Chapter 378: Understanding Is One Thing, Acceptance Is Another
The figure rushing over was too fast. Wang Jing had no time to react, only hearing a sharp whistling sound cut through the air!
With a THUD, Wang Jing was sent flying by a kick!
Lin Ruoxi’s eyes flew wide open. She couldn’t believe what was happening right before her!
Cheng Yuan!
It was really Cheng Yuan!
Cheng Yuan had found her!
Tears instantly streamed down Lin Ruoxi’s face.
Clutching his chest, Wang Jing sat on the floor and roared at Cheng Yuan, "Who are you? Why did you ambush me?"
Cheng Yuan didn’t even bother to look at Wang Jing. With a powerful tug, he snapped the iron chain binding Lin Ruoxi!
Wang Jing was furious. He pointed at Cheng Yuan and screamed, "Are you all pigs? Kill him!!!"
"Kid, you dare ambush Director Wang? Cripple your own limbs and kneel to apologize to him right now! Otherwise, you’ll regret ever being born!"
The two security guards closest to Cheng Yuan advanced with sinister smirks.
Cheng Yuan couldn’t be bothered with words. He flicked his finger, sending out two Silver Needles!
PFFT! PFFT!
The two guards had no time to react before they were hit, collapsing to the ground in an instant!
"Despicable! Using hidden weapons??"
The faces of the remaining guards grew grim, as if facing a powerful enemy.
Cheng Yuan ignored the guards. He looked Lin Ruoxi up and down, and seeing that only her outer jacket was torn and that she hadn’t been violated, he breathed a small sigh of relief.
Cheng Yuan took off his jacket and draped it over Lin Ruoxi. In a tone mixed with worry and a hint of criticism, he said, "Ruoxi, you left the Provincial City without a word. I was worried sick! Are you okay?"
Lin Ruoxi shook her head gently. "I’m fine."
"Let’s go. I’ll take you home."
Lin Ruoxi hesitated slightly. She still couldn’t quite accept the matter with Hu Shishi.
Liu Qingcheng took the opportunity to break free from her captors. She came closer and looked Cheng Yuan up and down.
’Ruoxi has good taste. This guy is handsome and so manly!’
’But some things can’t be forgiven so easily!’
Liu Qingcheng asked coldly, "So you’re the one who wronged Ruoxi?"
Cheng Yuan was taken aback. "What do you mean, wronged Ruoxi?"
"Acting! Keep on acting! Do you really want me to spell it out? You still remember Hu Shishi, don’t you?"
Cheng Yuan’s heart sank.
Before he knew what Hu Shishi had sacrificed for him, Cheng Yuan had always felt his conscience was clear. But now, an inexplicable sense of guilt crept over him.
Cheng Yuan finally understood why Ruoxi had run away from home without a word!
’It’s because she found out about Sister Shishi!’
Cheng Yuan didn’t answer Liu Qingcheng. He turned his head and looked at Lin Ruoxi with an incredibly anxious gaze.
"Ruoxi, when did you find out about this?"
Lin Ruoxi lowered her head in anguish. "The day Hu Minjiang took you to dinner. I was going to your private room to give a toast, but I happened to overhear your conversation."
Cheng Yuan: "..."
Cheng Yuan was silent for several long seconds before he managed to speak with difficulty, "Ruoxi, if I said it wasn’t my choice, and that I don’t even know the specifics of what happened... would you believe me?"
Lin Ruoxi nodded gently. "I believe you. But believing you is one thing; being able to accept it is another."
Lin Ruoxi’s words pained Cheng Yuan greatly. He ran a hand through his hair in frustration.
"If I had known this would happen, I would rather have died than let Sister Shishi save me!"
Lin Ruoxi was also in pain. "Cheng Yuan, don’t talk about dying. I don’t hate you. I only hate myself. Why wasn’t I the one who saved you?! Please, just give me some more time, okay? I really can’t convince myself right now!"
Cheng Yuan lowered his head in vexation, his voice dejected. "You two should go. I’ll handle things here."
"We’ll go together! We can split up after we leave the Lan Club!"
During this exchange, Wang Jing quietly turned off the signal jammer and sent a message to the security manager.
[Manager Wang! Someone is on a rampage in the suite of private room #9! He killed two guards and seriously injured me! Get here quick!]
After sending the message, Wang Jing’s confidence returned. He stared coldly at Cheng Yuan.
"Go? After injuring me and killing two of the Lan Club’s guards, where do you think you’re going? What do you take the Lan Club for? A place you can just kill and leave as you please?"
Cheng Yuan snorted. "You think a few scraps like you can stop me?"
"I’ve already notified Manager Wang! He’ll be here any second!"
Liu Qingcheng’s expression changed drastically. She yelled, "Cheng Yuan, get Ruoxi out of here, now! This Manager Wang is a Martial King! Crushing us would be as easy as squashing a few ants for him!"
"Go? Go where?"
CRASH! The suite door was thrown open, and a burly man, at least six-foot-three, strode in!
The brawny man was none other than the Lan Club’s security manager, Wang Rui!
Wang Rui sensed Cheng Yuan’s aura—just a Grandmaster. He immediately relaxed and asked coldly, "Who killed my men?"
Cheng Yuan said flatly, "They were disrespectful to my wife. They deserved to die."
Wang Rui snorted. "Kid, I don’t care about the cause, only the result. You killed my men! I’ll give you a chance to kill yourself. It’ll be a quicker death."
Cheng Yuan was already seething with frustration over the misunderstanding with Lin Ruoxi. With Wang Rui delivering himself to his doorstep, he certainly wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity!
"I really don’t know where you get your confidence."
Cheng Yuan’s figure blurred, and in an instant, he was right in front of Wang Rui!
Wang Rui’s eyes narrowed!
’This kid is too fast!’
’Is he really just a Grandmaster?’
Before Wang Rui could even react, Cheng Yuan slammed a vicious punch into his Dantian!
With a muffled THUD, cracks appeared in Wang Rui’s Dantian. A significant amount of his True Essence dissipated as he clutched his stomach and collapsed weakly to the ground.
Cheng Yuan took two steps forward and looked down at Wang Rui. "Unfortunately, you won’t get the chance to kill yourself."
This scene stunned everyone!
The security guards, in particular, nearly pissed themselves in fear!
’What the hell is going on?’
’One move?’
’This kid who came out of nowhere just one-shot their Manager Wang?’
Even with his Dantian shattered and his power greatly diminished, Wang Rui didn’t want to die.
Wang Rui struggled to his knees and begged, "Big brother, I was wrong! Please give me a chance to turn over a new leaf. I’ll investigate the whole incident and give you and your wife a satisfactory explanation!"
Cheng Yuan said coldly, "Didn’t you just say you didn’t need to know the cause? The result of this matter is already clear. All of you are going to die!"
As he spoke, Cheng Yuan raised a hand and placed it on Wang Rui’s head.
Wang Rui’s face turned deathly pale. He screamed, "Don’t kill me! I’m from the Blue Demon Security Company! Our boss is the brother-in-law of Grand Marshal Xiao of the Dragon Flame Cyan Dragon Camp!"
"Even if your boss were the Old Dragon King himself, you’d still die!"
Cheng Yuan channeled his Celestial Witch True Essence and unleashed the Overlapping Waves Palm at full power. Thirteen colossal waves instantly obliterated Wang Rui’s brain!
THUMP. Wang Rui fell like a wooden post.