Upon hearing the sudden sound, Luan Qiaoqing was so frightened that she almost jumped up.
She took two steps back and turned her head in horror to look at the source of the sound - Qin Lou and Song Shu walked out of the elevator one after the other and stopped a few meters away, each with their arms folded, looking at her and Chu Xiangbin.
Luan Qiaoqing came back to her senses and laughed awkwardly, "What kind of game is this about kissing? Brother, you are really humorous. Ha, haha..."
Qin Lou and Luan Qiaoqing stared at each other for two seconds with their completely stiff and forced smiles, then turned to the front without any expression, "Assistant Qin, she scolded me."
Song Shu glanced at him helplessly and lowered his voice, "I just told you not to make a sudden sound."
Qin Lou took advantage of the fact that they couldn't hear Song Shu's private words and replied irrelevantly: "She said I was humorous, but she laughed like crying. How come that doesn't count as scolding me?"
Song Shu: “…”
Luan Qiaoqing: “…”
Chu Xiangbin couldn't bear to watch, so he spoke up to save Luan Qiaoqing's "fire scene": "Boss Qin personally accompanied Assistant Qin to play so late at night, thank you for your hard work."
"?" Song Shu, who was caught off guard and used to attack Wei to save Zhao, raised his eyes innocently.
Qin Lou tutted his words and looked at Chu Xiangbin. The teasing in his eyes turned cold. "From what Minister Chu said, it seems that you are not going to a nightclub so late. Could it be..." He curved his lips, "to enjoy the moonlight?"
Chu Xiangbin smiled calmly, "I'm single, and having fun is my nature."
Qin Lou raised his arm without hesitation, hooked Song Shubo's shoulders in front of him, and leaned over, "I'm very jealous, and I'll go crazy if I don't watch it myself."
Chu Xiangbin turned his gaze and fell on Song Shu, "That Assistant Qin is a bit pitiful."
Qin Lou snorted and chuckled, glancing at Luan Qiaoqing, "Minister Chu's future girlfriend is even more pitiful, right?"
"… "
Song Shu kept smiling, pretending that he saw nothing, felt nothing, and had no reaction.
Luan Qiaoqing was watching the show as if nothing had happened to her. When she received Qin Lou's gaze, she was stunned and pointed at her nose. "What does it have to do with me?"
Qin Lou sneered and pulled Song Shu out, "Luan Qiaoqing, you can't improve. You've been that naive for so many years."
Luan Qiaoqing: “???”
She stared at the two men walking by in amazement. After a few seconds of silence, she turned her head and pointed at their backs in disbelief and asked Chu Xiangbin, "Why did you two have to hurt me with your bickering? Why did he suddenly attack me personally?"
After saying this, Luan Qiaoqing discovered that Chu Xiangbin was looking at her with a somewhat complicated look.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, Chu Xiangbin reached out and pressed down Luan Qiaoqing's raised hand, then put his hands in his pockets and walked out.
"I am indeed a naive person. How could I..."
The lingering sound disappeared in a faint sigh.
Luan Qiaoqing didn't think much about it. She was just confused by the two personal attacks in a row and almost exploded with anger.
Finally remembering the fundamental purpose of tonight, Luan Qiaoqing had no choice but to walk out on her high heels.
The nightclub and the hotel downstairs are not at the same entrance, so you need to go around to the side door. The exterior of the nightclub is low-key, with only two rows of burly security guards in black suits wearing sunglasses on their chests standing outside the door.
Each one of them had a more serious expression than the other. When Song Shu passed among them, he felt a little uncomfortable even when he smiled.
To suit the occasion, she changed into a black dress that was above the knees tonight. The style was simple, but it also perfectly outlined her curvy figure. Her slightly curly long hair was no longer tied into a neat ponytail like usual, but was tied up in a loose bun. She only put on light makeup on her face, which made her look like she was not wearing any makeup, but her eyes were particularly moving.
When passing by the security guards, some of them couldn't help but glance at her twice.
Qin Lou had been guarding his clam shell very tightly since he came downstairs. When he saw such a bold person, he looked cold and was about to step forward, but Song Shu had anticipated and pulled him back: "We agreed before we went downstairs that we still have something important to do tonight, right?"
Qin Lou was angry, "He's looking at you."
Song Shu smiled helplessly, "Eyes are on other people—maybe there will be more after we go in."
Qin Lou thought deeply and said, "Then let's go back. It's not worth it."
"Stop it."
"I'm serious."
"You're being so jealous that it's a bit chauvinistic."
Qin Lou thought about it and defended himself seriously: "If someone looked at you with pure admiration, then I would have no objection - but they are obviously not."
Song Shu couldn't help laughing at Qin Lou's serious look, "Do you think we are going to enter a formal hall?"
“So I said don’t go.”
"Just for a moment," Song Shu softened his tone and lowered his voice, "Business is more important, ok?"
“… Are you treating me like a child?” Qin Lou narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Song Shu smiled, "Then do you want to be coaxed?"
Qin Lou held it in for a long time and said, "Listen."
"Good boy." Song Shu smiled even more brightly.
Luan Qiaoqing and Chu Xiangbin, who were walking in front, had already passed the first security check inside the store overnight. They were now packing their things behind the security check door. Luan Qiaoqing curled her lips and stared at Qin Lou and the others with an unfriendly look.
After staring at him for two seconds, she crossed her arms and said, "Qin Lou is a hooligan. How can he hug the waist so tightly... He almost hid him in someone's pocket!"
Chu Xiangbin was standing nearby. After hearing this, he turned back with a complicated look and stared at Luan Qiaoqing in silence.
Luan Qiaoqing was slow to notice after a few seconds. She turned back to meet Chu Xiangbin's gaze and asked suspiciously, "Why are you staring at me like that?"
Chu Xiangbin still stared at her expression and asked slowly, "Who are you jealous of?"
Luan Qiaoqing: “…”
Luan Qiaoqing gritted her teeth, "What does this have to do with jealousy?"
"So you can't stand them doing well?"
"I am—" Luan Qiaoqing was speechless, "Anyway, if Qin Qing is really who I think she is, then Qin Lou owes her a lot. I was angry when I saw him sticking back so easily."
Chu Xiangbin retracted his gaze and sneered, "Sister control."
"?" Luan Qiaoqing turned her head, "What did you say—"
"Minister Luan, Minister Chu, haven't you gone in yet?" Song Shu's voice interrupted Luan Qiaoqing's words at the right time.
Luan Qiaoqing's back felt a hair on her back, and she turned back with a startled look, smiling stiffly, "Aren't I waiting for you—for President Qin?"
Qin Lou glanced at her and said, "Why haven't I seen you respect your brother so much before?"
Luan Qiaoqing: “… … ” Tonight, one, two, or three people are all trying to pick on her. She’s so angry.
Luan Qiaoqing managed to hold back her anger and finally smiled with gritted teeth, biting back the indecent words "You're nothing but a brother".
She extended her hand to indicate the wide corridor leading to the nightclub, "Boss Qin, Assistant Qin, shall we go in?"
"Um."
The four of them walked in together without much distance between them. This nightclub covers a large area, and you have to turn a corner at the end of the corridor.
There is a very obvious foreign language slogan posted on the corner.
Song Shu paused, stared at her for two seconds, and translated in a low voice, "Respect women and don't behave in an ungentlemanly way?"
Qin Lou, Luan Qiaoqing and Chu Xiangbin heard it and also stopped.
Luan Qiaoqing explained: "In this kind of nightclub that does not have a premium membership system, if you dance on the dance floor, there will indeed be harassment."
Chu Xiangbin frowned and looked at her when he heard it. Luan Qiaoqing didn't notice it and was smiling brightly, "It would be much better to come with friends, but the most effective way is... to dislocate his arm and then throw the money in his face."
Song Shu: “.”
Song Shu sighed silently, "Don't be too aggressive when dealing with things outside. What if someone uses it as a pretext for revenge?"
"I'm not stupid." Luan Qiaoqing muttered softly, "I only dare to do that on my brother's territory. Even if I can't beat them, the security guards will rush in to beat them up for me."
Song Shu was startled, and looked back at Qin Lou, "You have such a... store under your name?"
Qin Lou came back to his senses, and his somewhat dangerous gaze moved down from the slogan. He suppressed his emotions and nodded, "Qin's has always been involved in the entertainment industry, but it has been handed over to others in recent years. I just hold a stake."
Luan Qiaoqing seized the opportunity and immediately complained, "Not only does he have it, as far as I know, he has been there several times - and he would hold banquets on the rooftop of Vio, inviting big DJs to play music or entertaining singers to sing."
"… "
Luan Qiaoqing was overly stimulated tonight and didn't realize that there was already a bit of hostility in Qin Lou's eyes. Song Shu reached out and grabbed Qin Lou who was on the verge of an explosion, and Chu Xiangbin spoke in time.
"Some people always choose occasions like this when discussing business. Mr. Qin restructured Vio a few years ago, so this kind of trouble is normal."
After fixing the hole that Silly Bai Tian had dug for herself, Chu Xiangbin didn't care about the distance between them this time and pulled Luan Qiaoqing inside.
After walking out, Luan Qiaoqing was stunned for a few seconds before coming back to her senses, "Why did you change your personality and still speak for Qin Lou?"
Chu Xiangbin laughed in anger and glared at her, "If I don't tell you, you will die here today."
"?"
The two men walked away, but Qin Lou and Song Shu stayed where they were.
Song Shu was helpless. He raised his hand and gently hooked it behind Qin Lou's neck. He stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of his mouth. "No matter how Qiaoqiao jokes, I know you won't really do anything. So you don't need to be angry with her."
Qin Lou was silent for two seconds, then slowly bent down. He tightened his arms and hugged Song Shu in his arms, burying his head in her long hair beside her ears. "I'm not angry with her, I'm just a little... scared."
Song Shu was stunned for a moment, "What are you afraid of?"
"Those years I didn't care about what anyone said or spread. I never thought you would come back one day and hear them say such things... I was afraid you would be angry or sad." Qin Lou's voice was filled with low unhappiness, "But I really didn't do anything, little clam."
"… "
Song Shu's heart was like ice melting, and all the soft, delicate, and even muddy emotions that had been frozen melted away, flowing down like honey, and then soaking in his heart. It should have been sweet, but it felt sour and swollen.
She raised her hands and hugged Qin Lou back, and the hand that was hooked behind his neck reached up to touch the hair of the slightly depressed person like a puppy.
Song Shu laughed softly, with tears in his eyes.
"I believe you. I always believe you."
Because the little clam is the madman's little clam, and the madman is also the madman of the little clam.
She knew no one could change that.
The music in the shop at night was deafening.
Song Shu regretted it from the first second he stepped inside - this environment was too harsh on his ears, and it made him feel that his entire nervous system was not in good condition.
But now that he had come here, there was no time to regret. Song Shu could only bite the bullet and walk to the booth area in the nightclub under Qin Lou's careful protection.
The four of them sat down.
In fact, Luan Qiaoqing hadn't been to this kind of nightclub for several years. The music, atmosphere, and environment now made her feel unfamiliar, no longer enjoyable, and even wanted to escape.
However, she had already boasted about the title of "Queen of Nightclubs" in front of Chu Xiangbin, so she absolutely could not give in at this time.
Thinking of this, Luan Qiaoqing pretended to be skilled in reading the wine list handed over by the waiter, and asked calmly while flipping through it: "What would you like to drink?"
The man who delivered the book had a wooden face since he came in. Among the chaotic voices, only Luan Qiaoqing seemed to say something.
She turned her eyes to look at Qin Lou and mouthed, "What did she say?"
Qin Lou found it a little funny to watch the little clam gradually losing its disguise and reason due to the environment around it. He leaned back a little, raised his hands to cover Song Shu's ears, and then hugged him in his arms.
"Is this okay?"
Luan Qiaoqing sat opposite and looked at the two of them expressionlessly for a few seconds before finally looking away and giving up asking for their opinions.
She turned her head to look at Chu Xiangbin who was sitting on the same sofa as her, "What do you want to drink? Are you feeling uncomfortable too?"
Chu Xiangbin had been frowning and scowling since he came in. When he heard the noise, he turned around and said, "I don't want to drink."
Luan Qiaoqing: "… Then what are you doing here?"
Chu Xiangbin said nothing and looked unhappy.
Luan Qiaoqing laughed sarcastically. The music around them was really loud. She seemed to be worried that Chu Xiangbin couldn't hear her. She deliberately leaned towards him and lowered her head, saying, "How about I just follow Qin Lou's example and cover your ears for you?"
“…” Chu Xiangbin glanced at her.
After teasing the man, Luan Qiaoqing stood up triumphantly. She thought Chu Xiangbin would definitely not say anything to her, but before she finished browsing the latest page of the wine list, she heard Chu Xiangbin leaning towards her, "What is the name of Qinlou, and what is your name?"
"…?"
Luan Qiaoqing vaguely sensed a different emotion from the suppressed and irritable tone of this sentence. She subconsciously turned her head to look, only to find that Chu Xiangbin had already sat back with a stern face.
None of the three people cooperated. Luan Qiaoqing casually ordered enough drinks to cover the minimum consumption of the booth, and threw the drink list back to the waiter without interest.
After a while, all the drinks were served.
Luan Qiaoqing took the beer and opened the bottle, then handed it to Song Shu who was sitting across the table. But before she even got to the person, she was stopped in her tracks by a look from Qin Lou.
Qin Lou glanced at Luan Qiaoqing, "She can't drink much, don't poison her with alcohol."
Luan Qiaoqing: “…”
Luan Qiaoqing sighed and said "OK", then handed the opened bottle of beer to Chu Xiangbin who was sitting next to her. However, she waited for a long time but no one took it.
She turned her head away and asked, "Why, Minister Chu can't drink anymore?"
Chu Xiangbin was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed, "resting". When he opened his eyes, his eyes and expression were very unhappy.
Reading the rejection in Chu Xiangbin's eyes, Luan Qiaoqing put the bottle of wine on the table, "You're definitely not going to dance, and now you're not going to drink? You just sit here carelessly, and act like you're so annoyed by this crappy music that you'll buy it and replace it with piano music someday, or that the nightclub owes you three million - so what are you three doing here tonight? Are you here to ruin the party?"
"… "
"Okay, if you don't drink, I will."
Luan Qiaoqing was so angry that she lost her temper. She picked up the beer bottle on the table and drank it.
Chu Xiangbin almost subconsciously pulled his hands away from the action of crossing his arms to stop it, but just when he had done halfway, he suppressed it again in a disguised manner.
Qin Lou hugged Song Shu to stop her from making any move, and at this moment he just watched quietly with a smile on his face.
So, after midnight, most of the wine on the table went into Luan Qiaoqing's stomach.
After drinking for a while, Luan Qiaoqing finally got drunk.
The last empty bottle was thrown onto the table. Luan Qiaoqing watched it roll out. She stared at it for a few seconds and smiled brilliantly.
Then she suddenly stood up without any warning and walked towards the dance floor, shaking her head.
Chu Xiangbin, who had been suppressing his anxiety all night, frowned and looked across.
Qin Lou still held Song Shu tightly in his arms, and even the movement of Song Shu raising his eyes to see where Luan Qiaoqing went was half-forced by Qin Lou to suppress it.
As if feeling Chu Xiangbin's gaze at this moment, Qin Lou raised his eyes slightly and smiled at him.
Chu Xiangbin's eyes were calm, and he pointed in the direction where Luan Qiaoqing left, "Boss Qin doesn't care?"
Qin Lou acted innocent and said, "I can't do anything about it."
"I thought Mr. Qin really treated her as his sister, but it turns out he was just joking." Chu Xiangbin's gaze fell on Song Shu in Qin Lou's arms intentionally or unintentionally.
Qin Lou was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed, "Minister Chu, you are confused."
"… "
There was a gloomy look in Chu Xiangbin's eyes.
He knew without Qin Lou telling him that deliberately saying something suggestive like this in front of Song Shu would involve himself in a situation that he didn't want to get involved in at all.
This was the first time he had revealed such an obvious flaw.
In fact, ever since the confrontation with Qin Lou in the hotel lobby tonight, things and his own emotions had begun to spiral out of his control.
Seeing that Chu Xiangbin still insisted on not saying or doing anything, Qin Lou smiled even more.
He suddenly stood up and pulled Song Shu beside him. While Song Shu was looking at him with a slight dissenting gaze, he lowered his head and said something in her ear.
Then Qin Lou turned around and looked down at Chu Xiangbin with a half-smile. Song Shu's hand was tightly clamped in his palm. "Minister Chu, have fun. Assistant Qin is a little tired. I'll take her back."
"… "
Chu Xiangbin and Qin Lou looked at each other for a few seconds, then slowly lowered their eyes and sighed silently.
Then Chu Xiangbin stood up, with a gloomy look on his face, and walked straight to the dance floor.
Behind him, Qin Lou smiled silently.
He looked back at Song Shu, who was half-forced to be held in his arms, then lowered his head, leaned close to Song Shu's ear and kissed her long hair.
While kissing Qin Lou, she smiled and whispered, "See, I told you he wouldn't be able to help himself."
Song Shu glanced at him worriedly, then turned his gaze away, "Although Chu Xiangbin wanted to sow discord, his words were right."
"Um?"
"You really don't treat Qiaoqiao as your sister."
"Sister?" Qin Lou sneered. "I treat her much better than my sister. If it were Song Ruyu or Song Shuai, anyone who dared to lose his temper in front of me would have been filled with cement for many years."
Song Shu was helpless, "I'm not talking about treatment, I'm talking about emotions. I thought you had accepted her as a relative to some extent."
"Emotionally, I don't accept anything other than what you think. I don't have a percentage table here, if there is, there are only two points: 100% and 0%."
Qin Lou paused, moved slowly down along Song Shuer's ear and kissed her lips.
“To me there are only two kinds of people in this world.”
“…Which two?”
"You, others."
In the end, Chu Xiangbin dragged Luan Qiaoqing, who was trying to struggle, out of the nightclub with a cold face.
Song Shu and Qin Lou were waiting in the long corridor of the nightclub. Seeing the two people coming out, Song Shu, without Qin Lou's restraint and obstruction, hurried forward to take Luan Qiaoqing over.
Luan Qiaoqing was still struggling, "Don't, don't bother me - I want to dance again! Let's continue, continue... Don't bother me! Who do you think I am!"
"… "
Song Shu's eyes, which had already been emotionless, were now filled with even more coldness.
She reached out and held Luan Qiaoqing's wrist, "I'll take you back to the hotel."
"No - I don't want you to send me off! You just rely on your resemblance to my sister, so stop bothering me!" Luan Qiaoqing struggled desperately. "My sister doesn't care about me anymore, she doesn't want me anymore, why do you care about me? Who cares if I live or die?"
"!"
The last sentence finally broke the string of reason in Song Shu's head. She turned around angrily, raising and lowering one hand.
Chu Xiangbin's eyes changed.
Before he could stop her, Song Shu's hand had already stopped beside the stunned Luan Qiaoqing's face.
After a few seconds of silence, Song Shu lowered her hand and drooped her eyelashes. Her delicate features were cold without a trace of emotion. She said softly, "Luan Qiaoqing, there should be a limit to your temper."
"… "
"Has that been enough now?"
"… "
"When you've had enough fun, come back with me."
After Song Shu finished speaking, he let go of Luan Qiaoqing's hand and turned to walk out of the nightclub.
Luan Qiaoqing stood there in a daze for a long time, and suddenly came to her senses at a certain moment, and hurriedly ran after him.
Chu Xiangbin looked at the two people's backs for a while and then withdrew his gaze. After pulling Luan Qiaoqing out, his expression looked much calmer.
"Boss Qin and Assistant Qin, do you think I am an outsider, or are you planning to kill me to silence me?"
Qin Lou laughed, "How could that be? You are a smart person. Smart people are rare in this world, and each one should be used in the position that suits them best - what a waste it would be to kill them."
After Chu Xiangbin and Qin Lou looked at each other for a few seconds, they actually lowered their heads and smiled, "It seems that Mr. Qin wants to confront me today?"
"No hurry." Qin Lou raised his hand and glanced at the time on his watch. "It's already late. I think we should talk about it tomorrow, ok?"
"… "
Qin Lou nodded to Chu Xiangbin, then turned and left.
Looking at that back, Chu Xiangbin frowned—
The masks on both sides were basically taken off. The tension and confrontation hidden under the masks had reached the point where it was obvious. This person could still be so calm as if he didn't care at all. I don't know what he was thinking at all...
He is indeed an unpredictable madman. Normal people probably cannot understand his thinking.
Chu Xiangbin frowned and walked out slowly.
at the same time.
Song Shu and Luan Qiaoqing walked into the hotel elevator. It was late at night and they were the only two people in the elevator car.
After the elevator door closed, the elevator slowly rose.
Luan Qiaoqing looked at the back, and after hesitating for several times, she finally spoke, "You..."
Song Shu sighed and interrupted her.
"It's me, Qiaoqiao."
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