"Spare no expense! We must find her!"
Lu Jinsheng seemed oblivious to his own pain. Sitting on the hospital bed, he was constantly racking his brains to find the person.
The girl standing beside the bed already had an inkling of what was going on. A flicker of hostility flashed across her eyes. She turned around and glanced at the message on her phone.
[Lu Yuan, I've always said that I'd do whatever it takes to get rid of her, and I've achieved it now, even though you didn't accept my invitation.]
After reading this message, Lu Yuan let out a cold snort. The other person was really a fool. If it weren't for the Zhao Tiantian she had arranged, how could that person have had the chance to tamper with the brakes?
She disdained to harm anyone. The only reason she had helped that person was to get closer to Lu Jinsheng.
Lu Yuan had once thought that since she and Lu Jinsheng were not biological siblings, why couldn't they be in a different relationship?
But every time this thought came to mind, a voice would pull her back to her senses. Her eyebrows knitted slightly as she felt a twinge of guilt towards Shen Jianyi.
Then, another message popped up on her phone. It was still from that person.
[Do you want to know why only your eldest brother was sent to the hospital? It's because Shen Jianyi is in my hands. If you don't want her to die, come to Mayflower KTV. I'll be waiting for you at our old spot.]
She turned off her phone without hesitation. Then she turned to Lu Ziqian, who was sitting there looking worried, and said, "Father, there's an urgent matter at school. I have to go."
Lu Ziqian's mind was still preoccupied with the situation. Without much thought, he agreed.
"Go."
She opened the door and left. Her back gave off a sense of distance as she walked away. Lu Jinsheng also sensed something amiss.
...
The rain had come out of nowhere and lasted for a whole night.
Early the next morning.
The weather cleared up. The dark clouds dispersed suddenly, revealing a rainbow with only a few colors hiding behind the clouds.
In the bedroom of the villa.
The woman forced herself to open her eyes despite the pain. What greeted her was a crystal chandelier, a milky - white wall, and everything here seemed strange to her.
"Creak──"
The bedroom door was pushed open from the outside. Shen Jianyi looked up warily at the person coming in. She instinctively tried to move backward but accidentally tugged at her wound.
"Awake?"
The man in front of her was dressed in a dark blue home - wear. He looked gentle and refined, wearing a pair of gold - rimmed glasses.
He placed a bowl of hot porridge on the bedside table, then squatted down in front of the woman and adjusted the drip on her hand.
All these actions gave a very comfortable feeling. If it were someone else, they might be deceived by the man's every move.
But Shen Jianyi could clearly sense that there was a huge conspiracy hidden behind this man. He might very well be related to the person behind Zhao Tiantian.
Seeing her so cautious, the man lifted the corner of his lips, showing a polite smile. "Miss Shen, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."
He simply sat down on the edge of the bed. While scooping up the hot porridge, he talked to her. "I'm a doctor. Someone entrusted you to me. As long as you behave yourself and don't try to run away, we won't hurt you."
Hearing this, Shen Jianyi let out a cold snort.
She didn't give the man any response. It seemed that this gentlemanly scoundrel had other accomplices.
After a long silence.
Shen Jianyi lowered her eyes. Her voice was cold and icy. "I don't know you. Why did you kidnap me?"
He handed over the spoon, still smiling gently and calmly. "My name is Pei Xiuyuan. I don't know the answers to your questions. I'm just in charge of taking care of your body."
Hearing this, Shen Jianyi didn't believe him. The hostility in her eyes gradually spread. She reached out and knocked over the spoon.
However, her actions didn't anger the man in front of her. He just smiled and changed the soiled bedsheet. He also helped her ice the hand that had been scalded.
"Miss Shen, don't be so agitated. I've said that I just want to treat your illness. The person who really wants to harm you isn't me."
For Shen Jianyi, this matter was becoming more and more mysterious. Her eyebrows knitted slightly as her gaze shifted back and forth around the room.
Pei Xiuyuan picked up the bowl of porridge and was about to leave the room. Just as the door was about to close, he turned his head and smiled. "Get some good rest. I'll come to check on you according to the time of the drip."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door closed.
With his departure, the bedroom became even quieter, almost dead silent. She had observed the surroundings but found no clues.
She didn't know where her phone had been thrown. Without blinking an eye, Shen Jianyi pulled out the needle from her arm, then dragged her heavy body out of bed.
Shen Jianyi pulled open the curtain. Through the French window, she saw a desolate area outside. It must be an uninhabited area in the suburbs.
What she had to do now was to contact Lu Jinsheng as soon as possible. She didn't know how he was doing.
At first, she had guessed that the other person might stage a car accident or tamper with the brakes. She had even thought of countermeasures. But Shen Jianyi didn't expect that both things would happen.
Who on earth wanted to kill her? Just when she was at a loss, a photo frame on the table caught her attention.
There were three children in the photo, two boys and one girl. From their facial features, she could recognize that they were Lu Jinsheng, Lin Zhirou, and the man she had just seen.
It seemed that these three had known each other since they were very young. No wonder Lin Zhirou had been pestering Lu Jinsheng.
She picked up the photo frame and examined it.
"Bang──"
A loud noise came from outside. Since she was completely absorbed in the photo, she was startled.
The photo frame in her hand fell and shattered on the ground.
Shen Jianyi slowly squatted down and picked up the photo. She noticed that one side of the photo had been cut off, which meant that there should have been another person beside Lu Jinsheng.
She glanced at the debris on the ground. Sure enough, there was another photo hidden inside the frame. The hidden one was the other half that had been cut off.
Shen Jianyi picked up the photo. When she saw the girl in it, her pupils dilated slightly, and her heart involuntarily beat faster.
She took a deep breath and quickly calmed down her agitated emotions.
The girl in the photo was much younger than the others. Especially standing beside the tallest Lu Jinsheng, she looked even more petite.
The girl wasn't smiling. She was wearing a pure white princess dress, and her long black hair was tied up in a bun. This child's appearance was exactly that of her long - lost younger sister, Shen Weiting.
Shen Jianyi turned to look at the bedroom door. While the man hadn't come back yet, she neatly put the photo into her pocket.
It seemed that her younger sister had some connection with Lu Jinsheng. She could just ask him about it later.
The most important thing now was to get out of Pei Xiuyuan's house as soon as possible.
She looked at the window in front of her. The bedroom was on the second floor. It should be no problem to jump down.
Just as Shen Jianyi opened the window and was about to leave, the door behind her was pushed open.