She faced the breeze and gently closed her eyes.

Lu Chenyu, the person who reappeared, brought too much uncertainty to her life.

She didn't believe that the kidnapping had nothing to do with him. The kidnapper said that she had offended someone, but she was a kind person. Even if some people disliked her, they would not be so bold as to commit a crime like hiring someone to rape her.

And she was far away in Haicheng, and had lived in peace with Capital City for many years, so no one would suddenly be interested in her.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, it is related to Lu Chenyu. His affair with her may have been known by his enemies, so he targeted her first.

She knew what that circle, which was already far away from her, was like, and she also knew how dirty, corrupt and decadent it was.

But she didn't need to ask Lu Chenyu. She was implicated by him and was rescued because of him. She was just frightened. If she dug deeper, she would only have more involvement with him.

That's why she's stupid.

He came in forcefully, squeezed into her life little by little, and became more and more demanding of her. In this process of boiling a frog in warm water, she gradually lost her guard against him.

Shen Lanyi opened her eyes. The sunlight shining on her made her look like a golden portrait from a distance. Her eyebrows were illuminated by the sunlight, but the haze in her heart was not wiped away.

Shen Lanyi chuckled, she and Lu Chenyu, it was just a ridiculous thing.

She left the balcony and went to Lu Chenyu's study, which was filled with the scent of sandalwood. The servants would burn incense here every morning.

Lu Chenyu prefers the scent of sandalwood. Whether it is the red sandalwood bracelet she wears or the smell of the room, they are all related to sandalwood.

So Shen Lanyi guessed that Lu Chenyu had been under a lot of pressure and anxious in recent years, and needed this kind of fragrance to calm his mind and improve his sleep.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile. Capitalists also have their own troubles. Perhaps in a sense, they may not be as happy as ordinary people.

Lu Chenyu went home early in the afternoon to look for Shen Lanyi, but she was nowhere to be seen, so she went straight to the bedroom.

Sure enough, she was sleeping lightly in bed.

Lu Chenyu took off his coat, lifted the quilt and crawled in, then hugged her from behind.

Shen Lanyi was startled and woke up instantly. She saw an arm across her waist, her brows tightened, and she turned over to face him.

"Lu Chenyu, can you please not scare me suddenly?"

Lu Chenyu chuckled, and he turned over and pressed her under him, "Sorry, I missed you, and I wanted to pounce on you as soon as I saw you."

Shen Lanyi pursed his lips and sighed.

Lu Chenyu used his fingers to straighten her cheek and carefully looked at the slap mark that had not yet completely subsided. He kissed the swollen area and asked with some heartache: "Does it still hurt?"

Shen Lanyi said: "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Lu Chenyu continued to look at her, but did nothing else.

Shen Lanyi’s hands couldn’t be strong, couldn’t push him, and could only speak: “Lu Chenyu, get up from me, we are not such a close relationship.”

Lu Chenyu raised an eyebrow: “What is our relationship?”

Shen Lanyi glanced away and didn’t look at him: “we have nothing to do with each other.”

Lu Chenyu lowered his head and took her uninjured upper lip in his mouth, biting it hard. Shen Lanyi tilted her head and subconsciously wanted to wave her hands to open him, but he grabbed her arms first. As she tilted her head, Lu Chenyu's kiss fell on her ear, causing goose bumps on her body.

Lu Chenyu kept moving beside her ears and neck until Shen Lan couldn't bear it anymore and raised her head to bite him, then he stopped.

He lifted her chin: "Is it still okay?"

Shen Lanyi glared at him angrily.

His brows sank: "If you think it's okay, then I'll think of a way to make you think it's okay."

Shen Lanyi thought he was a scoundrel.

Lu Chenyu continued, "Living in a house that has nothing to do with you, lying on a bed that has nothing to do with you, eating food that has nothing to do with you, sleeping with a person that has nothing to do with you, Shen Lanyi, are you an ungrateful person who can never be fed?"

Shen Lanyi has never been so speechless.

She simply stopped struggling and looked at him quietly, "Lu Chenyu, what do you think our relationship is now?"

Lu Chenyu picked up the hair on her forehead and twisted it gently between his fingers. Shen Lanyi couldn't understand his expression.

After a while, a smile flashed in his eyes, "Whatever relationship Lanyi recognizes, we can have whatever relationship we want."

Shen Lanyi lowered his eyes, a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

This is a person of high level. He doesn't say it clearly and passes the ball to her. When she can't give a satisfactory answer, he takes the opportunity to take advantage of her.

However, she could also feel that he felt quite guilty about her being kidnapped, and he had been very nice to her in the past two days. It would be better to explain things to him clearly while he was in a good mood.

This is good for everyone.

Shen Lanyi raised her eyes to look at him, her peach blossom eyes were ruthless and without desire, "Lu Chenyu, although we have a friendship since we were young, but later my Shen family was harmed by your Lu family, and we can never go back to the way we were before."

Lu Chenyu gradually put away his smile and looked at her quietly, with an inexplicable look in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: "Then what? What do you want to say?"

Shen Lanyi didn't know whether he was pretending to be stupid or really didn't understand.

She sneered and faced him calmly: "In the past eight years, I have completely broken with the past. People and things in the past are no longer important to me. Lu Chenyu, I don't care what you are planning to do when you appear again, and I don't care whether the kidnapping has anything to do with you. I just want to make it clear to you that no matter what happened between us, you and I can never be lovers or friends. At most, we are just acquaintances."

Knowing each other, Lu Chenyu smiled.

He said, "Say it again."

Shen Lanyi felt his eyes gradually turn colder, but she had already said that, so she still stiffened her neck and said, "We just know each other. When my injury heals, we don't have to know each other anymore."

Lu Chenyu stroked her wrist and just stared at her. Shen Lanyi saw a madness in his eyes. She was a little scared and remembered that he was actually a seriously ill person.

My recent tenderness towards her is temporary because of guilt.

. She was afraid that she would repeat the same mistakes and fall into the abyss again if she kept entangled with him .

She tensed her body and looked at him warily, afraid that he would suddenly go crazy.

But Lu Chenyu did nothing, he suppressed his anger, glanced at her wrist, and sneered: “Shen Lanyi, you are really good.”

After saying that, he stood up and left the bedroom. He needed to find a place to vent his anger.

Shen Lanyi sat up and looked at his leaving back, she sighed.

There are some things that need to be made clear between her and him, otherwise it will not benefit anyone if it is dragged on.

Lu Chenyu didn't come back until dinner time. He looked cold, but seemed to be in a much better mood than when he left.

He still fed her, but he didn't say a word and his movements were not gentle.

Shen Lanyi saw that he had a gloomy face and looked like he didn't want anyone to approach him, so she didn't dare to say anything to make him angry. She could only open her mouth obediently to take the food he handed over.

Seeing her obedient appearance now, Lu Chenyu snorted coldly and said, "How about a life where clothes are provided for you and food is provided for you?"

Shen Lanyi chewed the food in her mouth in small bites before whispering: "Actually, I can eat with my hands."

Lu Chenyu took her hand and looked at it, with a hint of heartache in his eyes.

But he was still cold, and his words were full of sarcasm: "When this hand is broken by you, do you want to rely on me to serve you every day?"

Shen Lanyi stopped talking, she could be sure that his mood had not improved at all.

She looked at him again. Although he was in a bad mood, his attitude towards her didn't seem bad. Pursing her lips, she remembered something important.

She glanced at him and coughed, wanting to ease the depressing atmosphere and change the subject, so she asked, "Lu Chenyu, what stage has your company's scientific research project been screened to?"

Lu Chenyu fed her a spoonful of soup, unable to see any emotion, “In what capacity do you ask me this question?”

Shen Lanyi swallowed the soup and lowered his head in silence.

He continued, "Asking as a teacher at Haicheng University, I would say the list of nominees officially announced by Lu's Group is the standard. If you say we know each other, then I have no comment. There are many people who know me, so who do you think you are?"

Shen Lanyi: “…”

If he doesn't want to say it, then he shouldn't say it. Why is he still mocking her so sarcastically?

She sighed, her peach blossom eyes dimmed, and seeing Lu Chenyu's cold and untouchable look, Shen Lanyi regretted it a little.

Forget about it. I should have asked him this before I confessed to him. Who knows, he might have told her.

Then I said those true words.

That's good.

Didn't seize the favorable opportunity!

She was a little unwilling, and despised herself in her heart, and decided to use any means to achieve her goal.

This man just doesn't accept the truth and likes to hear something nice.

She could be thicker-skinned and go back on what she said before.

I just don't know if I can still please him.

Shen Lanyi blinked her peach blossom eyes and looked at him, smiling flatteringly, "Lu Chenyu, what if I ask you as a lover?"

Lu Chenyu paused, looked down at her, and lifted her chin with his rough fingers. The frost in his eagle eyes did not melt, "Lover?"

"Uh, yeah, we're good friends who know each other."

He chuckled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "If it's a lover, I can say a little bit. Haicheng University is a university with more potential."

Shen Lanyi opened his eyes wide, “No more?”

"What else do you want to hear?"

"Anyone who can pass the preliminary selection has potential in any school. You are fooling me!"

Lu Chenyu narrowed his eyes and looked at her, "Not stupid, then aren't you also fooling me?"

Shen Lanyi stopped talking, she didn't please him.

Although it was a bit regrettable, it seemed understandable. If Lu Chenyu could let her get the answers so easily, then he would not be Haicheng's devil.

After feeding her, Lu Chenyu drove her away and started eating by himself.

Shen Lanyi pursed her lips, looking at his indifference, thinking that it was okay this way, Lu Chenyu was also a proud person, even if there had been something between them in the past, it was just a small episode in his life, she had hurt his self-esteem again and again, and this game was about to come to an end.

By then, I hope he will consider their past relationship and not make things difficult for her or Haicheng University.

Shen Lanyi looked at her wrists, hoping that her hands would get better soon. When they got better, she would move away.

She and Lu Chenyu have never been from the same world.