Shen Danru looked at him. Shouldn't Qi Shuoyu be in Ningzhou right now? Why is he in Shengjing? Isn't he afraid that his identity will be revealed?

Qi Shuoyu smiled wryly. A woman as clever as her probably already guessed his identity.

"As you probably already know, I am the son of the late emperor's deposed crown prince. My father died unjustly, and so did I."

Qi Shuoyu stood up, his eyes filled with ruthlessness: "I came back this time to reclaim the position that rightfully belongs to me."

"Why are you telling me all this? Aren't you afraid I'll tell Qi Jingcheng?"

The man said confidently, "You won't."

"Even if you could, it would be worth it to die by your hand. Woman, you are not allowed to attract any more suitors. Wait for me for some time. After I take my revenge, I will definitely marry you."

Before Shen Danru could react, Qi Shuoyu jumped out of the window and left.

She disliked his tone. What did he mean by "he's coming to marry her"? Had he even asked her? He wanted to marry her, but she didn't want to.

She had no intention of getting married again in this life. In a few years, she would either become a free woman or marry someone who had a terminal illness and was about to die. Ideally, the person would die as soon as she entered the house.

After Qi Shuoyu left, Shen Danru lay down to continue sleeping. Not long after, she felt the door open again.

"What else do you want to say? Can you just say it all at once? This is really annoying and disturbing other people's sleep."

The man in black was slightly taken aback, but only for a moment before realizing that she had probably mistaken him for someone else.

Seeing that Qi Shuoyu did not answer, Shen Danru turned her head and immediately saw a person dressed in all black, carrying a sword and wearing a mask. Judging from the figure, he was a man.

In modern times, she had also seen many TV dramas where these men in black were either killers or assassins.

She immediately realized that someone had hired someone to kill her.

It seems that people are already so eager to get back to Shengjing as soon as she returned.

She sat up calmly and said, "Brother, since I'm about to die, could you tell me who sent you? That way I can die knowing why."

The man in black sneered, "Don't make things difficult for me, young lady. You're going to die anyway, so you don't need to know who it is. In our line of work, we can't reveal our employers' information, and I can't break the rules either."

At this moment, the system reminded her that there was another person in the room, but judging from their aura, they were not an enemy.

They're either enemies or friends, so who could it be? When did she meet someone like that?

"Fine then, if I capture you and use all sorts of torture, will I be able to find out who sent you?"

The man in black laughed: "You've got quite the nerve. Let's see who dies."

Seeing the man in black approach, Shen Danru cried out, "Help!"

Although Shen Danru could solve the problem herself, she wanted to know who the person hiding deep inside was.

Before the man in black could even point his sword at Shen Danru, someone was faster and knocked the sword out of his hand, causing his hand to bleed profusely.

"Who are you? I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. Do you want to offend the entire Wuzong Sect?"

The man sneered, "You think you can represent the entire Wuzong Sect? I'll have to go ask that kid Sun Wei."

He slowly raised his head. The man in black saw this face, trembled in fright, and then widened his eyes, saying, "Sect Leader Lei?"

The man in black, ignoring the pain in his hand, tried to escape but was knocked unconscious by Lei Chi's punch.

He then instructed, "Is that the result? Let him die somewhere far away, so as not to frighten Miss Chen."

Two people then stepped forward and respectfully said, "Yes."

"By the way, throw the body back to the Wuzong Sect. I want to ask that brat Sun Wei what he meant by daring to treat my benefactor like this."

Shen Danru was completely bewildered. Even without this person appearing, she could have dealt with the man in black.

However, who is this Sect Leader Lei? How could he evade the guards in her mansion and appear and disappear without a trace?

Also, what is the story behind the benefactor he mentioned?

After the two men dragged the man in black away, the man turned around and clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Young lady, you must have been terrified."

Lei Chi acted as if he were already familiar with the place, completely oblivious to the fact that he was in his daughter's boudoir.

"Thank you, brother. May I ask who you are?"

"Girl, don't you recognize me? It's me."

Lei Chi pointed to his face and winked at Chen Danru.

Shen Danru shook her head. She had looked at him carefully several times, but still couldn't recognize him.

“Miss Chen, you really have a bad memory. You saved me in Sifang Town and even found someone to treat me.”

After Lei Chi's reminder, Shen Danru remembered that she had indeed saved someone in Sifang Town. It was during the conflict with Lan Bing'er that she and Jiang Jingxian took the person home for treatment. At that time, he had a full beard and they thought he was an old man.

He left that day, and Jiang Jingxian kept wondering if the old man would go hungry or be hit by the carriage again.

She looked closely at the man; he resembled him somewhat, but something about him didn't seem right. Even with his beard shaved, he was still quite handsome.

No, it's not just his beard; it looks like his entire facial features have changed.

Could it be a disguise technique?

She tried to speak: "Are you that old man?"

Lei Chi nodded.

"It really is you."

"It was me. I owe you a lot that day, Miss Shen. Otherwise, I don't know where I would be now."

Shen Danru also overheard the conversation between the man in black and the person in front of her. This person's surname was Lei, and he was also some kind of sect leader.

"No, if you want to thank someone, you should thank my cousin. She's the one who saved you. I was just helping my cousin."

"That day, all I knew was that Miss Shen took me home and found a doctor to treat me. I only recognize Miss Shen. My name is Lei Chi. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Lei."

That day, he was ambushed and poisoned. The poison was colorless and odorless, and he only realized what was happening after he lost all his abilities.

He disguised himself as an old man, which allowed him to escape unscathed.

But at that time, the Jue Ming Sect was in the midst of a power struggle for the sect leader, and he dared not trust anyone, so he went to find a doctor for treatment. Unfortunately, all the doctors said the same thing: he was not sick.

It wasn't until he found a renowned healer that he was told he had been poisoned.

He went to Sifang Town to find a medicinal herb, but he almost got into trouble there.

Having lost his skills, he was just an ordinary person, and he had almost run out of money. The village doctor was right; he was indeed hungry.