Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 329 - 215: Unexpectedly Brought Back by Him, That Room (2 Updates 2)
Tang Yan Yi stumbled.
Guan Liang opened another page... He couldn’t help but shake his head.
"When she died, she was still holding a flower knot made from a hair strand. The shape of that knot was a Water Lotus flower..."
Although the FBI report didn’t explicitly explain the meaning of the Water Lotus, how could Tang Yan Yi and Guan Liang, these two Chinese, not understand?
Just like when they first saw Huangfu Xi’an’s photo, both thought of "a girl like a Water Lotus," so how could that Water Lotus not be a compliment he gave her when they first met Yifan?
Tang Yan Yi closed her eyes, unable to recover for a long time.
"Why was there no media report on this news?"
Guan Liang did another round of searching, showing her the results he found: "Because at that time, the Fude Group was in a special situation. The Fude Group feared someone might use this to attack the new chairman and manipulate the stock price, thus they applied for a non-public trial and also obtained a court injunction prohibiting the media from reporting any related information."
Tang Yan Yi only felt her temples throbbing: "If it can be proven that Huangfu Xi’an was wronged, and the real murderer is another person; or if the police from either country indeed made mistakes during the investigation process, if I were Huangfu Hua Zhang, faced with the image of a mother holding a lotus in her last moments, I would definitely hate the ones in police uniforms."
Guan Liang, not knowing why, suddenly felt a vague worry pass through his heart, and couldn’t help but lightly call out: "Xiao Yi..."
As a police officer, it’s not that you can’t sympathize with criminals, but the law is unforgiving. An officer must first uphold the justice of the law and trust in the fairness of police enforcement... Only then can they reflect on specific mistakes under this grand premise.
Xiao Yi, who originally stood in stark contrast to Huangfu Hua Zhang, at this moment felt a deep sympathy for him — something a police officer should not do.
But Tang Yan Yi got up and walked outside: "It’s late, let’s get off work."
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Tang Yanqing’s royal blue Land Rover sped on the road. The city’s night scenery rushed past both sides of the car windows, the streetlights stretched into enchanting streaks of light, drifting melodiously, extending far into the unknown distance.
Shi Nian couldn’t stop Tang Yanqing and could only worryingly look out the windows on both sides.
The scenery outside had previously moved out of her familiar life radius, making her unable to recall where she was at the moment; but after the car traveled a bit further, reaching a picturesque seaside resort, she regained her memories.
Following her memories, Tang Yanqing indeed drove the car into the place in her memories.
The car stopped, and she couldn’t help but cry out: "Why did you bring me here?"
Here was the place where she held her wedding with Xiang Yuan four years ago.
Four years ago, she was like a puppet, unable to have a say over any details of the wedding. Everything was arranged by her former mother-in-law, Guo Zhengmei, even the designer of her dress and the style of the bouquet were all decided by her mother-in-law.
At that time, she was completely unfamiliar with this country and this city. She didn’t dare to utter a word against her domineering mother-in-law’s decisions. In a daze, she didn’t even know if the dress and bouquet were what she liked. Anyway, even the hundreds of guests at the wedding were strangers to her, not knowing a single one nor able to speak a word.
It was her wedding, yet she seemed like a complete onlooker, unable to find even a hint of presence in the grand ceremony, as if it had nothing to do with her at all.
So in the four years of marriage, she never once thought of returning here, never thought of pursuing sweet memories of the wedding here.
But tonight, why did Tang Yanqing force her to this place?!
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He however, without a word, jumped out of the car, opened the door, reached out to her, and waited gentlemanly for her to get off.
She grasped the car seat, staring at him fiercely: "Why on earth are we here?"
He stood beneath the night sky, under a vast expanse of stars, looking down at her with a certain and lazy gaze: "Get out of the car. You’ll find out soon enough."
A sudden panic surged in her heart for no reason, not knowing why, just that her heart was in a flurry. She vaguely sensed that he must have a deep intention, yet she was not ready to accept his intention.
She then became stubborn, clinging tightly to the seatback, refusing to get out.
"If you don’t tell me, I won’t get out!"
He looked down at her. From this angle, the distant deep blue sea rolled up pure white foam; and the pure white buildings along the coast, interwoven with layers of colored lights, shone brilliantly like a dream.
His body bent toward her, shocking her into kicking out: "If you dare carry me again, I’ll cripple you!"
The starlight and lamp shadows mischievously winked amidst the sound of the surging waves.
He indeed stopped wasting words, directly reached out and pulled her from the back seat, effortlessly hoisting her onto his shoulder once again!
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This season, the beach had passed the peak tourist season, and the entire resort was quiet. Carrying her all the way, he surprisingly encountered no one. It was as if the world had only them left.
She muttered softly all the way, kicking and flailing, yet he let her be, neither covering her mouth nor restraining her legs. Only when they reached the hotel entrance did he lightly pat her: "Behave when I’m booking the room later."
Book a room? He said he wanted to book a room with her???
Shi Nian was shocked, and she dug her hands and flailed her feet more forcefully on his shoulder: "Who wants to book a room with you? Let me down, you jerk!"
His eyebrows stretched, his handsome face showing a devilish charm in the night, and he patted her again: "Just five minutes. Once I book the room, you can shout and fuss all you want."
With that, he took a stride, effortlessly carrying her into the lobby.
The clerks at the counter were startled by the sight.
Tang Yanqing walked up to the counter and winked with a smile at the stunned lady in the suit. The man’s handsome and devilish allure was overwhelming, leaving the beautiful woman momentarily dazed.
Tang Yanqing smiled mysteriously at the lady: "Tonight, I’m a Caribbean Pirate, and she is the young lady from a scholarly family whom I’ve captured. Our theme tonight is: Evil Overcomes the Heiress."
The lady could only nod and smile. The games between couples always had to be so novel and fun.
Tang Yanqing alluringly winked and leaned toward the lady: "I just want that room. Darling, you will certainly help me, won’t you?"
The lady took a deep breath. Although it wasn’t peak tourist season, that room was the best in the resort and was booked well in advance.
Tang Yanqing’s eyes, filled with charm, his long lashes slightly squinting, deeply gazing at the lady in the suit, his voice hoarsely and slowly saying: "You understand, only a perfect room can bring about perfect everything. Darling, you and I are the same kind of people, both in pursuit of perfection, aren’t we?"
The woman finally gave in, resolutely handing Tang Yanqing the room card to that room.
Tang Yanqing casually held the woman’s hand, brought it to his lips, and performed a grand hand-kiss.
The woman’s face flooded with crimson, her eyes shimmering, yet Tang Yanqing showed no lingering attachment, directly turned, steadied Shi Nian on his shoulder, and strode toward the elevator.
All the way, Shi Nian completely lost the ability to resist, regardless of how she flailed, how she softly cried, unable to halt his determined steps.
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Finally entering the room, he directly moved to the bedside, laying her down on the bed.
Shi Nian lost balance, stumbled down, and upon lifting her eyes, she saw the lights on the ceiling ignite, like a starry sky, startling her into another soft scream.
This room was no other than the one where she spent her last single night before marrying Xiang Yuan!
According to the custom here, the night before the wedding, the groom and bride couldn’t cohabitate, especially since the wedding included no guests from her maternal family; thus, she spent that night alone.
That night, outside were laughter and chatter everywhere, all Xiang Yuan’s classmates and friends went to his room for his last singles party. Xiang Yuan walked to the door several times wanting to bring her along but was pulled away by his friends. They all said this was the last night of singledom, if bringing the bride along, the singles party lost its meaning.
Thus, across a door, she could only listen to the laughter and chatter outside, while inside, only she guarded a room of loneliness.
Such solitude, even Xiang Yuan, even the marriage so near, couldn’t fill.
Perhaps it was this solitude, reminiscent of being abandoned by the world, that brought her back to the darkness and despair of her past abduction. It was during that night’s dream, the first time on foreign land, she dreamed of that darkness. And the silent yet warm presence beside her within it.
Unfortunately, she had just endured the nightmare of the abduction; at that time, her mental state was at its most fragile, and thus she only took it as a dream, a completely illusory dream.
She hadn’t expected that the last single night before becoming Xiang Yuan’s wife, was accompanied by the unexpected dream and that real or illusory dream figure, spending that final lonely night, with a smile into the dream.
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Thank you Lan for the big red packet~
