Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Have a Drink with Me_1
Sun Zhihao, unable to move, could only shout at the top of his lungs, "My aunt is Sun Manli, and Sect Leader Ding is my uncle-in-law. If you lay a hand on me, you’re showing no respect to my aunt nor to Sect Leader Ding!"
"Sect Leader Ding is your uncle-in-law? Hah! Your aunt is nothing more than one of his lovers. The day Sect Leader Ding tires of her, he’ll kick her to the curb. After receiving his favor, your aunt spared no effort in suppressing our Tiezhong Martial Arts Hall. I can’t settle accounts with her right now, but I can certainly settle them with you, you idiot. In addition to breaking both of your legs, break his third one for me too!"
Chen Weijie himself was down to just one leg, so why should Sun Zhihao, the fool, still have two?
Gou Daqiang lifted a brick.
"No, please!"
"Ah... Ahhh..."
Sun Zhihao’s screams tore through the sky.
While Chen Weijie was teaching his junior brothers a lesson, Qin Feng had already taken off on his little electric scooter. He was so anxious to get to Rose Manor that he wished he could settle things with Xue Xiaochan tonight.
An hour later, the little electric scooter chugged into Rose Manor.
Qin Feng noticed the wildflowers by the roadside were quite pretty, so he picked one.
He didn’t have the tacky taste of Chen Weijie, using cash as a bribe. At the very least, he should give her a pretty flower!
Qin Feng arrived at the doorstep of Villa No. 7; the lights in the living room were still on—Xue Xiaochan definitely hadn’t gone to bed yet.
Thump thump thump!
Qin Feng knocked on the heavy red copper door with the knocker.
"Who is it?"
"Your husband."
The door opened, and there stood Xue Xiaochan, dressed in a silk strap nightgown, in front of Qin Feng.
"What are you doing here?"
"I missed you!"
Qin Feng took out the wildflower and tucked it into Xue Xiaochan’s dark, beautiful hair.
"I brought you a flower."
Qin Feng had the chance to place that wildflower on Xue Xiaochan’s chest. At the last moment, he chickened out. He was afraid that rushing things might annoy Xue Xiaochan.
"Thank you!" Xue Xiaochan smiled, asking, "Are you busy tonight?"
"Not at all."
"Then keep me company for a couple of drinks."
Xue Xiaochan led Qin Feng up to the rooftop terrace, opened three bottles of red wine, and poured them into a decanter.
While others needed to pair red wine with some Western cuisine, Xue Xiaochan was drinking it straight, one glass after another with Qin Feng.
Seeing the woman’s face flush with the glow of the wine, it was clear she was getting tipsy.
Qin Feng asked chuckling, "Are you trying to get me drunk?"
"What are you thinking? I’m just in a bad mood and wanted to drink with someone. Sisi is busy with a mission and couldn’t keep me company. You just happened to show up at the right time, so I asked you to join me! What’s wrong? Can’t handle this much drink?"
"Aren’t you afraid that if you get drunk later, I might do something to you?"
"You dare? If you dare mess around! I’ll have Sisi arrest you and get you sentenced to ten or eight years."
"We’re married, you know. You’re my wife. So, even if I were to ’do that’ to you, it wouldn’t be against the law."
"Not against the law? Do you understand the law, boy? Even within marriage, it’s still against the law. Got it? So, just because we have a marriage certificate doesn’t mean you can mess around."
"Suppose, just suppose, if you’re the one who messes up, would that be illegal?"
"No, it wouldn’t."
"Why the hell not?"
"Because the crime you’re referring to can only be committed by males. So even if I were drunk, even if I pinned you down on the balcony and, you know, did that to you... I wouldn’t be breaking the law!"
"On the balcony? You really know how to have fun. But even if you did break the law, I wouldn’t sue you. You could offend me eight hundred times a day, and it would still be fine."
"Get lost!" Xue Xiaochan gently punched Qin Feng and quickly explained, "Don’t get any funny ideas! I just wanted to find someone trustworthy to drink with. In Zhonghai, I only have two friends I can trust, one is Sisi, and the other is you."
"Friend? You consider me a friend? I consider you my wife, and you see me as a friend?"
"No joking! Tell me the truth, do you really like me?"
"Of course!"
"What do you like about me?"
"Your body."
"You... scoundrel!"
"A gentleman’s preference. I like your body; that’s the honest truth!"
"Is there nothing else about me you like, other than my body?"
"I can’t articulate the rest, but being with you feels so comfortable, so relaxed."
"When you were dating Wu Qianqian, did you like her body too?"
"No, I didn’t."
"Ha! Are you trying to fool a three-year-old girl?"
"I really didn’t like her body. I had no desire for her at all, only for yours. You’re the only woman who’s ever made me obsess over the thought of having you."
"Quit thinking about those dirty things, you pathetic loser. Then why were you dating Wu Qianqian for three years?"
"Are you jealous?"
"Jealous my foot! I just find it strange. With your abilities, how could you not find a beautiful woman? How did you let that Wu Qianqian ’green’ you? Could it be that you were pretending with her, testing her?"
"Pretend with her? Test her? I’m not that bored. She’s always looked down on me, never given me the time of day. So even if I had great talents, she’d be blind to it! Otherwise, you wouldn’t have had the chance to pick up such a big bargain, would you?"
"Pick up a bargain? What, you think you’re some kind of treasure?"
"If I weren’t a treasure, why would you drag me to get a marriage certificate? Given your status as the noble Miss Xue, with your national beauty and devilishly hot body, a whole bunch of men would be lining up to be your shield. There’s no need to settle for me, some guy you haven’t known for even a day, who has unclear origins and an unknown background, right?"
"I could tell you the truth, but you can’t get mad."
"I won’t get mad."
"Besides the marriage contract with the Jian Family, my family also has one with the Qin Family. The Qin Family’s power is even greater than the Jian’s, ranking third among the eight major families.
The youngest son of the Qin Family, Qin Penghai, was expelled from the family thirty years ago. It’s said that he wandered to Zhonghai, changed his name but kept his surname, and lived a reclusive life. Later, he got married and had a son, who is the Qin Family’s young grandson.
Eighteen years ago, my grandfather, in an attempt to forge a connection with the Qin Family, went to arrange a childhood betrothal. The Qin Family looked down on the Xue Family and hence used the grandson, who would never be able to return to the Qin Family, as a marriage match for me. It was also that year that Qin Penghai died unexpectedly."
"So, you want me to impersonate the Qin Family’s young grandson?"
"At the time, I was desperate for a solution, but I later realized that this plan would never work. Having you pose as the Qin Family’s grandson is an easy ruse for the Qin Family to see through with a simple DNA test. Impersonating the grandson of the Qin Family is a capital offense; I can’t let you take that risk!"
"If I don’t impersonate him, how will you get through that obstacle a month from now?"
"We’ll figure it out when the time comes!"
