She watched anxiously as the car drove to the outskirts of Jiang City. It became more and more remote. If the car hadn’t suddenly turned into a high-end villa residence, Siyu would have suspected whether or not Lu Xingzhou would tie and sell her.

“What’s with your expression?”. After Lu Xingzhou brought her to the largest area of old European styled villas, he turned around and caught sight of Siyu’s indescribable expression, thus he asked.

Siyu intermittently whispered, “Illegal confinement isn’t allowed….”

The situation along the way had severely given Siyu a fright. How could ordinary people have such a large group of professional bodyguards, let alone having a villa here. Siyu once heard Yu Ling gossip that this area was the real “Power District” of Jiang City which couldn’t be bought by money alone. Lu Xingzhou brought her to this place, it’s no wonder that Siyu thought too much. It’s really a place that one couldn’t get in and out at will, in case she met with a mishap, even if she shouted every day, no one would answer. She really didn’t feel secure.

Siyu recalled that man in Tang suit who seemed to be gentle but actually domineering and powerful in secret. She couldn’t help but shivered. In the end, what’s the motive behind this mental case known as Fifth Master? ! 

“Illegal confinement?” Lu Xingzhou chucked, “If the Fifth Master had such a plan, would you still be standing here? Come on, why do you scare yourself? Fifth Master had said to let you come here and have a rest. Please go in and have a sit.”

Surrounded by a group of bodyguards in black, Siyu tactfully swallowed back her words of argument and walked into the villa obediently.

Lu Xingzhou said that this wasn’t confinement, and he actually didn’t lie. After learning that Siyu’s phone fell in the hotel, he immediately asked someone to get a new phone for her, which mean they didn’t restrict her from communicating with the outside world. Then, he asked the people to serve her the bowl of ginseng soup that had been prepared from an earlier time and personally supervised Siyu bitterly drank the whole ginseng soup. He was finally relieved.

This girl’s body was too weak, Even Lu Xingzhou was stunned by the crazy fit of vomiting blood from a prior time. He didn’t understand. What made Fifth Master take a fancy on this fragile little girl?

After pondering about it, since Fifth Master Lu was interested in Siyu, Lu Xingzhou thought of taking this opportunity to immediately sign Siyu into Huan Yi. the person was right in front of his eyes, so there shouldn’t be a problem.

As the head of Huanyi, Lu Xingzhou had no problem if he wanted to sign such a small model into the company. He asked straightforwardly, “Would you like to get into Huanyi? I know that your model company right now makes use of your contract to blackmail you into paying twenty million yuan. As long as you are willing to change employment, Huanyi could help you pay off this penalty. In addition, the new contract could give you more freedom. What do you think?”

Siyu had just drunk a bowl of ginseng soup, but when she heard this, she nearly sprayed out, “ Why do you want to sign me all of a sudden?” and why did you speak so certainly?

With that, Siyu slightly widened her big eyes and suddenly reacted, “wait, wait, are you an upper official of Huanyi?”. She sized Lu Xingzhou up and then thought of these people’s show of extravagant before. What else did she not understand, “are you…. a member of the Lu family?”

Lu Xingzhou indifferently answered, “Oh, the news spread so fast, ah.”

Siyu: “……” Crap, I just got jinxed.

Siyu still remembered that Yu Ling tried hard to make her build a connection with Huan Yi. It’s because the backer of Huanyi was too powerful, and this backer was the Lu family of Rong city.

At that time, when Siyu was drawing the comic, because the Lu family was just a piece of background story, Siyu did as she pleases and she put all the most powerful settings she could think of on the Lu family. Now, Siyu just wanted to traversed back and give herself a slap: being so unrestrained, aren’t you going to regret it? Do you want to attract troubles?

Thinking that she had just purposefully vomited blood on that Fifth Master Lu’s clothes, Siyu’s expression went rigid. She uneasily kept her eyes closed and pried about mildly, “Your Fifth Master Lu……… does he usually have a good temperament?”

Lu Xingzhou took a look at her. His gaze was deep. Then, he sighed. The sighed startled Siyu, “Let’s not talk over this question, shall we?”

As if touching some kind of truth, Siyu who was praying for herself, “…….okay” 

The two people tacitly stopped talking about the subject and pretended that nothing had happened. Lu Xingzhou continued to ask, “Now that we’ve talked up to this point, would you like to sign into Huanyi?”

Siyu: “If I say that it may not be appropriate…..”

Lu Xingzhou smiled faintly, and there was somewhat a vague impression of Fifth Master Lu in him, “If you are willing, we will have friendly cooperation together. If you aren’t willing, then I will go to your company and buy you from them. Do you understand?” 

In the end, he was still a member of the Lu family. In substance, their genes wouldn’t yield to others. Even though Lu Xingzhou looked young and vigorous, but when dealing with matters, he actually didn’t leave Siyu any option at all. In any case, signing Siyu was a matter of certainty. All along, her personal will was never considered.

After hearing this, Siyu was distressed. She had to temporarily rest after running back and fro to the bathroom to vomit blood. After cleaning the bloodstain, she finally calmed down.

Right now, it’s not a matter of whether she’s willing or not. Hidden from the public, the Lu family power was far greater then what people could imagine. Meeting force with force was undoubtedly courting death by overestimating oneself. Moreover, it’s just signing a contract with Huan Yi. It was a good thing for her as long as she stayed far away from that Fifth Master. 

After thinking through, she didn’t entangle herself any longer and agreed to sign the contract. Lu Xingzhou was very efficient. He immediately asked someone to fax the contract. Siyu saw that the contract indeed gave a very preferential treatment towards her. She had the right to choose her job independently and the deduction percentage was also very low. It simply wasn’t something that someone in a rank like her could take a hold on.

To this, Lu Xingzhou explained, “Huanyi doesn’t lack the money to raise an idle person.”

The things that Fifth Master took a fancy on, whether it’s a living person or a dead thing, the Lu family would arrange them appropriately and treat it as spending money to support him. In the past, Fifth Master’s interest in a similar thing would last to three months at most. Lu Xingzhou thought that this Siyu who had nothing but beauty, a sick beauty whose body was too weak, would at most retain Fifth Master’s interest for one month. This contract with Huanyi could be regarded as remuneration for Siyu.

Hearing Lu Xingzhou’s words, Siyu didn’t feel much. Her aspiration wasn’t staying in the entertainment circle, but staying at home to draw. Siyu was satisfied enough that there’s someone who was willing to pay for her penalty.

Both sides had no objections and the matter was settled quickly. After taking the contract that was freshly signed, Siyu sighed ruefully. Yu Ling had helped her with every means possible to build a connection with them. If she knew that she directly jumped over these steps, who could know what she will feel.

After all the arrangement was done, Lu Xingzhou immediately left. After all, he was the new president of Huan Yi. There were still many things to do at the banquet. If Fifth Master Lu hadn’t ordered him personally, Lu Xingzhou wouldn’t have done such a trivial thing as picking people up.

As soon as Lu Xingzhou left, several bodyguards left behind by him tacitly withdrew from the villa and stood at the courtyard to guard. Siyu originally still thought whether she could secretly sneak away or not. However, when she looked out from the window, the only exit was firmly guarded, so she had to give up the idea. 

Sitting back on the sofa, Siyu opened the new phone sent by Lu Xingzhou’s people. She wanted to contact Yu Ling and tell her that she’s safe and sound. After all, she was suddenly taken away from the banquet. Yu Ling must be very worried. However, she soon found out that she couldn’t recall the phone number. Without any better option, she did the second-best thing. She logged in to Weibo and send Yu Ling a private message. Telling her that she had to leave earlier, so she didn’t have to worry.

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After more than ten minutes, the private message still remained unread. Siyu estimated that Yu Ling was busy, so she switched to the account of “A Koi That Can Live For Another Five Hundred Years” and sent out a Weibo post:

A Koi That Can Live For Another Five Hundred Years: sob, sob, sob. I was captured by a great devil. Today’s 《Fashion Strategy》update would be delayed. Sisters, wish me that I could safely return QAQ

Siyu’s comic had a stable update every other day. At present, the serial had reached more than ten chapters. Originally, there was supposed to be another update today, but she was suddenly taken to this place, so she could only delay it to another day.

During this period, Siyu was getting angrier and angrier. If she had not run into Fifth Master Lu, she wouldn’t be abducted so innocently. Not just that, She also wouldn’t have unceasingly vomited blood. Now, she couldn’t even walk away. As an artist, the best way for Siyu to vent her anger was naturally to draw. She wandered around the villa, found a pen and paper, and swish-swish-swish she drew a gloomy image of the great devil.

After that, Siyu engraved several large words “The crazy great devil that caught me” on the paper. She then took a photo, uploaded it on Weibo, and added the words: “This is the person who ate my update!” 

After secretly venting off like this, Siyu immediately felt much better.  She admitted that was afraid and didn’t dare to curse him face to face.

Siyu’s readers were originally crying piteously for food on Weibo. They kept refreshing the page countless times. Unexpectedly, after the refresh, there came out a piece of post that announced the postponement. The Weibo immediately exploded. Something like “Koi is procrastinating again”,  “the procrastinated author should be roasted and eaten by the Devil”, and other comments like that instantly came pouring in. Siyu took a glance and boldly ignored it.

She also didn’t want to, blame that mental case!

Siyu wanted to wait until Fifth Master Lu came back and nicely asked him, in the end, what did he want to do. However, the biological clock that was formed over a long period of time, made her feel sleepy. After sitting for a short while, Siyu reclined on the sofa and fell asleep.

When Fifth Master Lu treaded on the moonlight and entered the villa, he saw the little girl curled up in a deep sleep. Half of the white dress was on the sofa, half was hauled to the floor, revealing a part of the quiet and lovely little face.

When Fifth Master Lu saw that, he felt it was rather amusing. He always liked the quietness and his living place, unless he nodded his head, there wouldn’t be anyone who could draw near. Therefore, this is the first time he carefully observed other people’s sleeping face. For a moment, he felt somewhat novel.

He walked closer and sat on the sofa. As soon as he got closer, Fifth Master Lu felt the coolness emanating from Siyu. It was like approaching a piece of ice and it felt very comfortable. However, this was not enough. Fifth Master Lu scrutinized the little girl who was sleeping on the sofa for a while. He stopped twisting the beads in his hand and reached out his hand to brush away the strand of hair from Siyu’s forehead. His finger slid all the way down and finally stopped on her lips. 

Siyu had lost too much blood. Her lips were pale and still had a very suitable amount of coldness. Fifth Master Lu gently pressed it. The feeling under his finger was somewhat like a fresh jelly just taken out of the refrigerator. At this moment, the indifferent look in Fifth Master Lu’s eyes slightly faded away, revealing a bit of humane interest.

However, the little girl he was holding frowned and twisted her body as if she wanted to get rid of his hand. This kind of subconscious rejection made Fifth Master Lu unhappy. He was an extremely restrained person. He originally intended to take back his hand and just sat beside Siyu for a while to relieve the burning heat. However, Siyu’s struggle right now, made him change his plan. He pulled Siyu’s bony shoulder and directly embraced the person!

When Siyu was dreaming, she suddenly sensed a burst of violent feeling hitting her. She almost instantly awakened and opened her eyes. Her throat was filled with blood. When Siyu had a clear view of the person who was holding her, She coughed up the blood in her throat immediately. However, she couldn’t care about these and immediately used her hand and feet to crawl out of Fifth Master Lu’s embrace. She as quickly as possible retracted to the corner of the sofa and frightenedly said, “you, you don’t come closer!”

Fortunately, this time Fifth Master Lu didn’t constrain her. Siyu slowly took a breath. When she saw the huge black luck behind Fifth Master, her legs couldn’t help going soft. She wanted to cry without tears. In such a short time, she had received two losses. She was really out of luck!

“Fifth Master, you sit there, and let’s have a good talk.” Siyu cautiously glanced at him and saw that he had no reaction. Then he put down her skirt and quickly went to the furthest sofa on the corner of the living room. When he was far away, that feeling of shortness of breath was finally gone. Siyu’s courage became a bit stronger, “When you are close to me, my mood was more likely to be stirred up…..”  

Fifth Master Lu narrowed his eyes. It was hard to distinguish happiness and anger from his expression, “are you very afraid of me?”

He knew that everyone in the Lu family was afraid of him. Because his methods were ruthless, his six siblings didn’t recognize him. He also knew that all the other prominent business families were afraid of him. Because his moods were unpredictable and he was ruthless. But generally speaking, being able to see him, a person with status, that person standing wouldn’t be low either. When he came, he read the information about Siyu sent by Lu Xingzhou. The girl’s family was very poor because of the special condition of her body. So normally, she wouldn’t be able to meet him.

Since she didn’t know, if Siyu could sense his dangerousness through a mere intuition, then that would be interesting.

Siyu didn’t know what Fifth Master Lu was thinking. She looked at this master’s expression and instinctively knew that if the answer to this question wasn’t something good, the consequences would be unimaginable. So, she considered for a while and said, “as long as you are not too close, I’m not afraid.”

Although she still felt uncomfortable with being only a few meters away from Fifth Master Lu, it was still in the range of Siyu’s acceptance. After all, at the very beginning, she still survived when she hadn’t found out the method of absorbing good luck.

It’s just hard to become frugal after being accustomed to luxury.

The answer made Fifth Master Lu smiled a little. In fact, he was curious why Siyu was so afraid of him and even this fear was a little strange. He had seen many women who voluntarily approached him, yet he had never seen a little girl like this who not only was smart but also would faint whenever she got close to him. 

However, this didn’t matter. He had plenty of time to solve the mystery slowly.

“Put this on.” Thinking up to here, Fifth Master Lu didn’t fuss about the matter of Siyu telling him to stay far away. At any rate, as long as he is in the same room with her, he could still felt very comfortable. Then, he tossed a wooden box to Siyu, which accurately landed into Siyu’s arm. When she looked over in surprise, he lightly said, “It’s useful for easing one’s mind and conserving one’s vital. It will be beneficial for you. Wear it.”

Siyu then carefully opened the box and saw a sandalwood bracelet lying inside. She could smell an unusually sweet fragrance when she sniffed it carefully. Looking at the material, it seemed to be very similar to Fifth Master Lu’s string of beads.

Siyu didn’t dare to ask if she was allowed to not wear it. She picked the bracelet up and put it on her wrist. It was just the right size like it was made on her measure. Who knew whether it was just her misconception or not, but after putting on the bracelet, Siyu actually felt so relaxed and she became much more clear-headed.

Thinking that Fifth Master Lu just said that this was for easing one’s mind and conserving one’s vital, Siyu guessed that this string of bracelet must be of great value.

Seeing her putting it on, Fifth Master Lu seemed pleased and beckoned Siyu to come over. Siyu was originally thinking of refusing even unto her death, however, after catching sight of the chilling smile on Fifth Master Lu’s face, the sense of crisis belonging to herbivores sounded an alarm. Thus, Siyu was forced to obediently walk closer. 

Before she came to a stop, she was grabbed strongly by Fifth Master Lu and stuffed to his side.

“Sit here for fifteen minutes, then I’ll send you back; or stay here for a night. You can choose between the two.” Fifth Master Lu swirled the beads and kept his eyes closed. He wasn’t worried that Siyu could escape.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Siyu weighed the options and felt that rather than prolong the agony, she preferred to get the pain over with. She had to bear the urge of coughing up blood and sat right beside Fifth Master Lu. She was careful not to let the two people touch one another. That ‘had no choice but to compromise’ expression looked exactly like a child punished by an adult.

Fifth Master Lu lifted his eyelid and lightly glanced at Siyu. He saw that her eyes were turning around smoothly, but her hands and feet didn’t dare to move, and her back was very straight. He couldn’t help but raised the corner of his mouth. [AKA smiling]

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