Chapter 331: 331: Qiao Zhichuan’s Secret
Maybe girls are naturally more obedient than boys. No matter how much Mu Bai spoiled her, apart from being willful later on and insisting on entering the entertainment industry, which greatly angered the old master of the Mu family, she didn’t cause any particularly big trouble.
It was her brother Murong who, if not for the intervention of the grandaunt, almost brought the Mu family to the brink of destruction.
After Qiao Zhichuan left the booth, he didn’t rush to escape. Instead, he leisurely returned to the hotel to pack his things.
His manager suddenly burst in from outside, asking where he had gone, as he hadn’t answered the phone for a long time.
"I have something to deal with and need to leave for a while!" Qiao Zhichuan said without warning.
The manager was shocked: "Are you kidding? Do you know you’re shooting a movie? The movie isn’t finished yet, and if you, the lead actor, leave, how can others continue filming? Do you think the breach of contract penalty of tens of millions is just for show?"
Qiao Zhichuan directly threw a bank card at him: "Charge the penalty to my card directly."
"Are you crazy? No matter how rich you are, you can’t act like this. What’s going on with you? Is there a problem with your family?"
However, Qiao Zhichuan completely ignored him. After packing his things, he dragged his suitcase and walked away.
The manager hurriedly blocked him: "Qiao Zhichuan, stop there! If you don’t explain clearly, I absolutely won’t let you leave!"
But unfortunately, with a shift of his steps, Qiao Zhichuan deftly dodged past him and exited the room.
When the manager chased after him, he found that the corridor was empty despite being only a few steps behind. He widened his eyes in disbelief: "Are you kidding me? How could Qiao Zhichuan disappear so quickly in such a long corridor, even if he ran?"
Leaving the hotel, Qiao Zhichuan got directly into a taxi and gave an address.
Before dark, he arrived at a villa in the wilderness. The white European-style building stood out amidst the green mountains and clear waters.
"Buddy, your villa isn’t bad, you’re quite well-off!" commented the taxi driver.
Qiao Zhichuan remained expressionless, handed him 500 yuan, and left.
"Thanks, buddy!" The taxi driver happily counted the money, found an extra bill, and drove off joyfully.
After entering the house, Qiao Zhichuan wiped his face, and the beautiful face with rouge colors turned into another face, so ordinary that it couldn’t be found in a crowd.
"Senior Brother, you’re back?" A woman without arms appeared, wearing a sexy double lotus bud bellyband, overlaid with a shawl with a floral silk sleeve, and her face was extremely charming.
Hmm?
She looks a bit familiar, doesn’t she?
Damn! Isn’t this Xu Ruoxuan?
Wait, she calls Qiao Zhichuan Senior Brother, so...
"Hmm!" Qiao Zhichuan’s expression was indifferent as he casually placed the suitcase in the living room.
When he sat on the sofa, Xu Ruoxuan obediently came over and, unable to touch this man without hands, still affectionately kissed his chin.
"Stop fooling around, I’m not in the mood today!"
Xu Ruoxuan’s expression froze: "I wasn’t asking for that, Senior Brother, I just wanted to kiss you to make you happy."
"Ha! Make me happy? Isn’t your sweetheart Tong Raosheng?" Qiao Zhichuan sarcastically smiled, pinched her chin, and said wickedly, "Your eyes used to only have your Second Senior Brother. Now that your Second Senior Brother has been suppressed by the Master and doesn’t want you anymore, you think of me?"
"No, Senior Brother, I was just closer to Second Senior Brother back then. You know, Second Senior Brother always took good care of me, so I..."
"Taking care? Taking care so well that you lost your hands?" Qiao Zhichuan pinched her empty silk sleeves, hitting her sore point directly.
Xu Ruoxuan’s face changed, but realizing her current status as a Public Furnace with her well-being depending on others’ moods, she immediately smiled flatteringly: "I know, you’re now despising my lack of hands, right? I’ve realized my mistake, can’t you give me a chance to correct my mistakes? Senior Brother~"
Her calves rubbed against his, even straddling his thighs, looking at him pitifully.
Whether intentionally or truly accidentally, she touched a rather ambiguous area.
"Senior Brother, you seem to be having a reaction!"
She said with a shy face.
The sarcasm on Qiao Zhichuan’s face deepened: "Do you know what you look like now?"
Xu Ruoxuan’s face turned a bit pale, yet still asked reluctantly: "Like what?"
"A prostitute!"
The two words choked Xu Ruoxuan, making her almost spit blood.
"But, am I like this not because of you all?" she said with great grievance, her eyes reddening.
Since childhood, the Master raised her as a Public Furnace, putting so much effort into her. She’s just a woman; could she have escaped? Moreover, did she willingly become this way?
The more Xu Ruoxuan thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and she couldn’t help crying.
Qiao Zhichuan, whose mood was already bad, had no intention to console her and directly stood up.
As he stood up, Xu Ruoxuan, who was sitting on him, lost her balance and fell to the floor. Fortunately, the carpet was thick, or else the fall would have been severe.
"Senior Brother, you’re bullying me!" Xu Ruoxuan cried even more pitifully.
Qiao Zhichuan completely ignored her and went upstairs.
"Sob sob sob..." Left cold, Xu Ruoxuan, like an abandoned puppy, was filled with sadness and despair.
She knew that becoming a Public Furnace would lead to a bad end; isn’t this the case now? Even the Senior Brother who once cherished her, seeing her now, shows no interest except during harvesting times.
He doesn’t even bother to cheer her up.
Their transaction has become blatantly explicit.
Second Senior Brother, I miss you...
Upstairs, Qiao Zhichuan took off his clothes and entered the bathroom, the water making a whooshing sound.
Suddenly, with a bang, he punched the wall.
"Damn it!"
Don’t be fooled by his calm facade in front of Zhan Jingshu; being hit at his sore point, how could he not be angry?
He also wished for loving parents, a master who genuinely cared, to be a good person, but did he ever have that? From the moment he was born, he had no family and was "adopted" by a master with ulterior motives.
From that moment, he was destined to be a bad person!
He had no choice!
He had no choice!
He had no choice!
...
He also wanted to live under the sunlight rather than constantly playing one role after another, living like a stinking dog in darkness, unable to reveal himself to anyone, without even a single friend with whom to speak his mind.
Everything was bottled up inside, like a giant stone pressing down, never allowing relief.
Sometimes, he envied his Second Junior Brother Tong Raosheng a lot. Though he was also merely a pawn for the Master, at least he won Xu Ruoxuan’s true affection, and he too had genuinely cared for Xu Ruoxuan.
And what about himself?