In the desolate night, the lights on the high - rise building were as bright as day. The man stared at the old gentleman sitting calmly on the chair with bloodshot eyes.
Lu Ziqian didn't think he had done anything wrong. He just wanted his son to marry a suitable person, definitely not someone randomly picked up on the street.
"Jinsheng, everything I've done is for your own good," Lu Ziqian's eyes dimmed. "As long as you're willing to divorce her and marry a wife from a well - matched family, I can immediately let you return to the company and continue to manage your own power. I can also help you become the chairman."
These were indeed tempting, but Lu Jinsheng didn't care at all.
His eyes were cold and his tone was as cold as an ancient iceberg, without a trace of warmth. "I don't covet what you've said. But if Yiyi has even the slightest mishap, I won't live alone in this world."
Lu Ziqian thought he was crazy. Who on earth was this Shen Jianyi that could make his naturally cold - hearted son be so infatuated and even willing to sacrifice his life?
His lips trembled. "Then we'll just have to see if Shen Jianyi has the ability to survive among so many people. As long as she can survive, I'll just turn a blind eye and won't interfere in your affairs anymore."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Jinsheng was about to jump over to help.
Lu Ziqian stopped him in time. "Oh, I forgot to tell you. If you go over to help her, then I'll take back what I just said."
He clenched his fists. He had never felt so threatened before.
Lu Jinsheng's eyes were filled with blood - red. There was even a metallic taste in his mouth. There were so many people blocking his way that he couldn't get through.
At this moment.
Shen Jianyi was obviously struggling. As the saying goes, one can't fight against many. If these people's strength was ranked among bounty hunters, they would at least be in the top five.
She gasped for breath, leaning against the platform with her back tightly against the wall. Shen Jianyi stared ahead, clearly seeing every move of the opponent.
Dodging and attacking again and again, Shen Jianyi was running out of strength.
She could calculate the time. It had only been three minutes. These people really wanted to kill her. They had come at her with all their might from the start.
The man in front of her was closing in step by step, almost no distance between them. Shen Jianyi could clearly hear his steady heartbeat.
"Shen Jianyi, I gave you a chance. It's your own fault for being so useless and resisting," he curled his lips. "Then see you later!"
The tone of this man's speech was very familiar. Shen Jianyi seemed to have heard it a long time ago.
There was a thin black veil covering his face. Shen Jianyi seized the opportunity and grabbed it.
As the veil fell to the ground, she saw the man's face clearly.
In the moonlight, the man had a chiseled face. His high - bridged eyebrows connected to his nose, forming a beautiful arc. His peach - blossom eyes were charming.
But at the same time, the man reached out and pushed her. Shen Jianyi leaned backward and fell off the platform.
Shen Jianyi reached out her hand, trying to grab something, but only caught the air.
The woman was falling from the sixtieth - floor high - rise building. The wind in her ears made her mind go blank.
But it hadn't even been five minutes yet. She hadn't waited for Xia Liang. It seemed that her life was coming to an end here. After all, she couldn't fight against fate.
Shen Jianyi gently closed her eyes, ready to face the unknown pain.
"Yiyi!"
Lu Jinsheng on the adjacent floor shouted heart - rendingly. He had thought that Lu Ziqian didn't have the guts to do this. This was a sixtieth - floor office building. Falling from it would mean being smashed to pieces.
Lu Jinsheng didn't have time to think. He pushed aside the people next to him, stepped onto the platform with one foot. He wanted to find someone, to find Shen Jianyi.
Lu Ziqian angrily slapped the armrest. "Hurry up and pull the young master down. What are you all standing there for?"
A group of people forcibly tried to pull Lu Jinsheng back, but he pushed them all away one by one. The man had lost all his rationality. He didn't care about the reactions of the people behind him. He only felt a sudden darkness in front of his eyes and his body left the ground.
Seeing this, Lu Ziqian's eyes widened. He lay on the platform and looked down.
His body trembled. Scenes flashed through his mind. Lu Jinsheng had actually jumped down with her—
The anger in Lu Ziqian's heart and the pain of knowing that he might lose his son welled up. Anger and grief clouded his mind.
"Go and look for them. Go and look downstairs!!" Lu Ziqian threw the walking stick in his hand on the ground. "You useless people. You couldn't even hold back the young master. I'll make all of you accompany him to the grave!"
No one dared to hesitate and they all ran downstairs.
Lu Ziqian was trembling violently all over. His hands were also shaking.
"Plop—"
He knelt on the ground. His beard looked even paler. His whole face was bloodless. The violent beating of his heart made him feel uncomfortable.
Only feeling a sudden darkness in front of his eyes, Lu Ziqian knelt on the ground and fainted.
...
The falling speed was extremely fast. Shen Jianyi slightly opened her eyes. In the hazy mist, she seemed to be approaching the ground.
But the expected pain didn't come. Her slender arm was grabbed by someone and she started flying in the opposite direction.
Shen Jianyi saw clearly the person who was holding her—Xia Liang wearing a flying device.
This was really a thrill. Shen Jianyi let out a sigh of relief and a smile curved her lips. "Xia Liang, you came just in time."
Xia Liang didn't joke with her but quickly flew in a certain direction. Just when she was full of doubts, she passed by Lu Jinsheng's face.
"Lu Jinsheng?!"
Xia Liang quickly grabbed him. Because the man's body was relatively heavy, the flying device almost couldn't bear the weight. Fortunately, the professor had adjusted it when giving it to her so that it could bear greater gravity.
But for some reason, there was blood at the corner of Lu Jinsheng's mouth and he was unconscious.
Now they were like headless flies, not knowing where to go next.
Shen Jianyi looked at the people searching for bodies downstairs. Her voice was cold. "Go to Fa Cai's place."
"Okay!"
They were flying high and it was just night, so no one could find them.
The people brought by Lu Ziqian stood at the bottom of the building, looking at the ground in a daze.
"Damn it, where are they?"
They looked up at the sky, but there was nothing. Among them, a man with a scar on his face looked around and then said with certainty, "They must not have fallen yet. Wait a little longer!"
"…?"
—
When they arrived at Fa Cai's laboratory, he was still sleeping.
"Knock, knock, knock—"
There was a sudden and urgent knocking sound outside. Fa Cai turned over, scratched his face and continued to sleep.
Xia Liang crossed her arms, looking annoyed. "This little fat guy Fa Cai must be sleeping soundly. I'll go to the window and wake him up now!"
After saying that, she maneuvered the flying device to Fa Cai's window.
The curtain was drawn inside and the window was locked. Xia Liang could only violently pat the window, trying to wake him up.
But Fa Cai was sleeping so soundly that there was no sign of him waking up.
Xia Liang finally couldn't bear it anymore and kicked the window open with one foot.
The loud sound of the glass shattering woke Fa Cai up. He sat up abruptly and shouted in a daze, "Earthquake, there's an earthquake—"