jdhmnovel Chapter 289 You actually hit a woman, are you even a man?
Chapter 289 You actually hit a woman, are you even a man?
Looking at Zhu Ziqing's shy expression, Tan Haoyu laughed heartily: "Silly girl." He had already endured more than three years of waiting, so he didn't mind waiting a little longer. He was willing to wait until Zhu Ziqing remembered the past and truly accepted him.
Seeing Tan Haoyu's smile, Zhu Ziqing's face turned even redder. Had she been overthinking things, and Tan Haoyu simply wanted to keep her company? Thinking about her impure thoughts just now, Zhu Ziqing wished she could disappear into the ground, even wanting to "beat Tan Haoyu into a pig's head" to cover her embarrassment.
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In the garden of Jiayuan, Zhu Ziqing was blushing, thinking about how to "beat Tan Haoyu into a pig's head." Meanwhile, in a hospital ward on the other side of the city, Tan Xiaoxuan had truly been beaten into a "fat woman." Looking at her swollen face, almost unrecognizable in the mirror, she felt a burning rage in her chest.
As an actress, Tan Xiaoxuan relies on her looks for a living, and now that her face is so swollen, it's a devastating blow to her. She believes Liu Zhidong is solely responsible for all of this.
"Liu Zhidong, you just wait!" Tan Xiaoxuan gritted her teeth and slammed her fist on the table. Liu Zhidong had previously ignored her calls, which had pushed Tan Xiaoxuan to her breaking point. She turned to her driver, Zheng Xiaokun, and ordered, "Drive! To the military region. I need to find Liu Zhidong and get to the bottom of this!"
The car sped towards the military region, but upon arrival, they discovered that Liu Zhidong was nowhere to be found. After some inquiries, they learned that he had gone to a live-fire training ground and was personally training special forces soldiers, and wouldn't be back for some time.
"No, I must see him before I join the film crew!" Tan Xiaoxuan's gaze was firm as she resolutely decided to sneak into the combat training ground.
The training ground was heavily guarded, and Tan Xiaoxuan cautiously sneaked in. But as soon as she entered, she stumbled upon a long-range shooting exercise; a bullet grazed her clothes, making her turn pale with fright. Before she could recover, Liu Zhidong's men appeared like ghosts, surrounding her.
"You trespassed into a military restricted area. Do you know the consequences?" Liu Zhidong appeared out of nowhere and coldly accused Tan Xiaoxuan of a crime.
Tan Xiaoxuan was so angry that her face turned red. She lunged at Liu Zhidong, baring her teeth and claws, shouting, "Liu Zhidong, if you've got the guts, fight me one-on-one!" However, before she could even touch Liu Zhidong, she was grabbed tightly by his men.
Liu Zhidong smirked, his tone dismissive: "Want to fight? Fine, let my men play with you."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Liu Zhidong's men swarmed forward, turning what was originally a one-on-one fight into a brawl. Although Tan Xiaoxuan fought back fiercely, she was outnumbered and quickly ended up with a bruised and swollen face, lying on the ground unable to move, looking like a pig that had been beaten up.
In the hospital ward, Tan Xiaoxuan lay on the bed, looking at her disheveled reflection in the mirror, and anger surged within her once more. She yanked the needle out of her hand and slammed the IV bag against the wall: "Liu Zhidong, don't let me see you again, or I'll make you a eunuch!"
Just then, the ward door creaked open, and Liu Zhidong, dressed in a crisp military uniform and shiny military boots, appeared before Tan Xiaoxuan.
"Liu Zhidong!" Tan Xiaoxuan's eyes were bloodshot. She grabbed a cup from the table and threw it at Liu Zhidong. Liu Zhidong didn't dodge. The scalding water splashed on him, and the cup hit him hard in the chest.
"Why didn't you dodge?" Tan Xiaoxuan demanded hoarsely, her anger burning even brighter.
Liu Zhidong remained silent, which only fueled Tan Xiaoxuan's anger. She jumped off the hospital bed and threw whatever she could grab at Liu Zhidong.
Liu Zhidong remained standing in place, not dodging, letting the objects fall on him.
Like a wild animal out of control, Tan Xiaoxuan threw everything she could grab at Liu Zhidong. After venting her anger, she was exhausted and collapsed to the ground.
Liu Zhidong frowned, strode over to her, picked her up, and threw her onto the hospital bed like a sack of potatoes. Then, with two loud slaps, Liu Zhidong struck Tan Xiaoxuan's buttocks hard, the force seemingly enough to tear her apart.
"Ah!" Tan Xiaoxuan screamed in pain, gritting her teeth in anger, kicking and thrashing her legs as she angrily demanded, "Liu Zhidong, how could you hit a woman! Are you even a man?"
Liu Zhidong crossed his arms and looked at her coldly, his voice like the north wind in winter: "Tan Xiaoxuan, your life is your own. If you die, no one will care."
"Nonsense!" Tan Xiaoxuan glared at him angrily and shouted, "If I died, Grandpa, Mom and Dad, my brother and Xiao Qingqing would all feel sorry for me. Unlike you, all alone!"
Liu Zhidong's eyes narrowed, and he sneered, "I thought you didn't know, but it turns out you know so many people are worried about you."
“Yesterday, I led a group of people to practice long-range shooting.” Liu Zhidong paused, his voice growing colder, “And you, you appeared behind the target like a ghost. If I hadn’t made them stop shooting in time, you’d be dead by now!”
"You're just a fearless wild girl, you need to be taught a lesson!" Liu Zhidong stepped forward, his eyes blazing. "You have no idea how dangerous this world is, how treacherous people can be!"
As Tan Xiaoxuan listened to Liu Zhidong's tirade, her pent-up grievances and anger erupted like a volcano. She suddenly looked up, staring directly into Liu Zhidong's eyes, and asked, word by word, "Liu Zhidong, if I died, would you be sad?"
Liu Zhidong answered without hesitation, "No." In reality, what he was thinking was: I will never let you die. I will protect you with my life and hope that you will grow up and become sensible soon.
Tan Xiaoxuan seemed to have forgotten the pain of being hit, her face full of provocation: "Liu Zhidong, try saying that again? If you dare to say that again, I'll cripple you!"
“Even if you make me say it ten times, the answer will still be the same—no!” Liu Zhidong’s gaze was firm, showing no sign of backing down.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Liu Zhidong pressed Tan Xiaoxuan down onto the hospital bed, his tone carrying an undeniable authority: "Tan Xiaoxuan, if you don't want to get better, then go ahead and make a scene, go ahead and pull out the needles and smash the IV drips. The military hospital may not have much else, but it has plenty of medicine. If you run out, I'll have someone send more!"
Tan Xiaoxuan trembled with anger, rubbing her eyes hard as she thought to herself, "There must be something wrong with my eyes. How could I have fallen for that scoundrel Liu Zhidong!"
"You're a scoundrel, a bastard, a hooligan!" Tan Xiaoxuan glared angrily and shouted, "You're nothing like the managers of the Pengcheng Military Region! You usually look respectable and handsome in your uniform, but your heart is rotten to the core, so rotten that you have no friends!"
"I'm kind and good-hearted. I only took pity on you because I saw you had no one to care for you or love you. I never expected that you, you filthy bastard, would be so ungrateful!"
Tan Xiaoxuan glared at Liu Zhidong and ordered through gritted teeth, "Quickly call a nurse to reapply the medicine to me! If my face doesn't recover and I can't act, you'll support me for the rest of my life!"