After Marrying the Cold and Elegant Beauty, I Fell in Love (GL) - Chapter 22.2

The two of them followed the address Yan Huan gave them and arrived at the hotel entrance.

Shen Yuru looked at Han Shuangshuang’s earlobe and rubbed the pad of her own index finger. In the end, she still could not hold back. Using her thumb and index finger, she gently pinched Han Shuangshuang’s earlobe.

Han Shuangshuang was pinched into shivering all over. Covering her earlobe, she subconsciously retreated two steps and looked at Shen Yuru with a guarded face.

There was nothing she could do. Her ears were very sensitive. She had nearly cried out just now.

Shen Yuru’s expression remained normal. She did not show the slightest embarrassment over what she had just done, acting as naturally as if she were teasing a cat or dog. “Didn’t you say I didn’t give you any hard-earned pay? Today, I’ll return it all to you at once.”

Han Shuangshuang blinked her puppy eyes before suddenly understanding what Shen Yuru meant.

Because she had said many bad things about her stepmother and stepsister in front of Shen Yuru, Shen Yuru had not dealt with Long Aodi right away. Instead, she had kept suppressing it, waiting until Long Aodi and Han Ruhua became connected before dealing with both of them together. This counted as returning Han Shuangshuang a favor.

Although Han Shuangshuang was not the original owner and did not really know the matters between the original owner, her stepmother, and her stepsister, she still felt warm inside.

After all, Shen Yuru had truly considered things for her.

Although Shen Yuru seemed cold on the surface, and the words that came out of her mouth were not exactly pleasant, Han Shuangshuang could still genuinely feel her intentions.

This was what it meant to have a cold face but a warm heart, right?

Han Shuangshuang immediately shook her head, tossing out this terrifying thought. Shen Yuru had a bad heart, and her face was cold, so her heart was also cold. She could not so easily trust the great villain.

Han Shuangshuang said, “Sister Shen, did you call the police?”

Shen Yuru nodded, then looked at Han Shuangshuang with the gaze one would use on a little fool. “Of course I can’t personally do that kind of thing. I already had someone report this room. The police will arrive soon.”

So the two returned to the first-floor lobby of the hotel, where dedicated servers prepared high-end desserts for them.

Sure enough, before long, two police officers found that room.

At this moment, Shen Yuru was sitting calmly on a chair, holding a high-end porcelain teacup in her hand and sipping tea in small mouthfuls, still unhurried.

Han Shuangshuang, however, was so anxious she scratched her ears and cheeks. After all, Long Aodi possessed the male lead halo. She did not know whether this matter could really take him down.

Before long, Han Shuangshuang saw Han Ruhua, wrapped in a blanket and crying uncontrollably, as well as Long Aodi, who looked as if he had only just been awakened after being splashed with cold water.

Long Aodi was extremely disheveled. His shirt had already been removed, and his pants were not even properly pulled up before the police dragged him out. As for Han Ruhua, she shrank into the blanket and refused to move.

After Long Aodi woke up, he immediately understood that he had actually been schemed against by Han Ruhua.

“Junior, what is going on? How did we end up lying on the same bed?”

Han Shuangshuang grabbed a handful of melon seeds and began watching the show from the corner.

Han Ruhua was a standard white lotus. This green-tea female lead did not have much of a brain either. She could only look at Long Aodi with tears in her eyes, pitiful and helpless.

“Senior, I really like you. Believe me. I’ll definitely save you and get you out.”

Long Aodi steadied his mind, broke free from the police’s hold, and stood in place.

Han Shuangshuang could not help clicking her tongue twice. As expected of the male lead and the author’s beloved. Even like this, although he was a little disheveled, he was still filled with an insufferably arrogant aura.

Long Aodi said, “We’re boyfriend and girlfriend. It isn’t what you think. Ruhua, hurry and explain to everyone.”

Han Ruhua also wanted to explain, but the Han family moved even faster. Suddenly, several black-clad bodyguards appeared in the first-floor lobby. After saying a few words to the police, they took Han Ruhua away.

Afterward, the police officers’ expressions changed one after another. Then they took out handcuffs and cuffed Long Aodi.

Looking at Long Aodi’s panicked expression, Shen Yuru curved her lips and spoke beside Han Shuangshuang.

“I truly don’t know where Long Aodi got the courage to think Han Ruhua would protect him. The Han family is a major business family and pays extreme attention to reputation. Families like that are all very selfish. They won’t allow anyone to smear them. Besides, Long Aodi is nothing more than an ordinary student. Unless something unexpected happens, Han Ruhua will also have to contribute to the family in the future and enter a marriage alliance. How could the Han family tolerate a penniless poor boy clinging to their edge?”

Han Shuangshuang blinked her puppy eyes and suddenly understood.

That was true. The two of them had been lying in a hotel room with no clear explanation, and they had even been reported. This was hardly something honorable. In order to protect Han Ruhua’s reputation, the Han family would definitely separate Han Ruhua from the matter completely. Long Aodi would have to bear all the consequences.

Moreover, the police took out something else.

“Someone also reported that you purchased prohibited drugs. We need to investigate. Please come with us.”

Long Aodi immediately panicked. He associated it with the thing he had put in Shen Yuru’s drink, but he firmly believed Shen Yuru could not find evidence, so he gritted his teeth and refused to admit it.

“You don’t have evidence. What right do you have to arrest me? I’m a proper college student, and I’m also the student council president. Do you know how much damage this will cause to my reputation? Can you compensate for that?”

At that moment, the sound of leather shoes stepping across the tiles was especially distinct.

Han Shuangshuang followed behind Shen Yuru and walked toward Long Aodi.

Shen Yuru said, “I have evidence.”

After seeing Shen Yuru, Long Aodi’s eyes turned red. He looked as though he wanted to rush forward and tear Shen Yuru apart.

Han Shuangshuang immediately blocked Shen Yuru with her own body. Fierce light appeared in those puppy eyes as she glared viciously at Long Aodi.

The police immediately restrained Long Aodi as well.

Long Aodi roared at Shen Yuru, “You’re talking nonsense! How could you possibly have evidence? Impossible! You’re the shameless one! You had a crush on me, and when you couldn’t get me, you wanted to destroy me, right?”

The moment Han Shuangshuang heard Long Aodi speak of Shen Yuru like that, anger surged up uncontrollably. Both her hands clenched tightly into fists. If Long Aodi said anything else shameless, her fist would definitely land on his face.

Shen Yuru’s expression did not change. She still looked calm and composed, as if Long Aodi had not affected her at all. “These are his purchase records, transaction records, his account, and the kitchen surveillance footage from that time. And I… am the victim.”

Afraid of losing face, the Han family’s bodyguards left hurriedly after taking Han Ruhua away.

Several more black-clad people surged into the lobby. They were hotel security guards Yan Huan had transferred from her own family’s hotel security department, afraid that Han Shuangshuang and Shen Yuru might encounter danger.

Long Aodi had completely panicked. If all of this evidence was verified, he would probably be expelled from school, and his entire life would be ruined.

He had finally managed to walk out of that mountain ditch. He was unwilling to accept this.

He had seen the prosperity of the big city and had been the leader in his own circle for too long. He could no longer tolerate being looked down upon, nor could he bear the posture of humbly begging for a living.

It was all Shen Yuru’s fault. If not for Shen Yuru, he could have risen smoothly and lived the life of high society.

“You shameless filthy bitch! After drinking that thing, didn’t you still find someone to sleep with? What are you pretending to be pure for?” As Long Aodi spoke, he lunged toward Shen Yuru. Fortunately, the bodyguards stopped him, while the police went to the front desk to check the records.

Long Aodi cursed unwillingly, “I looked at you, and that was already giving you face. Otherwise, with that broken body of yours, who would take a liking to you? This Han Shuangshuang? The two of you are both perverts, disgusting, playing around more wildly than anyone…”

Before Long Aodi’s words could finish falling, Han Shuangshuang’s face turned cold. She raised her fist and punched Long Aodi straight in the nose. Her jaw clenched tightly as she used all the strength in her body.

Long Aodi shut his eyes in pain. His nose bridge was smashed, and blood flowed from his nostrils.

“The filthiest and most disgusting person is you!” Han Shuangshuang stared at Long Aodi with a cold, fierce expression. Her fists trembled uncontrollably from anger. “You’re complete scum. You can’t even be called human. You’re full of ambition, you want to ascend to heaven in one step, you want to fly up to the branch and become a phoenix. What? If the branch refuses to support you, you call the branch dead wood? Why don’t you take a piss and look at yourself? Just because others praise you a couple of times, you really think you’re someone important? Shen Yuru is beautiful, excellent at studying, and comes from a good family. She is a perfectly clean and innocent young woman. For you, this is nothing more than a toad staring at a swan. When you can’t eat swan meat, you slander the swan as an ugly duckling and think that’ll bring the two of you closer? Wake up. Look at that ugly face of yours. Can you stop putting that spoiled male-baby mentality in front of everyone to see? Truly disgusting. If you dare say one more word, I’ll make sure you can never turn your life around.”

The ruthlessness in Han Shuangshuang was fully revealed.

The bodyguards beside them hesitated, unsure whether they should hold back Long Aodi or Han Shuangshuang, who was about to go berserk.

Shen Yuru felt the pads of her index finger and thumb itch again. It was as though she needed to be holding something in her hand.

Listening to the words Han Shuangshuang used to refute him on her behalf, Shen Yuru hooked Han Shuangshuang’s pinkie with her index finger.

As if soothing her, she used the pad of her thumb to stroke the side of Han Shuangshuang’s little finger, again and again, gentle and regular, like smoothing the fur of a dog.

After her parents passed away, she knew that in this world, there was no one left to support her. She could only rely on herself.

The voices that slandered her had grown more and more numerous. After hearing them so often, she gradually grew numb.

Because she slowly realized that refuting was useless. That person’s heart had already formed a fixed impression. They would only think what they said was correct and what they saw was true. Arguing with them was no different from wasting time.

But that did not mean she truly would not take those slanderous words to heart.

Han Shuangshuang’s feelings were passionate and open. She really was like a doggo filled with sunlight, as though her entire world only contained her master. Her love was forever sincere, forever biased toward one person.

And right now, Shen Yuru stood at the center of that love.

So this was what it felt like to be protected by someone, to be believed unconditionally.

It truly was… not a bad feeling.

Shen Yuru took a step forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Han Shuangshuang. Those phoenix eyes looked coldly at Long Aodi. “You will pay the price for your insults and slander.”

Long Aodi looked at Shen Yuru and Han Shuangshuang unwillingly, shouting at the police, “Someone hit me just now! My nose bridge is broken! It really hurts! Hurry and arrest them too!”

The security guards lowered their heads one after another, indicating that they had not seen anything.

As for the police, they had just been questioning the front desk and had not noticed Long Aodi’s side either.

The young woman at the front desk wore a gentle smile. Holding a ballpoint pen in her hand, she lifted it and threw it far away, shattering the screen connected to the camera on the wall. “I’m sorry, sir. Our hotel’s camera broke two days ago and hasn’t been repaired yet, so we cannot obtain the surveillance footage from just now. If you have any questions, please contact my manager.”

The police had also heard the things Long Aodi had said, so they did not intend to pursue this. They directly took Long Aodi away. No matter how unwilling Long Aodi was, he could only accept this reality.

Han Shuangshuang spat several times viciously in Long Aodi’s direction to get rid of the bad luck.

But watching Long Aodi be taken away by the police really did feel satisfying. A hypocritical petty person like him deserved retribution.

Han Shuangshuang turned her head to look at Shen Yuru.

Shen Yuru felt that Han Shuangshuang’s expression at this moment was extremely like a doggo asking for benefits after helping its master drive away bad people.

“Sister Shen, don’t worry. No one will bully you again. As long as I’m here!”

As Han Shuangshuang spoke, she even patted her chest. There was no helping it. Inside were chest pads, so there was no bounce.

Shen Yuru noticed the bruising on Han Shuangshuang’s knuckles. It was the mark caused by hitting Long Aodi’s nose bridge hard just now.

Her heart also softened somewhat without realizing it.

Who could bear to refuse a golden retriever wagging its tail, filled with sunlight, silly and smiling at someone?

So Shen Yuru gently held that hand of Han Shuangshuang’s and lifted it before her eyes. She lowered her head slightly, as if she were about to press her lips to Han Shuangshuang’s wound, but Han Shuangshuang pulled her hand away at once.

“It’s dirty. I just hit Long Aodi with it. Let me wipe it first. Sister Shen, don’t rush.”

Just as Han Shuangshuang hurriedly searched her pockets, wanting to find a tissue, her head was suddenly held down. Then Shen Yuru’s face enlarged before her eyes.

Han Shuangshuang’s breath caught. She saw Shen Yuru rise slightly onto her toes, lifting herself up, and then her lips pressed against Han Shuangshuang’s forehead. It was light and itchy, like a feather gently brushing past, leaving only a trace of warmth.

Shen Yuru’s voice was still pleasant, soft and light, carrying a faint fragrance that seemed to exist and not exist, soothing the heart.

“This is the reward you deserve.”

Han Shuangshuang was a little dazed. After coming back to herself, she touched her forehead. Why did it feel like Shen Yuru was coaxing a doggo?

She was not a doggo, she did not fix ditches, and she was not a doggo who did not know how to fix ditches!

Hmph!