In another small dark room, Han Mingyi was also being treated with cold water.
She knew this was Lu Shao's punishment for her, and it was uncertain whether she would be able to get out alive.
After Lu Shen came out, his bodyguard asked him what he had done with Han Mingyi.
"Young Master, what should we do about Han Mingyi?"
Lu Shen spent a good night alone with Jian Ruoxi yesterday and didn't think about drawing blood.
"Give her a lesson, warn her, and then let her go."
Come to think of it, if it weren't for Han Mingyi's planning, I wouldn't have had the chance to see Ruoxi up close.
For this reason alone, I'll let her off this time.
"Yes, young master, we understand."
As a result, Han Mingyi spent an extra day in the dark room compared to the men, and didn't go back until the evening.
After Lu Shen left, he went straight back to the company and worked all day. After the housekeeper called to say that Jian Ruoxi had left, he did not go back to the private villa, but went back to the Lu family home.
As soon as Lu Shen entered the hall, he saw Li Anran waiting on the sofa.
"What are you doing here?" Lu Shen's eyes held a disgust he himself was unaware of.
Li Anran clearly sensed it, but she said nothing. In any case, she had already successfully gotten engaged to Lu Shen, and there was still plenty of time in the future. She would have many opportunities to make Lu Shen fall in love with her again.
"Shen, you must be very tired after a long day at work. Let me get you something to eat." Li Anran pretended to be a virtuous wife and loving mother.
Lu Shen reached out to stop him, "No need, just say what's on your mind, no need to beat around the bush."
How come he never noticed before that Li Anran was such a fake person?
Li Anran was not expected that Lu Shen would expose her directly, and her expression became somewhat unnatural.
"Well, we've been engaged for a while now, but we haven't appeared together in public yet, so I was thinking..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Shen lost patience and got up to go upstairs to his room.
"I understand what you mean, but I've been quite busy at work lately and I can't find the time."
"If you really need a member of the Lu family, go find Grandma."
He knew exactly what Li Anran was thinking; she simply wanted him to appear in public with her to quell the online skepticism about their marriage.
But why did he help her?
He himself also didn't think the marriage would last.
"You're not even willing to pretend anymore. Is Jian Ruoxi's opinion that important to you?" Li Anran murmured, watching Lu Shen's departing figure.
She never imagined that three years would change everything.
Including a person's heart.
She knows she's unwilling to admit it and can't accept it.
Just as she was lost in her memories, her phone suddenly rang, and the number on it felt like a death knell, making Li Anran feel suffocated.
She went to a secluded place and answered the phone.
"Boss, why are you calling so late?" Li Anran asked cautiously. The longer she spent with him, the more she realized that the bald man was even more terrifying than Lu Shen in her eyes.
"I'm afraid if I don't remind you, you'll forget what you're supposed to be doing," the bald man sneered.
"I have always remembered it, and I dare not forget it."
Their terms were like this: the bald man and his gang would help her obtain the position of the young mistress of the Lu family, and she would help them get everything they wanted.
Even the entire Lu family.
"Really? But I've seen rumors online that they don't think highly of you as their future young mistress."
Li Anran understood that this phone call was a warning from the bald man. If she didn't take action, not only would she not be able to remain the young mistress of the Lu family, but even simply surviving would be a problem.
"Boss, I... I'll figure something out," Li Anran quickly assured him.
"That would be best, because my plans can't wait that long."
Lu Jianming hung up the phone; he had given the necessary warning and pressure. Now it was up to Li Anran to show his skills.
If that still doesn't work, we can simply find someone else to do it.
Hearing that the terrifying male voice had stopped coming from the phone, Li Anran breathed a sigh of relief.
She faced the corridor window, looked outside, and began to think about solutions.
She was completely unaware that behind her, someone had witnessed everything that had just happened.
"Li Anran, who exactly is the person you're in contact with?"
“There aren’t many people these days who dare to go against the Lu family.”
He wouldn't have let Li Anran stay at the Lu family home if it weren't to lure the people from that side out.
Han Mingyi was dumped at her agent's doorstep by Lu Shen's bodyguard.
The agent originally opened the door to check if Han Mingyi had returned home, but unexpectedly found Han Mingyi soaking wet at the door.
"Where have you been? How did you get into this state?"
Fearing that Han Mingyi's appearance would be photographed by paparazzi, the agent quickly took her to his house.
Han Mingyi was wrapped in a blanket given to her by her agent and held a freshly poured hot water in her hand, but even this could not dispel the chill in her heart.
For a whole day and night, cold water was poured over one's head without a moment's pause; no one could endure that.
"Mingyi, Mingyi? Should I take you to the hospital to get checked out?" The agent felt that Han Mingyi's current state was very strange, and wondered what had happened to her. She wouldn't say anything when asked.
"You can't go!" Han Mingyi grabbed her manager's arm tightly, so tightly it hurt.
Before she left, Lu Shao's men warned her that not a single word about the banquet should be leaked, and that no one should notice anything unusual.
Otherwise, next time she might not get cold water, but a bullet through her forehead.
She never imagined that when Young Master Lu got angry, he could be so terrifying.
For his ex-wife Jian Ruoxi, Lu Shao was willing to go to such lengths. Han Mingyi's heart was in turmoil, and she became increasingly jealous of Jian Ruoxi.
"Why is she so cherished by Young Master Lu, while Wo has to suffer in that dark house?"
"If I succeed in winning Lu Shao's heart, then I will be the one who receives this kind of treatment in the future, not Jian Ruoxi."
Han Mingyi's thought process was operating in a strange way, something her agent was unaware of.
But what he was thinking was actually quite close to reality.
"Could it be that Mingyi said something wrong at the banquet and offended a business tycoon, so she got a lesson for it?"
"If that's the case, we should stop scheduling any appearances for her for now and let her lay low for a while."
He was truly terrified of Han Mingyi getting into trouble.
This is strange. Nothing like this has ever happened before. What's going on this year?
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