Chapter 159: Miss Ji, I Am Not Helping You

Standing nearby, Jiang Buyan heard his remark and raised his head, looking at Lu Yunzhou, whose gaze was intently fixed on Shen Zhaoxi.

Take Miss Shen to get breakfast?

Weren't they just out buying some this morning?

Jiang Buyan also remembered that the Second Young Master had specifically bought that portion for Miss Shen. And then, upon returning to the hotel and seeing that something had happened to Miss Shen, he had simply handed that breakfast over to him.

Now, were those items in his hands no longer wanted?

Jiang Buyan lowered his head and glanced at the food in his hands, feeling somewhat bewildered.

It was a waste of him holding it so carefully for so long.

Lu Yunzhou, however, lowered his gaze to study the young lady before him, his expression complex.

From the moment he saw those glaring handcuffs presented before the young lady, his brow had knitted tightly.

In his eyes, something like handcuffs might frighten Shen Zhaoxi.

His face was handsome and fair, and his dark pupils seemed veiled with obscure and hard-to-read emotions as they rested upon her face.

It was as if his eyes held a thousand interwoven threads, and thus he lowered his head, watching Shen Zhaoxi.

Yet, ultimately, when he parted his thin lips to speak, the words he wanted to say were suppressed deep within his heart.

Perhaps Lu Yunzhou harbored doubts in his mind.

Or perhaps, in certain aspects, he was gradually beginning to feel that the young lady was somewhat unusual.

Yet he had never interacted with her before, nor did he understand her disposition and temper.

One might even say that before him, she seemed to be concealing her true emotions.

Lu Yunzhou had sensed this long ago.

He simply had not spoken of it.

Just like what had happened moments ago; he would instinctively worry about her, afraid that she might be nervous or frightened.

Afraid that she would be bullied.

The moment the Nanjiang police officers produced the handcuffs, his first reaction was that no one else was allowed to touch her.

Rather than questioning her about what had actually transpired.

Just as he was now—afraid she would feel upset because of the recent incident, and wanting to take her out for breakfast.

Just as they exited the resort villa and reached the entrance, Shen Zhaoxi suddenly halted her steps.

Lu Yunzhou turned his head to look at her, asking with a trace of concern, "What is it?"

His voice was somewhat cool, yet he had stopped in his tracks for the young lady.

He watched as she turned around and said to him,

"Can you wait for me for a moment?"

Shen Zhaoxi's voice was somewhat aloof. She looked at the handsome man before her and spoke in a low tone,

"I seem to have left something in my hotel room."

"I'll go back with you to get it," Lu Yunzhou lowered his voice and told Shen Zhaoxi.

Shen Zhaoxi replied, "It's fine, I can manage by myself."

"Wait for me a little while, I'll be right back."

However, Lu Yunzhou frowned.

Before he could say anything more, he saw Shen Zhaoxi turn around and walk back toward the hotel.

His gaze grew deep as he watched her retreating figure.

At that moment, a group of people just emerging from the hotel noticed the tall and straight-standing man at the entrance.

A woman's eyes flickered with surprise, and then she walked toward Lu Yunzhou.

Even from some distance away, Lu Yunzhou, standing at the hotel entrance, heard a gentle female voice coming from not far behind him.

"Young Master Lu!"

Lu Yunzhou's dark gaze turned slightly dim. He turned around, raised his eyes—his pupils pitch-black, his thin lips pressed tightly together—and saw the group walking toward him.

Judging by their appearance, they seemed to be members of the Nanjiang production crew.

The woman walking at the very front wore a plain white long dress layered with a knitted cardigan, her dark, glossy hair coiled into a neat bun.

Her features possessed a cool, aloof beauty, though her complexion was tinged with pallor, as if falling into the river yesterday had caused some lingering damage to her health.

Consequently, her face lacked a healthy rosy glow.

"Who are you?"

Lu Yunzhou frowned, his tone cold as he looked at the unfamiliar woman approaching him.

"Hello, Young Master Lu."

The woman's voice was gentle, carrying a moderate and understanding warmth as she looked at Lu Yunzhou.

"My name is Ji Fei. I'm part of the Nanjiang production crew, and also an actress recently filming the television series *Chasing the Wind* here in Nanjiang."

"Yesterday, I fell into the water because of a prop mishap—the wire harness attached to me snapped, causing me to plunge into the river during filming."

"However, I only found out today that the snapping of my prop harness was no accident, but something deliberately orchestrated behind the scenes by someone in our crew in an attempt to take my life."

"Thank you so much for your help, Young Master Lu, for assisting in finding the person behind the scenes who wanted to harm me. Thank you."

So, she was referring to the police investigation at the hotel this morning.

With so many people from the crew present at the time, the real culprit had almost escaped detection.

It was he who had stepped forward, causing Su Ni, the person behind the plot to harm her, to be exposed and ultimately taken away by the police.

Therefore, Ji Fei was extremely grateful to him.

If not for him, she might still be unaware of whether Su Ni, the one who sought her life, would ever be caught by the police.

After all, Su Ni had operated behind the scenes, bribing members of the crew to act in concert.

When the police arrived, they had no suspicions whatsoever regarding Su Ni, and even members of their own crew had never imagined that Su Ni would commit such a deed—purely out of malice, and with the intent to take her life.

It was all thanks to his intervention that Su Ni was caught.

Yet how could Lu Yunzhou possibly have been helping her?

It was only because Su Ni, when searching for a scapegoat, happened to target Shen Zhaoxi.

And so he had stepped forward earlier, making his identity clear to the Nanjiang police officers, purely to protect his young lady.

To make those people wary and dare not touch her.

It had absolutely nothing to do with this actress named Ji Fei.

Nevertheless, Ji Fei felt deeply grateful toward Lu Yunzhou.

Having rested in the hotel for a night, thankfully, she—who had been rescued in time from the churning river yesterday—had now recovered most of her strength.

Through conversations with some members of the crew, she had learned of this man's identity.

He was actually the Crown Prince of the Capital, the eldest young master of the Lu family—Lu Yunzhou.

Alongside her gratitude, a faint sense of elation quietly stirred within Ji Fei's heart.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, an unexpected stroke of fate.

Therefore, she had purposely come out to express her gratitude to him.

Behind Ji Fei, staff members and her personal assistant followed, all gazing with awestruck eyes at the handsome, stern-tempered man before them.

In various crews and throughout the entertainment industry, they had seen countless handsome men and top-tier male celebrities.

Yet a visage as cold, aloof, and striking as the one before them was impossible to find a second of, even within the entertainment sector.

If he were to debut, he would likely become an overnight sensation, skyrocketing to fame across the entire Y Country.

Even more preposterous was his identity as the Crown Prince of the Capital—someone they could hardly even dream of meeting.

Even if they attended banquets hosted by financial magnates, they would never encounter someone of Lu Yunzhou's status and standing.

After listening to Ji Fei's words, Lu Yunzhou's dark pupils remained devoid of warmth.

He spoke in a voice of extreme, chilling coldness,

"Miss Ji, I was not helping you."