Chapter 638: Confusion (45)
Just three simple words.
But it is like a stone thrown into a lake, causing ripples to gradually appear on the originally calm and peaceful surface of the lake, spreading out layer by layer.
...I have a bad feeling.
This thought came up out of nowhere, and it was hard to describe it accurately for the moment.
Qiao Xi looked at the three words.
She was silent for a while, then looked out the window at the sky dyed orange and red. At dusk, when night was about to fall, she replied to the message.
Qiao Xi didn't know where he was.
So, she just sent a location.
Fortunately, the Xi family only placed her under house arrest here and did not take away her cell phone. They probably felt it was unnecessary, since Qiao Xi couldn't contact anyone who could help her.
Those people...
They will all be warned by the Xi family to a greater or lesser extent, and those who are afraid of the Xi family's power will certainly not take risks themselves.
That's why.
The Xi family was so relieved and not afraid of Qiao Xi leaving here. Because once she left here.
She was faced with the fact that she had betrayed the Xi family.
Qiao Xi must have known the consequences of this. If she offended the Gu family, it would be like destroying her future.
Unless you have the strength to match it.
Otherwise, once she was expelled and labeled as having offended the Xi family, no big company would extend an olive branch to Qiao Xi.
Even if he had shown kindness to her before.
But that also had basic conditions, because she was the only daughter of the Xi family and was chosen as the heir of the Xi family.
That's why I show goodwill.
They were eyeing Qiao Xi, the future heir of the Xi family, not Qiao Xi from the beginning. Talking about potential and the future was ridiculous. Some people, even if they worked their entire lives, could never match the Gu family's legacy.
Qiao Xi walked towards the courtyard.
She came to the swing again and sat there, staring blankly at the flowers and plants in the courtyard.
Not far away.
There is a small European-style pavilion.
The fragrance of flowers all around and the branches swaying gently in the breeze made everything here seem very unreal.
The afterglow of the setting sun gradually disappeared from the horizon.
But before the sun completely set, the little light that fell on the lawn was as if announcing the last beauty of this world.
Very beautiful scenery.
The more I looked at it, the calmer I felt. I didn't want to bother trying to be in business shape anymore to deal with the Zhi Liao that was about to arrive.
Qiao Xi thought so.
The little white cat system, sensing her thoughts, sighed in space.
[I think if you face him in this calm state, it will really become troublesome.]
I don’t know what happened recently.
It discovered that Qiao Xi was really becoming more and more like her original personality, and this was not a good thing to continue.
But.
This is the final destination. I didn’t expect that even after integrating multiple collapsed worlds in the script, the fused world line still couldn’t change Qiao Xi as an individual.
"So, should I pretend that I love him deeply?"
Qiao Xi, sitting on the swing, tilted her head slightly, looking a little confused.
It felt a bit strange. Although she was reluctant to admit it, Qiao Xi herself noticed it.
It seemed that she was becoming more and more indifferent.
In the past, I could at least empathize and understand. Now, it's just understanding and pure analysis, without giving much thought to anything else.
at most……
It means that you can predict the person's condition.
What is this person's mood now, and how should she deal with it?
That's it.
Yes, so that’s what she is doing in front of Zhi Liao now.
He is a character who holds hatred towards the Xi family and wants to take revenge on them.
therefore.
That's why I got involved with that man and had a complicated relationship with him.
But generally speaking...
According to normal thinking, what will be the outcome for two people having this kind of physical relationship?
【Think about this yourself_(:з」∠)_】
The Little White Cat System didn't give her any advice. After saying this, it seemed to be busy again.
Qiao Xi thought seriously.
According to the plot of the story, a relationship like this where they have a common goal but also use each other should have a feeling of mutual appreciation.
But the gap between her status and Zhi Liao's is too big.
No matter how painful a person standing in the light is, he cannot empathize with or understand someone who has been standing in the darkness from the beginning.
Even though they had physical relations with each other several times.
But even if there is affection, even if there is a feeling of love, it is not so easy to express it.
That's right.
There are also people who fall in love with each other after being abused, but Qiao Xi felt a little distressed when she thought about her performance during that period.
Because she did not show any dependence on Zhi Liao.
No affection was shown either.
Even when he met Gan Youmeng and Zhi Liao together, it was because he thought that this was Gan Youmeng's first time. If she was wasted in the hands of this man and got involved with such a person, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.
That's why she said that Zhi Liao was temporarily reserved by her.
Then he took Gan Youmeng away.
Unfortunately, after pulling Gan Youmeng aside and observing her for a while, she discovered that this was not Gan Youmeng's first time.
and.
One can see her ambition in those eyes, and the strong desire of Gan Youmeng to be hugged by Zhi Liao.
If it's voluntary...
Then there is no need to stop her. Even if we can stop her this time, she will sacrifice herself without hesitation next time.
So Qiao Xi let it go and let her go.
Until now.
To face it with a state of deep love...
It was so sudden. Zhi Liao was not stupid. He could tell whether he loved someone or not from the details and the look in their eyes. She didn't love Zhi Liao, and she had never pretended. She didn't have that kind of emotion at all.
Doing this suddenly now will definitely arouse suspicion.
But...if it was that kind of thing, for whom was she doing this? For whom did she compromise and hide her feelings, so that she stayed by his side?
Then.
Because Zhi Liao discovered this opportunity and exposed him, he simply stopped hiding his emotions and revealed them.
Love is expressed.
For whom did she seek revenge on the Gu family? For whom was she willing to stay by his side and cooperate with him, even at the cost of selling her body? She had a relationship with him that went beyond that.
If there is an opportunity.
Looking at it this way, don’t these emotional changes make more sense?
Draw conclusions.
Qiao Xi also knew how to operate, just as she had done countless times before. She wanted to continue this dramatic development until justice came, the hero fulfilled his duty, and she took the initiative to withdraw, which would be the final conclusion.
Yes.
This is the script she has been following and executing all along, with no exceptions.
[People who are serious and precise are probably people like you.]
Some careless and casual voices came from the system space.
It's the Little Black Cat system.
You're really not tired of it. You keep playing this game of self-sacrifice that moves you.
It probably felt bored and swung its tail in a bored manner.
Qiao Xi ignored it.
Because now she saw that the outer door, which was originally locked and could not be opened at all, was pushed open at this moment after someone cut off the power.
A black sedan was parked outside.
The man who pushed open the door had a gloomy expression on his face, and his eyes, which Qiao Xi had seen countless times, now revealed a sharp, murderous gaze.
You can see it.
Zhi Liao's mood is not very stable.
The pair of eyes noticed Qiao Xi who was sitting on the swing and was distracted at a glance. The girl looked at him without showing any reaction.
The look on his face was more like he was stunned.
However.
When Qiao Xi's eyes met his, she lowered her head slightly and looked away, just looking at the ground without saying a word.
Zhi Liao clenched his fists.
The bulging blue veins on the back of his hand had already revealed his mood at the moment.
Seeing Qiao Xi like that——
With that cowardly expression on his face, he felt furious and could only feel boundless anger surging in his heart.
It’s an indescribable feeling.
There was a pain spreading as if someone was stabbing his heart from behind, as if he had been betrayed, and the unreasonable rage was eroding his sanity.
The man took a few quick steps forward.
He grabbed Qiao Xi's collar very roughly and pulled the woman up from the swing with force.
"Tell me, was it you... who brought that person in?"
A different voice.
The roar of outburst was so intense that it made his eardrums ache slightly. Facing those bloodshot eyes up close, he could see Zhi Liao's agony and the maddening murderous intent surging within him.
He wanted to take action.
I want to kill Qiao Xi here.
His actions clearly showed this impulse, as if he was raising a thorny hedgehog to warn his enemies.
but.
This person has a strong aura of sadness and loneliness.
Do you feel betrayed?
And now, he has nothing left.
Qiao Xi looked at him like this and he seemed a little dazed. This hysterical and painful look seemed to remind the woman of some memories.
My vision blurred unconsciously.
Qiao Xi didn't even know when her nose suddenly felt sore. She just looked at him absentmindedly, but her beautiful eyes were empty, unable to hold anything.
Her body was shaking slightly.
But that was not out of fear for Zhi Liao. From Qiao Xi's trembling lips, a very soft voice murmured like the whispers in a dream.
"Ce..."
Perhaps the name came out subconsciously.
By the time Qiao Xi noticed it herself, her tears were falling like broken strings, and her slightly contracted pupils were trying hard to hide her panic.
She looked pale.
It was like someone was forcibly revealing the most embarrassing scar in my life that I didn't want to face, and was seeing my ugly, bloody self.
She didn't want to face it.
However, reality forced her to face it.
When Zhi Liao said this name, the man's gloomy face was covered with icy coldness, and the fierceness in his sinister pupils became even deeper.
He loosened Qiao Xi's collar.
Then, he grabbed Qiao Xi's neck with his big hands.
"You really know me, it must be you."
The hand clasping her slender neck tightened its grip, but Qiao Xi only managed to curl her lips and raise a sad yet beautiful fragile smile.
Like a white rose swaying in the wind.
Pure yet fragile, as if fleeting.
"Just... kill me like this, as... atonement for his sins."
A horrible, suffocating pain came over me.
Qiao Xi found it extremely difficult to even speak a complete sentence. She could feel the oxygen becoming increasingly scarce and could sense that her life seemed to be slipping away.
Facing the threat of death.
But she showed a sad smile as if she was relieved, as if that was the ending she should really face.
Pinching her waist with one hand.
At this moment, a flickering flame flickered in his pupils. A hint of struggle and resistance battled against his rationality, which was being consumed by the flames of anger.
To kill or not?
There is no doubt that he deserves to be killed, and he should be killed immediately.
His intentions were clear, his motives legitimate. He hadn't hesitated, nor should he have. Killing this man was part of his revenge. It was a common thing, not something he hadn't done before, and it wasn't the first time he had done it.
So powerful that it can take other people's lives at will.
It was as common as crushing an ant. For someone as experienced as him, there should be no hesitation.
But why—
The force in his hands could not be increased even an inch.
Violent emotions spread in an instant, and one could sense the irritability.
With the man pinching her neck, Qiao Xi felt a sweet, fishy taste in her throat. She forced herself to swallow the nauseating taste of rusty blood, and despite the intense dizziness that threatened to make her faint, she opened her eyes slightly and looked at the man in front of her.
Something was lurking in Zhi Liao's eyes.
Dark and deep, a brutal and sweeping murderous intent. Like the intertwining light and shadow, it became particularly cold under his sinister gaze. But it was precisely this man, like a man who had walked out of hell—
In those eyes that have long lost their conscience.
There was actually... a slight, faint struggle?
What was he hesitating about? Why did he stop? Didn't he just continue and kill her?
In the intense pain of hypoxia, even though he could clearly feel the threat of death right before his eyes, Qiao Xi did not stop to think when looking at the person in front of him.
……like.
Her vision was already blurred, but when she saw those eyes, an indescribable sense of familiarity surged in her heart.
It's not acting.
It wasn't her normal state of mind, she was distracted for a moment. She just felt that it was very similar, what was it?
have no idea.
It seems I've seen it somewhere.
In the distant past that she had forgotten.
Someone had looked at her like this before, someone would look at her like this again. A look that wanted to kill her, to completely eliminate her from this world, the same murderous look.
Like who?
I can't remember.
But Qiao Xi had not forgotten what she should do now. She stretched out her hand in a daze, and like a dying person struggling, the hand she raised was shaking violently.
but……
As if trying to grab something she cherished, her fingertips touched Zhi Liao's cheek.
A moment.
Suddenly, a warm hand touched him. Zhi Liao's body trembled, and the strength in his hand loosened a little.
That flickering pain and wavering look.
It became more and more distinct.
At this moment, Qiao Xi also reached out her other hand and gently cupped Zhi Liao's cheek. Then, ignoring the intense pain gripping her, she closed her slightly trembling eyelids and tiptoed forward.
Her lips...
It touched Zhi Liao's lips.
Soft and dry, just touching, no further action. Compared to any of their previous passionate kisses, it was a plain and ordinary kiss.
Just the touch of lips.
There were no unnecessary movements, no entanglements or invitations, but Zhi Liao's body froze.
Qiao Xi understood.
She understood the man's hidden desires, the crazy side he didn't want anyone to touch. That bloodthirsty impulse, that kind of evil play, no matter which one it was, except for Qiao Xi -
No one knows.
And the only one who can satisfy him is Qiao Xi.
This is the truth that no one else can fully understand. No matter how many people have come across him in the past, they still don't know the real him.
"You're a very bad person too."
Feeling that the hand around her neck had loosened, Qiao Xi moved away from his lips, breathing slightly, and uttered these words between her trembling lips.
Regain oxygen.
Breathing only becomes more greedy.
Even without looking, she knew that there were clear fingerprints of Zhi Liao left on her neck.
His murderous intent did not subside.
However, Qiao Xi pulled him back from the brink of losing control and helped him regain some sanity.
His cold, hawk-like gaze fixed on Qiao Xi, but Zhi Liao made no response. The woman, looking at him with a gloomy gaze, also maintained her current posture.
She cupped Zhi Liao's cheek.
The two of them were very close, and when he lowered his head to look at her, his finger was almost touching her nose.
"Kill me and you'll never get the answers."
Qiao Xi said softly.
As they spoke, their breaths tangled, gradually brewing into a fiery heat. However, the atmosphere was colder than ever before, with no trace of passion at all.
Qiao Xi understood.
Zhi Liao held her in his arms and never loved her.
Perhaps it was simply a matter of using a tool, or perhaps it was simply a pastime. Therefore, Qiao Xi simply used their usual communication method to help Zhi Liao regain some of his lost sanity so they could communicate.
This is a despicable and unbearable relationship.
However, it was the only normal way of communication that these two depraved and corrupt people maintained with each other.
There is no love mixed with lovers.
Of course, there will be no love that is worth longing for.
It was just the purest, true to instinct and true to one's own fleshly desires. To use pure love to move someone who had long been immersed in darkness and sunk to the bottom of the jar was simply unrealistic.
He's such a cold-blooded animal.
How could I be shaken by mere affection and love?
There will be hesitation and struggle. Perhaps it is because Qiao Xi is the only one who still has a relationship with Ce and is the only one who knows the situation.
At the time, Zhi Liao did not realize that she was so deeply involved.
All I know is that she ruined Yu Jinnian.
It's kind of revenge, right?
At that time, Qiao Xi shot Yu Jinnian and started teasing him. Later, she put him under house arrest and allowed him to do whatever he wanted to have fun and pass the time.
And now.
When you meet her, return those things to her.
What's there to be angry about?
She was glad she paid the price.
People are always responsible for their own actions, and while Qiao Xi enjoys Zhi Liao hurting herself, she is also feeling the sweet pain of clinging to the wounds left on her body.
She is very happy.
At least this proved that this was her retribution. Even if Qiao Xi had been the one who took the initiative to cooperate with the man and gave him the opportunity to hurt her.
But no matter whether you are the abuser or the masochist, you can still continue to enjoy this evil game even at this point.
Doesn’t it also explain it exactly?
She is a bad person who is rotten to the core and has a deep bad nature.
"I made an appointment with Ce, and we played a game."
Qiao Xi ignored the emotions in the man's eyes. She acted as if nothing had happened and gave the man in front of her a charming, alluring and intoxicating smile.
"I lost the game, but he still kept his promise and turned himself in. Do you know why?"
Qiao Xi asked this.
She tilted her head slightly, observing Zhi Liao's expression. At this moment, the man also met her eyes.
"Why? Are you trying to tell me that it's because he's in love with you?"
Zhi Liao just curled his lips and revealed a cold and sarcastic smile.
This is the most ridiculous.
That man had no feelings. He had long ago lost some of his human emotions, which was why he had no reaction even to seeing a woman.
Who do you want to fall in love with?
Haha, what a vulgar joke.
"Of course not. I'm not that narcissistic. Ce has no love for me. He just insists on doing what he believes is right. That's all."
Qiao Xi quickly refuted Zhi Liao.
Ce had no ambitions; becoming the crown prince of both the underworld and the underworld was merely a test of his own abilities. He was testing whether he could easily accomplish what no one else could.
The results are obvious.
He succeeded.
But after meeting Qiao Xi, the person in his dream, an unexpected change occurred. He gradually became tired of the status quo.
It's because it's too easy to get something.
So when the time comes to give up, you can do it without hesitation and just throw it away.
"You think I'll believe your lame excuse?"
Zhi Liao just looked at her indifferently, but the man's expressionless face, coupled with the slightly weakened murderous intent, still proved...
In fact, he did believe it a little.
Qiao Xi just muttered to herself.
"The agreement I made with him was his last attempt. Since there was no way to make him fall in love with me, so... he got tired of it."
Saying this.
Qiao Xi also lowered her hands and slightly turned her eyes to avoid Zhi Liao's gaze.
Her thoughts seemed to drift far away.
Is the emotion flowing in these clear eyes nostalgia or lingering love?
For a while.
It also made Zhi Liao unable to interpret it.
At least, he had never seen this woman show such an expression. He had never seen such an expression from Qiao Xi, one that showed someone caring about someone.
It turns out she also has this expression.
The thought that suddenly popped up in his mind made Zhi Liao feel extremely ironic. When he asked Qiao Xi to show her determination, he also saw the determination and hatred in her eyes.
To the back.
Qiao Xi did find some loopholes and handed them over, but Zhi Liao already had that level of intelligence.
However, for Qiao Xi.
It must have taken a lot of effort to get it, and it was evidence that the Gu family had violated the law.
Her hatred for the Gu family.
Zhi Liao's hatred for his own origins is visible.
He originally thought that they were all weird, but now seeing the gentle look of nostalgia in Qiao Xi's eyes, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar and was very nauseous.
Why do you have such an expression?
Who do you miss?
Why does he have to have these emotions that only normal people would express? Wouldn't that make it seem like he's the only one who's different?
The unprovoked rage returned.
The overwhelming intensity of his emotions was even more violent and unbearable than before. The unstoppable desire to simply destroy everything was running rampant.
I don't want to suppress it anymore.
Since you don't want to kill her so soon, just keep her and torture her to death slowly.
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