She was soaked to the skin, her clothes clinging tightly to her body. She swayed in the cold wind, and water was still dripping down.
Due to the struggle just now and the current shock, the effect of the drug seemed to have mostly worn off, and she suddenly came to her senses.
Yan Xia clutched her phone in her hand.
She hadn't hung up on Fang Jiangyi's call. Hearing the commotion on the other end of the phone, Fang Jiangyi couldn't help but ask tentatively.
"Lu Sheng, are you okay?"
Yan Xia looked up at the window. Her gaze was extremely fierce.
She remained calm and said, "I'm okay. I'm hanging outside the window of a room on about... "
She roughly estimated, "the middle floor of the tenth floor."
Fang Jiangyi said, "I'll come right away."
Wang Keding was so shocked by what he had just seen that his soul almost left his body. He just wanted to have some fun. If he really killed someone, he might not be able to get away so easily.
Just as he was about to step forward to check, there was a rapid knock on the door. Someone outside shouted.
"Open the door! Open the door quickly, everyone inside!"
Seeing that something was wrong, Wang Keding rushed forward to close the window. He straightened his clothes as he walked out. After buttoning up his shirt, he finally opened the door.
There were several policemen standing at the door. When they saw him, they saluted him instead and explained, "Sorry to bother you, Director Wang. Someone reported that there was an improper relationship between a man and a woman here. We're just doing our routine work."
The policemen entered the room and began to search everywhere.
Behind them was Wen Liang. It was a luxurious suite with a huge space. Since entering the room, Wen Liang had been coldly watching the commotion in the room. Wang Keding, on the other hand, was very calm and let everyone search. Generally speaking, they would give him some face during routine inspections, and the matter would be over after a cursory check.
Yan Xia hung in mid - air, terrified, tightly clutching the curtain strips in her hand. Her chest heaved rapidly due to fear.
Unexpectedly, the people in the room on the floor below hadn't drawn the curtains. A man and a woman were naked in the bathtub, entangled with each other. Suddenly seeing a person hanging outside the dark window, the woman who was enjoying herself was greatly startled and let out a scream.
Hearing the scream, which seemed to come from the direction of the bathroom, Wen Liang was the first to run towards the bathroom.
But he only saw a puddle of water in the bathroom. Seeing that there were no curtains on the window, he opened the window and looked out. He saw Yan Xia hanging in mid - air, on the verge of falling, and couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.
"Miss Lu..."
The policemen who heard the commotion also rushed over. Everyone was in a hurry to save the person.
On the other side, Fang Jiangyi led the hotel staff to directly swipe the room card and enter the room. He rushed straight towards the window.
The two entangled men and women were still in a state of shock. They climbed out of the bathtub and just wrapped themselves in bathrobes. Then they saw someone break into the room, which scared them even more.
The man tied his bathrobe belt as he questioned the hotel staff, "What's wrong with your hotel? There's actually a person hanging outside the bathroom window. It's so scary. If you scare us into having a heart attack, can you afford to compensate?"
The hotel staff immediately came to their senses and pointed the way for Fang Jiangyi, "Mr. Fang, the bathroom is over there."
Fang Jiangyi strode towards the bathroom. Outside the window, Yan Xia was still waiting for rescue.
"Lu Sheng." He called out to her urgently and softly. He directly opened the window, stepped onto the windowsill, and reached out his hand to her.
"Try to let go of the belt. Untie it and jump over. I'll catch you."
The distance between them was already very close.
Yan Xia's face had turned extremely pale. Her hands and feet were hot, and there was a slight ringing in her ears.
"Fang Jiangyi." She looked at him, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes. "Are you sure you'll catch me?"
He didn't say whether he was sure or not. He just leaned forward and grabbed her cold hand.
"Come here."
The two of them were at the window. Fang Jiangyi didn't take any protective measures. The hotel staff's eyelids twitched nervously, and they hurriedly shouted, "Mr. Fang, please come down. It's too dangerous without any protective measures. We'll call someone to get the tools and come right away."
Fang Jiangyi didn't respond.
Yan Xia held his hand, and with her other hand, she tentatively untied the cloth belt around her waist.
He held her hand and let it sway in the air. He pushed her out a bit, using the inertia of the back - and - forth sway. At the moment when she threw herself at him, he hugged her tightly into his arms and fell backward...
With a thud, the two of them fell to the ground together.
Fang Jiangyi protected Yan Xia in his arms and took the impact for her. Obviously, he was the one who was hurt more.
She threw herself into his arms, her lower body wedged between his legs. The position was rather ambiguous.
Fang Jiangyi turned his head and asked her, "How do you feel now?"
Yan Xia was a little trembling. She hugged his waist tightly and refused to let go, as if she was adjusting her emotions. Finally, the two of them got up with the help of the hotel staff.
She said tiredly, "I want to take a bath and change my clothes."
Fang Jiangyi looked at her for a while. Finally, he asked, "How are you going to thank me?"
Yan Xia also glanced at him and sneered.
She thought Fang Jiangyi had changed. Otherwise, why would he be so kind as to come and save her? It turned out that he still had an ulterior motive.
She limply wrapped her arms around his neck. Her eyes were a bit red.
"I'll definitely find a way to help you get the Xinghaiwan project. Is that enough?"
Fang Jiangyi's gaze lingered on her face, analyzing the credibility of her words at this moment.
"Don't regret it once you've promised."
Yan Xia didn't say anything more. She leaned her head on his chest and said, "Then could you please take me away from here first, Mr. Fang?"
When Fang Jiangyi carried Yan Xia out of the suite, the policemen and Wen Liang were already waiting at the door.
Wen Liang glanced at Yan Xia, whose face was buried in Fang Jiangyi's arms and who was wrapped in a suit jacket. He secretly speculated what had happened before he arrived.
"Miss Lu, are you okay?"
Yan Xia didn't say a word.
Fang Jiangyi had a cold expression on his face. "She's tired."
A policeman stepped forward and said, "Miss Lu, we have some questions for you. We hope you'll cooperate with our investigation. Did you jump from the window on the eleventh floor just now?"
Yan Xia closed her eyes and said sharply, "It was all a misunderstanding. Director Wang seemed to have gone to the wrong room when he was drunk. He lost his composure after drinking and mistook me for someone else. Nothing happened."
If she said that Wang Keding had attempted rape, it would be difficult to get the approval for the land - reclamation project from him.
If she didn't expose him and gave him some face, she could use this as a handle to control him.
She knew well that only by being patient could she get what she wanted.
Fang Jiangyi looked down at her in surprise.
The policeman was also very surprised. He glanced at the informant, Wen Liang, and said, "Then..."
"I've said nothing happened. I'm tired and can't cooperate with you." Yan Xia was very impatient.
Fang Jiangyi took Yan Xia to another room to rest.
Wen Liang stood there all the time. After dealing with the policemen, he called Lu Qianzhou to report the situation.
"Mr. Lu, we called the police as planned to give Wang Keding a warning. But Miss Lu didn't expose him. Instead, she protected him in front of the policemen."