"Otherwise, do you want him to stay for breakfast? He ate breakfast before coming out."
"Uh... that's not what I meant. I meant he just stopped caring about you?"
Qin Jiuyue chuckled and said, "What could possibly happen in the East China Sea? Besides, my third grandfather knows I want to go out and play by myself. I'm already twenty years old, how can I go out and play while being watched?"
Su Lin laughed upon hearing this, "Don't take your good fortune for granted. I'd rather be watched than receive such treatment."
At the same time, in a rented room in Beihai District, Donghai City.
Xiao Chen suddenly felt a dagger pressed against his neck. He opened his eyes and saw Blood Rose holding the dagger and looking at him warily.
Xiao Chen didn't sense any murderous aura from Blood Rose, and he was quite satisfied, deciding to tease her a bit.
"Um... is this how you treat your savior?"
"Did you inflict my wounds?" Blood Rose asked coldly.
Xiao Chen looked at Blood Rose's body, which was wrapped in thick bandages, and he had also thoughtfully applied medicine to it.
"Of course not. Who am I, Xiao Chen? How could I do such a thing? I had a female doctor bandage you up."
Blood Rose remained vigilant even after hearing this.
"Hehe, do you think I could bandage you up so well?"
Blood Rose extended three fingers.
Xiao Chen asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"I can do three things for you to repay the kindness of saving my life."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen fell into deep thought. He was new to the East Sea and unfamiliar with the area. The humiliation Li Ziyan had inflicted on him yesterday was still fresh in his mind. He couldn't let him off so easily.
As for Blood Rose, although he didn't know what had happened to her, Xiao Chen was certain that she had nowhere to go.
He didn't want such a delicate and beautiful woman to die so soon.
Xiao Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Three things, can you do them if I tell you?"
"I will do my best; if I can't, I'll just give you my life back."
Xiao Chen nodded; "Okay! Now I need you to do the first thing for me, bring Li Ziyan from the Li family here. The Li family is a powerful family in the East China Sea, and they may have martial artists, so you need to be careful."
Xiao Chen originally planned to surprise Li Ziyan at the Li family, but he felt that would be too easy on him, so he decided to use this excuse to keep Blood Rose in check first.
After a long silence, Blood Rose asked, "Alive or dead?"
Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, then said in a chilling tone, "It's best if he's alive, but it's not impossible if he's dead. You decide. If you can bring him, then bring him; if you can't, then let him die."
"Okay~!!" Blood Rose said and turned to leave.
"Wait, your injuries?"
Blood Rose waved her hand: "I'm fine now."
After saying that, she lightly leaped onto the windowsill, and then leaped again, disappearing from Xiao Chen's sight.
Xiao Chen thought of the humiliation Su Lin had inflicted on him the night before: "Does Li Ziyan really think I, Xiao Chen, wouldn't dare to kill someone? If it weren't for the marriage agreement with the Li family, I would have killed your whole family."
"Blood Rose, an assassin group? Looks like I should call my master and ask about the situation."
Xiao Chen wasn't stupid. Although he wanted to get his hands on the Blood Rose, he needed to understand the background of the assassin group. If the background was weak, then he would have no choice but to eliminate it.
...
"Su Lin, where are you going?"
"Su Lin, you can fly, so why do you drive every day?"
"Su Lin..."
In the car, Su Lin looked at Qin Jiuyue with a headache and said, "Can you be quiet for a while? I'm going to work."
"You? Going to work?"
"Nonsense, what else would I go there for?" Su Lin said, somewhat speechless.
He hadn't expected Qin Jiuyue to become so talkative after they got to know each other, but considering that she was even more solitary than Lin Xiaowan and had never had a single friend since childhood, he felt relieved.
Are you going to your supermarket?
Su Lin asked in surprise, "Looks like you did your homework and investigated me?"
"No, I just asked the housekeeper about you," Qin Jiuyue said, blushing slightly.
Last night, she had Qin Gong give her information about Su Lin.
According to the information, he had a good relationship with three women, one of whom he had met before—the long-legged Zhao Yanyan.
The other two are said to be in Zhongjiang.
Upon seeing this information, Qin Jiuyue felt a surge of nervousness. She felt like she was several steps behind and was afraid that Su Lin would ignore her in the future. That's why she was so eager to have Qin Delin bring her to find Su Lin.
"Don't be nervous. Big families investigate people every day, and I'm not afraid of their investigation."
"Hehe, that's true, you must already know my information (Zhao Nuo's) right."
Su Lin nodded: "They know it all too well, even the three dimensions know it."
"Huh? Really? I don't even know myself," Qin Jiuyue said with a smile.
It was obvious that she didn't think Su Lin knew her 3D measurements.
However, Su Lin chuckled and said, "It's even more real than pearls."
[Qin Jiuyue: 20 years old, 165cm tall, 45kg, 35C bust. Affection level 63↑ (rising).]
[Skills: Advanced management skills, advanced English, advanced piano, advanced violin, advanced French, advanced Go, intermediate swordsmanship, intermediate...]
[Current Health: 100]
[Purity: 100. Donkey]
[Current state of mind: Excited.]
"Alright, we're here. Xiaoyue, are you really coming with me? You know, there's a lot going on at the company, and I might not have time for you when I'm busy."
Qin Jiuyue nodded: "I'll go in with you. If I get bored, I'll go find other friends to play with. Don't worry, I won't disturb your work."
Su Lin nodded, then sent a text message to Zhao Yanyan, before going upstairs with Qin Jiuyue.
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Upon reaching the top of the stairs, Qin Jiuyue immediately spotted Zhao Yanyan's long legs.
Zhao Yanyan also saw Qin Jiuyue. Although she had already received Su Lin's text message, she was still surprised to see Qin Jiuyue.
"Qin... dear girl, what brings you here?"
Qin Jiuyue looked at Su Lin with some confusion, she hadn't expected Zhao Yanyan to react this way.
Not only was Qin Jiuyue surprised, but Su Lin was also taken aback. He asked, "Yan Yan, why are you so agitated? Is there anything strange about her being here?"
"I...."
Zhao Yanyan gave Su Lin a look, then said, "Qin..."
"Just call me Xiaoyue. I'm twenty years old this year, so you must be older than me," Qin Jiuyue said politely with a smile.
"Uh... I'll still call you Sister Xiaoyue," Zhao Yanyan said somewhat awkwardly.
"Um?"
"Um... I'm just two months past my eighteenth birthday," Zhao Yanyan said somewhat shyly.
Upon hearing this, Qin Jiuyue's face instantly contorted in a grimace. She narrowed her eyes and pointed at Su Lin, asking, "And what about him?"
"Su Lin, he's eighteen too. He's in the same year as me, a freshman this year," Zhao Yanyan said, somewhat puzzled.
Su Lin covered her face.
Qin Jiuyue's eyes widened instantly upon hearing this. She looked at Su Lin and said, "Oh my god! I even let you call me 'Little Yue,' but it turns out you're two years younger than me. I almost wanted to call you 'brother.' I... Waaah, Su Lin, you're bullying me too much!"
Su Lin shrugged and said, "You're only two years old. And although you're twenty, you're not mature enough mentally. I'm only eighteen, but I'm mature mentally. It's not a loss to call you Xiaoyue."
"No, no, you can't call me Xiaoyue."
"Then what should I call you?"
"Call me…call me…call me Sister Xiaoyue. Su Lin, you're really something, always acting all mature with me, but it turns out you're only eighteen."
Su Lin coughed lightly; "Well, Yan Yan and I still have some things to discuss. Xiao Yue... Sister, why don't you wait in the lounge for a while?"
"You..." Qin Jiuyue gritted her teeth. She could tell that Su Lin was deliberately changing the subject. This guy was too cunning, calling her by her nickname for so long.
"Su Lin, you just wait, heh heh."
Qin Jiuyue glared at Su Lin, then walked towards the lounge, huffing and puffing, looking particularly adorable.
Su Lin remained unmoved upon hearing this, because he noticed that Qin Jiuyue's favorability towards him had actually increased rather than decreased. This indicated that Qin Jiuyue was simply embarrassed in front of Zhao Yanyan, and was not truly angry.
After Qin Jiuyue entered the lounge, Zhao Yanyan pulled Su Lin into the office: "Su Lin, what's going on?"
"What...what's going on?"
"Stop interrupting. What I mean is, how did Qin Jiuyue get here? And how do you two know each other?"
Su Lin put his arm around Zhao Yanyan's waist and chuckled, "What's wrong, are you jealous?"