Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 539 - 29: Confrontation

Chapter 539: Chapter 29: Confrontation

The box lid opened, and inside was a beautiful Purple Crystal, lying quietly within.

Gu Xiaoxi immediately took out her own crystal and paired it with the crystal from the box.

As soon as she brought them together, both crystals burst into brilliant light, casting mysterious and exquisite purple halos that filled the room.

Ya leaned casually on the chair, a picture of ease.

He held a wine glass, his lips curling into a light, enigmatic, and charming smile.

Gu Xiaoxi immediately reached out to take the box, but Ya snatched it back in one quick motion.

Afterward, he held the box in one hand while beckoning Gu Xiaoxi with the fingers of his other hand.

Gu Xiaoxi nodded in understanding, took out her phone, and said, "We’re friends, after all. I won’t just take your things. I’ll transfer the money to you right now."

"Who’s your friend? Didn’t you say this is only our second meeting?" Ya responded with a sarcastic tone.

Gu Xiaoxi coughed dryly and cheerfully said, "After this dinner, we’ll be friends from now on. Give me your account, and I’ll transfer the money right now."

Gu Xiaoxi only had those two billion in her account, and even that was forcibly given to her by Quan Gui.

And now, before she even had a chance to get used to it, she gave it to Ya.

Why was her life so hard!

With a "ding-dong", the notification sounded!

Gu Xiaoxi put away her phone with a grand gesture, looked toward Ya, stretched out her hand, and smilingly demanded, "Give it back to me."

"Here!" Upon seeing the extra money in his account, Ya handed the box to Gu Xiaoxi.

Just then, a figure swiftly appeared in the room, snatching the box from Gu Xiaoxi’s hands before she could react.

Gu Xiaoxi was startled, but when she saw the man in front of her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She immediately switched to a cheerful expression and said, "How did you get here?"

Quan Shaoqing held the box and glanced at it before turning to look at Ya, speaking indifferently, "So this is the legendary Ya, whose whereabouts are always so mysterious?"

"Nice to meet you, please take care of me!" Ya said with a similarly smiley face, reaching out his hand. He was clearly not surprised by Quan Shaoqing’s sudden appearance.

Quan Shaoqing’s lips curved into a faint smile as he extended his hand too.

Their fingertips met, and Gu Xiaoxi felt as if there were two whirlwinds colliding between them.

The feeling was somewhat baffling.

Quan Shaoqing and Ya had little to do with each other, and it was their first meeting; where did this underlying tension come from?

Gu Xiaoxi felt as though time had stretched to an eternity by the moment the waiter had finished serving the dishes and was sent out.

Quan Shaoqing and Ya were still holding hands, seeming engaged in a silent battle.

"Come, let’s drink a toast. To celebrate Ya becoming our friend from now on." Gu Xiaoxi, smiling broadly with a wine glass in hand, stood between the two men.

She thought it was necessary to befriend Ya.

Setting aside his abilities, just the aura of mystery around him was enough to pique her curiosity. Moreover, his exceptional skills and nonchalant comings and goings—if he could help her find the other crystals, that would be more than ideal.

But faced with Quan Shaoqing’s impassive demeanor, Gu Xiaoxi dared not guess at his intentions.

Upon hearing her words, both men simultaneously released their hands.

They took their glasses with expressionless faces.

Gu Xiaoxi noticed that their fingers had turned white.

She watched and felt pain on their behalf.

"Cheers, let’s eat. I’m starving!" Gu Xiaoxi quickly diverted their attention and pulled Quan Shaoqing to sit down.

Quan Shaoqing put down his wine glass, touched her head with his hand, and said with a gentle face, "Weren’t you going home? How did you end up here?"

"I got a call from my dad on the road and came over to talk to him about some things. He’s already left. And then I ran into him, he said he had something I needed, so I came here to have dinner... Are you hungry? Let’s eat!" Gu Xiaoxi immediately started serving Quan Shaoqing food, very attentively.

Ya leaned on one hand, watching the two interact, very affectionately.

For no reason, he felt annoyed.

He had a dream, in which he saw a girl who looked exactly like Gu Xiaoxi, and she was his fiancée.

They were the perfect match in the world.

Yet that girl abandoned him for another man.

And that man, looked exactly like Quan Shaoqing.

He didn’t know why he had such a dream.

But there’s no effect without cause in this world.

So, from the second time he met Gu Xiaoxi, he felt she owed him something.

As for Shaoqing, he had absolutely no good feelings towards him; he already hated him in his dream.

In reality, that hostility spontaneously arose.

Quan Shaoqing naturally had no feud with Ya; it was only their first meeting.

He just felt that Ya was too inscrutable, hard to determine if he was good or bad.

Instinctively, he didn’t want him getting close to Gu Xiaoxi.

"What do you do for a living?" Quan Shaoqing asked.

Gu Xiaoxi, with her chopsticks in hand, felt the atmosphere between them was very strange. She kept her head down and played dead.

"I’m idle, just make a bit of money when there’s nothing else to do. Can’t compare with Master Quan’s wealth and power; his wife casually spends two billion!" Ya said with a smile, eating the meat on his plate.

Gu Xiaoxi, hearing the conversation shift to her and involving money, quickly explained innocently, "I wanted this Crystal, and he asked for two billion. I had no choice!"

Quan Shaoqing, hearing this, nodded in understanding. "As long as it’s for buying what she wants, no amount of money matters. It’s also lucky to have a woman who spends my money; otherwise what’s the use of having so much."

Gu Xiaoxi clasped her hands together, feeling warmed by his words.

However, she felt a bit guilty for having spent so much in one go.

The atmosphere at the dinner was consistently strange until the meal was over.

Gu Xiaoxi was full, while as for Quan Shaoqing and Ya, they were probably filled up with their own inner hostility.

Gu Xiaoxi shrugged helplessly.

She always behaved properly, never overstepped, and didn’t flirt or cause trouble.

She thought, this incident was absolutely none of her business.

After leaving the hotel, Ya turned to Gu Xiaoxi and asked, "I heard your house is quite big, can I come visit?"

"Sure..." Gu Xiaoxi was just about to agree, but seeing Quan Shaoqing’s stern face, she quickly changed her tone, "I would have liked to invite you, but tonight we have important matters to attend to. We might not be home."

"Not at home? Where to?" Ya asked, puzzled.

Quan Shaoqing wrapped his arm around Gu Xiaoxi’s shoulder and coldly snubbed Ya, "What’s it to you? Busybody much?"

Ya, choked with anger, glanced at Gu Xiaoxi, turned, and walked briskly towards the main street, "Don’t bother inviting me. I don’t yearn for it. Next time, if you need my help with anything, it won’t come so cheap."

"Don’t..." Gu Xiaoxi wanted to catch up to him to argue. She considered him a friend, she couldn’t let him feel like an outsider like this.

Quan Shaoqing, however, held her back and headed towards the parked car not far away, "Let’s go home! There’s no point in talking to him."

Gu Xiaoxi had a look of helplessness, "I’ll still need to find other Crystals later; if he could help, it would be much more efficient."

She always had her own plans when doing things. Even if Ya couldn’t be a friend, he certainly couldn’t be made an enemy.

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