She had known Rong Mo ever since her third year in senior high. The two of them could barely be considered cla.s.smates, they were more like desk mates instead.
The reason why it was considered barely was because Rong Mo had only attended the senior high in her hometown due to a special reason. At that time, Rong Mo had actually already received her university notice for a long time. She was basically just there just to experience the life of a "high school student" before she reached adulthood.
Until now, she couldn"t forget the moment Rong Mo arrived at school in her wheelchair and became the focus of attention.
At that time, she even had a special "bodyguard" by her side.
"That"s right. Then Mr. Nie…." Luo Qingqing suddenly recalled something and asked. "He"s called Z right? Your previous bodyguard?"
Rong Mo was dazed for a moment.
Mr. Nie, Z.
If she hadn"t reacted to the two words in the beginning, then the letter at the end was enough to paralyze her heart in an instant.
"I"ve asked around and heard that he"s the founder of ZM Group. Recently, I heard news that there was another invisible rich man that just came to City C and I a.s.sumed it to be him.
"Is that so?"
Luo Qingqing saw her expression waver for just a moment and felt somewhat surprised. "You and him…"
"I don"t have anything to do with him now…" Rong Mo hung her eyes, her long lashes covered pale color of them. "He"s also not my bodyguard, he never was."
She was only 17 that year.
The first time she saw him was the time he had saved her when she was 16.
Even if it was the first time she had met him, she never would have thought–
Born from a family made of J Country"s special forces and becoming a top cla.s.s bodyguard from the international security group Long Feng Special Defenses, he had previously rescued her from the hands of kidnappers and was now actually also talented in the field of business.
It was no wonder that people called his methods ruthless. He showed no mercy towards anybody and with his means, he was able to achieve even more success than her father in just a few years.
She didn"t know how many secret ident.i.ties he had but what she knew was that, among the ident.i.ties he had, none of them were the least bit related to her.
"Then you…."
Luo Qingqing looked at her with hesitation.
Now that the Rong Family had gotten into trouble and was pushed to the wall by the public. Among the people who had a face of wanting to help the Rong Family, which among them really wanted to secretly take a share of the profit of the Rong Family"s huge property and bask in that bit of advantage and which among them really wanted to genuinely help?
"We don"t have anything tying us together." Rong Mo chuckled and said. "You already know that he rejected me that time.
She was indeed too foolish in the past.
The year he had saved her was just actually an accident. How could that kind of guy be willing to become the bodyguard of a little girl?
Moreover, she was even handicapped.
Even if the people beside her treated her well, she knew deep inside that to them, she would always be a liability.
"But when you went to senior high, wasn"t he always there to protect you?"
After saying these words, Luo Qingqing immediately regretted it, she really had such a loose mouth.
At that time, Rong Mo was only 17. Now that nearly 5 years had pa.s.sed, even if Z really did protect Rong Mo during that period, at the present, they had no business with each other.
"I"ll….I"ll push you out then. The auction"s about to begin."
Rong Mo nodded.
Her expression was calm without any ripples apparent within her gaze.
However, n.o.body knew that her ten fingers were tightly clenched on her arm cushion, It pained until they turned numb.
When the auction started, Rong Mo sat at the very back.
She didn"t have a seat because n.o.body carried her to sit onto one. Luo Qingqing wasn"t strong enough and she couldn"t carry her while wearing a dress. Rong Mo also didn"t just let any stranger a.s.sist her.
Even if she sat at the corner, all the stares seemed to fall on Rong Mo. Some even unbridledly stared at her two legs.
"I heard that people who sit in a wheelchair all the time would eventually have the shape of their legs become deformed."
"Some people may look like an angel but who knew what their legs would turn out looking like."
"It"s really such a pity. Even though her family is in dire straights, she could still rely on her face in any case to make a living but since she has to sit in a wheelchair, even if she wanted to enter the entertainment industry, she can"t."
Luo Qingqing was so furious, her entire face turned red.
These despicable people put on airs but who could imagine how many disgusting thoughts they held in their hearts.
She knew that Rong Mo"s current body and appearance easily provoked a strange kind of fetish within opportunist men. It was the same case in the past, the only difference was that, at present, Rong Mo had n.o.body to protect her by her side.
She stood up wanting to chide the men who joked without knowing restraint but before she could even do so, Rong Mo reached out a hand to hold her in place.
"These people probably don"t even know how many awards you"ve won." Luo Qingqing restrained her anger and talked in a low voice. "And the songs that you wrote. If they were to know of your other name, they definitely wouldn"t speak of such words."
Under the banner of Rong Group, they had several artist managing companies, Luo Qing Qing was among one of those artists.
Rong Mo previously wrote songs for the artists under the company and each of those songs had won an award as a cla.s.sic.
"The Rong Family"s piece of land is going to be auctioned later."
Luo Qingqing could see that Rong Mo was able to pretend not to care about those taunts because what she cared about more right now was the residential piece of land.
However, up until the very end of the auction, that piece of land didn"t appear.
This did not only surprise people, even Rong Mo herself was stunned.
She immediately sent a message to the person responsible and Manager Li who was in charge hurried over. "Miss Rong. Please accept my apologies. I had just received a message that the auction for the Rong Family"s piece of land was cancelled and was late in informing you.
"Why was it cancelled?" Rong Mo frowned. "Was it Rong Xun?"
"N-No, it"s not…."
"Then who is it?"
Manager Lin wiped a bout of cold sweat. "It appears….to be a gentleman called Mr. Nie who called himself ….your bodyguard."
T/N: That"s all for this week~ I don"t have much stacked up so I"ll upload again next week~
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