Qi Zhao can't believe the person standing in front of his eyes. He has always seen Xie Feihao as a younger brother, and he has been hanging with the Long Jingluo almost long as Xie Feihao. Qi Zhao always regarded Xie Feihao as a pure sunflower that beams sunlight, but the person standing in front of him was nothing like a bright flower. He was a dark rose surrounded with deadly thorns, covered in a menacing aura.
Qi Zhao has never seen that smile on Xie Feihao's face before, a deceiving mask that makes everyone believe that he has good intentions. Qi Zhao knew Xie Feihao long enough that he understands all Xie Feihao's intentions and tricks, but he couldn't recognize the person in front of him.
"Something on my face?" Xie Feihao asks.
"Ah." Qi Zhao realizes that he was on the floor, he stands up and pats off the dust on his dress pants, "What are you doing here?"
"Getting rid of the evidence." Xie Feihao walks past him.
Qi Zhao wasn't a genius like Xie Longdou, but he was a quick thinker and can easily jump to conclusions. It could cause some problems, but it was also one of his benefits.
He instantly understood what Xie Feihao was talking about... since it hasn't been even two days since Long Jingluo has ordered him to find evidence about the girl.
Qi Zhao has seen the picture of 'Na Yi'... or so what Long Jingluo thought. He was told that Na Yi was higher than the average teenage girl, but she was wearing high heels. Black-haired, blue-eyed, and a babyface that's smooth like marble, and Xie Feihao meets all of those requirements.
Qi Zhao starts to cover his mouth to laugh, he never expected this kid would fool such a talented person. He starts to get curious about what Xie Feihao's head was thinking, and what made the person in front of him this way.
"Ah, the workload that Long Jingluo gave you finally made you go insane." Xie Feihao jokes, "You understand what I mean, right?"
Qi Zhao notices that he was being threatened by a sixteen-year-old. He stopped laughing because the sixteen-year-old in front of him wasn't a normal one. Those glaring vibrant eyes that are looking at him, screams poison.
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Ever since I came to this world, I feel more comfortable to ride a bus to school. After I convinced Zhao Lili allows me to go by myself, I would occasionally hear some conversations behind my back about why a kid with a rich school uniform is riding a cheap bus, but I did this long enough that I got familiar with a few people. However, what I'm not familiar with is - why is there a blond-haired girl wearing fancy jewelry standing next to me?
"Why are you here?" I ask with annoyance, she's catching everyone's attention. Can she not stand out?
"I can't bother Aunt Zhao's personal driver right?" Li Honglie pretends to be kind-hearted, "After all, he needs breaks too."
"Your thoughtfulness disgusts me." I gags.
Li Honglie stares at me without any satisfaction, then changed the topic, "Where did you go last night?"
'I went out in the middle of the night to threaten someone to give my phone back because they were armed and I knew Zhao Liyue was being overprotective.' I can't say that... can I?
When we arrived, there were two changes. The first one was dependent on Li Honglie's behavior and the news about her running away from home. The second one was Yang Li avoiding my eye contact.
"What are you hiding now?" I asked.
He jumped, then said with a shaking voice, "N-nothing!" I kept staring at him, raising one eyebrow, then he finally shouts out loud enough that everyone can hear, "Long Jingluo thought you planned the kidnap!"
As the result, everyone starts to spread nonsense. Great job Yang Li, a great way to start a rumor.
Long Jingluo didn't say anything, only glared at me.
"So?" I asked him, which sparked a surprise in everyone's eyes, "What's he going to do? Commit murder?" Some people's faces turned to pale blue as if Long Jingluo will, but both Yang Li and I knew he won't. Simply, he lacks the capability to do so.
Yang Li, who was bored out of his mind, background checked Long Jingluo. Yes, Yang Li got found out, but they weren't able to catch who did the check up. Turns out my predictions were wrong, Long Jingluo's family were just successful at business and not some family related to the military, or at least, the mafia, so my imagination was thrown in the garbage. Again, Yang Li, the fool that he is, did a check on Zhen Liyue, which he ended up finding some bodyguards 24/7 hiding their identity around me, even the nurse in this school was once a surgeon in the military. But hey, Long Jingluo never bothers to check on me so he has no idea. On the other hand, Qi Zhao knew. If I keep his mouth shut, wouldn't this drama go on a rollercoaster ride?
A few seconds past, I'm starting to get annoyed by the fact that people are starting at me like I'm the one who's at fault. Really, is it my problem if other people jump to conclusions?
Now I think about it, not many people knew Li Feifei was kidnapped, not even most of the teachers. Who was the one spread the information out? To be exact, who's the one that pointed their finger at me, and how should I cut it off?
"Yang Li." He instantly turned his head, "You don't mind doing some work right?"
Yang Li blinks at me for a few times then mumbles, "Your face smiles with threat and your tone is sinister-" I didn't even notice my facial expression.
"10k." I interrupted after wiping the smile off of my face.
"I mean some work is not a problem at all!" His voice suddenly changed to a cheerful tone after having money on his mind.