Although I didn’t want to admit it, Li Qiqi had to admit that Qi Xiaoye’s kiss was more intoxicating than Qiao Xiao’s wine.
Not far away, a wooden window in the elegant room was opened a crack, and Li Qiqi squinted her eyes to look over while being forced to kiss.
The sunlight outside the window was dazzlingly white, and a plum tree was in full bloom in the yard, its cold fragrance enveloping the new plums, drawing branches and spreading leaves, and the delicate petals were dyed with shades of red.
The plum branches were like her slender arms, clinging to the stout pine, and the morning breeze shuttled freely between the flower gaps.
The shadows of the flowers and leaves were hazy, and the white snow rustled down.
Qi Xiaoye raised his neck, slightly opened his eyes, and looked at her with his eyelids lowered, his voice hoarse and difficult to hide his restlessness.
“There are plum blossoms… falling into Miss Li’s eyes.”
Li Qiqi was so angry that she held her breath, and the blush on her cheeks gradually deepened. In the end, she simply closed her eyes and pretended not to hear.
Qi Xiaoye lowered his eyes and glanced at her, his Adam’s apple rolled lightly, his left hand left the girl’s ankles made of frost and snow, and after a long period of restlessness, he was about to cut into the layered skirt—
“Master Qi.”
Xu Nantian’s voice came from outside the door.
Li Qiqi suddenly woke up, she looked at Qi Xiaoye with panicked eyes, and begged softly while holding his neck.
“Don’t, don’t let him in.”
Qi Xiaoye stopped his movements and smiled playfully.
“We’re not having an affair, what, are you afraid that your uncle will see?”
Wasn’t that just having an affair?
Li Qiqi was startled by her sudden thought, she tried to calm her restless breathing, stared her eyes and struggled desperately, so anxious that tears were about to fall.
“My, my uncle is very strict with me, he doesn’t allow it, he won’t allow it…”
Seeing the man’s eyes gradually darkening, Li Qiqi lowered her head uneasily, trying to avoid Qi Xiaoye’s questioning eyes, and stammered:
“I, I don’t want him to know.”
Qi Xiaoye’s heart trembled, and his blue eyes regained clarity in an instant, as if he suddenly understood something.
But he didn’t ask, just looked down at Li Qiqi with a gloomy expression, and after a few seconds, he coldly raised his eyebrows and got up, hugging the person in his arms again.
“Atai.”
“Yes.”
Atai outside the screen nodded knowingly, took a few steps forward, and opened the wooden door with a “crash”.
“Master Qi…”
Li Qiqi trembled, tears slid from the corners of her red eyes, and were wiped away by Qi Xiaoye unhurriedly.
“Don’t be afraid, he can’t see you, and he doesn’t dare to look.”
Xu Nantian straightened his suit and tie, stepped in, and was stopped by Atai before he had taken a few steps.
“Mr. Xu, if you have anything to say, say it outside. Master Qi is doing something important and it’s not convenient to show his face.”
Xu Nantian adjusted his glasses, a simple action that startled Li Qiqi, and she buried her entire face in Qi Xiaoye’s neck.
Fortunately, the perspective of the front of the screen was not enough, and Xu Nantian did not dare to stretch his neck to look inside as Qi Xiaoye said, and even thoughtfully turned his face away.
“Master Qi, I have a batch of wine purchased from Fran Country, which has been detained at the pier under your control for three days. I want to ask, when can it come in?”
Qi Xiaoye turned his finger and untied Li Qiqi’s already loose bun, and the girl’s waterfall-like slightly curly black hair fell down. He hooked a strand of it and played with it on his finger.
“When the brothers at the pier have checked it clearly, they will naturally let it in.”
Xu Nantian smiled bitterly.
“Master Qi, don’t worry, this batch of goods all came through formal channels. I have opened nightclubs in Kenakin for so many years, and there has never been a problem with the wine, and the past routes have also been smooth. You detained me without saying anything, is it a bit…inhuman?”
Qi Xiaoye didn’t speak, his posture was leisurely, and his fingertips tapped lightly on the wooden chair armrest, making a steady and rhythmic sound, each of which was tightly Holding Xu Nantian’s heartstrings.
Xu Nantian was also silent and confronted him. After a long silence, Xu Nantian took the lead to speak.
“Master Qi, Yinpu’s inventory is not much, this batch of wine is very important to me. Or… how about this, I am willing to pay double the inspection fee, just hoping that you can raise your hand and let this batch of goods pass as soon as possible.”
“I don’t lack money…” Qi Xiaoye said lightly.
Xu Nantian raised his eyes and looked over, coldly scrutinizing the two people intimately overlapping on the long chair through the screen, the inscrutable eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses flickered uncertainly, and he continued:
“Then just say what you want, as long as it’s within my ability, I will find a way.”
Qi Xiaoye was not polite with him and was straightforward.
“I heard that Mr. Xu is raising a little girl in Liyuan, who is as beautiful as… Tsk！”
Before he could finish speaking, Li Qiqi grabbed Qi Xiaoye’s strong waist with her right hand and pinched him hard, hurting Qi Xiaoye so much that he almost couldn’t help but throw her out.
Li Qiqi didn’t dare to make a sound, she could only frown and glare at him, her eyebrows and eyes were full of harmless threats.
Qi Xiaoye smiled wickedly and raised his hand, pinching Li Qiqi’s slightly red little nose as revenge, blocking her breathing.
“Be good, we’re talking about business, don’t be naughty!”
The man teased, his face full of smiles, making Li Qiqi clench her fists and hit his chest.
She was pinched by Qi Xiaoye’s quick movements again.
“Hmm…”
A sharp pain came from her palm, and Li Qiqi couldn’t help but hum softly.
This sound was both delicate and alluring，stimulating Qi Xiaoye’s eyes to darken suddenly, and also scaring Li Qiqi’s brain to freeze directly.
She winked at Qi Xiaoye embarrassedly and shyly, and then tightly pursed her lips, for fear of being heard by Xu Nantian.
Xu Nantian didn’t speak.
Qi Xiaoye restrained the restlessness in his heart, took off Li Qiqi’s black velvet gloves without explanation, and looked down at the bandaged left hand of the girl.
The scarlet blood stains on it were clearly visible, and had penetrated to the outermost layer, spreading in Li Qiqi’s slender and fair palm, forming a halo.
“What’s going on?” Qi Xiaoye frowned.
Li Qiqi couldn’t answer, shook her head at Qi Xiaoye with a cold face, the disgust and begging in her eyes intertwined, trying to tell the man in this way—
She didn’t like being used as a bargaining chip!
This movement of the two was really not small. To the people outside, it was like an ambiguous flirtation between lovers.
Even Atai, who had a solemn expression, shrugged his eyebrows at the moment Li Qiqi made a sound, and subconsciously glanced at Xu Nantian.
Xu Nantian didn’t have any reaction, but the long-term neglect and waiting still exhausted his patience little by little, and he opened his mouth to break the silence.
“Master Qi already has a beauty by his side, so he should treat her well. My niece is still young and has a stubborn temper. If she doesn’t know what’s good and offends Master Qi, it won’t be good.”
“It’s okay.”
Qi Xiaoye’s movements were gentle, staring at Li Qiqi’s sparkling and moving eyes, and unwrapped the gauze on her left hand circle by circle,
“I like to tame… disobedient women.”