Chapter 48: Failure?

"It's too eye-catching."

Li Qi said coldly.

"The investigation needs to be low-key."

Xia Lili looked down and thought that her outfit was quite simple and white.

"Then I'll go back and change."

She figured it out and decided that she might as well disguise herself as a waitress next time. After all, being a worker was her true nature.

Just as I turned to leave, I heard the sound of a car door unlocking behind me.

Li Qihan called her: "Get in the car."

Xia Lili was just muttering about how unpredictable this man's temper was when she heard him add, "Do you want me to open the car door for you?"

He paused, his tone subtle, "Mr. Xiao Xia?"

The last three words were pronounced with great emphasis, and Xia Lili could hear a hint of sarcasm in them.

Why does Xia Lili feel that after Commander Gu arranged for her to become Li Qiuhan's boss, this man has not only become as fierce as before, but has also become more sarcastic?

“…”

She got into the car angrily.

Bitian Resort is an hour's drive from the city.

Along the way, the atmosphere in the car was quite depressing.

Xia Lili was far away from Li Qihan, and the distance between them was wide enough for another person to sit.

When the car drove onto a smooth road and waited for the red light, Li Qihan suddenly approached Xia Lili, then leaned down beside her legs. The cold breath gave her goose bumps.

Xia Lili was startled, and Li Qihan had already leaned over to open the secret compartment under the back seat.

His slender fingers took out a pearl earring from the secret compartment, and the silver buckle gleamed faintly under the ceiling light of the carriage.

"Don't move."

His low voice brushed Xia Lili's ear.

The slightly cool fingertips pinched her earlobe, and the sudden touch made Xia Lili's eyelashes tremble.

Ear clips are special communication devices and require skills to wear to ensure normal use.

The pearl pendant dangled on Xia Lili's ear. After Li Qihan put it on her, his brows furrowed even more.

It seems even more eye-catching.

Seeing Xia Lili's puzzled expression.

Li Qihan explained: "This is a Bluetooth headset."

He withdrew his hand so quickly as if he was avoiding something.

Another pearl necklace appeared in his palm, its lustrous sheen reflecting the lines on his palm. "Communicator."

His Adam's apple moved slightly, "Put it on yourself."

When Xia Lili took it, the pearl still retained the warmth of his palm.

But the buckle at the back of the neck seemed to be playing tricks on me and I couldn't get it right.

She bit her lip, and a faint red gradually appeared on the back of her snow-white neck.

Finally, I had no choice but to turn to...

Front seat of the car.

"Brother Luo, when the car stops, can you help me buckle the necklace?"

Xia Lili gives up the near and seeks the far.

But Xiao Luo didn't understand Xia Lili's tendency to go far and wide: "Captain Li, forgive me for being blunt, but as General Xia's subordinate, your judgment is not good enough."

He tapped his fingertips on the steering wheel, a grin on his face.

Xia Lili's hand froze, and she secretly thought that Xiao Luo was causing trouble.

The air suddenly froze.

At this moment, Li Qihan suddenly leaned over, and his warm breath swept across the back of her neck.

"trouble."

Li Qihan uttered two words lightly and stretched out his hand.

The moment her knuckles brushed against her skin, the pearl necklace tightened with a "click", and Xia Lili's heartstrings also tightened a little.

They both retreated at the same time, the pearl burning against her collarbone, and the remaining warmth from his fingertips burning the back of her neck.

The carriage was so quiet that one could hear each other's staggered breathing, and the neon lights outside the window cast flowing light and shadows on the glass.

The torment was not broken until the gilded gate of Bitian Villa came into view.

Li Qihan stepped out of the car, his long legs wrapped in black suit pants drawing a sharp arc in the night.

He turned around, his slender fingers resting on the top of the car door, his metal cufflinks gleaming coldly under the light.

"Hold my arm." He bowed slightly, extending his hand in a slender and gentlemanly manner.

Xia Lili put her arm around him lightly.

Under the neatly ironed suit fabric, the hardness of the muscles can be seen through the fabric.

The banquet hall of Bitian Villa.

In the hall, the dome cast a golden glow, and the Steinway grand piano in the center shone with an ebony luster.

Xia Lili felt that when she played the piano keys, she heard not the sound of music, but the sound of a wallet shaking.

At this time, Xiao Luo's voice came from her pearl earrings.

"Communication test, 1, 2, 3."

"Microphone test, please reply if you received it."

Xia Lili unconsciously tightened her fingers and whispered, "Got it."

It was my first time being an undercover agent like in movies and TV shows, and it was both tense and exciting.

Li Qihan suddenly bent his arm and held her empty palm tightly.

Warmth came through the gloves, and she heard three words fall into her ears: "Don't show your fear."

He whispered in her ear, "The staff on duty for today's concert are the same staff your brother used when he came to Bitian Villa to tune the music that day."

“There aren’t many discrepancies on the list.”

"Please pay attention to these service staff."

--"good."

Xia Lili nodded, and was brought into the moment by Li Qihan's words.

The concert had not yet begun, and the guests were sitting in groups of three or four, drinking and chatting.

Li Qihan asked the waiter to take him to familiarize himself with Bishui Villa on the pretext of looking at the wedding venue.

The Patek Philippe watch on his hand was very convincing, and the waiter was very attentive in showing him around the venue.

Xia Lili picked up a macaron from the dessert buffet and observed the waiters coming and going.

Her figure attracted a lot of people's attention, and several people dressed as noble ladies looked at her from time to time.

Xia Lili noticed that a waiter who had made eye contact with her was stepped on and bumped by a lady in high heels two minutes later.

The waiter didn't hold the tray firmly, and all the wine glasses on the tray fell to the ground and shattered.

He even stepped on the wine on the floor and fell, his hands were cut by glass shards.

The accident caused quite a commotion, and the unlucky waiter was scolded by the foreman and taken away.

Xia Lili frowned. When she and the waiter looked at each other just now, there was no hallucination.

Recalling the unfortunate experiences of those who had hallucinations before: car accidents, ruined careers, children being swapped...

Xia Lili suddenly understood something. She could see with her own eyes the misfortunes of others, which must be serious physical injuries or life-threatening situations.

Minor misfortunes will not trigger hallucinations.

Anyone who can trigger her eye hallucinations is extremely unlucky.

Xia Lili's eyes wandered around the venue, but she couldn't find anything unusual among the uniformed hotel staff.

As the concert's opening cue sounded, she had to follow Li Qihan back to her seat.

As she sat down, her fingertips unconsciously twisted the program, and the paper made a slight rustling sound.

Li Qihan glanced at her sideways, and in the dim light, he saw that her long eyelashes drooped, casting a shadow of loss under her eyes.

"It's normal for us in this industry to fail."

He suddenly spoke, his voice so low that it was almost drowned out by the rising music.

Xia Lili was slightly startled and turned to look at him.

Li Qihan's profile looked particularly sharp under the stage lights, but his tone was softer than usual: "You have to adapt."