Lu Jinsheng's leg wasn't injured to the bone, but he couldn't move easily in the short term.
Shen Jianyi was afraid that Fa Cai wouldn't take good care of him, so she did it herself.
"I said, aren't you being too nervous? With my medical skills, could he end up lame?"
Fa Cai leaned against the kitchen door, arms folded, with a nonchalant smile on his face.
Inside, Shen Jianyi wore a pink apron around her neck. Following an online tutorial, she poured the carrots on the chopping board into the casserole.
Hearing Fa Cai's teasing, she shot him a glare.
"Someone as lonely as you won't understand."
"Ah, alright, alright, I don't understand. But I'd like to ask you, what's it like to go from holding a dagger to holding a kitchen knife?"
Shen Jianyi looked at him like he was an idiot: "They're both knives. Is there a difference?"
"… Forget I asked."
He scratched his nose and left the kitchen.
Shen Jianyi looked at the kitchen knife in her hand.
Only then did she realize that it seemed a bit out of place.
She never thought she'd be holding a kitchen knife one day. If she did, it would be to chase someone with it.
But obviously, she was increasingly developing into the type of good wife and loving mother.
Imagining herself surrounded by two toddlers, cooking for Lu Jinsheng, Shen Jianyi shivered.
Lu Jinsheng was in a daze in the hospital bed.
Shen Jianyi used the excuse that he was still recuperating to prevent him from using electronic devices. But even without looking, he knew the outside world was in an uproar.
Lu Ziqian knew he was okay, but since he hadn't returned to the Lu family yet, he must be going to great lengths to find his whereabouts.
Just as he was thinking, the door was pushed open.
Shen Jianyi walked in from outside with a bowl of soup in her hand, still wearing the pink apron that she hadn't had time to take off.
She placed the soup on the table beside his bed and then took out a spoon for him.
"Drink the soup."
She handed the spoon to him.
Lu Jinsheng pursed his lips and smiled, but didn't move.
Shen Jianyi frowned, pulled over a chair and sat down. She scooped up a spoonful of soup, blew on it, and brought it to his lips.
Only then did Lu Jinsheng act, drinking the soup from her hand.
"Is it good?"
She blinked her eyes, with a hint of nervousness in them.
Lu Jinsheng didn't say a word, but nodded with a smile.
Shen Jianyi was relieved and fed him a few more spoonfuls, until Fa Cai rushed in from outside with his mouth open.
"A, do you think I don't need to pay for salt or what? Is this something a human can drink?"
He swore that in all his years, he had never drunk such a salty soup.
In the room, two pairs of eyes turned towards him at the same time.
Fa Cai scratched his nose awkwardly: "Alright, you drink slowly."
"Not good?"
Shen Jianyi frowned, scooped up a mouthful and put it in her mouth. Immediately, her face scrunched up from the saltiness.
"If it's not good, why didn't you say so?"
She clearly followed the tutorial. Why did it taste so strange?
"It's very good."
Lu Jinsheng said stubbornly.
He never thought he'd one day enjoy such considerate service from Shen Jianyi. Not to mention a salt - overloaded pork rib soup, even if it were a deadly poison, he would drink it without hesitation and find it sweet.
"Don't drink it anymore."
Shen Jianyi threw the spoon back, feeling a bit frustrated.
Why was cooking more difficult than fighting?
Just as they were silent, Fa Cai rushed in again, looking completely different from his previous playful self.
"A, come out for a moment."
Shen Jianyi glanced at Lu Jinsheng, and he was looking at her too.
"It's okay. I'll go out and take a look."
She followed Fa Cai out of the ward.
Fa Cai handed her phone to her: "The situation has gotten bigger than we thought."
Shen Jianyi stared at the news on the screen, her face turning grim.
"A, actually, the situation may not be as bad as we think."
Fa Cai didn't know how to console her and managed to squeeze out this sentence after a long time.
"I'm going out."
Shen Jianyi picked up her cap and put it on her head.
"What about Mr. Lu?"
Fa Cai knew he couldn't stop her, but there was still a big shot inside!
What if the big shot asked him about it? How could he explain?
"Just say I went out to buy ingredients."
Shen Jianyi glanced at the closed door and said calmly.
Lu Jinsheng was injured now. Taking him back to the Lu family's den of wolves might cause even more trouble.
"Hey, I—"
Before Fa Cai could finish his sentence, the door was slammed shut.
After leaving the laboratory, Shen Jianyi took a taxi directly to the Lu family mansion.
Different from what was reported in the news, the Lu family mansion was now surrounded by reporters. Before even getting out of the car, Shen Jianyi could hear the noisy discussions outside.
"Why are the Shen and Xia families in such a feud?"
"It's all because of that Shen Jianyi. I heard that because of her, Old Master Xia almost lost his life. No wonder the Xia family is causing trouble."
"Really? The Xia and Shen families don't have any disputes. Why would Shen Jianyi harm Old Master Xia?"
Listening to the discussions outside, Shen Jianyi took a deep breath and pushed open the car door.
The reporters guarding outside immediately got excited when they saw Shen Jianyi. Their cameras were all pointed at her.
"Mrs. Lu, why did you harm Old Master Xia?"
"Mrs. Lu, does Lu Jinsheng know what you've done?"
"Did you harm Old Master Xia because you have a personal grudge against the Xia family?"
The reporters' questions came one after another.
Shen Jianyi stopped, and her cold eyes swept across them. The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point.
The reporters, under her gaze, involuntarily shut up and automatically made way for her.
Shen Jianyi retracted her gaze and entered the Lu family mansion.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the Lu family mansion was also extremely strange.
"Lu Ziqian, you should give us an explanation. My father became delirious after taking the medicine given by Shen Jianyi. Now that she's gone missing, you Lu family must give me an explanation."
Father Xia was sitting on the sofa, fuming.
"I won't say much else. I just want you to hand over Shen Jianyi. Otherwise, it won't look good if this matter goes to the police."
Lu Ziqian was sitting in the main seat, his face as dark as thunder.
Lu Suowei, on the other hand, looked calm: "Mr. Xia, is there some misunderstanding here? Jianyi has a good relationship with your daughter. How could she harm Old Master Xia?"
"What misunderstanding? Lu Suowei, last time Shen Jianyi went to our Xia family to see the old master. Who knows what the old master said to her and what kind of argument they had. Now my father - in - law is in a coma. You should hurry up and get Shen Jianyi out."
Mother Xia immediately retorted, choking with sobs.
Old Master Xia was highly respected and well - known in Shanghai. Now that he was involved with Shen Jianyi, the faces of the Lu family members all looked bad.
This Shen Jianyi! They knew keeping her in the Lu family would be a disaster!
Lu Ziqian was so angry that he wanted to dig the whole world up to find Shen Jianyi. But unfortunately, he couldn't contact Lu Jinsheng at the moment, let alone find Shen Jianyi!