Hearing footsteps, the man in the elevator raised his head.
His expression was calm, his eyes swept over Song Shu, and then fell back to the watch on his wrist. "Why did you come out just now?" Qin Lou stood up from the wall he was leaning against and walked towards Song Shu.
The man's tone was so natural, so natural that Song Shu almost felt as if the two of them had made an appointment a long time ago and had been accustomed to getting along like this for a long, long time.
If that incident had not happened back then, perhaps a scene like this today would just be a warm and daily routine.
Song Shu thought, then she took a step back.
—The man’s outstretched hand was empty and stopped in front of her.
The emotion in Qin Lou's eyes darkened.
Song Shu seemed not to notice at all. He raised his head slightly and smiled brightly: "Boss Qin, haven't you left work yet? As the head of the company, you work so hard. No wonder Vio Capital has the status it has today."
"..." Qin Lou said nothing, his eyes, facing away from the light, were dark and only could contain her figure.
Song Shu didn't mind and continued, "But it's getting late. I'm going to get off work. Mr. Qin should go back and rest early." After saying that, Song Shu nodded to Qin Lou, then walked around Qin Lou holding his bag.
Of course Qin Lou couldn't just let her go like that.
Song Shu walked to the elevator and reached out to press the down button on the wall, but her slender wrist was grabbed by the man. Qin Lou forcibly pulled her back.
Song Shu's eyes showed a flash of emotion, but she didn't struggle in the end. Qin Lou grabbed her wrist with one hand and pressed her against the wall next to the staircase door.
The shoulder bag on the other side fell to the ground, and the metal buckle made a crisp sound on the shiny porcelain white floor.
Song Shu raised his eyes, "Boss Qin, your behavior is enough for me to retrieve the video and sue you for sexual harassment. I cherish this job at Vio, I hope you won't give me such an opportunity?"
"Go and sue."
Qin Lou leaned over, his tall figure cast a shadow with the light from behind, completely covering Song Shu's figure.
The man's breathing was heavy and suppressed; his tone was also intertwined with complex pain and joy.
He grabbed Song Shu's other wrist, lifted it up, and pressed it against the wall above her head, then he leaned over -
Song Shu lowered his head and avoided the man's breath.
"Qin, Boss."
Qin Lou paused for a moment, then continued. He lowered his shoulders and back, tilted his head, and moved closer to kiss from below.
Song Shu had no way to avoid it. She clenched her hands against the cold wall above her head, but she still suppressed the desire to struggle in her heart.
The man's breath was getting closer and closer, as if he was going to kiss her on the lips - but he finally stopped when he was only inches away.
The air stagnated for a few seconds.
Qin Lou laughed softly, his voice hoarse.
His dark eyes slowly lifted as his eyelids, and he looked at her from bottom to top.
"In this way, isn't what the surveillance camera can capture more conclusive evidence, Miss Qin?"
Song Shu's expression froze slightly.
After a few seconds, she chuckled, "Does President Qin always like to joke with the female subordinates in the company like this?"
Qin Lou's eyes were angry, but he also laughed, "It's something we both agreed to, isn't it possible?"
"Then Mr. Qin probably has some misunderstanding about me. You heard on the day of the interview that I already have a fiancé. He is Yu Qisheng from Junsheng Law Firm. Mr. Qin should have heard of him."
"It's okay," Qin Lou's eyes became darker as he spoke word by word, "It's just an adult game, I don't mind."
"… "
Song Shu frowned slightly, not because of Qin Lou's words, but because the man had obviously unconsciously increased the strength of his hands when he spoke.
She sighed inwardly.
While saying he didn't mind, he looked like he was going to eat her alive. Qin Lou's awkward personality hasn't improved in all these years.
At this moment of stalemate, the mechanical sound of an elevator going up came from the door beside them.
Song Shu remembered something and his expression changed slightly.
She turned her head and looked at the triangle indicator light on the wall and the floor display next to it.
The elevator was running unimpeded from the first floor upwards.
Song Shu turned back and said, "Boss Qin, my fiancé has been waiting for me downstairs just now. He should be going upstairs now, so please let me go to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between us."
Qin Lou's eyes flashed with ferocity, and then he smiled slightly, his eyes filled with frightening hostility, "Misunderstanding? There is no misunderstanding, isn't it just a coincidence that you saw it?"
"… "
Song Shu knew that this man was going crazy again. The more he pushed him now, the more severe the "backlash" he would suffer in the future - but that number was already close to 10. The Legal and Compliance Department was on the 12th floor, and the VIO elevator basically took about three seconds per floor. In other words, at most 10 seconds, the elevator would stop less than half a meter away from them.
The posture of the two at the moment - Song Shu's hands were clamped and pressed against the wall above her head, and Qin Lou leaned over at the most ambiguous distance, as if he was ready to kiss her on the lips at any time.
Song Shu didn't have time to think about the retribution that Qin Lou would inflict on her in the future.
She lowered her voice.
"Boss Qin, I'll give you one last chance - let me go immediately."
"… "
Qin Lou pretended to kiss her lips, and then stopped just a few millimeters away, not knowing whether he was torturing Song Shu or himself.
He just laughed when he heard the woman's threat, "What else are you going to do?"
Song Shu raised his eyes.
Next to the two of them, the elevator made a soft "ding" sound, and the digital display stopped at "12".
"Sorry, Mr. Qin, you forced me to do this." As he finished speaking, Song Shu suddenly bent his legs and raised them up.
A knee strike slammed into Qin Lou's arms.
Qin Lou bent over in pain, and Song Shu took advantage of the situation to bend over and break free from his grip, while picking up his shoulder bag that had fallen on the ground.
The next second after she picked up her bag and stood firm, the door slowly opened.
Yu Qisheng, who was about to walk out, was stunned inside the elevator door—
Not far from the staircase, Qin Lou was holding his waist and abdomen, hunched slightly. A few meters away, Song Shu stood there calmly, his back straight, and his delicate face was rarely emotionless.
Yu Qisheng was stunned for a few seconds before walking out of the elevator. He frowned and looked at Song Shu worriedly, "Qin Qing, what happened?"
Song Shu's eyes moved slightly.
After a few seconds, she smiled faintly, "Nothing, I'm waiting for you here. As for Mr. Qin, he probably bumped into the wall suddenly."
Song Shu raised her hand and gently took Yu Qisheng's arm. Her eyes curved down and her smile became brighter. "Didn't you say there's a good private restaurant? I'm just working overtime and I'm hungry. Let's go now."
Song Shu's sudden closeness made Yu Qisheng pause unexpectedly, but after thinking about it, he understood.
"Okay, let's go."
"Boss Qin, let's meet again some other day—"
Before the cold and polite words were finished, they were suddenly drowned out by laughter.
Song Shu and Yu Qisheng stopped walking, and Yu Qisheng turned around. Qin Lou leaned against the wall and laughed, coughing softly as he laughed, his hands always on his waist and abdomen - he laughed so hard that he couldn't help himself, and the only sound in the empty corridor was his hoarse laughter.
On a night like this, the laughter sounded particularly terrifying.
Yu Qisheng couldn't help but frown and reached out to protect Song Shu behind him.
Song Shu didn't look back.
With her back to Qin Lou, the smile and brightness on her face had already faded away like a wet canvas with all the ink washed off.
She lowered her eyes and clenched her left hand tightly in front of her.
The fingertips were pale, and the nails left bloody marks on the palms.
"Don't worry about him," she heard her own voice was hollow and cold, "let's go."
Yu Qisheng turned back hesitantly and glanced at Song Shu's expression. He nodded, "Okay."
The two stepped into the elevator.
As a long-term law firm partner of Vio, Yu Qisheng has always had a visitor card here. He took the initiative to swipe the card and press the floor button.
The door slowly closed in front of them.
When there was only two palm widths left, a bony hand suddenly pressed the elevator button.
Song Shu, who was always on guard, narrowed his eyes and hurriedly pressed the door-opening button beside him.
Only Yu Qisheng in the elevator saw her action. Yu Qisheng looked down at Song Shu with a complicated expression.
The door of the staircase had already been opened by Qin Lou.
The man holding the two sides of the ladder door had bloodshot eyes, which looked terrifying. He stared at Song Shu without blinking, and deep in his eyes was a sorrowful feeling like a surging sea. "Are you really not her?" Every word was squeezed out of his throat in a hoarse voice.
When the door opened, Song Shu had adjusted her expression. She smiled calmly and coldly just like she did before she left. "Boss Qin, I don't understand what you are talking about, and I don't understand why you keep pestering me like this."
"… "
Qin Lou stared at Song Shu intently, his cheekbones trembling slightly. His eyes were like those of a wild beast, as if he was going to pounce on him and tear him to pieces in the next second.
Yu Qisheng finally couldn't help himself and pulled Song Shu behind him.
"Boss Qin, what exactly do you want to do to my fiancée?"
Yu Qisheng emphasized the word "my".
Song Shu's figure was obscured, and Qin Lou's eyes slowly fell on Yu Qisheng's face, "Why do you say that she is your fiancée?"
Yu Qisheng laughed in anger, "Qin Qing and I have known each other since childhood, and our two families are even old friends. We have been childhood sweethearts for many years. Our engagement was agreed upon by our parents in person. Why can't I say that she is my fiancée?"
"… parents?"
Qin Lou's eyes went blank and he stared at Song Shu in a daze.
Song Shu seemed not to notice his loss of temper. Hearing this, he only said calmly, "So Mr. Qin mistook me for someone else? That's a pity. I have lived abroad with my parents since I was a child. My family just returned to China not long ago. My engagement with Qi Sheng was also made at that time. If you don't believe me, you are always welcome to visit us."
After saying that, Song Shu gestured to the elevator door.
"If Mr. Qin has nothing else to say, please step back. We are leaving now."
"… "
Qin Lou was as stiff as a puppet and slowly took a step back.
The elevator door closed again and slowly descended.
Inside the door, Song Shu withdrew his hand from Yu Qisheng's arm, and the smile on his face faded in an instant.
"Let go as soon as you're done using me," Yu Qisheng joked, "You're making me a little sad—and aren't you afraid that he'll go back and check the surveillance?"
"… "
After waiting for a long time without hearing any sound, Yu Qisheng turned his head to look beside him, only to see Song Shu's face was pale, his eyes closed and then opened.
Then Song Shu spoke, "He won't doubt it anymore."
Yu Qisheng asked: "Why?"
"Because I... beat him."
Yu Qisheng was stunned.
At this moment, Song Shu could no longer suppress the sadness and heartache in his voice, as if he had returned to being the helpless child he was many years ago.
Her voice trembled slightly, and the more she tried to suppress it, the more she couldn't. "Song Shu wouldn't treat him like that. How could she bear to do that?"
Yu Qisheng was stunned for a moment, then he remembered the terrifying laugh that Qin Lou made while leaning against the wall before they left - it was only at this moment that he realized that such knowledge and despair were hidden in that laugh.
Yu Qisheng sighed softly.
"But it's for him that you're trying so hard to distance yourself from him, isn't it?"
"… "
The elevator stopped again and the doors opened.
Song Shu acted as if she didn't hear Yu Qisheng's words. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to walk out without looking back.
She was afraid that one day the defense line in her heart would no longer hold up, and the emotions behind the dam would burst like a flood, pouring down and destroying all the protections she had set up for that person.
Distance is the best protection for him.
The cell phone in Song Shu's bag suddenly vibrated.
She paused.
Yu Qisheng also turned his gaze over and watched Song Shu take out his cell phone from his bag with stiff movements.
A string of unfamiliar numbers was displayed on the lit screen.
Song Shu took a deep breath and answered the phone after calming down.
"Hello."
Amid the whistling wind on the other side of the phone, came the hoarse laughter of a madman that sounded like crying.
"Doll, save me."
"!"
The author has something to say: I particularly don't like explaining the plot in the text, because I will try my best to show all the logical links in the text, and the explanation can easily ruin the reading experience, but the comment section is always easily led by the rhythm... Those darlings who are eager to scold me for abusing others for the sake of abuse, please read carefully. In the original text, I have used Yu Qisheng's words and Song Shu's psychological activities to directly indicate that she did not tell him for a reason, and it was to protect him.
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