The Favored Heiress
Chapter 318: Have You Gotten Carried Away, Li Qiao?

Chapter 318: Chapter 318: Have You Gotten Carried Away, Li Qiao?

Clearly, the bullet holes on the ground were his handiwork.

Bai Luhui had no time to say more, upon seeing Shen Qingye approaching, he quickly took a step back, clasping his right wrist with his left hand, bowing slightly while full of respect, he lowered his gaze and quietly awaited the other’s arrival.

It was obvious that someone who could make Bai Luhui so respectfully obedient must be a higher-ranking official in the Sixth Bureau.

He Xi looked stunned, not expecting that the person from the Sixth Bureau would have a higher position than Bai Luhui.

You should know, Bai Luhui of the Sixth Bureau’s action team was someone people on the street would respectfully call Little White Master when they saw him.

He Xi had just called him by his name, undoubtedly trying to ingratiate himself, but just being able to talk to the Sixth Bureau’s Little White Master was already a matter of pride.

At this moment, Shen Qingye arrived in front of Shang Yu and Li Qiao, his hands casually tucked in his pockets.

Those straight long legs slowly came to a halt; a wicked smile hung on his lips as his eyes slid past the man’s embrace, then met with Shang Yu’s gaze.

Shen Qingye had classic phoenix eyes, the arc of his double eyelids stretched perfectly to the end of his eyebrows, always giving off a sense of affection when filled with laughter.

His smile was faint, after locking eyes with Shang Yu for three seconds, his gaze lowered slightly, "Master Yan, long time no see."

Everyone was once again shocked, even though they were Shang Yu’s good buddies, Huo Mang and others hadn’t expected him to be acquainted with such a high-ranking official from the Sixth Bureau.

He Xi arrived beside He Qing in a daze, her mind increasingly chaotic yet her thoughts more and more clear.

She remembered, the Second-in-command of the Sixth Bureau, his last name was Shen.

Could it be this sinister-looking man?

Shang Yu, with compelling eyes, lazily lifted his eyelids, "Indeed, it has been a long time, Young Director Shen’s presence has grown quite impressive."

Shen Qingye’s eyes flickered, subconsciously touching his eyebrow, his facial expression’s smile hard to discern as real or fake, "I dare not, Master Yan, you flatter me."

"What brings you to Parma?" Shang Yu asked, one hand covering the back of Li Qiao’s head, carefully shielding her in front of his chest.

In any case, ever since Bai Luhui and Shen Qingye disembarked the plane, Li Qiao’s face was well-hidden by him.

Shen Qingye gazed at Shang Yu, raised an eyebrow and pursed his lips towards the person in his arms, "Looking for her."

Shang Yu’s stern expression suddenly became inscrutable; he turned his head to meet Shen Qingye’s gaze and dropped two words in a light voice, "Reason?"

"Old acquaintances," Shen Qingye answered every question posed by Shang Yu, while the laughter in his eyes also shimmered with mystery.

Now, everyone was shocked, including the bodyguards who were ready for action.

This Master Yan mentioned by Young Director Shen, and Miss Li were old acquaintances?

Impossible!

Even He Xi had a sense of ironic disillusionment.

She moved closer to Bai Luhui and asked in a hushed voice, "Luhui, did you guys come here this time to investigate Li Qiao?"

Even though He Xi’s voice was very soft, it was too quiet around, and practically everyone heard.

Bai Luhui glanced at He Xi expressionlessly, then bowed his head, "I dare not."

He Xi: "??"

This kind of response had none of the Sixth Bureau Little White Master’s arrogance and presumptuousness.

What on earth is going on?

At the same time, Shang Yu relaxed the strength in his arms, arching his body to look at Li Qiao, who raised her eyes from his embrace. His stormy eyes welled with a complicated and playful gleam, "Old acquaintances?"

Li Qiao’s eyes flickered slightly as she glanced at Shen Qingye, her tone far from pleasant, "If you’ve come, then come, what’s with all the knife and gun play?"

He Xi and others: "..."

Li Qiao, have you gone too far?

That’s a big shot from the Sixth Bureau, casually throwing out intelligence that could make countless people sell their lives for them, even take yours.

However, just as everyone looked at Li Qiao with minds full of thoughts and eyes filled with sympathy, Shen Qingye bent down with a handsome face piled with a smile, teasingly said, "Isn’t it that I haven’t seen you for a long time and wanted to give you a surprise? Are you angry?"

Li Qiao gave him a glance, brimming with disdain.

The others, however, blinked in stupefaction, wondering why they detected... doting in Shen Qingye’s tone?

Ah? A hallucination, right?

Bai Luhui was even more confusedly looking at Li Qiao, his gaze shuttling between her and Shen Qingye.

The second-in-command of the Sixth Bureau, who seemed frivolous but was actually a vicious wolf capable of killing invisibly amidst laughter and jokes, was actually this indulgent toward the girl in Master Yan’s arms?

The name Li Qiao, nobody within the Sixth Bureau had ever heard of it, what’s her background?

...

Five minutes later, Shang Yu led Li Qiao back to the private banquet hall.

The bodyguards dispersed, once again melting into the unknown corners to covertly protect.

As for the He family siblings and Huo Mang, they followed like wandering souls back to the private room.

The information overload at today’s gathering was a bit overwhelming.

Even the heirs of high-standing families were inevitably left dizzy by the impact.

How could Li Qiao, at twenty-two years old, know the mysterious deputy head of the Sixth Bureau?

They had only recently been suspicious of her ability to attend the Myanmar Cabinet banquet, and now... everyone was befuddled.

In the resting area, Shang Yu and Li Qiao sat together, with Shen Qingye taking a seat opposite them.

As for Bai Luhui, he stood by his side, wrist clasped, acting as bodyguard.

At the banquet table, their gazes met, all with indescribable expressions.

At this moment, He Qing nudged He Xi’s shoulder and whispered, "The person you know, is it Bai Luhui?"

It took He Xi a long while to come back to his senses, swallowing hard before explaining, "Yes, he’s the head of the operations team. A lot of intelligence from the Sixth Bureau originates from him."

Huo Mang glanced at the sofa opposite them and then at He Xi, "And that Young Director Shen? What role does he play?"

"Should be... the second-in-command of the Sixth Bureau." He Xi spoke with difficulty, her eyes flickering before she added, "But that’s not certain. Apart from Bai Luhui’s operations team who often act publicly, the other senior officials are quite mysterious. I’m merely speculating as well."

Perhaps it was the bruised ego that made her reluctant to face reality.

So she used such a far-fetched excuse to rationalize Shen Qingye’s identity.

Everyone present was no fool.

A man whom Bai Luhui was willing to bow to, his status... was self-evident, wasn’t it?

On the other hand, Shen Qingye sat sprawling before the sofa, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, his gaze circling between Li Qiao and Shang Yu, smile slightly fading, "You two are..." what relationship.

Before he could finish asking, Li Qiao crossed her long legs and tilted her head towards Shang Yu, "My boyfriend."

Shen Qingye crossed his hands in front of him, nodding his head rhythmically upon her reply, muttering to himself, "Boyfriend, I see."

At that moment, Shang Yu also crossed his legs, leaned over to pick up the cigarette box from the table, pulled out one, and then tossed it towards Shen Qingye.

The latter caught the box swiftly with a raised hand, chuckling, "Master Yan, thanks."

He indeed needed to smoke to digest the situation.

No too surprised, just felt a bit of itch at the back of his throat, wanting to smoke to suppress some bizarre and unspeakable thoughts.