Who could bear this?
Chi Yu's eyes flickered, and he gave a soft cough. Zuo Qiutang beside him immediately left the room tactfully, leaving the space for the two of them.
The next second, Chi Yu's gaze fell on Jiang Zhirou. He looked at her with a half - smile, "What did you just call me?"
"Baby~"
Jiang Zhirou called out again.
She tilted her head slightly, looking at the man seriously, "You can call me like that. Can't I call you like this?"
Hearing this, a smile spread across Chi Yu's lips, "You can."
After a pause, he continued.
"But I need some hush money."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou subconsciously frowned, "Hush money?"
Did she have to pay hush money just for calling him "baby"?
Chi Yu had called her that so many times. The hush money would have been a huge sum, right?
Just then, there was only 2,000 yuan in her card. Since Chi Yu wanted hush money, she wanted it too!
Thinking of this, just as Jiang Zhirou stretched out her hand and was about to speak, her lips were suddenly sealed.
Chi Yu's big palm supported the back of Jiang Zhirou's head. He slowly and gently pried open her lips step by step and probed inside.
Jiang Zhirou's mind went blank. This kiss came too quickly and abruptly. Before she could react, the faint fragrance on the man completely enveloped her.
Her breathing became more and more rapid. Just as she was about to run out of oxygen, the warm breath slowly withdrew from her body.
"Hush money."
Chi Yu looked at her with a smile on his lips. There was a faint blush in his eyes. Jiang Zhirou knew what it meant.
She blushed and avoided Chi Yu's gaze, muttering softly, "I thought... you wanted money..."
She thought she could get a large sum of money... She had thought too much.
Chi Yu let go of the hand that was supporting the back of Jiang Zhirou's head and instead put his arm around her waist, pulling her into his arms, "Take it."
"Ah?" Jiang Zhirou didn't understand what he was talking about and looked at him blankly.
She saw Chi Yu tilt his chin towards the pistol on the table, "Don't you want it? Take it. Let's go home."
"Really?!"
Jiang Zhirou was overjoyed. The next second, she rushed into the room and picked up the pistol.
Seeing her reluctant - to - part look, the smile in Chi Yu's eyes deepened. He watched as Jiang Zhirou fiddled with the gun in her hand like a treasure and casually asked,
"When did you become so fond of guns?"
"I've never seen you interested in such things before."
Hearing this, the smile on Jiang Zhirou's face suddenly froze.
Then she pretended to be relaxed and said, "What you saw before was just the surface. There are many things about me that you don't know. You can discover them slowly in the future. I'm a huge treasure trove."
Jiang Zhirou never hesitated to praise herself.
Seeing her so confident now, Chi Yu's gaze gradually softened.
Jiang Zhirou carefully put the gun in her bag, then stepped forward and naturally hooked Chi Yu's arm, pulling him out.
Chi Yu subconsciously glanced at the arm hooked around his. His eyes flashed, and then he led her out of the villa.
The two got into the car one after the other.
Jiang Zhirou suddenly thought of something and turned to look at the man beside her.
She hesitated for a while before slowly saying, "Um... Can you lend me some money?"
Hearing this, Chi Yu looked at her in confusion. Before he could speak, Jiang Zhirou hurriedly said,
"Don't worry. I won't borrow it for free! I'll write you an IOU."
She raised her right hand and held up three fingers, making a vow.
Seeing her like this, Chi Yu laughed, "Are you really short of money?"
Jiang Zhirou nodded heavily. After thinking for a moment, she said to him, "Now I'm going to investigate what happened back then. The first step is to start with the welfare home from that year. But the welfare home closed many years ago. If I want to find the previous information, I can only use some under - the - table methods, which will require a little money..."
After saying that, she looked at Chi Yu seriously, afraid that he would reject her.
"Okay." Chi Yu didn't ask anything. He didn't ask where she was going to find someone or what method she was going to use. He just responded to her.
"I'll ask the finance department to transfer the money to your card later."
"Thank you, baby!" Jiang Zhirou happily thanked him, and then asked the question that had been on her mind.
"Why don't you ask me what I'm going to do?"
Chi Yu didn't care. His gaze was always on the road ahead, "Aren't you going to investigate what happened back then?"
Jiang Zhirou paused, "I mean, aren't you curious about how I'm going to investigate?"
"You'll tell me when you want to. This is your privacy. If you don't want to say, I won't take the initiative to inquire."
Chi Yu's answer surprised Jiang Zhirou, but it was also within her expectation.
He had never been a person who would deliberately pry into others' privacy.
Moreover, this matter might not only concern her but also Jiang Yan... It was reasonable for Chi Yu to say so.
Jiang Zhirou didn't say anything else. She stared at Chi Yu for a while before withdrawing her gaze.
She hoped that there wouldn't be too many obstacles on her way...
...
Early the next morning.
Jiang Zhirou was woken up by the pain.
Before she could make a sound, a force suddenly came from her shoulder.
She turned her head and only then noticed that Chi Yu was standing beside the bed, massaging her shoulder.
"Chi Yu..."
She called out to him, looking extremely aggrieved, "I'm in pain all over..."
"It feels like I've been beaten up. Every part hurts."
Chi Yu glanced at her, poured something into his palm, rubbed it, and then placed his warm palm on Jiang Zhirou's shoulder.
A warm and comfortable feeling instantly spread through Jiang Zhirou's body.
The pain on her body immediately lessened a lot.
She turned to look at the man, "What did you use on me?"
"I don't feel as painful as before."
Chi Yu: "It's a secret."
"Is this also a secret?" Jiang Zhirou twitched the corner of her mouth and turned her head back, "You have so many secrets."
Chi Yu laughed and said half - jokingly, "What if I tell you and you run away with my secret recipe? I have to have some secret weapon to keep you."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhirou was stunned for a moment. She turned to look at Chi Yu again, and her expression was a bit more serious than before.
"Chi Yu... Why... do you think I'll leave you?"
As soon as Jiang Zhirou's voice fell, Chi Yu's movement suddenly stopped.
Although it was only for a second, Jiang Zhirou could clearly feel his uneasiness.
She was lying on the bed with her back to Chi Yu. From this angle, she couldn't see Chi Yu's expression, but she could clearly feel his emotional change.
Just as she was about to turn around, the strength in Chi Yu's hand suddenly increased a bit. Then his voice sounded above her head.
"Just a joke."