Mu Qi's softened aura instantly turned cold, and everyone else slowly lowered their voices.
Seeing this, Yun Shulian leaned closer to Mu Qi's ear and whispered, "Mu Qi, Shan Gong and the others are guarding outside, I can't run away. I'll just go to the restroom and be back soon."
Indeed, in her previous life, she hadn't attempted to escape from under Shan Gong's nose. However... she had a clandestine meeting with Zuo Nan in the back garden.
Mu Qi stared at her intently and relented, "It better be."
What unsettled Mu Qi wasn't just Yun Shulian's constant attempts to escape him, but his greater fear that she would use self-harm to force him to compromise.
Mu Qi still remembered how dark and defeated the sky had felt when Aunt Ning called after their wedding night, saying Yun Shulian had threatened him with suicide.
Therefore, he brought Yun Shulian to the company and kept an eye on her, not only worrying about her escape but also constantly guarding against her thoughts of self-harm.
If he refused her now, Yun Shulian would likely harm herself.
So, Mu Qi could give her the opportunity to see Zuo Nan, but Yun Shulian, this was your only chance!
Having received Mu Qi's permission, Yun Shulian walked unhurriedly towards the restroom.
Just as she was about to turn towards the restroom, Yun Shulian caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.
It was exactly like in her previous life!
Yun Shulian went to the washbasin and nonchalantly squeezed out some hand soap.
Soon, Yun Shulian felt her arm being touched.
Then, that strong and familiar perfume wafted over, "Nian Nian, your Brother Nan is waiting for you in the back garden! Be good, put this in Mu Qi's drink later. Then, take Mu Qi to room 302. After that, you can find your Brother Nan."
Yun Shulian felt a packet of powdery substance slide into her pocket and nodded without showing anything.
Yun Rong, seeing this, put her mind at ease and then asked as if casually, "Nian Nian, why didn't you listen to me today and wear the clothes we picked out before?"
Yun Shulian composed herself, pouted, and looked at Yun Rong with her big, watery eyes, feigning grievance, "Sister, do you want me to be laughed at?"
If Yun Rong wanted to play the role of the "good sister," she naturally had to cooperate by playing the role of the "good sister" too.
Yun Rong's heart skipped a beat. What was with this little fool? Yun Rong tested her, "Nian Nian, how could Sister want you to be laughed at? Why would Nian Nian think that? Did someone say something to you?"
Yun Shulian lowered her head, still looking aggrieved, "I just had a dream..."
Yun Rong breathed a sigh of relief. She knew it; she was still that little fool. "It's just a dream, Nian Nian, don't overthink it. Sister is only doing this to prevent that pervert Mu Qi from bullying you."
Yun Shulian's anger flared inwardly. *You're the pervert.*
Yun Shulian turned her head, forcing herself to calm down, "Yes, I understand, Sister. I'll tidy up first, Sister, you should go out."
"Okay, Nian Nian, hurry up." Yun Rong didn't think much of it, in her mind, Yun Shulian was still the obedient little fool. Sudanan Novel Network.
Yun Shulian's hand-washing action stopped. She looked at Yun Rong's retreating back, her eyes blazing with intense hatred.
Since Sister cared so much about clothing, perhaps she should make a dress for her sister.
The dress she was about to make was classic and luxurious, and its name was well-known.
It was called The Emperor's New Clothes!
Yun Shulian meticulously dried her hands, as if she were truly going to cut cloth and weave for her "dear sister."
Only when her hands were dry did Yun Shulian walk out of the restroom, turn upstairs, and turn left and right into a lounge on the third floor.
This place, in her previous life, was accidentally discovered when she personally led Mu Qi to room 302. Thinking of this, Yun Shulian's heart ached.
She walked to a public laptop and her fingers flew across the membrane keyboard. Soon, she had hacked into the mansion's surveillance system.
Jiangxin Mansion was very close to the Imperial Capital's Armed Forces Department, so it used to receive mostly national treasure-level figures. It was normal for rooms to have cameras.
However, later a mansion with higher security was built, and surveillance videos of national treasure-level figures were transferred to the relevant departments.
Thus, this mansion became a venue for commercial banquets, and these cameras were left idle.
Yun Shulian looked at the clear footage in room 302 and was very satisfied.
This saved Yun Shulian the trouble of arranging a camera for them herself.
Perhaps in her previous life, Yun Rong had the same idea. If she recorded a private video herself, Mu Qi would have found a way to make it disappear, and Yun Rong would have been in mortal danger.
But if the mansion's surveillance video was used, it couldn't be easily destroyed. Yun Rong's life would then have the protection of hundreds of millions of netizens.
However, Yun Rong hadn't expected that in the end, even though Mu Qi was drugged, he still grabbed Yun Rong by the neck and threw her to the ground.
At that time, Yun Shulian, following Yun Rong's arrangement, entered room 302 to catch them in the act and saw this scene.
Recalling Mu Qi's bloodshot, icy eyes at the time, Yun Shulian's rapidly moving fingers on the keyboard paused.
Yun Shulian's turbulent emotions could not be calmed. Unconsciously, all of Mu Qi's appearances seemed to be deeply etched into Yun Shulian's heart.
It's okay, she was reborn. In this life, Yun Shulian would protect Mu Qi well.
Yun Shulian's fingers fell again.
...
All procedures were executed perfectly as she had planned.
Yun Shulian stood up and walked downstairs to give her dear sister the classic and luxurious dress.
In the first-floor lobby, Yun Shulian quickly found Yun Rong.
Many people at this banquet had come for Mu Qi, so naturally, they formed a somewhat irregular circle around him.
And at this moment, Yun Rong was standing near that circle.
Yun Shulian stopped, reached into her pocket, and then walked unhurriedly to Yun Rong's side.
"Nian Nian, you're out. Come, quickly put the thing I put in your pocket inside." Yun Rong whispered to Yun Shulian while casually beckoning a waiter holding wine.