She had been on the run for three years, while he had been searching for her, yearning for her, for the same three years.
Although he knew that since she was determined to leave, she would deliberately erase her information and wouldn't make it easy for him to find her. But he was well - aware that Cheng Yanxia didn't have the means back then. So, she must have been with Fang Jiangyi all these years.
Just thinking of this name, his anger flared up rapidly. He raised his eyebrows and walked towards her.
There was joy in his eyes at having found her again. He reached out skillfully to grab her wrist, intending to take her away. But Yanxia pulled her hand back, rejecting his gesture.
"Let's get things straight right here," she said calmly, her fair little face hidden under the brim of her hat. "I'm short on time."
Lu Qianzhou frowned at her attitude. He held onto her wrist tightly and wouldn't let go. With a sudden force, he pulled her closer to him, looking like a ferocious wolf eyeing the long - desired fresh prey.
"I've got all the time in the world to waste with you. If we don't sort things out today, you're not leaving this place," Lu Qianzhou said menacingly. He forcefully led her towards the car parked not far away.
Yanxia was almost dragged all the way. She refused to cooperate and didn't want to go with him. So she struggled all the way until Lu Qianzhou put his arm around her waist and lifted her off the ground, carrying her to the car.
Yanxia grabbed the car door tightly with one hand and refused to get in: "Lu Qianzhou, say what you have to say right here. I'm not going with you. My family is waiting for me."
"Family?" Lu Qianzhou laughed instead of getting angry. "Who's your family? Fang Jiangyi? Or that criminal's daughter? Don't make yourself sound so cheap."
"Yeah," Yanxia's eyes dimmed. She looked up at him defiantly. "I also wish I still had real family members alive to accompany me. But didn't you kill them all? What right do you have to say my family is cheap?"
In this world, she could accept anyone's judgment of her family, but Lu Qianzhou was the last one with the right.
If Cheng Hua owed him in the past, he had already made Cheng Hua pay with his life, and even took Cheng Yanxi's life. They were already square with each other. There were so many unclear and deep grudges between them. Even if they weren't enemies when they met again, they could only be strangers.
Lu Qianzhou frowned tightly. She seemed to have misunderstood something, and he had always been suspicious about the accident back then. Maybe only she, the person involved, knew exactly what had happened.
But what angered him more now was that she said Fang Jiangyi was her family! What had happened between them in these three years?
He clearly had such a great head - start and was about to win her over, but due to the sudden incident, someone else had taken the lead.
"Have you slept with Fang Jiangyi?" His high - bridged nose wrinkled in anger.
Just thinking of this possibility, the aura he emitted changed. It was like a spark with the potential to start a prairie fire.
"You're crazy!" Yanxia couldn't stand others speculating about her relationship with Fang Jiangyi. "If you have nothing important to say, get out of my way. I'll settle our scores one by one."
Judging from her extreme reaction, it seemed that they hadn't.
Lu Qianzhou felt relieved. He changed his expression quickly and even his voice carried a smile: "I naturally have something important to talk to you about. Get in the car."
Without giving her a chance to refuse, he pushed her into the car, then got in himself, squeezing her inside. Yanxia was extremely angry. To avoid physical contact with him, she finally sat in the inner seat.
The driver and the assistant sat in the front. When the car started, the partition between the front and the back seats rose, isolating the back seat into a separate space.
Yanxia had noticed from the beginning that Lu Qianzhou's personal assistant was no longer Wen Liang. It was a stranger, at least she had never seen him before.
Wen Liang had done so many things for him. Shouldn't he have stayed by his side? Or was it because of his mistake in failing to get rid of her in that abandoned warehouse three years ago, so Lu Qianzhou got furious and drove him away?
She couldn't figure out many details and didn't even want to think about them.
After not seeing each other for so many years, Lu Qianzhou kept turning his head to look at her. He just couldn't get enough of her. She always gave him a cold look, but instead of getting angry, he kept smiling, looking in a good mood.
"Cheng Yanxia, you're quite capable. Where did you hide from me all these three years? Did you think you could run away without my permission?"
"Did you ask for my opinion or permission when you sent people to take my family's and my lives?" Yanxia was filled with anger. "Do I need permission to save my life?"
Lu Qianzhou squinted his eyes. She clearly had a misunderstanding about him.
"When did I ever send people to take your lives?"
Just as he asked this question, Yanxia's phone rang. She took out her phone and saw that it was Fang Jiangyi calling. Maybe he was worried because he hadn't waited for her.
Yanxia answered the call, and Fang Jiangyi's voice came through the car.
"Are you okay? Did you run into trouble? I'll come right away to sort it out."
"No need..."
"Tell him to leave," Lu Qianzhou interrupted her before she could finish her refusal. He snatched her phone.
"Xiaxia will be safe with me. I'm her legitimate boyfriend. I'll protect her safety. Her affairs don't need irrelevant people to worry about."
Hearing Lu Qianzhou's voice, it confirmed Fang Jiangyi's suspicion. He was silent for a moment before calling his name.
"Lu Qianzhou..."
Before he could say what he wanted to say, Lu Qianzhou had already hung up the phone neatly and threw it aside.
Yanxia watched his series of actions coldly and couldn't help but mutter: "Crazy."
He leaned towards her. As soon as he made a move, Yanxia shrank back sensitively and hid in the corner. She looked at him warily and restrictedly and said: "Fang Jiangyi already knows that I'm with you, and there are also surveillance cameras at the airport to prove that I got into your car. If anything happens to me while I'm with you, you'll definitely be implicated!"
Lu Qianzhou's pupils slowly contracted, and his gaze was as calm as still water.
The little fox had become much more distant from him. She still had a great misunderstanding of him. Now that they finally met again, she was always on high alert when staying with him. He didn't know who was causing trouble and shifting the blame that didn't belong to him onto him.
He looked at her calmly and steadily for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "What are you afraid of? The timing and the occasion are wrong. I won't devour you now."
Not only did he misinterpret her meaning, but he also flirted with her.
"Cheng Yanxia, it's time to settle our scores. As someone's girlfriend, don't you have any self - awareness? Who allowed you to leave me for three years without permission?"
Yanxia turned back angrily and glared at him. How could there be such a shameless, two - faced scumbag in the world!
Lu Qianzhou ignored her murderous look.
"Since you didn't say we were breaking up when you left, and we also had a bet agreement, then you're still my girlfriend."