At thirty, I started my comeback from the intelligence system.

The loud noise instantly shattered the tranquility of the villa.

"Oh my god! What's that sound?!"

Yu Xiulian's humming stopped abruptly, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

She hurriedly ran from the direction of the dining room into the kitchen, carrying a still-dripping rag.

The sight before her eyes stunned her!

A strange man, wearing a dirty jacket, pale-faced, bleeding from his head, and unconscious, lay on the floor she had just wiped clean. Beside him lay a dark, frightening-looking gun!

Thief?! Robber?! Home invasion robbery?!

Her mind went blank, but a unique instinct of working women, a mixture of fear and fierceness, took over when faced with an emergency.

Instead of screaming and running away, she grabbed the nearest "weapon"—an enamel baking pan that she had just picked up from the ground and was still covered in dish soap foam.

Yu Xiulian gripped the pot handle tightly with both hands, looking at the "intruder" on the ground with vigilance and fear, while her eyes darted around towards the stairs.

"Boss! Boss! Something terrible has happened! A thief has broken in!"

She shouted at the top of her lungs upstairs, her voice sharp with tension.

Almost simultaneously, hurried footsteps echoed down the stairs.

Lu Jingxiang rushed downstairs with a livid face. He had been anxiously flipping through some account books in the secret room upstairs, thinking about how to deal with the current predicament, when he heard the unusual loud noise downstairs and Yu Xiulian's shouts. His heart jumped into his throat.

Did Liu Hui fail? Or did the disciplinary officials come knocking on his door?

When he rushed into the kitchen and saw Li Yilong on the floor, especially the gun next to him, his pupils suddenly contracted!

Although he had never met Li Yilong, Lu Jiahao had shown him photos and reported on this formidable character sent by "Boss Huang of Xingcheng".

What is he doing here?! And looking like this?!

"Boss! Are you alright?"

When Yu Xiulian saw Lu Jingxiang come down, she seemed to have found her pillar of support, but she hadn't put down the pot in her hand yet, still in shock, she started to claim credit.

"You scared me to death! I was cleaning the windows over there when I heard a noise and came over to check. This guy somehow got in here and is lying down! Was he trying to steal something? I saw he was carrying a gun! I... I didn't dare touch him, so I quickly called you!"

She spoke rapidly, subconsciously recounting how she "discovered" the thief, but cleverly omitted how the thief had fainted.

In her naive mind, since the person was unconscious there and the gun was lying next to them, and she was the first to notice and call the boss, that was enough to do a good job!

Maybe... if Boss Lu is in a good mood, he might give him a big red envelope?

She looked at the gun on the ground, feeling both lingering fear and smugness: Luckily, the thief knocked himself unconscious, otherwise…

Lu Jingxiang forced himself to calm down quickly.

He quickly glanced around the kitchen. The window was ajar, there were still wet stains and dish soap foam on the floor, and there were dents and fresh pot marks on Li Yi's faucet. Next to it was the heavy baking pan...

In an instant, he roughly guessed what absurd accident had occurred.

But that's not the point!

The key point is that Li Yilong is still alive and has appeared here!

This is a fucking huge problem!

"Sister Yu, are you...are you alright?"

Lu Jingxiang forced a relatively calm smile and tried to make his voice sound gentle.

"I'm fine! I'm fine!"

Yu Xiulian quickly shook her head. Looking at Lu Jingxiang's "concerned" eyes, her little bit of pride and anticipation grew stronger. It seemed that Boss Lu was very grateful to her!

She put down the pot, rubbed her hands together, and said, "I was just startled. Boss, what... what do we do now? Should we call the police? Should I call 110 for you?"

Call the police?!

Lu Jingxiang's heart skipped a beat, and the muscles on his face stiffened for a moment.

Should we get the police to see Li Yilong?

Seeing what's inside his villa? Then Lu Jingxiang is completely finished!

"No, don't call the police yet." Lu Jingxiang quickly waved his hand, trying to soften his tone as much as possible, but with an unquestionable determination.

"This person... his identity might not be simple. He's carrying a gun, so he's definitely not an ordinary thief."

"If we call the police, he might have accomplices, which could alert him, or the police might mishandle the situation and cause more trouble. Besides, it's just the three of us here. If someone spreads rumors and makes up some outlandish story, it won't be good for either of us!"

He spoke while thinking rapidly.

Li Yilong must be dealt with immediately!

But Yu Xiulian...she saw it!

Although she might have thought it was just a thief who had accidentally broken in, the thought of silencing him resurfaced strongly.

The disappearance of a low-level cleaning lady wouldn't cause much of a stir, especially since she "heroically" caught a thief and was "murdered" by him—logically, that makes sense... Should she do it herself? A wise person avoids dangerous situations. Should she notify Liu Hui? Let him handle it...?

But at that moment, Yu Xiulian's heart skipped a beat because of Lu Jingxiang's words, "It's not good for you or me." In particular, the word "you" stirred a ripple in her heart, which had been dormant for many years.

Boss... is this someone who cares about me?

Are you afraid I'll get into trouble?

She secretly glanced at Lu Jingxiang. Although he was not young, he was well-maintained, dressed impeccably, and had a dignified air about him—the quintessential image of a successful man.

The way he looked at me just now seemed a little different?

Yu Xiulian's face flushed slightly, and countless scenes from short videos she had seen before flashed through her mind—"The Rich CEO Falls in Love with Me," "The Cleaning Girl Falls into the CEO's Heart," "Even Menopausal Cleaners Have Their Spring"...

Oh my god, no way? Could it be that Boss Lu... he... has something to do with me...?

Having been widowed for many years, Yu Xiulian found this idea both absurd and unsettling, yet it also made her heart race and her cheeks flush. She became somewhat flustered and quickly lowered her head to hide her unease: "Then, then I'll do whatever the boss says."

Lu Jingxiang didn't notice Yu Xiulian's complicated thoughts as an older woman, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw her comply.

He pointed at Li Yilong on the ground: "Sister Yu, I need your help. This guy can't stay here. We need to get him... upstairs, lock him up in a room, and wait until I find out who he is. Come on, give me a hand!"

"Okay, okay!"

Yu Xiulian had no suspicions; she only felt that Boss Lu trusted her and considered her "one of his own," which made her even more secretly happy.

She rushed forward to help Lu Jingxiang, one lifting his head and the other his feet, struggling to carry the unconscious Li Yilong up the stairs.

This was the first time Yu Xiulian had stepped onto the second floor of this villa.

At the end of the stairs was a corridor covered with a thick carpet, with several closed doors on both sides.

Lu Jingxiang opened one of the rooms that looked like a guest room, and the two of them together threw Li Yilong onto the carpet.

Lu Jingxiang quickly found a sturdy rope and skillfully tied Li Yilong's hands and feet tightly, then sealed his mouth with tape.

Only after doing all this did he feel a little relieved.