Beaten and Learned

"Rongrong, I heard you agreed to tutor Shi Rui yesterday?"

Li Rongrong was lost in thought, staring at her book when her friend, Yu Xiaoyi, approached her with excitement.

"How did it go? Is he nice? Is he especially gentle and considerate? Have you entered the sweet phase yet? It's quite a topic to have two top students tutoring together!" Seeing her silence, Yu Xiaoyi hesitated and asked, "Why aren't you responding? Did your uncle find out again? You're already twenty years old, and you're still being controlled like this? Besides, he's not your biological uncle. Even my mom doesn't control me that way."

Li Rongrong couldn't help but speak up. "My uncle is good to me. Let's not talk about it."

Yu Xiaoyi disagreed. "What do you mean by good? It's not just about providing you with money for school and a place to stay. You had to go home after class and couldn't be outside, and you even couldn't interact with male students. Was that appropriate? Rongrong, what are you thinking?"

Li Rongrong picked up her bag, not saying a word, and headed out. Yu Xiaoyi realized she had said something wrong and hurriedly chased after her. "Rongrong, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those things about your uncle... Wait for me!"

Li Rongrong ignored her and left quickly. When she saw the car waiting to pick her up, she walked over absentmindedly. The bodyguard standing nearby immediately bowed and respectfully opened the car door for her. As soon as she entered the car, she was surprised to see a man sitting in the backseat. "Uncle Lu?"

Inside the car, Lu Qinian leaned lazily against the seat, casually flipping through the documents in his hand. His face hidden in the light was abstinent and mysterious...

"I have nothing to do today, so I came to pick you up. What would you like to eat?" Lu Qinian looked up, his pitch-black eyes gazing at her.

Li Rongrong pursed her lips and hesitantly took a seat beside him. "Anything is fine..." Li Rongrong lowered her head and suddenly bit her lip, gathering her courage to speak up. "Uncle Lu, can I go see my classmate first? I..."

"You may."

She didn't expect Lu Qinian to agree so readily. Hearing his affirmation, she was momentarily stunned.

The car turned a corner and stopped at the city hospital. Before Lu Qinian could exit the car, Li Rongrong anxiously rushed inside.

"Butler Bai, which ward is my classmate in?" As soon as she entered, she spotted Butler Bai and quickly grabbed his arm.

"Miss." Butler Bai led her to a hospital ward.

Li Rongrong opened the door and felt a lump in her throat.

Shi Rui lay on the hospital bed, his face pale. Upon seeing her, he weakly smiled and said, "Classmate Li..."

"How are you?" Li Rongrong choked back her tears.

"It's fine. The wound has been operated on... I was too impulsive. It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself," Shi Rui comforted her.

"I'm sorry!" Li Rongrong had already apologized countless times, but if it hadn't been for her, Shi Rui wouldn't have suffered such an undeserved disaster. She blamed herself endlessly.

After Li Rongrong left, Butler Bai looked at the boy coldly. "As long as you cooperate obediently, Young Master will hire the best doctor to treat you. Your hand can still be saved. But when it comes to Miss, I believe you are a smart person and know what should be said and what should not be said. Do you understand?"

Shi Rui's face turned even paler, and his hands under the blanket trembled. "I understand..."

Li Rongrong had just left the ward when she bumped into a woman. The woman had exquisite makeup and scolded her, "Are you blind!"

Li Rongrong was already holding her breath, and now that she was being scolded, her face turned pale. "You were the one who suddenly ran over! I was going straight!"

"You little b*tch, you have a sharp tongue. Who are you talking to? Do you know who owns this hospital?" The woman was flustered and exasperated. When she saw the man walking over from the corner of her eye, her fierce expression instantly turned into one of grievance! "Young Master Lu, look at this little b*tch. She's charging around..."

However, before the woman could finish her sentence, she was slapped by the bodyguard behind her. She covered her face in disbelief and widened her eyes. "Young Master Lu..."

The bodyguard slapped her a few more times, and the woman's face immediately swelled up. She was slapped so hard that she couldn't speak.

Li Rongrong was a little stunned. She heard Lu Qinian whisper gently into her ear, "Were you hungry?" Before she could react, he brought her into the elevator. The moment the elevator closed, she saw the woman's resentful gaze.

Lu Qinian brought her to a restaurant under the Lu Corporation. They were the only ones in the huge restaurant, but Li Rongrong was already used to it. For the past five years, whenever they went out to eat, Lu Qinian would always clear the area. She knew that he liked peace and quiet. At that moment, his phone rang. Lu Qinian, who had been peeling the prawn shells for her, did not even look up...