Chapter 17

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“You’re very smart.”

Mo Chen asked jokingly, “Why didn’t you have such rational doubts about your relationship with Yu Yang back then?”

Lu Qi was so angry that her left eye kept twitching. She could not sit still and stood up angrily, wanting to leave this place.

Mo Chen raised his hand and gently pressed on her shoulder, asking her to sit back down.

“I need to gain a firm foothold in the Mo family and gain control of the enterprise’s matters as soon as possible. However, I can handle and settle these small matters. I won’t be reduced to selling myself to the Lu family for marriage and relying on your help.”

“After all, with my strength, even if I don’t have a marriage contract, I can still persuade Uncle Lu to work with me.”

Lu Qi narrowed her eyes and sized up Mo Chen. She knew that what he said was the truth and not an exaggeration.

Seeing that she was slightly calmer, Mo Chen casually mentioned their first meeting at the hospital, “After returning here, I knew that I had a so-called engagement with the Lu family, but in my heart, I was actually very resistant. I wanted to find an opportunity to explain it to you clearly, and I wanted to persuade Uncle Lu to break off the engagement by giving him some resources.”

Lu Qi raised her head in surprise, trying to find a hint of a lie in Mo Chen’s eyes.

Mo Chen’s eyes were open and deep, and he looked at Lu Qi without evading, “I heard the conversation between you and Lu Wei at the entrance of the hospital ward. I think your personality isn’t like what the rumors say as you seem interesting, so I’m willing to stand up for you.”

“Relationships can be slowly cultivated. Compared to continuing to be entangled with Yu Yang, I should be a good choice.”

Mo Chen said confidently.

Lu Qi was speechless and did not know how to refute him. She could only close her fingers gloomily, feeling that something was not right.

Mo Chen saw her expression and wanted to tease her even more. “Speaking of which, I encountered an interesting thing when I returned here.”

“The day I went to the hospital to visit you, I saw a man in the underground parking lot who seemed to have a knife wound on his abdomen. It looked very serious… is the security here very bad?”

Mo Chen deliberately mentioned the man with a wound on his abdomen. Sure enough, he saw Lu Qi’s expression suddenly change. She leaned forward slightly to ask for details.

Lu Qi’s memory of that night was not clear. She vaguely remembered that the man had a wound on his abdomen.

Could the man in the hospital parking lot be the same man?!

“The man you mentioned, what did he look like? Did you see his car plate number? Where did he go in the end?”

Mo Chen wanted to tease her, so he took two steps back. “Qiqi, as your fiancé, I’ll get jealous if you care so much about other men.”

Lu Qi frowned anxiously. She wanted more information, so she stood up and chased after Mo Chen.

The pebbles in the garden were uneven. Not long ago, the florist had broken a step near the bench when he was repairing it, and he had not had time to fill it up yet. Lu Qi’s shoe tip was stuck in the gap. Her body lost its center of gravity and fell forward.

Mo Chen was some distance away from her, so he subconsciously reached out to help her.

Lu Qi let out a low cry and fell into Mo Chen’s arms, pressing him under her body.

Mo Chen lay on his back on the ground. The back of his head hit the pebbles and he felt a faint pain. “Are you okay?”

Lu Qi shook her head. She wanted to stand up, but the intense dizziness made her lose her judgment. She pressed her soft palm on Mo Chen’s lower abdomen. The sharp pain from her ankle made her body go limp as she lay on Mo Chen’s body, shaking her head in a daze.

Mo Chen stared at her with dark eyes. The blood in his body seemed to gather somewhere along with her movements.

Lu Qi felt that the place where her palm touched had turned from soft to hot and stiff. She could even faintly see the outline from his pants. She withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted and opened her red lips slightly as she stared at Mo Chen with a gaze that was almost as if she was blaming him, “Shameless!”

Mo Chen said in a hoarse voice, “You… can you get up?”

Lu Qi suddenly remembered that the two of them were in an ambiguous position at that moment. She hurriedly stood up and tidied up her dress.

Mo Chen was afraid that she would fall, so he supported her waist with his palm. Through the silk cloth, Lu Qi could feel the heat of his palm. She even felt a strange warmth surging through her body. She lowered her head and slapped Mo Chen’s hand away, keeping a safe distance from him.

An awkward air surged between the two of them. Mo Chen’s adam’s apple tightened as he stared at her red ears and spoke slowly, “I don’t know where that man went in the end, but the hospital will probably keep a surveillance video of the parking lot. You can go and take a look.”

“What’s your… relationship with him?”

Mo Chen seemed to care as he pressed on. Lu Qi’s heart skipped a beat as she answered perfunctorily, “It’s none of your business.”