Chapter 336: 336: The Death of Qiao Zhichuan
Day after day, year after year, until one day, the mission failed, and he was killed by someone.
Better to die at Xiao Bai’s hands than at someone else’s.
Qiao Zhichuan thought this way and did the same. He hoped that when he died, someone would still miss him, someone would shed real tears for him.
In this way, he wouldn’t have walked this world in vain.
"Xiao Bai..."
He softly called her name, as if he saw her giving him a sweet smile, running toward him. She was the only angel in his world, the only one who emitted light!
Qiao Zhichuan slowly closed his eyes.
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Lately, Li Qiqi has been quite conflicted. Although being pursued by Yan Shao from the Capital City brought her a sense of vanity, she really didn’t understand. They weren’t even from the same circle, so why would Yan Shao pursue her?
She wasn’t some peerless beauty, there’s no way Yan Shao could have fallen in love with her at first sight, right?
Although her best friends analyzed the situation for her, saying that given Yan Shao had been persistent for months, she might as well give it a try. After all, she wouldn’t lose anything.
Li Qiqi rolled her eyes, "How would I not lose anything? Just because he likes me, I, as a girl, have to throw myself at him to be with him? Hmph~"
"Do you know who he is? Yan Shao from the Capital City, the only third generation of the Yan Family in the Capital City, the future heir of the Yan Family. Countless people are clamoring to marry him. Now that he’s pursuing you, he must genuinely like you. As long as you marry him, you’ll be living the high life, making countless people envious to death." Her best friend wore a look of envy and jealousy.
Li Qiqi was speechless, "I don’t want to be the one crying in a BMW, I just want to be happy. Even if it means sitting on a bicycle, I’d be glad."
"Oh come on, Qiqi, it’s because your family’s condition is decent, and you don’t worry about food and clothing, so you’ve never experienced real hardship. Once you live a life where you don’t know where your next meal is coming from, you’ll realize how naive your current thoughts are."
"Just because my family’s condition is good, does that mean your family’s condition is bad? Don’t think I don’t know. Isn’t that bag you’re carrying the new one from Chanel? How much did it cost?" Li Qiqi raised an eyebrow.
"Hehehe... I only heard others talking about it."
"Get lost! I’m not worried about food or clothes, and my brother also said that he could support me for a lifetime without any problem. I’m living comfortably on my own. Why should I get together with that Yan Shao? If he’s only interested temporarily, and I dive in all by myself, I won’t even have a place to cry later."
"Exactly," another best friend said, "Didn’t Yan Shao just fall out with the Mu family’s little troublemaker over a woman recently? I heard my dad say that Yan Shao even declared he would show the Mu family who’s boss, causing people who did business with the Mu family to not dare to associate with them anymore."
"No way? He went to such lengths for a woman, how much must Yan Shao have liked her to do something like this?" The best friend who just spoke was hearing this for the first time and quickly asked.
"I don’t know the specifics, anyway, I heard from my dad that during the old master Mu’s birthday, many of the capital’s big families didn’t dare to go and were watching from the sidelines. Later, for some reason, the Zhan Family, in-laws of the Yan family, went, and some big families quickly sent representatives. Otherwise, old master Mu’s grand birthday would almost have turned into a joke in the Capital City."
"Then later, didn’t Yan Shao give the Zhan family a hard time? That is, after all, his maternal grandfather; he doesn’t even back him."
"Not really sure," the best friend shook her head, "He must have looked for them, but the Zhan Family can’t possibly abandon their own grandson to help the grandson-in-law, right? My dad said the Zhan Family went to thank the Mu Family for curing the third young master’s mysterious illness."
"Since when did the Mu Family have medical skills?"
"How would I know? I only heard it from my dad. Hey, can you focus on my point? My point is, while Yan Shao is pursuing our Qiqi, he’s also keeping an ambiguous relationship with other women. How is that genuine? I think he probably made a bet with someone to see who could win over Qiqi. Aren’t young masters in high circles particularly fond of playing these kinds of games?"
"Oh my goodness, if that’s true, Qiqi, you really can’t agree, or your latter half of life will be miserable."
"Yes, yes," Li Qiqi rolled her eyes again, "Just now you were persuading me to accept Yan Shao. How quickly your tune has changed?"
"Hehehe, I just thought Yan Shao was sincere, right? I didn’t know Yan Shao was also involved with other women. No matter how important Yan Shao is, he’s not more important than our sisterhood!"
"Keep pretending. Do you think I don’t know? You’re dying to see me become Yan Shao’s girlfriend so you can flaunt it." Li Qiqi tapped her friend’s nose, and her friend retaliated with the same action. The group of friends laughed and collapsed on the bed.
Just then, the butler suddenly came upstairs to tell Li Qiqi that Yan Shao had arrived and was waiting downstairs.
"This is talking about Cao Cao, and here he comes! Qiqi, it seems there’s no escaping this for you."
Another friend also seemed worried, "Qiqi, regardless of Yan Shao’s true intentions, he seems pretty insistent by coming so often. I’m afraid you can’t easily refuse him."
"If he weren’t Yan Shao from the Capital City, I would have had the butler show him out a long time ago." Li Qiqi felt quite helpless. Even her elder brother Li Wei Qiao, who was abroad, couldn’t sit still and already booked a flight to rush home.
If Yan Shao just casually pursued her and gave up when rejected, it would be fine. But going month after month without giving up made it a significant problem.
Even if she disliked him, she had to consider the family behind him. If she provoked him, the Leng Family would have a hard time.
She kept this from her parents, but seeing how things were progressing, it was unlikely she’d be able to keep it hidden.
She only hoped her parents, who were out on a honeymoon trip, could return as late as possible to prevent them from worrying too.
Li Qiqi had the butler escort her friends out through the back door and then went downstairs to meet Yan Shao herself.
The past few times, she had the butler make excuses, saying she hadn’t returned yet or had just gone out, always narrowly avoiding meeting Yan Shao.
But using the same excuse repeatedly wasn’t suitable.
Otherwise, if Yan Shao got upset, their family would suffer for it.
Li Qiqi, looking like she had just woken up, came down the stairs, "Ah, it really is Yan Shao. When the butler woke me, I thought he was kidding."
"The eldest daughter of the Li family is really hard to meet. I’ve come several times, and you’re just now showing up." To be honest, Yan Hao was pretty handsome, and along with his noble background, his clothing was anything but ordinary, giving him a genteel aura that ordinary people couldn’t compete with.
When he smiled, although it didn’t make one feel as if spring had come, his condescending air made many feel honored and involuntarily worshipful.
This was also why every time Li Qiqi met him, she felt quite nervous.
Darn it! We’re not on equal footing. How can I believe you’re genuinely pursuing me? It feels like you’re bestowing me a favor by liking me. Do I really need to prostrate myself with gratitude?