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Ye Wanyao trembled as he signed the equity transfer agreement. Ye Xingzhou leaned back on the sofa beside him with his eyes closed and resting but his expression was still cold.
Qi Xing glanced at him and stretched out his foot to kick him. Ye Xingzhou got up while still not looking at Ye Wanyao and just directly motioned to Qi Xing: "Let's go."
Qi Xing's expression froze, then he smiled: "Wait a minute."
He turned and walked towards Ye Wanyao.
This silly dog thought he had changed his mind and opened his eyes in terror. Qi Xing looked malicious as he raised his hand and slowly turned his wrist.
Before Ye Wanyao could react, two punches landed on his face.
"Ouch—"
Ye Wanyao howled in pain while glaring at him with resentment.
Qi Xing raised his eyebrows and completely forgot what he had said ten minutes ago, that he would solve the problem in a civilized way:
"I'm hitting you, so I'm hitting you. Do you have a problem?"
Ye Wanyao's eyes flickered but he didn't dare to provoke him anymore.
Qi Xing snorted: "Are you a big man who watches too many melodramatic shows? Are you giving me a choice? Open your dog's eyes and see clearly. I'm so beautiful that Ye Xingzhou would be blind to choose anyone else over me."
Ye Wanyao never expected him to say such a thing.
He stared at him in disbelief while panting heavily.
Ye Xingzhou stopped as his gaze softened towards Qi Xing and there was even a hint of a smile.
He didn't interrupt him.
Qi Xing raised his hand to hit him again, but seeing Ye Wanyao's pig-like face made him feel disgusted, so he withdrew his hand.
After beating Ye Xingzhou, he had no interest in hitting anyone else: "Is giving someone a choice were fun? Okay, I'll play with you, I'll give you a choice."
"First, bark three times like a dog and say that you have eyes but cannot see Mount Tai that you even offended Master Qi, that you are lowly, shameless, and a worthless piece of trash."
"Second, still bark three times like a dog and say that you have eyes but cannot see Mount Tai that you even offended Master Qi, that you are lowly, shameless, and a worthless piece of trash."
Ye Wanyao's panting became heavier as his teeth clenched tightly.
Qi Xing lifted his foot so that his shoe tip kept poking Ye Wanyao's face: "What? You don't want the opportunity?"
He was clearly teasing Ye Wanyao, but he couldn't help it. He wouldn't feel comfortable until he vented his anger.
Pretending to be good in front of Ye Xingzhou, Ye Wanyao couldn't keep it up for more than three seconds until he revealed his true nature again.
Ye Xingzhou gave a look, and the bodyguard with the gun raised his hand.
Seeing this, Ye Wanyao was so scared that he immediately said: "Woof, woof, woof, I have eyes but cannot see Mount Tai, I have offended Master Qi. I am lowly, shameless, and a worthless piece of trash."
Qi Xing was barely satisfied: "Don't stop and keep repeating."
Ye Wanyao took a breath while gritting his teeth and continuing to bark: "Woof, woof, woof, I have eyes but cannot see Mount Tai..."
Qi Xing had enjoyed enough of this fellow's comical appearance.
He instructed the bodyguards: "Make him repeat it one hundred times."
Only then did he walk back to Ye Xingzhou with a proud swagger: "Let's go."
………
As they got on the helicopter, Ye Xingzhou's gaze fell on him. Qi Xing immediately raised his hand to motion to him to look at his wrists, which were red from the handcuffs: "My hands hurt."
Being stared at by Ye Xingzhou, Qi Xing insisted: "It really hurts."
Ye Xingzhou's gaze fell on his wrists, and he couldn't help but frown.
He reached out and grasped them before gently rubbing them. Qi Xing hissed softly as he acted as pathetically as he could because he was afraid that Ye Xingzhou would settle the score with him for running around and being kidnapped.
However, Ye Xingzhou didn't say anything. The emotions in his lowered eyes were unclear. After a long moment, he finally spoke, only to ask the doctor on the helicopter to examine Qi Xing.
"That's not necessary. I'm not injured..." Qi Xing had only said one sentence when Ye Xingzhou looked up at him, so he shut his mouth, "Okay, fine. I'll get examined."
Besides his hands and feet being red, he wasn't actually injured. While the doctor was examining him, he casually asked Ye Xingzhou: "Did Teacher Lin go to the hospital?"
Ye Xingzhou's tone was slightly ambiguous: "You're very concerned about him?"
Qi Xing: "Isn't it normal to be concerned? If it weren't for you, how would he have been kidnapped? You should remember to compensate him for some emotional distress."
Ye Xingzhou remained silent with his face grim.
Qi Xing: "Don't pretend you didn't hear me, Dad is teaching you how to be a good person."
He knew that he should have made Ye Xingzhou kneel down and call him Dad.
This guy really wasted thirty years of his life.
Seeing that Ye Xingzhou was still staring at him without speaking, Qi Xing leaned his head towards him: "You're not convinced?"
Ye Xingzhou: "You have a lot of energy now?"
Qi Xing said: "It's not bad because I slept pretty well last night."
To say he slept soundly was an exaggeration, but he was really tired last night. After being brought there, he slept soundly until ten o'clock the next morning. So, he was indeed in good spirits.
Ye Xingzhou: "Then let's go to the hospital."
Qi Xing thought Ye Xingzhou was talking about going to the hospital to see Lin Zhinian, but this guy actually forced him to see a psychiatrist.
Half an hour later, Qi Xing walked out of the door and slapped the evaluation report onto Ye Xingzhou's body.
Actually, he wanted to slap this bastard on the head: "Look carefully. It's completely normal. Everything is normal."
One type of post-traumatic stress disorder is characterized by excessive excitement that was seemingly normal but was actually avoiding and concealing their mental pain.
Ye Xingzhou probably had this concern, but Qi Xing obviously wasn't this type. He was truly carefree, and after experiencing a kidnapping, he could still be very lively and cheerful.
Of course, the doctor just reminded him to come back for a checkup in a week or two.
But he was too lazy to tell Ye Xingzhou as there was no need to make a fuss. Whether he was normal or not, no one knew better than himself.
Ye Xingzhou carefully read his evaluation report before his expression slightly relaxed.
Qi Xing asked: "Is Teacher Lin in this hospital? Since we're here, let's go see him."
Lin Zhinian didn't actually have any external injuries, but he was definitely scared. He kept vomiting and trembling, and he had to stay in the hospital for observation for two days.
Before entering the ward, Ye Xingzhou answered a phone call, so Qi Xing simply went in alone.
Even though Lin Zhinian had been sleeping with his eyes closed, he immediately became alert when he heard the noise.
He opened his eyes and when he saw Qi Xing, he was relieved.
"Young Master Qi, it's good that you're okay. Have a seat." He gestured to Qi Xing with a hoarse voice and his expression were tired.
Qi Xing felt a little awkward.
He originally thought he was implicated by Lin Zhinian, but it turned out that Lin Zhinian was implicated by Ye Xingzhou, that bastard.
He almost became a human bomb.
This Teacher Lin was really unlucky.
"Are you okay?" He looked at Lin Zhinian's expression while asking hesitantly.
Lin Zhinian shook his head slightly: "I'm fine."
Qi Xing: "...About this incident, I'll make Ye Xingzhou compensate you for emotional distress, and uh, sorry about that."
"Thank you." Lin Zhinian didn't refuse.
He didn't understand until today when Ye Xingzhou said he chose him.
Later, when he was tied up with a bomb and then today he heard Ye Xingzhou's words to others, only then did he finally realize what Ye Xingzhou's intentions were.
To say how he felt, the only thing left was fear.
The fear of surviving a disaster, and the fear of Ye Xingzhou himself.
After hesitation, he still couldn't help but say: "I only understood what you meant about the memory filter today. I really thought too highly of him. Ye Xingzhou is such a person, aren't you afraid?"
Qi Xing: "Afraid of what?"
Lin Zhinian: "He's so ruthless in his actions that he offended too many people. Aren't you afraid that the same thing will happen again?"
Qi Xing thought for a moment: "Well, it's no use being afraid. If you worry too much, then you just scare yourself to death. Kidnapping is after all a low-probability event. Compared to that, it's easier to be hit by a car or a flowerpot when you go out, right?"
Lin Zhinian was speechless.
He had to admit today that he really didn't know Ye Xingzhou at all.
That guy was too cold-blooded.
Once he became ruthless, other people's lives were no longer lives in his eyes.
It was truly chilling.
But there was another question he didn't ask.
‘Wasn't Qi Xing worried that Ye Xingzhou would turn against him in the future?’
Qi Xing continued: "So, there's no point in thinking too much. It's better to live a carefree life. Teacher Lin, don't dwell on this either. It's already over. The one who kidnapped us was Ye Wanyao, the second son of the Ye family. He's been handed over to the police here."
Lin Zhinian nodded slightly: "...No wonder Ye Xingzhou likes you. You two are truly a perfect match."
He said this sincerely.
Perhaps he was overthinking.
The insane Ye Xingzhou might be just right for Qi Xing, who was naturally optimistic.
As the saying goes, one thing conquers another.
"But with his personality, your family should be against it, right?" Lin Zhinian asked another question.
Qi Xing looked up at the sky: "We'll see. My parents usually satisfy my desires."
When Qi Xing came out, Ye Xingzhou had just finished a phone call.
He said they had to go to the police station to make a statement: "If you're too tired, I'll have them push it to tomorrow. You're the victim, so you don't need to cooperate with the police's schedule."
Qi Xing asked him: "That dog's shoulder was shot by someone you hired. Will you be in trouble?"
Ye Xingzhou: "It's self-defense. I brought a lawyer with me, and Mr. Tang will also help hire a top lawyer here to accompany us."
In fact, there were indeed some problems.
So, it would be best to clean it up and shoot that person to death. But since Qi Xing didn't want him to get his hands dirty, so be it.
Qi Xing: "Then let's go to the police station. Let's get it over with."
Ye Xingzhou didn't say anything more. He sent his secretary to talk to Lin Zhinian about compensation and took Qi Xing away.
On the way, Ye Xingzhou handed Qi Xing's phone back to him. Qi Xing was immediately happy: "So the phone was with you. I thought it was taken by those kidnappers."
Ye Xingzhou: "Your dad called last night. I promised him that you would call him back today."
One sentence made the smile on Qi Xing's face freeze.
Ye Xingzhou calmly told him: "We can't keep this from your parents forever. They'll find out sooner or later."
Qi Xing: "Of course I know. I'll find a time to tell them, don't worry about it. But I warn you, you absolutely cannot let my parents know about my kidnapping. Absolutely not."
In Particular, he and Lin Zhinian were kidnapped together.
The situation was worse than him being kidnapped alone. If his dad knew the whole story, he might not even agree to his relationship with Ye Xingzhou even if he had one foot in the grave.
Ye Xingzhou: "Who kidnapped you?"
Qi Xing immediately said: "You!"
This time, he was justified.
Ye Xingzhou turned his eyes away and pulled his wrist before squeezing it gently.
Qi Xing was so angry that he lowered his head and bit the bastard's arm.
……….
They spent a few more hours at the police station.
When they got back, it was already night.
For safety reasons, they changed to a hotel on the top floor of the casino.
Qi Xing already knew that Mr. Tang had put in a lot of effort to rescue them this time. He curiously asked Ye Xingzhou: "Did your business with him get settled so quickly that he's so willing to help you?"
Ye Xingzhou nodded casually but didn't intend to say how much profit he had given up to the other party.
This was the first time he hadn't gotten the upper hand in a business deal.
"Say it or don't say it." Qi Xing was too lazy to ask.
He walked into the bathroom to take a shower and wash away the bad luck.
Ye Xingzhou stood by the window and lit a cigarette.
His fingertips trembled slightly.
Before, even when standing next to a bomb that could explode at any moment, he didn't show any fear.
Only now, when Qi Xing safely returned to his side, did he develop a feeling of fear, which something he had never experienced before.
He thought he wouldn't have any weaknesses anymore, but Qi Xing had become his weakness.
When Qi Xing came out of the bathroom, Ye Xingzhou had already finished his cigarette. He casually crushed the cigarette butt in the ashtray before walking over and sat on the sofa.
He pulled Qi Xing, who was wrapped in a bathrobe onto his lap, and used ointment to rub the red parts of his hands and feet.
Qi Xing hummed and hawed while staring at Ye Xingzhou's tense side face and feeling inexplicably guilty.
He asked in a low voice: "Ye Xingzhou, aren't you going to settle the score with me?"
Ye Xingzhou raised his eyes: "You really want me to settle the score with you?"
Qi Xing: "...No, I don't."
He just thought it was strange.
He thought that according to Ye Xingzhou's personality, he would definitely be furious this time, at least he would grab him and spank his butt, and maybe even do something more outrageous. But why didn't he even say a word of reproach? Has he changed?
"I won't say anything to you." Ye Xingzhou slowly rubbed his hands, "It's useless if I do. You won't learn your lesson next time. But you should know that I'm worried about you."
Qi Xing felt even more guilty when he said that.
This bastard had changed his tactics.
He knew that he was soft-hearted and would not be tough, so he attacked his weakness.
Ye Xingzhou finally pinched his hand: "There shouldn't be a next time."
Okay, this was more like his style. He was also someone who would reveal his true nature in three seconds.
Qi Xing snorted with a smile before pulling Ye Xingzhou's tie: "Since you're not going to settle the score with me, okay, now it's my turn to settle the score with you.”