allonlinenovel Chapter 190 How to guard against it?
Chapter 190 How to guard against it?
Huo Yunting was completely appeased by Xie Qing, but he stubbornly maintained his last bit of composure, "...Do you mean what you say?"
Xie Qing couldn't help but laugh, wrapping her arms around Huo Yunting's neck, "It's a promise, it's a promise, if you don't believe me, let's pinky swear."
"No, that's too childish."
"Really?"
A sly glint flashed in Xie Qing's eyes. She suddenly leaned close to Huo Yunting's ear and gently blew a breath, "Then... shall we get it stamped?"
Huo Yunting's eyes lit up instantly, and Xie Qing couldn't help but laugh, generously kissing him on the lips. "Alright, stamped."
The two spent nearly half an hour cuddling in the office before finally heading home with the flowers in their arms.
As the elevator descended to the underground parking lot, Xie Qing bumped into a familiar face as soon as she stepped out of the elevator doors—it was the same man she had met with Tao Tao at the elevator entrance of the Huo Group last time.
The man was born with a deceptively handsome face: his well-defined features were as if they had been meticulously sculpted, and his pair of affectionate peach blossom eyes were like autumn water, with the corners of his eyes slightly upturned, conveying a deep sense of emotion.
Yet, a chilling, malevolent aura lingered between his brows, severing his gentleness and turning it into aloofness, making him appear both affectionate and heartless.
Of course, his outstanding appearance was not enough to catch Xie Qing's attention. What really alerted him was Tao Tao's stiff and strange reaction when he saw this person.
The other person seemed to know Huo Yunting. After nodding in greeting, their gaze lingered on Xie Qing for a moment before they left ahead of the other two.
The back seat of the car on the return trip was filled with a faint scent of leather. Xie Qing turned her head and asked, "Do you know that person from earlier?"
Huo Yunting's arm naturally wrapped around Xie Qing's waist, and he closed his eyes and leaned on Xie Qing's shoulder, pretending to doze off.
Outside the car window, colorful neon lights flashed by like shooting stars, casting ever-changing light and shadow on his angular profile, like a carefully designed shot from an old movie.
"Xiao Chen, CEO of Minghui."
Huo Yunting's deep and pleasant voice brushed against Xie Qing's earlobe, "Recently, Huo's Group has had a collaborative project with them, so we've been in contact more often."
Xiao Chen!
The Xiao Chen from the original book who devoured the Tao family and personally drove the young master of the Tao family to his death!!!
Xie Qing's pupils contracted slightly as Tao Tao's unusual behavior outside the elevator flashed through her mind—his pale face, slightly trembling fingertips, and stiff body.
He wondered if Xiao Chen had already done something to Tao Tao.
After all, Xiao Chen in the original book endured humiliation for many years and was vengeful. If he knew that the person who had bullied him since childhood had lost his memory, he couldn't possibly do nothing.
Xie Qing had previously guessed that Tao Tao's sudden appearance at the filming location three months ago might be due to relationship problems, but now she intuitively felt it was related to Xiao Chen.
Wait, Xie suddenly remembered something, her fingertips unconsciously tapping her knee—what was Tao Tao's boyfriend's name again?
Yi Chen... Xiao Chen...
The two names lingered on his lips, then a sudden thought flashed through the fog like lightning—could these two people be the same person?!
Xie Qing felt as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened, and all the scattered clues connected at this moment.
That's right. Tao Tao doesn't have the original owner's memories, and the Tao family never even gave Xiao Chen a second glance, let alone kept his photos at home.
This led everyone to tell Tao Tao to stay away and be wary of Xiao Chen, but everyone forgot one thing—Tao Tao didn't even know what Xiao Chen looked like, so how could she be wary?
Given Xiao Chen's methods in the original book, disguising himself as someone else to get close to Tao Tao would be incredibly easy...
"Qingqing, what are you thinking about?"
Huo Yunting's voice pulled Xie Qing back from her thoughts.
Looking at the handsome face in front of her, she unceremoniously rubbed Huo Yunting's cheek with her fingers and laughed, "I was thinking—why is our Tingting so clingy?"
The warm touch from his fingertips inexplicably improved Xie Qing's mood, and he mischievously pinched the other's high nose bridge again.
Huo Yunting grabbed Xie Qing's mischievous hand and pressed it against his cheek, "Doesn't Qingqing like me like this?"
"you're right."
Xie Qing suddenly lowered her head and kissed Huo Yunting hard on the lips, sighing with a smile, "I fucking love it."
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The night is as dark as ink, and everything is silent.
After Xie Qing finished washing up, he leaned against the soft headboard, the warm yellow light giving his slightly damp hair a hazy golden edge.
He held his phone, the screen lingering on his WeChat chat with Tao Tao. He typed and deleted the text in the chat box repeatedly, but ultimately sent nothing.
Xie Qing originally wanted to ask Tao Tao if the incident three months ago was related to Xiao Chen.
But when she thought of Tao Tao's distraught state in Anping County, she couldn't bear to, afraid of stirring up the painful memories he had painstakingly buried deep in his heart.
Xie Qing just searched for Minghui Company, and the media's recent evaluation of it is: unstoppable, soaring to new heights!
The development momentum is very strong, and now they have all connected with the Huo Group. It has been three months since the Tao Tao incident - a full three months, and the Tao family has not made any move.
This illustrates one thing—the Tao family was completely unaware of the affair between Tao Tao and Xiao Chen.
If they had known, given the Tao family's tendency to protect their own, they would probably have torn down Minghui's office building long ago. How could they have allowed the other party to get better and better?
According to the original plot, Xiao Chen has only just begun to make a name for himself in the business world, so it wouldn't be particularly difficult for the Tao family to kill him.
Simply using one's connections is enough to cause Minghui's cash flow to dry up, projects to stall, and partners to withdraw one after another.
But, strangely enough, nothing happened.
It seems Tao Tao didn't tell his family anything... Well, that makes sense, since even he didn't tell them.
Sigh, never mind—
Xie Qing tossed his phone aside, sprawled out on the bed, and thought, since Tao Tao doesn't want him to know, he'll just continue to pretend he doesn't know.
Some wounds can only begin to heal when the person involved is willing to open them up.
"Gently, it's time to apply the medicine."
A deep voice echoed in the quiet bedroom, and footsteps approached from afar.
The weather has been so hot lately that Xie Qing has been wearing layers upon layers of traditional opera costumes while filming, which has caused her to develop a lot of prickly heat.
With a swift, quick movement, Xie Qing stood up and decisively took off her shirt.
Tilting her head to look at Huo Yunting, her fingers already resting on the edge of her pajama bottoms, she winked and smiled, "Do you need me to take my pants off too?"
Huo Yunting's ears flushed slightly, and he coughed lightly, "No need."
The mattress sank slightly under the weight. Huo Yunting unscrewed the ointment and applied it to the reddened areas on Xie Qing's body.
Under the lights, this body was almost dazzlingly beautiful—the skin was porcelain white, the training was just right, a thin layer adhered to the body, and it possessed a formidable explosive power.