42. Night 42: Threat

Lu Xi raised her hand and placed it on his back to soothe him gently, just like when she coaxed him to sleep when he was a child. "Are you okay?"

Feeling her gentle touch on his back, his body trembled. He rubbed his face against her neck before raising his head.

Lu Xi felt that the force that was strangling her had weakened, so she took a step back tentatively and stepped out of his arms.

"I'll make you breakfast."

After the mermaid brought Lu Xi back to the house, Su Qiman was very upset, especially when she met them again in the elevator and the boy almost stuck to her sister.

Finally, she couldn't stand it anymore.

"Hey, stop right there." Su Qiman called out to Yuan Sen. Seeing Lu Xi's puzzled look, she said, "Lu Xi, can you go back to the house first? I need to talk to your brother about something."

Lu Xi didn't know what she wanted to talk about, but thinking of the mermaid's hostility towards her, she gave him a look before entering the house.

She didn't allow him to hurt Su Qiman.

Su Qiman led the boy to the corner at the end of the corridor, then opened the skylight and asked, "You like your sister, right? Not the kind of love between biological siblings, but the love between a man and a woman."

The mermaid glared at her without saying a word.

"Do you know what you're doing?" She was furious at his acquiescent attitude. "You're going to kill her."

"No, it won't just hurt her, it'll hurt you too. Your family won't accept this relationship," Su Qiman tried to persuade him. "You're still young, so I understand you don't understand the relationship between men and women, but you can't continue like this. Let her go."

The merman hadn't restrained himself before because he wanted to tease her, but now he didn't want to play anymore, especially since this woman asked him to let Lu Xi go. He looked unhappy and said, "None of your business is between me and her."

"Lu Xi is my friend, I can't just ignore her." Su Qi said angrily. Lu Xi had only helped her once, but she considered herself a friend. However, she liked Lu Xi very much and really wanted to be friends with her. She didn't want to see her get hurt.

He didn't take it seriously, "Are you done talking?"

The merman turned around and prepared to leave. He didn't like talking nonsense with anyone other than Lu Xi, but Su Qiman stopped him.

"If you do this again, I will tell Lu Xi."

As soon as Su Qiman finished speaking, she felt the air around her become much colder, and a chill ran down her neck.

She didn't know that without Lu Xi's explanation, she would have been a corpse the moment she made the threat.

"Then tell me." He curled his lips sarcastically.

After saying this, he walked around Su Qiman and left.

Su Qiman couldn't understand. Based on his attitude towards his sister, he should be very afraid that his sister would know his feelings. Why could he say this? Is he really not afraid?

Or, he thought she didn't dare.

Su Qiman felt that she was being looked down upon, and she was overcome with unprecedented anger. This time, she could no longer tolerate it.

She decided to tell Lu Xi no matter what.

Su Qiman went back to her room and thought about it all night. The next day, before she could knock on the door next door, her door was knocked.

"Miss Su Qiman?" There was a smiling man in a suit at the door, with several people standing behind him.

"You are..." She grabbed the door handle warily.

"Miss Su, good morning." The person talking to Lu Xi was one of the people behind the man. Su Qiman recognized him. He was from the property cashier office and she often saw him.

Seeing an acquaintance, Su Qiman let down his guard.

"Who are you?" She glanced at the man in front of her.

"It doesn't matter who I am." The man continued with a smile, "From today on, Ms. Su, please move out of the apartment."

"You want to kick me out?" Su Qiman was shocked.

"If Miss Su insists on understanding it this way, that's fine. From today on, this apartment will be taken back by the Yuan family."

"Why?" She didn't understand. She had lived here for two years and had never encountered such a thing.

"No reason." He didn't explain.

"You can't kick me out. I signed a lease." Su Qiman calmed down a little and said, "My lease term hasn't expired yet. I won't leave."

He shook his head and said, "Miss Su must move out."

"Is this the service attitude of Yuanshi Apartments? If you want to evict me, I don't mind taking legal action."

"Is that so?" His smiling face made Su Qiman very unhappy, as if she was being laughed at. "We don't mind taking legal action. We will pay the compensation to Miss Su in full. We will also help Miss Su find an apartment for resettlement and contact a moving company for you, as long as you can move out today."

Su Qiman had initially thought he was just looking for trouble, but she hadn't expected him to say something like this. Compensation according to the terms? Did he even know how much he had to pay? He even helped her find another apartment and contact a moving company. She was even more confused.

Su Qiman is a cautious person, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to stay in Ancheng for so long. The more tempting the conditions are, the more she feels something is wrong. There is no free lunch in the world.

"What if I still don't want to move?"

The atmosphere at the door was very tense. Su Qiman refused to give in, and the man in front of her never changed his expression.

"Miss Su, are you working at Yuanshi now?" He took out his cell phone, which showed a number. Su Qiman's eyes suddenly narrowed, and an ominous premonition surged in her heart.

"If I make this call, Miss Su will lose her job. Are you willing to move out now?"

"Who the hell are you?"

Su Qiman didn't expect the other party to go to this extent. She began to search in her mind whether she had offended someone in the company recently and why she was forced to this point.

"Miss Su, just move out." An acquaintance at the property cashier office whispered, "He's not someone you can offend."

Su Qiman gritted her teeth and clenched her fists at her side, "Uncle Li, what's going on with this guy?"

"This... I don't know how to say it." He said with difficulty, looked at the smiling man and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

His attitude of fearing to offend the other party made Su Qiman's heart sink. He unclenched his fists, then clenched them, and finally sighed.

"Okay, I'll move."

Losing her place to live is a small matter, but losing this job would be the end for her. Her younger brother at home is still waiting for her to pay his tuition, and she still has to send money home and save money to live on. If she loses this job, where can she find a job with a higher salary than her current one? At least with her academic qualifications, it would be difficult to find a better one.

Seeing Su Qiman's relenting attitude, the man put down his phone and said with a smile, "Don't worry, even if there's no lawsuit, Yuanshi's breach of contract is a breach of contract, and the compensation due and the promised conditions will be honored."

Since the other party was able to help her find a new place to live and contact a moving company, and she also received a huge amount of compensation for no reason, Su Qiman had nothing to worry about. However, her heart felt like someone was scratching it with a feather, and she still couldn't figure it out.

"Can you tell me why I have to move out?" Even if you are sentenced to death, you should know what crime you have committed.

The man looked down at her condescendingly. Su Qiman waited for a long time before he made a move. She saw him looking towards the next door. This slight glance made Su Qiman understand something.

"He's in a bad mood. Sorry to bother you."

Her heart was suddenly in turmoil. Su Qiman had actually been very confused. How could this brother and sister, who were just students, afford to live in Yuanshi Apartment? But then she thought, maybe their family was well-off and their family gave them money to let them go on vacation and live here.

But she had never thought that they would be involved with the Yuan family. Who was that boy? She only warned him to stay away from Lu Xi and asked her to move away, threatening her job.

Thinking of that mocking face yesterday, it’s not that he is not afraid of her telling Lu Xi, but because he will not give her a chance.

So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is…

Su Qiman didn't know if she would still say those words if she was given another chance. She really regarded Lu Xi as a friend and didn't want her to be kept in the dark and get hurt by him in the end.

But now, she has no choice.

Su Qiman showed sarcasm at the corner of her mouth. What kind of friend was she? Instead of telling Lu Xi the truth, she chose herself.

She didn't dare to say it, she knew she would really lose her job, and that boy would do anything for Lu Xi.

Can Lu Xi accept such a relationship?

Su Qiman moved out very suddenly, and when Lu Xi found out, she was gone. However, the two of them had no connection at all, and they only helped each other once. Lu Xi couldn't say whether she was reluctant to let her go, as her life with the mermaid didn't change much.

Lu Xi was making vacation arrangements seriously. Ji Qiuhu asked him to take the mermaid to Ancheng to relax, but she was a little troubled because she was not good at arranging vacations.

"Where do you want to go?" She looked at the map on the tablet, which had many attractions marked on it for reference.

"Here." He pointed casually.

Lu Xi took a look and saw that it was an amusement park.

The amusement park is packed with people during the summer vacation. There are long queues no matter what you play. Even in this hot summer, it cannot stop people from going to the amusement park to play. There are people everywhere.

Lu Xi took the map distributed at the entrance of the amusement park, walked while observing the number of people in line, and considered what they should play.

"careful."

A reminder came from the mermaid beside her, and then she was pulled and fell into a cool embrace.

She raised her head and saw the mermaid's delicate cheeks and beautiful eyes. His body temperature was very low and was still very cold even under the scorching sun. There was not a drop of sweat on his fair face.

Lu Xi turned her head and saw a little child rushing past her and almost bumping into her.

"Thank you," she said.

The mermaid naturally held her hand and walked forward. The beauty of the two attracted the attention of many people. Lu Xi didn't know that in the eyes of many tourists, they were a young couple.

"Hey, little brother, would you like to give your girlfriend some flowers?" A girl came over with a basket and tried to sell her flowers to the mermaid. "Are you students? Your girlfriend is so beautiful."

Lu Xi was about to explain, but the mermaid spoke before her, "I don't want the flowers. How much do I have to pay for this?"

The flowers in the girl's basket didn't smell fresh, but her words pleased him, so he didn't mind buying something. The back of his hand happened to touch an object, so he picked it up.

"This headband is twenty dollars, this one is thirty dollars..."

Headband, Yuan Sen knew what a headband was. He touched the headband and found two pointed cat ears. He picked it up and put it on Lu Xi's head. Her face was very tender, and with her waist-length black hair and cat ears, she really looked like a kitten.

"Wow, so cute." The girl praised.

The mermaid also took an identical one and put it on his head. It had to be said that it suited him very well, but when Lu Xi thought about his true form being a fish and cats liking to eat fish, he felt a little weird.

However, the mermaid paid for it herself.