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Chapter 32 Secret
Wen Ruoci sat on the edge of the sofa feeling a little weak.

Given her relationship with He Ci, if something really happened to He Ci, she would be the primary suspect.

She had no choice but to let it go.

She returned to her room and took a quick shower, then sat in front of the mirror to treat the wound from He Ci's bite. The moment she wiped it with alcohol, she broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. Suddenly, she remembered a sentence He Ci had once said to her -

Do you know how to tame a mad dog? You find an owner for it, then put a collar on it and tame it.

She lowered her eyes to look at the wound, but a mad dog is still a mad dog after all. If it is angered, it will kill its master one day.

After treating the injury, he put on a largest-sized band-aid and returned to bed.

She had trouble falling asleep at night to begin with, and now with He Ci lying on the sofa outside, it was even more difficult for her to fall asleep.

I don’t want to take sleeping pills, so I just don’t sleep.

I took out my iPad and started watching a movie.

*
Quan Shijin returned to Dijing Manor and found that Song Chao had not left yet. He was sitting on the sofa, seemingly waiting for him.

He casually took off his coat, walked over and sat opposite Song Chao, and asked, "You haven't left yet, are you waiting for me?"

Song Chao said "hmm", "Shijin, I have put the painting back in your study."

Quan Shijin nodded, "Anything else?"

Song Chao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Shijin, is the little girl in this painting Wen Ruoci?"

Quan Shijin raised his eyelids and looked at him, without any emotion, "Are you curious?"

Song Chao's heart skipped a beat. He felt that Quan Shijin, who had no expression on his face, was a little creepy. "If you can't say it, forget it."

Quan Shijin changed to a more comfortable position, crossed his legs, and looked indifferent, "There's nothing I can't say. This is Wen Ruoci when she was a child."

Song Chao was sure now, "Have you seen her when you were a child?"

Quan Shijin seemed to be recalling, "Do you still remember that I was kidnapped?"

Song Chao nodded, "Remember, you said someone saved you."

Quan Shijin, "Yes, she was the one who saved me. She took me back and lived in her villa for three months. But at that time, her name was not Wen Ruoci, but Mu Qingci, the daughter of the Mu family in Ningcheng."

Ningcheng Mu Family...

Song Chao seemed to think of something and seemed a little unbelievable. "Could the Mu family you are talking about be the Mu family, the richest family in Ningcheng today?"

Quan Shijin lowered his eyes, "Yes."

Song Chao was shocked. For the first time, he felt that his brain was not able to react and his tongue was a little knotted. "No, if she is Mu Qingci, then the daughter of the Mu family is also called Mu Qingci. What's going on? Shijin, you are not remembering the wrong person, are you?"

Quan Shijin looked at him unhappily, "Is my memory so bad? Could I be wrong?"

Song Chao was silent for a while. Quan Shijin's memory was naturally very good. He was always the top student in his grade. Moreover, even if he didn't like Wen Ruoci very much, he had to admit that Wen Ruoci's face was absolutely unmatched. Few people could match her, even plastic surgery couldn't reach that level. According to Quan Shijin's memory, the possibility of making a mistake was indeed not very high. He was just very puzzled. "Then how did she change from Mu Qingci, the daughter of the richest Mu family, to Wen Ruoci, the daughter of the Wen family?"

Quan Shijin seemed to be thinking about something. "This... maybe only she knows. I originally thought she just didn't remember me, so I brought the painting over, thinking she would remember it. But she told me that she had lost part of her memory. It's likely that something happened to her that we don't know about."

No one knows that after he returned to the Quan family for some time, he went back to the villa again, only to find that the place had become a pile of ruins.

Someone told him that everyone in the house had been burned to death.

At one point he thought she was dead...

Song Chao muttered softly, this Miss Wen actually has so many secrets.

He now had some idea of ​​why Quan Shijin was interested in her.

This lifesaver from childhood is now living in such dire straits, any man would pity him...

*
The next day, He Ci woke up with a splitting headache. He couldn't open his eyes and could only make confused whimpering sounds.

"Water, give me water..."

Hearing the voice, Wen Ruoci came out of the house and looked at He Ci who was lying on the sofa in extreme pain. She was cruel enough not to go forward and said, "If you had gone to see Zhou Ying last night, I think she would be happy to take care of you."

Hearing Wen Ruoci's voice out of the blue, He Ci suddenly opened his eyes, sat up from the sofa, and looked at Wen Ruoci with the same cold and ruthless eyes as always.
"Why are you here?"

Wen Ruoci gave an extremely absurd smile. At this moment, it seemed that she could not think of anything other than absurdity.

"Master He, are you drunk and still awake? This is my apartment. If I'm not here, then where am I?"

He Ci looked around and belatedly remembered what had happened last night.

The pain of a hangover, the nerves are trembling.

He fished a cigarette out of his pocket and rubbed his lighter, but it didn't light up the first time, and it wasn't until the third time that he lit up.

He took a few deep breaths to relieve the extremely uncomfortable feeling.

Through the thin layer of transparent smoke, he looked at Wen Ruoci, who was leaning against the eaves of the door with a calm expression from beginning to end, and his eyes became even colder.

"What is the relationship between you and Quan Shijin? What did you do yesterday?"

Wen Ruoci crossed her arms and looked at He Ci with a half-smile, "He Ci, if you are really worried that there will be some affair between Quan Shijin and me, why don't you return my previous resources to me? I'm busy, so I won't have time to look for other men?" He Ci didn't say anything, as if he was thinking. After blowing out a few smoke rings, he suddenly took off the cigarette from his lips and
"Since you want to film so much, then go ahead. If you can't get your previous resources back, I will replace them with better ones."

At this point, she paused, "But if I find out and you cheat on me with another man, you will know the price."

After saying that, he pressed the still burning cigarette butt hard into the ashtray, ignored the expression on Wen Ruoci's face, picked up his coat and turned away.

With a "bang", the door slammed loudly.

Wen Ruoci only felt her nerves tremble, but she didn't have an attack.

He Ci still acted very quickly, but he didn't need to do much. He just needed to give instructions to Assistant Xu, and the assistants would do the rest for him.

Her endorsements were basically divided up, some went to Zhou Ying, and some went to other female stars, but she didn't really care about that.

The main reason is that she really wants to play in Director Guo's "Double Life", which is a modern drama with two female protagonists, a story of mutual redemption. Compared with the ancient idol dramas in the past, it will be quite a challenge.

But she likes it.

She always only plays the roles she likes.

Initially, Director Guo had decided that she would be the female lead, but He Ci had issued a ban on her, and Director Guo could not afford to offend He Ci, so he had to give up temporarily.

After Zhou Ying won the award later, everyone thought that Zhou Ying would be the female lead for sure, but she was snatched away by Wen Ruoci.

Zhou Ying is not a fool either. She knows what it means for Wen Ruoci to appear in front of the public again.

It means that He Ci has lifted the ban on Wen Ruoci.

She called He Ci to ask tentatively, but He Ci responded lightly, "Why, are you jealous? If you have the ability to make Director Guo insist on having you, I have no objection."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without caring about her mood.

Zhou Ying was so angry that she almost smashed her phone.

At this moment, Wen Ruoci and Li Fei were drinking tea in a cafe. Li Fei felt that Wen Ruoci's life was really not easy.

"Congratulations! He Ci finally showed some kindness and lifted your ban."

Wen Ruoci had no expression on her face. She stirred the coffee in the cup expressionlessly, without any joy at all.
"This is only temporary. If he goes crazy again next time, who knows what he will do."

At this time, her cell phone rang. She picked it up and took a look. She was a little surprised to find that it was Zhou Ying.

But she could roughly guess why Zhou Ying called her.

As soon as she pressed the answer button, she could still hear Zhou Ying's scream. Wen Ruoci calmly moved the phone away.
"Wen Ruoci, what tricks did you use to make He Ci remove the ban on you?"

Wen Ruoci said calmly, "I didn't do anything. He Ci just slept at my place for one night."

"You, you..."

When Zhou Ying heard this, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Wen Ruoci was still slow and leisurely. She was telling the truth. He Ci really just slept on her sofa for one night. As for how Zhou Ying understood it, that was up to her.

"What's wrong with us? We are a legitimate couple. Isn't it natural for him to sleep at my place?"

"If Miss Zhou wants to make trouble, why don't you try your best to persuade him so that he can divorce me, and you can become Mrs. He."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without paying attention to Zhou Ying's expression.

Li Fei was laughing so hard that she covered her stomach opposite Wen Ruoci.

Wen Ruoci looked at her and said calmly, "Don't laugh, be careful not to hurt your waist."

Li Fei laughed so hard that she almost couldn't breathe. "I say, you are really bad. If Zhou Ying heard this, wouldn't she be mad to death?"

Wen Ruoci stirred the coffee cup and said lightly, "Maybe..."

But so what? She wanted to divorce He Ci, so of course she had to muddy the waters a little more so that Zhou Ying could make her presence felt in front of He Ci. Who knows, He Ci might fall in love with Zhou Ying and want to give his beloved a status, and then he wouldn't want to continue to be entangled with her and would divorce her.

Wouldn’t that make everyone happy?

After the call was hung up, Zhou Ying was so angry that her whole body was shaking and her nerves were trembling.

But there was more panic.

He Ci not only brought Wen Ruoci to attend the charity dinner, but also lifted the ban on Wen Ruoci.

Does it mean that He Ci has also started to like Wen Ruoci a little and doesn't hate her as much anymore?

Even though she didn't want to admit it.

But she was able to get close to He Ci because of her face that looked 30% like Wen Ruoci.

Once the real owner returns, she will be left with nothing...

She couldn't accept the thought that this might happen.

(End of this chapter)