Chapter 19 is this considered collusion?

Qiao Hanye exited the room, having been "invited" out by He Lanjin. He looked back thoughtfully and watched her slam the door.

"Master." As soon as the door closed, Han Beicheng stepped forward. Secretly wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, he said in a low voice, "I discovered that Huang has been growing his investments. He wants to lure He Wenqing into the game. In fact, Huang is just using the greedy He Wenqing as a scapegoat."

"Let Huang be arrogant for two more days," Qiao Hanye said coldly.

His voice felt like frost that suddenly suffused the room. Han Beicheng was so scared that he shivered.

"Master, although this Huang is detestable and has defiled many women, he has nothing to do with our purpose of returning to Jiang City. Your wish to destroy him–is it because of Miss He?" Han Beicheng asked in a low voice.

He regretted having asked the question as soon as it came out of his mouth. Han Beicheng secretly pinched himself for his impudence.

"Why not?" Qiao Hanye asked, not hiding anything.

Han Beicheng was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the floor. He looked up at Qiao Hanye. Han Beicheng could not believe his ears.

"Then... the person in the room... Was that Miss He?" Han Beicheng was dumbfounded. "That's not right! Jing Garden is heavily guarded by our men, and set up with laser rays. The system spares no one and kills whoever enters. How did the young miss get in?"

The system would not even spare a fly. Did that miss outsmart the system again?

"I put her there," Qiao Hanye said coldly. He turned around and strode back to the study room, closing the door.

Han Beicheng found it hard to breathe. He was so shocked that he stared at the study door and then at the bedroom door. He silently raised his hand to touch his chin and said, "What is happening here? Are they planning something I do not know?"

Is this *****ery? Fornication? Is his master looking for excitement? Is this a one-night stand? Is it a date f*ck? Han Beicheng felt like his brain was going to explode.

Han Beicheng had followed Qiao Hanye for many years. His master had always exercised decorum and propriety in dealing with matters, and had never been involved with women. Did Jiang City inspire an epiphany in Qiao Hanye? What had this city done to the young master?

The study room door suddenly opened. "Send her some food," Qiao Hanye ordered.

Han Beicheng was interrupted from his thoughts. He asked distractedly, "Master, are you asking me to send food to Miss He?"

Qiao Hanye looked at Han Beicheng straight in the eye, causing the latter to do a double take. "Uh, I'll go right away," Han Beicheng said as he turned around to run downstairs. The secret guards in the dark all raised their heads and stared at the bedroom upstairs, as if there was a time bomb inside.

IN THE BEDROOM

He Lanjin felt her heart heart pounding against her chest as she locked the door behind her. She wanted to locate the tracker that she placed on Qiao Hanye, but even before she could open the tracker app on her phone, she saw the tracker on the sofa.

He Lanjin sat cross-legged on the sofa and remembered the tiny surveillance camera she saw earlier on her way to this room. If she could hack into the system, she might be able to secretly locate her old phone. She absolutely could not let Qiao Hanye find out that she was looking for her phone. She did not know what he would do with the phone's contents.

With her new phone, He Lanjin hacked into the Scenery Garden surveillance system. It was complex, but she was able to find a loophole. She looked closely at the screen as she waited for the video feed to appear.

She heard the faint sound of running water before a naked figure appeared on the screen. It was toned to perfection; He Lanjin could not look away. And then the person turned around and looked straight at her.

"Qiao Hanye?" He Lanjin was stunned. How could the system lead her to him showering naked in the middle of the night?

As if he felt someone peeping at him, Qiao Hanye looked intently at the camera for half a second. His mouth curled into a tiny smile. He shook off the water droplets on his upper body and reached out to turn the camera off.

He Lanjin heard a pop and the screen turned pitch-black. She stared at her phone for a long time, unable to come back to her senses.

"The only camera I can access is the bathroom where he takes a shower? Could he have done it on purpose?" He Lanjin's heart beat faster. She threw away her phone, thinking that she must be seriously ill. How did she offend such a person?