Luo Jinxiu's dissatisfaction was no less than the butler's, and her tone was anything but polite.

After all, the steward is a servant, and should ultimately obey.

"Don't forget, you were brought here to take care of me and cooperate with me, not to overstep your bounds!"

These words were quite impolite, but the butler still used the same tone, which was very annoying to hear: "Since I came with Miss, I naturally have the responsibility to remind her. Moreover, if Miss fails to do what she is supposed to do, the head of the family will really be angry."

Luo Jinxiu had only been back in the country for a short time. The old housekeeper had gone back to retire, and this housekeeper was new. Luo Jinxiu and he didn't have a very deep relationship to begin with, and now that she heard him speak like this, she felt even more annoyed.

"Enough! It's none of your business to interfere with me! Let me remind you, if you dare to act without my orders, then let's see whether you, a mere steward, are more important to the head of the family, or me, the eldest daughter of the Luo family!"

After saying that, Luo Jinxiu hung up the phone and remained angry for a long time.

Qin Yiheng went from listening and nodding to listening and pondering.

It's perfectly acceptable for Luo Jinxiu to bring a housekeeper or servants, as that's the standard and treatment she deserves.

But just as Luo Jinxiu was angry about, this butler was far too disrespectful to the young lady.

Luo Jinxiu continued, "Afterwards, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong. I told you before that I did have some errors in my information about you, and those errors came from home. And here, the housekeeper's attitude has become increasingly strange..."

Initially, when their target was Qin Yiheng, the butler seemed very anxious, hoping that Luo Jinxiu would take action soon. Now, he has even brought up the head of the family, trying to put pressure on Luo Jinxiu.

Connecting all the events from beginning to end, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that the Luo family is intentionally targeting Qin Yiheng.

“I have some bad feelings, but it’s just a feeling. I’m worried that the housekeeper might send someone to follow me, so I chose this place to meet you. What are your thoughts?” Luo Jinxiu asked him sincerely.

After observing and understanding Qin Yiheng for so long, Luo Jinxiu has completely confirmed that most of the information she received about Qin Yiheng from her family is unreliable. She naturally wonders whether it was a mistake or intentional.

If it's the former, then it's truly unacceptable that the Luo family, as a prominent family in Rongcheng, couldn't even handle this simple matter properly and made so many mistakes.

If it's the latter, that's also strange. Why is that?

Luo Jinxiu couldn't understand it, so she risked going to find Qin Yiheng. This place was hard to find, and it was full of twists and turns in the alleys. Moreover, there was nowhere to hide, so it was impossible to eavesdrop or spy.

"This seems to be an internal matter of your Luo family. Why do you think I have any thoughts about it?" Qin Yiheng chuckled.

He actually did have it, but he wouldn't tell Luo Jinxiu.

Regarding the true cause of their parents' deaths, there is no one in the Luo family whom they can trust for the time being.

Luo Jinxiu neither confirmed nor denied it, but said, "I just feel that if someone is being targeted by others, they will always have some sense of it..."

"Yes, but too many people are watching me."

Qin Yiheng's words were indeed impeccable, and Luo Jinxiu was at a loss for words.

The two were preoccupied with their own thoughts, sitting opposite each other in this deserted café. It wasn't awkward, but the atmosphere grew increasingly heavy, almost suffocating.

Just then, Qin Yiheng's phone rang, breaking the silence between the two.

"Yan..."

"Bang--"

"Beep beep—"

The call was from Jiang Yan, but as soon as Qin Yiheng answered, before he could even say "Yan Yan," a loud noise came from the other end, and the call was immediately disconnected.

Qin Yiheng held his phone, which was constantly busy, his expression grave. He said in a deep voice, "Something's happened!"

Jiang Yan drove away in the morning.

After leaving the house, I went to check out the office building based on the messages sent to me by several leopards on my phone.

They have plenty of money, but live streaming companies don't necessarily need to choose the best or most bustling locations. As long as it's convenient enough and the environment is good enough, making it easier for the employees they hire to travel and work than in other places, then their goal is achieved.

Several office buildings were located in adjacent areas. Jiang Yan walked around the area a few times and thought most of them were pretty good, but if there were any better ones, she could compare them.

So she didn't make a decision right away and wanted to think about it some more.

However, the next location was a bit further away and required driving. Fortunately, it wasn't peak traffic time, so Jiang Yan drove onto the expressway and headed straight there.

Before they had even gone halfway, Jiang Yan realized something was wrong.

There was a car behind her that seemed to have been following her the whole time.

Most people don't notice if someone is following them while driving, but today is the last day of Shen Ru's deadline.

Even Qin Yiheng couldn't have predicted what Shen Ru would do, so Jiang Yan kept a close eye on things after she left home, observing all the unusual movements around her.

From the rearview mirror, I could only see that the car following me was a Land Rover, with two unfamiliar men in the driver's seat and the passenger seat. I couldn't see who was inside.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Yan turned the car onto a side road, then back onto the main road...

Now she was certain that she was indeed being followed.

Her decision to turn onto the side road was completely unnecessary, but the people in the car behind must have been worried that she might get off on the side road and go somewhere else, so they followed her there, and now they've followed her back onto the main road.

"Damn it, we've been exposed." The man in the passenger seat of the back car cursed under his breath.

The driver was also quite annoyed, but there was no way to salvage the situation now unless they stopped the car, but once they stopped, the rest of the process would be impossible.

There were five people in the Land Rover, with only one woman sitting in the middle of the back seat.

She was dressed in a smart outfit, her eyes fixed on the front, looking both reserved and inexplicably excited, even a little impatient—the woman was Shen Ru.

She felt that everything in front of her was unreal, and her mind was filled with her conversation with that mysterious person last night.

Last night, she received an unusual private message, one that stood out from the thousands of messages.

[Take Jiang Yan hostage, and I'll help you settle this matter.]

Online communication is all done using nicknames. Shen Ru clicked into the homepage but couldn't figure it out. It took her a long time to send back a question.

【Who are you. 】