Qi Jincheng pinched her cheek and said with a look of doting affection, "We're not going."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Jincheng slowly moved closer to Qiao Xi, and Qiao Xi knew what he wanted to do.

Although she didn't resist at all, she was really struggling and had to stop, saying, "Wait a minute."

Qi Jincheng had to stop his attempt to kiss her. Qiao Xi pleaded pitifully, "I haven't rested enough yet, wait... um..."

Before Qiao Xi could finish speaking, Qi Jincheng silenced her with a kiss, then murmured, "Madam, just lie down, leave the rest to me."

By the time everything was finished, it was already evening.

Qiao Xi was truly exhausted; she lay there, not wanting to move at all.

When Qi Jincheng returned from his shower, he saw Qiao Xi still lying in the same position. Knowing that he had been a bit too harsh, he said softly to Qiao Xi with a mix of heartache and satisfaction, "Go take a shower."

"I don't want to wash," Qiao Xi said weakly, shaking her head in refusal.

"Then you rest for a while, I'll have Aunt Liu bring you dinner," Qi Jincheng said, affectionately patting her head.

Qiao Xi shook her head again, "I don't want to eat."

"No." Qi Jincheng's attitude was firm.

Without waiting for Qiao Xi's response, he put on his clothes and prepared to go call Aunt Liu.

Suddenly remembering something, Qiao Xi grabbed his hand and said to him sincerely, "Honey, I want to go back and see Grandpa and Uncle tomorrow."

Although she was reborn back to eight years ago and knew that her grandfather and uncle were still alive and well, she hadn't seen them for three whole years. Only she knew how agonizing that longing was.

So now she can't wait to see them and take a good look at them.

After a slight hesitation, Qi Jincheng agreed, "Okay."

"Would you like to come with me?" Qiao Xi sincerely invited him.

A subtle, almost imperceptible change suddenly appeared in Qi Jincheng's eyes. Three months ago, he was invited by Old Master Bai to Xiaoxia Villa. That was the first time he met Qiao Xi, and the first thing she said to him was: I don't want to see you here!

Three months later, she took the initiative to invite him to accompany her to the summer resort.

Given her unusual behavior over the past two days, he found it hard to believe that she might have ulterior motives.

After thinking it over, Qi Jincheng said softly to her, "There's an important meeting at the company tomorrow. I'll pick you up tonight."

"Okay!" Qiao Xi readily agreed.

"Be good, I'll go call Aunt Liu." Qi Jincheng tucked her in, kissed her forehead, and then left.

Qiao Xi's heart was filled with happiness, but before she could enjoy it for long, the name she didn't want to see appeared on her caller ID.

She didn't want to answer the call at all, but if she didn't, they might harass Ah Jin directly.

As I pressed the answer button, an angry voice came from the other end of the phone, demanding, "Xiaoxi, what's wrong with you?"

"How could you kick Yuanyuan out, and even throw her things out in front of my son-in-law and the servants? What do you mean by this?"

"It doesn't mean anything," Qiao Xi replied curtly in a cold tone.

This biological father who conspired with outsiders to murder her and seize her property! She now clearly sees his true colors and will no longer fawn over him like she did in her past life!

In his past life, he and his stepmother He Huilan played good cop and bad cop, deceiving her and making her devoted to them, even at the cost of breaking ties with her maternal grandfather and uncles!

Hearing Qiao Xi's tone, Qiao Guangyuan was furious and scolded her harshly, "What kind of attitude is this? Is this how you talk to me? You've gone too far!"

"I command you! Get over here right now and take Yuanyuan back!"

Qiao Xi sneered inwardly, disregarding his order and simply refusing, "I can't do it."

"What did you say?" Qiao Guangyuan questioned her again aggressively, finding it hard to believe that Qiao Xi would disobey him.

He Huilan's feigned persuasion came from the other end of the phone again, "Okay, honey, Xiaoxi definitely didn't do it on purpose. It's probably because our Yuanyuan said something wrong in front of her and upset her."

"That's her fault too!" Qiao Guangyuan continued to criticize Qiao Xi relentlessly. "Yuanyuan is her younger sister. As the older sister, shouldn't you give way to your younger sister?"

"Alright, alright, I'll talk to Xiaoxi." He Huilan, as usual, played the peacemaker and said to Qiao Xi earnestly, "Xiaoxi, you should hurry back and say a few nice words to Yuanyuan, or buy her something she likes. She will definitely forgive you."

Haha, Qiao Xi just felt like the toilet was spraying feces!

It took her a while to realize that being a "green tea bitch" is sometimes something you're born with, because she has a mother who's even more of a bitch than her!

Qiao Guangyuan, however, felt that He Huilan's words were too polite. "Why be so polite to her?"

"I order you to get back here right now and apologize to Yuanyuan!"

He immediately and aggressively cut off the call after he finished speaking.

Qiao Xi tossed her phone aside expressionlessly, but a mocking smile quickly appeared on her lips. Their good days were over!

...

Summer Resort is a place that holds Qiao Xi's entire childhood memories.

In her past life, she was an ingrate. The love and care she received from her maternal grandfather, uncles, and brothers was completely forgotten after her mother's death, thanks to the deceit of her scumbag father and stepmother.

She even went so far as to break ties with her maternal grandfather and his family because of her engagement to Qi Jincheng, causing harm to her grandfather, uncles, and brothers...

Qiao Xi immediately stopped her thoughts. She pinched her thigh hard and secretly vowed in her heart that in this life, she would protect the people she loved and never let them suffer any harm again!

The car slowly stopped outside the gate of Xiaoxia Villa. Qiao Xi hadn't given any prior notice, so there was no one to greet her.

In the past, as long as she told her maternal grandfather or uncles, the people who were to pick her up would be waiting outside even before she arrived.

Qiao Xi stepped forward and pressed the doorbell. A moment later, someone came out to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Aunt Feng's undisguised disdain was exposed to Qiao Xi without any attempt to hide it. "Oh, it's Miss Qiao Xi."

Qiao Xi was surprised to find that the person who opened the door was her. In the entire Xiaoxia Manor, she was the only servant who dared to speak to Qiao Xi like that, simply because she was the daughter of her grandfather's benefactor and now the confidante of her 'aunt'.

Out of respect for her grandfather, Qiao Xi addressed her casually, "Aunt Feng."

Aunt Feng said to her in an extremely arrogant manner, "Master and the eldest master have gone out, and the eldest and second young masters went with them."

The implication was that she should go home.