Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 201 Baby, are you jealous?

"She's contacting me now!" Wen Yan, always protective of her own, took Gu Yanci's phone away.

Gu Yanci saw the woman's dissatisfaction as coquettishness. He grabbed Wen Yan's small hand that had landed on his leg and was quite pleased with her pleading look.

He did it on purpose.

Gu Yanci glanced at Lou Qi without showing any emotion.

Lou Qi said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you trust my abilities? Our family's influence in Southeast Asia is no less than that of the Gu family."

"How did you know my dad was in Southeast Asia?" Jiang Xing looked at Lou Qi in shock.

Lou Qi didn't explain, he just looked at her calmly.

At this moment, Jiang Xing had no energy to think about anything else. She stared intently at Lou Qi with bright eyes, her mind filled with thoughts of whether Lou Qi could save her father.

Lou Qi felt agitated by her gaze, as if a firework had exploded in his mind. He had to take a big gulp of cha to suppress the restlessness in his heart.

Damn, this is unbelievable! It's not like I've never been looked at like this by a woman before, so why is Jiang Xing different?

“I will take care of the ransom. Don’t go looking for your ex-boyfriend.” Lou Qi said to Jiang Xing.

Wen Yan secretly pinched Gu Yanci and glared at him.

The man then slowly said, "Lou Qi and I are both keeping an eye on this matter."

"Thank you, Mr. Gu! Thank you!" Jiang Xing stood up and bowed to Gu Yanci. "To express my gratitude, I am willing to work for you for free for ten years after graduation!"

Jiang Xing repeated the condition instead of saying, "The promise to work for you for free for ten years is still valid," to avoid Wen Yan guessing that she had previously approached Gu Yanci and been rejected. Her mind remained clear.

Gu Yanci was more satisfied with Jiang Xing and nodded: "Okay."

He doesn't help people for free.

"Isn't this a ridiculously unfair contract?" Wen Yan complained to Gu Yanci. "A capitalist taking advantage of a crisis!"

“That’s right, Ci-ge, you’ve been with her for ten years, what have I been doing off her for?” Lou Qi spoke in his usual nonchalant tone, twirling a teacup between his fingers. “Dr. Jiang, why don’t you thank me? Am I some kind of special person?”

There are no special exceptions.

There are special ones.

That's utterly shameless!

But Jiang Xing is asking for favors now, so he doesn't dare say that.

She would never admit that Lou Qi was special; this man was deliberately setting a trap for her to glorify himself!

She smiled and bowed to Lou Qi: "Thank you, Young Master Lou. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Lou Qi smiled, his peach blossom eyes sparkling, dashing and debonair, yet giving off an inexplicable sense of wickedness.

"You can ask me anything?"

"Under the premise of being legal, compliant and not violating fairness and good morals."

Lou Qi clapped twice and praised, "Dr. Jiang is indeed a top student in the law department!"

While others might simply say it's legal and compliant, she added, "does not violate fair and good morals."

How did she know that his request violated fairness and good morals?

Is forcing someone to be your girlfriend a violation of fairness and good morals?

I don't think so, do I?

but……

Lou Qi glanced at Wen Yan out of the corner of his eye—with this woman present, he couldn't say anything outrageous.

Lou Qi said, "I haven't thought about it yet, let's talk about it later."

Jiang Xing was uneasy about the empty promises he made: "Young Master Lou..."

"Don't worry, I won't ask you to be my girlfriend or sleep with me."

Jiang Xing: "..."

Wen Yan: "…………"

"Go home?" Gu Yanci asked, pulling Wen Yan up after they finished discussing business.

Wen Yan nodded, then turned to Jiang Xing and said, "Senior, I'll have someone take you."

“The building can be given away,” Gu Yanci said.

Lou Qi nodded in agreement.

"No need, no need! Don't trouble yourself, Mr. Lou. I called a car myself," Jiang Xing said hastily.

"Cancel it if you call it." Lou Qi said domineeringly, "My Aston Martin is inferior to the new energy electric cars on the road?"

Wen Yan glanced at Lou Qi, then at Jiang Xing. Jiang Xing pursed her lips slightly, clearly not out of politeness, but because she genuinely didn't want to ride in Lou Qi's car.

"So many people have ridden in Lou Shao's passenger seat, one more senior won't make a difference, right?" Wen Yan called to Jiang Xing to come along, refusing Lou Qi on Jiang Xing's behalf. "Senior, let's go, where's the car we called?"

Lou Qi's smile faded slightly as he slowly followed them out.

He knew that Wen Yan's comment, "So many people have sat in the passenger seat, one more senior won't make a difference," was a veiled reference to his many exes.

Before parting, Gu Yanci patted Lou Qi on the shoulder.

Gu Yanci had been drinking, and Zhou Qi, who had arrived at the last minute, was driving.

Zhou Qi took on a part-time job as a driver and also accepted a new assignment to go to Jiang Xing's father's house.

Feeling guilty about having too many side jobs, Wen Yan promised to double Zhou's bonus for this quarter on behalf of her husband.

"Does Lou Qi have feelings for Jiang Xing?" With the two parties no longer involved, Wen Yan asked Gu Yanci.

"Hmm, he probably likes Jiang Xing quite a bit." Based on Gu Yanci's understanding of his good friend Lou Qi, Jiang Xing was different from all the women he had been with before.

When he said this, there was even a hint of expectant amusement in his eyes—expecting whether someone was about to fall!

"Him? You like him?" Wen Yan rolled her eyes. "Forget it, please beg him to have mercy!"

Wen Yan had known Lou Qi for so many years and knew very well what kind of prodigal son he was. She didn't disbelieve in the idea that a prodigal son could turn over a new leaf, but the risk was too great.

Who knows if it's a prodigal son returning home, or if he'll just keep going in circles and continue his prodigal ways?

"You dislike him that much?" Gu Yanci chuckled.

“Jiang Xing is a well-behaved girl with a very simple upbringing, unlike the women Lou Qi dated before.” Wen Yan was worried that Jiang Xing would get hurt.

Gu Yanci stated the facts: "But her ex-boyfriend wasn't a good person either."

This person actually argued with her?!

This person is openly or secretly speaking up for Lou Qi!

“Yes! Ying Kaian is no good,” Wen Yan snorted, “and all men are no good!”

"Baby, why are we being held responsible for each other's actions?" Gu Yanci said, both amused and exasperated.

Wen Yan sat up straight and began to confront him: "Why is Nan Zhiyi here tonight? What were you whispering to each other when I came in? Were you two being this lovey-dovey before I arrived?"

Gu Yanci pulled her into his lap, nuzzled her delicate cheek affectionately, and asked, "Are you jealous?"