Xiang Nanzhi touched his face; they rarely had such a long and silent conversation.
“Shen Shixun…”
The man's eyes gradually dimmed. "Say something, do you like me?"
"And you?"
She had asked him the same question before, and when he countered with a question of his own, the woman fell silent and even snorted at him.
A teasing, amused smile played on his lips as he thought to himself, "If I asked her the same question, she'd probably..."
"I like it."
This time, Xiang Nanzhi didn't try to dodge the question and directly admitted, "I just like you, I really like you."
She wrapped her arms around the man's neck, trying to move closer to kiss him, but her body ached, and she couldn't move. "Shen Shixun, I'm in so much pain, everything hurts... but..."
But I really want to kiss him, I just can't move.
The man remained motionless, maintaining his previous posture, but his eyes grew even darker. "You're an adult; you need to be responsible for your words."
"I'll take responsibility. If I like it, I like it, um..."
The next second, the man turned her around and pinned her to the bed, making her lie flat. The kiss came quickly and fiercely, without any preamble.
Xiang Nanzhi had her hands pinned down, making a gesture of surrender in response...
As they kissed, he released her, allowing Xiang Nanzhi to catch her breath. "You still haven't told me, do you like me?"
He had repeated the two words in his mind, but he couldn't say them. He held the woman's hands, his breathing heavy, and was about to continue when Xiang Nanzhi turned her head away. The man's kiss touched her ear, and she trembled. "Shen Shixun, tell me quickly, or I won't let you kiss me."
He wouldn't say it, he just wouldn't say it; it wouldn't be difficult for him to kiss her.
Xiang Nanzhi was pinned to the bed and couldn't move. After struggling a few times, he laughed and said, "Doesn't it hurt?"
With a slightly hazy and hoarse voice, just that voice was enough to melt her heart.
Xiang Nanzhi lay there letting him kiss her, not knowing how long he kissed her, so engrossed in the kisses that she forgot where she was.
The baby in her belly kicked her with a thud, which finally woke her up.
"Shen Shixun, do you want to touch it?"
She took the man's hand and placed it on her lower abdomen. "Feel it, can you feel it?"
The man still had a hint of anger in his eyes and wasn't fully awake. Xiang Nanzhi stroked his hair. "You are my man, and you are my husband..."
"If you ever dare to do anything to betray me, I'll have ten or eight men make their children call them 'Dad' in turn. I'll make you furious."
Her lips were swollen from his kisses, yet she was still hurling insults at him.
She was so tired that she forgot to ask him if he loved her. The man's ear was pressed against the woman's lower abdomen, listening to the baby's movements. Xiang Nanzhi's hand stroked his hair, and she fell asleep in no time.
Xiang Ciyuan's casino had dealt with some foreign organizations and knew some people. He learned that the organization sent to deal with Xiang Nanzhi had lent money to Xiang Zhenggang, and the debt was not fully cleared.
Xiang Ciyuan found Xiang Zhengyi.
These past few days, he's been running between the hospital, the company, and home, and Xiang Zhengyi looks rather haggard. The people he sent out to search for him still haven't found anything.
With the enemy lurking in the shadows, how easy is it for him to openly seek them out?
Xiang Ciyuan took the initiative to tell Xiang Zhengyi that he had found out the situation. Xiang Jingyi was also in the old man's office, pouring him tea.
He drank a glass himself and then poured another one for Xiang Ciyuan.
In an era where everyone loves European-style decoration, the old man insisted on making the Xiang family's group a uniform Chinese-style decoration. The office area was trimmed with Chinese mahogany, the red wooden floor was paved, and the employees' desks and chairs were all made of Chinese mahogany, which was quite expensive.
Upon entering the old man's office, one is greeted by a verdant screen, its edges lined with green plants, exuding a fragrance of wood and plants.
Behind the desk and chair, a Qingming landscape painting complements the sky-blue tea set on the desk.
Xiang Zhengyi sat upright in a suit, and after listening, he fell silent, his teacup frozen in his hand, neither drinking nor putting it down.
Xiang Ciyuan was about to speak when Xiang Jing gave him a meaningful glance.
"So that means..."
Xiang Zhengyi finally put down his teacup. "Is Zhizhi's kidnapping related to their family?"
“People abroad are not very clear about the situation in China. Is it possible that…” Xiang Jingyi thought for a long time before making a bold guess, “When my uncle was borrowing money, he inadvertently revealed his relationship with Zhizhi to the other party, making people think that by holding Zhizhi hostage, he could make him bow down.”
The kidnappers were apprehended, and the police examined their cell phone chips. The chips showed a domestic number, and the location pinpointed by that number was Xiang Zhenggang's residence.
Xiang Jingyi had told him this detail long ago, but Xiang Zhengyi didn't believe that Xiang Zhenggang would do such a thing.
That makes perfect sense.
Xiang Ciyuan glanced at Xiang Jingyi, who remained calm and did not speak further.
After a long while, Xiang Zhengyi stood up, "Old Li!"
"master!"
Xiang Zhengyi finally decided to go and see Xiang Zhenggang.
Xiang Nanzhi's kidnapping seems to have nothing to do with Xiang Zhenggang, but with so many details combined, and his daughter almost losing her life because of it, how could he not step in?
Xiang Zhengyi left without letting anyone follow, and Xiang Ciyuan didn't dare to go either. He glanced at Xiang Jingyi, who remained as steady as a mountain, and asked, "Big brother, shall we just sit here?"
"Even if I went, I wouldn't be of any help."
"What if that old fox defends him? Don't you know what kind of person the father is?"
"Dad knows what's going on, don't stir up trouble."
"You were so angry with me the day Zhizhi had the accident, you almost hit me. Now that Dad is finally willing to go see Uncle, are we sitting here?"
Xiang Jingyi knew the old man too well, which was why he had Xiang Ciyuan sit with him. Seeing how anxious and flustered the old man was, Xiang Jingyi reminded him, "I know you have a casino in X country because I'm keeping it from you. Dad has been telling me to keep an eye on you for a long time."
Xiang Ciyuan glanced at him, and Xiang Jingyi said again, "Ciyuan, don't think too highly of yourself."
“My uncle is no match for my father in any way. He may not seem as accomplished as my father, but what others see as accomplishment is not necessarily accomplishment. I can keep it a secret, but others may not be able to keep it a secret for you.”
Outsiders only know that Xiang Jingyi is a capable leader in the Xiang family, who can make Xiang Ciyuan look like a dog, but is Xiang Ciyuan really that incompetent and useless?
Of course not, outsiders only see the surface.
They were outsiders to Xiang Zhenggang's family.
People who can't find a way out on the right path often seek a sense of accomplishment through crooked and unorthodox means.
The reason Xiang Zhengyi kept making him keep an eye on Xiang Ciyuan was because he knew very well what was going on, and that's why he was afraid.
It's not a good thing that he's been jumping around too much in front of Xiang Zhenggang.
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