The fifteen-year-old Xiao Rui was already a head taller than Asha. He rarely smiled. Ying Qingcang had once wondered if Xiao Rui had been cloned by Boss Wan. Although Xunxun did not smile, he had always been sharp-tongued. Most of the time, his expression was one of disdain.
Xiao Rui, on the other hand, was expressionless. His eyes were cold and sharp. "It's fine if you don't look at him, but if you do, you'll be scared to death."
"Sis!" Xiao Rui's dark eyes flickered twice. Only when he was talking to Asha and Xin Qing would there be some color in his eyes.
Asha put Chengcheng down and reached out to rub Xiao Rui's head. "You're growing up so fast. You'll catch up with Xunxun in a few years."
Xin Qing sat on the couch and waved at her. "Asha, come here. Come to mommy!"
Ying Qingcang sat beside her and pulled Xin Qing into his arms without batting an eyelid. "Are you cold?"
"We have floor heating," Xin Qing said, rolling her eyes at him. Asha pulled Chengcheng over to sit beside Xin Qing. "Mommy! I got the endorsement contract with Xin Enterprises today. "
Xin Qing looked at her with a smile. "It was meant for you. Why do I feel like you've lost weight? Xunxun didn't let you eat properly? "
"I think so too," Ying Qingcang said seriously. "Let our daughter move back here!"
Chengcheng protested. "I want to move back home too. I don't want to live on campus."
"Isn't it good to live with me?" Xiao Rui's sinister voice rang out. Pipi shuddered. "No... No. It's Brother Wangwang's fault."
Wangwang, who had just run down the stairs, heard Xiao Rui's words and picked him up. "Say that again."
The eight-year-old Wangwang looked a lot like Xin Qing, especially his eyes. They were so delicate that he looked like a girl.
"Okay, let's eat!" Ying Qingcang carried Xin Qing to the dining room.
Xin Qing, Asha, Wangwang, and Chengcheng were the only ones at the dining table to talk. Ying Qingcang only cared about taking care of Xin Qing while Xiao Rui was a man of few words. Today, however, he knocked on the table when everyone was done eating.
"Mom, I have something to say."
Everyone looked at him. Xin Qing smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead!"
Xiao Rui pursed his lips. "I want to go with Jiang Qianren."
Xin Qing threw the bowl onto the floor with a loud thud. "What … what did you say?"
Three months ago, Jiang Qianren had spoken to Xin Qing when he came to see her.
"I want Xiao Rui to go to Lacey Academy in the United States." Jiang Qianren looked conflicted and embarrassed.
Xin Qing made a call to Boss Wan, feeling suspicious.
"Lacey Academy?" Boss Wan said over the phone. "It's a place where killing machines are trained. Every soldier who graduates from there is a genius. They know all kinds of assassination, investigation, and espionage. Anyway, every year in a secret competition organized by the military, the winner is always someone from that place. "
Xin Qing shuddered. She glanced at Jiang Qianren and asked, "Then … are there any who didn't graduate?"
"No," Boss Wan said. "Those who didn't graduate are all dead."
…
After hanging up, Xin Qing stared coldly at Jiang Qianren. "Who suggested that Xiao Rui go there? Your mom? "
"No … She … She just suggested it." Jiang Qianren clenched his fists and said, "If I had a choice, I'd rather go there myself. But I'm already over the age limit."
"Then why didn't you go when you were a kid?" Xin Qing said impatiently.
Jiang Qianren sighed. "You think I didn't sign up? But he was stopped by my dad. He said that I'm the only one left in the Jiang family. If I don't come back, the Jiang family will be finished. "
"Haha, so your family is sending Xiao Rui to his death just because you have him now. If he succeeds, the Jiang family will rise higher. If he fails, you'll still have your son. "
Xin Qing sneered at Jiang Qianren. "How come I didn't know you were so shameless?"
"Why would we think that?" Jiang Qianren said anxiously. "My dad thinks that if Xiao Rui goes to school there, he'll definitely be able to graduate." He paused for a moment and then said in a low voice, "And … this was my big brother's wish all those years ago."
"When Xiao Rui was still in my sister-in-law's belly, my big brother said that his son must graduate from Lacey Academy."
Xin Qing interrupted him. "I think the Jiang family is mistaken about one thing. Xiao Rui's surname is not Jiang. His surname is Ying. His name is Ying Rui! "
There was no way Xin Qing would agree to send Xiao Rui to that hellish place to study. Before Jiang Qianren left, he begged her to at least let Xiao Rui know. Xiao Rui should be the one to decide his own life.
Obviously, Xiao Rui had made his choice.
"Mom! Don't worry, I'll be back. "Xiao Rui stood up and walked to Xin Qing's side.
Xin Qing's eyes began to redden. "I heard that no one will graduate from that school for a few years. If something happens to you, I'll be heartbroken. How am I going to explain it to Village Chief Mo Lin? He treats you like his own grandson. "
"Mom." Xiao Rui took her hand. "You know what happened to my parents. Those people might still be looking for me. I can't just sit around and wait for them to find me. When they find me, I'll be at their mercy. I have to become stronger. "
"Only then can I protect myself and all of you!" Xiao Rui squatted down and leaned into her arms. "Mom, let me go. I'll be back!"
Xin Qing began to cry. Ying Qingcang frowned. "Asha, go get a towel."
Asha left with Chengcheng in her arms. Wangwang winked at Xiao Rui. "Mommy, big brother is very strong. Just let him go!"
"Mom …" Xiao Rui looked at Xin Qing.
Ying Qingcang's frown deepened. "Ah Qing, calm down. Don't cry."
Asha came back with Chengcheng in hand. Chengcheng was holding a towel. "Mommy, don't cry!" He climbed onto Xin Qing. Xin Qing picked him up. "Chengcheng, you're the best, unlike your Brother Xiao Rui," she said.
"A Cang, I'm sleepy," Xin Qing said, burying her head into Ying Qingcang's chest. She did not want to continue the topic.
Xiao Rui wanted to say something, but Ying Qingcang glared at him. Then, he carried Xin Qing upstairs.
"It's okay," Asha said, patting Xiao Rui's shoulder. "Daddy will convince mommy!"
When Xunxun came to pick up Asha, he noticed that something was wrong.
"What's wrong?"
Asha told him about Xiao Rui. Xunxun was not worried at all. He pulled Asha into the car. "Aunt Qing will agree," he said.
Sure enough, Xiao Rui called her not two days later.
"Sis, I have to go."
Asha sniffed. "You have to come back, or else … or else I'll throw away all the models of the warships in your room!"
Xiao Rui left. When he left, the whole family went to see him off. Xin Qing's eyes were swollen from crying. Ying Qingcang glared daggers at Jiang Qianren.
"If he doesn't come back, Ah Qing will hate you for the rest of her life."
Jiang Qianren's face darkened. "I promise he'll come back. Otherwise, the Jiang family will pay with their lives."
Asha did not have the time to be sad about Xiao Rui's departure. At the end of November, she started shooting a commercial for Xin Enterprises. Since she was the spokesperson for a karst hot spring, most of the shooting locations were on the hot spring mountain.
The reporters were very interested in this newcomer, who had been rumored to be in a relationship with the boss of Stars Entertainment. Every day, there would be people loitering around the shooting location. As a result, on the first day, they managed to snap a photo that piqued their interest.
"Didn't I tell you not to come?" Asha said, glaring at him the moment she got into the car. "It's four o 'clock in the afternoon. You're not working this early?"
Xunxun fastened her seatbelt. "Picking you up is my job."
"Hehe! I don't get paid, "Asha said. Xunxun cupped her face in his hands and kissed her.
Xunxun bit her lip and said in a low voice, "Just let me kiss you more often."
A faint light flashed in front of the car. Xunxun frowned.
"What's wrong?" Asha pushed him away. "No biting. Otherwise, I'll have to apply ointment again at night."
Xunxun caressed her face. "It's nothing. What do you want to eat?"
"Hotpot!" Asha clicked her tongue. "The hotpot we eat overseas is not authentic."
Xunxun took Asha to a traditional copper hotpot restaurant. Although the restaurant was traditional, the interior design was very modern. Many celebrities and rich second-generation heirs liked to come here.
Before dinner, Asha went to the bathroom.
"You're Mei Jing?" A man stopped her when she came out.
Asha took two steps back and stared at the drunk man in panic. "You … Who are you?"
"Not bad. You're very beautiful in person." The man reeked of alcohol. He stared at Asha with a lecherous look in his eyes. "It doesn't matter if you don't know me. All you need to know is that I'm as rich as Wan Qingsi."
After that, he reached out to grab Asha's arm. Asha dodged easily. "Don't come near me," she shouted. "Or I'll call for help."
"Stop pretending. I can make you famous too." Seeing Asha avoid him, the man began to curse. "You're just a prostitute. It doesn't matter who you sell yourself to. It's your honor that I'm interested in you."
Asha's face darkened. "Is that so? My honor? " Her expression was no longer frightened. Unfortunately, the man didn't notice it at all. He pounced on her again. Asha twisted her wrist and stabbed a needle into the man's waist. Then she twisted again and the second needle landed on his shoulder.
The man staggered and fell to the ground. Asha's eyes flashed coldly. Just as she was about to insert the third needle, a cold voice rang out.
"What's going on?" Xunxun walked to her side in a few steps. The man on the ground tried to get up, but Xunxun kicked him. The unlucky man's head hit the wall and he fainted.
"Did he touch you?"
Asha shook her head. "No. He drank too much. He wanted to grab me, but he fell down." Seeing that Xunxun was about to do something else, Asha quickly pulled him away. "Alright, alright. I'm fine. Let's go eat! I'm starving. "
After they left, a man in a black shirt walked out from around the corner. There was a playful smile on his face. He kicked the man on the ground, squatted down, and touched the man's waist.
A thin needle the length of an index finger appeared between his fingers.
"Hehe. The needle of the bounty hunter, Poison Lady. Interesting that a small-time celebrity would have it." He glanced at the man on the ground and pulled out a slender knife.
"You're just unlucky. Consider this my gift to Poison Lady."
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