Chapter 19 (part 1)

Shèngli's sudden arrival was an unexpected stroke of luck for Adam. He would finally be able to call the unknown number, the one he had secretly copied two days before.

He had not yet succeeded because Shàng Wèi hardly ever left his side. Instead, he would stay at his house, drive him to work, and pick him up again as soon as he had finished. And when Adam wasn't being watched, he'd put two of Sun Wĕi Qí's best agency bodyguards on him.

And when they were at home, of course, Shàng Wèi continued to demand his own 'debt collection,' putting him through exhausting nights of sex, preventing him from thinking about anything else.

As a result, his investigations had ground to a halt. It was almost as if Shàng Wèi wanted to prevent him from discovering anything.

As soon as the front door closed behind them when they returned in the evening, Shàng Wèi transformed himself into a ravenous predator that claimed its prey. He undressed them with impatient gestures