Hiding in the dark, Han Beicheng held his breath as he craned his neck to get a better view of his master. He could not figure out why Qiao Hanye, who had been resolute all 28 years of his life, was allowing this transgression. Qiao Hanye had never been close to a woman. How could he let this woman search him like this?
His master was an excellent martial artist. This woman would die in Qiao Hanye's hands even before she could make a move. But he just stood there, allowing her to touch him several times. Han Beicheng was shocked to the core.
He Lanjin gloomily looked at the lighter in her hand, feeling duped.
Qiao Hanye looked at the lighter in He Lanjin's fingers before locking eyes with her. He Lanjin felt her ears getting hot, but she could not look away. What was happening to her?
Qiao Hanye reached into the breast pocket of his coat and take out his phone in one swift motion. He pressed on the screen, as if to dial a number.
"What are you going to do?" He Lanjin asked cautiously, suddenly feeling embarrassed by the way she was behaving toward him.
Qiao Hanye's silent black eyes shifted from the phone to He Lanjin's exquisite face. He remembered how arrogant but cute she was in the nightclub. He wanted to tease her for reasons even he could not explain, so he said, "Call the police."
"Call the police?" He Lanjin was stunned.
Qiao Hanye took his eyes off the phone and stared into He Lanjin's eyes. In a deep voice, he growled, "You broke into this private residence and touched me. I suspect that you want to... rape me."
'F*ck.' He Lanjin was furious. 'Rape?'
Han Beicheng craned further from where he was hiding, wishing to hear everything. He lost his balance and fell to the floor with a thump.
"I'll return the lighter." He Lanjin threw the lighter to the floor. She felt like running away. Besides, she was not sure that the phone was on him.
Plus, she did not really know this person, and the He family was in deep trouble. The crisis had not been resolved yet, so she could not casually offend anyone. She had to restrain her temper. Otherwise, she would have already dealt with him. That would teach him not to act arrogantly toward her.
Call the police and report her as a pervert? Bullsh*t.
"Sir, I was presumptuous just now. I apologize for offending you. Since you don't have what I want, I'll take my leave," He Lanjin said seriously. She turned around and left without looking back.
She returned to her car, wondering if she had been possessed. She took out the iPad and saw that the signal on her phone had disappeared. She rubbed her forehead and looked out the window, her gaze fixed on the ancient desolate mansion.
This mansion was very strange. The people inside were even stranger.
He Lanjin lived in Jiang City all her life but had never heard of this place. It was as if the place had been deliberately forgotten by the whole world. It no longer existed.
As the eldest daughter of the He family, she was supposed to have some understanding of Jiang City's circle. But she did not know such a person existed in the city. Who exactly was this man? Why was he here?
He Lanjin woke from her reverie when she heard some noise from the mansion. She looked up and saw a tall figure walking out. As the heavy wooden door closed, the tall and handsome man bent down and got into a car that had stopped at the entrance.
What struck her the was that the person seemed to be holding something in his hand.
He Lanjin was completely dumbfounded. The thing in his hand was actually her phone. He tricked her!
"Phone...my phone." He Lanjin was stunned. She had very good eyesight, and immediately realized before he got into the car that it was her phone he was holding.
The phone she was holding in her hand was very similar to her real phone. Both phones were black, but hers had a small engraving - something she learned to do when she got bored one day. The phone in that man's hand gave out a glint that she would recognize from anywhere. She was sure it was hers.
"Hey, give me back my phone!" He Lanjin quickly shouted. She stepped on the accelerator to chase after him, but a figure rushed out from the darkness. She slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting the figure, and before she knew it, the car had already disappeared.
He Lanjin hit the steering wheel with her fists in frustration. That damned man had deceived her!
He clearly had her phone. Why didn't he just give it back? But wait, she never told him she was looking for her phone...