Li Nana ran down the long hotel corridor, her footsteps unsteady.
Her vision blurred as the effects of the drug grew stronger.
"No... I can't collapse here..."
She bit her lower lip until she tasted blood, forcing herself to stay awake.
The breathing technique her adoptive grandfather had taught her slowed the drug's effect, but it couldn't remove it completely.
Behind her, the hotel room door burst open.
"Catch her!" the man shouted angrily, pressing a hand against his bruised chest. "Don't let her escape!"
Several bodyguards rushed into the hallway.
Nana glanced back.
"There are more of them..."
She immediately turned into another corridor, hoping to lose them.
Meanwhile, on the top floor's private VIP lounge, Gu Lusi had just finished signing a billion-dollar cooperation agreement with several international businessmen.
He stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, dressed in a perfectly tailored black suit.
His sharp features and cold expression made everyone around him nervous.
Even the foreign investors avoided meeting his eyes.
His assistant, Chen Mo, approached respectfully.
"President Gu, your car is ready."
Gu Lusi nodded.
Just as he was about to leave, a loud noise echoed outside.
"Catch her!"
His dark eyes narrowed.
"What happened?"
Before Chen Mo could answer, a young woman stumbled around the corner and crashed directly into Gu Lusi.
The impact made both of them lose their balance.
Gu Lusi instinctively wrapped an arm around her waist to stop her from falling.
Nana looked up.
For a brief moment, their eyes met.
His eyes were cold like winter.
Hers were filled with determination despite her weakened state.
"I'm... sorry..."
Before she could step away, her legs gave out.
Gu Lusi caught her effortlessly.
He frowned.
Her face was unusually pale, and her breathing was uneven.
"She's been drugged," he said calmly.
At that moment, the group of bodyguards chasing Nana reached the corridor.
Seeing Gu Lusi, they froze.
Everyone in the city knew who he was.
No one dared offend the ruthless president of the Gu Group.
The man Nana had fought finally caught up, forcing a smile.
"President Gu, that woman is my girlfriend. She's drunk. We'll take her home."
Gu Lusi looked down at the unconscious Nana in his arms.
Even in her unconscious state, one of her hands tightly gripped the sleeve of his suit, as if pleading for help.
His expression turned colder.
"If she's your girlfriend," he asked quietly, "why is your face covered in bruises?"
The man hesitated.
"I... I fell."
Gu Lusi's lips curved into a faint, dangerous smile.
"Really?"
Before anyone realized what had happened—
Bang!
Gu Lusi kicked the man hard in the stomach.
The man flew backward and crashed into the wall.
Everyone gasped.
Chen Mo lowered his head.
He knew that smile.
Whenever President Gu smiled like that...
Someone was about to have a very bad day.
Gu Lusi glanced at the trembling bodyguards.
"Who hired you?"
None of them answered.
"I'll ask one last time."
Silence.
Chen Mo sighed inwardly.
They had chosen the worst possible answer.
Gu Lusi raised his hand slightly.
More than twenty black-clad bodyguards immediately surrounded the corridor.
The men chasing Nana turned pale.
They had unknowingly offended the most powerful man in the country.
"Take them," Gu Lusi ordered.
"Yes, President Gu."
Within seconds, the men were pinned to the floor.
As Chen Mo directed security to call the police, Gu Lusi looked once more at the unconscious woman in his arms.
"Find out who she is."
"Yes, President Gu."
Gu Lusi carried Nana toward the private elevator himself.
Chen Mo watched in disbelief.
He had worked for Gu Lusi for eight years.
Never—not once—had his boss carried a woman.
As the elevator doors closed, Chen Mo smiled to himself.
It seemed that the cold-hearted billionaire's peaceful life...
Was about to change forever.
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