang Da were the owners of the breakfast shop. They had been too afraid to act rashly because of the threats from those thugs and had not been able to call the police.

But seeing Jiang Da in this wretched state now, I simply can't stand it.

Jiang Da originally wanted to continue arguing with Lu Bozhou.

Distracted by the boss and his wife, he immediately turned on them and started arguing.

“BOSS…” Song Xun looked at Lu Bozhou.

Lu Bozhou said calmly, "Ignore him."

Jiang Mian was led to the back seat of the luxury car.

"The hospital," Lu Bozhou instructed calmly, and the driver quickly drove off.

Jiang Da, who was arguing with his boss and his wife, suddenly realized what was happening.

"Hey? Hey! Who's that? Where are they taking my daughter?" Jiang Da said, looking at the car that drove away. It looked very luxurious and wealthy. His eyes narrowed instantly, his gaze sharp, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Song Xun had already come up to handle the aftermath and inquired about the losses suffered by the boss and his wife.

Jiang Da thought for a moment, then leaned over and spoke to Song Xun.

"Who was that just now? Your boss? What right did he have to take my daughter away? I bet you've already paid them compensation..."

"They only had a few bowls smashed, and they were stainless steel! You even took my daughter away! Why aren't you going to compensate me?!"

Song Xun ignored him, and only when he was annoyed to no end did he say something coldly.

"I'm going to deal with them in a bit. Are you planning to get out of here on your own, or are you planning to get dealt with along with them?"

Jiang Da saw that police cars were approaching. He glared at them, but then thought that there was plenty of time, so he didn't linger and left, cursing under his breath.

……

When the car was almost at the hospital.

Jiang Mian gradually recovered from the persistent tinnitus.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu," Jiang Mian said.

Lu Bozhou stared at her silently for a moment without saying a word.

Jiang Mian realized that he probably thought she was still unable to hear.

Jiang Mian quickly said, "I'm feeling better now, I can hear a little."

"We're almost at the hospital," Lu Bozhou said in a deep voice. "Your ears, eyes, and face all need to be checked."

Jiang Mian blinked. "Eyes?"

She picked up her phone and realized that the screen was cracked, although it didn't affect its usability...

I opened the front-facing camera and saw my miserable state.

Her cheeks were swollen high, her mouth was cracked, and bright red blood was dripping from the corner of her lips.

In one eye, it seemed that almost no color of the whites of the eyes had been left; the whites of the eyes were completely stained red with blood.

Looking at herself like this, Jiang Mian thought that perhaps her previous temporary hearing loss caused by tinnitus was...

It seems to be the easiest thing to do.

The man's long, slender, and strong fingers, with distinct knuckles, held a bottle of chilled drink taken from the car's refrigerator and handed it to her.

“I’m not thirsty…” Jiang Mian shook her head and didn’t take it.

Lu Bozhou didn't speak, but simply raised a finger and pressed the iced drink he was holding against Jiang Mian's swollen cheek.

"Hiss—!" Jiang Mian finally realized he meant for her to hold the face mask. "Thank you..."

Previously, perhaps because the incident happened suddenly and the situation was very urgent, my adrenaline surged, my head was buzzing, and I couldn't hear anything...

But surprisingly, she didn't feel much pain in her face. Lu Bozhou's can of iced drink seemed to have awakened Jiang Mian's senses.

It suddenly felt burning hot, like it was exploding on my face, as if a string in my brain was being plucked; the pain was quite intense...

Jiang Mian pursed her lips and endured it, thinking of looking at her phone to distract herself.

The atmosphere in the car was somewhat silent, and Jiang Mian only then realized a fact... Why did Lu Bozhou come?

While checking the messages she hadn't finished reading on her phone, Jiang Mian casually asked Lu Bozhou a question, trying to break the silence in the car.

"What a coincidence that Mr. Lu is here?"

As Jiang Mian asked this question, her finger happened to open the chat window with Meng Yang.

Then I saw a lot of messages from Meng Yang...

[Jiang Mian, answer the phone!]

What exactly happened last night? Weren't they going to film Lin Sisi? Why did they film you instead? Was that you?

[Those colleagues in the industry yesterday were probably furious that they didn't get a picture of Lin Sisi. Their press releases were really nasty. Be careful, or if Lin Sisi holds a grudge against you, you'll be in trouble in this business.]

Jiang Mian was stunned when she saw the messages Meng Yang sent!

What...what's going on? They're taking pictures of her? What does that have to do with her...?

Jiang Mian didn't understand, but she didn't need to look for any tabloids; Meng Yang sent her screenshots of the content.

Jiang Mian stared at the screenshot on the screen, completely stunned!

The screenshot shows the content of a post on a tabloid's official WeChat account, which is illustrated with pictures and text.

Jiang Mian recognized the photo at a glance; it was taken at the Elegant Banquet.

But what she never expected was... why was the person in the photo herself?

The blurring was so perfunctory, just a slight horizontal line around the eyes, it felt like it couldn't block anything at all!

In addition, there was the image of her helping Lu Bozhou upstairs... Although there was quite a distance between them, it was not hard to see.

The accompanying text below, needless to say, the title alone was enough to make Jiang Mian faint!

[Shocking! Lin Sisi's dream of marrying into a wealthy family shattered! Her rumored boyfriend, businessman Lu, was found spending the night with a new lover!]

Just then, Lu Bozhou answered her question.

He pointed his long, slender index finger at her phone screen, which was cracked like a spider web.

"Unfortunately, I came here specifically because of this matter."