The two rode home in silence.
Shen Keqin didn't want to talk to Jian Mubai.
Jian Mubai, on the other hand, wanted to talk. Since Shen Keqin didn't want to hear him, he took a sticky note from the storage compartment, wrote "Shut Up" on it, and stuck it on Jian Mubai's forehead.
The act was childish, but Jian Mubai didn't remove it and wore it obediently.
At a traffic light, Shen Keqin felt her arm ache and rubbed it with her other hand.
Jian Mubai, seeing this, lifted the sticky note and asked Shen Keqin, "Does your arm hurt? Do you want me to give you a massage?"
Shen Keqin thought about what her aching arm had just done, her ears turning red as she growled, "Shut up."
Hmph, if it weren't for this scoundrel, her arm wouldn't be so sore!
And now he was pretending to be a good person!
Shen Keqin felt her mind was being occupied by something strange again.
Otherwise, how could she have helped Jian Mubai with that kind of thing, and even let him get into her car?
The car drove for over half an hour before reaching the vicinity of the Shen family villa. Shen Keqin didn't want her family to see her with Jian Mubai, so she parked the car by the roadside.
"Hey, get out!"
She turned to tell Jian Mubai to get out, only to find him asleep, leaning back in his seat.
The "Shut Up" sticky note was still on his forehead, making him look quite comical.
She thought she'd never want to see him again, yet here they were, entangled again not long after.
Speaking of which, how did he know Han Yu Nuo had drugged him?
If not for him today, she would have been the one in trouble.
Her gaze involuntarily fell on his alluring thin lips. He didn't talk much, but his lips were surprisingly soft.
"Thump thump..."
Her heart in her chest began to pound uncontrollably again.
She didn't know what this strange feeling was. In her panic and helplessness, she reached out and slapped Jian Mubai's face. "Hey, I'm home, you can get out!"
Jian Mubai, as if just woken from a deep sleep, slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were a little red. Seeing the surroundings through the window, he turned to look at Shen Keqin.
"Don't go to Jinse anymore in the future. That place isn't safe and isn't suitable for you."
Hearing this, Shen Keqin became unhappy. "I'll go if I want to, and not if I don't. What right do you have to control me?"
Jian Mubai lowered his gaze slightly. "I'm not controlling you, just reminding you."
"Heh... Is that so? If you think it's unsafe, why are you working there? Don't you hate entertaining and selling yourself the most?"
Just as Jian Mubai was about to speak, Shen Keqin's phone suddenly rang. She looked at it and saw it was Ye Jingqiu calling.
Jian Mubai had already seen the caller ID, his dark eyes flickering slightly. He remained silent.
Shen Keqin glanced at him and answered the phone in front of him.
"Jingqiu, what's up?"
"I just saw a girl riding a motorcycle pass by and thought of you. Are you asleep?"
Ye Jingqiu's gentle voice flowed in. Shen Keqin smiled, while Jian Mubai's expression grew increasingly grim and cold.
"Not yet, did you just get off work?"
"Yeah, it was too busy tonight. I'm super tired now, but hearing your voice instantly made my fatigue disappear."
"Then go home and rest well."
"Qinqin..."
Ye Jingqiu suddenly called out to Shen Keqin. Shen Keqin instinctively responded, "Hmm?"
"I miss you so much."
Shen Keqin's heart skipped a beat, not with excitement, but because Jian Mubai was right beside her.
She instinctively glanced at Jian Mubai and saw that he had already opened the door and gotten out of the car, leaving her with only his retreating back.
Without seeing his face, she had no idea what expression he had.
Shen Keqin's silence made Ye Jingqiu on the other end of the line restless. He carefully asked, "Qinqin, have you considered my confession?"
Before Shen Keqin could answer, he quickly added with a smile, "I don't mean to rush you, I just really want to know the answer."
Shen Keqin's expression was very serious. She knew clearly that she had to give him an answer sooner or later. Looking at Jian Mubai's departing figure, she finally made up her mind. "Tomorrow, I'll come see you."
Ye Jingqiu took a deep breath. "Okay, I hope it's an answer I'll be satisfied with."
After hanging up, Shen Keqin started the car, watching Jian Mubai's receding figure.
She barely slept that night.
The next day, she woke up with dark circles under her eyes. After combining breakfast and lunch, she drove to the hospital.
In the hospital's underground parking lot.
As soon as Shen Keqin stopped her car, Han Yu Nuo lunged at her, clutching her arm tightly and crying uncontrollably, "Qinqin, I know I was wrong. Tell Mr. Shen to stop, to stop targeting my family."
Shen Keqin was the little princess of the Shen family, and her every move was closely watched.
Moreover, Song Qinian was very concerned about Shen Keqin's safety and had long ago told Shen Chi Yan to pay more attention to Shen Keqin.
That same evening, Shen Chi Yan found out that Han Yu Nuo had drugged Shen Keqin at Jinse.
Shen Chi Yan was furious and put pressure on the Han family, demanding an explanation.
When Han Yu Nuo returned home, she was met by her father, who was seething with anger in the living room.
Han Yu Nuo was the only daughter of the Han family. Because she had been kidnapped as a child, her parents doted on her excessively. Whatever she wanted was brought to her, which led to her becoming spoiled, willful, and reckless.
Normally, whatever she did, as long as it wasn't a major issue, they would clean up after her. But her drugging the Shen family's little princess had angered the Shen family, and it wasn't something that could be solved with money.
In just one night, Han Yu Nuo finally understood Shen Chi Yan's methods.
As long as Shen Chi Yan made a move, the Han family would disappear from Jinghua City.
She regretted it, and she was also scared.
She could only run to Shen Keqin for help.
Hearing that Shen Chi Yan knew about her being drugged, Shen Keqin's heart skipped a beat. This meant her fifth brother knew she had gone to Jinse.
He hadn't contacted her yet; was he brewing some big move against her?
Han Yu Nuo had been causing trouble for her all these years. Although she had never beaten her, if she didn't teach her a lesson this time, she would eventually forget the pain and continue to court disaster.
It would be better to resolve it once and for all.
"Do you really think a simple 'I'm sorry' from you will make me forgive you?"
"Then tell me, what do you want me to do to appease you and make Mr. Shen stop? I'll do anything."
Shen Keqin thought for a moment and said, "First, you will apologize to me on all your social media platforms. You don't have to mention the drugging, but you must say that you will follow my lead from now on."
Han Yu Nuo immediately nodded. "Okay, okay, I'll do it right now."
"Second, from now on, don't appear in front of me, and don't bother Jian Mubai."
Han Yu Nuo frowned. "You... and Jian Mubai..."
Shen Keqin immediately said, "I have nothing to do with him. The only reason I don't want you to harass him is because he helped me last night. Otherwise, who knows what you would have done to me?"
Shen Keqin's eyes showed a hint of danger. Han Yu Nuo's heart tightened, and she nodded repeatedly.
"Third..."
Just as Shen Keqin was about to say the third condition, her mouth was covered with a towel. Her face changed drastically. Although she held her breath, she still inhaled quite a bit.
While her consciousness was still somewhat clear, she struck back fiercely with her elbow at the person behind her who was restraining her neck.
The man grunted as he was hit in the stomach, but his hand never let go of Shen Keqin. She struggled for a few seconds, but ultimately succumbed to the drug's effects.
As she completely lost consciousness, she saw the unconscious Han Yu Nuo being stuffed into the trunk.