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"Would it kill you to speak properly?"
Gu Nan, unable to bear it any longer, lost all interest in the table full of her favorite seafood. She silently cursed herself, thinking, "Serves you right for spouting nonsense again."
Lu Yushi didn't react much. His original intention was to provoke Wan Yi into revealing some stories from their past, but the subsequent course of events was controlled by a sweet shrimp.
His Adam's apple bobbed repeatedly. He caught a glimpse of Gu Nan's anxious eyes, and his heart softened again and again. In the end, he reconciled with himself. Why scare her? She would confess to him sooner or later.
Out of the corner of his eye, Wan Yi glanced at him, who was busy exchanging glances with Gu Nan. A thought struck him: Wan Yi knew that Gu Nan was Wan Yi's friend, yet he still ordered her to be kidnapped. He would definitely try to keep the news under wraps.
He learned from Su Wanting that Gu Nan had been taken away. How did Wan Yi, who had no influence in the old house, know this?
When asked tentatively, Wan Yi dismissed it with a sneer: "Nan Bao and I are on the same wavelength."
Unable to ask a single question, Lu Yushi caught a strange look in Gu Nan's eyes, took a tissue to wipe his mouth, and made an excuse to leave.
While talking, Gu Nan secretly tested the temperature of his palm. Seeing that the temperature had dropped slightly, she pretended to offer a few words of advice and handed him the bag containing the medicine.
Lu Yushi glanced at it but didn't take it.
Driven by Gu Nan's stubbornness, she grabbed his wrist without saying a word, pried open his fingers, and stuffed the handbag inside.
With a faint smile playing on his lips, he left the room. Before the door closed, he clearly heard Wan Yi complain.
Why do you keep holding his hand?
The smile deepened as he opened the car door, placed his hands on the steering wheel, and a faint scent of hand cream wafted through the air.
He raised his hand as if possessed, placing his palm against his nose; it smelled of jasmine.
The usually calm and collected man made an unusual phone call before driving: "Keep an eye on Su Wanting."
Sun Qian's tone was somewhat nervous: "Yes, I didn't let her leave."
After hanging up the phone, Qiu Jingxun sneered, "Yu Shi? Is it really that big of a deal? He didn't do anything to you, did he? Why are you so scared?"
Sun Qian put down his phone and shrugged: "The boss's tone was a bit off, maybe..."
He paused for a moment. Lu Yushi's tone was too serious. He usually only used it for important matters that absolutely could not be messed up. In recent years, Lu Yushi had almost taken control of the entire Lu Group. Only the insignificant power in Chairman Lu's hands had not been able to be eroded. He had not heard this tone for a long time. "This matter is a bit big."
The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously turned to look at the worried woman on the sofa. Su Wanting's concern was genuine; despite her seemingly timid and fearful appearance, she managed to withstand their interrogation.
Sun Qian wanted to try one more time to find out Su Wanting's purpose before the boss arrived, so he deliberately scared her: "I advise you to tell the truth. You know what kind of person Young Master Lu is. No one he wants to punish ever ends up well."
Su Wanting's eyes darted around, and she stubbornly remained silent.
Qiu Jingxun commented with a half-smile: "What a resilient little white flower."
Then, changing the subject, she said, "It's a pity there's no one in the house who would appreciate a woman's gentleness."
Sun Qian: "Young Master Lu just called; you can't leave now."
Su Wanting was, after all, a girl who had just come of age. How could she withstand the intimidation of two grown men who deliberately put on a stern face? She lowered her head, her hands gripping the seams of her pants tightly, her face filled with fear.
Seeing that it had an effect, Sun Qian gave him a sweet treat after the initial blow: "However, Young Master Lu never holds grudges against innocent people. As long as you reveal the mastermind behind it all, he will let you go."
"I," Su Wanting's throat was dry and hoarse. She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a sound at first.
The glass scraped against the table with a swishing sound.
A glass of warm water was pushed in front of me.
Su Wanting swallowed, her throat dry and sore. She silently picked up her water glass and drank it all in one gulp. Once her throat was moist, her first question was, "Is Master safe?"
Qiu Jingxun asked in surprise, "You didn't bring your phone?"
Su Wanting touched her pocket blankly, then asked softly, "May I ask?"
"Go ahead and ask," Qiu Jingxun said, amused. "Nobody's stopping you."
Su Wanting glanced timidly at Qiu Jingxun first, then secretly at Sun Qian. Seeing that neither of them seemed to have any intention of stopping her from using her phone, she couldn't understand why kidnappers wouldn't stop their victims from using their phones.
[Master, are you safe?]
Before the second line of text could even begin, the door lock clicked, and all three of them stared at the doorway.
Lu Yushi strode in, his steps brisk and energetic, bringing with him a cool breeze.
The handbag in my hand shook violently due to inertia.
Sun Qian looked closely, and saw medicine?
Qiu Jingxun joked, "Weren't you off rescuing people? You took some time to visit the hospital?"
Before she could finish speaking, Su Wanting jumped up, her voice anxious: "What's wrong, Master?"
Lu Yushi glanced at her expressionlessly, and with just one look, Su Wanting silently lowered her head. Lu Yushi was different from the two people in the room. The combined oppressive aura of the two of them was not even one ten-thousandth of that of Lu Yushi. They even had to use a bit of threat to force her to tell the truth. She was afraid that Lu Yushi would interrogate her as well.
She pinned her hopes on her master, believing that only if he came out would she have a chance to be saved.
However, glancing at Lu Yushi's cold and stern face, she feared that if her master couldn't be saved, she would have ended up in a wolf's den.
His hands, hanging by his sides, trembled uncontrollably.
Qiu Jingxun glanced at it and asked, "What happened?"
Lu Yushi didn't answer, letting Sun Qian take the medicine box from his hand. He loosened his tie and sat down on the single sofa near Su Wanting, crossing his legs and scrutinizing Su Wanting, who was three steps away from him.
His robust figure was like a wall, blocking the light from the window, and even the shadow reflected at Su Wanting's feet carried an unyielding pressure.
After being interrogated for several hours and filled with fear and anxiety, Su Wanting's doubts about Meng Qing's arrangements reached their peak.
My legs trembled, and I instinctively took a half-step back.
Then Lu Yushi spoke up: "Who else did you look for?"
Su Wanting shook her head, trying to muster her courage to look him in the eye and reply, hoping to boost her confidence. However, she only raised her head slightly before quickly looking down at her toes in fear.
"say."
"No...no one else, I only came to you." The gaze never left her, making her feel uneasy. She said in a trembling voice, "Really."
"sit."
Su Wanting suspected she was hallucinating from fright, so she quickly glanced at him and obediently sat down on the sofa.
Although it's called sitting, most of your body is suspended in the air, which is actually more tiring than standing.
Lu Yushi glanced at it, said nothing, and continued to ask, "How did you meet Yan Yi?"
Su Wanting opened her mouth.
Silence spread through the room.
Qiu Jingxun broke the tense atmosphere: "Is there something wrong with her?"
Lu Yushi remained silent, staring intently at Su Wanting.
"Confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely." Qiu Jingxun chuckled nonsensically, finally shifting from his slumped posture and patting Su Wanting's shoulder with the surface of a bamboo fan across the back of the sofa.
I almost knocked Su Wanting to the ground.
Qiu Jingxun stared blankly at the fan for two seconds, then shifted his gaze to his hand and muttered to himself, "I've mastered the ultimate skill? I managed to knock someone under the sofa without even using any strength?"
Lu Yushi glanced at him warningly.
"Little sister, you shouldn't be someone else's scapegoat with such a small amount of courage. I advise you not to provoke him, otherwise no one can help you, including the person who helped you get into Chenyue. If you tell the truth now, it's a good idea. If he finds out, you, your master, and the person who brought you here will all be in trouble."
"I……"
Think it through before you speak.
"Is my master safe?" After a long silence on her phone, Su Wanting braced herself and asked Lu Yushi.
"Um."
Ignoring Su Wanting's delighted expression, Qiu Jingxun glanced sideways and exchanged a subtle look with Sun Qian, both reading the same message from each other's eyes.
"He actually dared to go to Master Wan's territory all by himself to snatch people."
Su Wanting felt a huge weight lifted from her heart and took several deep breaths.
For some reason, even though the one who intimidated her the most among the three people in the room was Lu Yushi, who had a powerful aura, she felt that only Lu Yushi had no ill intentions towards her master.
He spoke softly about his experiences with his master since they met, his words filled with gratitude.
"She treats you well."
Upon receiving Lu Yushi's evaluation, Su Wanting nodded sullenly.
If she hadn't met her master at the Lin family that day, her future would probably have been stagnant, a hopeless existence. She would have both loved and hated Lin Haoyu, unwilling to take revenge, yet lacking the courage and ability to do so. She would never have known that the feelings that had trapped her for three years were nothing more than a rich young master's fleeting change of taste.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that her master gave her a second life.
He whispered, "My master is very good to me."
"Then remember the good things she did for you."
Qiu Jingxun became more and more confused as he listened: "So is she alright or not?" He had been playing the bad guy for half a day, and Su Wanting had been rambling on for half an hour about her time with Yan Yi. Looking at Lu Yushi's expression, it seemed that he had no intention of asking about the real culprit who sent Su Wanting to Chenyue.
He glared silently at Sun Qian, even though he had always thought Sun Qian was a mind reader for Lu Yushi.
What kind of misinformation did this bring?
Sun Qian glared back, determined not to believe he had misjudged Lu Yushi's thoughts. He would never forget that tone of voice that forbade any mistake.
The reason why Lu Yushi remained devoted to him no matter how coldly he was treated was that this person, who did not tolerate the slightest mistake, only told him to be careful next time after Lu Yushi's unintentional error caused a major disaster, and cleaned up the mess himself.
Before the two could decide their battle of wits, Lu Yushi spoke again. His calm tone contained a threat and an undeniable force, which startled Su Wanting so much that she dropped her phone, clutched her clothes, and trembled as she agreed, tears welling in her eyes.
Lu Yushi slightly softened his sharp edge and looked directly at her. The man who had always only known how to threaten had also learned to use enticement: "As long as you behave, your father will be fine."
The air suddenly felt thin, and Su Wanting bit her lower lip and nodded.
The cell phone rang out melodiously from the ground, and only two words appeared on the screen—Master.
"Can... I accept this?"
Lu Yushi nodded.
"Master," she cried out, tears welling up in her eyes. She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help it when she heard the familiar voice.
"What's wrong? What happened? I'm out now, don't worry."
Su Wanting choked out a soft "Mmm," her voice muffled, "That's good. I..." She glanced timidly at Lu Yushi, "When can I come to see you?"
"I'll come find you in a couple of days after I've taken care of things here. You better practice your chess and don't slack off, understand?"
Su Wanting bit her lower lip and sobbed, "Master, I'm sorry, I..."
"It's alright. It's chaotic here, and calling the police won't do any good. Don't be afraid. You're lucky, sir, that you've run into a wise person who can help you."
Qiu Jingxun raised his voice: "Just happened to run into you?"
Lu Yushi stopped him with a single glance.
"Wan Ting, is there someone else on your side?"
"I'm eating out, and there are other people around."
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