Chapter 615: Confusion (22)
The news that Joshua has returned to China and is now joining the crew has quickly swept the headlines of major media outlets like crazy.
Fans everywhere were thrilled.
Some of them even flew thousands of miles to come just to catch a glimpse of their idol from afar.
only.
Yu Zhi's agency was very experienced and did a very good job of keeping Yu Zhi's schedule confidential. Those fans who heard the news and came to see him were disappointed.
In the crew lounge.
The makeup artist was about to leave after finishing the final preparations for Yu Zhi. She had just opened the door when she was stunned.
Outside the door.
Zhuang Wanqing, who was dressed beautifully and exquisitely, was standing there in a daze. The sleeve of her slender arm slipped down when she raised it, revealing her well-maintained fair and delicate skin.
It looked like he was about to knock on the door.
Are you here to visit Joshua?
While the makeup artist was stunned, the woman in front of her who was wearing the crew's makeup was also stunned.
Zhuang Wanqing looked a little surprised, as if she didn't expect someone to suddenly appear.
"Ms. Zhuang, you..."
Perhaps realizing her presence had frightened the other person, the makeup artist quickly snapped out of her daze. She nodded slightly and was about to greet the female lead.
However, Zhuang Wanqing hurriedly interrupted her with a gesture.
"No, I just wanted to see if anyone was here."
As she said this, Zhuang Wanqing withdrew her hand which was halfway raised to knock on the door, and pretended to be nonchalant and smoothed her hair that was scattered on her shoulders to tidy it up a little, not looking too embarrassed.
Zhuang Wanqing smiled slightly, and her willow-like eyebrows relaxed in an instant.
This made her look even more gentle and humble. "Is it okay to disturb your work? Is Joshua resting in there? In that case, I won't disturb him for now."
The makeup artist was flattered and waved her hand quickly.
"It's okay, Miss Zhuang. Mr. Yu is indeed resting inside."
She probably knew that Zhuang Wanqing didn't want to alarm the people inside, so she also deliberately lowered her voice.
Perhaps he also saw Zhuang Wanqing's hesitation.
She observed the latter's expression, smiled slightly, and added, "Mr. Yu seems to be in a good mood. If Miss Zhuang goes in now, he should be very welcome."
After hearing these words, Zhuang Wanqing's originally wavering will gradually became firm.
She hasn't seen Yu Zhi for a long time.
It had been so long since they separated, and Joshua might have forgotten her a long time ago.
Even so, she still...
A brief silence brewed. Zhuang Wanqing closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, then smiled and nodded slightly: "I understand, thank you."
The makeup artist understood, smiled, waved, and left.
In the end, Zhuang Wanqing plucked up the courage and knocked on the door in front of her.
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At the same time, on the other side, in a villa in a remote suburb.
Qiao Xi, who was brought here by Zhi Liao, noticed the villa was filled with an inexplicable and uncomfortable smell almost the moment she stepped in. It was a strange smell that was a little damp after the rain, but also had a slight hint of rust and blood.
It didn't smell like something that had just appeared.
It seems like it has been a long time since it last came into the building, and then it has become like a maggot that cannot be driven away, and it has been parasitic here forever.
Qiao Xi looked around.
Noticing the hunting rifle hanging on the wall like a decoration, she calmly looked away.
She sat in a chair in the middle of the empty room.
In front of her was Zhi Liao, who was sitting like her but keeping a certain distance.
The man looked at her calmly.
But the terrifying malice hidden beneath those indifferent pupils almost turned into a surging wave, as if if Qiao Xi was not careful in an instant, she would be swallowed up by such oppressive emotions.
Is he angry?
Qiao Xi observed the person in front of her, feeling the fragile surface calm that flowed between them and could be easily broken.
No, not really...
That's not an angry emotion.
That gaze gave her a cold scrutiny, without any unnecessary emotions. Instead, he was thinking carefully about something with an extremely calm attitude.
What are you thinking? Silencing her?
Or should they just be more direct and silence the witness with their usual brutal methods?
She had no doubt that Zhi Liao couldn't do it.
For such desperate criminals, every step they take is like walking on the edge of a knife. Killing the daughter of a powerful family or provoking a giant is probably not worth mentioning in their eyes.
After all, they themselves are people walking in the gray area.
Qiao Xi closed her eyes slightly, but did not avoid Zhi Liao's gaze. She seemed to be sorting out her emotions, and this change in the woman also fell into Zhi Liao's eyes.
There was no commotion or screaming.
There wasn't even a hint of panic or fear.
Qiao Xi was calmer than he expected.
"You should know the consequences of following me here. I will not let this threat of yours go easily."
Zhi Liao tilted his head slightly and spoke calmly. He would take the threat seriously even if it was too weak to overthrow him. He would not allow anything that could shake him to exist.
Plus.
The family behind Qiao Xi is not weak either.
Being targeted by a guy like that was a common occurrence for Zhi Liao, and he could ignore it. However, being targeted also meant that he needed to be more cautious in his daily actions.
It also means that if he wants to go out with Gan Youmeng openly, he has to be more cautious.
Others have never seen his face and don't know his identity.
Gan Youmeng and Qiao Xi had seen and knew his true identity, so he was not worried about the former. After all, he knew Gan Youmeng's movements very clearly, and someone was monitoring and reporting on them.
As for this woman Qiao Xi...
That was an accident.
The girl in front of him smiled slightly after hearing his words. She raised her eyes and her gaze was clear and firm. She said, "I know. I don't want you to let me go either."
Qiao Xi's hands were slightly folded on her legs, and she straightened her back slightly. She looked a little restrained in such a dignified and serious sitting posture.
The girl lowered her eyes slightly.
She seemed to be thinking, and after a moment's silence she said slowly: "You know, my life has been ruined."
Upon hearing this, Zhi Liao raised his eyelids lazily and glanced at her nonchalantly.
He didn't say anything, waiting for her to continue.
"I was tarnished, ruined a long time ago. I thought my hard work would bring me a bright future, but when I finally managed to build it with my own hands, they showed up and said I was qualified."
Qiao Xi lowered her eyes, and her distracted gaze seemed to fall on her hands.
Zhi Liao followed her gaze.
His gaze also rested on the girl's hands, delicate and soft, as white as porcelain. From the outside, they were perfect, fitting the image of those wealthy daughters who had never touched women.
But those who have touched it know it.
Her hands were not as soft as she had imagined, but were covered with a thin layer of calluses.
"They said this was training, to make me stronger. They spoke so naturally, commenting on my hard-earned achievements with arrogance and superiority. It was as if I was supposed to achieve this level in the first place."
Qiao Xi's monologue continues.
"All my efforts were attributed to the so-called successors of the Xi family. But before this, I clearly had no contact with them at all...?"
Of course I can’t figure it out.
The body and mind were ruined and even defiled, and the so-called family did not show up.
Instead, he watched her despair and her dying struggle from the shadows as a bystander. Then, he just ignored her and evaluated her life.
Finally, judge her value and regard the pain she suffered as so-called experience.
Her life is a joke to be watched.
Since they were family, why didn't they show up earlier? Since they were family, her parents, they would have the heart to watch their child being abused, would have the heart to watch her fall into the hands of the wolf, even if she was abducted abroad.
Can you also regard it as a so-called experience?
She didn't understand, and of course she wouldn't understand. For those family members who hypocritically claimed to be doing it for her own good, her heart, which had long been numbed and devastated to the point of being cold and desperate, only ignited a raging flame of revenge.
She hated their hypocrisy.
She hated them for taking everything she had been through and endured with such difficulty as what she should take for granted as the heir of the Xi family.
She herself has never faced the reality.
Even in social settings, others only see her identity as the heir of the Xi family, and some may even feel disgusted by her unclean experience.
Like a puppet.
A fate that is manipulated and played with.
It was as if God was playing a bad joke on her, sending her a glimmer of hope just when she had experienced despair and finally cheered up.
Then, he fell into hell again.
When she was abducted abroad, the Xi family...her parents, still viewed it as a so-called experience.
How could she not hate it if she died sometime due to bad luck?
"I am unclean, and perhaps sinful." Qiao Xi said this. When she looked up at Zhi Liao again, there was a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
She was longing.
She hopes that someone can rescue her from the cage, even if the person who is ignoring her and reaching out to her is a devil.
"I hope... you can destroy them. The so-called ancient family has no need to exist at all. It should have left the stage of history long ago."
Qiao Xi's voice sounded like a whisper.
However.
Zhi Liao, who had been sitting opposite her and had never shown any emotion, couldn't help but cover his face with his hands and burst into laughter after hearing what she said.
"Hahahaha, how ironic—!"
He believed that he had cultivated an excellent successor.
Little did they know that they were only trapping themselves. They had already sown the seeds of hatred in the heir's heart, and they were growing bigger and bigger.
Those so-called ancient families——
Always so arrogant, but eventually eroded by his own arrogance.
Is that why Qiao Xi came to him?
Want to use him to overthrow those behemoths?
Zhi Liao came to her, knelt down, raised one hand and pinched Qiao Xi's cheek fiercely. His action was very rough, not very gentle.
Qiao Xi was also startled by his sudden action and subconsciously looked up at him.
At this time.
What she saw were Zhi Liao's eyes, already stained with madness, excited and eager to try. They were stained with a dark color of paranoia, and madness spread deep in his eyes like ink.
...He was very excited.
It was as if he had found new prey, and he was extremely excited.
Such a discovery seemed a bit creepy, but the words had already been spoken, and it was Qiao Xi who brought it up. So the girl just pursed her lips and looked at him quietly without saying anything.
"Good boy."
As if murmuring, Zhi Liao chuckled and began to stroke the top of her head. The man stood up and gently wrapped his strong arms around her petite shoulders.
The silver ring on Zhi Liao's bony index finger seemed to gleam seductively in the dim light. He lowered his eyelids slightly, hiding all his dangerous motives, and said.
"But you understand, I can't trust you completely."
The man's large hands stroked the girl's lustrous hair again and again, as if caressing a cherished toy. As the cool strands of hair passed through his fingers, his eyes grew deeper.
If he moved down a little, he could grab her slender neck and break it easily. It would be easy to kill her.
"So, you have to prove yourself."
You have to show him the capital to trust you. He hates people who betray him.
"So, what should I do?"
With Zhi Liao half-holding her shoulders and almost leaning in his arms, Qiao Xi raised her head and looked at him blankly with her clear eyes.
"Hmm...it's simple. First, bring back the finger of the person you hate. Of course, considering this is your first time doing this, I can extend the deadline to within a month."
He said with a chuckle.
Zhi Liao's eyes were tinged with a strange color, as if something had awakened his true self. His eyes were no longer as carefree and indifferent as before, but now became extremely cold.
Can't see people's emotions...
There was no emotion, only a gradually swelling sense of playful malice.
Perhaps he was enjoying the moment, the already pale Qiao Xi. He enjoyed watching her gradually sink into despair. He wouldn't be surprised if Qiao Xi refused.
They would probably find it boring and just get rid of the person.
Don't want to waste any more time.
If Qiao Xi agreed, but she couldn't do it. Of course, Zhi Liao would get rid of her because she broke her promise. Because he didn't need a liar who was full of lies, so even if Qiao Xi promised to do it.
It just delays the time of death.
Unless, she can really take it out.
"I, I..." Qiao Xi's lips trembled slightly, her eyes showed undisguised hesitation and struggle, and her hands couldn't help but clenched tighter.
"Can you do that?"
How should I answer? The answer was obvious. Finally, she lowered her head slightly, her face pale as if she had completely given up, and nodded softly.
"I will...try my best to do it."
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