Rong Lan suppressed the surging anger in her heart, opened the wardrobe, and took out several sets of clothes.
She understood why Bai Rongran didn't dare to go upstairs. Even she would tremble at this scene, let alone Bai Rongran, who was the victim.
She picked up the clothes and didn't stay upstairs any longer. She went downstairs with the clothes in her arms.
She hung all the clothes on the hanger outside the first - floor bathroom door, then raised her hand and knocked on the bathroom door.
Hearing the knock, the sound of water in the bathroom paused. "What's up?"
Rong Lan slightly raised her voice. "I went to the second floor to find you several sets of clothes. They're placed outside the door. You can just pick a favorite one to wear after taking a shower. I'll go outside to make a call."
"Okay." Bai Rongran responded and turned on the faucet again.
Hearing the sound of water resume, Rong Lan took her phone and walked out of the door.
She pulled open the door. Looking down, she saw that the first ray of morning sunlight happened to shine on the steps. But it was winter. Although there was sunlight, it was still extremely cold. She only thought about coming out to make a call and forgot to put on her trench coat. A cold wind blew, making her fox ears tremble, and she couldn't help sneezing loudly.
She rubbed her nose. Just as she was about to call Chu Hengyuan to ask where he was, however, before she could act, Si Mo's call came in.
Seeing the caller ID, Rong Lan swiped the phone screen, raised the phone to her ear, and said, "Hello?"
Far away in Kyoto, Si Mo heard the familiar voice on the phone and heaved a sigh of relief. "Little Fox, it's already eleven o'clock. Why haven't you come to work yet? You don't think today is a day off, do you?"
He had waited from nine o'clock to eleven o'clock but hadn't seen her. He almost thought something had happened to her and she was missing.
Only then did Rong Lan remember that she had rushed out in a hurry and forgotten to tell Si Mo that she had gone abroad. She coughed guiltily. "I'm not in the country right now. I've gone abroad to handle a major matter. It may take three or four days for me to get back."
Si Mo: "???" What major matter had happened that he didn't know about? And what kind of thing would take three or four days to handle?
"Alright, then I'll help you look after the shop these days." Si Mo paused for a moment. Looking at the little kids in the shop with extremely rich body language, the corner of his mouth twitched. "Also, the kids asked me to inquire if you still need them to continue tracking Chu Chuan?"
Rong Lan stepped on the sunlight on the steps. "Yes! I definitely need them to! " Knowing Chu Chuan's whereabouts would make it easier for her to settle the score with him after she returned to the country. If it weren't too troublesome, she would even want the kids to report Chu Chuan's whereabouts to her every day.
"Okay, then I'll tell them to continue tracking Chu Chuan." Si Mo glanced at the kids.
"Great. I'll trouble the Dragon God to take care of the fortune - telling shop these days."
Hearing the teasing smile when the person on the other end called him 'Dragon God', Si Mo remained expressionless. "It's not a problem. Just give me a raise when you come back."
Rong Lan was speechless. "I'm poor. I don't have any money."
Si Mo knew that the little fox would say so. After all, there really wasn't much money in the public account of the fortune - telling shop, and the little fox had to support more than just him. "Forget it. We'll talk about it when you come back. I won't bother you while you're handling your major matter. Bye."
"Okay, bye." After saying goodbye, Rong Lan hung up the phone first.
Glancing at the call duration on the phone screen, Rong Lan turned around. Bai Rongran was standing behind her, wearing a sweater and an ankle - length dress, with a down jacket in her arm.
After taking a shower, her complexion hadn't improved much. Her face was still deathly pale, and her lips were bloodless. But at least she looked more presentable than before.
Rong Lan smiled with her eyes curved. "Rongran, you're so fast. Then let's set off to find a hotel now."
Bai Rongran frowned and looked at Rong Lan, hesitating to speak. However, in the end, she swallowed back the words on the tip of her tongue and just replied with a 'yes'.
Rong Lan went back to the living room to put on her trench coat. Her eyes accidentally swept across the coffee table. The sleeping pills that had been placed on the coffee table were gone. Clearly, she had specifically checked before going out, and the sleeping pills were still there at that time.
She put on her trench coat, pretending not to notice anything. After tidying up the collar and cuffs of her coat, she reached out and hooked Bai Rongran's arm. The smile on her face remained unchanged. "Let's go."
Although she didn't get a chance to call Chu Hengyuan, Rong Lan still sent him a message, planning to send him the hotel name and room number after booking the hotel so that he could go there to rest.
What the little fox didn't know was that after Chu Hengyuan bought water at the convenience store, he stood by the roadside and pondered his life for three minutes, then resolutely took a taxi to find his friend.
His intuition told him that his little girl wouldn't be able to solve all the problems quickly. He couldn't just stand by the roadside for a whole day.
Facts proved that his decision was correct. Just as he met his friend, he received a message from his little girl. The general content of the message was that she hadn't finished dealing with Bai Rongran's matter yet, but she would go to the hotel to book a room first. After booking the room, she would send him the location and let him go to the hotel to rest.
"Brother! It's rare for you to come here. Stay at my place. Let's have a drink tonight and get drunk!" Standing beside Chu Hengyuan, a man who was half a head taller and much stronger than Chu Hengyuan excitedly issued an invitation.
Chu Hengyuan replied to Rong Lan's message before responding to him. "Seth, pay attention to your address."
Seth waved his hand indifferently. "What's the big deal?"
The corner of Chu Hengyuan's mouth twitched. "I'm just here with my wife to handle some matters. I don't want to be gawked at." Seth boasted about how awesome his brother was in the work group every day. Everyone in the company was extremely curious about him, but he didn't want to be a celebrity in the company at all.
Fortunately, they were standing in an open space outside the company, and there weren't many people around. Otherwise, once Seth shouted 'brother' like that, countless company employees would try to create an encounter the next second.
"Alright, alright. I'll just call you by your name." Seeing that Chu Hengyuan looked unhappy, Seth compromised. "Is the matter sister - in - law has to handle troublesome? If she needs help, she can contact me at any time. I can provide funds and manpower."
"I'm not sure either." He didn't know exactly what had happened to Bai Rongran. "But if we need your help, I'll send you a message."
"Okay, then shall we go into the company? You haven't been to the company for a long time. After all, this is the company you founded single - handedly back then." Seth was so afraid that Chu Hengyuan would refuse that he asked carefully. A nearly two - meter - tall burly man seemed like a child afraid of doing something wrong in front of Chu Hengyuan.
Chu Hengyuan looked back at the building that was both strange and familiar to him. "Then let's go in and take a look."
"Great!" Seth smiled. Even his full beard couldn't hide the smile on his lips.
As soon as they entered the revolving door of the building, Chu Hengyuan sensed something was wrong.