SOS

Chenyue No.1

Qiu Jingxun stood in front of the refrigerator, not even having taken a bite of the cucumber in his hand, when the doorbell rang. He frowned and asked Sun Qian, "Did Yu Shi invite someone else over?"

Sun Qian shook his head in puzzlement. This was the place where the boss and Young Master Qiu stayed in Xuncheng. The two of them rarely saw guests when they came to Xuncheng, except for the last time when Miss Gu came to help the boss with hypnosis...

His eyes lit up. Could it be Miss Gu?

Full of questions, she pushed open the door, then froze, unable to suppress the smile that had been creeping onto her lips. She lowered her head, resisting the urge to close the door, and finally said, "Mr. Lu... Mr. Lu."

Lu Yushi glanced over. He was half a head taller than Sun Qian, and from his angle, he could just see Sun Qian's trembling lips. He grunted and strode into the room.

Qiu Jingxun was surprised by Sun Qian's sudden change in tone. He closed the refrigerator and turned his head back.

"Smack."

Startled, he dropped the cucumber, which hit the corner of the table, broke in two, and rolled under the chair.

Qiu Jingxun didn't bother to pick it up. A "Holy crap!" echoed in the room for a long time. He asked the question that Sun Qian dared not say: "You...where did you go to steal someone? Middle-aged and elderly style, Yu Shi, so your taste is so..." His complicated face was tightly scrunched up. He stammered several times before finally finding the right words, "So picky?"

Lu Yushi stopped in his tracks, expressionless.

"Sun Qian, see the guest out."

Sun Qian frantically winked at Qiu Jingxun and mouthed the words, indicating that President Lu was in a bad mood.

Regardless of whether he was alright or not, Qiu Jingxun reached for his phone to take a picture, saying, "Who would believe it if I posted it? You, Young Master Lu, are wearing a middle-aged or elderly woman's bathrobe and wandering around the streets in the pouring rain."

Sun Qian tried to explain: "Actually, it's quite... fashionable."

It's mainly that face; the ascetic and aloof demeanor paired with the dark floral pattern on the robe creates an indescribable feeling.

Qiu Jingxun circled around Lu Yushi, occasionally raising his hand to touch the bathrobe, laughing so hard he almost fell over: "Call us if you need anything, what is this... what is this thing?"

Lu Yushi brushed his hand away, turned his body leisurely, and said with a playful tone, "Believe it or not, I'll let you run around in these."

Qiu Jingxun immediately shut up, pulled Sun Qian over in agreement, and nodded very seriously, "Sun Qian is right, it is indeed fashionable. Maybe tomorrow a certain company will use this bathrobe as inspiration to design a new men's bathrobe."

He gave a sinister smile: "Yes, I'm selling it specifically to you."

"Sun Qian."

"I'm not going to say it anymore," Qiu Jingxun interrupted hastily, making a zipping motion near his mouth. After the joke, he changed the subject, "I thought you would stay at Xiangshan Palace."

Sun Qian ran upstairs with a "thump thump thump," and when she came downstairs, she was carrying a men's loungewear set. She handed it to Lu Yushi and said, "This morning, Lin Jianye had his bodyguards check who was offering incense in front of him."

Lu Yushi took it, nodded, and got up to walk towards the washroom. Qiu Jingxun scoffed and laughed sarcastically, "Feeling guilty? He's quite interesting. On one hand, he loudly proclaims how much he admires his master, while on the other hand, he forbids others from paying respects to Old Master Xue. They're quite good at making excuses for Lin Jianye, saying he's trying to curry favor with his master. I think he's just afraid that Old Master Xue and his family are still alive."

"What?" Lu Yushi stopped halfway and turned around. "Competing for favor?"

"Those stories people made up said that every year when Lin Jianye held ancestral worship ceremonies, no one was allowed to worship Mr. Xue alone on the day of the ceremony. Before, someone went up the mountain early in the morning to worship in order to please Lin Jianye, but later that person seemed to be a bad person and was investigated and wiped out by Lin Jianye. Outsiders jokingly said that Lin Jianye did not allow his master to take on any more disciples while he was alive, but unexpectedly, he did not want his master to notice anyone else after he died. His love for his master moved heaven and earth."

Qiu Jingxun spat, "As expected, money can make the devil turn the millstone. I think Lin Jianye's idea is not bad. He can give out some money every year and he won't have to lift a finger when something happens. Those people can drown the little girl with just a spit from each of them."

Lu Yushi paused for a moment, then belatedly realized that Qiu Jingxun was referring to Su Wanting. His brow twitched. "Did he find out?"

Qiu Jingxun asked in surprise, "Huh? What did you find out?"

Sun Qian pursed his lips and stole a glance at Lu Yushi's expression. He clenched his fist. He had told the boss that he had feelings for Miss Gu! Young Master Qiu still didn't believe him. He was determined to get the bet money. He cleared his throat and said, "I'm not sure if Xingyin Temple is intentionally helping Miss Gu keep it a secret, or if they simply don't know who Miss Gu is and the bodyguards couldn't find out."

"Hmm." He pushed open the door.

Qiu Jingxun stared at the closed door for several seconds, his mind going blank. Turning around, Sun Qian reached out his hand: "Young Master Qiu, you lost."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Yu Shi is indeed interested in people with higher IQs, but Yu Shi could never like someone like Gu Nan who talks nonsense and makes wild tales."

"Oh." Sun Qian withdrew his hand.

"You won't convince me?"

Sun Qian shrugged. Why should he try to persuade Qiu Jingxun? It would take him three to five years of work to afford an apartment in downtown Beicheng. What if the bet fell through if he tried to persuade Qiu Jingxun?

The chances of a house falling from the sky are slim.

"Hiss, that's not right."

Sun Qian's expression tightened: "What's wrong?"

“The Lin and Shen families are closely related. Lin Jianye must know some of the Shen family’s dirty deeds. Now that Lin Jianye has offended the Shen family, if Yu Shi takes advantage of the situation and stirs things up, wouldn’t it be easy to find out what the Shen family is up to?” Qiu Jingxun’s analysis made him more and more convinced that he was right: “Once the Shen family falls, what will Master Wan be?”

Sun Qian breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and realized he had scared himself. Qiu Shao was three years older than the boss and had never been in a relationship. What did he know about love?

I'll make another bet with him next time.

"All right."

"You think that makes sense, don't you?"

Sun Qian thought to himself that Mr. Qiu's decision to hand over the Qiu family's business to the eldest son of the Qiu family was a very wise one.

"Let me think about what your bet was again?" Qiu Jingxun crossed his legs, held the back of his hand up to his eyes to examine it, and said gloatingly.

Sun Qian reminded him: "Green Submariner."

"You only need to pay half."

...

Lu Yushi pushed open the door and came out, casually handing Sun Qian his discarded women's bathrobe: "Wash it clean and pack it. What, half?"

Qiu Jingxun immediately sat up straight and changed the subject: "Whose is it? Aren't you going to buy them a new one to return?"

"...Gu Nan's aunt."

Sun Qian: !

Qiu Jingxun: ?

Sun Qian glanced around the restroom, trying to suppress her excitement and feigning ignorance, and asked, "Is your coat with Miss Gu?"

Their eyes met, and Lu Yushi only gave them a half-smile.

Sun Qian lowered his head and muttered to himself, "Was my desire to watch the drama really that obvious?"

"Has Meng Qing's identity been confirmed? Why did she appear on the mountain? Can we still track her down?"

With each sentence Lu Yushi spoke, Sun Qian lowered his head an inch, realizing that teasing his boss was having some bad consequences. "I'll go right now."

Qiu Jingxun shouted, "It's raining!"

He didn't want to be alone in the same room with Lu Yushi for the time being. Although Yushi was a man of few words and usually seemed cold and emotionless, he was quite good to his own people. Letting Sun Qian go out to work in the rain would probably make him very unhappy.

Sun Qian walked firmly to the door.

The best way to deal with angering your boss is to temporarily avoid him; he knew this all too well.

"I'll hold the umbrella."

"you……"

Sun Qian refused to communicate with Qiu Jingxun, quickly pushed open the door, and almost fell off the steps before taking a single step. She had to hold onto the door frame tightly with her left hand to avoid kissing the wet floor.

Behind him came Qiu Jingxun's mocking voice: "Yu Shi, tone it down, you're scaring people."

Sun Qian didn't have time to retort. He pulled up the woman he had almost stepped on, and said with tears in his eyes, "Miss Su, you...you didn't have to do this, did you? What deep-seated hatred do you have that you would do this to me?"

If he hadn't been so quick and agile, he would probably be disfigured by now.

Ignoring her clothes soaked by the rain, Su Wanting grabbed Sun Qian's arm with both hands as if she had seen a lifeline: "Assistant Sun, is Young Master Lu here?"

Sun Qian looked down at her and complained, "Why is she still haunting me?"

What do you want?

"Please, Young Master Lu, save my master."

"Huh?" Sun Qian was confused and subconsciously turned around. Lu Yushi raised his voice.

"Let her in."

Before Sun Qian could react, Su Wanting rushed to Lu Yushi's side. Her stubbornness was overwhelmed by his powerful aura, and she timidly took a half step back. Worried about her master's safety, she forced herself to plead for help: "Young Master Lu, my master has been taken away by Master Wan. Please save her."

She couldn't think of anyone who could rival Master Wan. Fortunately, Sister Meng Qing reminded her that Young Master Lu lived in Chenyue No. 1, so she could come and try her luck.

Thinking to himself, "My master has a business relationship with the Lu family. I hope that Young Master Lu can help me out because of that business relationship."

"Young Master Lu." She looked up at Lu Yu's expressionless profile.

Qiu Jingxun had no intention of intimidating the young woman who had just come of age. He spoke the truth, saying, "We can't do anything about offending Master Wan, little sister."

She looked at Lu Yu with a puzzled expression and asked, "Didn't you just come from Miss Gu's house? How come she was taken away by Master Wan again in such a short time?"

Sun Qian also sensed something was wrong. She stepped forward and stood between Su Wanting and Lu Yushi, her face slightly cold as she asked, "Who sent you? How did you know President Lu was here? Speak."

Although the oppressive aura that Sun Qian deliberately created wasn't as intimidating as Lu Yushi's, it was enough for Su Wanting. Su Wanting took a step back in fear, afraid of being driven away, and said rapidly, "I don't know any Miss Gu, my master..."

Qiu Jingxun was even more confused and interrupted her: "You don't know Gu Nan?"

Lu Yushi's eyes sharpened, and he quickly realized something, asking, "Who is your master?"

"Yan Yi".

"That mysterious chess player?" Sun Qian's girlfriend liked chess and often heard her mention Yan Yi. Now, hearing it from Su Wanting, she felt it was unreal and suspected it was just a case of the same name.

Su Wanting confidently dispelled his doubts, "Yes."

Clinging to this last straw, Su Wanting refused to give up. Facing the fear in her heart, she met Lu Yushi's eyes and pleaded, "Please, for the sake of my master's business partnership, save her. No one but you can save my master."

Qiu Jingxun found it increasingly unbelievable: "Yu Shi, when did you and Yan Yi become business partners? You like chess?"

Lu Yushi shook his head, thinking to himself, it's probably that invitation.

He asked Sun Qian to investigate the whereabouts of the press conference invitations that day, but gave up the next day.

Firstly, there were too many invitations sent out for the press conference. Checking each one individually would be time-consuming and might not even reveal the truth.

Furthermore, finding out the truth only satisfies curiosity; there's no need to go through all that trouble.

Unexpectedly, it came to me without any effort at all.

He didn't even know Yan Yi, so how could he have sent an invitation?

"Where did Master Wan take her away from?"

"Houhai Cafe"

Lu Yushi nodded, recognizing the name.

It was there that Gu Nan personally released Meng Qing, who was impersonating her.

Seeing that Lu Yushi seemed to be softening, Su Wanting quickly confessed, "My master told me to wait for her there. I just arrived and saw her being taken to a car by Master Wan's men. Young Master Lu, please... please save her."

Lu Yushi held out his hand to Sun Qian: "Car keys."

Seeing that things were looking up, Su Wanting quickly thanked him, saying, "Thank you, Young Master Lu."