Chapter 100：Purpose

"Never mind, let's stop speculating on their motives here. It's better to take advantage of our energy while we still have it and see if we can find a way out," Li Weijie threw the paper into the trash can.

"Well, let's see if there's any way to contact the outside world. That would be more meaningful."

Both of them looked at the walls they had already examined several times. The walls were tightly sealed, and the door was locked. There was simply no way for two adults to escape!

Soon, their eyes met again.

With a wry smile, Lin Ruotong asked softly, "What do we do if we can't get out?"

"I think by now, our phones should be turned off. Xu Rong knew we were taken away, so if she can't reach us after trying to contact us for a while, I think she will find a way, right? By now, Falsheni has probably left city A, and if we have no news, she will surely call the police," Li Weijie calmly said. Although he wasn't certain how long it would take Xu Rong to contact them, he could only comfort Lin Ruotong in this way. After all, she was a woman, and even strong and independent women needed the emotional support of a man in situations like this.

"Sigh... I'm so dumb. I should have just not given them our phones. It's all because I was too eager to talk to Falsheni as soon as possible," Lin Ruotong complained quietly to herself.

"Sit down and rest. Since we don't plan on eating their food, we need to conserve our energy. Who knows how long they'll keep us here?" Li Weijie supported Lin Ruotong's shoulder and guided her to sit on the bed.

Their roles in this situation seemed so natural. Lin Ruotong was warm-hearted, and both of them got along well from the moment they met. Although Li Weijie was a bit shy that night, they had gotten to know each other more during these few days. He didn't intentionally avoid her because she was frank. The bed was large, and after Lin Ruotong sat down, Li Weijie sat down on the other end and rummaged through his pockets to see if there was anything that could be of help. In reality, there was nothing they could use. They usually only use their phones to communicate. Now that their phones were gone, there was no other way. Lin Ruotong, in particular, left in a hurry today and didn't even bring her bag, only her phone. She had nothing else now.

There was no opportunity inside the room, or anything helpful. Neither of them had ever been kidnapped or kept captive before, so they couldn't think of any good ideas at the moment. They both began to feel dejected.

After a while, Li Weijie let go of his thoughts and smiled, "Since we're here, let's just accept it. Worrying won't do us any good. Ruotong, don't think too much. By this afternoon, if Xu Rong sees that we haven't returned and can't contact us, she will surely find a way, or even call the police."

Lin Ruotong smiled lightly, "Being imprisoned in a secret room like this can easily make one restless. Let's talk about something. You said you suspect that person is your enemy? What kind of enemy is he? It seems like you haven't been in city A for long, right? You're always at the S-Class, so how could you offend anyone?"

Li Weijie thought for a moment and didn't hide anything from her. He briefly explained the so-called conflict between him and Zhou Qingbang. Of course, he didn't mention Su Keko voluntarily kissing him that night.

After listening to Li Weijie's words, Lin Ruotong laughed, "So he's your romantic rival! This rival seems quite jealous, resorting to illegal means to deal with you."

"He's not a romantic rival. First of all, Keko doesn't qualify as my girlfriend. Besides, Zhou Qingbang doesn't have genuine feelings for Keko. It's just about face and monetary motives."

"Hehe, just because he's not now doesn't mean he won't be in the future. Aren't you two pretending to be a couple now? Maybe one day you'll make it real," Lin Ruotong teased.

Li Weijie chuckled helplessly, feeling a bit shaken himself, unsure if he had true feelings for Su Keko or not.

"Since you said they're from wealthy families, if I'm not mistaken, Su Keko is probably the daughter of Su Deqi, the chairman of the Su Group, and this Zhou Qingbang should be the son of Zhou Bin, the owner of Wanjia Real Estate. Although Zhou Bin's business is not small, it's still far behind the Su family. So Zhou Qingbang fears the Su family and dares not harm you. At most, he just wants to vent his anger," Lin Ruotong analyzed their backgrounds. She had a lot of information in her mind, even though she didn't directly interact with those wealthy people. Many socialites were clients or targets of the S-Class, so she naturally knew more about the wealthy people in the city than Li Weijie did.

Li Weijie also said seriously, "I also think so, and I guess..." He hesitated for a moment and didn't directly reveal his guess.

Lin Ruotong suddenly smiled, "Ajie, I know what your guess is."

"You know?" Li Weijie was a bit surprised.

"They wouldn't want to kill us, so it's unlikely that they poisoned the food. But why did they lock the two of us together? Isn't there any other room here? Not. So, based on my speculation..."

As Lin Ruotong said this, she smiled mischievously before continuing, "I guess there might not be poison in the food, but there might be aphrodisiac! They probably want to make us lose control sexually. That's your guess, right? But you were too embarrassed to say it?"

Li Weijie awkwardly nodded. He had indeed already guessed that it might be the case, but he felt too embarrassed to say it to Lin Ruotong. 

After all, she was a girl, and saying such things might make it seem like he was making advances on her or worse, suggesting that he didn't have good intentions and was using the situation to take advantage of her. So he had kept quiet.

"Your guess is not unreasonable. Maybe they already know that I'm not Xu Rong, but precisely because of this reason, no one would expose it. Haha, in the end, they just want you to have sex with some other women," Lin Ruotong said nonchalantly.

"So let's not eat or drink anything they give us. Let's try to stay hungry. If we get thirsty, we'll just drink tap water. They might have drugged it, but it would be too dispersed," Li Weijie suggested.

"But what if they cut off the tap water?" Lin Ruotong asked.

"They won't, right?" Li Weijie hurriedly went to check the bathroom.

"Hey, what are you so anxious about?" Lin Ruotong gave him a disdainful look. "This is just our guess. Maybe they don't have so many tricks up their sleeves. Maybe they just don't want us to meet with Falsheni!"

"But..."

"Don't be so tense. We can't be sure. Bread and biscuits are not easy to examine, but water is different. We just need to check if it's sealed. Even if they injected drugs with a syringe, the water would still seep out," Lin Ruotong reassured him.

After listening to Lin Ruotong, Li Weijie thought it made sense. He took the two bottles of mineral water and cola, turning them upside down and right-side up, but no liquid leaked out. Even after careful examination, they were still sealed tightly. 

"Looks like we're good. We still have water to drink."

Lin Ruotong chuckled, "Maybe there's nothing at all, and we're just scaring ourselves."

"It's better to believe it just in case... By the way, I won't lose out in this matter. It should be you who's more worried, right?" Li Weijie joked.

"What am I worried about? Am I worried about you?" Lin Ruotong smirked, "Don't forget, their target may be your girlfriend."

As Li Weijie had estimated, when Xu Rong saw that they hadn't returned by noon, she called Lin Ruotong's phone. However, she wasn't really worried. She assumed that they were having lunch somewhere and just wanted to ask about the situation, if they had met Falsheni or not. Although she knew that the hope of cooperating with Loki was slim, she still had high expectations.

But no matter how long she dialed the phone, Lin Ruotong and Li Weijie's phones were both turned off.

Even so, Xu Rong didn't think something was wrong at first. After all, it had never happened before. She thought that maybe they were discussing cooperation details with Falsheni's assistant and had to turn off their phones, waiting until the meeting was over to turn them back on.

She even thought that when she connected the call, she would tease them for going on a private date.

It was not until the afternoon when Lin Ruotong and Li Weijie had no news that Xu Rong began to feel something was amiss. 

She asked Sun Mo about the two's situation, but the information he could provide was extremely limited. He had only greeted them when they entered the store, and there wasn't much conversation.

Just as Xu Rong was starting to worry a bit, Sun Mo called again to inform her that a foreigner had arrived outside and said he wanted to visit Li Weijie, accompanied by some journalists. 

Since Li Weijie wasn't present and things were suspicious today, he promptly notified Xu Rong.

Hearing that a foreigner wanted to see Li Weijie and was followed by journalists, Xu Rong immediately thought of Falsheni! 

At this point, there was no time to ponder how or why. She quickly had Sun Mo bring the guests in, and she went out to welcome them.

At first glance, Xu Rong recognized the bearded French man as Falsheni.

The journalists naturally were not stopped and followed suit. They had been following Falsheni for news from Monienzo, and they were not willing to wait downstairs.

"Dear friends from the media, thank you for your hard work. Mr. Falsheni has a matter to attend to. Why don't you all take a break first? Sun, please show everyone around the S-Class and entertain our guests well," Xu Rong looked at all the reporters and smiled.

Then she whispered an invitation for Falsheni to walk towards the meeting room.

The reporters guessed that this elegant beauty was Xu Rong, the powerful woman in the hairdressing salon industry and the owner of the S-Class. They didn't hesitate to aim their cameras at her. In her territory, her words carried authority, giving them a sense of dignity.

By the time the reporters realized what was happening, Xu Rong had already led Falsheni and the interpreter Yang Lin into the corridor, while the ever-smiling Sun Mo greeted them.