The reporters behind her were chasing her closely, and the fear of being blocked by the microphone three years ago and asking her what she thought of Qin Yuhui's incident seemed to be hanging over her again.
But what was different from last time was that there was a hand holding her tightly.
It was as if he was pulling her up from the abyss.
I don’t know how long it took, but I finally got rid of those reporters.
Ruan Chen stopped, looked at the high heels on Xu Wan's feet, and looked around: "Wait for me here."
Just as he was about to let go, Xu Wan subconsciously clenched his fingers.
Ruan Chen's eyebrows moved slightly and his black eyes stared at her.
Xu Wan came to his senses, immediately took his hand back, and responded vaguely: "Okay."
Ruan Chen entered the women's shoe store not far away, came out in less than two minutes, and entered the convenience store next door.
Xu Wan leaned against the wall, always lowering his head.
Soon, Ruan Chen appeared in front of her and led her to sit on the bench next to her. When he was about to squat down and change her shoes, Xu Wan said: "I will do it myself."
She took the shoes from Ruan Chen's hand and bent slightly.
Ruan Chen didn't say anything, he just took off the band-aid and handed it to her.
When Xu Wan was changing her shoes, the bracelet-like strap on her right wrist loosened a little, revealing staggered scars.
Ruan Chen frowned slightly.
The moment Xu Wan put on his shoes and raised his head, he quickly withdrew his gaze.
Xu Wan wore the flat shoes he bought and put the high heels he just wore into the shoe box: "Thank you."
Ruan Chen collected the garbage with band-aids: "Why does Su Mingjing appear with you?"
"...Met him downstairs."
Xu Wan lowered his head, "I rejected him."
Ruan Chen said: "Your method doesn't work."
Xu Wan said nothing.
Ruan Chen stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you home."
Xu Wan refused without thinking: "No, I'll just ask my assistant to pick me up."
Ruan Chen sat down again, looked ahead, and said lightly: "Are you afraid that I will follow you home?"
Xu Wan: "..."
Not because of this.
She was holding her cell phone, but the call hadn't been dialed yet.
Xu Wan said softly: "Don't you have Miss Jin? It's better to keep a little distance from me, lest she misunderstand..."
"Do you think that I really just sent you home that night and didn't do anything else?"
Ruan Chen looked at her slowly, and said with all his might, "Sister."
Now that Xu Wan heard these two words, he reflexively wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
Her breathing was a little thin, and she tried to make a final excuse: "I said I don't remember..."
"Just because you don't remember it doesn't mean it didn't happen."
Xu Wan regretted a little, she shouldn't have come tonight.
Otherwise, how could we bring the topic to this level?
She pursed her lips and said, "I'm drunk, so even if something happens, it doesn't matter."
Ruan Chen laughed, not knowing whether he was laughing at her or what he was laughing at.
After a while, Xu Wan said seriously: "I think Miss Jin is very suitable for you. She matches you in terms of age, appearance, and family background."
"Then will you come when I get married?"
"Come on... come on."
"In what capacity, sister?"
Xu Wan choked again and opened his mouth but no sound came out.
Immediately afterwards, Ruan Chen's voice sounded again, and he said self-deprecatingly: "Family background, how do you think my birth is compatible with hers?"
Xu Wan frowned, thinking of Ruan Jun, the father who left a lingering shadow on him.
She said: "You can't say that. Ruan Jun has no blood relationship with you. Your father is now..."
"So what? Can it change the living environment I grew up in?"
Xu Wan was silent: "Ruan Jun is dead, you should look forward.
Even though he was once your father, what he did has nothing to do with you. You are independent individuals and you should not be affected by him."
Ruan Chen looked at her: "What about you? Are you an independent individual?"
Hearing this, Xu Wan clenched his hands unconsciously and moved his lips, but could not speak.
"I listened to what you persuaded me, so I went to England, but you didn't convince yourself, right?"
Xu Wan looked away in panic: "No...it's different..."
She stood up quickly: "I'm leaving first."
Walking to the roadside, Xu Wan raised his hand to hail a taxi and bent down to get into the taxi.
Ruan Chen looked at her back, raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, and then followed her with high heels.
…
When he got home, Xu Wan closed the door and slowly squatted down against the door panel, raising his hands to wipe the tears that had accumulated on his face for some time.
After a while, her cell phone rang, it was Yan Xiang calling.
Yan Xiang said: "Are you okay?"
Xu Wan took a breath: "It's okay, I'm already home."
Yan Xiang said: "That's good, that's good... No, I have a little question. Did Mr. Lin sign a contract with Jiahe a few years ago and film a variety show with you?
The more I think about him, the more familiar I become."
"It's him."
Yan Xiang slapped his thigh: "I'll just say it, but I remember that his name used to be Ruan Chen, right?
Why did you become Mr. Lin again?"
Xu Wan lowered his head: "His personal affairs."
"Oh, yes, I just asked casually, okay, it's okay, I'm going to take a shower."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Wan tilted his head and leaned against the wall, looking aimlessly into the endless darkness.
Two minutes later, her phone rang several times again.
It was the script sent to her by Assistant Director Yang.
Xu Wan swiped the screen and watched it slowly. The script was about a girl who worked hard in a big city. She was very affectionate with her boyfriend and was planning to get married and buy a house. But one day, she discovered an ugly scene of her boyfriend.
She proposed breaking up, but her boyfriend threatened her with the nude photos he secretly took of her, and threatened that if she dared to break up, the photos would be spread all over the Internet.
But the girl did not give in and always insisted on safeguarding her rights. After she called the police and the police took her boyfriend away, the photo was still leaked by others and became a topic of conversation for everyone, pointing out that this girl does not love herself.
.
The girl also fell into a huge whirlpool of public opinion. No matter where she went, others looked at her with strange eyes and talked about her.
Even so, she never gave up on herself and bravely fought against all injustices, looking for lawyers, looking for the police, looking for victims like her, and looking for the vicious cycle behind this series.
In the end, her boyfriend and a series of people who released the photos were all tried by the law, and she was cleared.
The girl finally couldn't bear it anymore and broke down crying outside the court.
The law restored her innocence, but the world did not.
After Xu Wan finished reading, he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
She replied with a few words to Yang Shan.
Director Yang is right. Since you can't let go by running away, it's better to face it bravely.