In the first world, he had to go to school every day. In the second world, he was constantly flying around and had to outwit and outmaneuver a stupid hunter. Now, in the third world, he's finally free, and Qin Chu feels incredibly uncomfortable all over.
He did hundreds of one-handed push-ups on the floor, but since he couldn't adjust the gravity, it was as if he hadn't done any at all.
Qin Chu couldn't resist any longer and ordered a sandbag for himself online.
Noah was speechless.
He wanted to remind Qin Chu that no canary would box in a cage.
Before the sandbags could even be used, Noah received a new message: "Sir, quick! This is a tricky situation. You should go change your clothes!"
"What's wrong?" Qin Chu asked as he quickly walked towards the dressing room.
"Those people from the Qi family were furious after failing to get what they wanted a couple of days ago. This time they've come up with something big—they're going to tamper with Qi Xuan's car! Qi Xuan is going to a charity auction tonight, so please stop them!"
"Where is Qi Xuan planning to start from? Send me the address."
His loungewear wasn't very neat, and Qin Chu opened the wardrobe and rummaged through it, but couldn't find any clothes he could wear out. He casually rummaged around and picked out a modest outfit to change into before hurriedly leaving the villa.
Noah opened his mouth as if he wanted to offer a suggestion, but in the end he said nothing.
Li Hui changed into a suit and paced in front of the mirror for at least half an hour, admiring himself.
It's not that he's narcissistic; he's simply never worn haute couture at this price.
But the thought of what he was about to encounter while wearing this expensive haute couture outfit made Li Hui's face immediately fall, and he felt more and more that the clothes he was wearing looked like a funeral shroud.
Although he didn't die after wearing it, he was close to it.
Tomorrow morning, the hottest news will probably be "Qi's CEO seriously injured in car accident, remains unconscious in the city hospital's intensive care unit..."
With a long face, Li Hui followed Qi Xuan downstairs. Although he was extremely nervous, as a dutiful underling, Li Hui still patted his chest and assured Qi Xuan:
"Boss, I guarantee this car accident will be a complete success, and there won't be a repeat of what happened at the club last time! I'll stay in the ICU as long as you say!"
Qi Xuan, who was behind him playing on his phone, looked up at him when he heard this, squinted and gave him a smile: "If you can't handle this, you don't need to keep this face on anymore."
Li Hui shuddered, forcing himself to muster his courage.
Last time, someone came to the rescue, but maybe it was also because Qi Lao Er wanted Lu Wan to gain their trust, so he called him over to save her at the last minute.
Li Hui couldn't understand what his boss was thinking. Although he seemed a bit abnormal on the day the incident happened at the club, he hadn't mentioned the villa in the past two days, and the people in the villa had been left hanging for two days.
Qi Lao Er probably knew that relying on his mistress to obtain information was unreliable, so this time he couldn't wait and tampered with things in the car.
Their leader seemed obsessed with "killing" him, and naturally went along with it once again. But it's always safer to have your own people do it than to have others do it... right?
That was what Li Hui had been thinking, until he remembered that Qi Xuan was the one driving...
Looking at the modified car in front of him, Li Hui suddenly hesitated to get in: "Boss, it's a bit dangerous today, why don't you let someone else drive?"
Qi Xuan chuckled, leaning against the car door, and looked up at him: "Is today more dangerous, or do you think it's more dangerous for me to drive?"
Li Hui was on the verge of tears: "Not at all, how could I not trust you to drive?"
Seeing that Li Hui obediently got into the back seat, Qi Xuan then got into the car.
He was fairly comfortable using this underling; as long as the steering wheel was in his hands, everything was under his control, which was also to protect Li Hui's life. However… Qi Xuan smiled wickedly; whether it would scare the man out of his wits was not within his consideration.
After a quick check of the car, Qi Xuan drove it out of the garage.
Everything proceeded according to his plan, until…
Before we set off, a thin figure stopped the car.
Qi Xuan raised an eyebrow and was about to walk past the person when his gaze swept over him and he couldn't help but pause in surprise.
The man was wearing a tight-fitting leather suit; the black, glossy fabric clung to his body, perfectly outlining the thin yet powerful curves of his muscles. Combined with his jet-black hair, eyebrows, and fair, almost translucent skin, he exuded an inorganic, cold aura.
The gold-colored metal zipper was zipped up to the top, covering the Adam's apple and pressing against the chin. It swayed slightly with the owner's movements, exuding an extreme sense of asceticism.
However, extreme abstinence can inevitably lead to a loss of focus.
Qi Xuan couldn't resist and slammed on the brakes.
As the car stopped, the person blocking the way walked over, bent down, and impatiently knocked on the car window: "Get out."
With each movement, the lines of his side waist were fully extended, as perfect as a work of art.
Qin Chu knocked on the back window. After a while, the window rolled down. But "President Qi" in the back seat hadn't moved yet. Instead, the driver in the front, wearing a mask, turned around and looked at him, saying, "Why... are you dressed like that?"
What should I wear?
Qin Chu glanced down at his clothes. This was the style of combat uniform for certain special situations, and Qin Chu didn't feel there was anything wrong with wearing it.
So he lifted his thin eyelids, glanced at the driver, and unleashed his sharp tongue: "None of your business."
The real CEO Qi, who had recklessly become the driver, choked for a moment, turned his head sullenly, and glanced at the rearview mirror with barely perceptible eyes...
"What are you doing here?"
Li Hui knew it was time for him to take the stage.
He didn't think Qin Chu looked particularly good, mainly because he didn't dare to look.
"Get off the bus if you don't want to die," Qin Chu repeated.
He never had the patience to explain things carefully; he simply reached through the car window and opened the car door.
But before his fingers could even grip the handle, Noah beeped in his mind, reminding him: "Beep, please be mindful of your persona. Be sure to act sweet and gentle in front of President Qi..."
"What's with the coquettishness?" Qin Chu's expression remained blank.
This expression terrified Li Hui even more. He suppressed his fear and said with a stern face, "Lu Wan, don't bully people too much..."
He was halfway through his sentence when he remembered he was now "General Manager Qi," and he forcefully controlled his tongue, changing "going too far" to "taking an inch and wanting a mile"...
"What do you mean by pushing your luck?" Qin Chu's eyebrows twitched. "I told you to get out of the car and not to go out tonight. Find a place to stay put."
His expression was extremely cold, clearly indicating that he was ready to pull the person out of the car at the slightest provocation.
Li Hui couldn't help but shift his buttocks slightly in another direction.
However, Qin Chu ultimately failed to "succeed" because Noah reminded him again: "Sir, your persona is about to collapse."
"Where did it collapse?" Qin Chu was completely confused.
Noah cleared his throat and began to read aloud with great emotion: "Although Lu Wan was afraid of being alone, sometimes he had no choice but to lean against the window and watch Qi Xuan leave with disappointment. After all... he was just a canary kept in a cage..."
Qin Chu: "..."
He changed his mind, opened the car door, and stepped inside.
Li Hui was startled and almost climbed from the back seat to the passenger seat without regard for his image: "W-what are you going to do?"
Qin Chu glanced at him and said, "If you don't want to get out of the car, what's wrong with coming with you?"
Qin Chu really couldn't figure out the standard for this kind of character breakdown.
He thought that forcibly dragging the person out of the car wouldn't work, and getting in the car himself probably wouldn't work either, but after waiting for a while, he didn't hear Noah's notification sound.
General Qin was increasingly confused and asked in his mind, "Why didn't it collapse this time?"
Noah sighed softly: "Canaries can't help but get close to their owners, so occasional displays of affection are allowed."
"Acting cute?" Qin Chu stopped in his tracks as he was getting into the car. "Which eye of yours saw me acting cute?"
Noah was too timid to speak.
Seeing that he hesitated, Li Hui finally mustered up some courage, adopted the air of a CEO, and reached for the car door: "I have important business to take care of tonight, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Hui heard two "knock-knock" sounds from the front seat. He looked up and saw Qi Xuan tapping on the other side of the car window with his long knuckles.
Li Hui was stunned; he hadn't expected their boss to send this route at night...
As he was wondering, he heard a muffled murmur coming from ahead: "We can't let him go back dressed like this..."
Li Hui: "..."
Qi Xuan reached out and opened the passenger door, smiling, "Mr. Lu, please get in. Mr. Qi and I will take you home first."
However, no one got in when he opened the car door. Qin Chu simply got into the back seat and sat down next to Li Hui...
Li Hui forced himself to move further inside, shivering, and felt the car's air conditioning blowing cold air outwards.
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Once the car was on the road, Li Hui thought that Qi Xuan would take his ancestor back first, as he had said. But after watching for a while, he realized something was wrong. Qi Xuan was taking the route that had been planned beforehand.
Li Hui was taken aback and looked up at the rearview mirror. In the mirror, he saw that Qi Xuan's eyes had returned to their usual state, with a smile on his face, and it seemed even stronger than usual.
Anyone who suddenly sees such eyes would assume that the owner has had something good happen and is smiling so happily.
But the radar in Li Hui's mind started to gleam.
Danger!
If he wasn't mistaken, their boss definitely had a new idea.
Li Hui trembled. He glanced at the person sitting next to him, who still had a cold expression and was staring silently out the window. It was impossible to tell what his purpose was in insisting on getting into the car.
But this person seemed very sensitive to other people's gazes, and quickly turned to look at him, asking in a cold voice, "What are you looking at?"
Upon hearing this question, Li Hui clearly sensed that Qi Xuan, who was seemingly pondering something ahead, also glanced over in the rearview mirror. No… to be precise, although this person was driving, his attention remained fixed on the rear.
Before Li Hui could rack his brains to answer Qin Chu's question, the car had already driven to the section of road they had planned.
Suddenly the car jolted, as if one tire had gone flat, and the whole car tilted slightly, spinning on the mountain road before crashing straight into the roadside railing.
The car was tilting more and more violently, and it looked like it was about to fall over the railing.
Li Hui was so frightened that he was about to scream.
Because this was clearly outside the scope of their designed "action scene," he leaned outwards and was about to hit his head on the car window.
At that moment, Li Hui suddenly felt a tightness in the back of his collar, and a strong force struck him. In the extreme jolt, he was forcibly pulled back into his seat.
"Why aren't you wearing a seatbelt?" the person pulling him from behind said coldly.
Li Hui had completely forgotten about his seatbelt. He looked up at the front seat, about to ask what had happened and why there was such a commotion, wondering if someone had tampered with the car.
But when Li Hui looked up and met Qi Xuan's eyes, which were filled with a wicked smile, he almost burst into tears.
This isn't an accident; it's clearly the driver in front who went crazy.
"What's going on? The car is out of control!" came a startled exclamation, muffled by a mask.
Damn, they're actually putting on a pretty convincing act.