After searching the room, she found a pair of scissors and waved them wildly in the air.

For the bald man, these fancy moves couldn't hurt him at all.

He easily took the scissors from her hand and placed the medicine on the table.

"You have two choices: either drink this abortion pill or drink this bottle of highly toxic pesticide."

The bald man took out a bottle with the label torn off, which contained a foul-smelling liquid.

He placed the bottle next to the medicine.

“If you die, the child won’t live either. I won’t let the child live. But you can go with the child.”

Jian Ruoxi took a few deep breaths, picked up the bottle, and gulped it down.

The medicine tasted very bitter, and as it spread through her bloodstream to her internal organs, it made her feel unwell.

She held back her tears, not wanting to cry.

She collapsed to the ground, her face deathly pale, silently awaiting the onset of pain.

At that moment, she suddenly missed Lu Shen.

She wanted to collapse into that embrace in her final moments.

I collapsed into the embrace of that grassy scent.

The bald man looked at her and laughed maniacally.

"Go now. I hope you won't regret your choice today."

Jian Ruoxi looked at him in surprise.

"The medicine you drank was nothing more than bile and mustard juice. However, I advise you to go to the hospital to get it checked out, because even if it's not highly poisonous, it could still give you diarrhea."

Jian Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief, her forehead already beaded with sweat.

When Jian Ruoxi got out of the bald man's car, she was already a little scared.

Lu Jin rushed over like a madman and thoroughly examined Jian Ruoxi.

"They didn't do anything to you, did they? What did they say to you when they called you over? Did they beat up my brother? How did you all know each other before?"

Ignoring Lu Jinyi's barrage of questions, Jian Ruoxi had a terrible headache.

Knowing that the bald man meant no harm, she did not go to the hospital for a checkup.

What happened today was too bizarre; she needs to process it properly.

If what the bald man said is true, then his hatred for the Lu family must be growing day by day.

For some reason, she began to feel an invisible force pushing things to an uncontrollable point.

She wanted to dispel the fog, but she was powerless to do so.

The bald man's actions seemed more like a game of cat and mouse.

The bald man is enjoying the process.

Perhaps because she was too stressed, she went straight to sleep after relaxing when she got home.

At the same time, the bald man told Li Anran with amusement that he had already met with Jian Ruoxi and Lu Jin.

Li Anran was completely flustered; she didn't know what the bald man had said. She began to fawn over Lu Jin, offering him comfort and concern.

Lu Jin was confused by her, but because Li Anran had acted strangely before, she didn't think too much about it at the moment.

Li Anran couldn't sleep; she knew that even the bald man couldn't be relied on.

For now, her only option is to secure her position as the young mistress of the Lu family as soon as possible.

After thinking it over, she got up and went to Old Mrs. Lu's room.

After returning home from the hospital, Mrs. Lu also searched extensively for the reason why Lu Shen was beaten.

After several days of fruitless searching, Old Mrs. Lu was getting angry.

"Useless! You can't even handle something this simple. How can we expect you to protect the young master in the future?"

Although Old Mrs. Lu was old, her authority as a person in a superior position remained, and the people below were so frightened that they dared not utter a word.

"Grandma, are you still upset about Lu Shen's matter?"

Li Anran stepped forward with secret delight and considerately handed her a cup of chrysanthemum tea.

“A bunch of people, they can’t find out anything, it’s infuriating. I’m worried that Lu Shen is in danger again.”

Grandma Lu's worry for Lu Shen made her cough involuntarily.

While patting her back to help, Li Anran casually brought it up.

"Yes, it's strange. I asked the driver, and Ah Shen went to see Jian Ruoxi that night. But who would have thought he would be beaten up so soon after?"

Grandma Lu's eyes sharpened as she glanced at Li An before slowly speaking.

"Call the driver over. I want him to tell me everything that happened that day, in his own words."

Li Anran felt flustered under Old Madam Lu's gaze, but fortunately she only glanced at her a few times before looking away.

The driver glanced at Li Anran and decided to tell the truth.

When Li Anran saw the ashen-faced old lady Lu, he knew that the matter was already more than half successful.

"This is outrageous! This is too much! An Ran, they've been keeping in touch all along, and you've remained silent. Poor child, Lu Shen, you bastard, I'll back you up!"

When she thought that her precious grandson's beating was related to that actor Jian Ruoxi, Mrs. Lu became furious.

"Let's go now! I want to see what kind of vicious woman is who has harmed my grandson like this and still refuses to repent and admit her sins!"

Seeing that things were not going well, the driver quickly and secretly sent a message to Lu Shen.

Sure enough. Grandma Lu pulled Li Anran into the car and pointed out that they were going to Jian Ruoxi's place.

Although the driver secretly informed the old lady, he dared not disobey her orders and drove smoothly to Jian Ruoxi's building.

Seeing how familiar the driver was with the route, Li Anran's expression changed several times.

"She's shameless indeed. Even after the divorce, she still tries to seduce my precious grandson. This woman is only after our Lu family's money."

Grandma Lu was the first to get out of the car, and she started banging on the door with her cane.

Jian Ruoxi saw Grandma Lu and Li Anran arrive at the door through the surveillance camera. She didn't want to pay them any attention, but felt it was impolite.

After much hesitation, she finally asked the nanny to open the door.

"Miss Lu, you have quite the airs. It took you so long to open the door, making your old woman wait for so long."

As soon as Old Mrs. Lu entered the door, she loudly scolded her, and she, as a junior, apologized repeatedly.

“Miss Jian, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you. What do you want from Lu Shen? Why are you keeping him hanging on like this? Don’t you know he’s getting engaged? And his fiancée is pregnant. Doesn’t your conscience bother you?”

Grandma Lu was arrogant and pointed at Jian Ruoxi's nose, giving her a long lecture.

Having just heard about the Lu family's past from the bald man, she found Lu's old lady's words both laughable and ironic.

Her all-seeing gaze made Old Mrs. Lu feel a little guilty, so she pretended to calm herself down and sat down.

"If you've come here to ask me not to bother your grandson, rest assured, as long as he doesn't cause me any trouble, I'd be happy to never see him again."

As soon as Jian Ruoxi spoke, the two people who came to question her were taken aback.

Did you know when Lu Shen was beaten? Was it related to you?

Li Anran acted as if she was protecting her husband, but Jian Ruoxi was too lazy to pay attention to her and got up to leave.

"Stop right there! You haven't answered me yet."

Li Anran ran over and stopped Jian Ruoxi. She deliberately pulled at her and then shoved Jian Ruoxi hard before she could even stand up straight.

Jian Ruoxi had a vague feeling that something was wrong when she caught up with her and wouldn't let go, so she kept avoiding her.

I never expected her to resort to such underhanded tactics…