You're my wife, don't doubt it!

Just as Xiao Yao was reluctant but helpless, the lights inside the glass balcony suddenly turned on—not only inside the balcony, but also outside, many decorative floral lights were lit up, the most eye-catching being a pair of large red lanterns.

Of course, what Xiao Yao cared about was never the lights or the light itself, but rather the small figure illuminated by those lights.

After the lights came on, a delicate figure quietly appeared behind the glass of the balcony, as if a miracle had occurred.

Although it was far away, backlit, and separated by a thick glass barrier, Xiao Yao recognized the figure at a glance—it was Shen Jie, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Xiao Yao excitedly tried to wave his arms, but Liang Yanan stopped him, and he didn't insist any further.

The boy understood that gesticulating wildly at this moment would not solve any problems, but would only increase the risk of exposure.

Xiao Yao thought for a moment, then turned to Liang Yanan and said, "I am very grateful for your help, but I need you to do me another favor now."

“I refuse; that would be a crime.”

"Then I'll have no choice but to break in myself. The questions you want me to answer will probably only be answered after I've served my 40-year prison sentence."

"You...you little rascal, you little scoundrel! I..."

“I know you didn’t go to all this trouble to help me just so I would speak up,” Xiao Yao said sincerely. “Brother Bo once mentioned to me casually that you were also grounded by your father in the same way…”

Liang Yanan: "Shut up, he talks too much! What do you want?"

Xiao Yao: "If I were here, I could break the glass with a slingshot..."

Liang Yanan scoffed: "Don't dream! We'll be caught right away."

Xiao Yao thought for a moment: "Then let's not break the glass, let's just take down that big red lantern..."

Liang Yanan: "There are surveillance cameras all around here. They've walked right into a trap."

Xiao Yao: "Can you help me set up the surveillance? Even if it's just for a minute."

"I'll set up surveillance for you so you can use a slingshot to shoot down people's windows, right?" Liang Yanan chuckled.

"So it can be done? Please help me, I'm begging you." Xiao Yao clasped his hands together.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Liang Yanan's tone softened slightly: "I won't carry out a mission that I don't understand."

“…Look,” Xiao Yao explained, “they suddenly became busy, obviously something must have happened.”

"It's just that the boss is coming back soon, so they're just putting on an act," Liang Yanan said dismissively.

“That’s a possibility,” Xiao Yao pointed out, “but don’t you think that with even big red lanterns hanging up, it looks more like they’re welcoming guests?”

Liang Yanan: "Welcome guests?"

Xiao Yao: "That's right, they should be distinguished guests."

"So what?" Liang Yanan said dismissively.

“They can’t let their host lose face in front of their distinguished guests, so as long as we break something they can’t fix, they will definitely find someone to fix it. Who will they find?” Xiao Yao bent his fingers and tapped his temples.

"Looking for us?" Liang Yanan said, "But even if you go in, they won't let you see Shen Jie."

“I have a reliable mole inside. I just saw her. As long as I get close to her, I’m sure I can find a breakthrough.”

"You've been planning this from the beginning, haven't you? You're quite the liar," Liang Yanan said, grinning.

"I hope we can treat each other with sincerity in the future," Xiao Yao said earnestly.

“This is the last time—I can help you get the surveillance sorted out, but after that I have to leave. Whether you succeed or not is up to you,” Liang Yanan told Xiao Yao.

"Thank you for your honesty. Even if I'm arrested and imprisoned, as long as you come to visit me, I'll tell you everything you want to know," Xiao Yao said gratefully.

"Don't give me that crap. If you get arrested, I'll pretend I don't know you. I'll message you once I've done it." After saying that, Liang Yanan handed the slingshot and a bag of pellets to Xiao Yao and left without looking back.

Xiao Yao opened the bullet bag and found that it contained not only rubber bullets, but also two smaller steel ball bullets and plastic bullets filled with paint. He was deeply impressed by Liang Yanan's thoughtful consideration and thorough preparation.

He weighed the metal bullet in his hand, his eyes still fixed on the glass balcony where Shen Jie was. That graceful figure seemed to have lain down, her face pressed against the glass, motionless.

Thinking of the humiliation she had suffered, Xiao Yao wished he could immediately step forward and smash the cage to free her.

My phone rang. It was a text message with only five words: You have three minutes.

Xiao Yao immediately took action as swiftly as lightning.

Chapter 250 An Encounter on the Boudoir

2023-06-30

Xiao Yao immediately took action as swiftly as lightning.

He pulled back his slingshot and fired repeatedly at one of the two red lanterns. First, he used a steel ball to break the paper covering, then he tried to break the light inside with a rubber bullet. After a few shots, the red lantern flickered and then went out.

Xiao Yao put away his slingshot, waited for about a minute, picked up the stepladder, took a deep breath, and pretended to be passing by as he slowly walked toward the main gate of the Shen residence.

Sure enough, a servant-looking man came out of the gate, looking somewhat flustered. Upon seeing Xiao Yao carrying the ladder, he happily came to greet him.

Xiao Yao especially hoped that this person was Lisa, whom Shen Jie had mentioned, but unfortunately, it was a young man.

The young man said, "You guys came really fast," as he led Xiao Yao into the courtyard.

Xiao Yao pondered, it seemed the real repairmen were already on their way, and he didn't have much time left.

The young man led Xiao Yao to the broken lantern, which was located under the glass balcony.

After Xiao Yao set up the A-frame ladder, he even helped hold it up, so Xiao Yao had no choice but to go up and pretend to chat with him.

When asked why he was in such a hurry to fix the lantern, the young man replied, "The boss is going to entertain a high-ranking official and his son, so I can't make a fool of myself. If this lantern can't be fixed, you can take down the other one too."

You're a high-ranking leader, right? You're the son of a high-ranking leader, right?

May you all rot!

Xiao Yao suddenly had a bright idea. He used the excuse that the light bulb he brought was the wrong size to send the young man away to find a light bulb.

With the light bulb finally out, Xiao Yao had long since lost interest in the lantern. He continued climbing the stepladder and peered down to the bottom of the second-floor glass balcony.

Finally, at this close enough distance, Xiao Yao saw Shen Jie's face clearly through the glass, a face he hadn't seen in a long time.

She looked much more haggard, her eyes were closed as if she were asleep, but her chest was heaving rapidly, which didn't seem like it.

Xiao Yao knocked on the glass, but Shen Jie did not respond.

The boy struck the glass again, this time with even more force.

The girl sat up shivering as if she had been startled awake from a nightmare. When she saw Xiao Yao's smiling face outside the glass, her first reaction was as if she had seen a ghost. She was so frightened that she turned pale and rolled backward several times.

Seeing her screaming (he couldn't hear her) and frantically patting her heart, Xiao Yao felt incredibly disappointed.

He hurriedly gestured for Shen Jie to shush, considering whether he should climb down the escalator to avoid her. Her sudden commotion had made him, who hadn't felt any fear standing on the two-story-high escalator with no one below to hold him up, start to tremble.

Fortunately, Shen Jie quickly came to her senses. She patted her cheeks in a daze, then rubbed her eyes hard. After realizing that Xiao Yao had not disappeared, she finally showed a look of delight.

Seeing that he was "popular", Xiao Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the glass was too thick, and Xiao Yao couldn't hear what she was saying.

Xiao Yao understood that now was not the time for sweet nothings. After confirming that Shen Jie knew he was there, he immediately began to execute the next step of his plan.

The key to the plan is to find Lisa.

Using his elevated position, Xiao Yao looked around and quickly spotted a young woman with noticeably dark skin, prominent cheekbones, and a somewhat flat nose.

Based on Shen Jie's previous description, this person should be Lisa.

Xiao Yao quickly climbed down the ladder and called out to Lisa, who was passing by, asking her to help hold the ladder.

Lisa initially seemed unwilling to help, but after looking up and seeing Shen Jie on the balcony, she agreed.

Xiao Yao had Lisa hold the ladder while he quickly climbed up to the lantern and began diligently causing destruction.

Recently, when I was tutoring Yu Luying, we covered a lot of questions related to the principles of physical circuits.

Of course, doing problems is one thing, doing them is another... like this, and then like that, hmm, that should be right.

If you master math, physics, and chemistry, you can go anywhere in the world without fear!

Xiao Yao began to feel smug.

YES! That's it!

With a "snap," all the lights in the house went out.

After a brief silence, the entire Shen family was thrown into turmoil.

Xiao Yao nimbly jumped down the stepladder, and by the moonlight, he grabbed Lisa and whispered in her ear, "Miss wants you to take me to see her; she only trusts you."

Lisa was stunned: "Who are you?!"

She looked up at the glass balcony again, bewildered, but the moonlight seemed unable to penetrate the thick glass.

Just as Lisa waved her hand, about to turn and walk away, Xiao Yao stuffed something into Lisa's hand.

Lisa saw the thing clearly in the moonlight, and her eyes finally hardened.

It was a girl's hair clip shaped like an XXII, and at this moment, it was shining with a silvery-white light under the bright moonlight.

“Come with me.” Lisa gritted her teeth and grabbed Xiao Yao’s hand.

With her absolute familiarity with the house, the maid led Xiao Yao straight to Shen Jie's boudoir amidst the darkness and chaos.

"who are you?"

Xiao Yao had just followed Lisa off the spiral staircase when a flashlight beam swept over from behind. With a shout, Xiao Yao turned around and saw a woman dressed all in white, holding a small flashlight attached to a keychain, her expression solemn.