Chapter 155: Shen Zhaoxi is Highly Suspicious

She had only been missing for an hour.
He had tracked her all the way to the riverside.
He had even assumed that an accident had happened by the river just now, and someone had fallen in.
And that the person who fell into the water was her.
"Shen Chaoxi."
His voice was deep, emotion hard to read.
Yet his ink-black gaze was fixed intently on her, as if he were afraid she had been drinking.
"Hmm?"
By the dim riverside, the wind was fierce. Shen Chaoxi raised her eyes, gazing straight into the man's pitch-black pupils.
She saw his gaze darken.
Looking at her, Lu Yunzhou's eyes were profound as he lowered his voice and said to her.
"Let's go back."
The moment he found her, all the worry and tension of the past hour or so turned into a heavy, lingering sentiment.
Dissolving into the dim night.
Meanwhile, at the distant, murky riverside, the crew members had just rescued someone.
The scene was chaotic, with quite a crowd gathering by the bank, so naturally, no one noticed.
The chestnut-curly-haired woman frowned, her fingers tightening imperceptibly.
Hah, Ji Fei, you really do have good luck.
You still didn't die from that.
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Coming back from the riverside.
Returning to the resort villa.
It was already eleven o'clock at night.
Jiang Buyan: "Second Brother, Big Brother Gu asked me to tell you that he received an emergency call from the hospital saying he has to rush back for a surgery, so he won't be staying here tonight."
Originally, Gu Suizhou had planned to spend a relaxing weekend here with Jiang Buyan.
However, Gu Suizhou had received an emergency call from the Imperial Hospital regarding a patient in urgent need of surgery.
Therefore, even though he was on weekend leave, he had rushed back to the capital overnight.
"Oh, Big Brother Gu also said that if you have time tomorrow, you could go check out Nanjiang Town."
"That veteran practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine is around here recently, and he can take a look at Miss Shen."
"Alright, I know," Lu Yunzhou replied in a low voice.
Only then did Shen Chaoxi realize.
So this was why Lu Yunzhou had brought her here.
Aside from having a meal with Gu Suizhou and the others.
He had also intended to take her to see a Chinese medicine doctor in nearby Nanjiang Town.
Was it because of her dysmenorrhea last time?
She suddenly remembered when she was at Yuqing Garden, Lu Yunzhou had made a phone call and mentioned this matter.
So, he had been worrying about her health all along.
The resort villa was built by the river, backed by verdant mountains, and shrouded in a tranquil blanket of mountain mist.
The night wind was cold, but the moment the door opened, one could instantly feel the warmth inside the room.
Much warmer than outside.
"I'm in the room right across from yours. If you need anything, just call me, alright?"
Lu Yunzhou escorted her to her doorway and said in a low voice.
He still seemed reluctant to let her out of his sight.
Almost as if he were afraid she might encounter some trouble.
And be unable to handle it herself.
After Lu Yunzhou left, however, Shen Chaoxi took a moment to look around the room.
She had to admit, the environment of this resort villa was exceptional.
A luxurious bedroom connected to a spacious living room outside, complete with a bathroom and a lounge.
And through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, the river scenery outside was on full display.
White sheer curtains hung limply there.
Outside the window, the dark night lingered by the river as the crew members gradually wrapped up their work.
Because an accident had occurred during filming, a female actor had been injured and fallen into the river.
Thus, the crew had been busy very late, and chaos still reigned.
Just half an hour later, Shen Chaoxi emerged from a shower, her expression cool and aloof, water droplets clinging to her dark hair. Her fair, long legs were somewhat alluring.
Wiping her hair with a towel, she walked into the living room, where a set of clothes sent by Lu Yunzhou was placed on the table.
She sat down, took a look, and discovered it was a pure black long dress—the exact same style she had worn last night at the Emperor's View Club.
It leaned towards a subtle, captivating allure.
Perhaps Lu Yunzhou felt that she wasn't the frail, sickly young girl she appeared to be at the Shen family residence.
She had also mentioned last time that she loved drinking and going out, so even the dress he sent now was tailored to her personal preferences and interests.
However, inside the paper gift box on the table, there also seemed to be an outer jacket that matched the outfit.
Hah,
Shen Chaoxi curved her lips, a trace of a smile spilling from her eyes.
It seemed this was because the last time she went out dressed like that, she had run right into him.
And he had draped his coat over her shoulders.
So, was this jacket something she simply had to wear?
Yet, she put on the outfit anyway.
Because it was cold.
By the river, the night wind was bitterly cold.
"Chaoxi."
Sheng Ting sent a video recording, along with a message.
"I've sent you all the surveillance footage of the resort villa."
"Not a single angle was missed."
"However, there is one suspicious spot."
"Take a look at earlier tonight, around dusk."
Namely, right around the time they had carried out their capture operation, the surveillance footage had captured a segment.
A video clip that should not have been there.
Upon seeing it, Shen Chaoxi's gaze darkened, and Sheng Ting continued.
"Next, this is the real-time surveillance footage I retrieved after returning to the hotel tonight. Take a look."
"I already told you not to come looking for me. Are you incapable of understanding?"
"Su Ni, you were the one who asked me to do this. If something really goes wrong, you won't be able to absolve yourself of the blame either."
"Didn't I give you so much money?"
"Su Ni, you surely don't think a paltry sum like this can dismiss me, do you?"
"What do you mean?"
The video ended. After watching the entire sequence, Shen Chaoxi's expression grew cold.
Sheng Ting: "Will you look at that? A film crew should just be shooting their movie, yet they have to pull stunts like this."
Sheng Ting hadn't expected to stumble upon such an interesting piece of business either.
To think they would run right into it.
Shen Chaoxi: "Hand it over to the police."
"Right, that's what I was thinking too."
Although they had happened to witness this sort of thing.
After all, such matters weren't within their jurisdiction.
So it wasn't appropriate for them to meddle.
Who would have imagined that among the crew filming here in Nanjiang, someone harbored such malicious intentions, plotting to take someone's life.
Yet what Shen Chaoxi never expected was that even more was yet to come.
In the early dawn, as the sky grew faintly bright, the riverside was shrouded in a blanket of mist.
Suddenly, a group of people burst into her room.
The moment she opened the door, they blocked her threshold.
"Who are you people?"
Shen Chaoxi asked with a frown.
"We're from the Nanjiang police. Please come with us."
"Reason?"
The Nanjiang police replied: "Someone from the film crew filed a real-name report against you. Yesterday afternoon, you were spotted in the hotel, suspected of stalking and secretly photographing members of their crew."
"You are suspected of intentional assault, having taken the opportunity to sneak in and tamper with the crew's props, resulting in injuries to staff members."
"Are you certain?"
Shen Chaoxi asked in a calm voice, raising her eyes to look at them.
"Then may I ask who the person is that filed this real-name report against me?"
"It's me!"
Right at that moment, a young woman dressed in ostentatious attire appeared at the doorway.
She was none other than the woman Shen Chaoxi had encountered at the hotel yesterday afternoon.
At that time, her manager had even accused Shen Chaoxi of bumping into people.
Claiming she was an obsessive fan who had snuck in.
Seeing this woman appear, Shen Chaoxi arched a brow, her gaze serene yet laced with coldness.