Xia Wan's eyes twitched violently, and she subconsciously tightened her grip on Cui Ziqi's hand.

He acted so decisively! She hadn't even had a chance to do anything, and the media in the distance were still watching this scene with great certainty.

At this moment, Zheng Minghuai had already turned his head. Xia Wan was about to say something when Cui Ziqi pulled her to his side.

Beneath long eyelashes, a pair of sinister eyes fell on Zheng Minghuai's face.

"Unrequited love."

He gave Zheng Minghuai a cold glance, then led Xia Wan around the two of them and left.

All the medicine has been administered.

Xia Wan did not refuse and left with Cui Ziqi.

Zheng Minghuai stood frozen in place, his face gradually darkening.

Seeing this, Xia Zhizhi took the red wine from the table and handed it to Zheng Minghuai.

"Brother Minghuai, let me go with you to change your clothes first."

Zheng Minghuai took the wine glass and angrily drank the wine in one gulp.

After placing the wine glasses heavily on the tray, Cui Ziqi and Xia Wan's figures had completely disappeared from the banquet.

With a gloomy face, he pulled Xia Zhizhi and walked in another direction.

Cui Ziqi led Xia Wan out of the banquet hall and smoothly led her to the elevator.

Seeing that no one was around, Xia Wan spoke softly, "I told you to put in just a little bit, why did you put in the whole bag?"

I heard that the drug is quite potent; a whole packet of it could probably kill Zheng Minghuai with exhaustion...

"My hand was shaking, I couldn't stop."

Cui Ziqi calmly explained.

Xia Wan didn't blame him; after all, it's normal to be nervous under the spotlight.

Once you've completed the task of drugging the victim, the rest is just following the storyline.

What worried her was that Cui Ziqi had acted too quickly, and she hadn't had time to cover for him. She also didn't know if the reporters had taken any pictures.

She looked worried.

If he were actually photographed, who knows how the public would portray him?

She shouldn't have asked him for help just to avoid Cui Ziqi misunderstanding.

She is destined to return to her original world someday, and she doesn't care about her reputation.

But Cui Ziqi was different; he was someone who wanted to live well in the book, and she couldn't let him continue to be bullied.

The elevator doors opened, and Cui Ziqi led her into the elevator, his lowered eyes taking in her expression.

He didn't offer her any comfort.

The two returned to their room.

Cui Ziqi opened the medicine box with practiced ease and applied the medicine to her hand.

The flesh on her palm was white, and the medicine caused a sharp pain when it was applied to the open wound.

Xia Wan hissed and instinctively withdrew her hand.

Cui Ziqi grabbed her slender arm, his voice cold and threatening, "If you don't want to get better, just keep hiding."

Xia Wan: ……

Would it kill you to say something you care?

"I live next door, don't call me unless it's important."

Xia Wan blurted out almost instinctively, "You're not going to sleep with me?"

Cui Ziqi shook off her hand the instant she finished speaking.

Without saying a word, he glared at her and called her a "female hooligan!"

Xia Wan came to her senses.

Realizing what she had said, she was embarrassed for a second, and then felt dissatisfied because of Cui Ziqi's wary look.

"I'm not saying 'sleep' as a verb! You sleep on the sofa and I sleep on the bed. We're just in the same room, next to each other. What are you thinking?"

Cui Ziqi gritted her teeth, "Why should I sleep on the sofa?"

He wouldn't sleep on the narrow, short sofas on the cruise ship!

"Then you'll sleep in my bed, otherwise I'll really be unworthy of my title as a female hooligan."

As she spoke, Xia Wan lunged at Cui Ziqi.

Startled, Cui Ziqi immediately jumped up, while Xia Wan missed her target.

Get some rest.

He left the room without looking back.

Xia Wan took in the blush that rose on his face and watched his tall figure disappear awkwardly through the door.

He just got up from the sofa.

"You little pervert! When you asked me to kiss you just now, why didn't you pretend to be a virtuous woman?"

She muttered a few words, the lingering pain still radiating from her hand.

She finally succumbed to physical and mental exhaustion, quickly washed up, and lay down on the bed.

Before going to sleep, her active mind was still racing with thoughts of how she would explain herself if the media photographed Cui Ziqi the next day.

The next moment, she fell asleep.

At this moment, Cui Ziqi, who was sitting on the sofa in the next room, had long arms and legs.

He had unbuttoned two buttons on his shirt, revealing glimpses of his muscular collarbones, and leaned back lazily on the sofa, closing his eyes to rest.

Zuo Cheng, who was standing to the side, was recounting the events that had occurred below to Cui Ziqi, one by one.

"Before Zheng Minghuai returned to his room, his whole body was as red as if he had been boiled, and he kept taking off his clothes. Xia Zhizhi helped him into the room, and the two of them never came out again."

Cui Ziqi closed his eyes, looking listless.

"Cui Jiyang was keen to expand his network. Before boarding the ship, he learned about the preferences of the people he wanted to curry favor with and secretly prepared many gifts, including even women and children..."

Cui Jiyang's perversion has been going on for more than just a day or two.

He's just constantly setting new lows.

Cui Ziqi didn't open her eyes, and indifferently changed the subject, "The media reporters have gone to great lengths to sneak onto the ship, so they have to send out some explosive news."

Zuo Cheng stood still, waiting for Cui Ziqi's instructions.

"Tell the reporter that tomorrow morning, we'll stake out Zheng Minghuai's room, find a breaking news story, and then guide a few reporters to Cui Jiyang's place, so he can't live too carefree."

"yes."

Zuo Cheng received the task and turned to leave.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something very important.

"Boss, there's one more thing."

His face was full of embarrassment, but Cui Ziqi was too lazy to open her eyes to look at him.

He simply said, "Speak."

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