Chapter 22: Turning Black into White

Once inside, Gu Wangshan suddenly shoved Yu Xiangrui onto the bed with brutal force.

Seeing that the windows were tightly shut, Yu Xiangrui scrambled to the far side of the bed, her voice trembling as she said, "What... what are you doing? What you’re doing is illegal!"

Gu Wangshan had already begun to strip off his clothes, a lewd grin spreading across his face. "Illegal? It’s not like I haven’t been inside before; what do I have to fear?"

"What?"

Seeing her expression of disbelief, Gu Wangshan continued, "Since you’re about to become my wife, I’ll be kind enough to tell you. That aunt of yours has long known that I’ve served two prison sentences. She’s just jealous of your career success, so she intentionally introduced you to me, saying that once you’re my wife, I can do whatever I want with you."

"What!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he stripped off the rest of his clothes and lunged at Yu Xiangrui. "Haha, beauty, here I come!"

...

Yan Ningxi watched as the door was locked. Confirming that the lock could not be opened without a key, she began searching the room for other ways to escape.

Opening the window, she discovered that it was fitted with protective bars. It made sense; even in a villa, the ground floor would be barred.

Before they had descended into the underground parking garage, she had anticipated that the perpetrator would strike there. She had already looked up Zhao Quan’s phone number and composed a distress text. Before her phone was confiscated, she had stealthily added Yu Xiangrui’s license plate number to the message and sent it to him.

With electronic surveillance covering the roads of Nancheng, the police should be able to track the license plate and come to their rescue soon. But she didn't know how Yu Xiangrui was faring, and the police might not arrive quickly enough. Sitting idly by was not an option.

Just as Yan Ningxi was looking for something in the room to smash the lock, she suddenly heard a sound from outside the door, as if someone were picking the lock. It was a strange, unfamiliar sound.

Could it be that Gu Wangshan had already killed the manager and was coming to silence her?

Yan Ningxi retreated several steps, staring at the door as if it were a demon. She knew she had to save herself and stall for time until the police arrived. Scanning the room, she grabbed a vase and hid behind the door. *Come on then. As soon as you step inside, I’ll smash you to death.*

Just as she took her position, she heard a gunshot. The moment the sound died away, the door was kicked open with tremendous force.

Yan Ningxi didn't have time to react. Seeing someone enter, she raised the vase and swung it toward the intruder’s back. The intruder sensed the danger, spun around, and caught the vase firmly. He saw Yan Ningxi’s eyes, bloodshot and fierce, as if she were ready to kill him.

"Miss Yan, it’s all right now."

Seeing who it was, Yan Ningxi’s eyes lit up. She didn't have time to ask why Bo Xingjue was there; she dropped the vase and urged, "Quick, go save my manager! Her name is Yu Xiangrui. I think she was taken upstairs. That madman is with her."

Seeing her distress, Bo Xingjue reassured her, "Don’t worry, other officers have already gone up."

Hearing this, Yan Ningxi let out a sharp sigh of relief and sank to the floor. *Thank goodness. I’m saved.*

Bo Xingjue had someone bring over a medical kit. He walked over, knelt beside her, and looked at her hand, asking softly, "Are you okay?"

Yan Ningxi nodded, then suddenly shook her head violently. "I'm fine, just a bit dizzy."

Huang Qian, standing nearby, remarked gloomily, "Miss Yan, you’ve almost bled dry—of course you feel dizzy." If they hadn't seen the blood at the door, they wouldn't have breached the room so quickly; they would have still been searching other rooms.

Yan Ningxi paused, looking down at her right hand where she had been injured earlier. Sure enough, the wound had reopened. "No wonder."

She glanced at the floor and realized that every step she had taken was marked with blood. She had been so panicked that she hadn't even noticed. She must have been bleeding since she got out of the car, which explained why they had tracked her down so quickly.

Bo Xingjue’s gaze turned dark and inscrutable. Just as he had suspected, this girl possessed no sense of pain.

"I’ll stop the bleeding for you. Your family is very worried about you; if we don’t treat this, you might not hold up until you see them." Bo Xingjue knew what mattered most to her.

Hearing this, Yan Ningxi did not refuse; she obediently held out her hand for him to apply the medicine.

"How did you end up here?"

Huang Qian said, "He is our captain. Do you know each other?"

"We’ve met once," Yan Ningxi replied, puzzled. "A captain? Then the day your sister had that accident..."

Bo Xingjue explained, "Fang Sheng specifically chose the day I was on leave to attack my sister. When I received the news, I was about to board a plane to another city."

Yan Ningxi realized, "So that’s how it was. But you police are truly fast—it’s as if you were following my manager's car the whole time."

Huang Qian felt a bit awkward. *Of course we were fast. We were monitoring you the entire time; you had police with you everywhere.*

...

On the other side, Zhao Quan led his team to the second floor. Hearing the commotion from the master bedroom and knowing the situation was critical, he drew his service pistol and destroyed the lock.

As soon as they entered, they saw a bloodied Gu Wangshan holding a knife, about to plunge it into Yu Xiangrui’s chest.

"You bitch! You dared to break my head and ruin my face—I'll kill you!"

As it turned out, Yu Xiangrui hadn't surrendered either. Seeing Gu Wangshan lunge at her, she had grabbed everything she could reach and fought back. Gu Wangshan’s head had been gashed by an ashtray she had thrown, which had enraged him completely.

Zhao Quan said coldly, "Police! Drop your weapon!"

Gu Wangshan hadn't expected the police to arrive so quickly. In the moment of his stunned hesitation, several officers tackled him to the ground and handcuffed him.

Seeing the police, Yu Xiangrui realized she was safe. The nerves she had been holding together finally gave way, and she fainted on the spot.

Pinned to the floor, Gu Wangshan began to lie through his teeth. "You’ve arrested the wrong person! That bitch broke my head; I was only acting in self-defense! Let me go!"

Zhao Quan sneered, "Then why did she break your head? And why are her clothes torn?"

"I..."

Han Li hauled Gu Wangshan to his feet. "Bullying women and framing them—no wonder you’re such a loser. You’re heading to prison for the third time."

Gu Wangshan fell into despair. *How did the police get here so fast?*

Yan Ningxi watched as her hand was re-bandaged and smiled gratefully. "Thank you, Captain Bo."

Bo Xingjue said, "My dressing is simple. The ambulance is outside; you should go to the hospital for a check-up. You have severe anemia to begin with."

"How did you know that?" Yan Ningxi didn't even know she had anemia.

Bo Xingjue replied, "My apologies. After the results of your last check-up came out, my cousin informed me. After all, you are a lifesaver for my family. You likely haven't checked the Junqi Hospital official account; you can look at it later. Your test results from last time have already been uploaded."