"Shut up!"
Pei Xiuyuan turned his head. He couldn't even tell where the voice was coming from.
So even when he shouted just now, he was yelling in the opposite direction.
Lin Zhirou frowned. She seemed to realize something. As long as she kept quiet, no one would notice this direction.
She eyed the fruit knife within easy reach, grabbed it without effort and hid it behind her back. Then she quickly found a safe spot to steady herself.
The situation among the three of them was far from optimistic. Pei Xiuyuan had walked quite close and could finally make out the man in front of him.
When he saw the pure - white mask, his eyes widened in shock. "It's you?!"
Pei Xiuyuan never expected that Gun, the number - one bounty hunter, would show up here. This indicated that someone had put a bounty on his head, inviting these hunters to assassinate him.
If that were the case, according to common sense, Shen Jianyi shouldn't have known him. Everything seemed rather strange.
Pei Xiuyuan was distracted, unaware that the two in front of him were already planning to leave.
Seeing Xia Liang had already stepped out and was waving at Shen Jianyi and the other, she just made a slight move when the man's deep voice rang out again.
The pitch - black bedroom suddenly seemed deathly silent, making his voice all the more prominent.
"Did I let you go?"
Pei Xiuyuan instinctively grabbed the woman's shoulder with such force that it seemed he wanted to crush her scapula. She broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, her pale lips pressed into a thin line.
She had thought she could get rid of Pei Xiuyuan by keeping quiet, but it seemed his myopia wasn't that severe. He could faintly see her.
The pain persisted. Shen Jianyi grabbed the man's wrist with one hand and, using all her remaining strength, executed a judo throw over her shoulder.
"Bang—"
Unable to see clearly ahead, the great force nearly sent Pei Xiuyuan falling from the second floor.
The wooden handrail on the landing had been completely damaged and fallen to the first floor, hence the loud noise.
Even so, Pei Xiuyuan seemed to have endless strength. He got up again and staggered in front of the two, swaying unsteadily.
Lu Jinsheng didn't want to do anything to him. After all, he was a man with mental problems, and there was no point in harming him.
"Jianyi, you're so heartless. If you don't want to be my Juanjuan, that's fine. But why are you so cruel to Brother Xiu?" He reached out to grab the woman. "Brother Xiu almost fell to his death."
Shen Jianyi was a bit impatient. She didn't have the energy to deal with this man. She didn't even know how many of her wounds had split open and were bleeding.
"I understand how you feel," she decided to be patient and explain slowly. "I'm looking for someone too, just like you. But if you've made a mistake, you've made a mistake!"
She wouldn't tell him that the Weiting she was looking for was the Juanjuan in this man's mouth.
Pei Xiuyuan clearly wasn't listening. He turned his head away, his voice mournful. "You don't understand! No one can understand me. I just want to find Juanjuan and hide her away..."
"Jianyi! You look so much like my Juanjuan. If you say you're not her, will you help me find her?"
Every word Pei Xiuyuan said sounded like that of a crazy and obsessive man to her.
Shen Jianyi didn't dare to imagine what he would do to her younger sister if he found Weiting before she did.
"No!" She wasn't going to deceive herself.
"Why?" Pei Xiuyuan kept walking forward, his body trembling. "Help me find her. Help me hide her in a place only you and I know. Then... I'll make you shut up forever..."
As he rambled on, Lu Jinsheng instinctively reached out to cover the woman's ears.
These offensive words would only burden Shen Jianyi, so it was better not to hear them.
During his endless rambling, Xia Liang accidentally felt a bulge.
She leaned over curiously and realized it was an electrical box. Xia Liang used the flashlight on her phone to illuminate it and without hesitation pushed up all the switches.
Suddenly, all the lights in the hall came on.
At that very moment, she clearly saw—Lin Zhirou was quickly stabbing at the unsuspecting woman with the fruit knife.
"Master! Dodge quickly!"
Xia Liang shouted. Shen Jianyi turned her head, her pupils dilating. She tried to dodge but it seemed too late. The knife was only a few millimeters away from her.
At this critical moment, she felt an inexplicable strong force suddenly push her and the man behind her.
The next second, a tall and straight figure appeared in their line of sight, and the fruit knife stabbed right into the man's side.
Her heart skipped a beat, but she quickly regained her composure.
Shen Jianyi was extremely fast. She immediately pushed Lin Zhirou away and pinned her to the ground in a few moves, making her completely immobile.
Xia Liang cooperated by taking out a pair of handcuffs from her bag and cuffing Lin Zhirou's hands. Only then was the job done.
"How did you turn on the lights?" Shen Jianyi looked at the girl beside her.
The girl was very proud. She squinted and smiled. "I found the electrical box. It's the first time I've seen an electrical box on the second floor. It's really strange!"
Hearing this, Shen Jianyi turned her head. Pei Xiuyuan was lying on the ground. She didn't understand why this man had saved her.
Xia Liang had already called the ambulance and was now waiting for it to arrive.
She shook her head and sighed. "Who is this Juanjuan he keeps talking about? Could it be the little girl we saw in the study?"
"What little girl?" Shen Jianyi was a bit confused.
She wanted to squat down to check the situation, but the man beside her stopped her. Thinking about it, he seemed to have a point. After all, Pei Xiuyuan had done such excessive things before.
Xia Liang explained it to her. She only got a vague idea, which was probably the same as the photo she had seen. But there was one thing she couldn't figure out.
Since Weiting had appeared beside Lu Jinsheng, why didn't he have any memory of her?
Shen Jianyi suddenly had a bold idea. If Weiting was still alive, she should be the same age as Lu Yuan. They were together in the photo, which was hard not to make people think about it.
She lowered her voice and asked tentatively, "Did you see your younger sister when you were a child?"
Hearing this, Lu Jinsheng frowned slightly. Although he didn't understand why she asked this, he still answered obediently.
The man shook his head and said in a cold voice, "No. She was sent abroad when she was very young, probably before I could remember."