"Su Jin!" Zheng Lin was furious.

"I can do it myself." Su Jin opened her phone's notes app, found a line that fit the current situation, and read it aloud: "If life were only as beautiful as our first meeting, then I can only say sorry, after all, we really weren't meant to be..."

She read this and felt the lines were wrong, so she changed the lines to those from another drama.

"The beginning and end of a relationship are all in vain. There is no longer any connection between us."

These lines were particularly jarring, and Su Jin herself was also pulled out of character.

She could even feel the hand gripping her shoulder had lost its strength.

By the dim light of his phone, Zheng Lin looked at Su Jin, who had her head down. Her face was gentle, which gradually calmed his emotions.

"Stop reading." Zheng Lin reached out and crossed out her memo. "I don't think you're that eager to change the current trend. Go back."

Su Jin opened the door, letting the light in. "I'm not going back. I'm staying here today. I'll give you half an hour to inform your people over there and handle this matter properly. That way, I can let bygones be bygones."

The two maids passing by glanced at the second young master's room and quickened their pace. Only after turning the corner did they dare to talk to each other.

Is the second young master making things difficult for the second young mistress?

Another person put it bluntly, "It's more like making things difficult for yourself."

Being far away, Su Jin and the others naturally couldn't hear the private gossip. However, Zheng Lin wasn't having any fun with her arrogant attitude.

In Zheng Lin's eyes, Su Jin was only good at saying harsh words and had nothing to actually threaten him, so she was not worth fearing.

Moreover, he found it somewhat amusing.

She couldn't do anything about it, no matter how hard she tried, and the noise was so loud.

Zheng Lin stared at Su Jin for two seconds, then took a long stride, walked a short distance, and knocked on the door of Zheng Youguo's study.

The butler poked his head out of the study: "Second Young Master."

"Take Miss Su back." After saying that, Zheng Lin turned his head to look at Su Jin, who was standing in the distance and looking in their direction.

The butler considered his words for a moment, then said, "I know. I'll take the second young mistress back to her room to rest now."

Zheng Lin's gaze passed through the butler's back and landed on Zheng Youguo, who was drinking tea.

He looked away and asked, "Uncle Wu, can I turn on the electricity in my room now?"

"This." The butler rubbed his hands together. "Your room is out of power? The electricity is working perfectly fine. Ah, I remember now, I've already called someone to come and fix it tomorrow."

He gave an awkward laugh. "Second Young Master, is there anything else?"

"Are you sure it's for repair?"

Zheng Lin had noticed early on that the power had suddenly gone out in his room; it was Zheng Youguo who had the housekeeper turn it off, and only in his room.

The old man is meddling in other people's business again, and he's meddling in the wrong things.

What's the point of just cutting off the power to one room? We still have to lock the door from the outside, and there are still several bottles of wine inside. Why do they only meddle in other people's business halfway?

Butler: "Well, it will definitely be fixed. It will be fixed tomorrow."

Zheng Lin continued to subtly hint to the butler and Zheng Youguo, "Next time, check the door locks; they're not very reliable. Also, something seems to be missing from my room."

The butler's eyebrows twitched as he saw the second young master leave.

He closed the door, turned around and asked the master, "I feel like the second young master is hinting at something. Master, is there something wrong with the young master's door lock? Nothing is missing from the room."

"They found out about the power outage and are trying to threaten us. No problem, we'll break his lock tomorrow and lock him up to reflect on his actions. Let's see if he dares to threaten us, his elders, again." Zheng Youguo lowered his head and continued playing Dou Dizhu: "Hey, this hand is good, I'm going to be the landlord this round."

Su Jin went home without waiting for the housekeeper.

It was already 2 a.m. The wedding photos had been circulating for a long time, with everyone urging Su Ling to publicly acknowledge the relationship.

She closed her eyes, ready to throw caution to the wind. She had never pretended to be single, nor had she broken any laws or regulations. As long as she neither admitted nor denied it, who could do anything to her?

After a few months, not many people will remember this.

Leaving it alone is also a solution.

The next day, when Zheng Lin tried to open the door, he found that the lock was broken.

He tried to pull it apart several times, but couldn't.

Fortunately, Assistant Gao came to the manor early in the morning to report on his work and is now waiting outside the boss's room.

Hearing the commotion inside, Assistant Gao glanced at the door lock and exclaimed in surprise, "Boss, why is your door welded shut? Who would do something so despicable? Don't worry, I'll go find someone to open it for you right now."

Zheng Lin, inside the room: "..."

After being successfully rescued by Assistant Gao, Zheng Lin sat on a chair on the balcony, drinking his morning tea.

Assistant Gao stood beside him, holding a tablet, and said, "There's been no response from the second young mistress yet. But the fact that Su Ling is married is now confirmed and won't change."

"Wang Keyi has also been brought here. Are we going to interrogate him now?"

Zheng Lin: "Let him bask in the sun for a while first. We'll question him again at noon."

"Sunbathing all the time?" Assistant Gao thought of Wang Keyi's fair skin and tender flesh. With today's high temperature, getting a tan in the sun all morning was a minor matter, but it would directly lead to heatstroke.

"Okay." Zheng Lin raised his wrist to check the time. "Also, go see what Su Jin is doing right now, and report any unusual activity to me immediately."

"good."

Assistant Gao withdrew and went to an open grassy area in the manor.

Wang Keyi was tied hand and foot to a wooden stake, with two bodyguards guarding him.

The rope was thick and tight, and Wang Keyi couldn't break free, so he could only close his eyes and doze off.

He was wearing pajamas, with a disposable hotel slipper on his left foot and his right foot bare, directly on the mud. He was covered in dirt and his hair was a mess.

She is no longer recognizable as the dazzling idol on stage.

Last night, he had just finished showering and thought the room attendant was coming to clean the room. As soon as he opened the door, he was tied up. Now, after a night of struggling and screaming, he is completely exhausted.

Assistant Gao still sympathized with Wang Keyi's situation; having to be exposed to the sun all morning was practically torture. But who could blame him when he offended their boss?

Hearing footsteps, Wang Keyi opened his eyes slightly and said in a hoarse voice, "Where is this? What do you want to do to me?"

"What happens to you depends on whether you're willing to cooperate later. If you cooperate well, our boss will be happy and will release you soon. If you don't cooperate..." Assistant Gao coughed lightly, "then you might become fertilizer for the plants. Of course, our boss is definitely not as friendly as me. With him, you might not even qualify to be fertilizer."

......

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Under the scorching sun, Wang Keyi's lips were so dry they cracked, and his vision was blurred, as if he were in a giant steamer, his internal organs filled with heat.