A five - star hotel in the South Sea.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Jinsheng's expression became extremely solemn. There was no sign that he wanted to talk at all.
Seeing him like this, Shen Jianyi could immediately guess the reason.
"Is it your father's illness?"
Lu Jinsheng looked up and forced a smile at the woman. "Yes, it has worsened."
"I have a way."
After saying this, she got up, put on her coat and was about to go outside.
Seeing this, Lu Jinsheng quickly followed. He grabbed the woman's arm and asked curiously, "Where are you going?"
"To the seaside."
She only had some time now. She wouldn't have the chance to go there after she went to catch Xu Wenji in the afternoon.
But Lu Jinsheng didn't know that she was going to look for the banded krait. He asked in confusion, "To watch the sea?"
Shen Jianyi looked at him with a puzzled face. She didn't say a word, but her expression seemed to say everything.
"To catch snakes."
Lu Jinsheng was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted. During this time, the woman had already disappeared from his sight.
...
Shen Jianyi came to the first - floor lobby. Just as she was about to go out, she bumped into a very gentle - looking man head - on.
She was completely unprepared and bumped into him. The man subconsciously grabbed her.
"Are you okay?"
Shen Jianyi took her arm away and looked up at him expressionlessly. She didn't know him and had never seen him before.
"I'm okay. I'm sorry about that just now."
After saying this, she couldn't wait to leave, as if staying here for one more minute was a waste of time.
But the man seemed to have noticed something. He asked in a low voice, "Are you Mrs. Lu?"
Originally, Shen Jianyi was about to leave, but after hearing this, she stopped in her tracks.
"Do you know me?" Shen Jianyi looked at him curiously.
The man nodded politely. "I was fortunate enough to meet you a few times before. Maybe you, Mrs. Lu, are a busy person and have forgotten."
For some reason, Shen Jianyi always felt that this man was a bit ill - intentioned. She frowned slightly but didn't show any emotion. "Maybe so. After all, you have an ordinary face."
After saying this, Shen Jianyi couldn't wait to leave.
The man looked at her disappearing back and showed a meaningful smile. In his opinion, this Shen Jianyi was extremely interesting.
Just then, Lu Jinsheng also came out of the hotel. Without much thought, he could understand that their purpose must be the same as his - they were all after the chip.
"Mr. Lu, long time no see."
Hearing someone calling him, Lu Jinsheng turned his head and glanced at him, then nodded expressionlessly. "Li Yao? What a coincidence."
This man's name was Li Yao. He was from the South Sea but developed his business in Shanghai. He was quite capable. He had tried several times to cooperate with the Lu Corporation but was always rejected.
It wasn't just Lu Jinsheng who rejected him. Even Lu Suowei would refuse, because his company in Shanghai wasn't very outstanding. Most of his reputation was in the South Sea.
There were only two possibilities for meeting him here.
First, he came back to the South Sea to inherit the family business.
Second, he was also eyeing the chip covetously.
No matter which one it was, Lu Jinsheng wouldn't have any interaction with such a person.
Maybe because he was in a hurry to chase Shen Jianyi, he didn't even look at Li Yao and just walked past him.
This feeling of being ignored was really unpleasant. Li Yao clenched his fists and pressed them against his trouser legs. He frowned tightly and gritted his teeth.
"You'd better let me get the chip. Otherwise, the Lu Corporation will be the first one I target!"
Li Yao turned around and walked into the hotel.
...
Shen Jianyi came to the seaside. She squatted on the beach, looking for something.
After looking around, she thought the snakes shouldn't be on the sand, so she walked towards the nearby jungle.
Banded kraits usually only appear in places near the sea. As soon as she stepped on this land, she looked down and saw a snake with a black body and white cross - stripes.
Without thinking, Shen Jianyi took out a small transparent bottle from her pocket.
She grabbed the banded krait by the back of its head with one hand, making it unable to move.
When Lu Jinsheng arrived, he saw the woman extracting the snake's antivenom. And the snake she was holding was a banded krait - so far, the most venomous snake in Asia.
Now Lu Jinsheng could understand why she said she was coming to the seaside to catch snakes.
Lu Jinsheng walked over and squatted beside the woman. "Yiyi, why do you want to extract their antivenom? It's extremely poisonous..."
"Fight poison with poison."
She repeated this operation on several snakes. After filling a whole container with antivenom, she nodded in satisfaction.
But Lu Jinsheng still didn't quite understand. He frowned tightly. "You're not going to use this to save Lu Ziqian, are you?"
"Yes." Shen Jianyi answered casually.
But in Lu Jinsheng's eyes, this was simply a bit terrifying. He didn't know where she found this method. It really made people feel panicked.
"Are you serious?" Lu Jinsheng asked tentatively.
Shen Jianyi got up and put away the antivenom. Such an important thing must be well - kept. She planned to hand the antivenom to Fa Cai for protection.
"Of course I'm serious. Don't you trust me?"
How could Lu Jinsheng not trust her? He just always felt that this was a bit risky.
But in the end, the man still nodded in agreement. "I trust you."
After all, Shen Jianyi had given up her rest time to come here to catch snakes. Lu Jinsheng glanced at the time on his wristwatch. It was already a little past one in the afternoon.
There were less than four hours left until the auction started, but she hadn't rested at all.
Lu Jinsheng got up and took the woman's hand, holding it tightly and leading her to leave.
"No matter who you want to save, we have to go back and rest first. You don't know what will happen during the auction."
"Okay..."
The two returned the same way. On the way, Shen Jianyi didn't say a word. She was going over the technique of the twelve silver needles in her mind again and again.
Just like this, she was pulled back to the hotel room by Lu Jinsheng all the way.
At the door of the room.
Hongxiu was dozing off against the wall. When she saw the two of them coming back, she looked anxious. "Where did you two go?"
Shen Jianyi answered expressionlessly, "It's some private business."
"Okay," Hongxiu didn't ask further. "I'm hungry. There's a restaurant on the top floor. Do you want to go and try the food?"
"Sure."
Right now, Shen Jianyi wasn't in the mood to sleep anyway. It would be better to go there and replenish her energy first.
The group met in the top - floor restaurant. Lu Weiran's eyes lit up when he saw the food. Like Fa Cai, he couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food.
However, Fa Cai hadn't even gone to order food when he was directly pulled by Shen Jianyi to the corner of the bathroom.
Fa Cai looked at her in confusion.
The woman took out a transparent bottle from her pocket. There was a light - yellow liquid in it.