What a Pervert!

Luo Shiyi quickly lowered her face to avoid prying eyes.

"I wonder what's going on tonight. Why are so many people searching around here?"

"Perhaps some big shot has been alerted. We'd better be careful not to get into trouble."

"How disappointing."

Luo Shiyi had already found another way out and hid in a storage room.

"221, I'm being followed. Find me a way out."

"Got it."

Shen Xiuyi sat on the sofa with a grim expression. Xu Feng cautiously approached him, "Sorry, Fourth Master, the target is too good at hiding. We haven't found her yet."

At Xu Feng's words, Shen Xiuyi's expression darkened further.

"We just got word that there's unusual activity on their side."

Xu Feng quickly brought up another matter. Compared to that woman, the activities of the other side were their primary objective for this trip.

Sure enough, Shen Xiuyi showed a slight reaction upon hearing this. "Have we found any concrete evidence?"

"No, they're too cautious. Our people didn't even get a chance to act before they started retreating."

"But it seems like they're also looking for someone."

Xu Feng recounted the events that had just taken place in the main hall to Shen Xiuyi.

Shen Xiuyi listened while tapping the table thoughtfully. After a while, he stood up. "I'm heading out."

"Fourth Master?"

"Keep people stationed at the entrance."

"Understood."

Xu Feng had been by Shen Xiuyi's side long enough to know that he didn't want to be followed, so he obediently stayed behind.

Luo Shiyi had just received word that there was a gap in the balcony on the second floor and was retracing her steps when she unexpectedly ran straight into Shen Xiuyi.

Without a second thought, Luo Shiyi turned to run, but Shen Xiuyi was faster and grabbed her wrist.

Her body instinctively reacted, and it only dawned on her belatedly that her movements were exactly the same as when she had shaken off Shen Xiuyi the last time!

Meeting Shen Xiuyi's darkened gaze, Luo Shiyi's heart skipped a beat.

Desperate to get away, Luo Shiyi quickly made another move, but Shen Xiuyi was just as swift.

She had known before that she might not have the upper hand in a fight against Shen Xiuyi.

Her hands were pinned behind her back, and Luo Shiyi felt a surge of anger. "Let me go!"

Having been in the game for so many years, only to be tripped up by Shen Xiuyi, Luo Shiyi was filled with resentment.

She struggled fiercely, determined to match Shen Xiuyi.

But Shen Xiuyi suddenly smacked her bottom.

"*Smack!*" The crisp sound echoed.

Luo Shiyi was stunned, only reacting after a few seconds.

She, she, she, she had just been spanked?

Such humiliation!

This was truly humiliating!

Luo Shiyi's face turned red with anger. "Y-you, you pervert!"

Damn it, how old was she, and he had the nerve to spank her bottom!

Spank her bottom!!!

"Let me go, and I'll fight you three hundred rounds!"

"*Smack!*"

Another smack landed on Luo Shiyi's bottom, and she was left speechless. "Why did you spank me again!"

"Pervert!"

Every time Luo Shiyi cursed, she received another spank. Eventually, she felt too ashamed to continue.

Though she stopped cursing aloud, she berated him silently in her heart.

Pervert!

Lunatic!

Hypocrite!

Fake gentleman…

Luo Shiyi cycled through a barrage of insults, cursing Shen Xiuyi thoroughly.

She had never been spanked before in her life, and now Shen Xiuyi had done it. The more Luo Shiyi thought about it, the angrier she became, and tears welled up in her eyes.

But she wouldn't cry.

Luo Shiyi widened her eyes, tears on the verge of falling.

"Do you know what you did wrong?"

Shen Xiuyi finally spoke after seeing that Luo Shiyi had calmed down.

"I don't know! Let me go, or I'll kill you!"

Luo Shiyi barked fiercely, but when she saw Shen Xiuyi raise his hand as though to strike again, she immediately backed down. "Don't you dare hit me, or I'll never forgive you!"

Shen Xiuyi found her mix of ferocity and cowardice amusing and slowly lowered his raised hand.

"Your name?"

Shen Xiuyi returned to the unanswered question from earlier.

Luo Shiyi didn't want to answer, but fearing he might do something even more mortifying, she reluctantly replied, "My name is Aqi."

"Aqi?"

"Yes."

"Full name?"

"Shiqi."

Luo Shiyi answered with clear reluctance.

"Seventeen?"

"Shi as in time, Qi as in the number seven."

"Shiqi."

Shen Xiuyi repeated the name.

"Big brother, mighty hero, I've told you my name. Can you let me go now?"

"What trouble did you cause this time?"

Luo Shiyi's eyes flickered at the question. "I don't know. What trouble could I cause? It's just that they're all drawn to my beauty and harbor ill intentions."

"So you're innocent."

"Of course! There's no one more innocent than me!"

"Big brother, mighty hero, you've had your fun. Isn't it time to let go?"

Luo Shiyi was growing anxious inside.

What was Shen Xiuyi up to? Why wasn't he letting her go? What if those people caught up?

"Want to leave?"

Just as Luo Shiyi was racking her brain for a way to escape, Shen Xiuyi leaned in and whispered in her ear.

Luo Shiyi: ??

"What do you mean?"

Though intrigued, she maintained an innocent expression.

A hint of amusement flashed in Shen Xiuyi's eyes. "Follow me, and I'll take you out of here."

"Haha, no thanks. I can leave on my own."

She could just climb over the balcony on the second floor to escape. Why would she willingly let Shen Xiuyi take her away?

"Are you sure?"

Shen Xiuyi stared at Luo Shiyi, his tone calm.

A sense of foreboding washed over Luo Shiyi.

Had he done something behind her back?

The two remained in a stalemate. Luo Shiyi pursed her lips, her gaze heavy as she looked at Shen Xiuyi.

Shen Xiuyi waited patiently for Luo Shiyi to make a decision.

"How embarrassing!"

Sure enough, after a few seconds, Luo Shiyi's face broke into a radiant smile, as if the person who had just threatened to kill Shen Xiuyi no longer existed.

Shen Xiuyi shifted his grip on Luo Shiyi's hand, changing her from a restrained position to being held in his arms.

Once again pressed against Shen Xiuyi's solid chest, Luo Shiyi gritted her teeth in frustration.

Damn Shen Xiuyi, taking advantage of her again!

Just you wait, I'll kill you someday!

Despite her internal ranting, she gently embraced Shen Xiuyi. "Thank you, brother."

*Yuck.*

Luo Shiyi was disgusted with herself, not knowing what had possessed her to say such a thing to Shen Xiuyi.