The Devil who devoured Snow White

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.

She turned and picked the half-eaten dumpling. As she took out the plastic, inside it was a tiny scroll.

Taking out the paper from the plastic, she unrolled the scroll and just as she expected, there was a note written in it.

'There are 3 hidden cameras in your room. One by the vanity mirror, second inside the light switch.'

Lu Mengjie couldn't help but take back her words when she thought that Cecilia couldn't be trusted. But… Why would she go against her brother?

She ate the dumpling and after doing so, she sliced another one in half and saw another note.

'Third camera is inside the closet. Blind spot in the room: Balcony and the bathroom.'

Each dumpling had notes inside which was helpful for Lu Mengjie. The last note she read was: 'Don't worry, Spider is alive. He's in the basement of this place. Help is coming.'

Lu Mengjie was glad to learn that she had someone she could count on. The reason Cecilia stepped in earlier should be because of this. "I should apologize to her…" Everything made sense now. Yong Liwei was right… she should have trusted him when he told her that nothing was going on with him and Cecilia. It was all to deceive another pair of eyes. Cian's.

After finishing the food, she went out of the bathroom and went towards the balcony to check out the place. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Her eyes landed on the guards that were walking around. One… two… she began counting.

It would be risky to jump down the balcony. She would surely hurt herself because of the height.

Her best choice was to trust Cecilia. She was the only one who could take her out so she just had to be patient. Hopefully, Cian would not do anything to her, or else… she would be forced to do the unimaginable.

Lu Mengjie kept the chopsticks under her clothes. It was the most useful thing for her inside a room with nothing but a bed, cabinet, and vanity table.

Cian was careful of course. He removed anything she could use as a weapon.

…

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.