"Silly girl!" Leng Zimo laughed as he pulled her in and embraced her gently, "From now on, no matter who you face, you just need to be yourself, that’s enough. You don’t need to bend over backwards for . And if there’s sothing you don’t understand, don’t sit around guessing—co and ask directly. I don’t want any misunderstandings or unpleasantness between us, okay?"
"Okay." At this point, Luo Xiaoqian had understood the whole process and was laughing at herself for being so silly as she nodded her head, "Then...can we go eat now? I just saw a fast food restaurant up ahead!"
"That stuff is too unhealthy, anything fried is bad for your stomach..." He raised his eyebrows, then smiled again, "However, considering your performance today, I’ve decided to make an exception."
Letting go of her, he got out of the car and was back in a mont with several big bags full of fast food.
"This much?" Luo Xiaoqian kept busy helping him open the car door.
"I didn’t know what you liked, so I ordered one of each item." Leng Zimo settled into the driver’s seat, "All the hamburgers are in this one, and that one’s got chicken nuggets and stuff..."
Luo Xiaoqian took the bag he handed her, reached in randomly, and pulled out a toy in a plastic bag, "You even got a kid’s al?"
"It ca with it," Leng Zimo started the car, offhandedly.
Gazing at the complete set of toys in the bag, Luo Xiaoqian wore a face of amazent, "No way, a full set of toys?! I guess the server thought you were handso and went gaga over you."
Leng Zimo, holding onto the steering wheel, laughed out loud once more.
His little girl seed to be getting jealous again!
...
...
Lakeside Villa.
The bedroom light was blazing, but it was empty.
Next to the bed, an open suitcase was revealing a transparent compartnt, in which lay a photograph.
In the photo, a young boy and girl were posing together.
The boy might have been around fifteen or sixteen, with handso features and an expression that was mature beyond his years; the girl was of a similar tender age, her features just as delicate, but her eyes were smiling warmly at the boy beside her.
If one looked closely, it wasn’t hard to notice shadows of other people beside them, suggesting that this photo was likely cropped from a larger group picture.
Xu Pei was sitting on the terrace, one hand lazily swirling a wine glass, the other on a laptop on a small table in front of her.
The screen displayed news articles all related to Luo Xiaoqian.
"Dark horse Luo Xiaoqian’s midnight date with a mystery man"
"Emperor Leng apologizes to Xiao Qian for withdrawing from competition"
"Emperor Leng personally admits to ’rumors’"
...
On nearly all of Xiao Qian’s major news pieces, Leng Zimo’s na appeared more or less. Looking at the few intimate photos secretly taken by Su Jin on the screen, Xu Pei’s hand holding the wine glass tightened abruptly.
The wine splashed onto her fair hand, crimson as blood.
The phone on the table abruptly rang.
"Hello?" Xu Pei answered the call.
"The information you asked to find has been sent to your email," said the caller.
No sooner had the caller’s voice faded than a new email notification popped up on the screen. Xu Pei hung up the call and imdiately opened the email.
The email started with a photo; the girl in the image hadn’t applied a touch of makeup, her face was pure, her smile as innocent as snow. A delicate neck bore a dark necklace inset with sapphire blue jewels, not with a pendant at its end, but a silver key.
It was a photo of Luo Xiaoqian.
Below, there was detailed information about Luo Xiaoqian, including her age, place of origin, family background...everything was included.
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