100 Days Of Escaping My Wedding-Chapter 108: To Protect Xiao Qiao_1

Last time Xiao Rou actually went to D City to see Qin Yao, but not long after she ran back home and hid in her room crying.

From that time on, she felt something was off, so she had Xiao Shen go to see what happened exactly, and after Xiao Shen went to D City and came back, she only said it was all groundless, and the matter ended there.

However, watching her daughter wasting away in silence day by day, she, as a mother, couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

"Auntie, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving first. I have a press conference this evening and need to prepare for it in advance," Qin Yao stood up.

"Wait a minute, why are you leaving so soon? Go up and have a look at Xiao Rou!" For her daughter’s sake, Gu’s mother softened her tone.

Qin Yao halted his steps and nodded.

He pushed open the door to Gu Xiaorou’s bedroom.

She was sitting on the carpet in her thin pajamas, surrounded by torn and crumpled photographs.

Clutching a photo of Qin Yao and Gong Xiaoqiao intimately embracing under the ambiguous streetlights, she exhibited none of her usual innocent joy, only a face filled with jealousy.

She spoke softly, "Qin Yao... what do you think would happen if I gave these photos to the press?"

Qin Yao picked up a blanket from the bed and draped it over Gu Xiaorou’s shoulders, gently holding her as he spoke in a voice soft and tender, "My dear, do you think that the things your private investigator can capture, the press cannot? It’s not that they don’t publish them, it’s that they don’t dare!"

Gu Xiaorou’s body shook violently, and she turned her head in shock, staring at him, "To facilitate your affair with Xiaoqiao, you’ve bought off all the journalists beforehand?"

Qin Yao laughed lightly, "I don’t have such abilities. These pieces of news were intercepted by your brother."

"That’s impossible! Why would my brother help you guys?" Gu Xiaorou retorted in disbelief.

Qin Yao casually picked up a photo, "He is not helping us; he’s doing it to protect Xiaoqiao."

"No... my brother wouldn’t help outsiders! Why, why are you telling me all this!!!" Gu Xiaorou screamed hysterically.

"Shh! So loud; do you want everyone to know we’re arguing?"

Qin Yao said, holding her affectionately and sitting her on the bed, "Fool, do you trust me so little? My involvement with Xiaoqiao is just for show, to stir up publicity." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

"Really...?"

"How many times must I say it for you to believe that my heart only has room for you..."

"Qin Yao..." Gu Xiaorou gazed at him blankly, as though she had suddenly returned from hell to heaven.

"No more wild thoughts. I’m about to go to work; you should be good at home, and don’t make uncle and auntie worry..."

Gu Xiaorou looked at the man before her with eyes full of panic and unease, feeling that something about him was different. Even though his expression was gentle, his tone patient, why did she feel a chill run down her spine?

...

Tai’an Residential District.

Gong Xiaoqiao stood with one hand on her hip and the other wielding a spatula, glaring at the man who rushed in with groceries, "Look at the time! I’ve been waiting for you to cook this meal so long I could have recited the ’Surangama Sutra’ from beginning to end!"

"Sorry, are you hungry? Something held me up!" Qin Yao apologized, sweating profusely, not minding her foul mood one bit.

Gong Xiaoqiao pouted, "You went to see Gu Xiaorou, didn’t you! You’re covered in her scent..."

Even her sulking, jealous demeanor was pleasing to the eye...

"How about I cook lunch today as penance?" Qin Yao’s voice was full of indulgence.

Gong Xiaoqiao looked terrified, "Forget it! With your cooking skills, don’t torture me!"