305 I'm not recruiting her

As Lu Mengjie was taken back to her room, Cecilia was walking beside her.

"Everything will be fine soon," she whispered.

Lu Mengjie blinked a few times when Cecilia's words entered her ears. She looked at her in confusion.

Without looking back at her, Cecilia continued with a hushed tone, "be careful, we're being watched."

At first, Lu Mengjie was puzzled by what she was spouting but she soon realized what the other woman meant by the time she entered her bedroom.

Cecilia stood by the door. With a cold gaze, she opened her mouth and said, "Eat up, l before the food gets cold. Even if it does, I will not be replacing it. If you don't like the food, then throw it in the bathroom."

The woman in front of her was so different than when she first saw her. Lu Mengjie was not in the mood to argue with her so after she was left alone in the room, she walked towards the coffee table and stared at the food. Dumplings and a glass of water.

Sighing, she sat on the sofa and decided to eat the food. She would need strength to fight back so she could not just starve herself.

As she took a bite on the first dumpling, she furrowed her brows upon noticing something inside.

What the hell? Why was there plastic inside the dumpling?

It was then she remembered Cecilia's words. Could it be?

"I don't like vegetable dumplings!"

She placed back the dumpling on the plate before she carried the tray. She headed straight to the bathroom, locking the door behind her.

Placing the tray by the counter, she looked around to search for some hidden cameras and she found none.

Meanwhile, inside the CEO office of Florence Company, a subsidiary company of Nebuloud Corporation...

"She was captured by Cian Bai," Xue Lihua reported. "Contacting him will be risky."

Si Guanlin was sitting on a swivel chair. He was tapping his ballpoint pen on his desk. "I don't like sharing my prey."

"Then should we take a step in?"

"No." The side of his lips curled up into a dangerous smirk. "You know that I also don't want to get my hands dirty. Did Yong Liwei come back?"

"Yes, he arrived in the mainland last night. He was picked up by Bai Jingye."

"Bai Jingye...." Si Guanlin had been keeping an eye on the people around Tian Ruyi and during that time, he found out that the people that she cared about the most were her father and Bai Jingye.

"How's my brother doing with her?"

"Their relationship is going well. If you don't make a move now, it will become hard to recruit Tian Ruyi on our side," Xue Lihua advised.

"I'm not recruiting her. She will be the one to come to me." Si Guanlin was rather confident when he said those words.

Xue Lihua scoffed inwardly. She highly doubted that would happen, especially when Tian Ruyi looked like someone who could not be easily deceived. "Anyway, it says here on the report that Cian Bai is hiring mercenaries to guard a vacation house located outside this city," she continued.

"Let's give Cian Bai a hand, shall we?" Si Guanlin offered with a smile plastered on his lips. "Send Acari and his men to him."

Xue Lihua's eyes widened in shock. "A-Acari?" Acari was one of the Arachnids' members. Last time, he was able to catch Spider off-guard when Hunter and his men cornered Yong Liwei and his family. If she hadn't warned Wei Sianqi back then, Yong Liwei would have been long dead!

She didn't care if Lu Mengjie would be in danger. In fact, she would rather have her killed. Just what did Yong Liwei find in her? Xue Lihua knew that Yong Liwei would not sit still once he learned about what happened to Lu Mengjie so she didn't have a choice but to warn Wei Sianqi in hope that Yong Liwei would not die facing Acari and his team.