Chapter 172: Thirst

Xiao Yanzhi had an excellent figure. His left hand pinched her shoulder, while his right hand, strong and powerful, supported the back of her knee.

Her hair tickled Xiao Yanzhi's forearm. He watched as she blushed deeply and buried her face in his chest. Unable to resist, he kissed her on the forehead.

She was so obedient.

The two of them walked through the amusement park, passing by the romantic and dreamy lights. The happy and lively melody echoed around them. It seemed as if the whole world had melted into this warm - colored atmosphere.

After they walked out of the amusement park, Xiao Yanzhi carried Jiang Li into his car.

As soon as she got in the car, Jiang Li asked Xiao Yanzhi for water.

Xiao Yanzhi took out a bottle of water from the car fridge and handed it to her.

Jiang Li sipped the water slowly. The mineral water, just taken out of the fridge, was very cold. It slid down her throat all the way, quenching the previous dryness and heat.

She finished the whole bottle quickly and then asked, "Do you have any more?"

"Yes, I do."

Xiao Yanzhi of course knew why Jiang Li was dehydrated. He lifted the corner of his lips and deliberately asked in a leisurely tone, "Why are you so thirsty?"

Jiang Li's face flushed bright red. She angrily put down the water bottle in her hand. Her eyes, filled with moisture, glared at him, showing both resentment and charm.

That glance really made people lose their temper.

Xiao Yanzhi held her fingers and let his fingertips slide across her palm. "Come over here."

She was really sitting too far away from him.

Jiang Li obediently moved her buttocks a little, but still stubbornly kept a distance from him.

She even wanted to pull her hand out of the man's palm.

"How could you end up having no place to shoot commercials?" he asked casually. "You've been in Huacheng for a while. Haven't you accumulated any connections?"

"We had booked a studio in advance, but someone took it." Jiang Li thought for a while and answered vaguely, not directly stating the reason.

Xiao Yanzhi's face darkened. "Were you bullied?"

Jiang Li pursed her lips. She didn't know if he was pretending not to know or really didn't know. "Sort of. The other party deliberately delayed the time."

"Name." When he said these two words, his voice obviously deepened.

Seeing him with a cold face, ready to settle the score with someone, Jiang Li found it funny. "You know her. Her name is Qin Yaoyao."

Sure enough, the moment she said this name, Xiao Yanzhi was stunned for a moment. A look of surprise flashed across his cold face.

He frowned. The hand supporting his chin cast a shadow. His eyes drooped for a while. Finally, he said, "Tell her to be more careful next time. Negotiate the time in advance."

Even the action of playing with her fingers just now stopped. He casually retracted his hand.

Jiang Li raised her eyebrows. She knew it.

Asking Xiao Yanzhi to stand up for her against Qin Yaoyao was simply wishful thinking.

Jiang Li shook her head self - deprecatingly. The hand hanging on her knee tightened and then quietly loosened.

It was still that pure girl he missed.

...

This time, Xiao Yanzhi was quite a gentleman. Instead of taking her directly to the hotel like before, he sent her back to the downstairs of her previous residence.

Jiang Li thanked him for sending her back. Just before getting out of the car, the man asked faintly, "Do you want to come back to the hotel with me?"

His eyes were fixed on her, making a final invitation.

"Not interested." Without looking back, Jiang Li turned around to open the car door. Before he could say anything else, she quickly escaped from the car.

If she was a bit slower, she might be caught by the dog - like man to "work overtime forcibly".

——

Xue An had finished the tasks assigned by Xiao Yanzhi in Beicheng. He rushed to Huacheng in a hurry tonight.

Not long after he arrived, he stopped a tabloid news for Xiao Yanzhi.

"Mr. Xiao, the photos of you and Sister Jiang Li in the amusement park were taken by paparazzi. They should have taken the photos from the opposite residential building."

Xiao Yanzhi nodded. He took out a cigarette, pressed the lighter and lit it.

The photos were actually quite good. The man was in a suit, and the girl in his arms had a radiant smile and bright eyes.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at them several more times.

In the curling smoke, he half - drooped his eyes, and the look in his eyes was unclear. "Do as usual."

Xue An knew that this meant asking him to suppress all the scandal photos related to Jiang Li.

Just like in Beicheng.

Xue An nodded, but hesitated and said, "We've managed to suppress it in time. However, since no one dealt with it before, it had fermented for a while. Some people should have already seen it."

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Yanzhi waved his hand. "Delete all the original posts. Don't let anyone see them tomorrow morning."

But in fact, someone had already seen them.

Qin Yaoyao was lying on the big bed, boredly swiping her phone. Just as she was feeling complacent about making Jiang Li look bad today, a photo suddenly popped up.

Out of curiosity, she clicked on it. This click was no small matter. She saw the picture of Xiao Yanzhi carrying Jiang Li in a princess - carry.

The man's eyes were doting, and the woman's smile was brilliant.

The moment she saw this scene, although the room was very warm, Qin Yaoyao felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and her expression froze.

She stared at the two people in the photo in disbelief, especially at Jiang Li's face. She could immediately imagine the way Xiao Yanzhi might kiss her.

Ah Yan had never kissed her!

But when she gritted her teeth and refreshed the page, the photo disappeared.

Even the information of the poster just now disappeared completely, as if what she had seen just now was an illusion.

But she was very sure that it was definitely not her imagination.

It seemed that someone was suppressing the news.

Qin Yaoyao was immediately filled with anger. Her emotions got the better of her. She immediately called Xiao Yanzhi. "Ah Yan, where are you?"

The receiver was very quiet. Only Xiao Yanzhi's steady and cold voice came over. "I'm working overtime in the company. What's up?"

Qin Yaoyao opened her lips. She almost blurted out "Are you with Sister Jiang Li?", but she managed to swallow the words at the last moment.

She remembered that Xiao Yanzhi had once warned her with a cold face. She couldn't be unreasonable anymore.

He liked obedient girls.

Thinking of this, her previous impulse immediately cooled down. The words on the tip of her tongue changed direction, and her voice became soft. "It's nothing. I just wanted to ask if you've eaten well. You're still working overtime so late?"

The man grunted on the other end. He sounded rather absent - minded. "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up. I'm very busy."

Qin Yaoyao felt relieved. She was just afraid that this call would annoy him. "Okay. Good night, Ah Yan."

She was waiting for him to hang up, but unexpectedly, he suddenly asked, "Did you deliberately delay the time in the studio today to prevent Jiang Li from shooting smoothly?"

Qin Yaoyao was immediately shocked. Without thinking, she guessed that Jiang Li had complained to him.

She scolded her as a bitch during the day and then went to complain to Ah Yan at night?

She was angry and annoyed. Her voice dropped, and she sniffed hard. "Ah Yan, Sister Jiang Li misunderstood. I actually had two endorsement shoots today, and I also booked the time in advance."

"But Sister Jiang Li didn't even listen to my explanation. She even scolded me."