Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight Falling Into a Trap (I)

A member of the Tang family?

Sister-in-law?

So, this beautiful woman named ‘Youyou’ and Tang Jue…are not the kind of relationship she thought?

Qiqi’s eyes unconsciously fell on the collar of Tang Jue’s shirt. Those two lip prints, both in shape and color, seem to be from the same person.

So…

Am I overthinking?

As a woman, Tang Youyou followed her line of sight and saw through Qiqi’s thoughts at a glance. She smiled, “Sister-in-law, don’t mind, I left these lip prints. When we usually play, we never distinguish between you and me.”

Qiqi felt embarrassed when her thoughts were seen through. She wanted to refute, but in this situation, refutation would only make things worse.

In the end, she just explained softly: “He and I are not actually that kind of relationship…”

“Well, don’t worry, it will be sooner or later. Right, Third Brother?”

Qiqi was even more embarrassed.

It seems that Tang Jue is not the only one in the Tang family who has strong self-confidence, but everyone in their family also has very strong confidence in him.

"You guys play first, I'll come back later." Tang Jue didn't respond to Tang Youyou's words, but took Qiqi's hand naturally, "I'll take you away."

"Why don't you take her to meet the second brother and the others?" Tang Youyou asked.

"Next time." Tang Jue's reply couldn't be more natural.

He pushed open the door of the box and took Qiqi out. Qiqi struggled for a while, but didn't break free, so she let him lead her. Along the way, she attracted countless inquiring eyes. She lowered her eyes and looked at their tightly held hands, and her heart was slightly fluctuating. Before this, she had never appeared in public with any man holding hands like this.

It was like a lover...

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That night, Qiqi lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

In her mind, she always remembered Tang Jue's words 'Qiqi, are you jealous'...

Is she jealous?

She asked herself again and again,

wanting to deny it firmly. But if not, why did she care so much about him calling Wen Xin 'baby'? Are you so concerned about the lip print on his shirt?

Qiqi closed her eyes and pulled the quilt tightly, feeling a little stuffy in her chest. A sense of guilt, along with suppressed emotions, gathered in her chest, like a vine sprouting...

Inch by inch, tightening her heart.

There were only a few days left before the deadline he gave her. At this point, could she really escape his prey?

She was not sure at all.

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The day before the deadline of one month, Tangmen.

In the study, Tang Jue was flipping through a book, and the door of the study was knocked.

"Come in." Tang Jue leaned against the bookshelf and responded.

Jian Qing pushed the door open, "Young Master."

"What's the matter?" Tang Jue glanced at him and continued to flip through the book in his hand.

Jian Qing replied: "Qi Yong's wife, Miss Qi Qi's aunt Jiang Shao, worked for a company whose financing project was found to have problems by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau today. Jiang Shao is one of the persons in charge of this project and bears joint liability. If she is held accountable, she will be imprisoned. Otherwise, use 5 million yuan to make up for the financing gap this time."

"Well, I guessed it a month ago." Tang Jue replied calmly, without even raising his head.

"You guessed it a month ago?"

"Otherwise, why do you think I should give Qi Qi a month?"

Jian Qing suddenly realized.

So that's it. The young master's one-month deadline is just waiting for Miss Qi Qi to fall into the trap. He considered, "Then...this time, you don't plan to help her again?"

In fact, before this, Tangmen had secretly helped twice and solved crises for Jiang Shao.

"It depends on Qiqi's performance." Tang Jue closed the book and threw it back on the bookshelf. "Is there any news from the Civil Affairs Bureau today?"

When it comes to this, Jian Qing shook his head with embarrassment, "No. Not only is there no news, but... Miss Qiqi is on a business trip today..."

Tang Jue snorted coldly, and his face turned colder.

This little woman is more stubborn than he thought!

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On the other side.

Qiqi was taking pictures of models at the beach.

She remembered that today was the last day of Tang Jue's so-called deadline, so she was a little absent-minded all day.

In the afternoon, after taking pictures, she went back to the hotel room.

"Qiqi, your phone has been ringing non-stop. It has been ringing all afternoon!" Ye Wan, who shared a room with her, said to her when she entered the room.

Qiqi was distracted for a moment.

...Is it Tang Jue?

Today is the last day. With his temper, it is impossible for him not to look for her.

"What are you daydreaming about? Go check it out. If you don't check it out, it'll ring again." Seeing that she didn't move, Ye Wan nudged her with his elbow.

She came back to her senses, said "Oh" softly, and put the camera down.

She walked to the bed and took out the phone under the pillow. She thought it was Tang Jue, but when she saw all the missed calls, she unexpectedly found that it wasn't.

She subconsciously checked all the calls. There were 15 missed calls in total, but none of them were from Tang Jue.

In addition to her uncle Qi Yong, there was her cousin Qi Yu.

So...

He didn't look for her.

Qi Qi felt that she should be relieved, but inexplicably, a little bit of loss climbed up her heart. This contradictory mood was really bad.

She didn't think about it anymore, got up, took the phone and went to the window to call her uncle back.

The call was dialed, and within a moment, the phone was connected.

"Qiqi, where are you now?" Qi Yong's tone was a little anxious.

"I'm on a business trip now. Did something happen?"

"Tell your uncle honestly, have you offended Tang Jue recently? Are you two still involved?"

Qiqi's heart skipped a beat when she heard the word "Tang Jue". "Uncle, why did you suddenly mention him?"

"Your aunt's company was suddenly targeted by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau recently. As expected, there was a problem today, and your aunt was taken to investigate. I'm worried that there is a black hand behind the scenes."

Qiqi pursed her lips and subconsciously held the phone tightly.

It happened to be today...

The one-month deadline Tang Jue gave herself was today! Could it be that it really has something to do with him?

"Uncle, I don't know about this. I'll make a call first. I'll get back to you later." She wanted to ask clearly.

"Are you going to call Tang Jue?" Qi Yong guessed what Qi Qi was thinking. "Qi Qi, you don't know how deep Tang Jue is. Don't be fooled by him."

"...I know. I'll hang up first."

Qi Qi didn't talk to Qi Yong for more, and hung up the phone. She was a little confused.

She took a deep breath and dialed the number that she had memorized even though she didn't save it.

After two rings, it was connected.

"Looking for me for your aunt's matter?" Before Qi Qi could speak, Tang Jue's voice came from the other side.

Qi Qi's breathing tightened, and her heart was cold.

Although she knew that Tang Jue had many means, and he was always cruel and merciless, but...

Hearing his words, she realized that it turned out that she was not expecting such an answer...

His gentleness made her feel for a moment that this man was not as bad as she thought.

But now it seems...

Those were just her illusions.

He is still him. Still the Tang Jue who is good at playing tricks on others.

Due to special circumstances today, all the manuscripts in my memory have been used up, plus there is a classmate gathering in the middle of the night, so I can't finish it all at once. The remaining two chapters will be made up for you tomorrow during the day. The New Year is over, and I have to concentrate on studying and working~~