0p0 Chapter 509 Faraway
Chapter 509 Faraway
"Wait." Sheng Nanting suddenly called her and tapped his fingers on the table, "You want to go too."
Lu Yining paused, then nodded, "I understand."
Lunch was scheduled in the luxurious private room of the Yueting Hotel. Xu Shengli and Zhang Xiumin were already waiting there. Lu Yining opened the door and followed Sheng Nanting in. Seeing the two of them, the Xu couple's expressions were a little complicated.
"Fourth Uncle, please come in." Xu Shengli had a smile on his face, although it was a little forced.
Sheng Nanting nodded calmly and walked to the table to sit down. Lu Yining sat next to him, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
As the dishes arrived one by one, Zhang Xiumin started to find topics to talk about, trying to ease the atmosphere. "The new dishes in this restaurant today are pretty good. Would you like to try them?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a waiter came in, carrying a large plate of seafood. The people around looked at the dishes on the table and couldn't help but talk about it.
"Look at how rich the Xu family is! I wonder how much this meal must have cost!"
"Yeah, her daughter has such a good relationship with President Sheng. It's really enviable."
Lu Yining lowered his head and whispered to Sheng Nanting, "They seem to be going a bit too far..."
"Don't worry about it," Sheng Nanting replied in a low voice, his tone calm but revealing an unquestionable power.
Xu Shengli coughed and looked at Sheng Nanting, "Fourth brother, I invited you to this banquet because I wanted to have a good talk with you. About Xiao Mu..."
Sheng Nanting glanced at him coldly, "What do you want?"
Zhang Xiumin quickly interrupted, "We don't have any other intentions. We just hope you can be flexible and let Xiao Mu out. After all, he is young and naive."
Sheng Nanting's eyes grew colder, as if he could see through the thoughts of those in front of him. Lu Yining, standing by, also became increasingly nervous.
"I have my own judgment and don't need anyone's advice."
At that moment, a sudden commotion erupted outside. A young man rushed in, sweating profusely and looking terrified. "Dad, Mom, this is bad! The police are here. They say they're taking...all of us away for questioning."
The room instantly fell into a dead silence. Zhang Xiumin suddenly stood up from her seat, almost collapsing to the ground. "How could this happen? What on earth happened?"
Sheng Nanting slowly put down his chopsticks and sneered at the Xu family, "Are you anxious now? When you did all these things, did you ever think about this day?"
Xu Shengli's face was pale, and his hands were shaking. He turned to look at Sheng Nanting, and his voice was almost crying, "Fourth brother, please save us, please."
Zhang Xiumin also knelt down, tears streaming down her face, "Yining, please try to persuade Fourth Uncle too!"
Lu Yining bit her lip and looked at the man beside her, only to see that Sheng Nanting's face was still calm, without any fluctuation in his eyes.
She said softly: "Fourth Uncle, they are your parents after all, can you give them a chance?"
Sheng Nanting did not answer immediately, but just looked at her quietly, and the coldness in his eyes seemed to ease a little.
In this awkward and tense atmosphere, the noise outside the door became louder and louder, as if someone was walking towards here.
"What should we do?" Xu Shengli almost begged.
Sheng Nanting finally stood up and said calmly, "Everything must be done according to the rules. However, I can give you another chance to choose - either cooperate with the police honestly and tell the whole truth; or face everything that is about to happen on your own."
After saying that, he nodded towards Lu Yining and said, "Let's go. No need to say anything more."
The two walked out together, leaving only the Xu family's dull and hopeless eyes. As they walked out of the box door, bursts of sobbing and chaotic footsteps came from behind them.
As they walked out of the hotel, the sound of police sirens still echoed in the air. Standing at the door, Lu Yining looked at the flashing police lights, feeling confused.
"Fourth Uncle, do you think this is the right thing to do?" she asked in a low voice.
Sheng Nanting glanced at the night sky, his deep eyes filled with unspeakable emotions. "In this world, some mistakes must be paid for."
"But they are my parents." There was a barely perceptible tremor in Lu Yining's voice.
"Yining, remember, sometimes it's not difficult to distinguish right from wrong, but the most difficult thing is whether you can uphold the justice in your heart."
The two figures gradually walked away in the night, and the banquet was ultimately left with only silent noise and chaos.
After leaving the Yueting Hotel, Lu Yining's heart was still restless. She looked back at the flashing police lights and the chaotic crowd, feeling a little dazed. She knew that her and Sheng Nanting's departure meant that the Xu family would face an unprecedented storm.
"Fourth Uncle, do you really think this is fair to them?" she asked in a low voice, with a hint of uneasiness in her voice.
Sheng Nanting didn't answer immediately. Instead, he walked silently down the night-shrouded street, his figure stretched long beneath the streetlights. After a moment, he spoke, "The world isn't always fair. Everyone's choices have consequences, and no one can escape them."
"But..." Lu Yining wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start. She knew that Sheng Nanting was right, but she still found it hard to accept.
The two continued walking forward, and the night scene around them seemed particularly quiet. In the distance, a group of people were talking, and one of them seemed to recognize Sheng Nanting, which immediately attracted the attention of the people around them.
"Oh my God, isn't that President Sheng? Why is he here?"
"Yeah, I heard that he just came out of the Xu family's banquet. Something seemed to have happened there."
"What?! Could it be...that something is wrong with the Xu family?"
The discussion grew louder, and some people started taking out their phones to take pictures. Sheng Nanting just glanced at them calmly and quickened his pace.
"Look, who is that girl? Is she the rising star who's been very popular recently, Lu Yining?"
"It's her, I know her! She's actually with President Sheng! What's going on?"
Passersby cast curious and surprised glances at him, and some brave ones even started following behind to find out what was going on. Lu Yining felt the pressure from the surroundings, and she followed Sheng Nanting closely, fearing that she would be drowned by the crowd.
"Fourth Uncle, where are we going now?" Lu Yining looked up at the tall skyscrapers and suddenly felt a little confused.
"To a safe place." Sheng Nanting's answer was simple but firm. He stopped a taxi and motioned Lu Yining to get in first. After they were both seated, he said to the driver, "To Shengshi Group."
The car drove slowly in the night, and Lu Yining's heart gradually settled down. There was only the slight sound of the engine and the whistling of the wind outside the window, as if the whole world had become distant.