Chapter 36: Chapter 36: The Fragnts of St. John’s Wort Chapter 36: Chapter 36: The Fragnts of St. John’s Wort Lunch was ready.
During the al, Li Muchen had the butler and all the servants withdraw, leaving only him and Lu Sheng alone in the spacious dining room.
Surrounded by European aristocratic classical decor, the table was filled with a variety of flavorful dishes, which were very appetizing at a glance.
The table was so long that Lu Sheng doubted whether a person sitting at one end could hear soone at the other end.
So, she disregarded dining etiquette and rules, and directly moved a chair to sit next to Li Muchen.
“Sitting there is too far, I want to be closer to you.”
Her tone was casual and direct, yet very natural.
It seed to be the first ti Li Muchen encountered soone speaking to him like this, he paused for a mont and then, with a slight chuckle, pulled Lu Sheng’s chair closer.
“I don’t know what you like to eat, but I think you would prefer Chinese food, so I had them prepare dishes from various cuisines.”
Lu Sheng indeed liked Chinese food.
Having stayed in the UK for so long in her past life, she could not get used to the taste there; Chinese food was much tastier than Western food.
Being close to the man allowed Lu Sheng to relax, and she had a rare good appetite and mood, and ate two small bowls of rice.
But Li Muchen ate very little and barely spoke, mostly just watching her eat.
Lu Sheng turned her head to look at the man, frowning slightly: “Why are you eating so little? Is it always like this?”
“I’m used to it, don’t worry,” Li Muchen said in a low voice as he wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin, “Are the people from the Lu Family very harsh on you?”
It was probably because he saw she ate quite a lot, he wondered if she normally didn’t get enough food at the Lu Family.
Lu Sheng casually said, “They still provide als, but I just usually don’t have an appetite.”
Li Muchen suddenly paused, his tone growing deep: “…do you know that soone in the Lu Family wants to kill you?”
Lu Sheng also paused, surprising the man with her calm tone: “I know.”
“The night I t you, soone pretending to pick up from the station took to a secluded alley and almost strangled to death.”
“I played dead to trick that man. After he left, I got up from the ground and then t you outside.”
In just a few sentences, the man associated to the dangerous situation the girl faced that night, and he couldn’t help but inhale deeply, his eyes turning cold and sharp.
“You’ve been at the Lu Family for a few days, do you know who wants to kill you?” Li Muchen narrowed his eyes, “Do you want to sort this out for you?”
“I know,” Lu Sheng t the man’s gaze, “but you don’t have to help . I can handle it myself.”
Though they hadn’t known each other long, Li Muchen was inexplicably confident about one thing.
The Lu Family might see Lu Sheng as a country girl, not fit for public display, but he knew, the girl in front of him was far more capable than they imagined.
As she was clear about everything and said she didn’t need his help, naturally she had her own plans.
So, Li Muchen changed the subject, asking: “…do you and Fu Chen from the Fu Family have an engagent?”
Hearing Li Muchen suddenly bring this up, Lu Sheng couldn’t help but laugh: “I thought you wouldn’t ask about this.”
Li Muchen paused, and looked up: “Why did you think I wouldn’t ask?”
“Because…” Lu Sheng suddenly leaned in, “the person I’m interested in is you. How could I ever fancy soone like Fu Chen?”
“That engagent can be cancelled anyti. You should just pretend it doesn’t exist.”
Looking at the girl’s suddenly enlarged face, the sweet fragrance lingering around his nose, Li Muchen couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
The girl was truly proficient in flirting with him.
“After dinner, let’s go to your bedroom, to the bed.”
“…Huh?”
Seeing Li Muchen stunned again, Lu Sheng felt even happier and said with a smile, “I ant to help you with acupuncture, don’t think otherwise.”
“…Okay.”
It wasn’t him thinking otherwise, it was her who phrased it oddly.
Lu Sheng followed Li Muchen back to the bedroom.
Li Muchen’s bedroom is a nearly 200-square-ter suite with a living room, walk-in closet, bathroom, and a study, decorated primarily in black and gray, just like his personal dressing style.
Li Muchen is probably a clean freak, he said he wanted to take a bath and change clothes, asking Lu Sheng to wait outside for a bit.
Hearing the sound of water from the bathroom, Lu Sheng leaned on the sofa beside the bed but suddenly frowned.
There seed to be a strange scent in the air.
And this scent… was sowhat familiar.
The relaxed expression on Lu Sheng’s face instantly turned cold.
She stood up, searching carefully for the source of the scent, and suddenly stopped by the side of Li Muchen’s bed and bent down next to the pillow.
It was the scent of St. John’s wort.
Lu Sheng took a deep breath, her expression stern. She lifted her hand to flip over the pillow on the bed, unzipped it, and took out the pillow core.
This latex pillow core was from a very expensive foreign brand, which looked normal from the outside.
Frowning, Lu Sheng directly tore the pillow core apart.
The bedroom door was not closed, Chen An ca to find Li Muchen to ask if he had any other plans for the day.
Just as he walked over, he saw Lu Sheng standing by the bed tearing the pillow core apart, and couldn’t help but freeze: “…Miss Lu Sheng, what are you doing?”
Lu Sheng did not even lift her head, her hands continuing to work.
Chen An, not understanding, walked over, and when he saw the white pillow core being torn in half by Lu Sheng and so green powder falling out, he was utterly shocked.
“What… what is this?”
The powder had perated into the pillow core, turning the surroundings green, and an unusually fragrant scent spread through the air.
“Assistant Chen, where did this pillow co from?” Lu Sheng imdiately looked at Chen An.
“Everything in the house should be arranged by the butler who hires specific people to purchase it. I need to ask who brought this back and from where,” he said.
Seeing Lu Sheng’s stern expression, Chen An also beca nervous, “What’s wrong, Miss, is there sothing wrong with this pillow? What is this powder?”
Lu Sheng took a deep breath and looked at Chen An: “I ask you. When did Li Muchen start using this pillow?”
“This…” Chen An mostly assisted Li Muchen with business matters and wasn’t too clear on such trivial issues. He thought for a bit and said, “I think… about a month ago?”
A month.
Fortunately, not too long.
Lu Sheng continued, “Has Li Muchen been sleeping poorly during this period and eating very little?”
“President Li has always not been a good sleeper, and he also has a stomach ailnt, but now that you ntion it…” Chen An took a breath, “Indeed, in the past month, President Li’s sleep quality seems to have worsened, and he hardly sleeps.”
Hearing this, a sharp light flashed in Lu Sheng’s eyes, and her grip on the pillow core tightened.
“The powder inside this pillow core is the residue of St. John’s wort.”
“St. John’s wort is a plant that can be used dicinally but is inherently toxic. The scent is mild and aromatic, but prolonged exposure can cause nervous weakness, insomnia, nightmares, and loss of appetite.”
“Long-term exposure can lead to various adverse reactions, such as difficulty sleeping, being awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night, and in severe cases, even hallucinations, damage to brain nerves, making one’s reactions dull.”
“And such damage to the brain nerves is irreversible.”
“What?” Hearing Lu Sheng finish, Chen An gasped in shock.
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