Hearing that familiar voice makes Mo Ning relax completely in Shen Mucheng's embrace. His voice seemed to have a calming effect that calmed her nerves and brought her back from whatever land her mind was stuck in.
Shen Mucheng let out a sigh of relief after feeling her completely relax. After his own initial wave of panic had subsided, she surveyed her body the best he could from their current position. Apart from her hands that was neatly bandaged, every other part of her body was intact with no injury or bruise in sight.
Finally in a familiar and comforting embrace, Mo Ning could no longer suppress her emotions.
" Mucheng... " She called out softly her voice breaking at the end partly due to breathlessness and another part being that she didn't know what to say.
What could she even say?
Since the first time she met him, he seemed to always be around at her worst moments and today was not any different.
" Come, I'll take you home, but you have to go to your mom's place. " He said after hearing her voice. Although she wasn't crying, he knew that she wasn't exactly in the right frame of mind to be left alone.
" No. If I go there, she'll detect that something's wrong. I'd rather go to my apartment. " She said, her voice muffled because her head was still buried in his chest. She was strongly against the idea of going home in her present state because she knew better than anyone that her mom was like a walking lie detector regarding matters related to her.
If by accident she returned home at this time, she would definitely be subjected to a round of interrogation and by then, even her profession as an actress wouldn't be able to come in handy.
Even though her mom respected her decisions and left her to her own devices most of the time, she was a pain in the ass whenever she wanted to be.
" You have to go there or you let your assistant stay with you over at your apartment. " Shen Mucheng argued not giving up on his stand that she wasn't stable enough to be left alone.
Seeing how insistent he was, Mo Ning decided to compromise and let her assistant stay over at her apartment for the night.
After deciding, Shen Mucheng handed his car keys to Mo Ning and asked her to wait for him in the car. Supported by her assistant, they both left the dressing room.
The only people left behind was Shen Mucheng and Director Feng. After clenching and unclenching his fists for a while, Shen Mucheng finally relaxed a bit.
" Thanks for taking care of Xiao Ning Mr Feng."
" No need for thanks. This whole thing happened during my shoot in the first place. "
" Yeah you're right. I trust you'll get to the bottom of this incident. I don't want to butt into the issues in your crew but if someone harms her again while she is still working with the crew, or if I don't get a proper explanation for what happened today, I'll handle things on my own and it won't be a pleasant experience for whoever is involved. "
" Rest assured, I'll get to the bottom of this. " Director Feng said trying to control his breathing. He couldn't tell if it was his imagination or if he had just been threatened indirectly and he couldn't deny that he was indeed intimidated by this young man who was currently giving off the vibe of a mafia boss as compared to his graceful self when he first met him.
Sigh! What was the world turning into!
Despite his inner thoughts, Director Feng felt that the man before him wasn't someone he could afford to offend.