The gentle night breeze swept across the mountains, tousling the young girl's silky black hair.
Lu Jinsheng reached out his hand to smooth her hair, neatly arranging the girl's tresses.
The two of them were standing beneath the Ferris wheel. The colorful lights illuminated the young girl's dark, bright eyes.
At this moment, their conversation wasn't going very smoothly.
"Are you going up or not?" Shen Jianyi asked for the third time.
She was somewhat speechless inside.
Lu Jinsheng, who feared nothing and was always in control, was actually afraid of heights! How strange!
"You go. I'll wait for you down here."
Lu Jinsheng gave the same answer, stroking her head helplessly.
Two minutes later, under Shen Jianyi's resentful gaze, Lu Jinsheng finally gave in.
In the dark night sky, the bright stars were twinkling, and the crescent moon hung in the sky. The Ferris wheel slowly rose to the highest level.
Lu Jinsheng sat rigidly in the small cabin, not daring to move.
His thin lips were tightly pursed, and his dark pupils betrayed a hint of nervousness.
Shen Jianyi sat opposite him, her slightly cool hands tightly grasping his.
"Lu Jinsheng, why are you afraid of heights?"
Shen Jianyi asked, breaking the silence.
Lu Jinsheng frowned. It seemed that some unpleasant memories had come to his mind. His face turned pale for a moment.
Not getting a response, Shen Jianyi looked into his eyes and clearly saw her own reflection.
"Lu Jinsheng?"
Her delicate voice pulled him back from the nightmare.
He smiled weakly. "Once my mom was arguing with Lu Ziqian. He pushed her downstairs from the second floor. I tried to grab her and fell with her."
Unexpectedly getting this answer, Shen Jianyi was a bit stunned, and her grip on his hand tightened suddenly.
That old scoundrel.
No wonder when they were on the cruise ship, he showed such a horrified expression when he saw her about to fall.
"Lu Jinsheng, I'm sorry."
Her throat tightened, and she apologized weakly.
She just... simply wanted to help him overcome his fears.
She tightly held his hand, and a sweet smile appeared on her cold face. "You won't fall. I'll protect you from now on."
Lu Jinsheng smiled faintly and held her hand back.
Actually, he wasn't really afraid of heights. It just reminded him of some unpleasant memories from his childhood.
"Actually, I don't really like riding the Ferris wheel either."
Shen Jianyi said to herself.
"Before I separated from my younger sister, my mom took me to ride the Ferris wheel. She was very young at that time and also wanted to go, but she was too small and couldn't ride it."
She blinked her eyelashes, hiding the disappointment in her eyes.
Who could have thought that so many things would happen later? She hadn't even had the chance to take Weiting on a Ferris wheel ride. Now she couldn't even find a single piece of news about her.
"Yiyi."
Lu Jinsheng's finger tickled her palm.
"I've been looking for your sister's whereabouts. She... she might be abroad."
"And then?"
Shen Jianyi asked eagerly, with uncontrollable joy in her eyes.
Lu Jinsheng was a bit reluctant to let her hope be dashed.
"For now, this is all I can find out. I suspect she was adopted by a foreign family. It won't be long before I'm sure to find out where she is."
Shen Jianyi's eyes still dimmed.
Abroad.
When she couldn't find Weiting in the country, she had also tried to search for her abroad.
But after all, it was abroad, and it wasn't that convenient to act. And Weiting had been missing for so many years. Even if she could find a few clues, it would be very difficult to trace them back to find her...
But even so.
She wouldn't give up.
That was her most important younger sister!
No matter what happened to Weiting, she must find her!
Stung by her dimmed eyes, Lu Jinsheng unconsciously moved closer to her and gently kissed her on the eyes.
"Don't worry. I'll help you find her."
He murmured softly, his thin lips moving down to kiss the charming red lips in front of him.
...
They spent the night in the mountain villa.
Early the next morning, Lu Jinsheng drove Shen Jianyi back to school.
As soon as Shen Jianyi stepped into the classroom, she noticed that the looks on people's faces were a bit strange.
"Yo, the rich flower is here. Were you tired last night?"
Tu Nan's malicious laughter came over.
Jian Xiao also sneered and provocatively stared at Shen Jianyi.
Were they looking for trouble again?
Shen Jianyi sneered and ignored them. She pulled out a chair and sat down, put her schoolbag in the desk, and took out a book to read.
"I'm really impressed. You're so thick - skinned. I heard you didn't even take the college entrance examination. I wonder what means you used to get in here."
Tu Nan's voice was still as annoying as ever. As if afraid that Shen Jianyi wouldn't hear, he even raised his voice several octaves.
The classroom fell silent.
Realizing the tension between Shen Jianyi and Tu Nan, the students sitting nearby quietly moved their chairs farther away, afraid of getting involved.
Although they thought Shen Jianyi was likeable, those rumors were so detailed. And Shen Jianyi had suddenly transferred in. If there wasn't something fishy going on, who would believe it?
"Brother Xiao, tell us again -"
With a "bang", a book was directly thrown onto the desk in front of Tu Nan and landed steadily.
Shen Jianyi stood up expressionlessly, her pretty face as cold as ice.
"If you say one more word, try it?"
She didn't go looking for trouble, but it didn't mean she would put up with it when trouble came to her.
There was no such word as "tolerance" in Shen Jianyi's dictionary.
Tu Nan couldn't sit still anymore. He pulled back his chair and suddenly stood up.
The chair legs scraped across the floor, making a harsh sound.
"What are you pretending to be so noble for? Are you afraid of people knowing what you've done?"
The classroom fell into an eerie silence.
Until a voice broke the silence.
"Yiyi, come here."
Everyone's attention was drawn, including Shen Jianyi. They all looked towards the classroom door in unison.
There stood a tall man at the door, wearing a black windbreaker. A hint of anger appeared on his handsome face, and in his hand, he held a women's windbreaker of the same style.
Why did Lu Jinsheng come?
Someone recognized Lu Jinsheng and excitedly whispered to each other.
"Damn, is that Lu Jinsheng?"
"Really! I've seen him on TV. Aah, he's so handsome!"
"Does he know Shen Jianyi? What's their relationship?!"
Shen Jianyi frowned but still pulled back her chair and walked out.
"It's a bit cold. I brought you some clothes."
Lu Jinsheng unfolded the coat in his hand, put it on Shen Jianyi, and then neatly buttoned it up for her.
On his way back to the Lu Corporation, he suddenly saw it was raining outside. Then he thought of the looks the students gave Shen Jianyi. Somehow, he just came here.
He used this clumsy but straightforward way to assert his claim.
But he didn't expect to hear such offensive words.
Tu Nan didn't know that Shen Jianyi had been with Lu Jinsheng last night. When he saw their intimate actions, a malicious thought popped into his mind.
"Mr. Lu, you probably don't know what your little girlfriend did yesterday, do you? She got into a rich man's car."
Jian Xiao was speechless and kicked Tu Nan.
But it was already too late.