The corridor was deathly silent.
Lin Zhirou instinctively took two steps back, her back pressed against the wall as she pursed her light pink lips. The woman in front of her had a look of hostility in her eyes. Lin Zhirou swallowed hard and tried to straighten her back to appear less flustered.
Shen Jianyi leaned forward slightly, getting close to Lin Zhirou's ear. Her voice was cold. "You'd better not test my limits. I don't want to waste my energy on an insignificant person."
After saying that, she reached out and gently patted Lin Zhirou on the shoulder, then turned around and sat on the bench beside her.
Lin Zhirou clenched her hands tightly, her nails digging into her flesh. The pain helped clear her mind.
At this moment,
Lu Jinsheng had been standing at the corner for a while before he finally took a step forward and walked up to Lu Ziqian. His eyes were cold and showed no emotion when he looked at Lu Ziqian.
But Lu Ziqian froze, unable to move a muscle, as if time had stopped. He could hardly believe what he was seeing.
"You..." Lu Ziqian trembled as he pointed at the man. "Are you Jinsheng?"
Lu Jinsheng didn't answer. He walked over with a straight face, reached out to straighten the quilt on Lu Ziqian's body, and had no intention of explaining anything to the confused man.
Lu Ziqian couldn't hold back any longer. He reached out and grabbed the man's wrist. His eyes were misty and his voice was choked with emotion. "Jinsheng, it's so good that you're okay."
"Yeah." Lu Jinsheng removed his hand, straightened up, and stared at the man who looked several years older. "I came here just to let you know that your plan has failed. Not only am I okay, but Yiyi is also alive."
Lu Ziqian didn't care about that. As long as Shen Jianyi was alive, it didn't matter to him. All he cared about was that his son was safe and sound.
The man turned around to leave, but looked back and said, "I've said what I wanted to say. You'd better watch your step."
Just as he was about to leave the room, he saw Lin Zhirou running in. She stopped in front of him. "Jinsheng, aren't you going to spend more time with Second Master Lu?"
Lu Jinsheng showed extreme impatience when facing this woman. "What does it matter to you?"
He didn't look at her expression and just walked away with one hand in his pocket.
Outside the ward, Shen Jianyi pulled up her suit jacket and raised her delicate face. When she saw Lu Jinsheng coming out, a smile played on her red lips. "Are you done?"
"Yeah." Lu Jinsheng walked over and naturally took her hand. "Let's move back to the villa. I'll take back control of the company tomorrow."
Shen Jianyi nodded and followed him.
At this moment, a head popped out of the ward. She watched the backs of the two people, one tall and one short, walking away. Her hand gripping the door frame tightened involuntarily, and the door frame made a sharp sound.
"Zhirou, come in for a moment."
Hearing this, Lin Zhirou put away her previous expression and resumed her usual innocent look. She walked up to Lu Ziqian with a smile on her face.
"Second Master, you called me?"
Lu Ziqian was leaning against the pillow. His striped hospital gown was a bit wrinkled. Lin Zhirou stepped forward to straighten it for him and reminded him, "Second Master, be careful. You're not fully recovered yet."
Looking at this sensible girl in front of him and thinking about the woman beside his son, Lu Ziqian's anger flared up. But he still managed to keep a smile on his face. "Zhirou, you know that I've always wanted you to marry Jinsheng. Now I'm asking you, do you still like him?"
When she heard this question, a flash of hostility passed through her eyes, but it disappeared quickly. The woman's eyes curved into a smile. "Of course I like him. How could I not?"
"Good!" Lu Ziqian was very satisfied. "After I'm discharged from the hospital in a while, I'll hold a grand banquet at home. Then I'll find a way to get rid of Shen Jianyi so that you and Jinsheng can have more time to get to know each other!"
He lowered his voice. "Remember, don't be too hasty. With my help, you'll succeed sooner or later."
Lin Zhirou smiled shyly. "Thank you, Second Master!"
"Good girl. I believe you can pull Jinsheng back from the abyss."
...
At the villa.
As soon as Shen Jianyi entered the house, she saw Sister Gu and Song Min'er standing straight at the door.
She was a little surprised. "Why are you both standing here?"
Song Min'er took out a pair of slippers for her. "Young Mistress, Uncle Li informed us that you'd be coming back today, so we came here to welcome you."
"Yeah." Sister Gu took off her suit jacket. "Young Mistress, it's so good that you're back. It's been tough in the villa without you and Young Master."
She frowned and walked a few steps to sit on the sofa. "Why?"
When it came to this, their expressions turned sour.
Sister Gu ran over to report, so eagerly that she seemed to be moving in a clumsy way. "Young Mistress, it's those two little devils from the old master's family. The young lady is okay, but the young master always wants to turn this villa into a warehouse."
"Hmm?"
She looked up, her voice cold. "A warehouse? For what?"
"This... we don't know either." Sister Gu couldn't help but sigh when talking about it. "Not long after you and Young Master moved out, he came here frequently and brought back a man I've never seen before."
Sister Gu's words made her fall into deep thought. Not many people knew about the incident when she and Lu Jinsheng fell off the building. Lu Ziqian had done a good job of keeping it a secret. Only a few family members knew about it, and the servants had no idea.
So Lu Ming must have thought that they were both dead, which was why he dared to eye the villa so brazenly.
Just as she was lost in thought,
The door opened from the outside. A tall man stood upright and walked in with a straight face.
Lu Jinsheng's eyes swept over Sister Gu and Song Min'er. They immediately understood and turned around to leave the living room.
He walked a few steps up to Shen Jianyi and lowered his voice, his voice hoarse. "Yiyi, I found this in the garage."
Lu Jinsheng took out a chip from his pocket and handed it over. The woman frowned and took the chip to examine it carefully.
The shape of this chip was exactly the same as the one she was looking for, but it wasn't the real one.
The fixing ring of the real chip was silver, while this one was a bit yellowish and slightly smaller.
"It's fake." Shen Jianyi returned it to him.
Lu Jinsheng didn't care whether it was real or fake. He wanted to know why there was a chip in the garage when they hadn't been back for a long time.
It all made sense to Shen Jianyi. She told Lu Jinsheng what Sister Gu had said.
It was very likely that Lu Ming had brought the chip here and left it behind after being driven away by Sister Gu and the others.
"That strange man Sister Gu mentioned must be Xu Wenji!" Shen Jianyi looked up, her eyes as black and cold as ice.
What on earth did Xu Wenji want to do? Steal the chip and frame her, then create a fake chip and let Lu Ming bring it in. It was all so strange.
"Knock, knock, knock."
There was a knock on the door. Sister Gu ran to open it. Shen Jianyi got up and went to the door to check.
At this moment, there were four or five people standing outside the door, old and young, men and women. These people made Shen Jianyi frown.
"Why are they here?"