Xi Rong was open-minded and allowed the probing and vigilant eyes to fall on his face.
Yun Qiao looked around.
She saw Sheng Zhao, but not Xi Lanting.
"Where's Uncle Seven?" she asked.
Xi Rong: "Master Qi is tired of talking. Let's have a cigarette on the small balcony outside. Miss Yunqiao, can you go?"
Yun Qiao immediately said to Zhu Yucheng and Cheng Li: "I'm sorry, brothers, I can't accompany you to the theater today. Uncle Qi is looking for me, I have to go back first."
Cheng Li and Zhu Yucheng both looked slightly stunned.
Especially Cheng Li, whose face with clear lines suddenly turned a bit gloomy.
He asked: "What's going on?"
Yun Qiao was confused by his question: "What?"
"Is someone threatening you?" Cheng Li's gaze still fell on her face, but it lost the softness it had before.
His eyes were a bit cold.
"Yun Qiao, I have never seen you obey anyone's advice like this. Why, life in the Xi family is so difficult?" Zhu Yucheng pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, his expression also cold.
If it's too difficult, you can move to Zhu's house.
Last time, I wished the Second Young Master a good recovery and was discharged from the hospital, so he took the initiative to bring up the matter. Zhu Longtou knew that his son was obsessed with sex, and he didn't know how to restrain himself even after being beaten, so he slapped him twice.
Zhu Yucheng left the villain to his father and never rejected his brother from the beginning.
He also knew that it was impossible for his family to take Yun Qiao over, and Uncle Qian would not agree.
In Qian Changping's view, the Zhu family did not take Yun Qiao to enjoy their happiness; they were clearly kidnapping hostages.
However, this "hostage" is not at Zhu's house, but seems to be at Xi's house.
Yun Qiao looked at the expressions of the two people and frowned slightly when he heard such words again.
"I'll take Uncle Qi's car back." Yun Qiao explained, "I have nothing else to do. Uncle Qi is not in good health, so I don't want him to wait any longer."
Zhu Yucheng looked bad.
Cheng Li said, "I really admire Mr. Xi Qi for being so powerful and making you obedient. Why don't you introduce me to my second brother?"
Yun Qiao: "..."
She admires the second brother Cheng very much and truly regards the second brother as a relative. But she does not want to introduce the second brother to the seventh uncle.
The second brother is very good, very capable, has a big business, and has a wide network of contacts.
However, the second brother is just a human being with a mortal body.
But Uncle Qi doesn't count.
Before she could refuse, Xi Rong spoke from the side: "Seventh Master said that if Second Master Cheng is interested, let's go to the small balcony to smoke a cigarette together."
Zhu Yucheng's lips became darker: "What about me?"
Xi Rong glanced at him lightly: "Master Qi didn't invite you."
Cheng Li laughed and his expression softened. He gently patted Zhu Yucheng's shoulder and whispered something to him.
Zhu Yucheng nodded and his expression softened.
In this way, Xi Rong took Yun Qiao and Cheng Li to the secluded small balcony in the back.
The breeze on the mid-autumn night is slightly intoxicating, carrying the fragrance of cinnamon. The glass door of the small balcony is illuminated by the indoor lights, and the floor is mottled with light and shadow.
Xi Lanting sat on a wicker chair in the corner, smoking slowly. He took two puffs, put his slender fingers on the cigarette above the ashtray, and tapped it gently, causing half of the ash to fall out.
His eyelids were half lowered, he glanced sideways at Yun Qiao and Cheng Li, and said calmly: "Sit down."
He was so lazy that he was still half-reclining at the moment and did not get up to greet him.
Cheng Li shook hands with him.
This time, he didn't slap her directly in the face, but stretched out his hand to shake it.
"Is this the first time Mr. Cheng has returned to Yancheng?" he asked.
Cheng Li: “I’ve been here many times.”
"Then you and my niece are not new acquaintances, but old friends?" He asked matter-of-factly.
Cheng Li smiled: "We are indeed old friends."
After hearing this, Yun Qiao felt that there was something in their words, but their words were simple and direct.
Cheng Li turned to Yun Qiao: "My throat is dry, and Master Qi has been smoking for a long time. Can you go find the waiter and ask for two glasses of wine for us?"
He actually wanted to send Yun Qiao away.
Yun Qiao felt nervous, fearing that Brother Cheng would suffer in front of his seventh uncle because he did not know how to live or die.
He is not Xu Yinjie.
If he was beaten by Uncle Qi, Yun Qiao would feel bad.