“Mm... don’t...”

Fu Hou struggled. Her small hands curled into little fists and pounded at Qin Cheng at random. But with her whole body weak, it looked more like pouting than resistance.

Her breath was stolen away... no...

Not stolen away...

She... could still feel his breath...

“Mm...”

Her mind went blank. At this point, she could barely tell what she was doing anymore. Her eyes closed slightly on instinct.

Her faint struggle meant nothing to Qin Cheng. He held Fu Hou tightly, and a trace of a smile flashed through his dark eyes.

Maybe the affection hanging in the air had made him a little impulsive. He smiled.

The two of them kissed like that for a long time, lingering in that hazy, tangled affection.

“Now this is what you call a hooligan.”

Qin Cheng finally stopped his assault on Fu Hou. One hand supported her alluring slender waist. The other hooked under her legs. He held her in a princess carry and grinned wickedly.

Maybe he’d been influenced by Fu Hou. His usual devilishly charming grin now seemed to carry a slight... dumb, clueless goofiness.

Fu Hou was still dazed. She hadn’t even fully caught what Qin Cheng said. She just stared blankly at his face. Her slightly parted red lips looked irresistibly tempting.

Qin Cheng smiled. But when he turned around with her in his arms, he saw someone there, and his expression instantly stiffened.

Fu Hou’s aunt, Fu Bai, was staring at them with a comical look on her face. Her pretty willow brows kept twitching upward. She even had a teacup in hand, watching at ease.

Like she was saying, “Not bad, kid.”

Qin Cheng raised a brow. He carried Fu Hou forward slowly. Only after passing Fu Bai did he hand Fu Hou over to her and say flatly, “Looks like you’re pretty good at setting up your own niece.”

Fu Bai shook her head and said teasingly, “Nonsense. How can an aunt’s business be called setting up her niece? That’s called tempering! Tempering, hhh~”

She took Fu Hou with a bright smile. Her eyes brimmed with charm as she threw Qin Cheng a flirtatious wink, smiling as if currying favor.

Qin Cheng only gave her a flat glance.

Their eyes met.

They weren’t far apart, yet it somehow felt very close.

After a while, Qin Cheng looked away. He turned around calmly and walked toward the door.

Fu Bai quietly watched his back. A complicated look flashed through her eyes. She wanted to reach out, but then realized she was holding Fu Hou and had no free hand. Her face darkened at once.

She almost threw Fu Hou out.

“Old Biao, let’s go.”

“Yes, Young Master Qin.”

Once outside, Qin Cheng walked calmly toward the car. Old Biao answered and followed.

“Ahhhh, you damn hooligan, just you wait!!!!”

A suddenly loud cry exploded from behind them, full of powerless rage and heartbreak.

Just as Old Biao was about to turn back and teach Fu Hou a lesson, he noticed that his master not only wasn’t angry, he was actually walking noticeably faster than usual...

Old Biao frowned.

He looked at his master’s retreating figure, moving faster and faster, then looked back at the house behind them.

Looks like the way I address her might need to change in the future...

He caught the key point.

So Old Biao hurried after Qin Cheng, pretending not to hear the powerless raging shriek behind them.

...

...

Qin Cheng and Old Biao hadn’t parked far away, so they reached the car in no time. But they didn’t get in right away.

“No way!! We don’t agree!!!”

“That’s right! We don’t agree!!”

“I don’t care whether you agree or not. This place is getting torn down in five days!!!”

At the street entrance where they had driven in, a crowd had gathered and blocked the road. They were shouting over each other with fierce momentum. If no one moved them aside, the car wouldn’t be able to get out.

It was already getting dark. Even the wind had turned biting cold. Qin Cheng let out a breath of cold air.

“Young Master Qin, that man in the suit is a junior manager from Azure Cloud Group.”

Old Biao was tall. With one glance over the crowd, he spotted the slick-haired man in the suit.

Qin Cheng frowned slightly and shot Old Biao a glance. Old Biao immediately got the message and headed into the crowd.

“Make way!”

The agitated residents all turned toward Old Biao at once. They were just about to curse him out, but then they saw his whole suited-thug aura, and the words stopped right at their lips.

Qin Cheng slowly stepped out from behind Old Biao. His gaze swept across everyone present, oppressive like a wolf’s eyes, and an inexplicable fear rose in everyone’s hearts.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

Damn it! Blocking my way? If this keeps up, that little one’s gonna come to her senses and chase after me!

“Q-Qin Shao?! Why are you in a filthy place like this?!”