Li Rou started to play the good guy: "Don't worry, Tongtong, I'll keep an eye on Xin Xin's affairs for you, and I won't let him get close to Xin Xin."
Xu Tong asked her, "If Jian Ruoxi has any issues in the future, please contact me anytime."
The two exchanged a few brief pleasantries and then hung up the phone.
Jian Ruoxi has been under house arrest for the past few days, and even Lu Jin has not been able to visit her. Whenever Lu Jin tries to get close to the room, he is stopped by Lu Shen's gaze.
With no other choice, Jian Ruoxi could only stay obediently in her room, but this confinement lasted for three days.
Once she came out of her room and wanted to move around the old house, servants would follow her closely, and she would be watched no matter where she went.
Jian Ruoxi was anxious, so on the third day she came out of her room and carefully observed the people monitoring her in the old house.
Downstairs there are two cleaners, a cook, and a nanny.
The only places where traces could be left were the toilet and the kitchen. Taking advantage of Lu Shen's absence, Jian Ruoxi found an opportunity to tell the maid, "I need to go out for some fresh air, I'm so stuffy."
The servant dared not answer yes, nor dared he answer no.
Jian Ruoxi pressed down on her with the baby in her belly, "I haven't left the room all day. Even if I can stand it, the baby in my belly can't, right? Are you sure you don't want me to go out?"
"If something really happens to this child, do you think Grandma Lu will let you off the hook?"
Just as the maid hesitated, Jian Ruoxi pushed open the door and walked out: "Anyway, you'll follow me wherever I go. As long as you can see me from behind, that's fine, isn't it?"
The servants dared not speak, following Jian Ruoxi meekly behind her.
Jian Ruoxi chose to come out at this time because she heard Lu Jin say during dinner yesterday, "Brother, I need to stay home and focus on my writing tomorrow afternoon. Could you please stop the construction in the back garden? It's so noisy."
Lu Shen didn't even lift his eyelids, and simply hummed in agreement.
So when Jian Ruoxi came out of the room, she happened to run into Lu Jin who had just returned. Lu Jin went up to Jian Ruoxi and asked, "Sister-in-law, how are you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"The doctor stays in the bedroom. If there's nothing else, he'll wander around the garden. Should we call him?" Lu Jin asked.
"No, I was just feeling really bored and wanted to get some fresh air. Are you hungry since you just got off work? Do you want to go to the kitchen and get something to eat?" Jian Ruoxi said to Lu Jin with a hint of resentment.
Lu Jin understood what she meant; she wanted him to go to the kitchen to discuss things, since there were the fewest informants in the kitchen, and the kitchen was also a large space.
So they pulled her by the hand and walked towards the kitchen. The maid had no choice but to follow closely behind the two of them, not daring to object.
As soon as Lu Jin stepped into the kitchen, she started heating oil in a wok. Hearing this noise, the nanny quickly ran over: "Miss, you've never cooked before, you can't touch this stuff!"
Lu Jin didn't care, "It's okay if I haven't cooked before. My sister-in-law has never eaten a meal cooked by me!"
The nanny was nervous as she watched Lu Jin awkwardly use the spatula to stir-fry the eggs in the pan.
When the food was served, Lu Jin had smashed the eggs to pieces, and there were more eggs on the table than on the plates.
She wouldn't let the nanny come over: "Don't come over, just watch from the doorway, I want to do it myself."
Caught off guard, she picked up the steaming plate and headed towards the dining table, but the plate was too hot and crashed to the ground with a thud.
The maid and nanny quickly came over to clean up the mess, while Lu Jin took Jian Ruoxi's hand and walked towards the door.
"Miss." The maid called out to Jian Ruoxi.
Lu Jin stepped in: "What are you afraid of? Do you think we can run away? We'll just stand at the kitchen door and wait for you to finish cleaning up."
The two stood a few meters away from the servants at the door. Jian Ruoxi spoke to Lu Jin in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Help me!"
"Sister-in-law, I came back today specifically to save you. I've made up my mind, and I plan to join forces with Li Tianlei," Lu Jin said quietly.
"By the middle of the night, when the maids and nannies had all gone to bed to rest, you climbed out from the second floor."
Jian Ruoxi was surprised: "Even if I climbed over, I couldn't jump down, and I'm pregnant."
Lu Jin took out a coil of rope and stuffed it into Jian Ruoxi's hand. Then he turned around and blocked the view of the maids and nannies with his body, saying to Jian Ruoxi, "Tuck this into your clothes, they won't be able to tell."
Jian Ruoxi hurriedly stuffed it in and said, "What time are you coming?"
"Two o'clock in the morning," Lu Jin said. The maid and nanny had finished getting ready and walked over.
Jian Ruoxi, supporting her belly, leaned against Lu Jin. "I'm tired, I can't stand up."
"I'll take you back to your room." Lu Jin supported Jian Ruoxi's arm, and the two walked down the road, one on each side.
Around dawn, Li Tianlei nimbly used the sewer pipe to climb to Jian Ruoxi's window, only to find it locked from the inside.
Li Tianlei used the pliers he had prepared beforehand to pry open the lock, and Jian Ruoxi climbed out of the window.
He held the rope tightly with one hand, the other end of which was securely tied to the security window. He carried Jian Ruoxi on his back and secured it with straps to prevent her from falling and getting hurt.
The two slid down to the first floor without incident, and Lu Jin quickly untied Jian Ruoxi: "Let's go."
Unexpectedly, a familiar figure emerged from the darkness—it was Gu Hao. "Miss Jian, Miss Lu, I hope you two won't put me in a difficult position."
Lu Jin never expected Lu Shen to have this trick up his sleeve: sending people to wait around the clock during the day, and having Gu Hao guard downstairs at night.
Li Tianlei looked at the man in front of him and stood in front of Lu Jin, saying, "Don't touch her."
However, as Lu Shen's bodyguard for many years, Lu Jin was very familiar with Gu Hao's skills. Although the bodyguards around Lu Shen had shorter tenures, Gu Hao had been by his side for many years, which showed that his skills were extraordinary.
He had no choice but to pull Li Tianlei along and say to Gu Hao, "We'll talk to Lu Shen and clear things up. You don't need to do anything."
Gu Hao stepped aside, blocking the back door they were trying to escape through, and gestured for them to walk towards the main door: "This way, please."
With a death wish, Lu Jin walked into the hall. The lights were on, indicating that Gu Hao had discovered them as soon as they started to make their move.
"If I don't let your sister-in-law leave, you'll find a way to secretly take her out, right? Lu Jin, when did you become so bold?" Lu Shen questioned.
And the man standing next to her made Lu Shen even more dissatisfied: "After being missing for so many years, you still know how to come back?"
"There's no point in coming back. Let me tell you, you're not good enough for my sister. I wouldn't even give your family a second glance."
Li Tianlei is Lu Shen's brother-in-law. He comes from a poor family and has been missing for many years. He was humiliated by Lu Shen as soon as he returned.
Seeing Lu Shen humiliate him, Lu Jin couldn't stand it and went up to argue with him: "What's wrong with family? Don't take advantage of your birth to bully others."
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