Chapter 391 Flour Explosion
"You're back."
Mu Xue ran over and wanted to throw herself into his arms, but Qi Luohan stopped her with a look. He indicated that Sister Xiang was at home, and Mu Xue froze.
This is why she doesn't want to have servants in the house. No matter what they do, it feels like someone is watching them, which is more disturbing than her hidden camera.
Mu Xue had no choice but to withdraw from his arms and mutter softly.
"I told you not to hire a servant."
But Qi Luohan just gently pulled her into his arms and gently stroked her long hair with his hands.
"Isn't it good to have someone at home to take care of you? A lot of things have happened in my family. I don't want you to get hurt like Luo Yan. If anything happens to you, I won't be able to live. Mu Xue, you are my life, do you understand?"
Mu Xue's eyes flickered: "If I die, will you die for me?"
Mu Xue asked seriously, Qi Luohan's eyes were full of affection. He hooked her chin and said, "What about you? If I leave, will you live?"
This man threw her question directly back at her. It was really a dog. Mu Xue's eyes flickered and she said, "Of course. What about you?"
She wanted a definitive answer.
Qi Luohan nodded without hesitation: "Yes. If you are gone, I will go with you and will never live in vain."
Mu Xue threw herself into his arms without hesitation, not caring whether Sister Xiang was there or not.
The two of them cuddled on the sofa for a while. When Sister Xiang came out, she saw Mu Xue and Qi Luohan hugging each other and quickly turned her face away. But as she turned around, she said, "Master, the food is ready. It can be served."
Qi Luohan and Mu Xue quickly separated. Qi Luohan took Mu Xue's hand and led her to the kitchen.
It was only when Mu Xue sat opposite him that Qi Luohan noticed that there were deep five finger marks on Mu Xue's face, and half of her face was red.
He looked at her and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"
Mu Xue glanced at A Xiang's wife with a faint smile on her lips.
"Nothing, it was Sister Xiang who found a mosquito on my face today and slapped it to death, but she was a little too strong, and I don't know what happened to my face."
Qi Luohan's eyes turned visibly colder, but Axiang's wife did not show any panic. Mu Xue naturally thought that Qi Luohan would definitely help punish Axiang's wife, but Axiang just walked up to Qi Luohan.
"Master, what Miss Mu Xue said is correct. It is indeed like this."
Qi Luohan said: "I understand."
Then he looked at Mu Xue in front of him: "After dinner, come upstairs with me. Your face is a little swollen. I will help you apply medicine."
Mu Xuemu looked sensible and said with her eyelids slightly closed: "No need, it's just a small matter. Maybe Sister Xiang is usually very hardworking. For her, a small slap is just like slapping a mosquito.
But you know my skin is quite sensitive and thin. Luo Han, if there are mosquitoes on my face again in the future, please be kind and don't slap me too hard, otherwise my delicate body really can't withstand a heavy slap. "
This kind of complaint was already quite obvious, and Qi Luohan's face became even colder.
Sister Xiang stood by like a child who had done something wrong, waiting for Qi Luohan's decision without saying a word. But Qi Luohan just picked up a piece of meat for Mu Xue.
"Ah Xiang's wife is our old servant. She wouldn't do anything too out of line. There must be some misunderstanding. Eat your meal first. I'll go upstairs and take a look at the injury on your face. If it's nothing serious, there's no need to make a fuss."
Mu Xue was instantly choked by this sentence. Before, if she had the slightest injury, Qi Luohan would have wanted to take the pain for her, but now she was slapped by Sister Xiang, and her face was swollen. Qi Luohan said lightly, asking her not to make a fuss.
Who was making such a fuss here? It was clearly A-Xiang's wife who was deliberately teasing her, saying she had a mosquito on her face and slapped her.
Mu Xue really wanted to bring this up, but Qi Luohan's eyes no longer looked as gentle and affectionate as before. Mu Xue couldn't guess what Qi Luohan was thinking, and for a moment, she didn't dare to move. She could only say aggrievedly, "No, it's just a minor injury, and I'm not going to be so pretentious. I didn't find any useful medicine when I went upstairs just now. Even if you took me upstairs, you could only apply ice."
Qi Luohan nodded: "I'll call the family doctor and ask him to send some medicine over."
Mu Xue was still waiting for his next words, but Qi Luohan had already started eating and there was no more words from him.
Mu Xue had no choice but to put down her chopsticks after taking a few bites, with a hint of anger in her eyes.
"I'm full. I'll go upstairs now."
Qi Luohan: "Go up and wait for me first."
Mu Xue was instantly choked by these words. Wasn't he going up with her? Could it be that the food cooked by this Axiang's wife was so delicious? She was so angry just now that she didn't feel anything in her mouth.
She had already said that she couldn't pick up the chopsticks after eating, so she could only put down the cutlery in her hand. With her seemingly fragile body, she slowly walked upstairs. When she was sure that Qi Luohan couldn't see her, she quickened her pace and walked into the bedroom angrily.
After the door closed, Mu Xue looked at the furnishings in the room, wanting to smash them all. However, if she made too much noise, Qi Luohan would definitely hear it, so she could only throw the pillows on the bed and the cushions on the sofa to the ground to vent her anger.
Mu Xue was still not satisfied after doing this, so she simply put the gift Qi Luohan gave her on the ground and stomped on it with her feet, cursing as she stepped on it.
Qi Luohan went upstairs and reached the door of the room. Seeing Mu Xue's crazy look through the half-open door, his hand on the door handle paused slightly.
Is this the real Mu Xue? Could it be that the gentle and sensible little woman he had felt for the past two years, whose gentleness in soothing his pain, was all fake?
Qi Luohan didn't want to think about it any further. Sister Xiang had already reminded him before he went upstairs, and just one sentence made Qi Luohan alert.
"Master, this woman is definitely not as simple as she looks. You have to be careful."
Qi Luohan waited until Mu Xue had finished venting her anger before pushing the door open. Mu Xue's face had returned to its gentle expression, and Qi Luohan's expression hadn't changed at all.
When Mu Xue saw him come in, she leaned forward with a wronged look to let Qi Luohan check her.
Qi Luohan looked and saw that Axiang's wife had indeed used too much force. Mu Xue's right face was slightly swollen. Perhaps she was injured more seriously before he came back.
"The family doctor will be here soon. Your face is fine, just a little swollen. I've already bought some medicine for you on the way."
Mu Xue looked at him: "How did you know I needed to buy medicine?"
Qi Luohan gently pinched her pretty nose: "Axiang's wife said that when she was swatting a mosquito for you, she used too much force and slapped your face. She didn't know that your skin was so thin that it could be broken by a blow. She used too much force and asked me to buy you some medicine.
Sister Xiang had good intentions. She saw on the news that there was a mosquito plague recently and was worried that you might get bitten, so she hit you so hard. Don't take it to heart."
Mu Xue snorted coldly: "Is it true or false? What about next time? Will she make up another story to frame me and then come to you to take credit for it?"
Qi Luohan ignored Mu Xue's complaints and looked at her after applying the medicine to her.
"Mu Xue, Sister Xiang is not just a random housekeeper I hired. She is an old servant of our Qi family. You can tell her directly if you have any problems. She will do whatever she can for you, and will call me if she can't. I feel relieved to have her around when you are alone at home."
Mu Xue was a little angry: "You'd better rest assured that she will slap me."
Qi Luohan: "How could that be? Maybe Sister-in-law Axiang is really worried about me. I believe there must be a reason for what she did. She has been in our family for more than 20 years. Apart from my parents, she is the one closest to me.
She wouldn't hurt me no matter what, wouldn't she?"
Mu Xue seemed to dodge his words and did not give a direct answer.
"You also said that she is yours, so of course she won't do anything to harm you. Don't worry, the people you care about are like family to me, and I will treat Sister Xiang like family from now on."
Qi Luohan kissed her on the forehead.
"Have a good rest later, I have to go back to the company in the afternoon.
When Mu Xue heard him say that he was going back to the company, she couldn't help but put her arms around his waist and act coquettishly in his arms.
"Can't you stay with me?"
Qi Luohan pulled her hand down from his waist without leaving a trace.
"I told you that the company will be very busy during this period, and it may be difficult to accompany you every day like before. This is why I asked Sister Xiang to come over.
I was afraid you would be lonely at home, and she would keep you company."
Mu Xue's expression was full of disappointment. How could the two of them develop feelings if she couldn't be with him every day?
Mu Xue thought for a moment and said, "It's boring for me to stay at home alone. Why don't you take me to your company and give me a job?"
Qi Luohan looked at her with an unfathomable darkness in his eyes.
"Are you going to work at the company?"
He didn't quite believe what he heard. He had had this idea before, but Mu Xue made up a bunch of excuses and just didn't want to go with him.
Now that he was suddenly so proactive, he had to be suspicious.
"Aren't you afraid that the Mu family will find you?"
Mu Xue acts coquettishly.
"How could that be? With you by my side, you will protect me even if they find out, right?"
This didn't sound wrong. Qi Luohan stroked her long hair gently: "I'll go to the company this afternoon to see if there's any position suitable for you. I'll make the arrangements then."
Mu Xue hugged him with a barely perceptible smile on her face.
Qi Luohan went to the company. Mu Xue was about to go out after he left. Sister Xiang saw this and looked at Mu Xue. Without knowing the trace, she asked, "Miss Mu, are you going out?"
Mu Xue said "hmm" lightly: "Help me make some health-preserving soup later, I want to drink it when I come back."
A Xiang's wife responded and closed the door after Mu Xue left. Mu Xue came downstairs, turned around and looked at the large flat she and Qi Luohan shared, a strange smile on her lips, and then got into her online taxi. As soon as Mu Xue left, Qi Luohan received a call from A Xiang's wife.
"Master, Miss Mu has left."
Qi Luohan: "Did she say where she was going?"
Sister Xiang forgot to ask, so she could only answer honestly: "Miss Mu didn't say that."
Qi Luohan said, "I understand," and hung up the phone.
Qi Luohan continued working. Around 4:00 p.m., a Weibo message popped up on his phone: an explosion had occurred in a home in his neighborhood.
When Qi Luohan saw the direction where the thick smoke was coming from, his blood seemed to freeze.
He immediately grabbed his coat and rushed out of the company, calling Mu Xue and A Xiang's wife as he walked.
A Xiang's wife's call was not connected, and Mu Xue's call was also not connected. Qi Luohan returned home anxiously.
The explosion had just happened, and fortunately there was a fire in the building next door. The firefighters arrived in time and put out the fire on both sides, so Axiang's wife saved her life.
Qi Luohan was relieved to see that Sister Xiang was safe and sound, and then he thought of Mu Xue. He quickly asked, "Where's Mu Xue? Is she okay?"
Axiang's wife was covered in dust, but fortunately she only choked on a few puffs of cigarette smoke.
"Miss Mu is fine. She left in the afternoon and was not at home. She didn't come back until the explosion."
Qi Luohan felt a little relieved. Then he looked at Sister Xiang.
"What the hell is going on? Why would an explosion happen out of nowhere?"
Axiang's wife: "I don't know either. Miss Mu Xue said she wanted to drink Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup and asked me to prepare it for her in the afternoon. I went to light the gas stove to make soup for her, but I didn't expect that the flour next to it would explode as soon as I lit the flame.
The heat wave knocked me out. I don't know what happened, but luckily the firefighters nearby arrived in time, otherwise I might have lost my life."
A Xiang's wife felt scared when she thought of this. Qi Luohan felt that something was wrong after listening to the description.
Why was the flour placed next to the stove in the kitchen? Anyone with common sense knows that flour will explode when exposed to open flames.
It was impossible for Axiang's wife, who had been a servant in the Qi family for decades, to make such a low-level mistake. They both thought of Mu Xue at the same time.
But Qi Luohan was still unwilling to believe that such a kind and gentle woman could do such a vicious thing.
Axiang's wife is only in her 50s, and her son has only been married for a short time. If she falls victim to the virus, it would be too cruel for her.
"There's a surveillance camera installed at home. If it's not damaged, we can see who put the flour next to the stove."
He believed in Axiang's wife. She had been in their Qi family for decades and would never risk her life to blow up the building.
If I had to say who could do it, then it would only be Mu Xue. There were only three people in the family. I couldn't think of anyone else except Mu Xue.
Mrs. Xiang wiped away her tears and said, "Master, I won't quit my job just because of this. Both my wife and husband have passed away. If I leave now, Master will really be left alone."
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