Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 327 - 340: Rescued

Ouyang Yi slammed on the brakes.

He first lowered the panel on the back seat—this car was custom-made for him, like many wealthy people, he liked to add some of his own special requirements to the car, such as soundproof panels, and privacy panels. As long as this panel was lowered, you couldn’t see the situation in the back seat from the side windows of the cabin.

He set the panel in place before lowering the window beside the driver’s seat.

Outside the window stood Xia Ling, hurrying and looking anxious: "Are you... Ouyang Yi? We met at Xingyu’s wedding. You just came from her house’s direction, did you go there? There’s so much smoke coming from there, is it on fire? Is her place on fire? How is Xingyu now?"

Separated by the panel, Su Xingyu, curled up in the car’s back seat, could still hear Xia Ling’s voice.

It turns out, not everyone in the world had abandoned her, during her time in isolated captivity, good friends still cared about her...

But Ouyang Yi in the driver’s seat said, "Yes, her house is on fire. The blaze is too big. I originally wanted to rush in and check, but unfortunately, I couldn’t get in. But I noticed the villa was very quiet, not like anyone was there. Probably, Lu Shifeng took Xingyu somewhere else during this period, leaving the villa empty and poorly managed, thus causing the fire."

"Is it really her house?!" Xia Ling was extremely anxious, "How can you just leave like this?!"

Ouyang Yi said to her, "Since the wedding, I’ve been unable to reach Xingyu, her phone’s always off. I only came over today because I was worried. But from the situation, maybe Lu Shifeng doesn’t want others to bother them, that’s why the phone is turned off, and they may have moved. I’ve already helped report the fire, should I stay here and celebrate New Year? I have other matters later."

"You!" Xia Ling was furious but couldn’t argue logically with Ouyang Yi. She stamped her foot, "I’ll go and see for myself!"

She overlooked a person standing behind her, her agent, Chu Chen, a loyal close aide to Pei Ziheng.

Chu Chen stopped her, saying, "Xiaoling, the boss had already advised you not to go to the Lu Family villa, don’t make him unhappy."

"Why can’t I go?!" Xia Ling was even angrier and yelled at Chu Chen, "Ziheng won’t listen to reason, and neither will you! Normally it’s fine not to let me visit Xingyu, but now her house is on fire! No matter what, I must go see how things are! If you stop me, Chu Chen, I will, I will..."

After thinking for a long time, she couldn’t think of what else, stamped her foot and waved her hand: "Get out of the way!"

Then she forced her way through.

Chu Chen hurriedly followed.

Ouyang Yi stepped on the accelerator, started the car, and quickly left the villa area.

He sped all the way back to his luxurious, European castle-like house before stopping the car, opened the rear seat door, and said to Su Xingyu, "You must be wondering why I lied to Xia Ling, right, Xingyu? I did it for your sake. I don’t want anyone to know that I saved you, so let them think you died in that fire. Otherwise, Lu Shifeng will keep bothering you."

Only then did she understand his intent, but she did not object.

Lu Shifeng... 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Thinking of that name, the wound in her heart hurt even more than the burns on her face.

She no longer wanted any connection with that man.

Ouyang Yi carried her out of the car and into a spacious, luxurious bedroom decorated with vintage European artifacts.

A doctor was already waiting in the room, where many medical emergency devices were arranged.

Ouyang Yi put Su Xingyu on the bed, disregarding his own burns and cuts, and told the doctor, "Treat her first."

Then, exhausted, he sat down on a sofa chair near her bed, grinned at her, and said, "Don’t look at me like that, I know what you want to say. You want the doctor to treat me first, right? I’m fine. Your face is more important, let the doctor look at you first. I rescued you from the fire, violating traffic rules to call the doctor while driving, just to get him here as soon as possible, to treat you quickly. As a man, it doesn’t matter for me."

Su Xingyu wanted to cry again, things weren’t as simple as he said.

She doesn’t rely on her looks, but as a model, his perfect body might be ruined!

The world’s top supermodel...

Even a tiny flaw could lower his value, and this time, who knows how many injuries he had!

The small red ball Lu Shifeng stuffed into her mouth when he left in the morning was still there, attached to the leather headgear, preventing her from speaking. A strip of leather from that headgear was scorched by Zhuang Heng’s fire, fused with her burned, injured flesh, and melted into an inseparable mess. The doctor painstakingly used scissors to cut it, finally removing the headgear along with the red ball.

Once her mouth was free, she instinctively gasped for air, her jaw area sore and numb, unable to close properly.

The doctor gently supported her jaw, and this subtle movement made her gasp softly from the pain.

The doctor said, "Don’t move, miss, this red ball has been in your mouth for too long, causing a slight dislocation of your jaw. I’ll reset it, apply medication, and fix it. For the next few days, be cautious, and better not talk much."

She let out a thin, painful whimper.

The doctor said, "Your injuries are quite fresh. You might not have felt much pain due to adrenaline from the escape, but now that you’re safe, the pain will intensify, please bear with it."

After speaking, he carefully attended to the burns on her cheeks, making her tremble slightly from the pain.

The doctor said, "Painful areas are a good sign, only the outer skin is burned. The troubling parts are those that feel no pain," he said while his gloved hand touched a part of Su Xingyu’s face. She had no reaction at all. "Painless areas mean deep dermal burns."

Ouyang Yi, seeing it was difficult for her to speak, asked the doctor for her, "What will happen to these burns?"

The doctor frowned and said, "The burns are too severe, even with skin grafts, they can’t be fully restored."

Afterwards, he glanced sympathetically at Su Xingyu on the bed.

Ouyang Yi’s face also grew somber. After a moment, he said, "No matter the cost, you must do everything to save her face."

As he said this, he turned and comforted Su Xingyu, "Don’t worry, with today’s advanced medical technology, you will get better."

Su Xingyu, however, gave a somewhat bleak smile and shook her head.

Compared to the cruel things Lu Shifeng did to her, disfigurement seemed trivial.