noffsinger Chapter 220 Under the Shadow
Chapter 220 Under the Shadow
Lu Qiuyan suddenly said that she wanted to talk to her alone. Everyone else had left, even Tongtong was not in the ward. Ning Xingluo walked to the bedside, and Lu Qiuyan suddenly sat up.
Ning Xingluo subconsciously went to help, but Lu Qiuyan let out a vague laugh, then she waved her hand and said, "My legs and feet are not injured."
Her voice was different from before, a little unclear.
Lu Qiuyan pulled Ning Xingluo to the window. Ning Xingluo leaned on the windowsill and looked out. There was a garden downstairs. The weather was very good today. The sun was shining on the green lawn. Patients and their families could be seen walking everywhere.
“I terminated my contract with the company.”
Ning Xingluo was startled and turned his head suddenly to look.
Lu Qiuyan was very calm, as if it was not her who had just said that.
"You know I can't make movies anymore, right?"
Ning Xingluo didn't know what to say and nodded hesitantly.
Lu Qiuyan seemed to smile, Ning Xingluo was not sure, "I have thought a lot in the past few months. I have done some wrong things in the past, and I have brought this upon myself."
"But I was just trying to survive. My crime doesn't deserve the death penalty. I've been punished now. Can you give me a chance to start over?"
Lv Qiuyan's wrapped face showed no expression, but her eyes were still bright. She was a purple locust tree that grew in saline-alkali land. She was always strong and tough, and nothing could defeat her.
Ning Xingluo agreed.
Lu Qiuyan asked her to do a very small favor. She wanted to register a company to make a living, which required several million in capital.
Not to mention Ning Xingluo, even for Lu Qiuyan himself, these several million are not a lot of money. How could he not be able to come up with it?
Ning Xingluo thought so and asked the same question.
Lu Qiuyan’s answer was that she spent part of the money on medical treatment, and part of it on severing her contract with the company. She had to give up a lot of endorsements because of her disfigurement, and the penalty for breach of contract almost wiped out all her assets.
"I do have some savings, but they are for Tongtong. It doesn't matter to me, but Tongtong is still so young, I can't help but think about her."
Ning Xingluo thought of Tongtong and immediately softened his heart.
……
Although it wasn't much money, the bulk of the cash in Ning Xingluo's hands was managed by someone hired by Pei Yuhan. Suddenly, a large sum of money was withdrawn. She thought about talking to Pei Yuhan about it. After all, no matter how small the amount was, it was their common property.
But when she talked about this, Pei Yuhan's first reaction was: "Xingluo, I think she approached you with a purpose from the beginning."
They were on their way home, and Pei Yuhan did not forget to look at the documents in the car. He did not even raise his head when he said this, and his movements were not affected at all.
"How could that be?" Ning Xingluo didn't believe it.
Pei Yuhan sighed, put down the documents in his hand, and asked seriously: "Why did it happen at that time, after you returned to the Ning family?"
“Maybe not many people on the Internet know about your return, but Lu Qiuyan is not an ordinary person. She has a wide circle of friends and many connections.
Even if they didn’t show up, the news from the banquet would probably be known on the same day.”
"She just wanted to use you. I guess she didn't expect that she would need your help so soon."
Ning Xingluo was silent.
She recalled the corridor that night, Lu Qiuyan's calm tone and the flash of tears hidden in the blanket.
At least that night, the emotions that Lv Qiuyan expressed were real. She did not lie to herself.
Pei Yuhan continued to persuade: "If it weren't for you, she wouldn't be able to find such a good doctor and team. Even if she could find one, it would take a lot of effort and she might be completely disfigured. You have helped her a lot. Don't get too involved with her in the future."
When helping Ning Xingluo to verify Lu Qiuyan's childhood, Lin Xu also found a lot of other things, but Pei Yuhan didn't show them to Ning Xingluo for fear of scaring her.
Even now, he still doesn't want Ning Xingluo to see it.
He didn't want to make his Xing Luo feel uncomfortable.
But if Xing Luo might get hurt because of this, then he had to make it clear to her.
Fortunately, after some persuasion, Ning Xingluo finally gave in: "I understand, I will explain it to her clearly."
Pei Yuhan breathed a sigh of relief, but Ning Xingluo looked guilty and embarrassed: "But I have already promised her, what should I do?"
Pei Yuhan paused, then rubbed her head helplessly: "Take the money, just consider it a gift to her, and remember not to work in her company."
Lu Xiuyan's company had already applied for registration, but the registered capital had not yet been paid. Just now, Pei Yuhan had already looked at all the related companies under his name. No risks were found for the time being. As long as you don't sign any contracts or agreements with them when you give the money out, there will be no problem.
Ning Xingluo nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice: "I know, I know. I still have some common sense. My elder brother taught me!"
During the conversation, the car had already driven into the garage. Pei Yuhan didn't want to talk about these bad things anymore, so he asked, "By the way, my friend has a new restaurant opening today. It serves your favorite Italian food. Do you want to go with me to show your support?"
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It was late at night and the visiting hours had long passed, but there was someone in Lu Qiuyan's ward who didn't belong there.
Qi Ke stood by the window, where Ning Xingluo had stood during the day. Now looking out, he could only see sporadic cold white lights and moths flying around the lights.
"nailed it?"
"Well, Ning Xingluo is very easy to deceive, and it has always been like this." Lu Qiuyan sat on the edge of the bed. There was no light in the room, so she stared at her face in the mirror in the dim light coming in from the window.
The gauze on the face had been removed long ago, and the face in the mirror was still pretty, but completely different from the one in Ning Xingluo's memory.
"No flaws revealed, right?"
"Don't worry, we have been working together for so long, don't you still believe in my ability?"
"That's good." Qi Ke finally turned around. "It's not that I don't trust you. Your ability is unquestionable. It's just that you seem to be showing some true feelings in front of her."
Lu Qiuyan's eyes deepened: "If I don't act more sincerely, you will be worried. Ning Xingluo is easy to deceive, but he is not a fool.
Besides, you narrowed this path yourself."
Qi Ke turned his head away, apparently recalling some unpleasant, failed memories.
There was silence in the ward for a while.
Suddenly, Lu Qiuyan chuckled: "Happy cooperation?"
"…a pleasure to work with."
The night nurse was about to come for patrol, so Qi Ke turned and left the ward.
Lu Qiuyan was the only one left in the ward.
She opened Ning Xingluo's remittance receipt, her lips moved, and an almost imperceptible sigh floated in the air.
"I'm sorry, Xingluo."
Lu Qiuyan touched her face. Under the seemingly smooth skin, there were distinct bumps and depressions. If it weren't for this unexpected accident, she didn't know whether she would make such a choice.
But there was no point thinking about it now, she had no choice.