Li Donghai came out of a massage parlor, turned around, and looked up at the glowing sign with some disappointment, shaking his head.

For him, relieving the fatigue and pressure from work and life through massage had become a habit.

Interrupting it suddenly, he was somewhat unaccustomed and uncomfortable. He tried two new massage parlors with good reputations. The techniques of the therapists were good as well, but he always felt something was missing.

He could no longer go to Shulutang, which made Li Donghai very regretful.

The little therapist named Lin Miao had good techniques, and was becoming more attractive and charming. He originally planned to take some time and use some small tactics to win her over, but didn't expect it to be ruined by the tigress.

In those nights of dreams, he would often dream of that petite figure, hair disheveled, face full of blood, demanding his life!

However, the lawyer warned him not to contact the other party proactively.

Once he took the initiative to contact, he would become the weaker side, the wrong side.

A unilateral assault could completely be argued as a mutual conflict, a fall down the stairs could be said to be an accidental slip, as after all, there were no witnesses!

As long as he shirked the main responsibility, even if a death occurred, it wouldn't matter much, at most he would just need to pay more money!

The Du Family precisely lacked nothing in terms of money.

The lawyer also suggested that if it was an irreparable serious injury or even a death, and the other party insisted on suing in court, they could describe Lin Miao as a woman who sold her body for money, or even countersue for threats and extortion.

After all, the condition of the Lin siblings was a bit dismal, and Li Donghai was wealthy and in the prime of his life, a perfect target for seduction.

Moreover, such things were not uncommon in society.

Li Donghai felt uneasy, but under the stern gaze of the tigress, he said nothing.

Everything he had now was given by the Du Family, and he didn't have enough resources to become independent from them yet.

During those few days of waiting, although nothing happened on the surface, Li Donghai's heart was in extreme torment, sometimes wishing the police would come to his door immediately and arrest him.

Finally, he received a piece of news that allowed him to sleep peacefully: Lin Miao was unharmed and even regained her vision due to the concussion from the assault, which shook the blood clot in her brain.

Even now, Li Donghai remained deeply puzzled as to why the other party had not come looking for him.

He and the tigress had already agreed that as long as the other side didn't make a fuss or pursue the matter further, they would take out hundreds of thousands, even a million, to settle the issue.

Li Donghai slowly walked to his car, a luxury Lexus sedan, opened the door, and got in.

A faint fragrance of locust blossoms lingered throughout the car!

He took a deep breath, feeling much more at ease; it was his favorite scent, the scent of home.

In his hometown, a few locust trees were planted, and in spring, the entire courtyard would be filled with the scent of locust flowers, intoxicating...

Zhujia Port!

Lin Jie stood by the sea, listening to the sound of the tides, looking under the dim moonlight at two differently designed yet equally exquisite car air fresheners in his hand.

These were handed to him by Monkey half an hour ago.

Lin Jie originally wanted to handle this matter alone, without involving others, as the fewer people who knew, the better. However, after thinking it over, he realized that without help, it really wouldn't be feasible.

He could purchase two identical and same-scented car air fresheners and inject the inducement into them, making them appear unaltered, but he had no way to open the luxury car doors without being detected to swap them out.

After much thought, Lin Jie relented and called Monkey over, having him handle the task as he was very knowledgeable about cars and skilled in such matters.

Tonight, the couple went separately, one for a massage and the other for beauty treatment.

When Monkey handed the swapped-out car air fresheners to Lin Jie, he lightly told him the task was simple, even easier than obtaining a hair sample.

Intelligently, he didn't ask what was in the fragrance jars, he simply said goodbye and left.

"All that's left is to wait quietly!"

Lin Jie weighed the air fresheners in his hand, swung his arm, and sent the two bottles in a graceful arc, into the rolling waves of the sea, without creating even a ripple.

He slowly returned to the clinic, went up to the second floor, and habitually turned into Lin Miao's ward.

Under the dimmed light, Lin Jie saw Lin Miao, with an eye mask on, lying on the bed like a lady, with both hands naturally at her sides under a light blanket, breathing evenly, as if asleep.

He couldn't help but shake his head with a smile, reached under the pillow, and retrieved Lin Miao's phone.

As soon as the phone was in his hand, Lin Jie's suspicion was confirmed; the phone was slightly warm to the touch.

Lin Jie's hand reached towards Lin Miao's waist, but before he could touch her, she flipped out of bed and stood on the other side.

"Hehe...Brother, how did you know I was pretending to sleep?"

Lin Jie was speechless, helplessly saying, "If you want to pretend to sleep, at least do it professionally. Don't you know what position you wake up in every morning? You've never been this orderly while sleeping."

"Oh... hehe... haha!" Lin Miao could only respond with a silly laugh.

Lin Jie shook the phone in his hand with a stern face, "I've warned you more than once or twice; you are in a critical period of visual recovery now. You aren't allowed to look at phones, TVs, computers, or anything of the sort."

"This phone, I'm confiscating it! Tomorrow, I'll get you a kid's phone, the kind that can only make calls!"

"Brother..." Lin Miao pleaded pitifully!

Lin Jie remained unmoved, turning to leave.

"Brother!"

Lin Miao called out sweetly, hurried past the bed to catch up and hug Lin Jie's arm, saying in a wronged tone, "Alright, take the phone; I know it's bad, but I just can't control myself, it seems my self-discipline has deteriorated a lot."

"However, brother, you have to tell me, what have you been up to these past few days, being all mysterious?"

"Tingting came to keep me company over the weekend, but you only showed up during meals and disappeared at other times!"

Lin Jie touched Lin Miao's nose and found an excuse, "You know, in a few days I'll be operating on Kexin's father. They invested in a dedicated operating room just for this. I have to prepare myself properly."

Lin Miao nodded in understanding, "Then... do you have the confidence, brother?"

"I'm confident, but even with confidence, meticulous preparation is needed!"

Lin Jie lowered his head, noticing Lin Miao was barefoot, and immediately said, "Though the weather's not cold, walking barefoot can still chill you. Get to bed and sleep."

"Okay, I'll go to sleep now!"

Lin Miao obediently lay in bed quietly, letting Lin Jie cover her with a blanket. As Lin Jie left, closing the door, she suddenly said, "Brother, you're the best, you can definitely do it!"

With that, she clenched her right hand into a fist and gave a vigorous wave.

Lin Jie returned to his bedroom, washed up and prepared to sleep, but found a voice message on Lin Miao's phone.

Curiously, he clicked on it, and Li Ting's voice played: "Miaomiao, you mentioned Lin Jie often being with An Kexin, is there something between them?"

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