Chapter 18 The kneeling woman's breath was filled with the fragrance of gardenia...
The woman's breath was filled with the fragrance of gardenia, pleasant and inexplicably intoxicating.
When Xia Yiqing whispered in his ear, Qi Hanmu's breathing almost stopped.
Of course, after a pause, Mr. Qi San chuckled again, did not respond, but pushed the woman away a little.
The moment she was pushed out by that big hand, Xia Yiqing felt an inexplicable sour feeling in her heart, as if someone had spilled lemon juice in her heart. Otherwise, how could it be so sour that she wanted to cry?
Seeing the little girl biting her cherry lips and refusing to let go, Qi Hanmu put his hands on her shoulders and laughed a little angrily.
He moved his right hand to the girl's chin and applied a little force. Seeing that the girl frowned slightly, he loosened his grip.
Guiding the girl's gaze to his earlobe, Qi Hanmu saw the girl's almond-shaped eyes wide open, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
He is deaf and without hearing aids, how could he hear the little girl's mumbling?
"I don't blame you." Qi Hanmu's lightly calloused hand brushed the side of Xia Yiqing's face, pressing it soothingly. "Talk from a distance. I'll understand when I see your lip movements."
His voice was obviously very steady, even with a touch of magnetism that was quite appealing, but the slightly loud volume still revealed the man's inferiority complex.
Because he couldn't hear, he was afraid that his little girl couldn't hear either, so he spoke louder involuntarily. When he noticed the astonishment in the little girl's eyes, it was too late.
Qi Hanmu pretended not to see it and continued speaking at the same volume, but he found that his wrist was shaking.
He slowly lowered his hand and let it hang by his side, in a seemingly inconspicuous place.
It’s okay if you can’t hear it.
Anyway, the little girl didn't like him, and it wasn't the first day she knew he was deaf.
No matter how much you dislike it, how much can you dislike it?
"Who bullied you?" Qi Hanmu said without any context.
Overjoyed, Xia Yiqing pointed in Su Huanhuan's direction and said, "Third Master, my good friend's fiancé insists on taking her away, and she doesn't want to go. Can you help her?"
The man's cold gaze swept over and saw Chen Tan's equally scarlet eyes with a lonely look, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
It's also a coincidence that there are so many people in the world who can't get the love they want, and they are all related to little girls.
Perhaps, she and her so-called good friends have no heart.
"Mr. Chen." Qi Hanmu called out lazily. He put his right hand around Xia Yiqing's waist again, holding it lightly, and then found a sofa, sat down, and leaned back with his back legs spread out, his posture relaxed.
And everyone present could see that Mr. Qi Sanye's hands were stuck to Xia Yiqing's side as if covered with glue, and he would not let go at all.
In comparison, although Chen Tan was extremely reluctant, he finally released the shackles on Su Huanhuan.
He stood up straight, with his hands hanging down, respectfully called out "Third Master", and then began to apologize.
"I was wrong this time. I heard from Uncle Su that Huanhuan had run away from her marriage, so I was anxious and chased after her. During the tug-of-war, I caused your wife, the Third Master, to misunderstand me. I sincerely apologize."
As he spoke, Chen Tan lowered his head and bowed respectfully to Xia Yiqing, "I'm sorry for scaring you."
No one present was surprised by the change in attitude of the head of the Shen family.
Although Chen Tan is the current head of the Shen family, the Third Master is an undefeated legend in the circle, an unrivaled god, and the well-deserved lord of Jiangcheng.
Not to mention Chen Tan bowing to the Third Master, even if Chen Tan's father came, he couldn't take advantage of his seniority and could only simply call him "Third Master" and ask, "What brings you here, sir?"
After all, if the Shen family had not had the support of the Qi family's century-old foundation, they would not have achieved their current status as a wealthy family in Jiangcheng.
Under Xia Yiqing's comforting gaze, Su Huanhuan's eyes turned red and she silently said "thank you" to her.
Xia Yiqing pursed her lips and shook her head.
Originally, Huanhuan was her only good friend, and she had to help Huanhuan when he was in trouble.
As for the Third Master...
Maybe it was a moment of kindness.
The feeling of kneading came again on her earlobe, and the man's cool breath was spread beside her ear.
"Qingqing, concentrate."
Xia Yiqing shuddered slightly, and glanced at him. Seeing that Qi Hanmu showed no sign of getting angry, she mustered up the courage to say to Shen Tan, "Don't force Huanhuan anymore."
The light could not reach that side, and Chen Tan's face was blurred at the junction of light and shadow.
"Madam is right." After a long time, an echo came from the other side.
"Qingqing," the man's mellow voice was as sweet as a cello, playing in Xia Yiqing's ears with all his might, as if he only wanted to speak to her.
"Tell me, who else is bullying you?"
Although the tone didn't have many ups and downs, Xia Yiqing's eyes still turned red involuntarily.
He probably just didn't want to cause the Qi family's stock price to fluctuate, so he didn't want to divorce her.
It's funny.
Except for last night, there has been no close contact between the two.
What stood between the two of them, maintaining their precarious relationship, was nothing more than the marriage agreement that should have expired last night.
Therefore, it is indeed a bit strange that the third master of the Qi family stood up for her like this.
If he didn't like her.
With her eyelids lowered, Xia Yiqing's voice was so soft that it could almost drift away in the wind, but she still remembered that Qi Hanmu couldn't hear her, so she left her lip movements to him.
"The person who claimed to be my cousin had improper intentions towards you. She once ran away with the money, putting the Xia family in trouble." This also made her meet Mr. Qi Sanye, the top of the pyramid in Jiangcheng.
Perhaps it was because the man's gaze was too cold, with a decisiveness that could see through everything. Xia Yiqing felt quite uncomfortable and shrank her neck, but in the end she couldn't ask, "Am I wrong?"
She didn't know that she bit her inner lip lightly, frowned slightly, and rubbed the corners of her clothes with her hands restlessly. Her earlobes were rubbed, and the whiteness was tinged with pink, which attracted the man's attention and aroused waves of violence.
The one he doted on, the one he always held at the top of his heart, the one he wanted to teach a lesson to but couldn't bear to, was actually bullied by someone else.
A big hand grabbed her, and Xia Yiqing screamed and leaned towards the man, biting her lips again with her pearly teeth, her heart full of uneasiness reaching its peak.
As expected, he was tired of her and disliked her for causing him trouble, so he decided to teach her a lesson in public so that she would be obedient and sensible.
There was a hint of brilliance in the corners of her eyes, and Xia Yiqing knew that the so-called Qi Hanmu, the Third Master, and the days when he followed her without any official status were indeed just a dream.
The gap between them was too big, and her strength and dominance were just the tacit consent of the tiger to restrain its claws.
But one day the rabbit made the tiger unhappy, or the tiger got tired of it.
The status between the two people will be reversed drastically again.
Just like now.
As expected, she was thrown to the ground. The slap on her cheek was burning, and Xia Yiqing fell into an embrace that exuded the scent of pine.
Feeling a little cold, yet as if soothed by this powerful and inclusive aura, Xia Yiqing leaned against the man's chest, her eyes wide open. Apart from the exquisite fabric of the man's hand-made suit, the only sound she could hear was her own pounding heartbeat.
Strangely, he smells quite nice.
Leaning in Qi Hanmu's arms, Xia Yiqing had an exceptionally good perspective, but also felt a little guilty.
She and he had no actual relationship and no feelings for each other, so it was really strange why he would still help her.
"You mean the one who bullied you?" Qi Hanmu's mellow voice poured down from above his head. It was not hoarse, but rather like the gurgling sound of a spring in the mountains.
"Which one is it? Point it out."
If you can take advantage of your power to bully others, it’s useless to point fingers at them.
Xia Yiqing stretched out her hand firmly in the direction of Xia Jie.
Qi Hanmu raised his eyes and gave them a sharp look. A dozen bodyguards wearing sunglasses emerged silently from the darkness.
They were dressed in suits and had burly figures. Wherever they went, they were the embodiment of "ferocious evil".
In comparison, the three or four bodyguards brought by Wang Shao were like little chickens, standing huddled together with the fat-faced Wang Shao, all holding their heads, looking weak and helpless.
Wang Shao was trembling in his heart, hoping not to hit him, when he saw the bodyguards heading towards Xia Jie at the signal of the Third Master.
If you hit her, don’t hit me, Wang Shao carefully bent his body and planned to run away quietly, but a dark shadow inexplicably appeared in front of his eyes.
"How come it's dark now and you don't even know to turn on the lights..."
Wang Shao's mumblings were all blocked in his throat when he saw that the person in front of him was the bodyguard of the Qi family. He turned into a flattering smile on his face, "Well, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."
"The Third Master has ordered," the muscular black-clad bodyguard said succinctly, "No one present is allowed to leave until Madam has completely vented her anger."
The voice of these words was neither too loud nor too soft, and did not reach Xia Yiqing's ears in the distance, but it frightened the two women who had spoken up to defend Xia Jie so much that their faces turned pale.
They hurriedly ran towards Xia Yiqing, but couldn't get close to her, so they could only fall to the ground, crying and sobbing.
"We were blinded before and offended Madam. We hope Madam will see that we were ignorant and forgive us. Don't hold it against us."
They were so anxious to show their loyalty that their eyes were blurred with tears. They did not notice Xia Jie who was pulled to the ground and kneeling with a pale face.
"Then they kneel too."
Qi Hanmu narrowed his eyes slightly, and the colorful lights in the bar gathered on him, but it did not add any frivolity to him, but made people dare not look directly at him, as if the light did not stop for him, but because he was sitting there, there was light there.
The man's sharp facial lines cut out the boundary between light and dark.
The light fell from his right side, illuminating the hearing aid on the man's right ear, reflecting the faint flowing patterns on it.
Xia Yiqing was on his right. She had obviously tried her best to control her heartbeat, but her eyes were disobedient and kept on tracing the man's handsome eyebrows and eyes at inappropriate times.
It must be said that beauty can mislead people.
Otherwise, Xia Yiqing licked her lips, she would not agree to let him stay with her.
Of course, the Third Master is very powerful. Even if Xia Yiqing doesn't want him to stay, he will always find a way.
However, Xia Yiqing might not like it.
"Baby," the man's narrow and long phoenix eyes slowly swept over her, with a bit of a thrilling arc, brewing a storm that Xia Yiqing couldn't understand, like a tropical cyclone, blowing more and more fiercely in the sea, but just when he saw her, he came ashore, without any regrets, and disappeared silently in an instant.
"Look, are all the people who bullied you here?"
As he spoke, a large hand with thin calluses reached out, slightly cool and bringing with it a scent of medicine. He pressed Xia Yiqing's chin with his fingertips, and as if to please her, he shook it twice gently without using much force, indicating her to turn her head.
Xia Yiqing followed his force and turned her head away.
I saw several people kneeling together under the bar's brightest and most serious light - the eye-protecting incandescent lamp.
"I think we're all set."
"So what are you going to do, baby?"
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