Chapter 327: After-meal dessert
Chi Xia slept until six o'clock in the evening.
When I woke up and just washed my face, there was a knock on the door.
When she opened the door, she didn't see the two people who had been watching her get there, but a new face.
Chi Xia looked at the person in front of him and asked, "What's the matter?"
Xiang Gu looked up at her and said, "The boss wants you to come over."
"I understand." Chi Xia said.
" Why don't you wash your face? I'll wait for you." Xiang Gu said again.
Chi Xia's eyes were slightly cold, and she stared at him for a few seconds, then hummed and closed the door.
A minute later Chi Xia came out and followed Xiang Gu to the destination.
After walking a few steps, Chi Xia asked him, "What's your name?"
"Xiang Gu."
"Xiang Gu..." Chi Xia asked again: "Why is it called this name?"
"Maybe it's because this place is impregnable."
Xiang Gu gave her a flattering smile, but his tone was a little serious: "The boss proposed it, so I have to accept it."
Chi Xia stared at the blood on his shirt collar and asked, "What is that building next door used for?"
Xiang Gu looked over as she said: "That's where the young master is recuperating."
"Recuperation?" Chi Xia slowed down his pace: "Huang Xujie?"
"He has been lying there for many years and shows no signs of waking up."
Xiang Gu sighed: "You can go and see him if you have a chance. Although the security there is very strict, the terrain is very good and you can see good scenery."
Chi Xia retracted his gaze and narrowed his eyes at Xiang Gu.
Xiang Gu responded to her gaze with a flattering smile.
Because of this smile, he didn't see the road clearly, his foot twisted, and he fell down. Chi Xia subconsciously reached out to grab him, but it was too late.
After this fall, the bloodstain on Xiang Gu's collar became more obvious.
It was obvious that he still had many injuries on his body. As soon as he fell down, Chi Xia heard him gasp and his face turned pale.
"Please give me a hand..." Xiang Gu tried twice to get up but failed, and his movements looked funny.
Chi Xia frowned and pulled the man up reluctantly.
Xiang Gu stopped, brushed off the dirt on his body and continued to lead her forward: "I didn't do my job well, and was punished by the boss. I am not steady on my feet, please forgive me."
Chi Xia said in a cold voice: "That's really hard work."
"I was responsible for keeping an eye on Brother Jiu's affairs. I also didn't do a good job with Zhao Wu and Mo Laoqi. It's right for the boss to punish me."
Chi Xia narrowed her eyes slightly, hummed lightly, and said nothing more.
Soon, Xiang Gu brought Chi Xia to the restaurant.
Old K was already waiting, and when he saw Chi Xia coming, he smiled and asked, "How was your rest?"
Chi Xia said sincerely: "The bed is too soft, please change it to a harder one. I had several nightmares because of the soft one."
Qu Bai was sitting opposite Lao K and also looked up at Chi Xia.
Chi Xia smiled when she saw him, walked over and sat next to him, and said to Lao K: "I'm serious."
Old K smiled, like a kind father. He glanced at Xiang Gu and said, "Go and make some adjustments."
"There are also windows." Chi Xia said again: "One window can't be fully opened. Help me see what's going on."
Xiang Gu sighed and went down.
"Okay, let's eat."
Old K ordered some spicy and sour potato shreds on the table: "I don't know what you like to eat, but Old Three said you like this dish. Want to try it?"
Chi Xia glanced at Qu Bai, picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in the bowl: "I checked it very carefully."
Qu Bai frowned and said nothing.
Lao K and Qu Bai also started eating.
When he was about 80% full, Lao K asked people to clear all the dishes on the table. He waved his hand and someone came up with a piece of cake and placed it in the middle of the table.
When seeing the cake, Chi Xia frowned obviously.
"Why, you don't like it?"
Old K personally stood up and cut the cake, and put a piece on Chi Xia's plate: "You used to like cakes with this flavor the most, chocolate strawberry jam, would you like to try it?"
Chi Xia hid aside with disgust in her eyes: "Is there a possibility that I would have died if I hadn't eaten it?"
"How come?" Old K put another portion in front of Qu Bai: "Old Three, you eat with her."
Qu Bai's brows were slightly stern, but he also picked up the fork.
Chi Xia snatched the fork from his hand and threw it on the table, covering Qu Bai's with her own piece of cake.
Qu Bai's voice turned cold: "What are you doing?"
"We didn't like eating this before." Chi Xia said confidently: "If I don't eat it, no one should eat it."
"I have a few words to say, do you want to hear them?" she said to Lao K.
Old K concealed the displeasure in his eyes and said, "Speak."
"If you still want to control me the same way you did before, you can do that, but you'd better be able to control me for life. If you plan to cooperate with me, don't always use tricks like this to control me."
She stood up and walked over to Old K, holding the back of his chair: "I'm all grown up, don't always live in the past, okay?"
"Little fox." Old K looked at her sideways, smiling: "You misunderstood something."
Chi Xia waited for his next words.
Lao K said: "But when dealing with people like you, only the fear you once had can make you empathize with them."
Chi Xia sneered: "So tonight's main course hasn't been served yet, right?"
“Yes.” Lao K said, “After so many years away from home, I’m afraid you’ve forgotten the taste of home. It doesn’t matter if your taste has changed. I’ll help you remember it.”
Chi Xia sat down: "Then let's serve the food, what are you wasting time on?"
Old K was still smiling, but there was a hint of contempt in his eyes , as if he was mocking her for overestimating her own abilities.
Qu Bai watched all this with cold eyes, and at this moment he also said: "I will go too."
"You don't need to." said Lao K.
Chi Xia asked him: "Why?"
Old K smiled and said, "In order to keep Ade, who is by his side, safe, he has to bear half of Ade's pain every day. This is something we have agreed on a long time ago. There is no room for change in my opinion."
"So the next dish is my adoptive mother's return to normal. The price I have to pay is also every day." Chi Xia asked.
"In this place, you have to follow my rules," said Lao K.
Chi Xia stood up and supported the table: "Have you ever thought that when your rules are broken, that's when you will suffer the backlash."
"I won't have that time." Old K looked at her with a smile: "This is my principle in life."
"Then let's wait and see." Chi Xia also smiled at him.
"Let's go. I don't like talking nonsense all the time."
Old K stood up and clapped his hands. Several big men soon came into the room.
Chi Xia looked at those people with a slightly cold look in his eyes.
These were all internationally renowned mercenaries. Chi Xia was very familiar with their names. He did not expect that Old K would hire them to protect him.
Chi Xia has already started to think about the five people in his mind.
Old K waved his hand and someone walked up to Chi Xia. As soon as the other person raised his arm, Chi Xia had already made his move.
The other party reacted quickly and started fighting with Chi Xia. Several other people also wanted to come up, but were stopped by Lao K.
It was not until Chi Xia and him had fought for two rounds that Lao K smiled and said, "It's just putting an eye patch on you, there's no need to be so angry. Okay, stop, we should go."
The other party stopped his actions first, and Chi Xia took a few steps back, just in time to stand next to Qu Bai.
The other two came up and put a blindfold on Chi Xia. This time Chi Xia did not resist.
Qu Bai watched Chi Xia and the others leave, and worry emerged in his eyes.
But at this moment, he couldn't reveal any flaws.
"Third Master." Someone came in and looked at Qu Bai respectfully: "I'll take you there... go..."
Qu Bai glanced at the sweet cake on the table, walked out with cold eyes: "Got it, let's go."
