Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 320 Jealousy

The first floor of the bar was bustling with noise, but following the waiter up to the second floor revealed a completely different world.

Lou Qi was sitting in one of the private rooms. To Jiang Xing's surprise, he was the only one in the room, along with a pile of wine bottles on the coffee table.

Gu Yanci left before she arrived, leaving Lou Qi alone here. Wasn't he worried that something might happen to Lou Qi? What if she didn't come?

How could a good friend act like this... Jiang Xing didn't even realize that he was subconsciously protecting Lou Qi.

Jiang Xing stood silently at the door of the private room, watching the man pour one glass of wine after another into his mouth.

"Bring me more wine—" He gulped down the half-empty bottle of wine in a few gulps. He looked up and called for the waiter to bring more wine, but when he saw the person standing at the door, all his words got stuck in his throat.

Jiang Xing calmly met his gaze.

The man blinked slowly, as if trying to determine whether she was hallucinating or real.

Two seconds later, Lou Qi looked away, lowered his eyes, and wanted to continue drinking. Only then did his alcohol-numbed and sluggish mind remember that he had finished the wine and that he had just wanted to order more.

"Lou Qi, are you still going home?" Jiang Xing finally spoke.

Lou Qi leaned back in the sofa, his legs crossed. While other men displayed their ugly side after drinking, he exuded an innate air of superiority and elegant aloofness in his demeanor and actions.

He frowned, as if he hadn't heard clearly, and beckoned with his finger: "Speak closer."

Jiang Xing didn't really want to deal with the drunkard, but his feet seemed glued to the ground. After a few seconds of this standoff, he gave up and walked over.

—Consider it as her hard work in taking advantage of the situation to abandon the building.

“I said—” Jiang Xing first turned off the music in the room, walked to a stop half a meter in front of him, and said, “Are you still going home? If so, leave now.”

"Go home?" Lou Qi chuckled, his eyes unusually bright and sharp, like a beast staring at its prey. "Jiang Xing, a family is only a home when you're married. Are we one?"

of course not.

She was just his girlfriend, one of many women in his future relationship; how could she dare to talk about marriage with him?

Jiang Xing had always been clear about her position, but hearing Lou Qi say those words with sarcasm still made her feel an inexplicable humiliation, as if an invisible slap had been delivered to her face, warning her not to be presumptuous.

“Of course not.” Jiang Xing said, suppressing his emotions. “I’ll call your personal assistant.”

She took out her phone to make a call, but a large hand swiftly grabbed her wrist, stopping her.

A burning heat emanated from her wrist, and Jiang Xing felt a surge of anger: "President Gu sent me. Since you're unwilling to come with me, then find someone to take care of you and ensure your safety, so that I won't be unable to explain myself if something happens later."

Oh, so feelings didn't come from my own desires.

I was forced to come.

Lou Qi looked listlessly at the woman in front of him, and with a sudden exertion of his arm, Jiang Xing cried out in surprise, and was caught off guard by the force and pounced into his arms uncontrollably.

Lou Qi asked, "Did you pick up Ying Kaian at a bar before?"

Jiang Xing had to support herself against his chest to keep herself from sticking to him.

"He's at a bar entertaining business guests, why would he ask me to pick him up?"

"Oh," Lou Qi said sarcastically, "Looks like he slept with another woman."

Jiang Xing thought this man was crazy. Ying Kaian was her ex from eight hundred years ago, and he was still babbling on and on!

"Oh, looks like I've kept Young Master Lou from sleeping with another woman." She retorted sarcastically, "Let go, I want to go back!"