The Favored Heiress
Chapter 376: The Boyfriend is Upset

Chapter 376: Chapter 376: The Boyfriend is Upset

Ye Yun’s cries for help echoed in every corner of the bar.

The two bodyguards at the door just coldly glanced back at her, completely disregarding her pleas.

It was only upon a closer look that Ye Yun realized—

For some reason, the entire Blue Night Bar had been cleared out.

The outside lobby was deserted, not even a bartender or server in sight.

Ye Yun was like a turtle trapped in a jar, confined to the private room of the bar.

She was both shocked and scared, cowering at the door. The towering men frightened her, but Li Qiao behind her filled her with even greater terror and unease.

So many details that she thought she knew like the back of her hand, yet somewhere there must have been a mistake.

"Do you know why I called you here today?" Li Qiao sat on the curved sofa, draping her arm over the backrest, and swinging a leg, "To catch up, and also to give you a little gift."

When Ye Yun met Li Qiao’s gaze, she instinctively shook her head in refusal, "I don’t want it, Qiaoqiao, you’ve really misunderstood me, I was your brother’s first love, how could I possibly..."

Li Qiao’s calm tone interrupted her, "With a first love like you, my brother really has had three lifetimes of bad luck. Ah Chang, where’s the thing?"

The man at the door, now replaced by Ah Chang, quickly turned around and came in, then handed over a small white paper packet, "Brought it."

Li Qiao took a sip of her drink, gesturing toward Ye Yun, "Let her try it."

"I don’t want it—somebody help—"

Ye Yun let out a shriek and darted for the exit without a second thought, but before she could make it out the door, Ah Chang grabbed her by the collar. The pills from the white paper packet were also forcefully stuffed into her mouth.

She tried to spit them out but Ah Chang clenched her chin and jerked it upwards, forcing the pill to slide down her throat.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Li Qiao maintained a careless, languid pose, only the corners of her lips curled in mocking laughter.

She said, "Sister Ye, however you treated my brother, that’s how I’ll treat you.

To give you this gift, I specifically had it brought from across the border. Do you like it?"

After speaking, Li Qiao slowly stood up, looking at Ye Yun who was leaning against the wall, bending over to retch, paused for a moment, walked over to her, and patted her head, "Good luck."

Having said that, Li Qiao turned around and left. Faintly, from the air came Ye Yun’s voice tinged with tears, "Li Qiao, you can’t do this to me...

Come back, I’ll tell you everything... I’ll tell you everything..."

As for the pill, it was just an aphrodisiac, only far more potent than the one she had given to her brother.

Li Qiao glanced at her coldly, "Too late."

She stepped out of the private room and looked at another bodyguard, said, "Keep an eye on her. Don’t go in before tomorrow morning."

"Don’t worry, Miss Qi, I know what I’m doing."

Li Qiao covered her eyelids, softened the coldness in her eyes, and her voice softened a few degrees, "Thank you for your efforts today."

...

Exiting the lobby of the Blue Night Bar, Li Qiao stood in the quiet corridor, her footsteps gradually coming to a halt.

Punishing Ye Yun was simply because she had exploited her brother’s feelings to set her up.

At the moment, her brother had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission. To see him even just once would certainly require the use of higher powers.

She had them.

But...

Li Qiao half-closed her eyes, leaning against the corner of the corridor, holding her phone, deep in thought.

Just as she was about to press the call button, steady and forceful footsteps came from the stairs ahead.

Li Qiao, clutching her phone, looked up to see Shang Yu coming down the stairs, dressed in a black shirt and black trousers, with one hand in his pocket.

Li Qiao stared at him, momentarily at a loss for a reaction.

The phone screen gradually dimmed, and along with it, the man’s figure blocked the light in front of her.

Li Qiao looked up, lost in thought, until Shang Yu’s warm finger tapped her between the eyebrows, and only then did she snap back to reality, "Why have you come?"

Tonight at Blue Night Bar, she had the manager close early, and truly did not expect him to come.

Shang Yu’s thin lips were pursed, his lip line nearly a taut straight line.

Even though he said nothing, Li Qiao subtly sensed that he seemed... upset?!

She thought about it and, finding no leads for the moment, could only meet the man’s gaze with her bloodshot eyes.

At that moment, Shang Yu lifted her chin, the dim corridor light falling on his brow and eyes, casting a faint and icy veil.

The man’s hand in his pocket clenched slightly, his inscrutable cold eyes locking onto the girl’s cheeks.

Her breath carried a faint scent of alcohol, her eyes still veiled with barely noticeable confusion.

Shang Yu sighed silently, pinching her chin with a bit more force, and spoke with a chilling breath, "You’d rather transfer people over from the border than ask me for help?"

Li Qiao’s throat rolled as she immediately grasped the meaning behind his words.

She chuckled, rubbing her chin against his finger, "No, I just... didn’t think the situation was serious enough to bother you."

In fact, she hadn’t called for many reinforcements, just one small team.

Besides delivering medicine, their more crucial task was to ensure the Li Family’s safety.

That’s because those men from the border were much tougher than the average bodyguard team.

Now, hearing her explanation, Shang Yu’s expression did not soften, and the firm lines of his jaw grew even more tense.

He swallowed hard, leaning over, his eyes brewing with dense displeasure, "How big does an issue have to be before it’s worth alerting me?"

Li Qiao was at a loss, her mouth opening slightly, only to hear the man’s deep voice counter, "Haven’t I said to call if there’s trouble?"

Alright then.

Li Qiao rubbed her temple, recalling that she had spent the whole afternoon investigating her elder brother’s issue, indeed forgetting to contact him and not even considering... asking for his help.

It was just an instinct.

Helplessly, she tugged at her lips, caressing Shang Yu’s fingers a couple of times, "I... Uh."

Before she could speak, she was silenced once again.

Perhaps truly upset, the man’s movements were not gentle at all.

His tongue explored her mouth forcefully, not missing a single corner.

It was only when her breath was taken and she reached out gaspingly to push him that Shang Yu, propping himself with one hand against the wall behind her head, released her reddened lips.

Their faces were inches apart, his gaze deep, bottomless.

His finger still rested on Li Qiao’s delicate chin, he stared intently, then after a long moment, touched the top of her head and heaved a deep sigh, "Let’s go."

Li Qiao watched the man take her hand, raising an eyebrow, "Where to?"

"Don’t you want to see your elder brother?" Shang Yu’s gaze returned, his expression still tinged with coldness and displeasure.

Li Qiao pursed her lips, her mouth corners lifted faintly, "Have you arranged it?"

The people taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission weren’t held in common detention.

Specific locations, specific venues, outsiders completely unaware.

Yet Shang Yu had achieved it with ease.

Then, stepping onto the stairway, Li Qiao heard the man’s husky voice with a raised lip, "If I can’t arrange such a small matter, how can I be your boyfriend."

...

Forty minutes later, a black business car stopped in front of a guesthouse in a remote suburban village.