The corner of her lips curled up and Zi Yi walked over to wear the shoes.

Ian looked towards her and asked, “Miss Zi, I believe you were the one who rescued your cousin?”

Zi Yi looked at him but did not answer.

Ian stared into her eyes and analyzed. “I saw a man leaving my house while carrying Miss Dou… That man’s skills are very different. Even the defense system around the perimeters of the walls is unable to stop him.

I’m pretty sure that he is not someone sent by Lu as he had just happened to give me a call at that moment. Clearly, he was still in the car and had yet to reach here.”

Zi Yi returned Ian’s stare and asked instead of answering, “So what does Mr. Ian wish to say?”

A few seconds later, Ian shrugged his shoulders. “Nothing. I just feel that Miss Zi is very interesting.”

In fact, Ian could guess Ian’s thoughts. This person thought that she had another objective.

Zi Yi suddenly thought of Feiya and she asked, “Do you know Feiya?”

Ian was stunned for a moment before he nodded. “I do. She’s a very capable woman, just that…”

He then shook his head before he continued speaking. “Just that she has sharpened herself too much and is too ambitious. Therefore, she was disliked by her whole family.”

Zi Yi nodded. She had already discovered that when she was checking up on her.”

“Feiya was here tonight, did you know?”

“Was she?”

Ian furrowed her brows and his expression turned fierce shortly after. He did not say anything else and walked out of the room together with Zi Yi.

There were no longer any bodyguards near the studio. When they made their way over, the door was closed and clearly, Count Alistair had already left with his men.

“How does Miss Zi intend to take care of Meng He?” Ian asked. “Our men have already found him and his condition doesn’t seem too good.”

Even though Meng He had been taught a lesson by Shadow, Zi Yi still could not restrain her anger. “Since he is capable of doing anything just to obtain the first place, then I shall destroy his reputation and make him unable to paint in the future!”

“I’m afraid Miss Zi is unable to do that yet.” Ian was a little surprised to hear her say that. It seems like she was not a little rabbit.

He felt that Zi Yi most likely wanted Lu Jingye to take action. He then said in a manner where his words had a hidden meaning, “Meng He is an educator of an internationally renowned School of Arts. Moreover, he is currently undergoing the evaluation of becoming a professor. Miss Zi is only a student. I doubt you have the capabilities to destroy him.”

“So what are you trying to say?”

“Does Miss Zi intend to rely on Lu to take care of him?”

Ian had been classmates with Lu Jingye for half a year (he was an exchange student at that time). There were plenty of girls who had crushes on Lu Jingye and there were also many who dared to reveal their fondness for him and chased him. However, they were all rejected by him.

Moreover, there was not a single gossip about a woman by Lu Jingye’s side these few years. Ian had always been concerned over a questioning thought. Is Lu Jingye simply disinterested in females or does he has a problem with his sexual orientation? However, he had suddenly told him that he has someone he likes.

The first thought that came to his mind was that this Zi Yi had other intentions.

If it was not about money, then it would be about Lu Jingye’s capabilities.

This was why he had asked her that.

Zi Yi suddenly returned his question with a question. “Do you think taking care of Meng He requires me or Lu Jingye to personally take action?”

She believed that her Ah Jing would get the Count to take care of him. So why did they have to do it themselves?”

Ian was momentarily stunned. He originally wanted to ask what she meant by that, but Zi Yi had stepped forward and went ahead. She was also giving off an aura that seemed to say she did not wish to talk with him anymore.

Ian: “…”

Following that, neither of the two of them talked to each other along the way. Zi Yi could clearly feel that Ian’s gaze when he looked at her was strange.

Ian led Zi Yi directly to the door of Count Alistair’s study room.

There were two groups of bodyguards standing guard right outside.

Zi Yi could identify in a glance that one side were men that Lu Jingye had brought along with him.

Ian stopped at the door and said to Zi Yi, “My father should be currently in a discussion with Lu Jingye. Do you mind standing outside to wait a while?”

Before Zi Yi could speak, one of Lu Jingye’s bodyguards walked over and said to her, “Miss Zi, the Second Young Master said that you can directly enter when you arrive.”

Zi Yi tilted her head and glanced at Ian, before she stepped forward to the door.

Ian was a little surprised.

Lu had indulged this woman so much?

When Zi Yi arrived at the door, one of the bodyguards knocked on the door twice before he pushed it open.

Lu Jingye and Count Alistair were currently seated as they discussed

The both of them turned their heads over at the same time.

Lu Jingye stood up and walked to her the very instant he saw her coming inside. He then glanced at her feet and asked, “Do your feet hurt?”

Zi Yi sensed Count Alistair’s and Ian’s line of sight staring at her and the corner of her lips curled up. “It’s okay. The ground of Count Alistair’s backyard was fairly flat.”

Her words caused Count Alistair and Ian to feel inexplicably embarrassed.

The Count immediately said, “Since Miss Zi is here, please come and take a seat.”

Zi Yi and Lu Jingye walked in together.

A servant came in and served them coffee. Lu Jingye immediately spoke up. “It’s very late. Give Yiyi a cup of milk and that will do.”

The Count was stunned for a second before he motioned for the servant to do as requested.

Ian walked in and sat beside him.

Lu Jingye’s tone of voice was still considered peaceful, but it had inexplicably made them feel an aggressive sense of oppression. “Yiyi came here as a guest, but I didn’t expect something like this to happen.”

Speaking of this, he reached out and held Zi Yi’s hand in his palms. “Yiyi is here to attend Count Alistair’s dinner banquet, why would people from your side plot against her?”

Zi Yi added on. “There’s also my cousin. They actually dared to join forces with Feiya and Meng He to take my cousin away to do something bad to her.”

The Count had never received such aggressive treatment. However, just moments ago, the two of them had chatted about a project that the royal family of Country X wish to have Lu Jingye take over. The Count knew that he could not afford to lose his temper with Lu Jingye at this time. At the thought of his incompetent son, his expression turned livid.

He then assured Lu Jingye. “You can rest assured that I will give you a satisfactory explanation of this matter.”

Lu Jingye tightened his grip on Zi Yi’s hands and said, “Alright then. I hope that this problem can be resolved before the last round of the competition. Otherwise, Yiyi and her cousin will not be in the mood to participate in the competition and in turn they will not do well.”

The Count was about to flare up.

He was a Count and yet, he had been threatened by a young man like that.

Ian was a little surprised to see Lu Jingye, who had always been tactful, be so aggressive tonight. However, he could not afford to let the situation worsen and so, he spoke up. “Sure. We will give Miss Zi and Miss Dou an explanation tomorrow.”

Lu Jingye responded with a hum and stood up together with Zi Yi. “Since that’s the case, Yiyi and I shall not bother the Count any longer.”

Having said that, he held her hand and walked out of the study room and headed downstairs.

Ian looked at his father who had an ugly expression on his face and stood up. “Father, I’ll send them off.”

The Count looked at him and suddenly asked, “It seems like you and President Lu were classmates for half a year?”

“That’s right.”

“Then have a good talk with him.”

“I understand, Father.”