She jumped!
Wu Pengpeng felt as if she had been doused with a basin of ice - cold water, and her whole body turned icy cold.
She wanted to step forward to check the situation. But as soon as she took a step, her legs went weak, and she slumped to one side.
A pair of hands caught her from behind. A worried voice came from beside her ear, "Are you okay?"
Wu Pengpeng turned her head stiffly and met Lu Jingran's concerned eyes. She tried to break free from his embrace, but she didn't have the slightest bit of strength in her body.
Seeing her pained expression, Lu Jingran's chest suddenly tightened. He gently comforted her, "It's okay."
Wu Pengpeng shook her head and pointed towards the edge of the rooftop, but she couldn't utter a word.
"I'll go and check," Shen Qianqian patted her hand, got up, walked over, and bravely took a look down. Then she heaved a sigh of relief.
She walked back, squatted beside Wu Pengpeng, and whispered, "Sister Peng, don't worry. She was caught by the safety cushion."
Falling from the 32nd floor, even with a safety cushion, she should be seriously injured.
Wu Pengpeng propped herself up and tried to go over and have a look.
Shen Qianqian stopped her, "She's already been taken away by the ambulance."
Wu Pengpeng stood there for a while before she managed to suppress the fear and anger welling up inside her. Then she turned around and walked downstairs.
When she reached the first - floor lobby, the fans were still blocking the elevator entrance. Wu Pengpeng's anger instantly shot up to her head. She strode over and said coldly, "Please leave here immediately."
The fans ignored her and kept chattering noisily.
Wu Pengpeng took a megaphone from a security guard who was maintaining order nearby and shouted loudly, "Get out! You're not welcome here!"
The fans were stunned by her shout. Then, they quickly came to their senses, and many of them took out their phones and started filming her.
A fan retorted defiantly, "Who do you think you are to tell us to get out? This isn't your place!"
Although Wu Pengpeng was well - known for her wealth, she rarely appeared in the media. Many people only knew her name but couldn't match it with her face.
Wu Pengpeng shifted her gaze to the person who had spoken. Her eyes were as sharp as knives. She said word by word, "I'm sorry to tell you, but this is exactly my place."
Her gaze swept across the cold - faced fans one by one, and her voice grew even colder, "This is my turf! Every inch of the land you're standing on belongs to me, Wu Pengpeng. Do I have the right to tell you to get out now?"
The scene fell into a deathly silence. Dozens of seconds later, someone protested loudly, "We bought tickets to get in. Why should we leave?"
"I'll refund your ticket money ten times over!" Wu Pengpeng pointed at the service desk, "Go and get your money now, and then leave immediately."
Only then did everyone realize that arguing about money with this wealth tycoon was simply self - humiliation.
However, getting to watch a show for free and still being able to earn over ten thousand dollars a day, although it felt a bit humiliating, who would say no to money? So they all happily went to get their money.
Of course, there were also some noble fans who remained uncorrupted by wealth. They scoffed at her trick of throwing money around to divert attention, "You're so angry only because you're afraid she'll die on your turf. Then this place will become a haunted house, and you won't be able to make any more money."
The anger that Wu Pengpeng had been suppressing flared up all at once. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
They had forced a living person to jump off a building, yet they could still say such cold - blooded things.
Why were there such terrifying people in the world?
Wu Pengpeng gritted her teeth and said loudly word by word, "It's a tragedy for the Zodiac Boys to have fans like you!"
After saying that, she threw the megaphone on the ground, pushed through the crowd, and walked towards the door.
At first, she walked with big strides. Then, she walked faster and faster, almost running away from the scene.
When she reached the door, she accidentally bumped into someone. Before she could apologize, a big hand pulled her forward and into a familiar and warm embrace.
He Qianhan caught her, along with her vulnerability and anger.
The emotions that Wu Pengpeng had been holding back crumbled instantly, and her eyes turned red.
She was like a child who had suffered a great deal of injustice. She had gritted her teeth and held on all the way until she saw the reassuring light of home, and only then did she dare to show her grievances.
"How could they be so cruel? What on earth is a human life in their eyes?"
He Qianhan listened to her intermittent sobs. His throat felt sour, and he couldn't say a word.
He knew Wu Pengpeng's secrets, understood her hardships, and thus better understood her respect for life.
She had struggled with all her might just to survive, yet these people were trampling on human lives casually.
He had seen the news and rushed here in a hurry, but he was still a step too late.
"Don't be afraid," he gently patted Wu Pengpeng's back and repeated the same words over and over again, "I'm here. Don't be afraid."
Wu Pengpeng cried in He Qianhan's arms for a long time. After venting her anger and grievances, she went straight to the hospital.
The girl who had jumped wasn't in life - threatening danger, but she had several fractures all over her body and was seriously injured.
When the girl's mother found out who they were, her emotions instantly flared up. She pointed at Wu Pengpeng and shouted abuse, "You evil woman! You weren't satisfied with ruining my husband. Now you want to harm my daughter too!"
As she said that, she raised her hand to slap Wu Pengpeng across the face, but her wrist was caught in mid - air.
He Qianhan coldly shook off her arm, "Ma'am, please calm down!"
"I can't calm down!" The woman was hysterical, like a crazy woman, "She wants to kill my daughter. Even if I have to die with her today, I won't let her get away with it!"
Hearing this, He Qianhan's eyes turned cold, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Try touching her today and see what happens!"
The woman shivered involuntarily under his cold gaze. After a moment's daze, she said bravely but actually timidly, "I'll expose you and let everyone see your ugly faces!"
"Sure!" A sneer curled He Qianhan's lips, "I'll contact the media for you. You can expose it all you want. Let's see who will end up worse!"
The woman's arrogance instantly deflated. If this incident was really exposed, tracing back to the source, it was still her daughter who had caused it. By then, her daughter's reputation would be completely ruined.
Wu Pengpeng ignored the woman and walked straight into the ward.
The girl had already woken up. There was only a little fan - friend who accompanied her.
Wu Pengpeng pushed the door open, pulled a chair, and sat down in front of the hospital bed.
When the girl saw her, her eyes lit up slightly, "You promised to let Lu Jingran come and see me..."
Wu Pengpeng interrupted her coldly, "Lu Jingran won't come to see you!"
She had always told herself to be a tolerant and magnanimous person, to be extremely patient with these star - chasing kids. They were still young and didn't have a well - formed outlook on life, so it was inevitable that they would act impulsively.
But why should she?
She wasn't their mother. Why should she consider them?
In their eyes, their parents and relatives were completely inferior to a star they had never even met.
People like this didn't deserve a single bit of her kindness.
"I'll cover all your medical expenses, but don't even think about seeing Lu Jingran again. Whether you live or die in the future is your own business. Don't involve him anymore."
Wu Pengpeng raised her eyelids and looked at the girl opposite. Her expression was cold and determined, "I won't let him see you because I don't want to ruin him."
The girl excitedly argued loudly, "I won't ruin Brother Jingran..."
"Really?" Wu Pengpeng interrupted her with a cold sneer, "Today you threatened him with jumping off a building. If I let him see you, tomorrow you'll threaten him with jumping into a river, and the day after with cutting your wrists. Lu Jingran will be constantly threatened by you and will never be able to get rid of you in his life."
With every word she said, the girl's face grew paler. By the time she finished, the girl's face was as white as a sheet.
Wu Pengpeng acted as if she didn't notice and continued, "From today on, I'll disband the Zodiac Boys group."
Under the girl's shocked and angry gaze, she continued cruelly word by word, "You remember this well. It's because of you irrational fans that you've ruined their great star - chasing careers."
Hearing this, the girl cried desperately. Wu Pengpeng didn't even spare her a single glance. She stood up expressionlessly and walked towards the door.
When she reached the door, she suddenly turned around. She looked like a fierce ghost climbing out of hell, with a destructive and ferocious aura.
"Do you feel guilty?" If this girl had really died in front of her today, she would have spent the rest of her life in guilt, never to be freed.
Without waiting for a response, she laughed self - deprecatingly, "It's right to feel guilty. People always have to pay for their wrong actions. How can you live on peacefully after ruining someone else's life?"