The room was deathly quiet.
She stood in the room, staring at the empty big bed.
It was so late. Where could Lu Jinsheng be?
Just as she was thinking, the door of the bathroom in the corner creaked open.
Lu Jinsheng's hair was damp. He was bare - chested, with a white bath towel slung around his waist. One hand was holding a dry towel, rubbing his hair.
"Welcome back," he said in a calm voice. His expression was nonchalant, but Shen Jianyi still detected a faint trace of hostility.
She took off her baseball cap, feigning calmness. "Why are you taking a shower at this hour?"
Taking a shower in the middle of the night. What a strange hobby.
Lu Jinsheng glanced up at her but didn't answer her question. Instead, he changed the subject. "Where did you go?"
"Oh," Shen Jianyi said uneasily, avoiding his scrutiny. "I went to the Xia family's place. I was worried about Xia Liang."
Lu Jinsheng watched her lie without batting an eyelid and twitched his lips into a faint smile.
Shen Jianyi took off her clothes and was about to get into bed.
Suddenly, a hand forcefully wrapped around her waist. She could feel the man's slightly warm body temperature on her back. The man's head rested on her shoulder.
He didn't say a word, but she could faintly hear his somewhat heavy breathing.
"What's wrong?" Shen Jianyi sensed his unease.
Lu Jinsheng didn't reply. The hand around her waist tightened gradually.
"Hmm?" Shen Jianyi was about to ask again when suddenly, she felt a slight stinging pain on her neck.
"Lu Jinsheng, what are you doing?" She was startled. Just as she was about to move, Lu Jinsheng had already pushed her onto the bed.
Shen Jianyi was buried in the quilt. She kicked her leg high, trying to turn over. Lu Jinsheng pinned her leg down and scolded hoarsely, "Stop being so restless."
After saying that, he gave her a hard spank on the butt.
"..."
Shen Jianyi had never suffered such humiliation. She turned her head and stared at Lu Jinsheng in disbelief. "Are you crazy?"
Spanking her?
He actually spanked her?
"Who told you to sneak out?"
"Didn't you say you wouldn't interfere with my actions..." Shen Jianyi's confidence waned a bit.
This agreement had been made when they first got married. Why was Lu Jinsheng losing his temper now?
Wasn't he a bit too late to react?
Lu Jinsheng's expression stiffened for a moment. He let go of Shen Jianyi and sat on the bed.
After a long while, he mumbled sullenly, "I've changed my mind. Is that okay?"
Shen Jianyi sat up, frowning as she looked at the uncharacteristic Lu Jinsheng in front of her.
His thin lips were tightly pursed, his eyebrows were deeply furrowed, his hair was a bit messy, and there were still some water stains on his neck that hadn't dried.
He looked both alluring and pitiful.
"Pfft," Shen Jianyi couldn't help but burst out laughing. "What are you sulking about?"
Lu Jinsheng looked into her star - bright eyes, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly.
"I had a dream."
"Hmm?"
"I dreamed that you fell off a building."
He said softly, his voice sounding a bit ethereal in the large room.
The smile on Shen Jianyi's face froze.
After a long while, a faint smile curved her lips. "I promise I'll take good care of myself, okay?"
Her voice softened unconsciously, as if she were coaxing a child.
Lu Jinsheng let out a soft sigh.
"Go to sleep." He put on his nightgown, lay back on the bed, and closed his eyes.
Shen Jianyi stared blankly at him, a strange feeling welling up in her heart.
Why on earth did Lu Jinsheng have such a strange dream?
She fell off a building... She had indeed encountered such a thing tonight, but could there really be such a miraculous thing?
She couldn't help but think of the man who had pulled her up on the rooftop. A rather unlikely thought suddenly popped into her mind.
"I must be crazy. How could Lu Jinsheng be Gun?" She shook her head with a self - mocking smile, then quietly climbed into bed and closed her eyes.
...
In the office of Hongjia Factory.
"Are you sure the person lying on it at first was Shen Jianyi?" Lu Suowei asked in a deep voice.
The head of the bodyguards lowered his head and detailed what had happened on the rooftop tonight.
"Heh. As expected, she's quite capable. She managed to escape." A look of malevolence flashed across Lu Suowei's face. Then he seemed to think of something. "You said a masked man saved her?"
"Yes. That man was wearing a mask, so his real appearance couldn't be seen. However... I've sent people to investigate. It seems he's from an organization called Bounty Hunters."
"Bounty Hunters?" Lu Suowei frowned.
He had never heard of this organization before.
"Yes. This organization is very mysterious. There's no leader. All the top - notch experts from around the world join voluntarily. If outsiders have things to be solved, they can post information about the target on the bounty list. As long as they pay a certain commission, the bounty hunters will take the order. And the man who saved Shen Jianyi... seems to be the number one on the leaderboard. His name is Gun."
Just thinking about what had happened tonight made him feel a lingering fear.
Fortunately, this Gun hadn't used deadly force. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had any chance of escaping.
He took out his phone and showed Lu Suowei the information he had investigated.
Lu Suowei stared intently at the content on the phone. His gaze fell on the leaderboard.
"Number one, Gun."
There was no photo.
It seemed that this Gun was no ordinary person.
Why did he help Shen Jianyi?
Lu Suowei sneered sinisterly.
Regardless of the reason, neither Shen Jianyi nor this Gun could be allowed to live.
Shen Jianyi was in the Lu family. He wasn't worried that she would run away. But this Gun. Keeping him alive would surely become a serious threat in the future. With his help and Lu Jinsheng on her side, it wouldn't be easy to get rid of Shen Jianyi.
His gaze shifted down and finally landed on the second - ranked person.
"Firefox?"
"Yes. This Firefox and Gun don't get along well. There are rumors in the outside world that Gun has snatched many of Firefox's orders." The bodyguard explained. "There's a rumor that Gun is Firefox's ex - boyfriend. Firefox was abandoned by him after being seduced. So..."
Hehe. This was interesting. Lu Suowei let out two cold laughs.
If he placed an order and got Firefox and other bounty hunters to go after Gun together, what would the result be? Just thinking about it made him feel excited.
...
The next day, when Shen Jianyi woke up, Lu Jinsheng had already gone to the company.
She checked the time and was shocked to find that it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
Remembering that she had to go to watch Shen Jiayu's play performance today, after washing up, she casually asked Sister Gu to prepare something to eat. After a hasty meal, she went to the cloakroom.
Since she was going to attend as half of the boss of Shen Jiayu's troupe, she couldn't be too casual. She picked out a slightly more formal knitted long dress.
After making sure everything was okay, she was about to leave with the invitation when suddenly she heard a very faint buzzing sound.
Her face darkened.
She opened a hidden compartment and took out a black phone from it.
There was new information on the bounty list.
Number of hired people: Five.
Bounty target: Gun.
Shen Jianyi's pupils suddenly constricted.
Gun?