In the living room, the "Mr. and Mrs. William" with blond hair and blue eyes were sitting on the sofa, elegantly sipping tea. Sister Gu was carefully attending to them beside.
"Master, Mistress, you're back."
Seeing Shen Jianyi and Lu Jinsheng, Sister Gu greeted them and whispered to Shen Jianyi, "Your parents came half an hour ago. They said they had something to talk to you about."
"Got it."
She gave a faint smile and then fixed her gaze on Mr. and Mrs. William.
She had long guessed that Vivian and Sam would find an excuse to come to the Lu family to check things out. She didn't expect them to come a few days later than she had anticipated.
It seemed that Sam had been seriously injured before.
Lu Jinsheng also knew that these two people were not Mr. and Mrs. William at all, but Sam and Vivian in disguise.
The atmosphere in the living room suddenly turned cold.
"Sister Gu, go down first. Don't let any outsiders in."
Lu Jinsheng ordered in a deep voice.
After Sister Gu left, he took the lead to sit opposite the two of them, crossing his long legs.
He patted the empty seat beside him. "Yiyi, come here."
Lu Jinsheng's voice was deep, with a magic that could soothe people's hearts.
Hearing his voice, Shen Jianyi inexplicably felt a sense of peace.
She walked over and sat beside him. She also crossed her legs like him, and her bright eyes with upturned tails stared coldly at the two people in front of her.
Former companions had now become opponents facing each other head - on.
This delicate atmosphere made all three of them feel a bit at a loss.
Remembering what the professor had told her, Vivian was the first to speak.
"A, I'm very disappointed in what you've done."
Her tone was soft. Different from her usual charm, there was a bit of sadness in it.
"I didn't do it."
Shen Jianyi repeated indifferently. "I have no private contact with Xu Wenji."
"So you mean Xu Wenji sacrificed his own life to frame you?"
Sam suddenly got excited. With the human - skin mask on his face, he looked a bit hideous.
"What do you mean?"
Shen Jianyi was stunned for a moment.
"Xu Wenji is dead."
Vivian said calmly.
"..."
Shen Jianyi was a bit shocked. Her hand on the side unconsciously tightened.
Didn't Xia Liang say that Xu Wenji had passed the critical period? How could he suddenly die?
Xia Liang definitely wouldn't lie to her. Unless something else had happened to Xu Wenji later.
Although she was full of doubts, there was no trace of surprise on her face. "I don't know."
"You don't know?"
Sam sneered twice and directly took out his phone and threw it in front of Shen Jianyi.
A video was playing on the phone screen. A woman wearing a black baseball cap and a black casual outfit carefully avoided the camera surveillance and entered the ward.
The figure looked very similar to hers. If Shen Jianyi wasn't sure that she hadn't done this, she would almost suspect that it was really herself.
"How do you explain this? A, no matter what, Xu Wenji was our companion. Even if he betrayed the organization, you should have spared his life. Now, in order to cover up your crime, you actually easily killed your own companion!"
Sam accused.
"Humph."
Shen Jianyi sneered and directly pushed the phone back. "Why didn't you mention the word 'companion' when you were trying to kill me?"
"..."
Sam was rendered speechless. After a long while, he mumbled vaguely, "I was just too angry at that time."
Angry?
What a good excuse of being angry.
She had always considered their friendship as companions and had been patient everywhere, but he had always tried to kill her. Now he was telling her it was just because of anger?
Shen Jianyi felt it was both sad and ridiculous.
"I'll say it one more time. This has nothing to do with me. Whether you want to expel me from the organization or do something else, it's up to you."
Now she didn't expect to rely on them to investigate this matter.
For her, now only Lu Jinsheng was someone she could rely on.
"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Xu Wenji deserved what he got. But the professor has ordered that he hopes you can hand over the chip."
"Don't you understand my words?"
Shen Jianyi was a bit annoyed. Her delicate eyebrows were tightly knitted, and there was a flash of impatience in her eyes.
"I've already said that this has nothing to do with me. I'm letting you sit here and talking to you nicely now just because of the time we once fought side by side. If you keep framing me with unfounded charges, don't blame me for being rude."
As soon as the words fell, a short knife was fiercely stabbed into the rosewood tea table. The blade was still trembling, which was enough to show Shen Jianyi's anger.
"Let's go. I've said she won't hand it over."
Sam didn't want to waste any more time.
This woman's temper was notoriously difficult to deal with when they were in the organization. They couldn't persuade Shen Jianyi with just a few words.
"A, don't make the same mistake again."
Vivian still refused to give up and wanted to continue persuading.
Lu Jinsheng had already been impatient.
He stood up. His tall figure brought an inherent sense of oppression. His deep eyes stared coldly at Vivian and Sam.
If he hadn't known that Shen Jianyi wanted to talk to them, he would have had them thrown out directly as soon as they appeared.
"Get out."
He coldly threw out these three words, and the atmosphere in the living room suddenly dropped to freezing point.
Sam's ears twitched, and he looked at the gloomy - faced man in front of him suspiciously.
This voice... Why did it sound a bit familiar?
Vivian knew that Lu Jinsheng was not someone easy to offend. She reluctantly glanced at Shen Jianyi, who looked indifferent, and then stood up.
"Let's go. She won't hand it over."
It was not until Vivian and Sam left that the tension on Shen Jianyi's face finally disappeared.
She seemed extremely tired and slumped softly on the sofa. Her hair slightly covered her side face, showing a kind of vulnerable beauty.
"Tired?"
Lu Jinsheng gently brushed away the scattered hair for her and asked tenderly, showing no trace of the previous coldness.
"Lu Jinsheng."
She murmured in a low voice, gently hooking his little finger with her hand. "Why has it become like this?"
She clearly just wanted to find out the whereabouts of Vetin and the chip. Why had she ended up getting involved in this matter in the end?
Why did Xu Wenji die inexplicably? Who was that woman in the hospital? And who was the current seller of the chip?
All these things were mixed together. For the first time, Shen Jianyi felt a severe headache.
These things seemed to be deliberately targeting her, and now she didn't have a single clue.
This feeling of being out of control made her feel a bit panicked.
"Don't think about it."
Lu Jinsheng sat down beside her. Looking at her rarely - shown vulnerable appearance, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
"I'm here."
He didn't know what to say to comfort her. He could only console her in this simple and powerless way.
Shen Jianyi turned over. She was in a daze for a moment and soon regained her energy.
She had never been someone who would let others worry about her.
She had learned to adjust her emotions when she was very young.