336 I Miss You So Much
After picking up her belongings and putting them back into her purse, Su Qianci stood up. Looking up, she glanced at the man who was almost immediately behind her. Familiar scent, male hormones, and the face so familiar...
Li Sicheng reached out a hand and pushed her against the wall. His eyes were so dark and deep as if they could suck her in. When she looked up at him, her voice choked.
"Feeling guilty?" Li Sicheng's voice was deep like cello.
Biting her bottom lip, she turned her head aside and tried to push him away. However, he did not budge. He gazed at her more attentively. Forcing her against the wall, he forbade her to go away and said slowly, "What are you afraid of? Tell me..." She did not say anything, but tears fell down her cheeks.
Li Sicheng's look softened as he grabbed her hand and took her keys. "Let's go inside. It's cold here."
"I don't want to go inside," Su Qianci said firmly while sobbing. "If you want to say anything, say it here."
"I will help you move your stuff back home."
"This is my home. Mr. Li, please go back. I will not go with you."
Li Sicheng narrowed his eyes slightly with a dangerous look. However, he tried to be patient and said, "Don't act like a child. You can't disturb Daddy Song all the time."
"Dad went to London."
"So, I'll stay here to keep you company today."
Feeling reluctant, Su Qianci pushed him away and shook her head hard. "No!"
Li Sicheng put his arm around her waist, gazed at her and asked, "What's wrong? Are you afraid that I'm going to blame you? Or, are you afraid that I might hit Lu Yihan?"
Su Qianci shook her head again and again. But her voice choked.
"I don't have a problem with you having friends as long as you keep your distance." Li Sicheng approached her as he spoke. "Lu Yihan is your good friend, and I acted on an impulse last time. Later I found out what had happened, and I am very grateful to him. When we have an opportunity, you can take me to thank him and apologize to him in person. How about that?"
Although he still resented the idea of seeing them together, Lu Yihan did save Su Qianci's life. An apology and gratitude were necessary. Leaning in, he had a gentle look in his eyes as he whispered softly, "You know, I miss you so much."
Smelling the faint tobacco scent, her heart was wrung by those words, making it hurt like hell. He said he missed her. He did. However, he went on "the business trip" with Tang Mengying for an entire week. Now that he was back from the "trip," he missed her? Or, did he miss her because Tang Mengying's body was no longer in good condition for him to "go on a business trip?" Unable to stand it anymore, Su Qianci burst into tears, pushed him away, and slapped him in the face.
Slap!
Li Sicheng was dumbfounded, gazing at Su Qianci.
When she tried to hit him a second time, his eyes darkened and he grabbed her hand, growling, "What's wrong with you?" Since childhood, he had always been a success. At twenty-six years old, he had only been hit by one woman, twice.
Su Qianci shuddered and leaned against the wall. Looking at him, she cried, "Why, why do you have to do this to me..."
Feeling absurd, Li Sicheng gazed at her coldly and groaned, "Su Qianci!" He was the one who got slapped, and she was crying before he did?
However, Su Qianci slowly unbuttoned her jacket. She was only wearing a tank top under the jacket. As she took it off, her fair, smooth skin was very alluring to Li Sicheng. Then, she lifted her tank top.
Startled, Li Sicheng quickly held her hand down, barking, "Are you mad? We are outside."
Su Qianci smiled sadly and said in a low voice, "Isn't this what you want? I'll give it to you."
337 Want To Choke You To Death
Li Sicheng tightened his grip on her hand. Gazing at her coldly, he asked, "What is this supposed to mean?"
Su Qianci's hand was caught by him, and her chin squeezed. Looking up, she saw his incredibly cold eyes. There seemed to be a storm going on in them, almost swallowing her. Her heart shuddered. She looked at him and continued to lift up her tank top.
Li Sicheng yanked her up and gritted her teeth, barking, "What is this supposed to mean?"
She thought he came here just to sleep with her? Leaning against the cold wall, she shuddered. Facing the incoming storm that was going to break her, she sneered reluctantly, and said with contempt, "Why are you still pretending? Your mistress cannot satisfy you, and that is why you're here to look for me. Isn't that right?"
Your mistress?
Li Sicheng felt like his heart was bitten by a rabid dog, suddenly missing a piece. It was bloody and broken. Tightening his grip on her chin, Li Sicheng punched the wall next to her ear, hard.
Thump!
The noise made Su Qianci shake. Her knees went weak and almost gave up. However, she did not allow herself to fall. Biting her bottom lip, she gazed at him stubbornly, shuddering almost invisibly.
Looking at her, Li Sicheng sneered, bent over, and picked up the jacket that Su Qianci had dropped. Her eyelashes fluttered. Tears fell on his hair. He paused, but quickly picked the jacket up. When he saw her shuddering with fear like a hedgehog in front of an enemy, his heart twitched. Throwing the jacket at her face, Li Sicheng bristled in a deep voice, "I really want to choke you to death."
He sounded so gloomy that Su Qianci cringed.
Seeing that, Li Sicheng suddenly chuckled. "I must be crazy to let you trample on my heart like this." His deep voice rang in the hallway.
With the jacket on her face, Su Qianci could only hear him walking away. She took down the jacket when she heard the ding of the elevator. Gazing at the empty hallway, she was at loss. After a long while, she took her keys out and opened the door. Throwing herself in the bed in a trance, she stared at the ceiling with a blank mind. Her head was hurting so much...
After lying in the bed for a while, she took her cell phone out of her purse, found Li Sicheng's number, and send a few text messages:
"Mr. Li, I know all about the secret of your business trip."
"Mr. Li, your mother came to see me today. She tried to force me to have a divorce with you using our contract. I refused her and made quite a speech. I never knew that I'm such a talker."
"Mr. Li, I will not divorce you. It's over five months until the agreed time in the contract, and I will set you free then."
"Li Sicheng, I love you."
Cheng You felt she could not understand what had happened.
Why?
Her boss who had always been calm went to a bar with that kind of injury. He did not only drink, but also got in a bar fight, making the other guy end up in a hospital. And his own wound that had just scarred was ripped again.
338 Dead?
Cheng You was almost in tears. She wanted to call Su Qianci, but her boss stopped her.
"If you dare to call her, you won't need to work for me anymore."
So, Su Qianci still did not know he was injured? She really thought he had come back from his "business trip?" When Cheng You felt upset and decided to earn some overtime pay, Li Sicheng sent her away. Before she left, he asked, "Where's my cell phone?"
"It's broken. The screen is smashed and it's under repair," said Cheng You. "I got a new one for you. Here."
Li Sicheng glanced at it, rubbed his forehead and said, "Okay. You can go back now."
When Cheng You was about to turn away, he stopped her again.
"Wait."
"Anything else?"
"Did she... ever call?"
She?
Cheng You was dazed for a second before she understood him. Shaking her head, Cheng You said, "I don't think so. Your old cell phone was dead after being smashed. There has been no call from Mrs. Li on the new cell phone."
There were several calls from the clients though. Li Sicheng's eyes dimmed. He nodded with a poker face, gestured Cheng You to leave, and lay down.
The house had been empty for half a month, and Nanny Rong was a bit worried. She made a phone call to the old house, meaning to snitch on the couple. When hearing Captain Li's high-pitched voice, Nanny Rong knew that the old house had no idea about the couple's fight either. Nanny Rong tried to make the situation sound better by saying, "Maybe the couple are just staying away for a while. After all, Mr. Li has more properties than this one..."
"Nonsense. He would have told you if that is the case. Something must have happened," Captain Li bristled, "I was just wondering why Qianqian's tone has been weird when she calls me. That boy must have bullied her!"
Nanny Rong was rendered speechless. She felt like Su Qianci was his biological granddaughter, while Li Sicheng was from another family.
"Now I know. You don't need to worry about it. I will deal with it."
"Okay..."
As Nanny Rong said that, Captain Li hung up.
The landline in the old house was a rotary phone. Captain Li put his finger into the rotary and dialed Li Sicheng's number, ready to teach the boy a lesson. However, no one picked up. He called two more times, but the result was the same. After more than half an hour, Li Sicheng called back. Feeling a strong urge to curse, Captain Li picked up and roared, "What are you thinking? Not taking the call from your grandpa?"
Li Sicheng remained silent for a second before he said, "Grandpa, I was in a meeting."
"Meeting! You have meetings all day! Every time I call you, you are in a meeting. What's the point of earning so much money? If you have time, you should be with your wife and try to make her happy. Otherwise, you will have enough time to cry when she leaves you!"
Li Sicheng did not say anything but checked the calendar on his desk. It had been seven days since they saw each other.
"Say something!" Captain Li bristled.
"Still here. Do you need something, grandpa?"
Captain Li suddenly became furious and barked, "You brat! I said so much, and you didn't hear me?"
"I did."
"If you did, get your ass here in the old house and take your wife with you."
339 Broken Is Broken
Hearing Captain Li, Li Sicheng frowned and said slowly, "She will not go with me."
"Well, that's none of my business. But if I don't see you guys back today, I will definitely have high blood pressure and a heart attack. You will be responsible for my death!"
"Grandpa..."
"If you know I'm your grandpa, you should behave yourself. It must be your fault again. Qianqian is such a good girl. How can you be in a fight with her all the time? Why can't you have a talk instead of fighting? Do you want to kill me?"
"Grandpa..."
"Zip it! I won't listen to you. You have an hour to take your wife to the old house for dinner. If I don't see you later, then... then I will skip dinner and starve myself!"
Liu Sao couldn't help chuckling secretly. Captain Li was acting so childish at his age... A trick like starving himself?
However, that was the one thing Li Sicheng could not fight. With a sigh, Li Sicheng answered, "Got it. I won't let you starve."
"That's better." Captain Li hung up with satisfaction, walked back to the sofa with his cane.
However, the more he thought about it, the worse he felt. Suddenly, he asked, "Damn. How long did Nanny Rong say they have been away?"
Liu Sao thought about it and replied, "Half a month..."
Li Sicheng hung up and let out a sigh. After handing the remaining tasks to Cheng You, he did not really have too much to do. However, Li Sicheng was still working on his documents on his seat.
After running some errands, Cheng You went back to the office and saw Li Sicheng still sitting there. Feeling surprised, she asked, "Mr. Li, aren't you going back to the old house?"
"Yes..." Li Sicheng answered, looked up, and said, "Ask Yang to call her and find out when her class ends."
"Okay."
"Don't say that I'm the one who wants to know."
Cheng You said nothing. As his assistant, she was very busy. Why did she have to do it? However, she couldn't turn the boss down. Two minutes later, she replied, "One elective lecture left. It's about to begin."
Li Sicheng nodded and leaned motionless against the back of his chair.
"So, I'll ask Yang to pick her up?"
"Good."
When Cheng You had just sent Yang the message, Li Sicheng changed his mind. "Forget it. I'll go."
Cheng You stared at him.
"Don't tell her."
"Okay."
Cheng You went out of the office, and Li Sicheng took care of all the files as slowly as possible. But it's still only took him less than twenty minutes. He opened his drawer, wanting to put the documents away. In the drawer, he saw a black cell phone. It had been fixed for a while. But broken was broken. Li Sicheng did not intend to use something once broken. Putting the documents away, he locked the drawer and left the office.
Holding her backpack, Su Qianci went out of the campus and immediately saw the impressive black Maybach. She stopped walking and had an idea who was in the car. When Yang and Li Sicheng were both in the country, Yang would not drive this car. So it could only be him...
340 Get In The Car
Su Qianci walked closer, and the window was rolled down. She saw Li Sicheng's profile, familiar angles, cold as ever... She couldn't help gazing at him.
Li Sicheng turned his head and looked at her deeply and coldly. It was as if he was not paying attention. Looking away deliberately, she wanted to walk past the car with her backpack. He blocked her way with the car.
"Get in the car." A resolute command. His voice was deep and mellow, so familiar that her heart skipped a beat. Gazing at her, he slowly said, "Grandpa asked that you go back to the old house for dinner."
Grandpa... Su Qianci pursed her lips, opened the door of the copilot seat, got in the car, and said, "let's go."
Li Sicheng gazed at her more deeply. Clearly noticing his dark look, she felt a bit nervous, but she still pretended to be calm and looked ahead while tightening her grip on her backpack. Suddenly, he leaned over her, shortening the distance between the two of them. She was startled and shrank back. Turning her head, she saw his eyes as cold as winter ponds. She unconsciously held her breath and gazed at him.
He looked down and glanced at her, seeing that she was shuddering as if faced with an enemy. Suddenly, he noticed that his heart, which he thought had become numb with work, was suddenly whipped and hurting like hell. Was he so scary in her eyes? He could not understand what kind of presence he had in her mind.
Noticing that his eyes had become dim, Su Qianci was touched and surprised. However, before she figured anything out, he had sat back. At the same time, he buckled his seatbelt and started the car silently. They went to the old house and did not say a thing on the way. Since no one spoke first, it was so quiet that it was awkward. When they arrived at the old house, it was about 6 in the evening, dinner time.
Liu Sao was putting the dishes on the table when she saw Li Sicheng walking in and felt surprised. She exclaimed, "Captain Li, Sicheng's back."
Walking out with his cane, Captain Li was ready to scold Li Sicheng upon seeing him. However, when he saw Su Qianci behind his back, his fury immediately went away. The captain snorted and walked toward the couple.
Putting her hands on Captain Li's arm, Su Qianci asked, "Grandpa, you wanted to see me?"
"Both of you, actually," Captain Li said in an upset tone. "Dinner first."
Qin Shuhua walked out and gazed at the couple intentionally. It was rare that Li Xiao was at home as well. Seeing his son and daughter-in-law, he felt quite cheerful. Giving his wife a little push, he said, "Let's begin to eat."
The family sat down at the table, and Captain Li naturally sat at the main seat. Taking a bowl of rice from Liu Sao, he gazed at Li Sicheng and asked, "Where did you say you want to hold the wedding?"
Wedding... Such a distant word. Hearing the question, Su Qianci paused and looked at Li Sicheng. Expressionless, he glanced at her before he said slowly, "I forget."
She felt like her heart was stabbed.