The hotel was completely silent.
Especially the moment the man placed his hand on her, Shen Jianyi already suspected his identity.
Gun was really an odd character. From start to finish, he never came clean with her. Moreover, he had seen her face and had helped her time and time again. Anybody would be suspicious in such a situation.
Shen Jianyi curled her lips. "What? Do I need to report to you who I'm calling?"
After she said this, the man withdrew his hand, folded his arms, and looked down at them. At this moment, the aura he exuded was terrifying.
Xia Liang had been suffering from a sharp pain in her abdomen. Now, seeing this scene, she was even more affected. The pain in her lower abdomen was so intense that she couldn't breathe properly.
She felt dizzy and her vision was blurry. A wave of nausea hit her, and she felt drowsy.
Just as Shen Jianyi was convinced that Gun and Lu Jinsheng were the same person, the call was answered.
Shen Jianyi frowned and carefully probed, "Where are you now?"
"At the company."
"What are you doing at the company?" Shen Jianyi didn't know what else to ask, so she just said casually, "Who are you with?"
The other person answered without hesitation, in a very matter - of - fact tone, "I'm in a meeting. Mr. Zhang is right in front of me."
After hearing these words, Shen Jianyi looked up at the indifferent man in front of her. Had she been overthinking?
Then what was the deal with this Gun? Could it all really be just a coincidence?
Then, the man on the other end of the phone spoke again, "Where are you?"
This was the question Shen Jianyi feared the most. She just casually perfunctorily replied, "Didn't I say? I'm traveling with Xia Liang. I won't talk to you anymore. I'll hang up."
Without waiting for the other person's response, she immediately hung up the phone. It seemed that she had been overthinking. There was no connection between the two. It had just been a coincidence before.
Suddenly, Gun approached the woman. His hoarse voice lingered in her ear. "What? Now you're sneaking out behind your man?"
Shen Jianyi was infuriated by his words. She reached out and pushed Gun aside. She coughed to cover up her inner uneasiness.
"Xia Liang, are you okay?" Shen Jianyi asked softly.
Xia Liang nodded. "It's not suitable for us to stay together. The people sent by the organization will be here soon. If we're discovered, both of us are done for."
Just now, she had received an order from Zhou Sang. The new member of the organization, Hongxiu, was about to arrive in Manduo Sea. So Shen Jianyi had to leave quickly to avoid arousing suspicion about their relationship.
Although Shen Jianyi was very concerned about her, she still mercilessly chose to leave. "Okay."
As soon as the words were out, the woman turned around and walked straight to the door. Without looking back, she left the room. Gun followed closely behind.
Before they could return to their room, they saw Hongxiu arriving late at the elevator door.
Immediately, Shen Jianyi took off her mask. Since Hongxiu had never seen her real face and the organization hadn't mentioned it to her, but had said that she was also a member on the reward list.
If she wore the mask, it would be easy for the other person to recognize her. On the contrary, if she showed her real face, maybe Hongxiu wouldn't think too much.
As they passed by her, Hongxiu stopped in her tracks. She stood in front of the two of them and turned to look at the man behind her.
Hongxiu's specially - processed voice was shrill and piercing, making it really unpleasant to listen to. "Gun, why are you here too?"
As soon as she said this, Hongxiu immediately shifted her gaze to Shen Jianyi. Her eyebrows knitted tightly. She had thought the person following Gun was Honghu, but unexpectedly, it was a strange woman.
Gun reacted very quickly and replied expressionlessly, "What? Can't I be here?"
Hongxiu tugged at her lips and continued, "Of course you can. I just want to know your purpose here. If it's the same as mine, then we'll have to be enemies."
After the failed attempt to assassinate Gun last time, she never wanted to meet him or be his opponent again. But unexpectedly, she ran into him here today.
Gun said in a calm voice, "She's my employer. We're here to assassinate a man in the business circle. Is there a problem?"
Hongxiu was skeptical, but since she had never seen this woman before, she had no choice but to believe it.
"Of course there's no problem," Hongxiu took a couple of steps and turned her head. "But if your purpose is the same as mine, if you're here for the so - called chip, then we'll have a problem."
Gun didn't answer. He thought Hongxiu was just all talk and had no real strength.
Without waiting for Hongxiu to say anything else, the two of them took the elevator and slowly went up.
...
In the hotel room, Shen Jianyi inserted the room key. All the lights in the room came on.
She dragged her lazy body and lay down on the soft bed. The evening dress on her body had been torn in several places. She didn't even know when it had happened.
Gun, who was standing at the door, was reluctant to come in for a long time. After a while, he finally said, "Your clothes are covered in bloodstains. Are you just going to lie on the white bedsheet like this?"
Hearing this, she immediately sat up and looked at the bloodstains on the bedsheet. She was quite speechless. "I'll take a shower. I'll call room service when I come back."
After saying that, she went straight into the bathroom.
While taking a shower, Shen Jianyi's mind was in a complete mess. It was all because of Xu Wenji's real purpose and Gun. Since he wasn't Lu Jinsheng, why did he keep helping her?
Shen Jianyi couldn't figure it out. She must find out Gun's real identity. Tonight was the perfect opportunity. She didn't believe he wouldn't sleep.
She was the kind of person who would do something as soon as she thought of it. Shen Jianyi looked at herself in the mirror. She thought that if she had checked the face under his mask when he was injured, she wouldn't have to keep guessing like this.
Although it would have been unethical, after all, he had seen her face. Mutual disclosure would have been the fairest.
When Shen Jianyi walked out of the bathroom, she saw that the bedsheet had been changed. The room service staff had just closed the door and left.
"Did you call them?" she asked casually.
Gun was sitting on the sofa and replied lazily, "Yes. I couldn't stand it."
"Tsk." Shen Jianyi was quite disdainful. She found a hair dryer in the drawer and was about to go into the bathroom to dry her hair. "I didn't expect that the number - one hunter on the reward list actually has a cleanliness fetish. Do you wear gloves when you're on a mission?"
As soon as the words were out, the man got up and walked in front of her. He snatched the hair dryer from Shen Jianyi's hand and pushed her into the bathroom.
Shen Jianyi frowned. "What are you doing?"
"Drying your hair."