Chapter 829: Chapter 828: Long Time No See, Young Master Ning
"She’s..." Only at this moment did Lu Qixi softly start to ask.
The light was dim, but she still saw Ning Yichen’s Adam’s apple move slightly.
"My ex-wife." He uttered these three words, then pressed her into his embrace, "Don’t make a sound from now on."
Someone had come in.
Lu Qixi wrapped her arms around his waist, buried her face in his chest, and said nothing.
The man’s heartbeat was fast.
This wasn’t surprising, after all, the woman outside... was his ex-wife.
Lu Qixi suddenly remembered their first meeting when he had told her that he had a wife at the time, but he and his wife were only superficially together and would eventually divorce.
It seems that the wife was none other than Su Lianxi outside.
...
The wardrobe was directly facing the large bed.
Lu Qixi heard a deep male voice asking, "Where is that woman Lu Qixi? She should be here too!"
Su Lianxi chuckled, "I didn’t see her! Maybe she found something suspicious and ran away?"
After she spoke, she suddenly let out a cry of pain.
"Could it be that you little b*tch let her go?" Fu Haitao asked coldly.
"Oh, you’re giving me too much credit." Su Lianxi was still smiling happily, "I’m not that kind-hearted. If she was here, I would just hand her a whip, it would be so easy for me."
"I doubt you would dare!" Fu Haitao sneered.
After that, the conversation gradually became less, turning into the woman’s coquettish laughter and the man’s hoarse panting.
Lu Qixi clearly felt Ning Yichen’s body gradually become stiff.
She suddenly felt unwilling to continue listening, even wanting to cover her ears with her hands. But, thinking that the woman outside was essentially bearing all this for her, she felt that if she pretended not to know anything and covered her ears, it would be too heartless.
So she persisted, yet couldn’t help but tightly bite her lips.
Su Lianxi’s voice had gradually become painful, eventually turning into sobs and whimpers, while Fu Haitao seemed more excited, constantly uttering lewd words.
After a while, Lu Qixi heard several "snap" sounds, like the impact of body hitting or the echo of a whip swinging.
Ning Yichen suddenly tightened his embrace on her, clutching her shoulder hard with one hand.
Lu Qixi tried to steady her breathing, yet tears unknowingly slipped from the corner of her eyes.
...
Lu Qixi couldn’t remember how long she had stayed in the wardrobe, but she knew very well that this was definitely the most unbearable period of her life.
Perhaps it was the same for Ning Yichen.
When everything quieted down, Lu Qixi even felt a sense of escaping death.
Ning Yichen seemed to sense her emotional turmoil and comfortingly patted her shoulder.
Just then, Su Lianxi’s languid voice came from outside, "You can come out now."
Lu Qixi let out a long sigh of relief. Ning Yichen opened the wardrobe door and led her out.
Su Lianxi sat cross-legged on the bed, wearing a bathrobe, revealing a few scars on her exposed calves. She had evidently just taken a shower; her hair was still wet, and her makeup-free face appeared pale and delicate, looking several years younger than her heavily made-up appearance.
Ning Yichen stared at her, his gaze complex, without speaking for a long time.
In his memory, the Su Lianxi he had seen always wore exquisite makeup; this was the first time he had seen her without it. The makeup-free Su Lianxi surprisingly felt somewhat unfamiliar to Ning Yichen.