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In the instant that Qiao Yifan was pushed onto the car seat by Lu Qing, his brain was completely emptied. His entire body leaned on the car seat in a daze, as if time had stopped in that instant.

He looked forward to the stars, looked forward to the moon. Finally, he looked forward to Lu Qing Chen's return.

However, the first time he gave her a greeting gift after returning was like this.

His heart tightened and he forgot to breathe …

What do you mean she's not ashamed, and he's disgusted?

Nausea... Nausea...

Her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and Qiao Qiao's hands, which were foam propped on the carriage seat, were unwittingly and fiercely clenched into fists because of Lu Qing's words. Due to overexertion, his long nails dug into his fair hands, forming red lines on his palms, and at some places even had traces of scarlet blood seeping out.

His breathing gradually became hurried, and Qiao Yifan tried his best to adjust his own breathing, suppressing the urge to cry.

He really couldn't cry. This was too embarrassing.

Even though Lu Qing treated her in such a manner, she still wanted to maintain her unique self-esteem in front of him …

Slowly sitting up straight, Qiao Yifan did his best to adjust before replying with a gentle voice with his head lowered, "I know, I won't do this ever again."

After hearing Qiao Yifan's words, the space between Lu Qingzhen's eyebrows moved uncontrollably, but he did not open his eyes.

Actually, even if Lu Qing didn't open his eyes, he could imagine Qiao Yifan's current appearance.

No one was clearer than him about how much force he had used to hold Qiao Yifan's chin. She must be feeling terrible right now …

But why did she have to obediently accept the challenge even though she didn't want to resist at all?

Afraid of offending him?

Was it really more important to obey him and get Mrs Lu's position than his own body?!

For some reason, the moment he thought of this, a nameless fire instantly sprung up from the bottom of Lu Qing's heart. It burned his entire body so hot that it was about to explode.

He forced himself not to get angry with Qiao Yifan and remained calm on the surface with his eyes closed, refusing to give any response to Qiao Yifan.

Qiao Yifan stole a glance at Lu Qing Chen from the corner of his eye, but he noticed that Lu Qing Chen didn't seem to want to pay any attention to her, so he didn't say anything.

Immediately afterwards, she slightly shifted her butt, letting her body lean against the door and doing her best to increase the distance between her and Lu Qing.

Just so that he wouldn't get into trouble with Lu Qing.

Lu Qing's eyes looked as though they were tightly closed, but while the others were unable to see it, his eyes still slightly opened a slit a millimetre wide as he secretly observed Qiao Yifan.

Naturally, the scene of Qiao Yifan moving around had coincidentally been witnessed by Lu Qing.

He just said that Qiao Yifan hated him.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly in his heart …

In next to no time, they returned to the scenic area.

Lu Qing got off the carriage first and walked into the house, while Qiao Yifan followed closely behind.

After entering the room, the butler respectfully greeted Lu Qing. Seeing Lu Qing's dark expression, he tactfully stood to the side and made way for Lu Qing.

From the time Lu Qing got off the car to the time he entered the house, he didn't say a word and just walked upstairs with a cold appearance.

The butler immediately turned his head to look at Qiao Yifan, who was walking in behind Lu Qing. He was just about to greet him, but before he could say anything, he noticed that Qiao Yifan's hair was in disarray and his arm was covered in red marks from being grabbed.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? "Your arm …" The butler hurriedly walked in front of Qiao Yifan and lifted his arm as he asked in shock.

After being asked by the butler, Qiao Yifan lowered his head and looked at his own arm. Earlier, his attention had been focused on Lu Qing's body, so naturally he hadn't paid much attention to it.

From the looks of it, the red mark on his arm was quite shocking. There was even a faint burning pain. It should be because he was grabbed by that Director Zhang …

"It's nothing, I just accidentally knocked on the door. I'll be fine after a short rest." Qiao Yifan didn't say much to the butler and found a random reason to excuse himself. Then, he said softly, "I'll go upstairs first."

The steward had wanted to ask something else, but after hearing Qiao Yifan's words, the steward gave way and allowed Qiao Yifan to ascend the stairs.

After returning to the bedroom, Qiao Yifan leaned against the door, his bare back revealing a slight chill as he leaned against it.

But at this moment, Qiao Yifan could feel nothing but the exhaustion in his heart …

Sometimes, even Qiao Yifan himself suspected that the deep love he had for Lu Qing had persisted for so many years, whether it was worth it or not.

To put it nicely, she had a crush on Lu Qing. If she didn't like the sound of it, then that was unrequited love.

Speaking of which, it wasn't that she wasn't tired, but she just couldn't give up.

As long as he thought of giving up on liking Lu Qing, the cells in Qiao Yifan's entire body would cry out for his heart to ache …

Without thinking any more, Joe took off his clothes and went to the bathroom. He put on the bath water and prepared to soak himself in a hot bath for a while. Perhaps it would be effective in alleviating the red marks on her skin.

As he lay in the bathtub, warm water wrapped around him, Qiao Yifan felt much more comfortable.

Only when the water in the bathtub turned cold did Qiao Yifan stand up, put on his bathrobe, and prepare to go to bed …

The moment Qiao Yifan closed his eyes, the events of the night were like a movie replay, frame by frame, drifting past in front of her eyes.

At some point, his eyes had already become wet. The tears rolled down his face and fell onto the pillow towel, wetting it all over.

Perhaps Qiao Yifan was truly tired after experiencing all this at night, so not too long after his head was pressed against the pillow, he fell into a deep sleep.

However, due to the silent cry just now, her long eyelashes still had crystal clear tears hanging from them …

After Lu Qing went upstairs, he did not return to his bedroom, but went directly to his study.

He'd originally wanted to use his handling of the document to divert the attention away from Qiao Yifan, but every time he flipped through the document, the Chinese characters on it all changed into Qiao Yifan's face.

Happy, sad, patient...

In an instant, it disturbed Lu Qingshen's mind, making him feel uneasy.

Originally, he was only able to finish processing the documents in two hours. However, Lu Qing continued to dawdle until the early hours of the morning before he could finally finish processing the documents.

Looking at the time on his watch, Lu Qingjin packed up the documents before opening the door and walking out of the study.

Just as Lu Qing was about to lift up his front leg and walk towards Qiao Yifan's bedroom, he suddenly seemed to think of something and turned around to walk down the stairs.

By the time Lu Qing returned to the second floor, he already had a medical case in his hands …