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Chapter 71 If I Reject You, I’m Probably Not a Man Anymore

Chapter 71: Chapter 71 If I Reject You, I’m Probably Not a Man Anymore

Qiao Rui’s eyes widened, "It was because I fell for someone else’s trick that I completely lost my reason, you were sober."

"If I had refused you, full of charm as you were, I probably wouldn’t be a man," Pei Liyan said gravely.

Qiao Rui was taken aback, "Then what do you want?"

"In the future, when I look for you, don’t reject me." He said, "That’s all I want."

Just as Qiao Rui was about to speak, the man pulled her onto the bed.

When she awoke again, it was already 7:30 in the morning; Qiao Rui felt as if she’d been run over, exhausted to the bone.

She suddenly remembered, Muyu had come back with her, could she have been affected too?

Without time to think more, Qiao Rui got up, dressed, and walked out.

At that moment, Pei Liyan was smoking on the hotel balcony. Hearing the noise, he immediately walked in, just in time to see Qiao Rui opening the door.

"Where are you going?" Pei Liyan asked in a deep voice.

The response was the loud sound of the door slamming shut.

Pei Liyan’s eyebrows knit together slightly as he paused, deciding to give her some time to think, so he did not follow her.

Qiao Rui went to knock on Song Muyu’s door.

Soon after, the door opened, revealing a handsome man wearing the hotel bathrobe, standing by the door with the sash tied around his waist but with a patch of strawberry marks on his neck.

Although the man’s face was cold and his eyes were sharp and fierce, his body exuded a sense of laziness and sexiness, that of being contentedly sated.

His eyes narrowed into a half squint, exceptionally cold as he looked at Qiao Rui.

Qiao Rui was stunned, "Song Xun?"

Song Muyu’s adoptive elder brother who had no blood relation, and also the man Song Muyu had secretly loved all her adolescent years.

Song Xun’s lips curled coldly, "And who might you be?"

"I’m her friend." Once Qiao Rui saw his state, she understood everything, but out of caution, she had to ask, "Is Muyu okay? She’s not in trouble, right?"

Song Xun sized up Qiao Rui from head to toe, his voice cold, "Do you know she was targeted last night?"

Qiao Rui realized then that they both had been targeted. "She’s okay, right?"

"If I hadn’t come, there would have been trouble," Song Xun’s thin lips parted, his voice indifferent, "You can go. She will contact you when she wakes. Until then, do not disturb."

Qiao Rui knew of Song Xun only through Song Muyu’s complaints in the past, that Song Xun did not love her. But it seemed now, that might not have been the case.

Although Song Xun seemed cold and heartless, he was very concerned about Muyu.

At least for now, she could be at ease.

Qiao Rui nodded, "Alright, I understand."

As she turned to go back to her own room, Song Xun called out to her, "Wait, are you alright?"

The marks on Qiao Rui’s neck had made it clear to Song Xun that something had happened.

Qiao Rui was immediately embarrassed and a bit red-faced, yet she said, "I’m fine, thank you for your concern, take good care of Muyu."

Song Xun’s stern face was expressionless as he said in a deep voice, "Go back and think about who could be plotting against you."

Qiao Rui nodded.

She quickly returned to her own room.

Qiao Rui went to the bathroom to take a good bath, standing in front of the mirror, looking at the red marks all over her body, she couldn’t help but curse the man for being too rough, the marks he left were almost too much to bear.

But, last night was quite pleasant.

At the very least, she had not disappointed herself.

Qiao Rui found some ointment and applied it to all the red marks on her neck until the ointment reacted chemically, forming a thin protective layer.

Soon, the red marks were gone without a trace, and once that protective layer merged with her skin, Qiao Rui then went to change her clothes.

Just as she was about to lie down, someone knocked on the door.

Qiao Rui had no choice but to answer it, and upon opening the door, she saw Little Xingxing.

He rushed over and clung to her legs, crying, "Mommy, Mommy, I can’t find Daddy or Uncle Lei Ting."

Qiao Rui was stunned and looked up at the nanny.

The nanny, too, was panicked, "Yes, Miss Rui, usually at this time the sir would have already come to see the child, but he hasn’t today, we just knocked on his door, and no one opened, and we also knocked on Mr. Lei’s door and likewise nobody was there, so I called the driver, but his phone is unreachable."

Qiao Rui froze, "Last night he said he wanted to go back to the Tea Factory, could it be that he hasn’t returned?"

The nanny nodded. "That’s possible, what should we do now?"

Qiao Rui hadn’t expected such a thing to happen, and although she wasn’t panicking, she simply reassured the nanny and Little Xingxing, "Auntie, take good care of Little Xingxing and don’t go anywhere."

The nanny, knowing the urgency of the situation, also understood her mission, "Rest assured, Miss Rui, I will take good care of the child, but what should we do now? Should we call the police?"

"Not yet," Qiao Rui said calmly, "We don’t yet know the specifics, and once we call the police, something unexpected may happen."

Most importantly, Qiao Rui was afraid that calling the police would alert the other party.

She and Muyu had been tampered with, Huo Sinan and Lei Ting had disappeared without a trace, and the driver could not be reached; all this could be part of a series of traps.

At the least, she needed to investigate a bit, and then make a plan.

"Go back to your room," Qiao Rui said, "I’ll order some food for you."

She was extra cautious, making sure to thoroughly check the food when room service brought it over, and only after making sure that there were no problems did she let Little Xingxing and the nanny eat.

She herself also ate something, as Pei Liyan had exhausted her all night, and Qiao Rui was both hungry and tired.

She needed to restore her strength to investigate the matter.

After eating, she sent a message to Song Muyu, telling her to contact her when she woke up and to take care of Little Xingxing upon awakening.

Qiao Rui didn’t let the nanny and Little Xingxing go out and repeatedly urged the nanny not to go out until she came back.

Only then did Qiao Rui leave the hotel.

*

Fang Mo dialed the phone to Pei Liyan.

"President, regarding the matter you asked me to look into, there is some news. Miss Rui and Miss Song were on Tea Mountain at Huo Sinan’s Tea Factory all day yesterday. They picked tea on the mountain and then fried the tea leaves; both meals were eaten at the Tea Factory."

Pei Liyan was taken aback, then made a conjecture, "That means, someone tampered with the food she ate at the Tea Factory."

Fang Mo said, "That should be the case. According to surveillance, after Miss Rui returned to the hotel, she didn’t eat anything else, and in the middle of the night, a man entered Miss Song Muyu’s room. We checked, and it was Miss Song’s elder brother, Liancheng Song Xun."

"Song Xun?" Pei Liyan, holding his phone, walked to the window, "Did he stay in Song Muyu’s room all night?"

"Yes," said Fang Mo.

Pei Liyan spoke in a grave tone, "Arrange for someone to go to Tea Mountain and check it out. I want to know who’s behind this."

"Yes!"

Pei Liyan was about to hang up when Fang Mo added, "President, I’ve just received news that Miss Rui has already set out for Tea Mountain. Huo Sinan hasn’t returned all night, and there was an attack."

Pei Liyan grew serious, "Has it been discovered who carried out the attack?"

"Not yet, but he, his good brother, and the driver were attacked together, and it’s pretty serious," Fang Mo sought instructions, "Should we intervene to rescue them?"

"Bring people, and I’ll go there personally," Pei Liyan said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"By the way, did Ruirui leave after receiving the news of the attack?" Pei Liyan inquired.

"It appears so," Fang Mo replied, "The surveillance shows that Miss Rui left after seeing Huo Sinan’s child and the nanny."

Pei Liyan: "Let’s go."