A dowry of one billion, and I'll marry him!

Shi Yanxia's eyes darkened slightly. After a long while, she said, "I'm afraid this love charm is related to my master."

"Zhan Jinglin, I'm a little scared."

"I'm afraid of getting involved with my master in many things."

"Was Shen Guishi's death related to him?"

"Whose soul was locked inside the secret passage in his room, within that Bagua formation? The object self-destructed after being discovered, but we clearly saw it when we went in."

"My master has too many secrets."

"So, I'm thinking, back then, Shen Qinghong and Shen Ming deliberately abandoned me. Maybe they wanted me dead, but my master just happened to find me."

"I don't know if it was part of the plan, but Shen Guishi died, your father was drawn into it, and so was your mother."

"Back then, all the powerful families in the capital exuded an air of mystery. Something must have happened that we don't know about, forcing these top families to go to any lengths to achieve their goals."

“I even suspect that your grandfather knew about it, but couldn’t tell us a word in order to protect you,” Shi Yanxia said in a low voice.

The more this is the case, the more serious the situation becomes.

Who are we protecting? If we speak out, will more people die?

"Mm," Zhan Jinglin replied with a hint of bitterness in his voice.

He had long guessed these things, and even tried to get the old man to talk about them on several occasions, but the old man avoided answering and never brought them up directly with him.

"And that jade that Old Master Huo gave me back then, I always felt there was something strange about it."

“If Grandpa doesn’t say anything, maybe we can get some information from Old Master Huo,” Shi Yanxia continued.

Zhan Jinglin grasped her hand, cupped her delicate face in his hands, looked down at her with his deep black eyes, and said, "We'll talk about this later."

"The most important thing right now is for you to recover. That night, in order to help me break the formation of the Qin residence, you didn't hesitate to pluck a wisp of your soul and place it in my body, which caused damage to your body."

"You've barely survived, can't you rest for a few days? If you keep going like this, you might kill yourself before you even figure things out."

“Shi Yanxia, ​​you are a human being, not iron. You need rest and recuperation. Shen Lianchu knew to seal her soul away in an attempt to heal herself. Don’t you want to do the same?”

“People need to be a little selfish to live a better life, so can you promise me that you won’t cause any trouble for now?” Zhan Jinglin looked at her with some heartache.

Shi Yanxia met the man's dark eyes and saw the worry and heartache in them.

Her lips moved, but he reached out and pulled her into a tight embrace.

Zhan Jinglin pulled her into his arms, his large, warm hands gripping her shoulders. He lowered his head and rested his chin on the top of her head, saying, "Even just one day, a day of rest is good."

“If your body wasn’t seriously injured, you wouldn’t have been able to get Zhang Feng in to help you. So, could you relax for a bit? Even just one day of rest would be fine.” Zhan Jinglin’s voice was pleading.

Shi Yanxia felt quite upset listening to this.

She went through all that trouble without considering whether her body could handle it. In addition, she knew medicine and her own physical condition, so she would take supplements or medicine for herself.

But she is, after all, made of flesh and blood, and her injuries are severe. If she doesn't get enough rest, her body might not be able to withstand the damage, and it could lead to serious illness.

"Okay," Shi Yanxia replied softly.

Holding the man in her arms and listening to his strong heartbeat, Shi Yanxia felt inexplicably at ease.

She wasn't a woman who needed a man to protect her, nor was she so delicate that she needed someone else to hold up the sky for her, but in his arms, she felt peace.

A sense of belonging.

"I'm going to take a shower now," Shi Yanxia said.

Zhan Jinglin then released her, watching her get up to get her clothes. The man sat on the sofa, watching her figure, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

Zhan Jinglin only got up and walked out when Shi Yanxia took the clothes into the bathroom and he could vaguely hear the sound of running water. Zhang Feng stood outside the door and didn't leave.

“President Zhan, I’d like to have a talk with you,” Zhang Feng said.

Zhan Jinglin nodded slightly and walked towards the other end of the corridor.

At the end of the corridor was a high-end bar with many expensive wines on the bar counter. Zhan Jinglin took a bottle of wine, opened it, poured two glasses, and handed the other glass to Zhang Feng.

"Thank you." Zhang Feng took the glass, leaned back, and glanced at the retro bar.

After tasting the strong liquor in his glass, Zhang Feng finally spoke after a long while: "Just now, Yan Yan and I entered Shen Lianchu's consciousness and found that she was seriously injured. She needs forty-nine days to recover, and Yan Yan took the opportunity to knock her out."

"But I noticed that the red dot on Yan Yan's palm disappeared when Shen Lianchu was knocked away, and Yan Yan also seemed to be injured as a result. Although she didn't show it, I observed it."

“I even heard what Shen Lianchu said when he went berserk,” Zhang Feng said.

He recounted everything to Zhan Jinglin in detail, clearly indicating that Zhan Jinglin was a trustworthy person to him, at least loyal to Shi Yanxia.

After listening quietly to Zhang Feng recount the events, Zhan Jinglin's dark eyes narrowed slightly.

"So, it can be basically confirmed that everything was a scheme set up by Shen Lianchu, and it was a smokescreen. In other words, the so-called nine lifetimes of being hunted down that you experienced before may have been preparations for this lifetime."

"She wants to lead you by the nose, create some false impressions for you, and cause you to miss out."

“I don’t know what Shen Lianchu’s ultimate goal is, but killing you is not her goal,” Zhang Feng said.

Thinking about this, he felt increasingly heavy-hearted.

"Understood," Zhan Jinglin said.

The man's slender fingertips gently caressed the rim of the wine glass. The powerful aura emanating from his body seemed to control everything. Even though Zhang Feng had said so much to him, it did not stir the slightest ripple in his eyes, as if everything was within his expectations.

"I will catch up with Yan Yan as soon as possible and hope to help her, but she is seriously injured and I don't know if there is any way to treat her injuries." Zhang Feng was very worried.

Now, Shi Yanxia is his master.

Even though there was no formal apprenticeship, Shi Yanxia trusted him, that much was true.

Being able to join forces with him and communicate with spirits together means that Shi Yanxia is willing to entrust her life to him. If he has any wicked thoughts, Shi Yanxia may not be able to come back.

That's why Zhang Feng felt the pressure.

Seeing that he was lost in thought, Zhang Feng didn't say anything more. After finishing the strong liquor in his glass, he slowly got up and left.

With a "ring", Zhan Jinglin's phone vibrated.

The man looked down at his phone at the message Gu Qing had just sent. His fingertips froze, and after a long while, he looked away, finished the wine in his glass, and then got up and walked out.

"Brother." Bai Nuannuan ran up from downstairs.

She walked forward breathlessly, about to push open the door to Shi Yanxia's bedroom, when she saw Zhan Jinglin walking towards her. She quickly said to him, "I just got a call. Guess who woke up?"