“Let’s go together.” Shen Jinmo carefully put the things into his pocket, his gaze fixed intently on Lu Zhiwei. “My people are near the island. We can get on the speedboat together and go back.”
“If I get on the speedboat with you, the bodyguards around us will immediately catch up, thinking I’m trying to escape. There will inevitably be a fierce battle then. Right now, the most important thing is to ensure that this medicine is safely delivered for research and production.”
Lu Zhiwei leaned close to Shen Jinmo's ear and whispered some instructions.
Victory is just ahead; we must not make a single misstep.
Shen Jinmo bit her lip tightly and had no choice but to comply with Lu Zhiwei's wishes: "Okay, on the day of the exchange conference, find a way to get Luo Xiu to bring you out."
"Yes, that's what I was planning to do too. Also, I'll take this doctor with me; he helped me. Taking him off the island is a promise I made."
Lu Zhiwei glanced at the doctor and told him to rest assured and follow Shen Jinmo onto the ship.
"But what if I just leave like this and the bodyguards guarding the perimeter won't let me through?" the doctor asked anxiously.
“I will have someone contact Luo Xiu and tell him that I am not feeling well and that you need to go outside the island to get me some medicine. You pose no threat to him, so he has no reason to stop you.”
"But..." the doctor was still uneasy.
If it were that easy to leave the island, he would have done so long ago.
“If you don’t believe Luo Xiu will release him, you should at least believe in my abilities.” Shen Jingmo put his arm around the doctor’s shoulder and pulled him onto the speedboat.
Before leaving, Shen Jinmo turned back and gave Lu Zhiwei a deep look.
This was his second time visiting the island.
Even though she was right in front of him, he couldn't take her away just like last time.
"Take good care of yourself," Shen Jinmo said in a hoarse voice.
The sea wind whipped his tousled hair wildly.
Lu Zhiwei nodded and watched the speedboat disappear into the distance.
As they passed through the jurisdiction, the doctor on the speedboat nervously clenched his fingers: "Are we really not going to get caught?"
"It's hard to say." Shen Jinmo wasn't sure if his face-painting technique would be discovered this time.
"Then why did you bring me out? Are you trying to send me to my death?" The doctor's voice trembled.
"My people are all there. At worst, we'll have to fight a fierce battle. Don't worry, you're the one she's protecting, so nothing will happen to you. But what I'm curious about is, you're not Luo Xiu's doctor, so why did you betray him?"
What did you do for Lu Zhiwei?
The doctor looked at the imposing Shen Jinmo, and the words Lu Zhiwei had told him flashed through his mind.
To save his life, he was not to reveal a single word about the stolen medicine to anyone.
"This is a collaboration between Ms. Lu and me, and it has nothing to do with you." The doctor chose to remain silent.
Shen Jinmo couldn't get the doctor to talk, and she couldn't do anything about it.
——
A few days later, Luo Xiu had made all the preparations and indeed came to pick her up in person.
As usual, Lu Zhiwei sat quietly by the sea.
Luo Xiu's impressive helicopter landed on the island, and he disembarked from the helicopter cabin.
Luo Xiu was dressed in a sharp, handmade suit, looking exceptionally handsome and dashing.
He approached her with a smile on his face, holding a bouquet of bright red roses in his hands.
Facing the sea, he knelt down on one knee reverently, presenting her with a bouquet of roses in one hand and an open red velvet box in the other.
Inside the box was a dazzling pigeon-egg-sized diamond ring.
"Marry me, Zhizhi. I've been waiting for this day for over a decade. You are the only love of my life. From now on, I will cherish and protect you, and I will never let you suffer even the slightest harm again."
I want to be the man you can always rely on, to shelter you from the wind and rain, and you, all you need to do is be my little princess, forever happy, forever loved..."
Luo Xiu's deep eyes were filled with affection.
Lu Zhiwei sat on the beach, arms crossed, looking at him with a calm smile.
Even now.
He still didn't understand what she really wanted.
He stubbornly believed that he had to be powerful enough to make her a beloved little princess.
But he never knew that from beginning to end, she never wanted to be a little princess dependent on a man, but rather to be her own queen.
Lu Zhiwei's smile was unfathomable to Luo Xiu, and sent chills down his spine.
He knelt for a full ten minutes, but Lu Zhiwei still did not accept his confession and marriage proposal.
He placed the roses on the beach, gently pulled Lu Zhiwei's wrist, and wanted to put the diamond ring on her finger.
Lu Zhiwei pulled her hand away from his palm: "I don't want to marry you."
The diamond ring in Luo Xiu's hand froze in mid-air, and the smile on his face turned into a faint sense of disappointment.
However, he quickly composed himself and put the diamond ring back in the box: "It's okay, your refusal to accept it now means I haven't appeased you yet. But proposing is an essential step."
He put the ring box back in his suit pocket and reached out to help Lu Zhiwei up from the ground: "The ground is cold, let's go back inside and tidy up a bit. Today I'm taking you off the island."
"Why are you taking me off the island?" Lu Zhiwei asked knowingly.
"I'm bringing you to witness my glorious achievements. You absolutely cannot be absent from such an important moment. You are my fiancée. You must witness it with your own eyes."
Luo Xiu put his arm around Lu Zhiwei's shoulder and led her toward the villa.
Lu Zhiwei's steps were slightly heavy.
The virus in her body seemed to have almost passed its incubation period, as she experienced fever and felt weak and tired all over.
She tried her best to act as if nothing was wrong, and Luo Xiu didn't notice anything amiss.
Luo Xiu asked her what she wanted to take with her.
Lu Zhiwei sat quietly on the living room sofa and shook her head: "No need, these are not my things, I have nothing to take with me."
"Everything here is something I bought for you, so it's all yours. Take anything you like, but it's okay if you don't want to. Anyway, I'll bring you back for the wedding after this is all over. It won't even take two days."
Lu Zhiwei ignored him.
She even felt a little sorry for him, still immersed in the joy of his impending success, unaware of the tragedy that awaited him behind him.
As they boarded the plane to leave the island, Luo Xiu took great care of her, showing concern for her well-being.
Lu Zhiwei was listless and had no interest in anything.
Seeing that she was always depressed, Luo Xiu came up with a way to cheer her up.
“After landing in the US, I contacted Shen Jingmo and brought An’an back to you. You haven’t seen him in a long time, you must miss him, right?” Luo Xiu asked her softly.
Lu Zhiwei shook her head emotionally: "No need, I don't want him."
She still carries the virus, and An'an's immunity has been weak since her last surgery. She doesn't want her son to get infected.
"Strange, are you really planning to give your son to that guy Shen Jingmo and marry me?"
Luo Xiu was secretly delighted and began to plan his own conquest.
"If you think so, then so be it," Lu Zhiwei replied dismissively.
Luo Xiu remained happy. Between the two answers that made him happy and those that made him unhappy, he preferred to deceive himself and choose the answer that made him happy.
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