Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Three Months of Online Dating Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Three Months of Online Dating River View Grand Court.
Li Qiao took a taxi to the foot of Li Shaoquan’s building, standing near the apartment, first she looked around cautiously.
Pedestrians came and went; the apartment security guard dozed off in the guardhouse.
The lackluster weekend afternoon seemed unchanged, displaying none of the tension and confrontation expected at the scene of a kidnapping.
After a short while, Li Qiao walked into the apartment building at a leisurely pace, took the elevator up to Li Shaoquan’s apartment, and directly pressed her fingerprint to unlock the door.
A strong and pungent smell of smoke assaulted her senses, obviously more suffocating than usual.
Li Qiao bypassed the entrance and as she appeared in the living room of the duplex apartment, the place fell instantly silent.
“Mmmph!” At that moment, Li Shaoquan was the first to react.
He lay on the floor, tied up tightly with his mouth sealed with clear tape; at the sight of Li Qiao, he started wriggling and grunting on the ground.
With an expressionless face, Li Qiao looked at the smoke-filled living room.
Aside from Li Shaoquan, there were four others, three men and one woman.
Leading them was a tall and strong young man, around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, wearing faded camo attire, taking a drag from a cigarette in his hand in an arrogant and domineering manner, he asked, “Did you bring the household registration book?”
Li Qiao gave him a silent glance, casually walked over to Li Shaoquan, crouched down, and ‘ripped’ the tape from his mouth with a swift motion, especially heartlessly.
“Ow…” Li Shaoquan felt as if his lips were being torn off, crying out in pain, his voice still whining, “Be gentle, would you!”
The young man and his companions were stunned.
Was this beautiful girl here to deliver the household registration book or to tear up the ‘ticket’?
How could her actions…
be even more ruthless than theirs?
Without untying Li Shaoquan, Li Qiao then leisurely sat on the armrest of the sofa, crossed her arms, lifted her chin, and demanded, “Talk, what’s going on here!”
Li Shaoquan shifty-eyed with guilt, didn’t dare to look at Li Qiao, and mumbled with his face buried, “It’s just… just as you see, they kidnapped…”
The siblings exchanged words as if no one else was present, acting as though the others didn’t exist.
The young man felt his identity as a ‘kidnapper’ insulted, threw his cigarette to the ground, and strode forward, picking Li Shaoquan up off the floor, menacingly, he threatened, “You dare talk back?
I’m just asking you, do you want to marry my sister or not?
If not, I’m sending you to meet the King of Hell right now.”
Li Shaoquan was scared out of his wits.
Being still tied up, he could only glance at Li Qiao repeatedly with pleading eyes, “Daddy…
Li Qiao paid him no heed but instead turned her gaze towards another girl in the living room.
Since entering the door, this girl had been sitting in the corner with her head down, dressed plainly, even a bit worn, with a plump figure and slightly dark skin, appearing timid.
Li Qiao caught the hint from the young man’s words, frowned impatiently, and boldly countered, “Planning a forced marriage?”
The young man glared fiercely at Li Qiao, pointing carelessly at Li Shaoquan’s nose, “So what if it’s a forced marriage?
Either way, he has to marry my sister!”
This guy, seemed not too bright.
Li Qiao touched her forehead and sighed lightly, “The reason?”
The man grabbed hold of Li Shaoquan’s collar, as if still not satisfied, and shook him violently, “This scumbag engaged in an online romance with my sister for three months, and now he wants to break up after seeing her in person.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch; he’s my sister’s first love!”
Li Qiao gazed at Li Shaoquan somberly, it took her a while to process this piece of news.
She coolly raised an eyebrow, “You?
Engaged in an online romance?”
No wonder he spent all day at home as a tech nerd, so it turns out he used all his frivolous affections on online romance?
Li Shaoquan turned away, stubbornly muttering, “Can you blame me?
It was clearly his sister who deceived my feelings with a photo retouched to level 100 beauty.”