"Miss Shen, why did you get out of bed?"
A deep and hoarse male voice came from behind. Her action of trying to get out of bed was forcibly pulled back.
When Shen Jianyi turned around, Pei Xiuyuan in front of her was the same as before. His well-groomed hair and tidy clothes were in sharp contrast to his hoarse voice just now.
She subconsciously approached the window sill. Only here could she feel a glimmer of security.
Pei Xiuyuan's gaze shifted downwards and fixed on the broken photo frame on the ground. He seemed to have changed into a different person. His polite smile vanished in an instant. The phoenix eyes under his eyes squinted slightly.
"Did you break it?"
Shen Jianyi kept silent. Facing this situation, she remained calm, and even her breathing was even.
For her, she had seen so many dangers that there was nothing to be afraid of.
Pei Xiuyuan walked towards her. Each step seemed extremely heavy. His dark eyes without a single speck of light stared at her intently.
When the distance between them was less than one meter, he noticed that the woman's mood remained the same as before, without any fluctuations or signs of panic.
Shen Jianyi just stared back at him. She watched him squat down in front of her bit by bit and start to pick up the glass shards and the half of the photo.
"Give me the other half of the photo." Pei Xiuyuan reached out his hand to her. "You'll make me angry if you're so disobedient."
Her voice was icy cold. She snorted and said, "Your anger has nothing to do with me."
As soon as she finished speaking.
Pei Xiuyuan in front of her straightened up. He stepped forward aggressively towards the woman. Before she could dodge, his large and powerful hand grabbed her neck.
"As expected of Miss Shen. Even when facing death, you can remain calm and talk to me so calmly."
"So much nonsense..."
Taking advantage of his talking, the dagger that Shen Jianyi had been hiding suddenly came out of its sheath. It quickly separated the two of them as she drew an arc in the air.
This arc just happened to cut across the other person's arm. His fair arm began to ooze blood. He wasn't panicked at all. Instead, he reached out to adjust his glasses.
Shen Jianyi didn't want to continue to deal with him. She wanted to jump out of the window and leave. She had already made the move.
Surprisingly, the man didn't seem to intend to stop her. Instead, he let her climb up.
Just as she was about to let go, Pei Xiuyuan suddenly spoke, his voice cold, "There are a few Tibetan mastiffs downstairs that were raised on raw meat. If you jump down, do you think you can fight them with your injuries?"
Just this short sentence directly stopped all of Shen Jianyi's movements and interrupted her train of thought. It seemed that the only way to leave here was if Pei Xiuyuan let her out.
Shen Jianyi stood on the ground again. She simply stopped struggling and just lay on the bed dejectedly.
Pei Xiuyuan picked up the syringe and wanted to insert the drip into her again.
"Miss Shen, only by cooperating obediently with me can you recover quickly."
This time, Shen Jianyi didn't move. Her subconscious told her that this was just an ordinary drip, and the man in front of her had no intention of harming her.
Shen Jianyi leaned against the head of the bed, with a poker face. Her eyes were listless as she let him insert the needle.
After everything was taken care of, the man also took the other half of the photo from her.
This time, she finally showed a bit of emotional change, but it wasn't obvious on the surface, and Pei Xiuyuan didn't notice.
Seeing Pei Xiuyuan about to leave, the woman on the bed snorted disdainfully, "Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you after I recover?"
The man had his back to her and didn't hesitate at all. "You won't do that."
After saying this, he left the bedroom.
Outside.
Two people were lying on the ground. They looked more like a foreign couple. Both of them were seriously injured.
Pei Xiuyuan sat on a barstool and casually picked up the poured red wine and drank it in one gulp. His cold eyes swept over the two of them.
Watching them writhing on the ground, the man let out a muffled laugh. "I have to protect the person inside. No one is allowed to get close to her."
But Vivian lying on the ground was just stubborn. Even though she was seriously injured, she still had to say something extra.
"What do you think you are? If you hadn't drugged the two of us, do you think you could still be sitting here talking calmly?"
Hearing this, the man poured some more red wine. Ignoring the wound on his arm, he walked step by step towards Vivian. He looked down at the person in front of him with a hint of contempt in his eyes.
Then, the wine glass in his hand gradually tilted, and the gorgeous red liquid in the glass spilled out completely.
The bright red wine flowed down the woman's long golden hair. The liquid was constantly dripping down her fair forehead, and even her light yellow eyebrows weren't spared.
Vivian was furious. She shouted at the top of her lungs, but the man took a step back.
He watched Vivian act like a mad dog, with her legs, feet, and neck tied up. She could only bark but couldn't cause any harm to others.
In comparison, Sam on the other side was much calmer. He tried his best to suppress the fear in his heart. Although his voice was trembling when he spoke, his mind was clear.
"Our goals are the same, aren't they?" Sam swallowed hard. "Since we both want to kill her, we're allies. Why are you being so aggressive?"
"No no no." Pei Xiuyuan shook his finger at the person beside him. "I'm different from you. Also, have you ever heard a saying──"
Pei Xiuyuan got very close at this moment. His voice was deep and magnetic. "Bad people die from talking too much."
"Pah!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crazy Vivian just now spat on his face. The woman gritted her back teeth. "Do you think you're a good person?"
Pei Xiuyuan had a cleanliness fetish. Being humiliated by such a disgusting action from the woman, he naturally couldn't bear it. He stood up and picked up the fruit knife on the table and was about to stab down.
Just at this critical moment, the phone in the man's pocket rang. His eyes were cold. He put the fruit knife back in its original place, picked up the phone, and went to the balcony.
This call was from the person who had caused the car accident. At this moment, Lu Yuan was on her way towards that person.
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Mayflower KTV.
Lu Yuan came to the private room she often went to with ease. Then she directly pushed the door open and went in.
The room was illuminated by the criss - crossing neon lights. When these lights flashed, she saw the woman sitting on the sofa.
She was heavily made up. Her black body - hugging spaghetti - strap dress outlined an extremely beautiful figure.
Lu Yuan walked over expressionlessly, stood in front of her, and asked coldly, "Why did you call me here?"
The woman looked up and met her dark eyes. Then she pursed her lips. "It seems that you still care a lot about Shen Jianyi."
"Get to the point." Lu Yuan didn't have the mood to deal with her here.
The person in front of her clapped her hands, stood up from the sofa, slightly raised her chin, and smiled at her. "I've already investigated. Shen Jianyi has a sister who has been missing for many years."