When he pounced on her, fearing her resistance, Chu Beize tightly held 'Ye Yanxi' with both hands. His lips landed on her neck, and he said in a hurried voice beside her ear, "Xiaoxi, you're finally here. Do you know how long I've been waiting for you? I've finally waited for you."
However, just as he finished speaking, he heard the person in his arms let out a shrill scream that pierced the night sky: "Ahhhh... Pervert, hooligan!"
This voice was so hoarse. How did it not sound like Ye Yanxi's?
Before Chu Beize could figure it out, the woman in his arms grabbed his face with her backhand. Chu Beize only felt a burning pain. It seemed that several blood streaks had been scratched out by her fingernails, so he subconsciously let go of her.
After the two of them were a bit apart, Chu Beize finally saw the woman's appearance clearly. This was definitely not Ye Yanxi. It was just that her clothes and hairstyle looked quite similar from a distance. Their faces were like heaven and earth.
This woman's face could be described as extremely ugly and strange. She was dark, thin, and gaunt, with pimples all over her face and scratched pustules. No wonder he had smelled a strange odor when he kissed her just now. Thinking of those pustules, Chu Beize felt so nauseous that his face turned deathly pale.
At this time, some passers - by at the community entrance saw this scene, and many of them gathered around. The woman kept pulling and scratching at Chu Beize. During the intense tug - of - war, the other intact half of his face was not spared either.
The woman's injured fingernails were long and sharp. With just one scratch, several blood marks immediately appeared. She kept scolding non - stop, and Chu Beize was completely defenseless against her attacks.
Finally, after the passers - by understood the whole thing, they called the police, and Chu Beize was taken to the police station.
Because there were several on - site witnesses, Chu Beize's actions were confirmed. Moreover, when he was being beaten by the ugly woman, his phone fell to the ground and was crushed into pieces by her with one foot. Now he had no way to ask others to bail him out.
Both of them were taken to the police station. Under the bright lights, Chu Beize saw the ugly woman more clearly, and immediately felt sick to his stomach.
After the routine verification, since Chu Beize didn't have his phone to contact others and didn't even remember the numbers himself, and the evidence was conclusive, he was finally sent to prison.
After entering the prison, several prison guards whispered to each other after hearing about Chu Beize's story. One of them sighed and clicked his tongue at him: "He's so good - looking, such a handsome young man. How... could he have such a strange taste? And he even forced himself on her. How desperate could he be?"
Desperate!
Hearing this, Chu Beize felt so aggrieved. He was clearly waiting for Ye Yanxi. How could an ugly woman come out of nowhere? Not only did she beat him up, but he also ended up in jail.
Thinking about it, Chu Beize was filled with hatred.
The most important thing was that he had ended up in jail because of this incident. If others found out about it in the future, how could he show his face in public? He would be so humiliated.
Just three days ago, Leo was arrested and imprisoned in Country F on multiple charges such as illegal fundraising and smuggling. The highest court in Country F sentenced him to death with a ten - day reprieve.
And just the night before last, Leo actually injured a prison guard and tried to escape from prison. Finally, he was caught by the vigilant patrolling guards. When Leo resisted with a gun, the prison guards shot him dead on the spot, and Leo died on the spot.
In the morning, Ye Yanxi was on her way to the company, playing with her phone and looking at the news. She just happened to turn to this piece of news and was immediately stunned.
What shocked her was not Leo's death, but how Leo was abroad. Then he had lied to her back then...
She cast a stunned look at Xiao Yu beside her.
Xiao Yu was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed. Sensing her gaze, he said indifferently, "Why are you staring at me?"
How could he know she was looking at him with his eyes closed? Ye Yanxi muttered in her heart, but this wasn't the point.
"I saw a piece of news that said Leo was shot dead by the guards after trying to escape from prison and died on the spot."
"Really?" Xiao Yu's expression remained indifferent. He didn't even lift his eyelids.
Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Ye Yanxi continued, "When was Leo transferred abroad? Why didn't you tell me?"
Xiao Yu just let out a faint 'oh' and then said calmly, "Now you know."
If he hadn't said that Leo was still on the run at that time, she would have moved out long ago.
She was still angrily complaining that Xiao Yu had lied to her. Xiao Yu glanced at her and said, "Let's go for lunch together at noon. I just happen to have time."
"No." Ye Yanxi refused firmly.
It could be felt that Xiao Yu's eyes turned a bit colder, and the chill was penetrating: "Are you afraid of others seeing us? Discovering our relationship?"
Ye Yanxi immediately nodded like a pounding garlic: "Yes, that's one of the reasons."
"What else?"
"I'm not available at noon today!" After saying it straightforwardly, Ye Yanxi told Xiao Yu about the phone call she received from the department head last night: "So, I have to go back to school at noon."
Xiao Yu's complexion finally improved, and the chill faded. "Then I'll take you there at noon."
"No need. I can go by myself."
"I'll take you. That's settled."
There was simply no room for refusal. He was so domineering! Ye Yanxi grumbled in her heart.
The time she had agreed with the department head was twelve o'clock. So, just as she got off work at half - past eleven and hadn't even stood up from her seat, her phone rang.
As soon as she answered it, Xiao Yu's overbearing and forceful voice came through: "Come down. I'm waiting for you in the underground garage."
She had thought he was too busy to get away, but it seemed he really was going to take her there.
So, while packing up the things on her desk and holding the phone under her arm, she thought for a while and replied, "Wait a minute. I'll come down right away."
She took the elevator directly to the first basement floor. Sure enough, Xiao Yu was waiting there.
It was just the time when people got off work, and many colleagues hadn't come down yet. Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people around, Ye Yanxi quickly found the right spot and rushed into Xiao Yu's car. She got in and closed the door in one smooth motion. After closing the door, she nervously looked outside.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, she let out a sigh of relief and said to Xu Bei in the front row, "Brother Xu, we can go."
Xu Bei started the car. Throughout the whole process, Xiao Yu had been staring at her with a strange look.
She touched her face curiously: "Is there something on my face?"
"Do we have to act like guerrillas just to meet each other as a boyfriend - girlfriend couple?" Xiao Yu's face was gloomy, obviously dissatisfied with her actions.
This wasn't the first time Xiao Yu had shown his dissatisfaction with her behavior.
Seeing that he turned his face away and didn't look at her, Ye Yanxi thought to herself, 'Screw it. Let him be angry if he wants to. Anyway, when she ignored him, he was always like this. It didn't matter. Besides, she was already used to Xiao Yu's often gloomy face.'
However, another voice in her head kept nagging, 'No, it's my fault.'
She remembered that Xu Bei had once said that she could properly coax Xiao Yu, and in fact, she didn't really like this depressing atmosphere.
So, she shuffled a few centimeters closer to Xiao Yu and pretended to cough.
Xiao Yu stared blankly out of the window.
Ye Yanxi rolled her eyes around and moved a bit closer. She also placed her hand on Xiao Yu's suit sleeve and tugged at it.
Xiao Yu finally turned his face back and glanced at her sideways.
"Do you have something to say?"
His cold look almost made Ye Yanxi turn her head away angrily and ignore him. However, she wasn't so intolerant of this kind of anger. So, she looked at him flatteringly again.
"President..."
After calling him, she had nothing more to say. She shuffled around and didn't know what to say, which immediately made Xiao Yu impatient.
"What do you want to say?"
Ye Yanxi continued to blink her watery eyes sincerely: "President, what kind of dishes do you like?"
"Why are you asking this?"
"On our way back to Qingyuwan, we'll pass by a supermarket."
"And then?"
Ye Yanxi lowered her head, a bit embarrassed. Her fingertips gently rubbed against Xiao Yu's cuff, making small circles on it: "I was thinking that we could stop there when we go back after work."
Xiao Yu glanced at her sideways. "And then?"
Her fingers continued to make circles, with a soft and gentle force, just like a kitten's paws scratching on it, making his heart feel a bit hot.
"So, what kind of dishes do you like?" Ye Yanxi continued to ask flatteringly.
"Don't think that if you cook a meal for me tonight, I'll forgive you!" Xiao Yu let out a sneering laugh and teased her.
Even Xu Bei, who was driving in the front, was sweating anxiously.
Ye Yanxi was showing weakness and bowing her head to him. But he was still putting on the airs of the president. If this continued, there would surely be another big fight!
Ye Yanxi's movement stopped, and she felt a bit deflated.
"You don't want to eat?"
Xiao Yu continued to look expressionless and didn't even look at her.
It was really a thankless task. She had coaxed him so humbly, but he didn't even appreciate it. This was so disrespectful!
"Then if you don't want to eat, forget it. Anyway, cooking is so tiring. I'm too lazy to do it." After saying that, Ye Yanxi withdrew her hand and said sulkily.
Just as she was withdrawing her hand halfway, a thick and warm palm tightly wrapped around her small hand.
"Sautéed shrimps in oil, stir - fried goose liver, steamed perch..." Without even taking a breath, Xiao Yu named more than a dozen dishes in one go.
At first, every time he said a dish, Ye Yanxi would nod and say 'good', then silently memorize it.
But when he kept naming dishes non - stop, Ye Yanxi was stunned, and her face became increasingly ugly. He was doing this on purpose!
Not hearing her say 'good', Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Ye Yanxi glared at him and said angrily, "Why don't you just throw me into the pot and fry me instead of eating those small yellow croakers!"
Xiao Yu stared at her for a few seconds, and a layer of smile appeared in his deep eyes.
"Xiaoxi..."
"What?" Being stared at intently by him, her face felt a bit hot. She deliberately said something viciously.
Xiao Yu remembered that day sixteen years ago when they were hit by the ceiling that fell from upstairs. Ye Yanxi had hidden in his arms and kept mumbling the names of dishes to hide her fear.
"Tomorrow, I'll take you somewhere."