The accusing voices made Shen Jianyi's face turn deathly pale.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Shen Jianyi stared fixedly at Xu Wenji.
Xu Wenji coughed, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. Pointing at Shen Jianyi, his palm was stained with fresh blood.
"Nonsense? Do you think I'd use my own life to frame you?!"
"You—"
"Enough!" Zhou Sang scolded in a deep voice.
He abandoned his usual gentle and refined demeanor and stared straight at Shen Jianyi with a look in his eyes that was extremely unfamiliar to her.
"A, I never expected that you would be the mastermind behind this. No wonder you refused to let the others in the team come with you. It turns out you were hiding such a dirty secret. Fortunately, Xu Wenji knew you might try to harm him and informed us in advance. Otherwise, we'd still be kept in the dark."
As he spoke, the professor's face showed extreme disappointment. "I trusted you so much and entrusted everything to you. Tell me, did you betray us for Lu Jinsheng and the Lu family?!"
"I didn't do this," Shen Jianyi explained stiffly.
"I..."
Xia Liang's face was full of anxiety. She subconsciously wanted to defend Shen Jianyi but was silently stopped by Shen Jianyi's look.
"You didn't do it? A, Vivian and I witnessed your deep affection for Lu Jinsheng. You were even willing to abandon our team for him. What's a single chip?" Sam said sarcastically.
Shen Jianyi instinctively felt something was wrong, but the current situation didn't allow her to think too much.
"Arrest her and take her back," Zhou Sang said, his face grim as he didn't want to waste any more words.
Upon receiving the order, Sam immediately stepped forward, cracking his knuckles. His green eyes were now filled with a hint of coldness.
They were once partners, but now they were on opposite sides. They didn't trust her.
Realizing this, Shen Jianyi's heart gradually grew cold. She tightened her grip on the dagger still stained with Xu Wenji's blood and walked straight up to Sam.
"You're no match for me." Not only Sam, but even if Vivian joined in, they still wouldn't be her match.
Sam was infuriated and glared at Shen Jianyi resentfully. "How do you know if we haven't fought yet?"
Shen Jianyi ignored him and looked coldly at Zhou Sang.
"I've said it. I didn't do this—"
Before she could finish, a palm wind came at her face. Ignored, Sam flew into a rage and lunged at Shen Jianyi with his fists, putting all his strength into each punch.
Shen Jianyi didn't attack but only defended. However, Sam clung to her relentlessly, pressing on with each move as if he wouldn't stop until he forced Shen Jianyi to fight back.
"Bang!" Sam's fist landed heavily on Shen Jianyi's rib. Her body staggered backward a few steps, and she barely managed to steady herself. The pain from her rib made her inhale sharply.
Sam was really going all out. Shen Jianyi's face turned cold. She tightened her fist, and her cold eyes met Sam's across the space.
"I'll emphasize again. I didn't do this. Instead of wasting time here arguing, it'd be better to wake up Xu Wenji and get to the bottom of it."
"You betrayed us," Sam was convinced that Shen Jianyi had betrayed the team.
He walked step by step towards Shen Jianyi, his eyes filled with a faint killing intent. Realizing the danger, Shen Jianyi quickly surveyed the terrain and finally fixed her gaze on the broken window on the right.
The moment Sam launched an attack on her, she quickly darted to the right and flipped out of the broken window. Without pausing, she ran straight to the black sedan parked at the door, started the engine, and stepped on the gas, leaving the seaside.
There must be something fishy about this. Why did Xu Wenji drag her into this?
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't come up with an answer. The pain in her rib was becoming more and more intense. Shen Jianyi bit her lip tightly. She glanced at the rear - view mirror and saw Sam driving after her closely.
"A, let me see how good you are," Sam's eyes were alight with excitement as he stomped on the gas.
"Childish tricks," Shen Jianyi took her eyes off the rear - view mirror, stepped on the accelerator again, and the sedan shot out like an arrow from a bow. In no time, she left Sam far behind.
Meanwhile, Lu Jinsheng was looking at his watch restlessly. It was already past twelve o'clock. Why hadn't Yiyi come back yet?
Just as he was thinking, the door of the villa was suddenly pushed open. Sister Gu and Uncle Li were startled. They looked towards the door and found that it was Shen Jianyi who had barged in.
She was covering her rib with her hand, and her face was deathly pale. It seemed as if she would fall to the ground at any moment.
"Madam!" Sister Gu's startled scream caught Lu Jinsheng's attention.
He quickly walked out of the bedroom. Seeing Shen Jianyi's pale face, his heart suddenly tightened.
"Yiyi." He strode up to Shen Jianyi and took over from Sister Gu to support her.
"Call a doctor."
Shen Jianyi endured the pain and pretended to be calm. Sam really didn't hold back. She guessed that her rib must be broken.
"Call a doctor," Lu Jinsheng said coldly.
Sister Gu quickly ran to make the call. Lu Jinsheng picked Shen Jianyi up in his arms and walked quickly into the bedroom, laying her on the bed.
"Hiss—" As he moved, he accidentally touched her wound, and Shen Jianyi inhaled sharply.
At this moment, her face was as pale as paper, and there were fine beads of cold sweat on her forehead. Her hand was also scratched by glass shards when she flipped out of the window, leaving several bloodstains. She looked extremely disheveled.
What on earth had happened to her? She was fine when she went out! Why didn't he send someone to follow her!
Lu Jinsheng felt extremely guilty. He held Shen Jianyi's hand, silently giving her strength.
"Yiyi, the doctor will be here soon," he said hoarsely, and kissed the wound on the back of her hand.
"It's okay. It's just a broken rib," Shen Jianyi said weakly.
She didn't even dare to breathe deeply now. The slightest exertion would cause the wound to throb painfully. Fortunately, the doctor came quickly.
After a flurry of activity, Shen Jianyi was transferred from the bedroom to the Lu family's private ward. After another chaotic scramble, they finally managed to immobilize her wound.
With Lu Jinsheng by her side, Shen Jianyi finally relaxed the tense string in her heart. Sleepiness washed over her. She tightly held Lu Jinsheng's hand and fell into a drowsy sleep.
Looking at her pale and vulnerable sleeping face, Lu Jinsheng's anger could no longer be suppressed. He gently let go of Shen Jianyi's hand, tucked the quilt around her, and then strode out of the ward.
"Go and find out who the young madam met today," he said in a deep voice.
Mo Yun also knew that something had happened to the young madam. Seeing Lu Jinsheng's towering anger, he didn't dare to delay and immediately set out to investigate.