The Favored Heiress
Chapter 316: Resorting to Violence at the Slightest Disagreement

Chapter 316: Chapter 316: Resorting to Violence at the Slightest Disagreement

He Xi’s expression stalled, and he shook his head murmuring, "It’s not suspicion, it’s just... it’s just hard to believe."

He Qing and Huo Mang met each other’s gaze, both of them nodding unintentionally in agreement, "Indeed, it’s beyond belief."

At this moment, Huo Mang turned his head to look at Shang Yu and asked a question that had been overlooked all along, "What is Li Qiao’s background?"

Shaoyan’s girlfriend; they had never looked into her closely.

Perhaps it was the initial stereotyping that made everyone pay too much attention to Li Qiao’s appearance, and consequently overlook the question of her capabilities.

Shang Yu lazily lifted his eyelids, a thin mist spilling from the corners of his mouth, his voice calm and mellow, "The richest person in the South Sea."

Lu Xirui raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Isn’t she from Myanmar?"

The man slowly curled his lips, rolling up his sleeve with one hand, a hidden smile in his eyes, "She is a South Sea person."

With that, Lu Xirui was also bewilderingly caught off guard.

He had always thought that Li Qiao was from Myanmar, which was why she was invited to enter the Cabinet Office.

After all, her age was apparent, and besides... she didn’t quite seem like a businessperson.

Lu Xirui had been invited to the event, purely because the Parma Lu Family had important international business projects with Myanmar, which involved a win-win cooperation, hence the special invitation from the minister.

In the private dining room, everyone’s thoughts diverged, and a long silence weighed down, unable to suppress the surging emotions.

Li Qiao, what kind of paths are you connected with!

...

At the same time, Li Qiao was taking a stroll with Luoyu on the top floor’s revolving observation deck.

Standing near the arc-shaped cantilevered observation deck, one could see the entire scenery of Parma unobstructedly.

Li Qiao leaned against the railing, idly watching the coastline ahead.

At dusk, myriad rays of rosy light spread over the sea, creating an exquisite scene.

Suddenly, a helicopter approached steadily from not far away.

Li Qiao tilted her head upward to look, while Luoyu also raised her eyebrows.

The Earl Hotel’s observation deck was permitted for helicopter landings.

However, when they had come up earlier, the hotel staff had not informed them about it.

When a helicopter takes off or lands, the surrounding area must be cleared. Luoyu looked around and then realized that at some point the observation deck had emptied of people.

She immediately became vigilant, carefully guarding Li Qiao, "Miss Li, let’s go down first."

Li Qiao glanced at the helicopter and consented with a smile, "Mhm."

The moment after she spoke, the sound of a silenced gun was covered by the noise of the helicopter’s rotors, but the bullet precisely hit the ground one centimeter in front of Li Qiao’s foot.

Li Qiao looked down at the bullet hole in the concrete slab at her feet. Considering the small caliber of the bullet, its lethality wasn’t great, which was fortunate given the solid construction of the cantilevered observation deck.

Otherwise...

Li Qiao watched the approaching helicopter with an expressionless face, while Luoyu immediately shielded her side, whispering urgently, "Miss Li, I’ll cover you; run."

To think that someone had the audacity to shoot a gun at the Earl Hotel, they had been careless.

However, Li Qiao had only taken one step when another bullet came flying, still hitting one centimeter away from her toes.

Li Qiao didn’t move.

Luoyu, alert all over, shielded her behind him, took out a gun from behind his waist, and subtly used the walkie-talkie to inform Liuyun and the others.

...

In the private room, Lu Xirui was still talking non-stop, and as he shared his past observations and experiences, the expressions on Huo Mang and others’ faces became quite striking.

He Qing, holding his wine glass and swirling it, his narrow eyes carrying an unusual look of distraction, "So... does Shaoyan’s girlfriend know people from the Military Department?"

This news was shocking.

Everyone seated here was the first in line for succession from Parma’s top families.

Having been baptized by family traditions from a young age, he was all too well aware of what it meant to get involved with the Military Department.

It signified the highest level of power.

According to what Xirui said, when he first met Li Qiao, she was not yet twenty years old.

To be able to sit at the same table as the Cabinet Office and the Military Department Commander for a meal, what kind of relationship did this represent?

Huo Mang, He Qing, and others discreetly exchanged glances. It was inevitable for ordinary people to view this matter through tinted glasses.

But, they could only speculate in private, unable to speak outright.

After all, they still needed to consider Shaoyan’s face.

Everyone remained silent, suspicious, but no one spoke further.

Several minutes passed and Li Qiao still hadn’t returned.

Just then, the door was suddenly knocked on, followed by Liuyun entering uninvited, his face stern as he reported, "Boss, there’s trouble at the top-floor terrace."

Shang Yu’s eyes snapped open and he stood up, pushing the chair aside as he walked towards the door.

At the sound, He Qing’s face changed dramatically, and he stepped outside to start arranging personnel on the phone.

The trouble Liuyun mentioned had to be related to Li Qiao.

If something happened to Li Qiao at Earl Hotel tonight, then Shaoyan...

The incident was sudden and He Qing and the others had no time to ask for details.

All of them quickly left the private room and headed toward the top-floor terrace.

Liuyun, leading the way ahead of Shang Yu, reported, "We don’t know whose helicopter suddenly descended on the terrace. They’re armed, and our people have gone up. Currently... there’s a standoff."

Shang Yu walked forward in silence, his face stern and lips tightly pressed together, his chilling and aloof aura keeping others at bay.

The He family siblings were also making calls at the same time, with Huo Ming and Lu Xirui’s bodyguards subsequently rushing toward the top-floor terrace.

At the top, a helicopter was sitting right in the middle of the terrace.

Due to the accuracy of the opponent’s shooting, they had stopped Luoyu’s steps several times while on the plane. The moment the helicopter touched down, Luoyu used his height advantage to shield Li Qiao completely with his body.

Even so, their hair was still whipped into disarray by the whirlwind caused by the helicopter’s propellers.

At that moment, about twenty men dressed in black suits were standing in front of the helicopter, and it was unclear where they had come from, as they had appeared like a gust of wind.

Li Qiao blew at the stray hairs by her mouth, then reached to straighten them, and the next second, she snatched the gun from Luoyu’s hands, pushed her aside, and fired three shots at the helicopter’s fuselage.

It was because the other party had fired three shots at her feet earlier.

The doors of the helicopter, which were about to open, had to be closed clumsily once again.

Luckily those three shots hit non-critical parts of the fuselage; had they hit the fuel tank, wouldn’t there have been an explosion?

Can’t even take a joke? What the hell kind of temper is that!

Not only were the people on the helicopter stunned, even Luoyu was momentarily frozen, completely taken by surprise that Li Qiao would open fire directly.

Even the bodyguards standing in front of them showed indescribable expressions.

Miss Li, how could you take action without a second word?

Just at that moment, the glass doors behind the terrace were pushed open, and Shang Yu’s tall, black silhouette climbed the steps onto the terrace.

Without a sideward glance, he came up to Li Qiao, grabbed the hand holding the gun, and pulled her into his embrace, holding her tight, then lowered his head, his voice tense and sharp, "Are you alright?"

Li Qiao wiped her face once more, several strands of hair standing on end from the wind, she looked up, lips pursed in a smile, "No."

While they were speaking, He Qing and the others hurried up behind them.

And on the other side, the cabin doors of the helicopter opened slowly after confirming that Li Qiao would not shoot again.

In a flash, twenty bodyguards, each with their guns at the ready, aimed towards the cabin door.

The people inside the cabin: "..."