I Will Always Love You

Back in Qiao Jinghua's penthouse, the party had already ended. For one reason alone, the main character of the day had gone missing.

With Qiao Jinghua gone from the party, Cao Yang was not in the mood to host the party anymore.

In anger, he went to Qiao Guangli and started questioning the man.

"You told me that on her birthdays, she stayed home," he said with a scary tone.

When Qiao Guangli heard the words spoken in a frightening voice, he replied uncaringly, "I told you that it was my sister. Even I can not see what she is doing."

"Well, what are you doing chilling here? Go run your ass to get her back," he yelled at Qiao Guangli angrily.

As he heard the blaming tone in Cao Yang, he also said incensed, "If I knew where she was, you think I would be sitting here? I would be stopping her from going there. Besides, you were supposed to keep your eyes on her. How could you lose her?"

"That damn sister of yours freaking went to the restroom and locked the door, and stayed there for a long ass time that I got tired of standing there, waiting," Cao Yang said, enraged at the fact that she would use the bathroom to get rid of him.

Qiao Guangli was infuriated that Cao Yang lost his sister, but he also expected it, so he did not have his hopes up.

Instead of continuing this maddening conversation, Qiao Guangli instead stated, "So, is the party still going? Or are you ending it?"

"Of course the party is ending," Cao Yang declared. "That bitch actually dare run from me. Just wait. I'll definitely make sure she suffers once I find her again."

With a sigh, Qiao Guangli left Qiao Jinghua's penthouse and went back to the main Qiao mansion when Cao Yang announced that the party was over. As for Cao Yang, he did not leave the place but rather, went to Qiao Jinghua's bedroom and started his rampage in her room whilst waiting for her.

Before Qiao Guangli could leave the penthouse though, Chang Yuan came up to him asking coquettishly, "Li-Ge, my manager said that she could pick me up. Can you send me home?"

"I can't," Qiao Guangli refused with a complicated smile.

He thought that everybody already left, but did not expect Chang Yuan to still be around. Prior to speaking with Cao Yang about the plan with Qiao Jinghua, he had already made sure that no one was around, so he asked himself, "How did I miss her? The chattiest girl."

"But Li-Ge, there is no one left to pick me up," she flirtatiously complained. "I'm also too scared to be by myself on the streets waiting for someone."

Qiao Guangli knew that this was just Chang Yuan's method to get closer to him, so he told her, "There's still Cao Yang. You can ask him to send you home."

"No! I'm scared! Cao Yang is famous for being a perverted rapist," Chang Yuan cried and tried to hug Qiao Guangli.

"Cao Yang is not a rapist. If he was, why would you attend his parties," Qiao Guangli asked.

Chang Yuan knew that he would ask that question, so she answered with her prepared response, "If not for you, why would I attend?"

As though complaining, she continued with, "If you attended others, I would also go."

"Chang Yuan, I don't like you," Qiao Guangli straightforwardly voiced.

"I know. But as long as I like you, I will follow you," Chang Yuan stated with a happy smile.

Though she always behaved in a very typical villain way, if she was in front of Qiao Guangli, she was actually very nice and the classic shy girl.

With a heaving sigh, Qiao Guangli said, I won't send you home. Find your own way."

Not wanting to speak to Chang Yuan anymore, he softly pushed her aside and finally left the complex. With Qiao Guangli leaving, Chang Yuan also left, driving her red Alfa Romeo 4C.

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In the apartment of Qin Xifeng, they were still in silence. One in silence from the persistence of becoming sworn sisters and the other in her usual everyday silence.

"Okay… Sisters… That's all that you need, right," Qin Xinfeng asked.

As though explaining, she curtly said, "Sworn sisters."

"Boss, I hope you understand how hard it is to be sworn sisters with someone who has a higher standing," Qin Xinfeng tried to tell her.

Even if Qin Xifeng tried to explain to her, she would not understand because she was only asking this to get a reason to protect her.

Knowing the purpose of her asking to be sworn sisters, she spoke, "I only want to be sworn sisters with you so that I have a reason to protect you."

"Boss, there is really no need for you to protect me. Really," Qin Xifeng reiterated.

Just having finished setting up the guest bedroom, Ren Lei came back to the two young ladies giving a hard stare at each as though in a competition. He almost thought that they were having a silent war because of how long he stood there with them not paying attention to him.

Was he not a living being to them or what?

"Um… Feng Feng, what's going on," Ren Lei asked in confusion.

Finally noticing Ren Lei, she asked him, "Do you support me being her sworn sister?���

"Uh… Yeah," Ren Lei awkwardly agreed. "Why do you ask?"

"Look, Qin Xifeng. Even your husband agrees," she insisted.

Giving Ren Lei a small glare, Qin Xifeng finally relented, "Fine, fine… Sigh… Boss, there's no perks to being my sworn sister. I might even bring you problems."

"There are," she denied. "Look, I'm at your house."

"Well, that is right, but that was because you were being reasonable," Qin Xifeng expressed.

Giving a yawn and showing an uncaring attitude to what Qin Xifeng said, she asked Ren Lei, "Hey, where's my room?"

"Oh, uh, this way," Ren Lei immediately responded and started leading her to the guest bedroom.

Ren Lei was still in shock, but he kept his silence and just left his thoughts to himself despite being curious about what happened between the two ladies while he was gone, making the bedroom comfortable for his wife's boss.

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Everything was silent once Ren Lei and she was by herself. The bedroom was to her, the nicest room she would probably ever have. Not in style or appearance-wise, but in the things given to her despite it being only one night.

The couple had prepared for her a toothbrush, some other bathroom necessities, and even a change of clothes for her. Looking at the style of clothes, she knew that it was brand new and probably something she had given to Qin Xifeng because the outfit had her fashion brand label.

The size was also the perfect size for her considering that this was the original that she made, only she had gifted to Qin Xifeng when she heard that it was the girl's birthday. It seemed to her that the only other person she had ever given a gift to was her assistant.

Although she felt wrong for wearing something she had once gifted, she did not have much of a choice so, in her heart, she promised to give Qin Xifeng a brand new set of outfit personally made by her once again. However, it would be special in that no one else would have that outfit.

Only Qin Xifeng alone would have the outfit. She even considered making a suit for Ren Lei since he was also quite nice to her and was Qin Xifeng's husband. Their outfits would be limited edition. That was something she was sure of.

Going into the guest bathroom, she showered and brushed her teeth while looking at her appearance once again. Every night, she would look at her appearance. Not in appreciation, but in strangeness.

She always wondered why someone would adopt her when she looked so ordinary. She had the blackest of hair and her irises were the blackest a human would most likely ever have. It was so black that even the pupils are unseen.

Her nose was of the simplest shape, not perfect nor beautiful but just matching her face. Her lips with not thin, but nor were they thick and voluminous. She did not have a pure look, nor did she have a sexy and seductress look. All in all, her appearance was very boring and bland.

Finished with looking at herself, she left the guest bathroom and entered the room given to her once again. The halls were dark and every single light was off, signifying that the couple was most probably asleep by now.

It was quite late into the night now, and she had come at a bad time, too. She did not blame them in the least but herself for being a bother. She hated bothering others the most. If anything, she liked being independent more than anything else. Today was the first time she had ever asked for help aside from her adopted parents.

Changing into the pair of clothes given to her, she thought, "What was the future going to be like for now?"