Si Jiangchen?!
How could he be here?!
Wasn't he supposed to attend an important meeting this morning?
This was the Wei family's place. Wasn't this considered breaking into a private residence?!
I have to admit that the moment I saw Si Jiangchen, a feeling like being caught in the act of adultery... no, a sense of guilt welled up inside me.
Then my thoughts shifted.
Who did he think he was?! What right did he have to control me?!
Even Du Wenzhong couldn't control me. Who was Si Jiangchen?!
"Um..."
I took a deep breath, trying to say something tough. But the moment I met Si Jiangchen's smiling peach blossom eyes, all my mental defenses crumbled instantly.
"Si Jiangchen?!"
Before I could say anything, Wei Yuan, who was blocking the door, frowned and asked, "Why are you in my house?"
Although it was in a remote mountain area, the security level of the Wei family's villa was extremely high. There were not only electric fences around it but also wireless alarm devices. Not even a stray cat could pass by without triggering an alarm.
"I'm here to find someone."
Si Jiangchen's voice was flat, showing no emotion. But somehow, I could detect a strange undertone in his words.
He didn't answer Wei Yuan's question.
Instead, he looked over Wei Yuan's shoulder at me, his thin lips curving slightly. "Let's go, Xiao! He!!"
He had heard the landlady, Aunt Xu, call me by my nickname.
Now, these two words rolled off his lips with emphasis.
I shivered instantly, as if his teeth were already nibbling at my neck.
"... I, I didn't do anything with Young Master Wei!"
I was eager to explain. Wei Yuan and I had arrived at Miaofeng Mountain last night and hadn't even had the chance to go to Lu Village to find Lu Dayong.
But as soon as the words came out, they took on a completely different meaning.
Wei Yuan and I were in the same room, both in our pajamas... caught by Si Jiangchen at the door.
It was an extremely embarrassing and cliche situation.
I was filled with regret!
I really regretted not listening to A Jian last night and kicking Wei Yuan back to his own room!!
"Is this the other client you mentioned?!"
Wei Yuan casually ran his hand through his messy hair and looked back at me. "Si Jiangchen from Lengshan?"
"Um... yes." I nodded.
"Then why be afraid of him!"
Wei Yuan raised his eyebrows and said to me. Then he turned back to look at Si Jiangchen. "This is a private residence. Please leave immediately, or I'll call the police."
"A Yuan, I'm not lecturing you."
The curve of Si Jiangchen's lips remained the same, but his voice turned colder. "Even your father, Wei Wenzhao, wouldn't dare to talk to me like this. As his nephew, you should know your place."
"Wei Wenzhao?!"
Alarm bells went off in my mind instantly.
This was the second time I had heard Si Jiangchen mention this name!
Last time on the sixth floor of the Grand Feast, he said that Wei Wenzhao had found a woman to drug him.
Wei Wenzhao was the one who had framed him. And now, this Wei Yuan was Wei Wenzhao's son!!
If Wei Wenzhao was the enemy, then his son must be the enemy too...
I seemed to have taken Si Jiangchen's commission and was also helping his enemy!
I quickly looked up at Si Jiangchen and found him watching my changing expressions with interest.
As for Wei Yuan, who was standing between us, he was so angry at Si Jiangchen's condescending lecture that he clenched his fists tightly.
"Uncle Li!! Uncle Li! Where the hell are you! Why didn't you stop this intruder?!"
He shouted down the corridor to the first floor, still blocking the bedroom door to prevent Si Jiangchen from getting closer to me.
Uncle Li and Aunt Li had already started working downstairs. Hearing Wei Yuan's shout, they rushed upstairs in a hurry.
"Young Master!"
Uncle Li forced a smile. When he saw the three of us standing there like fighting cocks at the bedroom door, cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly.
"Who allowed you to let a stranger upstairs?" Wei Yuan said sternly.
Uncle Li shook his head repeatedly. "Young Master... Don't be silly. How could Mr. Si be a stranger?"
"Yes, yes!" Aunt Li quickly tried to smooth things over. "He said yesterday that he would come this evening. He's just a bit early."
"Xiao He, come down with me for breakfast."
Si Jiangchen lost his patience. He reached out his hand, bypassed Wei Yuan, and grabbed my arm.
"Mr. Si!"
"Si Jiangchen!"
Wei Yuan and I shouted at the same time.
Wei Yuan tried to stop Si Jiangchen from grabbing my arm, but Si Jiangchen casually nudged him with his left elbow. The tall and burly Wei Yuan was knocked out of the door and fell on the corridor floor.
I was grabbed by Si Jiangchen like a cat with its neck in the jaws of fate. He put his arm around my waist and, before my scream ended, blocked the rest of the sound with his lips.
"Mmm!!!"
My feet couldn't touch the ground, and I had no strength to struggle. I could only desperately grab his hair with both hands, trying in vain to stop his assault on my lips.
I held my breath, but the pain of my lips being bitten didn't come as expected. Si Jiangchen just held me tightly and gave me a long, deep kiss right in front of Wei Yuan.
"You!! What are you doing?!"
Wei Yuan, a playboy, exclaimed in surprise like a young boy.
Si Jiangchen ignored him and kissed me wantonly.
This kiss was long and gentle. The lack of oxygen caused by suffocation made my mind go blank.
In a daze, it seemed that Si Jiangchen finally let me go. He gently wiped my lower lip with his thumb and said with a smile, "Next time I'll teach you how to breathe while kissing..."
When I came to my senses, I was ashamed to find that my hands had a mind of their own and were tightly wrapped around Si Jiangchen's neck.
Si Jiangchen was very satisfied with our current position. He tilted his head and glanced at the shocked Wei Yuan. "Go back and tell your dad not to bother sending those dirty and smelly women to my bed. I've found one myself, and she suits my taste quite well."
Wei Yuan's face was already pale. After hearing his words, he looked even more incredulous.
"You... are you joking! You chose her?!"
"What? Do you have a problem with that?!"
Si Jiangchen curled his lips in a good mood.
"We... we did it last night!" Wei Yuan suddenly pointed at the bed in my bedroom. "Don't you always have a cleanliness fetish? You still want the woman I've been with?"
Wei Yuan's words stunned me.
How dare this bastard spout nonsense?!
I had only let him rest in my room to save him. How could his filthy mouth slander my innocence out of thin air?!
"You! You're lying!!"
In my eagerness, I tried to struggle free and get to the ground. But unexpectedly, Si Jiangchen held me tightly.
"A cleanliness fetish..."
He followed Wei Yuan's finger and glanced at the bed in the bedroom.
"I'll just disinfect it myself."
With that, he actually carried me into the room.
"No! He's lying!"
I didn't know what kind of relationship Si Jiangchen had with Wei Yuan. They were clearly enemies, but they also seemed to know each other well.
But what did all this matter to me?
I was just an outsider who had taken their commissions!!