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Wen Tingli's arrival did not surprise Lu Shicheng. He continued to point the gun at Zhu Zihe, but unconsciously changed his look to a gentle one and motioned Wen Tingli to come into the house, as if he was dealing with a trivial matter and told her not to worry or be afraid.

But when he found that Kuang Zhilin was not behind Wen Tingli, he was obviously stunned.

Wen Tingli didn't have time to explain that she was not brought here by Kuang Zhilin, but she broke in on her own. She was busy checking the situation inside the house.

A cup was broken on the floor behind Lu Shicheng, and all the water spilled onto the carpet. One piece of the carpet was already a little dry, and a layer of white frost condensed on the velvet surface.

That is clearly a cup of poisonous water!
She decisively pressed her back against the door, aimed her gun at Zhu Zihe, and asked with a sullen face, "Who the hell are you?!"

Zhu Zihe laughed in surprise, "You have a gun?! Lu Shicheng, look, your Miss Wen actually has a gun."

Lu Shicheng was about to pull the trigger, but Wen Tingli rushed forward to stop him: "Wait a minute."

Although she hated Zhu Zihe for plotting against her and Lu Shicheng, she didn't want Zhu Zihe to come to any harm before she found out the truth.

Zhu Zihe's voice trembled a little: "Lu Shicheng, I'm already in your hands, why are you in such a hurry to shoot? You can't shoot and kill people in front of Miss Wen, it will scare her!"

The previous words had no effect on Lu Shicheng, but the last sentence seemed to have a miraculous effect, making him freeze there.

Zhu Zihe did not thank Lu Shicheng. Instead, she winked at Wen Tingli and said, "Thank you." Unfortunately, her face was pale, and she looked a little funny when she said this.

Wen Tingli understood more or less that Zhu Zihe's previous actions were clearly intended to lure her over. Perhaps in Zhu Zihe's eyes, as long as she was present, it meant that she was safe.

Thinking of this, Wen Tingli became more certain of her judgment. She held the gun tightly and squatted down to search Zhu Zihe's body. After confirming that she did not carry any weapons, she whispered to Lu Shicheng, "She can't run away. Why don't we listen to what she says first?"

Lu Shicheng continued to point the gun at Zhu Zihe. He stood up, aimed at the back of Zhu Zihe's head, slowly retreated to the window, and opened the window to the outside with his backhand.

Zhu Zihe's expression became nervous again.

"Mr. Lu, don't rush to send your men upstairs! Listen to me - I don't know when you started to suspect me, but I swear I have no intention of murdering you. I did this tonight because I was forced by the White Dragon Gang. One day three months ago, the White Dragon Gang kidnapped my mother when she was out. They found out that my mother and your mother were good classmates, so they determined that I was the most ideal candidate to assassinate you. They threatened me to come to Shanghai to get close to you and forced me to find a way to plot against you - if I refused to do what they said, they would kill my mother immediately."

Her lips kept trembling, but she tried her best to keep her voice steady.

"Before coming here, they gave me a file of your habits and preferences and gave me intensive training. They taught me how to please you and ordered me to gain your favor and trust in the shortest possible time. Last time when Yifeilin and Xinxin Department Store were competing, the White Dragon Gang wanted to use me to lure you to the beauty pageant finals at Yifeilin Hotel so that they could set up a trap to murder you on the night of the finals. Unfortunately, even though I repeatedly used Principal Zou's relationship to get close to you, you remained indifferent to me."

At this point, she looked at Wen Tingli and Lu Shicheng with a reserved and ambiguous attitude, and sighed helplessly:

"Seeing that I failed to impress you, the White Dragon Gang became increasingly impatient with me. The reason why I rashly followed Principal Zou to the hospital to see you that day was because the White Dragon Gang had given me an ultimatum: If I failed within ten days, they would send me a photo of my mother's corpse."

"Why haven't you thought about asking Principal Zou for help?" Wen Tingli interrupted Zhu Zihe coldly.

"How could I not have thought of it?" Zhu Zihe smiled miserably, "But they warned me before we set out that they had already planted spies around Mr. Lu. If I dared to ask for help, my mother would die even more miserably. After arriving in Shanghai, I secretly tried twice, but found that no matter what I did, they would get the news first. What's more, Shanghai is so far away from Tianjin. Even if I took the risk to ask Aunt Zou and Mr. Lu for help, my mother would die miserably in their hands before Mr. Lu's people arrived in Tianjin."

Having said this, she closed her eyes in horror.

"They once killed a man in front of me. With just one shot, a hole was torn in the man's chest. Blood gushed out, and the entire floor was stained red. In just a few minutes, a life disappeared in front of me! How dare I take risks with my mother's life?!"

Wen Tingli said nothing. Judging from the clues provided by Li Chengying, Zhu Zihe was not lying. Mrs. Zhu was an old member of the Tianjin Women's Mutual Aid Association and went to work in related institutions almost every day. Three months ago, Mrs. Zhu suddenly disappeared, which quickly aroused the vigilance of her colleagues. Later, Zhu Zihe called for sick leave on behalf of her mother, and her colleagues dispelled their doubts.

Now it seems that Zhu Zihe made that call most likely under the coercion of the White Dragon Gang.

The key point is that Li Chengying seems to have much more clues than these. In fact, she had long suspected that Li Chengying had an insider in the White Dragon Gang, otherwise she would not have accurately known that Gang Leader Cao was looking for someone from Tianjin to murder Lu Shicheng, and she would not have been able to identify that person as Zhu Zihe so quickly.

Thinking of this, her hostility towards Zhu Zihe lessened a little. If her mother fell into the hands of the White Dragon Gang, she would probably make the same choice as Zhu Zihe.

Lu Shicheng just glared at Zhu Zihe with cold eyes. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to Wen Tingli and pointed at the desk far away from him.

Wen Tingli tacitly walked around the desk and opened the second drawer.

There was a stack of photos and a letter in the drawer.

Wen Tingli did not touch the letter because it was written on the envelope: "From Mr. Lu". She directly pulled out the photo underneath.

The photo shows a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties. The location is in front of an old house. The lady enters the house with the help of an old maid, and her steps are a bit unsteady.

Wen Tingli hurried back to Lu Shicheng. After comparing Zhu Zihe's appearance with the middle-aged woman, she confirmed with him in a low voice: "Is this Mrs. Zhu?"

Lu Shicheng nodded and signaled Wen Tingli to look at the back of the photo.

There is a line of words written on the back.

[Photo taken at 4pm on August 29th].

It was the day before yesterday! Wen Tingli said to Zhu Zihe angrily, "I sympathized with you so much! It turns out that your mother was rescued the day before yesterday! Then why are you still unwilling to tell the truth to Principal Zou and Mr. Lu today? Why did you want to murder Mr. Lu tonight?!"

Zhu Zihe showed a surprised expression: "My mother was rescued? I, I didn't know."

Meeting Lu Shicheng's eyes, she shrank back. Lu Shicheng's eyes were not only full of irony, but like two silent knives, stabbing her and making her stand shorter. She couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Okay, I admit that I did know that my mother was rescued by Mr. Lu's people. As for why I pretended to assassinate Mr. Lu tonight, it was all because of you - Miss Wen."

"Me?" Wen Tingli was puzzled.

Zhu Zihe pointed at the white mark on the carpet and said, "There is no so-called poison in that glass of water. It is just an ordinary stomach medicine. If Mr. Lu doesn't believe it, you can send someone to send it for testing immediately. Now that my mother has been rescued, I don't want to be an accomplice of the White Dragon Gang anymore. The only person I want to deal with tonight is Wen Tingli from beginning to end."

Wen Tingli and Lu Shicheng looked at each other in confusion.

"Miss Wen." Zhu Zihe's eyes firmly grasped Wen Tingli, "You must be very curious about why I did this. If you trust me, I would like to talk to you in private."

Lu Shicheng fired a shot at Zhu Zihe's feet without hesitation.

Zhu Zihe screamed. Lu Shicheng wrapped a thick towel around the muzzle of the gun, so the sound was just a muffled one, but the velvet surface of the carpet immediately turned black.

The bullet was only a few centimeters away from her feet, and Zhu Zihe was shaking like a sieve.

Wen Tingli subconsciously held Lu Shicheng's wrist and said to Zhu Zihe in a hurry, "It has come to this, don't think about playing tricks, just say what you want to say."

Zhu Zihe shivered for a long time before she managed to calm down: "Since Miss Wen rejected my kindness, I have no choice but to tell you the truth. I can guarantee that everything I say next is true.

"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Lu became suspicious of me when I visited him in the hospital. Before that, almost no one knew that Mr. Lu was injured. The hospital was the private property of the Lu family, and everyone around Mr. Lu kept their mouths shut. The only flaw was Aunt Zou. Mr. Lu certainly wouldn't suspect Aunt Zou, but he overlooked the fact that there was someone beside her, me. I learned from the people of the White Dragon Gang that Mr. Lu was in trouble, and I immediately asked them to spread the news in the newspaper, so that I could visit Mr. Lu in the hospital openly and take the next step. Mr. Lu is very perceptive. That day in the ward, when he realized that the problem was with me, he immediately decided to make a plan to deal with me."

"Stop beating around the bush!"

Zhu Zihe smiled bitterly, "But this is what I want to say! Miss Wen, Mr. Lu is surrounded by many talented people. Even he did not start to suspect me until that time in the hospital. But you saw that there was something wrong with me. I remember that night at Principal Zou's house, you had many strange behaviors. You deliberately ruined the opportunity for me to be alone with Mr. Lu, and pretended to fall and knocked over a glass of water I poured for Mr. Lu. You were so reckless and rude, which was very different from your usual style. I wondered at the time, did you guess that there was something wrong with the glass of water?"

Wen Tingli's scalp tingled, and through the corner of her eye, she clearly noticed that Lu Shicheng also paused for a moment.

"Not just that one time, but all your actions since then have proven that you are extremely wary of me. This is strange, as you didn't even know me before." Zhu Zihe said meaningfully, "The White Dragon Gang's scheme was successfully concealed from Aunt Zou, Kuang Zhilin, and even Mr. Lu, but not from you. And you are just a student. I can't understand how you could know all this in advance? Unless -"

She concluded calmly, "You are a member of the White Dragon Gang. Perhaps, I have only been a pawn acting as a pioneer from the beginning to the end. You are the person that the White Dragon Gang really wants to place next to Lu Shicheng. By exposing me this time, you can completely dispel Mr. Lu's vigilance against you."

Wen Tingli didn't want to explain.

"To be honest, I'm not worried about how you'll deal with Mr. Lu. I'm just afraid that you'll harm Aunt Zou in the future. On the surface, you're a graduate of Shiwu Middle School, so you can find all kinds of excuses to frequently approach her. So, even though I learned the day before yesterday that my mother was rescued, I decided to use this rare opportunity to lure you in. Tonight, I deliberately let you see the note and led you here, just to force you to show your true colors. This scene just now has proved that there is indeed something wrong with you."

Wen Tingli smiled and said, "Why are you so sure? Just because I couldn't help but come to you and Mr. Lu after I saw the note?"

Zhu Zihe smiled slightly.

"I guess you will blame all this on 'jealousy', but..." She suddenly pointed at the gun in Wen Tingli's hand, "Just out of jealousy, it is impossible for you to have a gun before coming in! From the moment you came to me and Lu Shicheng with a gun, you were already exposed! You clearly knew that I was a dangerous person, but you kept doing nothing. Compared to me, you are the one with ulterior motives. I wanted to talk to you alone just now, but I was worried that you were also coerced by the White Dragon Gang. I sympathize with your situation and want to help you. Unfortunately, you rejected my kindness."

Wen Tingli couldn't help but cheer for Zhu Zihe in her heart. This woman was so smart and had a good overall view. She could successfully turn the situation around even in such a dangerous situation.

It's not that she has no way to break the impasse, but before she speaks, she has to see how Lu Shicheng will look at her. If he suspects her of ill intentions because of a few words from others, there is no need for her to stay and defend herself.

Lu Shicheng's response came faster than she expected.

He walked to the desk, opened the drawer again, took out the letter, and threw it in front of Zhu Zihe.

The content of the letter is very brief.

[From Mr. Lu Xiao:
When we found out where Mrs. Zhu was being held in Tianjin, she had been successfully rescued by another group of people and safely transferred to the vicinity of No. 59, Guanshan North Lane, Beiping last night. Upon investigation, it was found that the property seemed to be related to the Weiying Gang in Shanghai. This morning, Mrs. Zhu was escorted to an apartment of the Beiping Women's Protection Association in Anren Lane. Details are to be investigated. 】

"Weiying Gang?" Zhu Zihe was a little confused.

Lu Shicheng didn't give any extra explanation, just glared at her coldly.

Zhu Zihe was very smart. After a brief thought, she said in surprise, "Could it be that my mother was not rescued by your people, Mr. Lu, but by the people of the Weiying Gang?"

Lu Shicheng raised his eyebrows.

Zhu Zihe realized and fixed her gaze on Wen Tingli again: "So you are from the Weiying Gang?! Did you really help rescue my mother?"

Her voice was a little trembling.

Wen Tingli said coldly, "At the beginning of last month, colleagues from the Tianjin Women's Association noticed that your mother was missing. You are her only daughter. After the accident, not only did you not seek help from the outside world, but you also went to Shanghai to participate in the beauty pageant. This is extremely unusual. Mrs. Zhu has helped many women in distress at the Tianjin Women's Association. We certainly can't stand by and watch her die. But firstly, the Weiying Gang is not sure what the White Dragon Gang intends to force you to do, and secondly, they haven't figured out where the White Dragon Gang hides Mrs. Zhu. They have to send someone to monitor you before taking the next step of rescue action. They are also afraid that strangers will arouse your vigilance, so they have to ask a member who helped me last time to entrust me to test you."

Lu Shicheng tilted his head to listen to Wen Tingli's words. He listened very attentively, as if he was afraid to miss a word.

Wen Tingli spoke with certainty, but her eyes kept stealing glances at the tall figure beside her. Lu Shicheng's intelligence and decisiveness made her tremble with fear. In just a few days, he had completed a series of investigations, layouts and rescue measures without making a sound.

From this we can see that as long as Lu Shicheng wants to investigate something, she is almost transparent in front of him.

Fortunately, when she rescued Lu Shicheng last time, in order to protect Li Chengying, she took the initiative to "reveal" her relationship with the Weiying Gang to Lu Shicheng.

She was also glad that she called Li Chengying in advance to confirm the latest clues before coming to Lu Mansion tonight.

Otherwise, no matter how quick her mind works, she may not be able to deal with such a complicated situation as tonight's.

But then again, she had never hidden anything from Lu Shicheng, except for her relationship with Dean Deng and Li Chengying. But this was her bottom line as a human being. Besides, when they rescued him, he should have guessed that she was hiding something from him.

Thinking of this, she simply looked at Lu Shicheng calmly. He was also looking at her, and his eyebrows were as soft as the water-like light in front of the desk.

There was no wavering, no doubt, only trust and maintenance throughout the process.

This attitude is more reassuring than the most beautiful words in the world.

The smile that Wen Tingli had hidden in her heart slowly moved to her face.

Zhu Zihe on the other side thought for a long time, then suddenly lowered her head and laughed shyly:

"No wonder you were on guard against me but never embarrassed me on any occasion. It turns out you knew from the beginning that I was forced into doing this. Yes, until tonight, you tried to give me a chance to get away with it, but I treated you as a spy of the White Dragon Gang. I really am..."

Her face was filled with guilt, and she bowed to Wen Tingli with difficulty on the ground.

"I'm sorry, I solemnly apologize to you. No, I have to thank you first - thank you, thank you for rescuing my mother. What I said just now is true. My mother has been rescued, and the White Dragon Gang can no longer threaten me. I will do my best to cooperate with your investigation." Her eyes were a little red, but her tone was extremely sincere. After saying this, she seemed to have lost the mental strength to support herself, and collapsed to the ground.

***
Fifteen minutes later, Zhu Zihe left the study under the escort of Kuang Zhilin and others. After inspection, it was found that the broken cup did not contain poison, but some kind of Western stomach medicine.

Principal Zou was anxiously waiting for Zhu Zihe in the reception room on the first floor. Kuang Zhilin had already roughly explained the whole story to her.

Principal Zou was extremely shocked and heartbroken about Zhu Zihe's use of her, but when she thought of the torture that she and her daughter had suffered at the hands of the White Dragon Gang, she felt sympathy and pity. Out of a sense of justice and responsibility, she decided to accompany Zhu Zihe to Peiping to visit her old friend overnight. Because she was worried that Zhu Zihe was injured, she asked Lu Shicheng to help Zhu Zihe find a doctor for examination.

The doctor came quickly, but Lu Shicheng did not agree to let the doctor treat Zhu Zihe at the Lu Mansion.

Obviously, Lu Shicheng has his principles in this matter.

After figuring out the whole story, he stopped making things difficult for Zhu Zihe.

But he hoped that Zhu Zihe would leave Lu Mansion as soon as possible.

Principal Zou did not insist, but nodded: "Shicheng is a man who can distinguish right from wrong. All right, then let the doctor go to my house to check Zihe's body."

Just as she was escorted to the corner of the stairs, Zhu Zihe suddenly stopped.

"I want to talk to Miss Wen alone."

Lu Shicheng pretended not to hear and protected Wen Tingli as he walked downstairs.

"Don't worry, I will never hurt Miss Wen. I don't have any weapons that can hurt anyone. You have already confirmed this. I don't know when I will be back after leaving Shanghai this time. There are some things I must tell Miss Wen. Five minutes, just five minutes. If you are worried, you can monitor the whole process from outside the door, Tingli..."

She looked at Wen Tingli with pleading eyes.

Wen Tingli said without hesitation: "Okay."

Lu Shicheng refused to give in, so Wen Tingli whispered to him, "It'll be fine, just watch from outside."

Lu Shicheng thought about it and decided to let Kuang Zhilin take people to escort Wen Tingli to the room they had just been in, while he stood guard at the door.

Wen Tingli gave Lu Shicheng a look that said "reassurance", and deliberately did not close the door when she entered the house. She just took Zhu Zihe to the window deep inside the room.

"You can say whatever you want now."

Zhu Zihe turned her head to look at the door. After confirming that Lu Shicheng and others could not hear her conversation with Wen Tingli, a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"I know that the people who rescued my mother this time were not from the Weiying Gang. Miss Wen, what are your backgrounds?" She lowered her voice.

"Oh, so you want to say something this boring?! Sorry, I don't have the time to listen to your nonsense."

"Don't go!" Zhu Zihe stopped Wen Tingli with a bitter smile, "I said this based on my own judgment. When my mother was kidnapped, I actually went to the Tianjin branch of the Weiying Gang as soon as possible."

A layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on Wen Tingli's back.

"Anyway..." Zhu Zihe bit her lower lip, "I've dealt with people from the Tianjin branch of the Weiying Gang before, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't them who did it this time. But don't worry, no matter where you come from, for all your efforts to rescue my mother, I, Zhu Zihe, will be your most trustworthy partner from now on, and I won't reveal a word about this to anyone."

Wen Tingli was unmoved. Zhu Zihe raised two fingers and swore: "Think about it, if I really wanted to betray you, I would have told Lu Shicheng about my doubts just now. I swear on my own life that I will never mention this to anyone."

Wen Tingli was still very alert, but couldn't help but ask a question that had been buried in her heart for a long time.

"Since you realized that I deliberately spilled your glass of water that night, why didn't you ever tell the White Dragon Gang about me?"

"If I really told them, wouldn't the trouble be transferred to you?" Zhu Zihe raised her chin modestly, "It was my mother who was kidnapped, not my soul. Although I cherish my life, there are some things I still disdain to do."

Wen Tingli chuckled. It was not until this moment that her tense nerves and muscles finally relaxed. Indeed, Zhu Zihe had been slow to take action since coming to Shanghai. This showed that there was a type of people in this world who would not easily sell out their own character even when forced into a desperate situation.

When she looked at Zhu Zihe again, her eyes showed less wariness and more appreciation.

"You knew that you were exposed in front of Lu Shicheng, so you deliberately used that method in the front hall to lure me here? How can you be sure that I will follow you to the back building?" she asked in a low voice.

"Of course I'm sure of that." Zhu Zihe smiled confidently, "You like him very much."

Wen Tingli's cheeks felt hot.

"You can't hide your jealousy at all. This can't be controlled by reason. Even if you are smart, you will come here to find out what's going on driven by the desire for exclusivity. This is what I'm betting on."

Wen Tingli was speechless and simply turned to look out the window. There were bursts of music coming from the front building and shadowy figures in the glass windows. The Lu family had invited the most famous theater troupe and band in Shanghai to entertain the guests. The guests were busy drinking and having fun and had no time to pay attention to what was happening in the back building.

"To be honest, when I first sat down to eat with you and Lu Shicheng, I had a feeling that this mission would not be accomplished." Zhu Zihe walked to the window and stood shoulder to shoulder with Wen Tingli. "That night, there were only eight or nine people eating at the same table, including your three-year-old sister. Lu Shicheng looked indifferent to you, but no matter when you picked up food for your sister or talked to your classmates, he would always pause for a few seconds involuntarily."

Wen Tingli pricked up her ears and listened quietly.

"When you were joking with your classmates, he would be distracted. When you talked about filming a movie, he would tilt his head to listen. I knew at that time that even if he was not attracted to you at that time, he was at least very interested in you." Zhu Zihe looked at the blush on Wen Tingli's face with amusement, "Didn't you realize this at the time? I still remember how you pestered him after the banquet. A man like him, how could he give you the opportunity to pester him unless he wanted to? I thought you knew it in your heart a long time ago."

Wen Tingli blushed and coughed lightly. She didn't want to show too much embarrassment in front of Zhu Zihe, so she decided to take back the initiative in the conversation.

She turned her face and looked at Zhu Zihe: "In my opinion, you deliberately exposed your weakness in front of Lu Shicheng in the hospital. The White Dragon Gang gave you an ultimatum. In order to break the situation, you decided to use Lu Shicheng's power to rescue your mother. This is an extremely risky plan. The first step is to actively expose yourself in front of Lu Shicheng. I won't mention these. I want to ask you, what exactly is the 'that night' you mentioned in the ward that day?"

"Guess." Zhu Zihe winked at Wen Tingli humorously.

Wen Tingli snorted: "I know it even if you don't tell me. It's just your failed experience."

"Yes, I failed." Zhu Zihe shrugged nonchalantly. "One night, I used a little trick to get a ride from Lu Shicheng. I was confident that the encounter was perfect, and I pretended to have a very realistic abdominal pain. But Lu Shicheng refused to let me get in his car. He asked the driver to get off the car and call another car from the rental company to take me to the hospital. He drove away himself. He seemed to be in a hurry. Not long after, he was seriously injured and was hospitalized."

Wen Tingli's heart moved, and she hurriedly asked, "What day was that?"

"On the night of the 2nd."

Wen Tingli suddenly forgot to breathe. That night, she was waiting for Lu Shicheng at Taotao Ju.

She couldn't help but ask, "Which road did you stop his car on? What time was it? Do you remember which direction he was driving?"

"I can't remember it clearly." Zhu Zihe glanced at Wen Tingli, "I was busy pretending to have a stomachache in front of my friends and the Lu family's driver, so I didn't dare to openly observe where Lu Shicheng's car was going. I only remember that I stopped him near Lixin Bank. The time... was 7:30."

At this point, Zhu Zihe changed the subject: "Why don't you ask him in person what happened that night? Are you two playing dumb?"

"We are playing our own charades, what does it have to do with you?!"

Zhu Zihe raised her eyebrows slightly: "Lu Shicheng is a very decent man, I believe you are aware of this. If the situation this time was not too complicated, even I would have almost been attracted to him."

Wen Tingli didn't know what to say, Zhu Zihe burst out laughing: "Just kidding, I'm not interested in men, otherwise I wouldn't be unwilling to fall in love in my twenties."

She grabbed Wen Tingli's right hand and wrote a row of numbers on her palm.

"We dare not go back to Tianjin. I will live in Beijing with my mother for a while. I have many friends there. No matter how long the White Dragon Helpers are, they can't reach Beijing. This is the phone number of an office I rented in Beijing through a friend. You are welcome to contact me at any time. Anyway, thank you for this time."

Under Wen Tingli's surprised gaze, Zhu Zihe suddenly lowered her head and gently kissed the back of her hand.

Wen Tingli's mind went blank.

Zhu Zihe raised her head and winked at Wen Tingli mischievously, and whispered in her ear again: "Lu Shicheng is so smart, do you really think he believes everything you say? That's just because he loves you! So he believes whatever you say, as long as you give him a reasonable explanation. How long do you plan to keep the matter of your organization secret from him? If one day you two fall out, just come to me, I, Zhu Zihe's door, will always be open to you."

After saying this, Zhu Zihe turned around and left.

Wen Tingli stood there for a while and couldn't help but make a big face at Zhu Zihe's back.

This bad woman!
While cursing like this, he couldn't help but laugh twice.

Then she turned her eyes to the tall figure outside the door.

He frowned at Zhu Zihe, then looked around the room curiously. As soon as Zhu Zihe went out, he signaled his men to take Zhu Zihe away immediately.

Wen Tingli walked towards him with a smile.

Lu Shicheng's expression relaxed and he looked her up and down.

[Is there anything wrong? ]

"I'm fine." As he spoke, the people in the corridor retreated in tacit understanding.

It was so quiet all around, as if the whole world only had her and him.

She had a premonition that something would happen next, and she walked past him silently.

The leather shoes stepped on the teak stairs, making a "tat tat" sound.

As expected, he followed downstairs.

Two figures landed on the spiral staircase one after the other, one high and one low, overlapping from time to time.

Suddenly, Wen Tingli stopped on the steps.

The figure behind him also stopped.

If she walked again, he would continue. If she stopped again, he would stop again.

No matter how many times she paused, Lu Shicheng would always stop behind her at the right time.

She stared at the shadow in front of her, enjoying playing this game.

In fact, she didn't know how long this charade between her and Lu Shicheng would last, but at this moment, she discovered that Lu Shicheng's understanding and patience with her was a little more than she expected.

Even if it was such a boring game, he would play with her tacitly.

"I--" Wen Tingli paused again, but this time, she spoke clearly.

Lu Shicheng stopped immediately.

There was a sound of shallow breathing behind me.

He was listening to her carefully.

She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth: "I'm hungry."

(End of this chapter)