The rose inlaid with pigeon blood rubies was a gift from Ji Nianqin last week, and it is said that a miniature listening device is hidden inside.
"Put this on your father's suit."
She handed over the brooch, the gemstone reflecting a bewitching red in the dim light. "Rong Shenghan has already installed the recording equipment in the secret room."
Su Jingshu took the brooch, her fingertips touching the cold metal, and suddenly remembered what her mother had written in her diary: "The most dangerous hunters always wear the most innocent masks."
The bell in the library rang four times, reminding everyone that there was only one day left until the banquet.
Yu Jiuyuan turned and walked towards the stairs, her snow-white school uniform skirt sweeping across the bookshelf, bringing down a few dried magnolia petals.
"Oh, right."
She stopped at the top of the stairs, turned back to look at Su Jingshu, her smile as innocent as morning dew, "Don't try to record our conversation. Yuan Xu has placed a signal jammer in the ventilation duct."
Su Jingshu tightened her grip on the brooch, the sharp edges of the gemstone digging painfully into her palm.
Yu Jiuyuan didn't turn back. Her high heels clicked rhythmically on the wooden stairs, like the final countdown to the grand spectacle that was about to begin.
As I stepped out of the library, the setting sun was painting the sky a golden-red hue.
Xie Zhecheng stood under the magnolia tree, holding a foreign language journal in his hand. His gaze, behind his gold-rimmed glasses, fell on her, carrying his usual aloofness, but when he saw her, the tips of his ears quietly turned slightly red.
"Reading a book?"
He stepped forward and handed over the journal. On the title page were his annotations written in pen, the handwriting as neat as printed text.
"I'm helping Miss Su find information."
Yu Jiuyuan took the magazine, deliberately running her fingertips across his fingertips, feeling their slightly cool temperature. "Will President Xie wear the suit I gave him to the banquet tomorrow?"
"Hmm." Xie Zhecheng nodded, his gaze falling on her reddened fingertips, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly. "It's a gift from you, very suitable."
Yu Jiuyuan smiled, a smile that shone brightly in the setting sun, but a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
As long as it suits her, that's fine. Hidden in the lining of that suit is the tracking device she had Rong Shenghan install.
Watching Xie Zhecheng turn and leave, she looked down and opened the journal. Inside was a note in Yuan Xu's handwriting: "The hallucinogen is ready. The dosage is three times what you said."
The evening breeze swept by, scattering magnolia petals from the trees, which landed on her hair and shoulders, like a grand memorial service.
Yu Jiuyuan raised her hand to brush away the petals on her shoulder, and suddenly felt that the game had finally reached its most interesting moment.
The wolves of the Ji family, the cranes of the Xie family, and the snakes lurking in the shadows will all reveal their true fangs at tomorrow's banquet.
And she will stand in the center of the stage, watching these prey driven by desire walk step by step into the net she has woven.
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