Yan Xia watched coldly as Lu Qianzhou took a series of actions. Suddenly, she stepped forward and grabbed the handle of the knife in Lu Qianzhou's hand. The side of her fingertip touched the sharp blade.
Perhaps afraid that she would be hurt by the blade, Lu Qianzhou let her lead his hand away from Long Tao's neck without stopping her. Long Tao escaped from under the knife. Yan Xia let go of Lu Qianzhou's hand and protected Long Tao behind her.
"Mr. Lu seems to like meddling so much. Mr. Long was invited by me, and the cooperation was also proposed by me. If you want to raise a knife, it should be aimed at me." She grabbed the knife and pointed it at her own neck, confronting Lu Qianzhou fearlessly.
Lu Qianzhou looked at her intently.
"Mr. Long, I'm very sorry for the incident tonight. You can leave first. I'll handle the aftermath here. I hope we can cooperate happily in the future."
Long Tao didn't say much. When he opened the door, he saw that his own men had already been subdued by Lu Qianzhou's men at some point. Most of them were injured, but the injuries were not fatal and not easily noticeable.
His eyelid twitched, and he quickly led his men out of the hotel building.
Yan Xia was still wearing that pink cheongsam, and her coiled hair was still as delicate as ever. Lu Qianzhou had already withdrawn his hand, extremely angry in his heart. He should have cut off her delusions immediately when he guessed her intention and stopped the loss in time, so that she wouldn't have the chance to meet Long Tao.
"Are you satisfied?" Lu Qianzhou asked.
Yan Xia lifted her chin slightly and tried hard to compose herself, making herself look perfect and decent. "To be honest, if you hadn't come to spoil the show tonight, I would have been more satisfied."
Lu Qianzhou's suppressed anger flared up. "If I hadn't come tonight, how far were you going to go with him?"
Yan Xia continued along his words. "I've already told you not to call yourself my boyfriend or fiancé anymore. Otherwise, you'll regret it when you're wearing a cuckold. How embarrassing that would be for Mr. Lu."
Almost at the same moment she finished speaking, Lu Qianzhou was completely enraged. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms. He lowered his head and kissed her angrily. The domineering kiss forced Yan Xia to take several steps back until her back hit the cold wall.
She reached out to push him away, but instead, he grabbed both of her hands and pressed them against the wall.
The air was filled with suffocating oppression. Struggling was in vain, and she couldn't push him away no matter how hard she tried. So she simply bit down hard on his lower lip until the taste of blood spread in her mouth, and then she let go.
But Lu Qianzhou didn't back away immediately. Instead, he held her face and his lips traced down along her neck. He sucked hard on a prominent spot on her neck until an ambiguous mark appeared, as if stamping a seal on her, and then he backed away.
His gaze fell on the black swan necklace. Fortunately, he only glanced at it for a couple of seconds without any suspicion.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips with his thumb and didn't even bother to look at the blood on his finger when he lowered his head.
His actions were a bit wild. "If there's a next time, I'll lock you up directly."
"Then give it a try." Yan Xia was calm and composed. She also raised her hand to wipe her lips. "I'm not your possession. You'd better stop being so self - indulgent."
The two were still very close. The hot breath he exhaled all sprayed on her cheek.
"Do you really want to kill me so much? You first got close to Uncle, and then found Long Tao. Cheng Yanxia, putting yourself in danger to take revenge on your enemy is the stupidest thing to do. Do you know who Long Tao is? He can't be dealt with by just playing around. Put away your little schemes. Otherwise, every time I see you, I'll have you."
He gasped heavily, extremely angry.
Yan Xia was fearless and stared directly into his eyes.
Although she was discovered by Lu Qianzhou this time, fortunately, she had already met Long Tao and said what she needed to say. There would always be opportunities in the future.
Yan Xia ignored him and turned to walk out.
"Do I have to tell you why before you'll give up?" Lu Qianzhou asked.
Yan Xia's hand stopped on the doorknob. She thought for a while before speaking.
"I gave you the chance before, but you didn't want to tell me. If it was then, maybe I would have. But now it's different. I'm really curious. Didn't you ever think that you might fall one day when you did those things?
Life is a process of loving and hating each other. One has to find a glimmer of hope to keep going. Seeing you and Fang Jiangyi now only makes me think of my sister and reminds me of how stupid my sister and I used to be."
Lu Qianzhou looked at her back deeply and coldly. She was sad and lonely. She had always blamed herself for Cheng Yanxi's death and couldn't forgive herself.
The more stubborn she was, the more sensitive she became, and she had forced herself into a dead end.
Lu Qianzhou said, "I'm different from Fang Jiangyi. From beginning to end, except for the matter with your father, I've never deceived your feelings."
She had also said many times to Cheng Hua that Lu Qianzhou was different from Fang Jiangyi. At that time, she naively thought that there were no secrets between her and Lu Qianzhou. Now she realized that she was too naive.
A faint smile played on Yan Xia's lips. The lipstick on her lips had been smudged by his kiss. "That doesn't mean anything. Didn't you say you like me? Then don't stop me this time. Let me do it. Since you love me so much, you won't mind letting me win against you once, right? Those small amounts of money don't mean much to you anyway. After all, money can't buy you happiness."
Lu Qianzhou wouldn't really do anything to her or hurt her. She knew this very well. Maybe this was the kind of taking advantage of someone's favor that she used to hate the most.
She dared to approach Long Tao so openly because she knew that Lu Qianzhou would protect her.
Lu Qianzhou frowned tightly. "Cheng Yanxia, the warning I gave you is not a joke. If you insist on doing this, you'll definitely regret it one day."
Yan Xia's back stiffened slightly.
"So far, the thing I regret the most in my life has already happened. Let me see what else could make me regret more."
After saying that, she really left.
Every moment spent with Lu Qianzhou was suffocating. Yan Xia silently went to the restroom to tidy herself up.
Perhaps because he had seen Lu Qianzhou's extreme behavior just now, it further confirmed Shangguanyao's suspicion. Every move of Cheng Yanxia tugged at Lu Qianzhou's nerves.
Having just witnessed the intimate process between the two, it would be embarrassing to speak at this moment. So Shangguanyao didn't say anything in the earpiece but sent Yan Xia a WeChat message instead.
"You've worked hard today. You did a great job."
Yan Xia didn't reply. She put her phone back in her bag. Her mood was still damp and gloomy, just like stepping on a wet mud patch under her feet. She was very sad.
After washing her hands at the sink, she wanted to take out her lipstick from her bag to touch up her makeup, but then she realized that she had forgotten to put lipstick in it today. So she simply removed all the lipstick.
At this time, another woman came out of the restroom. She was wearing a neat jumpsuit and had a delicate makeup, looking very elegant and refined.
She saw Yan Xia wiping off the ugly lip makeup that looked as if it had been bitten by someone. A look of understanding flashed in her eyes, and she reached out and handed Yan Xia a lipstick.
"Use mine."
Yan Xia didn't expect that her first time being alone with Lu Sheng would be at such a moment.