Bow to tempt the peach

Chapter 27 Settle the accounts tonight

After waking up, exhaustion came over him, and there was a slight tingling sensation in his temples. After listening to Cheng Qi's words, Xu Youtao felt a deep sense of weakness.

Cheng Qi, this stepbrother, is a good person in the traditional sense, caring and caring for her, but the better he treats her, the more she feels like he has betrayed his family of origin.

She just wanted to keep a distance from him and his family.

"He is my friend." Xu Youtao suppressed all the thoughts in his heart and said calmly, "He helped me today."

The word "friend" seemed to please Lu Chenyan. His expression turned from gloomy to clear, and then he provoked in front of Cheng Qi: "Your brother is not very polite."

Cheng Qi's smile didn't change, as if he didn't hear the provocation in Lu Chenyan's words, and still smiled gently, "That's it, I'm sorry."

After saying this, his eyes still fell back on Xu Youtao, and his tone of voice was as close as an outsider could get in. "Xiao Tao, I'll take you back."

He acted as if he already knew that Xu Youtao had come to the Shanghai stock market.

Xu Youtao took a sip and nodded slightly.

She knew that Cheng Qi looked gentle, but was actually a very persistent person. Even if she didn't agree now, he still had other ways to investigate what happened to her in Shanghai during this period. The Cheng family was quite powerful in Shanghai.

The smile on Cheng Qi's face widened a little. He nodded to Lu Chenyan first, and then held Xu Youtao's arm like a gentleman.

The turning point happened so quickly that the hotel receptionist had an expression of amazement on his face.

Lu Chenyan's face darkened again, and his cold expression made people's hearts palpitate.

Fortunately, Xu Youtao didn't forget him. When she followed Cheng Qi out, she didn't forget to turn around and wave to him, "Goodbye."

"Thank you for today."

Lu Chenyan's jawline was tense, and his handsome face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. He was very dissatisfied with Xu Youtao's behavior of burning bridges.

Who is he?

Use it when you want, throw it away when you want?
He subconsciously wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Zhao Jin who came to his senses, "Boss, that's Miss Xu's brother."

What is this called!
"Ha." Lu Chenyan gave him a cold look, and finally watched Xu Youtao's back disappear at the door of the hotel.

Zhao Jin breathed a sigh of relief and complained in his heart.

……

At the entrance of the hotel, Xu Youtao and Cheng Qi stood side by side on the roadside, waiting for the assistant to drive over.

The evening breeze blew by, making people more and more awake.

Xu Youtao's heart no longer felt the joy of successfully signing a new job letter of intent. Instead, it became heavy because of the unexpected meeting with Cheng Qi.

Cheng Qi's mood was opposite to his.

"Peach."

"When did you come to Shanghai? Why didn't you contact Auntie and I?"

The aunt he refers to is his stepmother and Xu Youtao's biological mother. Even though they have gotten along well with each other for more than ten years, he still has not changed his mind.

He also recognized and loved Xu Youtao from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Youtao's silence went away with the wind, and she smiled reluctantly, "I'm busy with work."

Cheng Qi stopped talking. He knew that she was estranged from his family, but in his opinion, it was just the little girl who was over the top. Sooner or later, he would figure out that she and they were also a family.

Two young girls passed by, holding milk tea in their hands and chatting animatedly.

Cheng Qi glanced at it and said, "Would you like some milk tea?"

After finishing speaking, before Xu Youtao could answer, he added: "Since you drank, I'd better buy you a cup of honey grapefruit tea to relieve your hangover." Before Xu Youtao could react, the man strode towards the milk tea shop not far away. , the words she had not yet spoken were stuck in her throat.

Xu Youtao was silent for two seconds, then lowered his head and rubbed the ground with his toes. He really hadn't changed at all.

She and Cheng Qi first met during the summer vacation when she was nine years old. It had been a full year since her mother, Wang Wan, remarried to the Cheng family.

That summer vacation, her grandparents couldn't help Wang Wan's pleas and softly agreed that she come to Shanghai to spend the summer vacation.

In a small rural town, her father died early and her mother remarried, and she was ridiculed as a little girl who was unlucky.One is a young master from a wealthy family who grew up in a big city. At that time, her grandparents were worried that she would be bullied.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Qi, who was only 13 years old at the time, liked her very much. He looked after her and cared about her all day long.

But she didn't like Cheng Qi. In her young eyes, Cheng Qi was the culprit who took away her mother and caused her to be ridiculed in her hometown.

But who cares about a little girl's wishes? Because Cheng Qi called her sister, she must also call him brother.

Because Cheng Qi liked her so much and wanted to stay with her every day, Wang Wan almost broke his promise and forced her to transfer to Shanghai.

This happened many times when she was growing up.

She knew that Cheng Qi was innocent. He had always wanted to play the role of a good brother, but... Xu Youtao broke away from the memories and closed his eyes. Some people just have no fate.

"Tsk, where is your good brother?" A sinister male voice sounded from behind, causing Xu Youtao to frown.

She knew who was speaking without looking back.

This kind of tone is always sarcastic, except for Lu Chenyan.

Xu Youtao was in a bad mood now and didn't want to talk to him. She just raised her head and glanced at him, then lowered her head and continued to stare at the ground in a daze.

"Why are you pretending to be serious?" Lu Chenyan's words were thorny, with the word "unpleasant" written on his face.

On the bustling street, the two good-looking people became an eye-catching sight in the night scene.

Lu Chenyan ignored the gazes of others and still stared at Xu Youtao, then asked, "Is that man really your brother?"

His words made Xu Youtao's already not good mood even worse. She rarely said in a bad tone, "None of your business."

Her complicated family relationship has always been a taboo point for her.

Lu Chenyan was rarely angry, but he could tell from her words that her relationship with Cheng Qi was not as close as he thought, and his mood became strangely better.

I was almost fooled by someone named Cheng. One was named Cheng and the other was named Xu. What kind of brother and sister could they be?

"Let's share a car and I'll take you back on the way." He said good-naturedly.

Xu Youtao looked at him in surprise, but still refused.

"Need not."

Now that I have met Cheng Qi, I still have to make it clear to him, otherwise Cheng Qi will not give up.

In just a few words, before Cheng Qi came back, his assistant had already driven the car over.

Of course, assistant Cai Xingping knew Xu Youtao's identity. Seeing Lu Chenyan appearing next to Xu Youtao again, he immediately got out of the car cautiously, and then opened the rear door for Xu Youtao.

"Miss, why don't you wait in the car, and you can have some rest."

Xu Youtao really felt uncomfortable, so she thanked her and got into the car.

Lu Chenyan, despite Cai Xingping's anti-thief gaze, calmly knocked on the car window. When Xu Youtao looked over, he smiled carelessly.

"Miss, please settle tonight's bill."

　Friends, see you tomorrow~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)