Lu Xingzhi rested her chin on her hand, looking out the window. No matter how fresh the air was here, she didn’t want to be here.

She wanted to go home.

Her constitution was just this strange—grabbing attention, easily trending, and specifically attracting trouble.

Easily, all sorts of people would come looking for trouble with her.

Last time Fu Yanzhi caught her, it was probably just to see if she would panic.

Maybe if she appeared panicked, Fu Yanzhi would lose interest in her.

Flipping through the book in her hand, Lu Xingzhi began to doze off, probably because she hadn’t slept well.

Her head bobbed slightly until she lay down on the desk and fell asleep.

It wasn’t that she let her guard down around these people.

It’s just that being cautious wouldn’t help.

After all, with so many of them, if they wanted to do something, she wouldn’t be able to resist.

When Fu Yanzhi opened the door, what he saw was Lu Xingzhi asleep on her desk.

With a mischievous intent, Fu Yanzhi deliberately knocked on the door forcefully, startling Lu Xingzhi into sitting up straight.

All her sleepiness vanished.

Rubbing her hair, she couldn’t gather her consciousness for a moment. What had just happened?

It wasn’t until she heard Fu Yanzhi’s laughter that Lu Xingzhi looked toward the doorway.

"What are you doing?" Lu Xingzhi was a bit angry; she hated being interrupted in her sleep.

"Were you scared?" Fu Yanzhi, hearing Lu Xingzhi’s accusatory tone, laughed and said, "I thought you weren’t afraid of anything!"

Lu Xingzhi placed the book back on the shelf.

She didn’t want to talk to someone like him.

If people who have experienced hardship had to turn evil, then the world would be doomed.

Even though she had been through so much, she never had suicidal thoughts.

Fu Yanzhi vents his frustrations onto innocent people without considering if they consent.

The reason why perverts can become perverts is perhaps because they’re highly intelligent.

Lu Xingzhi sometimes thought this way.

"Tonight, I want to eat roast chicken." Lu Xingzhi boldly started ordering food.

Mainly because Fu Yanzhi had just startled her.

Since he invited her here as a ’guest,’ he should entertain her well.

Lu Xingzhi thought defiantly.

"Sure." Fu Yanzhi nodded.

"Little Zhi Liao, what are you thinking about again? You don’t need to speculate. We’re indeed not in the Capital City right now. But I can tell you, we’re still in the country. In L City; telling you doesn’t matter. After all, you can’t send the message out anyway."

"You’re overthinking it." She just simply didn’t want her situation to be too bad.

If she could live a bit better even while being kidnapped, why shouldn’t she?

--

On Huo Jincheng’s side, there was still no news of Lu Xingzhi. Three days had passed.

He was growing increasingly anxious.

He had to investigate Fu Yanzhi’s ventures one by one.

He needed to find clues.

While waiting for news, his inner speculation was already confirmed.

Last time when Lu Xingzhi was kidnapped, Fu Yanzhi was the person behind it.

"Continue investigating." Huo Jincheng was visibly depleted of vitality.

Even if he knew that for the moment Lu Xingzhi wouldn’t be in danger and was probably eating decently well.

Nevertheless, Huo Jincheng was still worried.

"Besides these personal connections, also look into his parents and friends for information we might need, who his friends are. Or which of his close subordinates he has." Huo Jincheng felt these were what he needed right now.