Chapter 15 Eternity

• Qiao Xuanshuo’s face was terribly cold and gloomy as he stared at the woman who got in the car silently.
• After getting into the car, Yin Rui immediately clasped her palms together and begged him, “Xuanshuo, I’m sorry. Can you drive me somewhere?”
• Yin Rui could sense that the atmosphere in the car had dropped to a dangerously cold level. The man’s anger had surrounded the entire car.
• She did not know why Qiao Xuanshuo stopped the car here or why he was so furious, but she must finish this act right now.
• “Get off.” Qiao Xuanshuo’s words were so cold as if they came from the icehouse.
• Even Xing Chen who was at the driver seat turned his head behind hurriedly and gave a meaningful look at Yin Rui while persuading her with a low voice, “Miss Yin, hurry up and get off,”
• Yin Rui turned back and glanced at Bai Ruoxi who stood at the building entrance. She gritted her teeth and controlled her temper before she asked Qiao Xuanshuo angrily, “You are here to look for Ruoxi? We are getting married soon, why must you still get involved with her?”
• Xing Chen panicked and put a finger to his lips, “Shh, shh,”
• Yin Rui’s face was distorted by rage and she growled at Xing Chen, “Don’t shush anymore.”
• Xing Chen was so taken aback that he froze and immediately turned to the steering wheel. He acknowledged lowly his position and did not want to meddle anymore.
• Yin Rui turned to look at Qiao Xuanshuo again and discovered this man’s facial expression had become extremely dark, gloomy, sinister, and cold to a scary extent.
• She was so nervous that her palm sweated. She was trapped in a predicament now. She did not know what incurred Qiao Xuanshuo’s wrath, but she knew it was definitely not because of her.
• After pondering for a while, Yin Rui decided to take a chance and opened her mouth, “Bai Ruoxi offended you?”
• Qiao Xuanshuo leaned against the seat and slowly closed his eyes. He spat out an extremely cold word from his teeth, “Scram.”
• Yin Rui swallowed her saliva quickly and shifted her position. Not only did she not leave, but she also sat in even more upright posture and mocked him, “Your temper flared up so suddenly. From what I can tell, only Bai Ruoxi can do this to you. Let me guess, is he coming back soon?”
• The man closed his eyes to rest but the hand on his thigh curled into a fist uncontrollably. The veins on the back of his hand were clear as day. The cold atmosphere condensed.
• After sensing the man’s change, Yin Rui’s lips curled into a cold smile, and she spoke in more gentle and compliant tone, “Just now, Ruoxi was telling me how she wishes our wedding will be held earlier so that he can quickly come back from overseas to attend our wedding. Ruoxi is also quite pitiful, being separated from the man she loved for over a year. Long-distance romance is always difficult...”
• “Are you done yet?” Qiao Xuanshuo suddenly spat out a sentence as cold as the fridge. His face had never darkened so much before.
• “What are you scared of?” Yin Rui snorted in laughter coldly, “Hah, it looks like you are really afraid that he will be back.”
• The vein on the man’s neck bulged, his suppressed anger was being incited bit by bit. Even Xing Chen started to become unsettled, he was so afraid that he felt he was sitting on pins and needles at the driver seat.
• Yin Rui reached her hand out to touch her mink fur overcoat. She had made up her mind to rub salt into his wound today and deliberately recalled, “Actually, you should have already given up when you went to the military ten years ago. You gifted Bai Ruoxi the only heirloom your mother left you, but she did not appreciate it at all and passed it to me. She treats you like dirt, but I regard you as a treasure.”
• While speaking, Yin Rui took out a necklace from her neck. The chain was made from platinum and adorned with a priceless rare jade.
• And this jade was a natural four-leaf clover shape.
• Yin Rui slowly took it down from her neck and fondled the necklace adoringly before she placed it in front of Qiao Xuanshuo, “You want to give it to Ruoxi but I have already worn it for ten years. I will return it to you.”
• Qiao Xuanshuo slowly opened his eyes, and his cold gaze fixated on the jade. Before his mother left the Qiao family, she told him that this was named Eternity. It was passed down from his grandmother’s grandmother, generation by generation. He was to hand it over to his future wife and continue the tradition of passing it down to his descendants.
• It did not only represent eternity, but it also represented all of his love.
• Yin Rui had taken this jade out to provoke him several times, and the result was always the same. It was no different this time, Qiao Xuanshuo did not touch it.
• He glanced at Bai Ruoxi who came out of the building from the corner of his eyes. She had waved down a cab. His anger soared rapidly.
• He spat out a sentence coldly from the depth of his throat, “I, Qiao Xuanshuo, would never demand back things that have already been given out. Whether she threw it away or gave it to someone else, it does not concern me.”
• After finishing his piece, he immediately pulled the car door open and got off. Yin Rui did not expect that he would leave and shouted anxiously, “Xuanshuo, where are you going?”
• Qiao Xuanshuo turned to look at Xing Chen and commanded, “Send her away.”
• Xing Chen immediately nodded and stepped on the accelerator. The car drove off in a jiffy.
• Yin Rui clutched the jade and glared at the two people who were outside the car window. She gnashed her teeth in anger.
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• The bone-chilling cold rain fell on Bai Ruoxi’s face helplessly. She had just opened the cab’s door when a long hand from behind slammed the door shut.
• A bang resounded loudly and Bai Ruoxi turned around immediately with fright.
• A wall of flesh was behind her back. A slender, well-built figure dressed in a black windbreaker towered before her eyes. She looked up and saw the man’s handsome face. Her face turned even colder than the rain.
• The man’s face was sinister and cold akin to a stormy night. His gaze was so chilly that it could terrify people. His eyes carried a faint hatred and rage, and he looked as if he wanted to eat her alive.
• This man was nastier than the weather.
• “Xuanshuo, you...”
• Qiao Xuanshuo suddenly gripped her wrist and pulled her into his embrace fiercely. “Ah...” Bai Ruoxi felt her wrist was going to break into pieces. It was so painful that tears gathered in her eyes, and she wrinkled her eyebrows.
• Qiao Xuanshuo slowly spat each word out, “What did I warn you about before?”
• Bai Ruoxi did not have the leisure to listen to what he was saying at all when she looked at her wrist that was about to fracture. She used her free hand to pry open the man’s firm and powerful fingers as she pleaded him, “Xuanshuo, let me go. It hurts a lot,”
• Qiao Xuanshuo remained absolutely unmoved, his rage was still burning as strong as ever. He indignantly denounced her word by word, “I warned you before. Don’t get close to Tang Lide. You turned a deaf ear to my words. How dare you tail him?”
• He still discovered it after all?
• Bai Ruoxi was in so much pain that tears poured out of her eyes. The rain pattered against her body and cheeks. It chilled her to the bone as she shivered. Coupled with Qiao Xuanshuo’s violent treatment, she felt even worse. She choked, “I’m sorry, Xuanshuo. Can you let go of me? My hand is going to break... I beg you... Let go of me...”
• Not only did Qiao Xuanshuo not let go, his free hand suddenly strangled her. He forced her head up.
• Bai Ruoxi could only feel the deep pain at this moment. She felt fearful of the man that was like a devil in front of her. If he used a bit more force, she would shatter into pieces like a clay doll.
• Her tears rolled down her cheeks along with the raindrops against her will. She gazed at the man’s ruthless eyes and her heart dripped blood. She did not hope for his gentleness but why must he hate her so much? Why must he torture her?
• “Bai Ruoxi. If you think that you are very strong, then our deal will end here. You can handle your mother’s matter by yourself,” Qiao Xuanshuo narrowed his eyes that had turned red. No one knew whether they had reddened due to rage or sorrow. His voice was absolutely merciless as he warned her, “If you still need my help, then you need to learn how to obey,”
• Bai Ruoxi inhaled through her painful nose. Her cheeks were also dripping tears from pain. She choked with sobs as she replied, “I will obey. I will comply. I beg you to let go of me.”