Ruan Qing'an didn't even have time to worry about the plate in her hand. She shoved it into the maid's hand and then banged on the bedroom door.
"Qin Xi? Qin Xi!"
"What on earth is this guy doing in the room?!"
Her face looked extremely pale, startling the maid beside her. "Dr. Ruan, what's wrong with you?"
Ruan Qing'an ignored the maid. She pressed the doorknob and entered the password on the electronic lock with one hand, but it quickly showed that the password was wrong. Qin Xi must have changed the password again after letting her in yesterday. No one can open it now except from the inside!
The maid was terrified: "Dr. Ruan, without the young master's password or his permission, this door absolutely cannot be opened, and it might even trigger the alarm..."
But it was too late. The moment the servant finished speaking, the security system at the Qin family villa had already triggered an alarm.
With a piercing sound, Qin Xi's bedroom door remained unresponsive, while Ruan Qing'an could smell an increasingly strong stench of blood, a smell she was all too familiar with.
037: [Don't worry, Ancestor. I'll try to hack into the electronic lock's system, but since it's a battle for control with the male lead, it might be a bit difficult, but I'll definitely succeed—]
"There's no need for that."
Ruan Qing'an interrupted her, her cold gaze sweeping over the knight statue that served as decoration not far away. The knight statue gleamed coldly, and in its hand was an axe.
037: [Grandpa, what are you doing...?]
Her expression darkened slightly, and she walked straight over: "I've said it before, getting straight to the goal is my favorite method."
"Dr. Ruan?"
The maid was so frightened that she fell to the ground, and the plate rolled away.
But Ruan Qing'an, with her slender hand already holding an axe, walked directly past the servants. Her face was cold, and her leaden eyes held a fierce look as she stood at the bedroom door.
Her gaze fell on the electronic lock, and she smiled brightly: "Sometimes the most primitive methods are surprisingly effective."
When the butler and security personnel arrived at the living room on the first floor of the villa, they were immediately greeted by flying wood chips. They were all stunned, and when they looked up again, they saw—
Qin Xi's bedroom door was covered in axe marks, and the working electronic lock was completely broken, with faint electric flashes as it passed through. It was then completely destroyed by the violent force, and the tightly closed door could be pushed open with a single push.
The slender Ruan Qing'an, carrying an axe that seemed utterly mismatched with her figure, smiled radiantly. She licked her bright red lips, her leaden eyes fixed on the dilapidated electronic lock.
She chuckled, "That's more like it."
037 cowered, too afraid to speak.
Ruan Qingan threw the axe on the ground, pushed open the door and entered. The servants beside him were already terrified. They fell to the ground and took several steps back, their faces ashen.
The security guards downstairs were stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Housekeeper, what should we do? Should we—"
"...Have that maid come down first. Report the matter concerning the young master to the master first. Dr. Ruan wouldn't dare to be so bold as to attack the young master in the Qin family."
The butler lowered his voice and explained.
Meanwhile, Qin Xi's bedroom was dark, with the curtains tightly drawn, and not a single ray of light could penetrate the room. Without the door to block the light, the smell of blood grew stronger and stronger, wafting straight to Ruan Qing'an's nose.
Her expression darkened slightly. Only then did Ruan Qing'an realize that all the devices in the room, which had been turned on yesterday, were now turned off. Qin Xi had stopped operating any electronic devices.
"Tick-tock—"
"Tick-tock—"
Accompanied by a sound like dripping water, Ruan Qing'an subconsciously looked towards the corner of the room, where Qin Xi was sitting.
He was curled up, one arm wrapped around his bent knee, and on his other wrist, there was a fresh knife wound. Bright red blood dripped down the curve of his arm and onto the ground, where it pooled into a small puddle.
But Qin Xi seemed oblivious to the pain, simply raising her head and staring intently at the falling blood...
Ruan Qingan spoke up: "Qin Xi?"
There was no response, and even the loud noise she made when she broke the electronic lock didn't attract Qin Xi's attention.
Qin Xi ignored her, seemingly thinking that the cut on his wrist wasn't too big. He groped on the ground with his other hand, trying to pick up the knife that was placed to the side.
Seeing this, Ruan Qingan quickly stepped forward and grabbed the knife from the ground before Qin Xi could reach it.
Finally, Qin Xi looked up at Ruan Qing'an. He still had that soft, puppy-like appearance, but his eyes were empty and numb, revealing no emotion whatsoever.
Give it back to me.
"And then I'll help you dispose of the body?"
Ruan Qing'an asked in return, but Qin Xi couldn't care less about that anymore. The knife wound on his arm wasn't very deep, and the blood was dripping less and less, but his emotions were becoming more and more broken.
He growled in pain, like a trapped beast with nowhere to go. Qin Xi tried to rush forward again to snatch the knife from Ruan Qing'an's hand.
But the next moment—Ruan Qing'an's face darkened, and the bloodstained knife in her hand was twirled beautifully before being thrown against the wall, where it was pinned firmly!
Seeing that Qin Xi still wanted to step forward, Ruan Qing'an's face darkened, and he pressed Qin Xi back to the spot: "Qin Xi, stay away from the knife."
Qin Xi struggled violently, so Ruan Qing'an had to hold him tightly, forcing her body to slam to the side and her back against the corner of the monitor, causing her to wince in pain.
Regardless, she did not let go of Qin Xi's hand.
Qin Xi's movements were basically restricted, but he felt even more uncomfortable. His free hand instinctively tore at the wound on his wrist. Ruan Qing'an's face turned even worse. He endured the pain in his back and grabbed Qin Xi's wrist again.
For a time, Qin Xi and Ruan Qing'an were deadlocked.
With no way to harm himself left, Qin Xi's emotions reached the breaking point. He looked at Ruan Qing'an with his puppy-dog eyes, filled with pain and pleading.
"Please, sister, please don't worry about me. I beg you, I won't die. I want to know if I'm still alive..."
"If you continue like this, how can you survive?"
Ruan Qing'an said irritably, but Qin Xi was shaking violently and kept bumping into the wall. Fortunately, she managed to stop her in time, but it felt like her ribs were about to break.
037 was scared half to death: [Grandpa, Grandpa, are you alright? Has the male lead fallen ill?!]
"...Otherwise what?"
Ruan Qing'an groaned in pain, completely losing her patience. Her eyes fell on the data cable scattered on the ground. She held Qin Xi down with one hand and picked it up with the other, quickly and firmly binding the struggling man.
Qin Xi was completely unable to move. He lay on his side on the ground, struggling and roaring like a caged beast.
After a long while, Qin Xi finally calmed down due to exhaustion, but her voice still revealed pleading and pain: "Please, sister, let me go..."
Ruan Qing'an sat beside him, comforting him and carefully embracing Qin Xi: "It's alright, it's alright, I'm here, I've always been here, little brother, be good."
The warmth of her body pressed close, accompanied by a cool fragrance, mixed with the stench of blood in the air—it was eerie yet surprisingly reassuring. Qin Xi's emotions finally calmed down little by little.
【Affection Level: 10】
Blood everywhere, a messy room...
He knew that if Ruan Qingan had arrived any later, he might have really died from excessive blood loss due to emotional breakdown.
—The emotions that could spread were like a black dog chasing and biting him, and Qin Xi couldn't control himself.
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