Chapter 71

"Qiao Yanrou! Qiao Yanrou!" Xue Yu was so angry when he saw Ji Yuanchen get into her car that he kept shouting at her. He wanted to lock her up because he was afraid she would leave again. He knew it was wrong, but what did it matter? As long as he could get her, he was willing to do whatever it took.

Watching her car leave from the villa gate, Gao Junlou breathed a sigh of relief, finally no "tragedy" had occurred.

Although he felt sorry for Brother Yu, he didn't want to see Qiao Yanrou locked up in the villa for the rest of her life. Xue Yu's actions would only push Qiao Yanrou further away.

Gao Junlou used to wonder what kind of woman could fascinate Xue Yu to this extent, but now he finally knows why.

He had only met Qiao Yanrou a few times, but his heart had already fallen for her. He couldn't imagine how crazy he would become if he had her like Xue Yu and then lost her.

Xue Yu's limbs were unable to move, his eyes were red with anger, and he stared at the direction where Qiao Yanrou left.

A car slowly passed by the gate of the villa. It was Fu Chuqing. He didn't even glance at Xue Yu.

Xue Yu watched Fu Chuqing driving by and knew that it was him who made him unable to move. Back then, he knew Qiao Yanrou's whereabouts but deliberately concealed it, and he also snatched Fu Chuqing's woman, which had already formed an irreconcilable hatred between them.

Fu Chuqing drove slowly on purpose. He noticed that Ji Yuanchen was using enough mental power to destroy a person, so he stopped him. He wanted to keep Xue Yu around as he could still be useful.

When Fu Chuqing saw Ji Yuanchen's luxury car parked on the side of the road, he secretly cursed him for being a scheming man. He had his own car but still chose to ride in the car driven by Qiao Yanrou.

At the entrance of the flower shop, Qiao Yanrou parked her car in the parking space in front of the shop and got out with lingering fear.

She didn't expect Xue Yu to be so close to her, and she was almost imprisoned by him again.

"How... did you know where I was?" Qiao Yanrou asked Ji Yuanchen who got off the car with her.

Ji Yuanchen put his arm around her slender waist: "I saw your car when I passed by."

Qiao Yanrou nodded in understanding: "Fortunately you showed up in time."

Ji Yuanchen naturally wouldn't tell her the truth that Fu Chuqing was there too, hoping that she wouldn't know.

"I love you." He suddenly confessed to her affectionately.

Qiao Yanrou asked him bewilderedly, "Why are you suddenly saying this?" He said this so suddenly that she didn't know what to say to him.

"You suffered when I was not by your side." He hugged Qiao Yanrou with heartache. He had thought of imprisoning her somewhere, but... he couldn't bear to see her depressed.

He loves her, so her happiness is the most important thing.

Qiao Yanrou's heart was touched. There were very few things that could make her cry in her daily life, and even her eyes had never turned red. Except when she couldn't bear it anymore and sobbed for mercy, she basically never cried at other times.

But when he said this, her eyes became moist.

Xue Yu was her fourth ex-boyfriend. Although she didn't think there was anything wrong, when he said this, it reminded her of the difficulties she had faced before.

Ji Yuanchen suddenly thought of something and felt extremely jealous: "They seduced you maliciously."

Qiao Yanrou lowered her head and did not respond to him. Ji Yuanchen held her in his arms lovingly. He was actually glad that she had escaped all the way and had not suffered any other harm except for having two more boyfriends.

Although he was very jealous and felt uncomfortable, objectively speaking, her last two boyfriends were both very strong and clean both physically and mentally. Although they both had their shortcomings, overall they were quite good to her.

"Let go." Fu Chuqing came almost quickly and pulled Ji Yuanchen away without mercy.

Ji Yuanchen glared at Fu Chuqing impatiently, and the warmth that he had finally welcomed was interrupted by him.

Seeing that the two men were about to fight again, Qiao Yanrou quickly got out of his arms and changed the subject and asked Fu Chuqing: "When did you come back?"

When Fu Chuqing faced her, his expression was gentle, completely different from the coldness he had just shown.

He adjusted his glasses lightly: "I've always been here."

Qiao Yanrou was confused for a moment by his answer. Did he mean that he saw everything that happened outside Mr. Gao's villa?

"It was me who stopped Xue Yu." He told Qiao Yanrou truthfully, not letting Ji Yuanchen take any credit.

Qiao Yanrou showed a surprised expression. Was he the one who stopped Xue Yu? She thought it was Ji Yuanchen.

Ji Yuanchen sneered contemptuously: "If I hadn't seen you take action, would I have withdrawn my mental power?"

Qiao Yanrou couldn't understand the undercurrents between them. After all, her strength was too weak, and she couldn't see the specific situation with her strength.

Fu Chuqing, who was standing opposite him, was very calm: "You are too harsh. You will destroy Xue Yu."

"So what?"

Ji Yuanchen's tone was normal, as if this was the most normal thing. His gentleness was only towards Qiao Yanrou.

"Why are you pretending to be such a good guy?" Ji Yuanchen was wary of him. Fu Chuqing in front of him was cunning and ruthless, so he needed to be on guard against him.

Qiao Yanrou didn’t know who to persuade for a moment: "Why don’t you guys go in and have some tea?" So that they wouldn’t fight again.

Because of her presence, the two men stopped arguing with each other, but they would still quarrel occasionally, and Qiao Yanrou pretended not to hear.

She returned to the flower shop and looked at the green plants and flowers in the shop, and her heart settled down. If the bumpy journey was for the peace at this moment, she felt it was worth it.

Qiao Yanrou was not emotionally affected by Xue Yu's appearance. Apart from his irrational desire to lock her in the villa to prevent her from leaving, Xue Yu never treated her badly in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Except for the issue of leaving him, almost everything she said was what he did, so it did not cause too much trouble for her.

It's just that she can't be with him anymore.

In the villa area, Xue Yu sat in the yard on the first floor, feeling sad and lost. She...just abandoned him like this, this was the second time.

Gao Junlou saw his distraught look and couldn't bear it, so he stepped forward to comfort him: "Brother, if you want to imprison her, which girl would be willing?"

"So what if she doesn't want to? As long as she can be with me for the rest of her life." This has almost become Xue Yu's obsession, and has even become pathological.

Gao Junlou saw that he was still so stubborn, no wonder Qiao Yanrou ran away.

"You don't love her at all."

Hearing this, Xue Yu raised his head, looking dejected and lonely.

Gao Junlou rarely saw him so vulnerable, and he sighed, "If you love her, you will respect her wishes instead of satisfying your own selfish desires. She is a human being just like you. If she asked you to do something you didn't want to do, would you do it?"

Xue Yu didn't hesitate for even a second: "I'm willing to do whatever she says."

Gao Junlou paused for a second and asked the most crucial question: "What if she wants to leave you? Are you willing?"

Xue Yu was silent. Except for this matter, he agreed to everything else she said.

"What she wants is freedom, not to be trapped in one place."

After saying this, Gao Junlou left silently, hoping that he would stop dwelling on this matter, as it would not be good for either him or Qiao Yanrou.

Xue Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the ground, but what appeared in front of him was Qiao Yanrou's figure and face. He knew that he was wrong, but his obsession with wanting to get her again was too strong.

Gao Junlou's advice calmed his restless heart, and the words Qiao Yanrou said to him before she left came into his mind word by word.

Time flies, and half a month has passed. When Qiao Yanrou met Xue Yu last time, she had already prepared herself mentally, thinking that he would often appear in the store.

Half a month has passed so far, and she hasn't seen Xue Yu in the flower shop, which surprised her. Xue Yu has always been a person who will not give up until he achieves his goal. It would be a good thing if he could figure it out.

At noon that day, Qiao Yanrou was busy as usual. A customer's car was parked on the side of the road. The customer in the car was too lazy to get out, so he asked her to deliver the bouquet.

Qiao Yanrou nodded repeatedly, picked up the bouquet, walked quickly to the roadside, put the flowers in the back seat, and closed the car door.

The guest handed her the replaced food. She took it and thanked him. The unfamiliar guest drove away indifferently.

Qiao Yanrou was about to return to the store when she suddenly felt a slight chill on her face. She stopped and looked up.

Tiny snowflakes were floating in the sky. She stretched out her hands to catch them, her beautiful face smiling as she let the snowflakes fall on her.

Fu Chuqing watched this scene in the car, with a tenderness in her eyes that he had never noticed, and got out of the car with her lunch box.

Qiao Yanrou was feeling the scent of the first snow, her thin shoulders being embraced by the man's big hands.

She turned her head and saw Fu Chuqing coming back.

"Why are you standing here like an idiot?" His tone was gentle. An umbrella made of supernatural power hung above her head, shielding her from the falling snowflakes.

"It's snowing." She pointed to the sky.

Fu Chu gently brushed off the snowflakes from her hair and patted her clothes.

"Don't catch a cold, let's go back to the store and have dinner." He hugged her and walked back to the flower shop.

In the afternoon, she was arranging flower baskets when she happened to see a person standing under a big tree outside the store.

She looked carefully and saw that it was Xue Yu.

Xue Yu looked at her from afar. It was not the first time he came here to see her. Today was the first snow, and he wanted to come and see her.

He had been refusing to appear in front of her because he was afraid that he would not be able to control his overwhelming desire.

Gao Junlou was right, he shouldn't treat her like that, and he... didn't have the qualifications.

The moment Qiao Yanrou saw him, she felt nervous, fearing that he would lock her up in the villa again where she couldn't leave.

But after a long time, his figure remained in the same place and did not approach her.

Qiao Yanrou breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had figured it out.

She continued with the work in her hands and looked up again under the big tree outside, but there was no one there.