It was all a goddamn setup! Shen Bing could have cried...
His dad really was a master of manipulation. That phone call before New Year had been one setup after another, and Shen Bing had thought that was the end of it.
He had never expected the biggest trap to be waiting for him here.
"Let go of me! Who are you?" An urgent feminine cry came from upstairs. "This is an upscale residential complex! There are security cameras everywhere. Don't you dare..."
She had just reached the stairs when she caught sight of Shen Bing, and her cries abruptly stopped.
Much as Shen Bing wanted to avoid facing this scene, he had no choice but to look up.
He saw a fashionably dressed girl with delicate features being... uh, this was hardly a flattering position. Her hands and feet were bound, and Li Xiao was carrying her downstairs.
The sight was so "beautiful" that he could barely stand to look.
"Boss, I caught the thief," Li Xiao said calmly, as though he had done something perfectly ordinary.
The girl had stopped shouting because she, too, had spotted Shen Bing.
But after only a second of silence, she screamed, "Shen... Bing! You haven't heard the last of this!"
Shen Bing shrugged helplessly and looked at the bewildered Li Xiao. Feeling a little smug, he put on an innocent expression. "Old Li, put her down. She's one of us."
Li Xiao was baffled. What was going on? Confused though he was, he immediately untied the long towel binding her.
The girl sprang to her feet, her lively eyes misted with tears. Her movements were anything but gentle, however, as she launched a side kick at Li Xiao's chest.
Her combat experience was no match for Li Xiao's. Crossing his arms, he