Unexpectedly, just after rescuing the person, they heard the sound of a sports car.
Lu Jiayi took the opportunity to do him a favor.
"Your wife." Lu Jiayi pushed Xu Qingzhu forward, "Return her to her rightful place."
Liang Shi looked at Lu Jiayi, who had a faint smile on her face. She looked distant but very polite.
Even when he was alone, he supported Xu Qingzhu with a gentlemanly hand.
There wasn't much physical contact.
The bodyguards on the ground quickly got up, but Lu Jiayi glanced at them and said, "Gentlemen, is it really worth risking your lives for a little money?"
The bodyguards immediately fell silent, and not one of them dared to go forward.
But Zhou Yi'an loosened her muscles and bones, cracking her knuckles, and let out a soft breath.
Her movements were swift and decisive. She slammed her knee into their stomachs, and as they winced in pain, she grabbed their heads and shoved their arms behind their backs.
As if they had trained countless times, they struck their pressure points with light force, causing them to break out in a cold sweat and writhe on the ground, clutching their stomachs in pain.
Soon, the commotion outside startled the people inside the villa, and the door opened.
A man in a blue bathrobe stood in the doorway, his hair a mix of black and white. He frowned at the large group of people in the doorway. "Who are you?"
Upon hearing this, Liang Shi looked up at him.
He happened to be looking over, and their eyes met.
Liang Shi gritted his teeth in hatred and suddenly said to Zhou Yi'an, "Sister Zhou, this guy is no good. Beat him up, and I'll treat you to dinner."
Zhou Yi'an: "?"
Zhou Yi'an looked at him with a puzzled expression, but then sneered, "You think I'm a thug?"
Liang Shi: "...I'll treat you to dinner."
Zhou Yi'an said, "Do I owe you a meal?"
She moved swiftly, grabbed the railing and leaped over, then kicked the man to the ground just as he was about to close the door.
Zhou Yi'an jumped over, pinned his arm behind his back, and pressed her knee against his back. Seeing his fingers constantly curling, she dislocated his wrist.
A very crisp sound of bones cracking.
Even Lu Jiayi gasped in surprise.
However, she looked at Liang Shi and chuckled, "Your friend is quite interesting."
Liang Shi pursed his lips, somewhat reluctantly, but still politely thanked her: "Thank you."
Lu Jiayi said, "It's okay, just consider it...making friends."
Liang Shi: "..."
//
The night was filled with farcical events.
Liang Shi took Xu Qingzhu to the hospital for a check-up first, and only went home after confirming that there was nothing wrong.
It was almost 1 a.m. when I got home.
She sent messages to everyone to let them know she was safe before sitting down to rest on the bed.
Putting aside the original female lead's bias, Lu Jiayi is still a very good person.
Knowing that Xu Qingzhu was married, he did not do anything excessive to her.
But everything she did was subtly designed to win people's favor.
In her presence, Liang Shi was always a step behind her.
This is the powerful influence of the storyline.
But if we calm down and carefully analyze the logic of what happened tonight...
Almost all of the reasons for this are different from before.
In the original storyline, Xu Qingzhu went to a banquet, accidentally stepped on her dress, tripped, and fell into the water. Lu Jiayi happened to be socializing with people by the pool and saved her.
After rescuing her, the two chatted for a while and eventually exchanged contact information.
This is our first meeting.
But tonight, because of Liang Shi's presence, Qin Lishuang noticed Xu Qingzhu and then drugged her, causing Xu Qingzhu, who can swim, to almost drown. Liang Shi was far away, and in the end, Lu Jiayi beat her to it.
The original owner couldn't swim, but she could.
But she almost drowned in the water at the time, which was probably an effect of the world's laws being revised.
In other words, changes in all the preconditions can also lead to major events.
The system had warned her about this issue before, namely that, driven by the butterfly effect, all the minor details could be changed, but the major events would definitely happen.
It will happen inevitably and unavoidably.
This is the law that governs the operation of this world.
Liang Shi suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
In other words, she and Xu Qingzhu are destined to divorce, even if they avoid the original timeline and disrupt the original plan.
If they don't leave, the harm will be transferred to her, herself, and Lu Jiayi, and they will all bear the harm randomly, just like what happened between her and Chen Liuying before.
Until the damage satisfies the balance law applicable to all planes of existence.
Once this balance is reached, then this event doesn't necessarily have to happen completely.
Liang Shi lay down beside Xu Qingzhu and raised his hand to carefully trace her eyebrows and eyes.
He placed his fingers on the bridge of her nose, then slowly leaned down and kissed her lips.
I keep thinking, let's try again.
There might be a turning point.
Liang Shi hugged her tightly and closed his slightly sore eyes.
//
When Xu Qingzhu woke up the next day, she felt a dull ache in her head, as if she had been hit on the back of the head with a club.
Sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the curtains, and she opened her eyes to see Liang Shi.
Liang Shi was sleeping peacefully. Although he seemed to be beside her, he was a little further away from her so as not to disturb her sleep.
Actually, I just had another nightmare, not the same one as before, but it was still a pretty scary dream.
It had nothing to do with Liang Shi, but it still frightened her.
But when she woke up and saw Liang Shi, she suddenly smiled and wanted to go over and rub against her.
Xu Qingzhu felt her throat was extremely dry, as if her whole body was about to burst into flames.
Trying to tiptoe out of bed, Liang Shi opened his eyes as soon as he moved, his voice hoarse from just waking up: "You're awake?"
Xu Qingzhu nodded: "Mm."
Without further hesitation, she snuggled into Liang Shi's arms, burying her head in her neck. "I'm sorry for making you worry last night."
Liang Shi gently patted her back, "Do you have a headache?"
"No." Xu Qingzhu coughed lightly. "I want to drink water."
Liang Shi loosened his fingers from her hair. "I'll go pour it for you."
After saying that, he stood up.
Xu Qingzhu lay there watching her back, then got up and casually took a piece of clothing from the closet to change into.
He casually picked up Liang Shi's shirt.
It just covers the buttocks perfectly.
Xu Qingzhu threw her clothes into the laundry basket before leaving the room. Liang Shi was standing in the kitchen, helping her pour honey.
Xu Qingzhu walked over and hugged her from behind. She could clearly feel Liang Shi's back stiffen, and then asked gently, "Why don't you continue lying down?"
"I've been lying down all night," Xu Qingzhu said. "My back hurts."
"Okay," Liang Shi said, stirring the water in the glass.
Xu Qingzhu asked, "How did you resolve this last night? What about Qin Lishuang?"
Liang Shi paused for a moment, then said, "I beat her up and then had Zhao Xuning record a video of her with a bruised and swollen face."
Xu Qingzhu: "...Why does this feel like a fight between middle school students?"
“There’s no other way,” Liang Shi said. “She’s despicable and vile, so we can’t make this public. We can only deal with her behind her back.”
At that time, Xu Qingzhu was in a passive state and couldn't really do anything to Qin Lishuang.
After all, it was a banquet hosted by the Qin family.
However, Liang Shi had Zhao Xuning inform Qin Liushuang about this matter. If Qin Liushuang was a reasonable person, she should know what to do.
At the very least, we can't let Qin Lishuang continue to act so recklessly.
They are only relying on the power of the Qin family, but if several families unite, the Qin family may also be in danger.
Qin Liushuang needs to be more careful.
Liang Shi rarely asked his elder brother for help, so he borrowed his brother's power to intimidate Qin Liushuang.
As for the others, Zhou Yi'an simply beat them up.
Zhao Xuning also stepped in to help.
Qin Liushuang tacitly agreed that these people would all be enemies of the Qin family.
If it were just one family, Qin Liushuang could still protect Qin Lishuang, but with so many families at the same time... unless Qin Liushuang is stupid, she will definitely force Qin Lishuang to come out and apologize.
They just need to wait for the results.
Xu Qingzhu suddenly asked, "Did she hire you as a model before?"
After a pause, he corrected himself, saying, "It's that person."