Lei Xiu followed the guard to the emperor's study and saw a tall man sitting in front of the desk. He looked tired, even exhausted. He stood at the door and saluted, and the guard left.
There were only two of them left in the huge study.
Lei Xiu was handsome and dignified, and he exuded the aura of a domineering superior from his body. He even looked a bit more powerful than that man.
Fortunately, that person had an air of nobility about him, which made it easy to distinguish him from the domineering aura of Lei Xiu.
Cheng Ye glanced at the man's eyes through the monitor, paused, pursed his lips and said, "This is the first time I've seen such a figure as an emperor. However, the monarchs trained by constitutional monarchy are indeed different from the leaders of democratic republics!"
666 had seen a lot of the world, so he smiled and said, "We can go back to ancient times and see an emperor whose words were truly law!"
Cheng Ye's eyes darkened, and he smiled and said, "Yeah, I'm looking forward to it."
666 realized that he had said something wrong, and looking at Cheng Ye's forced smile, he didn't dare to speak again.
"You're here?" His Majesty was quite friendly to Lei Xiu and even stood up when he saw him come in.
Lei Xiu nodded indifferently, his expression indifferent, his eyelids lowered, and he showed no dissatisfaction or happiness.
Lei Xiu has never been very interested in the royal disputes. After meeting Cheng Ye, he just wants to be with her for the rest of his life. As long as he has money to support Cheng Ye's dreams and power to prevent Cheng Ye from being bullied, that is enough.
Because of his status, Lei Xiu naturally knows His Majesty very well.
Your Majesty is a very cruel person. In order to sit on the throne, he even sacrificed his eight-year-old brother and put the blame on his other brother who had great hope of competing with him for the throne. Then, in order to sit on the throne, he abandoned his childhood sweetheart with whom he had a deep affection, and tried his best to pursue the woman who would help him sit on the throne.
After the poor woman married His Majesty, her two children were murdered in her womb. The eldest prince was an accident, but it was precisely because of this that he was lucky enough to survive.
After his majesty's throne was consolidated, he thought of his sweetheart again, remarried her, and gave birth to the third prince Lin Can.
It was precisely because Lin Can's mother was willing to suffer injustice back then that His Majesty has always been partial to Lin Can in order to make up for the mother and daughter - this is also the reason why Lin Can can do whatever he wants!
"Something happened to Can'er." His Majesty stared at Lei Xiu's face, trying his best to see the slightest change in his expression.
It sounded a bit like he was disabled. Lei Xiu said nonchalantly, "I just heard that the other party's level is so unfathomable that we can't even tell where he came from?"
His Majesty stared at Lei Xiu, and after a long pause, he said in a complicated tone, "Yes, but the other party doesn't seem to intend to take Can'er's life. However, the injury is very serious. Even if it is cured, the level will drop, and it will be very difficult to advance again."
Lei Xiu frowned. "Really? Has the Third Prince offended anyone recently? Is this either a show of power or a provocation?"
After saying this, he slowly narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, please investigate the people and things around the Third Prince as soon as possible to see if there are any special people who have appeared recently."
His Majesty smiled bitterly and said, "Can'er hasn't had much to do recently, it's just..."
Lei Xiu chuckled, a very light one, but it also interrupted His Majesty's unfinished words.
His Majesty frowned, sighed softly, and said, "Can'er doesn't seem to have seen many strangers recently. It's not easy to offend such a high-level warrior."
Lei Xiu raised his eyes and looked at His Majesty with a sharp gaze: "Your Majesty, do you doubt me?"
His Majesty pursed his lips and said nothing, but his serious distrust said it all.
Lei Xiu restrained his expression and said after a moment's silence, "Your Majesty, there are some unpleasant things between the Third Prince and me, but when Bai Jingqi chose him and lost my face in front of the entire planet, I didn't say a word because I know that love can't be forced. Not to mention now that Cheng Ye is already my fiancé, and I want to spend my life with him. Do you think I would cause trouble for myself and make my future path more difficult?"
His Majesty leaned sideways and looked Lei Xiu up and down. He had to admit that what Lei Xiu said was indeed the truth.
He is about to get married, and the accident now will be very unfavorable to his situation.
His Majesty himself is not a good person, but he is very good at figuring out everyone's thoughts, especially a simple warrior like Lei Xiu - for Cheng Ye's sake, he will not cause trouble.
Lei Xiu looked at His Majesty innocently and said tentatively, "I heard that the Third Prince and Bai Jingqi broke up? Then the Bai family—"
As he was speaking, His Majesty had stood in front of Lei Xiu without him knowing when. He suddenly grabbed Lei Xiu's arm and tore off his sleeve. He saw that Lei Xiu's forearm muscles were muscular, with slightly protruding veins. His skin was smooth and there were indeed some scars, but they were definitely not new injuries, but old ones from many years ago.
There was a hint of confusion in his eyes, and his brows were slightly furrowed.
Lei Xiu was stunned, suppressing the urge to attack. He looked at His Majesty's hand tightly gripping his arm and sneered, "Your Majesty, have you seen enough? These are all medals I won on the battlefield. Are you thinking of reminiscing about the good times?"
His Majesty showed an indescribable expression and said stiffly, "No..."
Lei Xiu didn't give him a chance to explain. Anything he said would only be an excuse. It didn't matter whether he said it or not. He straightened his clothes and said with a smile, "I think I should be able to go back and finish my meal. Someone is waiting for me at home."
His Majesty looked at Lei Xiu's face, which was filled with a happy smile, and asked, "It seems that you really like him?"
Lei Xiu shrugged his shoulders, feeling that this kind of happiness was difficult to explain to certain people, so he didn't want to talk much about anything related to Cheng Ye!
His Majesty sniffed, frowning slightly: "What do you smell like?"
Lei Xiu raised his arm and sniffed, then apologized insincerely, "Your Majesty was looking for me too hastily. I just got home and wandered around the basement and the kitchen, but I didn't have time to wash up. I'm bothering Your Majesty. If there's nothing else, I'll go back."
His Majesty suddenly said, "Aren't you going to see Chan'er?"
Lei Xiu took a step back without leaving a trace and said, "Let's forget it. The Third Prince is seriously injured. I'm not a doctor and I know nothing about potions. I'm afraid it won't be of any use. It's better not to cause trouble."
Anyway, His Majesty asked him to come into the palace just to confirm whether he was the one who did it.
Now that the suspicion has been cleared and the palace is in chaos, he might as well go back and have dinner with Cheng Ye!
Stripping him of his clothes just now was already a disrespect to Lei Xiu, so he naturally couldn't force him to stay now. His Majesty looked helpless, but in the end he sent away Lei Xiu, the most suspicious person, and then immediately went to see Lin Can, who was still lying in bed with serious injuries.
Lin Can's face was pale, his lips devoid of any color. After listening to His Majesty's retelling, he glared and gritted his teeth, saying, "How is this possible? It must be him!"
But everyone present knew that the assassin's arm was injured, and the injury was serious and would definitely not heal in a short time.
His Majesty also had a headache: "It can't be his, Lei Xiu would not use such despicable means."
Lin Can frowned: "It must be him, he is angry and embarrassed because of Cheng Ye's matter!"
"Can'er, what's so good about that Cheng Ye, you..." His Majesty suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Speaking of Cheng Ye, could it be Bai Jingqi, the Bai family?"
Lin Can raised his head quickly, his eyes flickering with suspicion: "Bai Jingqi?"
After mumbling this to himself, Lin Can suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know, but they must be in the same group. Lei Xiu, Bai Jingqi, I won't let any of them go!"
His Majesty looked at Lin Can's crazy expression, paused and said softly: "I will take action on the Bai family." As for Lei Xiu, he couldn't do anything for the time being and could only perfunctorily deal with it.
Lin Can looked at His Majesty's embarrassed expression, took a deep breath, suppressed the hatred in his heart, and also suppressed the unwillingness in his eyes.
He closed his eyes slightly, thinking of Lei Xiu's intact arm, and then thinking of Cheng Ye's identity as a pharmacist, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
Lei Xiu himself is already very threatening, and now he has help from Cheng Ye. If this continues, he will not be competing with the eldest prince for the throne, but Lei Xiu!
Lin Can's face was gloomy, and he felt that he must not let Lei Xiu take the initiative again.
Thinking of Cheng Ye, the humiliation of being rejected surged in my heart, and that beautiful face kept appearing in my mind.
He must get this person.
As for Bai Jingqi - no matter whether he was involved in the attack or not, no matter how Lei Xiu felt about him now, this time, he must do something to let Lei Xiu know that he is not someone to be bullied.
Lei Xiu pressed his sore temples and looked up at the setting sun. Most of the sky was dyed a brilliant orange.
The assistant followed closely beside him, holding a thick stack of documents and reporting on tomorrow's schedule.
After seeing Lei Xiu's tired and slightly pale face, the assistant hesitated for a moment and suggested, "Boss, the meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning can be postponed for a few days. Mr. Fan Di will take a flight to Hasa Planet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but he will be back in three days. This deal can be..."
"No thanks. I'll be on vacation in two days. I need to finish all the work on hand these days. Don't worry about anything else. Try to contact the partners and concentrate the work after two days on these two days!" Lei Xiu slowly narrowed his eyes and pressed two fingers against the wings of his nose. "Ask Uncle Zhao to come over. I'm a little tired and not fit to drive."
In the past, Lei Xiu never cared about these things, but now that he has Ye Zi, he not only has to pay attention to Ye Zi's safety, but also his own health and safety.
Maybe this is the reason why I feel worried.
Lei Xiu curled the corners of his lips, and a gentle smile appeared on his face without him realizing it.
The assistant was stunned, but since the boss disappeared and came back, he had become accustomed to the strange scene of his boss skipping work from time to time and smiling inexplicably. He was not scared by the incongruous tenderness on his cold face, and calmly took out his communicator and sent a short message.
In less than five minutes, a bright black car with smooth and simple lines like a tuna stopped in front of the two of them. The assistant struggled to free up one hand to help Lei Xiu open the car door, but Lei Xiu was one step faster than him and opened the door first and sat in the back seat.
Before the assistant could even put his hand on the passenger door, Lei Xiu leaned back in his chair, squinting his eyes as Pi Lei said, "Email me the rest of the work. Don't follow the car. I don't want Ye Zi to see me being so intimate with another sub-female."
“…” The assistant looked at Lei Xiu in amazement.
That's not what you said when you were working late last week!
Even when Mr. Cheng came to the company to deliver a charity lunch, you gathered all of us sub-females together and told us to learn from Mr. Cheng. Why didn't you mention that Mr. Cheng would misunderstand that you had so many sub-females around you?
And! Mr. Cheng wouldn't misunderstand at all! After all, when the boss explained to Mr. Cheng, Mr. Cheng was completely confused and even looked at him blankly, looking weak and helpless, as if he had no idea what was going on.
You know what, it really makes me sad.
The assistant thought that although she was a sub-female, she also wanted to pursue Mr. Cheng.
But - he glanced at the BOSS fearfully, not daring to do that.
The assistant had wanted to take the opportunity to visit Mr. Cheng, but he didn't expect that even this little benefit would be taken away from him. He took a step back weakly and nodded in agreement, "Okay, Boss, I'll send you the schedule for the next two days."
Lei Xiu nodded indifferently, raised his hand and waved lightly, indicating to drive.
The merciless exhaust fumes sprayed onto the assistant's face. The assistant rolled his eyes at the car's rear end that was speeding away, turned around and hailed a taxi.
"Hiss--" A sharp and piercing brake sound suddenly rang out. Lei Xiu suddenly opened his eyes and sat up straight.
The driver apologized profusely, "Master Lei, someone suddenly rushed out. I'm Master Bai!"
Hearing the not-so-popular surname Bai, Lei Xiu frowned slightly.
Bai Jingqi rushed out when the driver had just stepped on the accelerator but had not yet had time to accelerate. This was an opportunity that could create a tense atmosphere but would definitely not really hurt him.
The car window was clean and clear, and one could clearly see Bai Jingqi's misty eyes filled with crystal tears. Lei Xiu felt that his already heavy head was even more painful.
He hissed softly, and the driver became even more nervous. He stumbled and asked, "Boss, were you hit? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
Lei Xiu suddenly looked directly at the driver. Uncle Zhao felt goose bumps rising on his back. His eyes flickered for a moment before he heard his boss ask nonchalantly, "Uncle Zhao, are you married?"
Uncle Zhao was puzzled and scratched his head, which looked like a chicken coop. "Boss, you're joking. My daughter is already eleven years old, and she keeps saying... saying she likes you."
Lei Xiu said righteously, "That won't do. I already have a fiancé. Tell me, will our youthful love affect our future marriage?" Boss Lei, always calm and composed, unwavering at the negotiation table, suddenly found himself at a loss for words. After a long pause, he said, "Even though he didn't say it, I hope he minds, but I don't want him to overthink it. I genuinely like him."
Lei Xiu curled the corners of his lips in self-deprecation, with a bit of a soldier's ruffian air: "Look at me, I don't even know what I'm saying."
Uncle Zhao chuckled twice: "I understand, Boss. You want him to care about you, but you don't want him to care about your ex, right?"
Lei Xiu slowly narrowed his eyes. Older people are different. He summed up the essence in one sentence.
Seeing that he wasn't angry and even had an expression of humbly seeking advice, Uncle Zhao continued, "Boss, don't blame me for saying that. You're just too young. At our age, whether it's our first love or the most passionate love, it can't compare to the one at home who lives a long and happy life with you. Hehe, we all started as young boys. When we were teenagers, our hearts would beat a few times when we saw a beautiful girl. At that time, we thought that was love, but it's not. Love is not just about feelings, but also about time. Only love that has stood the test of time is love. Those who couldn't be together can be said to be love, but to be precise, they were still not close. The word "love" is not even close. Especially..." Although Uncle Zhao was old, he was Lei Xiu's personal driver after all, so he knew about him. He had seen Bai Jingqi in front of him more than once. He had also seen Lei Xiu's crazy pursuit of Bai Jingqi before. He smiled and said, "Boss, please don't blame me if I'm wrong."
Lei Xiu was still savoring the words Uncle Zhao had just said. They sounded bland, but upon closer inspection, they held some depth. He said a little later, "You go ahead."
Uncle Zhao scratched his face and said, "I didn't think you really liked Mr. Bai a long time ago. Maybe you just fell in love with him."
Although this made him sound like a bit of a scumbag, Lei Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "What do you mean?"
Uncle Zhao was also puzzled: "Don't you know that every time you look at Bai Shao, I always feel that you are looking at another person through him. It doesn't seem like love, but more like nostalgia, and - you didn't realize that you were indeed pursuing Bai Shao and once wanted to marry him, but I didn't see in you the feeling that I should have for a lover. It's an indescribable..." He seemed to be at a loss for words, and then he felt that his words were not appropriate. "It's not that you are plotting against Bai Shao, it's just that you may like something about Bai Shao, but you definitely don't like him as a person." After a pause, Uncle Zhao asked hesitantly, "Boss, don't you think that Bai Shao's facial features are a bit similar to Cheng Shao's?"
What he said was that Bai Jingqi was like Cheng Ye, not that Cheng Ye was like Bai Jingqi.
This also indirectly shows how important Cheng Ye and Bai Jingqi are in Lei Xiu's mind.
Lei Xiu's pupils suddenly shrank, and his head clanged like a warning bell! He seemed to understand the inexplicable illusion he had before!
When he lost his memory, he naturally didn't remember Bai Jingqi, but he clearly remembered the feeling of being in a state of alarm when he first met Cheng Ye.
It was as if this person was born to be his.
Later, his memory was restored, and Bai Jingqi slowly emerged in his mind. He only remembered that he had liked Bai Jingqi, but he could not remember what he liked about Bai Jingqi. Now he finally understood -
Bai Jingqi's face really looks a bit like Cheng Ye!
It was as if he was destined to only fall in love with one person in this life, and that person was Cheng Ye.
Before meeting Cheng Ye, he recognized the wrong person and thought Bai Jingqi was that person. But after meeting the real person, Lei Xiu immediately saw the appearance of the person who was imprinted in his heart, and of course he would not mistake Bai Jingqi.
Lei Xiu suddenly realized and was also glad that although Bai Jingqi was wavering at that time and kept him hanging, he really liked Lin Can. He was only attracted by that face, and the most he did was stare at that face. The two of them had no intimate actions at all, and had never even held hands.
It was his fault for recognizing the wrong person, but at least he managed to preserve his last bit of chastity.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiu felt even more sorry for Cheng Ye.
The destined person had made a mistake. If that accident hadn't happened, would he have been obsessed with Bai Jingqi's face?!
Looking at Bai Jingqi in front of the car, who was crying and looking aggrieved because he had always driven an American car, Lei Xiu felt even more ashamed, and Bai Jingqi's face was an eyesore.
Lei Xiu frowned imperceptibly. The driver wanted to say something, but fell silent immediately when he saw his unhappy expression.
I thought to myself that the boss really liked Mr. Cheng. His reverse scale, his reverse scale, would change his expression immediately as soon as it was mentioned.
Sometimes it becomes gentle, and sometimes it becomes extremely sharp and cold, making people feel deeply depressed.
There was a knock on the car window. Bai Jingqi hunched over and moved closer, pouting and looking very aggrieved.
The driver subconsciously wanted to lower the window, and his hand was already on the button, but suddenly he heard a light cough behind him and immediately retracted his hand. But then Lei Xiu nodded again, and the driver: "..." Silently, he lowered the window halfway, revealing Bai Jingqi's haggard and pale but frail beautiful face.
"Brother Lei Xiu." Bai Jingqi pulled the car door but didn't open it. The tears in his eyes gathered more and more, as if they could fall at any time. He looked at Lei Xiu sadly.
But Lei Xiu didn't even look at him.
It used to sound like just a name, but now it feels like a thorn pricking my ears.
Lei Xiu scratched his ears, then lazily opened his eyelids and looked at him with raised eyebrows: "What's the matter?"
Bai Jingqi was stunned, looking at Lei Xiu, and opened his mouth for a long time as if he had something important to say, but in the end he couldn't come up with the right words. He sighed heavily, and tears streamed down his face. He dragged his voice and cried, "Brother Lei Xiu, I, I broke up with Lin Can. I found out that the person I really like is not him at all!"
Lei Xiu's scalp suddenly went numb, fearing that his next sentence would be "You are the one I love the most."
He didn't want Bai Jingqi to say it, but Bai Jingqi didn't hesitate to cry and said, "Brother Lei Xiu, I have been with Lin Can for more than half a year, and I have never forgotten you. I was wrong. I made the wrong choice from the beginning. I liked you, but I didn't know. He found out first. He said I didn't love him and that I had someone else in my heart, and then we broke up..."
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