Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 692: Love Above All - 51: Do You Keep Your Word?

Chapter 692: Love Above All Chapter 51: Do You Keep Your Word?

Bai Yu lowered his head, his lips pale as he clutched Gu Xiaoxi’s hand, trembling continuously, yet his tone remained indifferent.

"I didn’t do anything, just looking for something and didn’t find it!"

"What were you looking for?" Gu Xiaoxi pressed.

Bai Yu bit his lip, silent.

Quan Shaoqing turned his gaze to Gu Xiaoxi, his rare good temper showing, "You should leave, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Gu Xiaoxi bit her lip, the stench of blood in her nose.

She turned her head to look at Quan Shaoqing and asked with a solemn expression, "Then what do you plan to do about it?"

The man gently twirled the lit cigarette in his hand, the scent of Gunitin faintly spreading in the room.

He curled his lips into a wicked smile, alluring and demonic, yet so dangerous it sent shivers down one’s spine, "It’s simple! According to my rules, she should die. But considering Bai Yaxuan’s face, breaking one hand will suffice."

Bai Yu’s fingers twitched instinctively, and she could even feel the excruciating pain as if her hand was already missing.

Gu Xiaoxi felt a chill in her heart. Bai Yu was such a beautiful girl—if she lost a hand, not to mention her inability to mix in international circles, even her daily life would be greatly hindered.

"Quan Shaoqing, you could ask for some compensation, or some other punishment. Bai Yu was just impulsive, I believe she won’t ever touch your things again." Gu Xiaoxi’s scalp tingled as she desperately tried to explain for Bai Yu.

At this moment, the study was surrounded by men in black, the repressive cold more terrifying than the depth of winter.

Quan Shaoqing’s eyes, narrow and long, stared down from his throne-like BOSS chair at Gu Xiaoxi, unmoved, instructing his subordinates, "What are you hesitating for? A small punishment for a big lesson, make it quick."

Gu Xiaoxi’s heart stalled as she saw the men in black seize Bai Yu again.

And by now, Bai Yu no longer had the power to resist.

Her shoulders trembling, she curled up tightly and murmured desperately, "Please, no, I won’t do it again. Have mercy on me!"

Unable to complete the task, she wouldn’t be able to report back to the international agents—if she were to lose a hand as well, she might as well be dead.

Upon hearing Bai Yu’s pleas, Gu Xiaoxi immediately grabbed the man in black, pushing him away, and shielded Bai Yu while looking at Quan Shaoqing with immense nervousness, "She knows she was wrong, can’t you spare her!"

Quan Shaoqing looked up and laughed mockingly, addressing Jin Xiao, "Tell him, do the words ’forgive’ and ’mercy’ exist in my dictionary?"

If everyone who came to violate him, to steal from him, to assassinate him were forgiven by him, wouldn’t everybody dare to touch him!

Forgiveness was never an option; anyone daring to act on his turf had to weigh whether they had the ability to leave unscathed.

Jin Xiao stood aside, respectfully explaining to Gu Xiaoxi, "Bai Taitian, considering Mr. Bai’s face, has already been let off. According to the rules, she should be executed."

"Quan Shaoqing, I dare you to touch her, believe it or not I’ll arrest you right now!" Fu Zhe, still holding his weapon aimed at Quan Shaoqing, threatened him; it seemed like he would shoot immediately if Quan Shaoqing dared to make a move.

"Why don’t we find out if I dare to kill you?" The man’s slender fingers extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, each word cold as ice.

In everyone’s hearts, a chill ensued.

A layer of cold sweat covered Fu Zhe’s back.

He realized he had been fooled by Quan Shaoqing; his true nature must be this: indifferent and ruthless, devoid of all sentimentality.

Now, with Bai Yu at fault first, and Quan Shaoqing with superior numbers and facing him head-on, apparently there was no benefit at all.

"Please spare Bai Yu; we can offer you compensation!" Fu Zhe suddenly lowered his weapon, his tone sincere.

"Then leave both hands!" Quan Shaoqing rose from his chair indifferently, his voice was cold and merciless, "Sparing her life is my bottom line. Beg again, and I’ll have her killed on the spot."

"No matter how you look at it, Bai Yu is also your cousin. Aren’t you afraid you won’t be able to get by in A City if you do this?" Fu Zhe clenched his teeth; if possible, he really wanted to confront Quan Shaoqing in a fair duel.

Quan Shaoqing laughed, "I think it’s better to kill her! To eliminate future troubles!"

Bai Yaxuan had never treated him as an ally, just as he had never seen him as a friend.

As Quan Shaoqing spoke, guns simultaneously aimed at Bai Yu.

Even if Gu Xiaoxi could block the front, she couldn’t block the back.

As the bodyguards were about to pull the trigger,

Gu Xiaoxi clenched her teeth and suddenly rushed to Quan Shaoqing’s side, grabbed the front of his shirt, and yelled angrily, "Do you even have a shred of humanity? She realizes her mistake; why still insist on killing her? What’s more, she didn’t steal anything from you; you haven’t lost a thing!"

The woman’s voice, like a machine gun, erupted in the cabin.

Everyone’s eyes uniformly turned to Quan Shaoqing, someone actually grabbing his collar—likely a first in history.

Was this woman seeking death?

Seeing the livid color on Quan Shaoqing’s face, everyone held their breath, staring at Gu Xiaoxi as if she were already a dead person.

Quan Shaoqing’s gaze was icy as he watched Gu Xiaoxi standing before him, all indignant.

He suddenly reached out and seized her wrist, causing a piercing pain to shoot through her, and Gu Xiaoxi couldn’t help but release her grip.

She was scared too, but she couldn’t just watch Bai Yu die.

If only she had known, she wouldn’t have told her she was the top hacker.

The man was taller than her to begin with, and even though he was gripping her collar, she had no advantage in controlling the situation. Instead, her trepidation increased, and she appeared even more awkward.

Moreover, her wrist was now being held captive.

"Do you not know how inhumane I can be?" Quan Shaoqing clenched his teeth and said slowly, "Put away your cheap sense of justice and pity, please me, and maybe I’ll be in a good mood and let her go."

Gu Xiaoxi didn’t know which of her words had angered him, making the air around them grow even colder.

"..." Gu Xiaoxi bit her lip, her heart trembling.

Please him! How could she please him, so he would spare Bai Yu?

Quan Shaoqing, still holding her wrist, turned around to sit back in the boss’s chair, speaking proudly, "Weren’t you very good at pleasing others before? Do it like last time... If I’m happy, she’ll be spared."

Gu Xiaoxi froze completely, pleasing him like last time...

That was when he wanted to sell her, and in self-preservation, she kissed him!

Now, in front of all these people, he brought it up again!

A suffocating sense of shame rose in her heart.

Gu Xiaoxi’s face turned pale without control!

The subordinates of Quan Shaoqing exchanged glances, feeling that the boss’s decision seemed to have deviated from its original intent.

Bai Yu was the one who messed up, but it was Gu Xiaoxi who had to please him...

Fu Zhe, however, looked at Gu Xiaoxi as if she was a beacon of hope, "Although Bai Yu was at fault, her crime is not deserving of death. Miss Gu, please save her."

Gu Xiaoxi turned to look at Bai Yu’s weakening figure, blood pooling on the ground.

And Fu Zhe acted completely uninformed, as if only thinking of Bai Yu, without considering her feelings at all.

Last time, she was just a lone animal, who would have died without his mercy.

But now, she was married to Bai Yaxuan, already another man’s wife.

In front of everyone, to have her willingly kiss another man.

What did they all take her for?

"Do you have to do this to let her go?" Gu Xiaoxi clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her palm painfully.

She glared at the man seated in the chair.

It was only when he sat down that she, standing next to him, felt slightly acknowledged.

"You’re unwilling!" Quan Shaoqing’s tone was assertive, yet laced with mockery, "So loyal to him, does he know you gave me your first kiss willingly?"

Gu Xiaoxi’s cheeks flushed instantly, her chest felt as though it was burning, scorching her throat with a searing pain.

What did Quan Shaoqing’s words mean?

Was he mocking her for being unchaste?

Or was he trying to humiliate Bai Yaxuan through her?

Either way, he had succeeded.

Fu Zhe seemed to pick up on the undertones of the conversation, looking at Gu Xiaoxi with shock in his eyes.

In a daze, he seemed to have stumbled upon a profound secret.

Was there an unknown emotional entanglement between Gu Xiaoxi and Quan Shaoqing?

Blood seeped through the tight grip of Gu Xiaoxi’s fingers as she bit her teeth and took a deep breath, closing her eyes.

Bai Yu’s cheeks were deathly pale as she spoke weakly, "Don’t do it, if I have to live to see you humiliated, I would rather be dead."

She hadn’t expected Gu Xiaoxi to be so loyal. In this world, one might have many friends, but there are only a few who truly care.

She acknowledged this sentiment from Gu Xiaoxi.

Gu Xiaoxi ignored Bai Yu and just looked at Quan Shaoqing, her tone resolute, "You better keep your word!"

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