Chapter 415 Lu Shiman, was your brain stuck in the door or chewed by a dog?
The buzzing alarm finally stopped, but the silent accusation of the red dot remained on the screen, shocking.
The air was as stagnant as if frozen.
Lu Qiyun, who had been standing silently beside him, also turned around at this moment.
His eyes did not look at his sister's face, but fell on the necklace around her neck like a scanner.
The playful smile on Lu Jianheng's face completely disappeared, and the temperature in his peach blossom eyes dropped to freezing point.
Instead, he felt a kind of anger as if his territory had been invaded. He stared at Lu Shiman, waiting for her explanation.
Lu Shiman seemed to be awakened by the leader's oppressive gaze.
She snapped back to her senses, her fingertips trembling as she took the necklace off her neck with an inexplicable impatience.
"Ms. Lu, this..." The security guard stepped forward and gestured.
Lu Shiman bit her lower lip lightly and slammed the necklace, which carried her body temperature, heavily into the tray handed to her by the security guard.
The collision of metal and pallet made a harsh sound.
"Let's go." Lu Jianheng's voice was cold as ice. Without even looking at the necklace, he turned around and strode inside.
Lu Qiyun also withdrew his cold gaze and followed in silence.
Lu Shiman stood there for a few seconds, feeling his hands and feet cold. He took a deep breath and followed with heavy steps.
All the way in silence.
The air pressure is so low that it's suffocating.
Lu Qiyun's office is located at the innermost part of the core area of the laboratory, quiet and tidy.
The heavy door closed behind him, isolating him from the outside world.
Lu Jianheng didn't sit down. He leaned directly against the desk with his hands in his trouser pockets. His posture seemed casual, but his white knuckles supporting the edge of the table still revealed his true emotions.
His narrow eyes locked onto Lu Shiman, and he went straight to the point, his voice colder than ever before: "Lu Shiman, where did you get the necklace?"
Every word was typed in the quiet air.
Lu Qiyun stood at the door.
She didn't look back, but Lu Shiman could feel her fourth brother's real gaze looming over her from behind.
Fourth brother's silence at this moment is more disturbing than third brother's questioning.
Lu Shiman lowered her head, looking at the tip of her shoe, her voice a little muffled: "Ji Linshen gave it to me. I found it a few days ago and asked him to help me put it on."
The office fell silent.
"Heh." Lu Jianheng snorted a cold laugh, thick with sarcasm and disappointment. "He gave it to you, and you wore it? If he gave you arsenic, would you dare swallow it like it was candy?"
He stood up suddenly and walked a few steps to Lu Shiman, with a shadow cast over him and his eyes sharp.
Lu Shiman took a step back silently.
"He, Ji Linshen, can use whatever dirty tricks he wants outside. That's his freedom. We have no right to interfere, and we can't do anything about it."
"But you dared to use such tactics on me. I think his good days are over."
Lu Qiyun walked to Lu Shiman's side, anger surging beneath his calm eyes.
He walked to the desk, took out his phone, and said in a tone that was flat but unwavering, "Big Brother must know about this."
“No!” Lu Shiman raised his head suddenly, his voice filled with an urgency that he himself didn’t even notice: “Fourth brother, don’t hit me. Third brother…you guys stay out of this matter.”
She walked quickly forward and even reached out to snatch Lu Qiyun's phone.
"Don't worry about it?" Lu Jianheng exploded instantly, his voice suddenly rising with incredible anger.
"Lu Shiman, did your brain get stuck in a door, or was it chewed by a dog? In his eyes, you're just an object that can be located and controlled at any time!"
"You're asking us to leave this alone?"
"Lu Shiman, your brothers raised you with their hands in their hands, not to be given away as a pet!"
Lu Jianheng's words were like a whip, lashing down hard, causing both pain and numbness.
Lu Shiman's face turned pale instantly and his heart tightened.
Being rebuked so mercilessly by her dearest brother, the immense grievance and embarrassment instantly wrapped around her heart like vines, strangling her to the point where she could hardly breathe.
But at the same time, another stronger emotion that almost bursts through my chest overwhelms all the sadness.
It is an almost stubborn desire to protect and an inexplicable heartache for the person being accused.
Lu Shiman knew very well that behind the words of his third brother was the concern and protective desire of his brothers who had been touched.
They cherished her and would not tolerate her being treated with any neglect or control.
She walked up to Lu Jianheng, and with a bit of cautious flattery and coquettishness, she reached out and hugged Lu Jianheng's muscular arm.
"Third brother..." Her voice was very soft, like a feather, gently tickling Lu Jianheng's tense nerves.
Lu Shiman pressed his face against his stiff arm, rubbing it like a small animal seeking shelter: "Don't be angry, don't make yourself angry, okay?"
She raised her face and looked into his angry eyes: "I know you are doing this for my own good, you feel sorry for me..." She paused, her eyes drifted towards Lu Qiyun: "Fourth brother too, don't be angry, I feel sorry for you."
She shook Lu Jianheng's arm and quickly added, trying to divert attention: "I forced him to wear the necklace. It's not his fault."
Lu Jianheng's anger was frozen by her sudden tenderness, as if he had punched cotton.
He snorted coldly, trying to shake her hand off, but he didn't really use any strength: "Stop trying to avoid the important point here."
Lu Jianheng's tense body relaxed a little due to her fawning attitude, and the edge of his rage was slightly pulled back.
Seeing that the third brother was fine, Lu Shiman immediately let go and went to comfort the fourth brother who was still sulking.
"Fourth brother, don't be angry. Being angry affects your IQ." She then hugged Lu Qiyun's arm tightly and spoke coquettishly in a soft voice.
"Big brother must know about this." Lu Jianheng said in a deep voice.
Lu Shiman hurriedly shook his head, the moisture in his eyes slowly receded, replaced by a feeling of pity and understanding.
She lowered her voice, with an imperceptible lowness and heartache: "Third brother, fourth brother, you may not understand him..."
She pursed her lips, as if she was choosing her words, or as if she was recalling a moment.
"He's not controlling me, he's just..." Her eyes were a little vacant, as if she could see through the wall and see that person: "He's just very insecure."
When she uttered these words, her heart felt like it was pricked by a needle, causing a slight pain.
"He's like... like a little kid clinging to anything around him, afraid he'll lose it in the next second..."
Lu Shiman's voice became softer and softer, with a gentleness that was almost a sigh.
She thought of Ji Linshen's deep-seated worries and silent dependence.
He was such a strong and proud man, but in front of her he was like a container without a safety valve, always afraid that the water would spill out.
In the protected soil deep in my heart, the vines of heartache spread wildly.
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