Chapter 238 The Best Person

"Aunt Liu, the door to the study on the second floor is locked automatically and I can't open it. I climbed out the window. Where is Butler Xu now? I want to ask him for the key."

"They climbed out from the second floor?!" Aunt Liu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. She composed herself and pointed directly to a room nearby, "That's Butler Xu's bedroom!"

"Thanks, get some rest, Aunt Liu." Wen Ni nodded and turned to leave.

Aunt Liu stood there, looking at Wen Ni's back, and shook her head in disbelief once again.

No wonder the Lu family has their eye on her.

Not only do they not follow the usual path, but their thought process is also extraordinary!

At that moment, Wen Ni knocked a few times on the door of Butler Xu's bedroom.

A short while later, Butler Xu came to open the door. He was dressed neatly, clearly not ready to go to sleep yet.

When they saw that the person who came was Wen Ni, Butler Xu's reaction was exactly the same as Aunt Liu's, both of them were 100% surprised!

However, Butler Xu is clearly more adaptable.

He quickly regained his composure and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Miss Wen? Is there something you need to see me about so late?"

"Butler Xu, do you have the spare key to the study on the second floor? The door to the study suddenly locked and we can't open it. Lu Jinye is still locked inside."

"Huh? Oh dear... the door to the study on the second floor locked itself again?" Butler Xu clapped his hands.

Wen Ni blinked. "Again?"

"The lock on the second-floor study door is indeed faulty; it keeps locking itself. It can be opened from the outside, but not from the inside!" The butler calmly turned around, took out a key, and said, "Shall I go with you to unlock it?"

"……Need not."

Wen Ni had only suspected it, but now, hearing the butler's self-deceptive explanation, her suspicions were completely confirmed!

However, she did not expose her, but simply took the key from the housekeeper and said, "I can go by myself, thank you for your help, housekeeper."

"Miss Wen Ni, you're too kind!"

Butler Xu watched Wen Ni go upstairs with a smile.

Once Wen Ni's figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs, Butler Xu put away his smile and quickly walked towards the bedroom on the other side of the corridor!

In the bedroom, Qin Yuan was just getting sleepy and was about to go to sleep when she was startled by the sudden intrusion of Butler Xu.

"Butler Xu, it's the middle of the night, why are you walking around so quietly?"

"Qin Yuan!" Butler Xu shushed him, turned around and closed the bedroom door before saying, "Are you sure you locked the study door? If you did, how did Miss Wen Ni get out?"

"Miss Wen Ni is out? Sigh... Butler Xu, I already told the old man that simply locking the door won't stop them! You didn't believe me! Who is Miss Wen Ni? She's not an ordinary soldier! She can scale walls and leap across rooftops! Even if I sat downstairs with an AK47 today, I couldn't stop her!"

Qin Yuan hugged the blanket, feeling sleepy and dizzy from drinking too much.

"Also, Steward Xu, you should advise the old man to stop going to such lengths to create opportunities for Master Lu and the other man to be alone. It's all a waste of effort! Even if Wen Ni is a blockhead, she should be able to sense that Master Lu and the entire Lu family treat her differently! So, it's not that she's oblivious, it's that she doesn't want to!"

"I never expected Qin Yuan to be able to say something so philosophical!" Butler Xu exclaimed with rare admiration!

"Having spent so much time by Master Lu's side, I've seen so much, so naturally I know what's going on!" Qin Yuan lay back on the pillow, her eyes already half-closed. "Master Lu said to let things take their course, so let's just let things take their course!"

"Let nature take its course..."

Butler Xu stroked his chin and repeated the thought, letting out a helpless sigh. As he turned to leave the bedroom, he made sure to turn off the light for Qin Yuan.

As the footsteps in the corridor faded away, the entire Lu residence seemed to finally fall into the stillness of midnight.

Corner of the outer wall

Wen Ni, who had returned, slipped away and leaned against the spot. She had overheard the conversation between Butler Xu and Qin Yuan!

She lowered her head, quietly took the keys, and turned to go upstairs.

The key clicked into the lock, opening the study door.

Their eyes met.

The conversation she had overheard downstairs suddenly resurfaced in Wen Ni's mind.

Even Qin Yuan understood this principle, so how could Lu Jinye not understand it? Yet he never pressed her further. Instead, he respected her, gave her enough space, and always maintained a comfortable distance from her, neither too close nor too far, knowing when to stop!

He is a wonderful person.

Unfortunately, she wasn't a very good person.

"Is there something on my face?" Lu Jinye finally asked after being stared at by her for a long time.

“Yes, it has a nose, two eyes, and a mouth,” Wen Ni said.

"?" Lu Jinye twitched the corners of his lips, sensing that she was acting a little strangely.

Wen Ni also realized that her joke was both old-fashioned and not very funny!

She coughed lightly, her fist pressed to her lips, and handed him a bottle of milk that she had been holding in her left hand. "This one is new, it's for you."

"Warmed?"

Lu Jinye didn't expect that while she was downstairs getting her keys, she would actually think of warming up another bottle of milk for him!

She gripped the bottle tightly in her palm, and when she looked up again, Wen Ni was already back in front of her bedroom door.

“By the way, Mr. Sheng Jiang contacted me a few days ago,” Wen Ni said.

"What are your plans?" Lu Jinye asked, looking at her profile.

"If you're interested, I can reserve a few tickets for the Northern Ice and Snow Track at the end of December!"

"It's a great honor."

Upon receiving his reply, she subtly curved her lips into a smile, then went into the bedroom and closed the door.

The sky was still dark in the early morning; some were fast asleep, while others remained awake, waiting for dawn...

Under the same sky

The villa, nestled amidst lush greenery and a straight road, was dimly lit and unlit.

The fireplace was lit only in the living room area!

The light and shadow are mixed, making the image unclear.

On a yellow-brown Western-style classic leather sofa, a man wearing a bright red bathrobe leaned back.

He tilted his head back, his entire face hidden in darkness. Only his proud, swan-like neck, illuminated by the dim firelight of the fireplace, revealed the sensual rise and fall of his Adam's apple!

The red wine in the stemmed glass was as vivid as blood.

He held a wine glass in his left hand and raised it to the bright moon outside the French windows, clinking glasses in the distance!

He withdrew his hand, and just as the rim of the glass was about to touch his thin lips, he suddenly twisted his wrist, plunging the entire wine glass into the fish tank on the table next to him!

The fish became restless because of the wine glass!

They frantically swung their tails and slammed against the glass, relentlessly trying to escape.

"Humans are just like these fish..." A lazy, deep voice, tinged with extreme mystery in the darkness, said, "If things stay peaceful for too long, we get used to complacency and forget what it's like when the storm comes!"

He sat up, his handsome face reflected in the fish tank, the ripples making his appearance appear ever-changing.

The only thing that remained unchanged was the extreme excitement and frenzy in his eyes when he watched the fish fleeing in panic!

This sight is chilling!

He suddenly pushed his palm forward.

The entire fish tank was hit by an external force and slammed straight off the table, shattering on the ground with a loud crack! It broke into pieces!

The water in the tub trickled out and soaked the entire carpet.

Dozens of small fish thrashed and struggled desperately until they ran out of oxygen and finally lay still!

The man's hand was still suspended in mid-air, with a shallow but not shallow cut on one side of his palm from the broken glass!

At first glance, it was a bloody mess.

Bright red drops fell onto the fish at his feet, staining its belly red!

"How exciting is that? Watching them caught off guard, wagging their tails and begging for mercy, collapsing in utter despair, yet unable to utter a sound! Die, all of you die! Hahahaha...!!"

"master……"

A woman's voice suddenly rang out, calling out somewhat timidly, "You're still up so late?"