When I came out of the bathroom, Fu Yanshen was standing by the bed, his head down, looking intently at a white medicine bottle in his hand.

Seeing the medicine bottle and the clothes scattered on the bed, my heart tightened.

He doesn't know that I took the medicine on purpose, does he?

Noticing me, he turned to look at me, his Adam's apple bobbing. "You...are you sick?"

His hoarse voice, faintly revealing a hint of concern, led him toward me.

"I have a hormonal imbalance, and this medicine is to regulate it..." I lied guiltily, avoiding eye contact with his brow. When he was about to get close to me, I walked around him.

"I need to reply to a message." I went to the bedside, picked up my phone, and ran to the balcony as if I were escaping.

I was terrified that he would find out I was taking medication to avoid being sexually assaulted by him.

After dark, I went downstairs for dinner as usual, but Fu Yanshen was nowhere to be found.

I ate a piece of bread, drank some warm water, and after filling my stomach, I went upstairs to continue reading.

Fu Yanshen did not return home all night.

On the fourth day after our appointment, his assistant, Lin Xiao, came to our door looking flustered.

After Fu Yanshen resigned from Shengshi, Lin Xiao followed him. He had always been Fu Yanshen's confidant.

“Mrs. Fu…Ms. Sheng, Mr. Fu…is in a very bad situation right now!” Lin Xiao looked at me with a solemn expression, a low voice, and his chest heaving.

He must have run upstairs just now, and he almost blurted out "Mrs. Fu".

Lin Xiao is usually calm and capable, but this was the first time I had ever seen him so flustered.

My heart skipped a beat. "What happened to him?"

The question almost slipped out.