"Hey? What was that all about? Is Director serious about not letting you act in the film anymore?" Bai Rouyan asked worriedly.
When she had heard the Luo family talking earlier about wanting her to back off or they would remove her, she had thought they were merely warning and didn't even expect it to happen. Do they hate a member of their family soo much? But given how Qingxi was the stepdaughter, it wasn't strange either.
She had heard many stories about how their stepdad and mother would make an ally with their real child to bully the stepchild. What she didn't believe was her biological mother turned a blind eye to this event. Weren't mothers suppose to favor their children and protect them?
"Heh...I guess?" Qingxi shrugged her shoulders, not in the mood to talk to anyone. She just wanted to get away with this.
"Hey, Qingxi? I know we are not on good terms, and you don't consider me a
In Lu corporations on the 21st floor, Lu Jingzhe entered his office room after the gruesome meeting with a foreign investor.It took him exactly 5 hours 37 minutes to explain to the investor why this project was soo important for the development of their country and what are the benefits he will be receiving if he signs this deal with Lu corporations.The investor himself was stubborn about all the details. He wanted to bag maximum benefits from this deal.Sitting on his chair leisurely, he threw his coat on the couch before asking Secretary Han to leave him alone for some time."Don't let anybody enter the office. I will be resting for some time. I don't want any disturbance. Also, ask the finance department to schedule the meeting for tomorrow afternoon." He said, dismissing secretary Han from his sight.Closing his eyes while placing a wet handkerchief on his eyes, he tried to
"Enough Qingxi, you've already taught him a lesson. Let's go." Hong Qui said, holding her hands in his, to stop her from beating the shit out of the man who assaulted that lady.Seeing that Qingxi has stopped beating the person, he leaned her on his shoulder, so that he could take her away now."Hehehhe..daddy." Qingxi giggled, with her eyes closed.Before Hongqui could pull her away from the scene, Qingxi's other hand was caught by Lu Jingzhe, who stopped her from going. With a jerk and slight force from his hand, he pulled Qingxi into his arms, who bumped into his chest with an oomph sound."Who said you can take her away like that? Last time I checked, she had called me to come and pick her." Lu Jingzhe said in his dangerously low voice, not having any intention of letting go of her.His eyes swept through everyone who was standing there, to see if anybody wanted to rebuke his stateme
"Mmm let's go home, daddy," Qingxi said, nuzzling her face on Lu Jingzhe's shirt.Pursing his lips into a thin line, his hands tightened around her involuntarily.Looking at the girl hugging her from the side, he didn't know what he was feeling about the situation.This has been happening since the day she had entered his life. One moment he would be extremely angry, and another moment he would just smile in delight looking at her face.Like right now, he wanted to be angry because she got drunk and had called someone else to pick her up. But seeing her trying to hide her pain behind her fake happy facade, he just wanted to embrace her in a comforting manner.All of them soon reached their respective cars.Mumbling the directions vaguely, he placed Lu Jing inside the car before placing Qingxi. Glancing at everyone one last time in agreement that they had heard the address, he also went inside the car
"Daddy! I caught you!" A little girl shouted, looking at her father, who was hiding behind a tree as they played hide and seek."Ohio…my little girl is getting too much better at this. I never win." Her father said."Hehe..of course, I'll always win, daddy, because you always hide behind a tree. And you are so big, hehe, I always make out your silhouette from far." She said merrily."My intelligent daughter. Let's go and give you the chocolates I had promised you." Her father said before taking her inside a mansion.As soon as they entered the gates of the mansion, they felt a creepy vibe lurking around them. Something was wrong with this mansion. Soon, the mansion that was lively and decorated started to change in a deserted place with cobwebs hanging from the walls."I am scared, daddy." The little girl said."Shh.. Don't be scared, my princess. Let daddy take a quick look and check if something was wrong with the electricity connection." Her father said before going into an unknown
Qingxi unlocked her phone to call Hongqui and ask him about the events that took place last night.Before she could press the call button, her phone rang with an incoming call. It was from none other than Hongqui."Hello?" She said before sliding down inside the quilt again. She knew this would probably take a few minutes, and she wasn't ready to leave this oh so comfortable bed yet."Hello, Qingxi!! Are you okay!! How are you feeling now?!" Hongqui shouted from the other hand."I am not dead, you can speak slowly. Are you trying to tear my eardrums?" She said irritatingly."Ohh, sorry about that. I was just worried about you last night." He said in a much-low voice from before."Talking about last night. What did the hell happen? As far as I know, I have called you, right? Then how did I ended up in Lu mansion?" She asked."Last night. Don't tal
"Is there something I am missing here?" Lu Juan asked as he looked at his brother who was holding Qingxi's hand in his."Why are you pulling me? I can go by myself." Qingxi said for the umpteenth time."I know. I am just making sure that you don't fall because of the handover making you dizzy." Lu Jingzhe said as he pulled her chair and sat her gently before moving to his chair.As soon as Qingxi sat on the chair, a bowl of soup was placed in front of her, paired with some greasy pasta and lasagna.Qingxi quirked her eyebrows in question when the head chef said,"Our little master especially asked to make these for you. This soup and greasy food will help you in curing your hangover and the taste is also of your liking, spicy and greasy. Please have a taste and tell us if it's okay, madam."Qingxi turned towards Lu Jing, who was looking at her expectantly, waiting for her to
Entering her room, she immediately drafted the email that she had wanted to send to solve this issue but did not immediately hit the sent button. According to the plan, they will be extorting the money first and then will implement the rest of their plan.She was about to close her phone when she saw a message notification."Don't you dare forget that I am arriving today? Be ready at the airport to pick me up. Time- 12:30pm." The sender of the message had written."Sure," Qingxi replied when the idea of picking up the person on her bike came to her mind.When Qingxi went back downstairs, Lu Jingzhe and Lu Juan had already left the mansion to their respective companies.'Why did Juan did not take me with him, when he knew I had to come to the company today? Weird guy.' Qingxi thought before quickly getting ready to go to the company herself."Madam, young master has arranged the car for you already." One of the bodyguards said as he has been waiting at the door of the mansion for the l
"I am serious about it, doctor. Can you do surgery in one minute? It's an emergency." She said, uttering every word with great seriousness in her voice.The doctor rolled his eyes at her reaction before closing the antiseptic bottle he had used to clean the wound. He didn't dare to say anything offensive to the lady, knowing she was brought here by none other than business tycoon, young master Tang."What are you afraid of? Don't worry. I will protect you." Tang said, getting all serious when he saw how nervous Qingxi was behaving.Soon, the door of the emergency room was opened with a loud bang and few men rushed in standing in parallel lines on both sides making a partition. A man clad in a grey suit walked in between them with two guys following him.His eyes were dropped low, and his aura demanded submission and respect. Being a business tycoon and an aristocrat himself, Tang had met his shares of impo
"Qingxi, don't be naughty. You have not recovered fully." Lu Jingzhe said as Qingxi tried to come on top of him again."It's been four months since that incident happened. Do you not want to love me?" Qingxi asked as she roamed her leg up and down Lu Jingzhe's body coquettishly."I want to love you, heck I have been thinking about it for a year now. But your health will always be a priority for me.""Please? Just give me some?" Qingxi said as she tried to seduce Lu Jingzhe, who wasn't even allowing her to kiss him.It was their wedding night today.When Qingxi had woken that day after the long operation, the first thing that Lu Jingzhe had asked Qingxi was to get married, but Qingxi had denied him once again.She said she was just blooming in her career, and it will be too much hard work for her to keep their marriage hidden.But Lu Jingzhe this time was adamant about marrying her, and because of that, he used the only way he coul
"No! QINGXI!" Lu Jingzhe, who was too shocked to react earlier, shouted when he saw her falling to the ground like a lifeless doll.Blood was oozing out of her stomach and her complexion was turning paler by each second.Picking her up bridal style, he placed her inside the car before he took out his jacket and wrapped it around her torso. The last time when she had gotten hurt, things were not so severe, and thus, he wasn't feeling so bad at that time, but now that she was shot straight into the stomach, he knew it was life-threatening."Drive faster!" Lu Jingzhe yelled, and it was not long before they stopped in front of a large hospital.Lu Jing, whose eyes were closed didn't know what was happening, but he knew that he is to only open his eyes when his pretty aunt says so, and thus, he kept his eyes closed.As Lu Jingzhe helped Qingxi on a stretcher, Lu Jing heard his dad saying to the doctor,"She was shot in the stomach. Please sav
As soon as Lu Jingzhe received the call from Qingxi, he asked his team, which is always available for any mission, to get ready immediately. Passing them the approximate location that Qingxi had sent, he couldn't help but feel like something bad was about to happen.He didn't want to repeat what happened three years back with his brother and couldn't help but close his eyes as he prayed to God to keep both of them safe."We don't know how many are there and who are they or who had ordered them to do this kidnapping. I want you to guys focus on the safety of my kid that you have already seen many times and a woman who is going to be your lady boss soon. They are to be protected more than how you guys protect me." Lu Jingzhe said before taking out his phone and showing them the picture.All of them saw the picture and nodded as they had remembered the girl. As they were moving, one of the men who was sitting along with Lu Jingzhe and bodyguard Cheng couldn't
"Lu Jingzhe, wake up! Today is Sunday. I had promised Lu Jing to take him out to play on Sundays. Have you forgotten about it?" Qingxi said while almost jumping on top of him."Mmm...come here. Let me sleep more. I rarely get such a good sleep. I think I should start sleeping with you more often to get a good sleep." Lu Jingzhe said while pulling her on top of him again."Lu Jingzhe, we will discuss these things later. First, hurry up and get ready. We need to go to the old mansion." Qingxi coaxed."AHH...I forgot to tell you. I can't accompany you guys today. I have a very urgent meeting today. I am sorry." Lu Jingzhe said solemnly."What are you feeling sorry for? You have work, it's important, we understand." Qingxi said before pecking his lips softly."Mmm..don't tempt me with these kisses. I am already aroused early in the morning, I am afraid if I start kissing you, you won't be to see Lu Jing for the next whole week, let alone today."
"Lu Jingzhe! I am not able to zip the chain with only one hand! Come here this instant!" Qingxi shouted from her room, and her voice echoed in the whole house.It had been one month since the incident with her falling down the stairs happened. The plaster from her hand was already removed, but it doesn't mean she was good to go and was able to do things easily like she used to do earlier.In this one month, Qingxi has almost turned Lu Jingzhe into her maid, she would call him back and forth for even work as small as picking up a fallen spoon.When butler Ho Chen came to know about Qingxi's condition and injury, he had suggested hiring a personal nurse or appoint a maid to miss Qingxi, who will tend to all of her demands but Lu Jingzhe had denied them saying, all if this happened because he couldn't take care of her properly, and now he wants to make up for it by personally taking care of her.And to say Miss Qingxi had made his work harder wou
Placing her in the back seat of his car, Lu Jingzhe hurriedly came to sit in front before starting the car to drive to the nearest hospital as soon as possible.He could see his car seats getting dirty by Qingxi's blood and couldn't help but curse out aloud.It wasn't the car seats that he was anxious about. He was anxious about the amount of blood Qingxi was losing.After 10 minutes of driving with his heart beating at a faster pace than his car was going. He finally parked his car in front of a hospital.Picking her up bridal style, he ran inside the hospital before yelling,"Doctor!! Doctor!!" By this time, he has already thrown his mask and couldn't care less about hiding his identity or anything. The thing that he was more scared about was Qingxi's health."Qingxi! Wake up! Don't close your eyes! Didn't you say you will be staying by my side for the rest of my life as a friend, if not as a wife? I want a healthy friend,
Meanwhile, Qingxi and her family were having a joyous celebration and heart-to-heart talks, the news about Qingxi being the next heir of Xu league enterprise and the real granddaughter of General Yun Bing spread in the country like fire spreads in a bundle of dry leaves.Almost every other netizens were talking about her. Not only she had gained popularity in the entertainment circle because of the rumors clearing and Xialing's tricks, but also in the business circle since she was declared as the sole heir of such a big enterprise.Inside Luo's mansion, when Luo Lin Che saw the news about Qingxi being the real granddaughter of General Yun Bing, she felt like falling to the ground from sky-high.She has always asked her husband (Qingxi's real father) about his family, and their status but every time she would ask him that, he would always turn the question in a different direction.When Luo Lin Che married Qingxi's father, it wasn't because she
"So, she is your granddaughter?" Lu Jingzhe's grandfather asked to confirm his doubts.It was only after he asked that, did the Yun family realized that they were not alone and had company."Is there anyone in the world that I can love more than I love her?" Grandpa Ying Bing said, making Qingxi smile when she suddenly remembered something."Wait, you guys know each other? And why are you guys acting so civil? Shouldn't you be like avoiding each other and fighting each other? If you have a feud between yourselves then don't hide it, no one is here anymore." Qingxi asked, and everyone looks at her quizzically."Jingzhe, I know you stayed because you were scared for me, not knowing the whole truth, but now that you know the truth, you guys can leave. You don't have to sit with your enemies just because you guys care for me. And same is for grandpa Yun bing. If you don't like them, then you don't have to sit here just because I am associated with their
"I can explain," Qingxi said as she looked in the eyes of not only one person but four people who were standing there and gazing at her with a complicated expression. The most prominent of that of General Yun Bing, who was gazing at her with anger."You brat! Come right here! Let me teach you a good lesson. How dare you!" General Yun Bing hollered, and Qingxi, who was too shocked to react, looked at master Xu with accusing eyes."Hadn't I mentioned not to call General Yun Bing and his family to the party?" Qingxi asked as she looked at the people in front of her with a worried expression."I knew you told me to not call him, but I couldn't contain in the temptation and didn't want to miss the fun and such an explicit scene of you being reprimanded by someone. You already had your share making things hard for me, now it's my turn.Don't I know that the only person you fear after your dad is your grandfather. Also, he is my best friend. Do