Chapter 461: Chapter 460: Three Rules (2)
Qin Baizhou was startled, “What’s wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing,” Xia Siyu’s voice trembled slightly. She turned her head back and glared at Bo Yan as a warning. Little did she know, this conveniently facilitated Bo Yan, who stepped forward, bowed his head, and gently sealed her lips with a kiss: “Mmm…”
The more Qin Baizhou listened to this sound, the more he felt something was off. Were it morning or deep at night instead of noon, he’d definitely conjure up some unsavory images.
“What’s wrong with Siyu?”
“A bug, a bug!” Xia Siyu broke free from the restraint and hastily turned back to explain.
And that damn bug was still causing trouble around her.
It’s true that the presence of a bug would typically cause most women to scream and their speech to tremble, nothing wrong with that. Even the most capable and strongest of women could instantly turn into a little lamb.
Qin Baizhou almost wished he could crawl through the internet cable to display some manliness and help her chase the bug away, “What kind of bug is it? Is it big? Can Jingjing and LaXiaotangittle Tang help? If not, let the staff come and deal with it.”
He even said, “Aren’t you staying in a five-star hotel? If there are bugs in the hotel, it’s a failure in their housekeeping service. You can complain about this!”
“Ah, um…” Xia Siyu seemed to be responding to him, or perhaps someone else. She uttered two interjections, but somehow, it didn’t feel quite right.
Especially, in that response, there was also a rhythmic movement which to Qin Baizhou sounded not like someone hitting a bug but rather as if they were up to no good.
Qin Baizhou vaguely sensed that something was amiss and asked, “Is there someone else with you?”
His voice became both serious and sharp.
However, Xia Siyu clearly didn’t have the time to chat with him, she quickly took a breath and tried to finish her words, “I’ll talk to you later.”
Having said that, she hung up the phone decisively.
But just before she hung up, he faintly heard what seemed like a man’s low laughter from the other end.
Qin Baizhou held his phone, speechless, for quite a long time.
It wasn’t until a subordinate, who had been knocking on the door for a long while, did he say, “Come in.” Being quite perceptive, the subordinate did not report anything else and just served the coffee he had specifically asked for, then closed the door after himself.
Alone in the room, Qin Baizhou stood up, agitated, and loosened his tie, seemingly to help his breathing. He then walked to the windowsill and leaned his hands against the glass. The bright sunshine outside did not disperse the gloom on his face.
Last night, he had asked Wei Jingjing to watch over her, but Wei Jingjing didn’t give a definite answer.
Now it was noon, but Xia Siyu had just woken up.
Her startled scream from before, along with the subsequent weird noises, and her somewhat abnormal behavior.
——Could it be that she was, just now, with Bo Yan?
At that thought, Qin Baizhou felt like ripping off his tie, and even the tailored fit of his clothes seemed too constrictive, the shirt uncomfortably tight.
The talent he had nurtured was possibly being poached by someone else.
Bo Yan might have spent the night with her, and they could still be together now. He had called, and Bo Yan was probably listening from the side.
Combining the fact that she had just got out of bed, he struggled with the thought—could she be, right now, with Bo Yan—doing that kind of thing?