Chapter 3 Before Rebirth (1)

After a chaotic night.

After taking a shower and feeling a little more energetic, Lu Shinian looked through the time in the magazine again and again.

Combined with the disgusting people he met yesterday, under the double attack of psychological and physical discomfort, he fell on the bed like a rag doll, and those painful memories rushed into his mind one after another.

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Jiang City

It was late at night and everything was quiet.

A beam of car lights cut through the thick night, and the mountain road seemed to be soaked in ink, winding towards endless darkness.

Only vague outlines remained of the trees on both sides.

The sound of the engine is particularly abrupt in the silence, and every acceleration seems to be trying to break through the oppressive encirclement.

In the closed car, you can quietly hear the subtle sound of the instrument panel pointer turning.

The driver was looking intently at the mountain road ahead, while the assistant was sitting upright in the passenger seat with a briefcase in his arms.

From time to time, I would look up through the rearview mirror to see the person who was leaning back in the back seat with his eyes closed.

"He still won't eat anything?"

The quiet atmosphere was broken, and the man sitting in the back seat of the car kept his eyes closed.

Xu Zhiyuan was a little irritable today. The company had more and more things to do recently and he really had no time to take care of other things.

By the time I finished all the things at hand, it was already today.

He rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly.

"Yes, Mr. Xu, the villa housekeeper said that he hasn't eaten for two days and the door is locked. Since Ms. Lu came once, Master Lu has locked himself in the room and refused to eat or drink."

The assistant sitting in the passenger seat spoke immediately when Xu Zhiyuan asked this question.

"What did you say? Lu Xue went to Yuepan? Who let her in? Why didn't anyone tell me at the time?"

Xu Zhiyuan opened his eyes instantly and stared at the assistant in the front row as if he couldn't believe it, and asked several questions in succession.

The assistant's scalp tingled when Xu Zhiyuan looked at him. He stumbled over his explanation.

"You were working on a project with Mr. Huang at the time, and you told us not to disturb you unless it was something important."

"Didn't I tell Yuepan to report anything to me first?"

"Ms. Lu drove there alone. She took out a photo of her and you and said she was your girlfriend. The bodyguard called you at the time but you didn't answer. He was afraid that if she was really your girlfriend at that late hour, you would blame her, so he let her in.

They left the next morning. The housekeeper said that he met Young Master Lu once before leaving, but Ms. Lu took him to the guest room where she slept the night before. No one knew what they talked about. After Ms. Lu left, Young Master Lu locked himself in the room and refused to eat or drink. ”

The assistant repeated the words in as steady a tone as possible.

"Idiots, a bunch of idiots, why do I spend money to support you? If you can't even do such a simple thing, what's the point of having you?"

No wonder Lu Xue looked so hurried and came back from somewhere so early in the morning, and no wonder he slept so soundly the night before. So that's why.

"Sooner or later, I will kill this stupid woman." Xu Zhiyuan looked vicious.

The assistant was startled when he looked into her eyes, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look him in the eye.

"Give me the surveillance camera of his room."

The assistant hurriedly searched in the briefcase in his arms, but the briefcase in his hand seemed to be against him. The more anxious he was, the harder it was to find. When he was so anxious that sweat began to appear on his forehead, he finally took out an ordinary black cell phone from the bag. Before the assistant could open it, Xu Zhiyuan, who had been waiting impatiently on the side, reached out and snatched it away.

Xu Zhiyuan opened his phone, found today's video, and clicked it with a frown.

The surveillance footage showed that the curtains in the villa room were drawn tightly, with only a few faint lights leaking in through the gaps. The furnishings in the room were still the same as when he left some time ago. Even the computer desk where he often stayed was pitch black.

Xu Zhiyuan checked every angle of the surveillance camera, but couldn't find anyone.

He stared at the bulge on the bed for a full minute, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Suddenly kicked the front driver's seat

"Drive faster."

"Boss Xu, this is already fast enough. This road is not easy to travel on at night. If you go any faster, something bad might happen."

The driver replied tremblingly.

"You're an idiot too."

The two people sitting in the front row didn't dare to respond, obviously not wanting to get caught in the crossfire.

"What are you still standing there for? Call the housekeeper and ask him to break down the door."

"Okay...Okay, Mr. Xu, I'll call right away." The assistant quickly took out his cell phone and called the villa's housekeeper.

After a few words of instruction, silence returned to the car.

On the other side

The butler and several bodyguards came to Lu Shinian's bedroom door.

"Open this door for me."

After saying that, he took a step back and let a few sturdy bodyguards come forward.

"Okay." After several people were busy for a while and finally opened it, the butler felt something was wrong. Suddenly, even his resentment for being woken up by the assistant in the middle of the night was reduced a little.

The door was forced open, making quite a loud noise.

But the bedroom was still dark.

"Master Lu, come out and eat something. Your body won't be able to take it if you continue like this."

The butler called out twice tentatively, but received no response.

The house was quiet, and he fumbled to turn on the bedroom light.

The light suddenly came on, causing the butler to feel slightly uncomfortable, and he closed his eyes slightly.

Open again

Right in front of you is a bed that is more than two meters long.

The housekeeper came to the bed and spoke softly to the slightly raised bump in the middle of the bed, "Master Lu, are you asleep? Mr. Xu will be here soon. If you don't get up, we won't be able to take responsibility if Mr. Xu blames you when he gets here."

Words out

Still no movement on the bed.

The housekeeper, who had seen no movement on the bed, picked up a corner of the thin quilt and gently lifted it up.

When the person lying inside was revealed, he was so scared that he took a step back.

The young man lying on the bed in front of me was skinny, with clothes loosely covering his body. The blue and purple marks on his exposed arms and legs were shocking. The housekeeper was not surprised by these traces. But he is different now than before.

He quickly walked forward and lifted Lu Shinian's eyelids, then looked at the side of his neck.

He slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his temples, and after two seconds of rest, he called his assistant.

"Assistant Chen, Master Lu has fainted. At this time, should we call Mr. Xu's personal doctor over?"

"How long has he been unconscious?" The assistant's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he prayed silently in his heart.

"This... I'm not too sure about this. Except for Mr. Xu, we generally cannot enter Young Master Lu's room." The butler hesitantly.

--finished

Assistant Chen thought.

He quietly looked up and glanced at the rearview mirror

But I don't want

He met Xu Zhiyuan's secretive gaze

"What's the matter?" Xu Zhiyuan said in a calm voice.

"Mr. Xu, the villa's butler said that Master Lu is in a coma."

Assistant Chen said this with gritted teeth, but he did not get as angry as he had expected.

"knew."

After saying that, he closed his eyes again.

Ding, quiet for less than a moment

Assistant Chen's cell phone message alert sounded.

He hurriedly turned his phone to silent mode, and couldn't help but glance back. When he noticed that there was no movement in the back seat, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Butler: "Does Mr. Xu know? What do you say?"

Assistant Chen: "I see. I don't know if the boss is too angry. I can't figure it out. I can only say good luck to you. We will be there soon."

housekeeper:…

The Maybach stopped steadily in front of a villa halfway up the mountain.

As the long-closed villa door slowly opened

The lights all around lit up one after another, illuminating the entire hillside.

The butler had already been waiting on the side.

"gentlemen."

He called out respectfully to an elegant middle-aged man coming down from the back seat.

"Has the doctor come? What's the situation now?"

Xu Zhiyuan tugged at his tie and asked as he walked into the villa.

"The private doctor has arrived. He said that Young Master Lu has been suffering from long-term malnutrition and has fainted due to extreme grief. He is already giving Young Master Lu an IV drip."

The butler took the coat handed over by Xu Zhiyuan and answered respectfully.

"Tell me when he wakes up."

After saying this, Xu Zhiyuan walked towards the bedroom on the second floor.

"Sir, Master Lu has woken up, but he still refuses to eat. Please try to persuade him."

The butler was already waiting outside the door.

"knew."

After changing his clothes, Xu Zhiyuan walked slowly towards Lu Shinian's bedroom.