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116. The Negotiation Between Li Qinghao And Frise

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

“Yes, I betrayed you, Your Highness.” Jimmy replied frankly. “I can’t agree with what you are doing.” Everyone had a heart of sympathy. Even Jimmy, an outsider, thought what Frise had done to Keqi was unreasonable.

“How dare you?” Frise flew into a rage, her face turning red. “Since when have you betrayed me?” Jimmy was used to be her most trusted subordinate, so she had sent him to spy on Keqi. But she hadn’t expected him to betray her.

“This is the first time that I have betrayed you. I’m sorry, Your Highness, I’ve betrayed your confidence. But I really didn’t have the heart to hurt Keqi. This time when I went to the hotel to pick up Mr. Nancheng and Mr. Li, I finally made up my mind. In the hotel I told them what happened and promised to co-operate with their plan. The reason they were able to escape from your villa was because I gave them a topographic map of the area around the villa.”

“You…” Frise trembled with anger. “What about that woman? Was it you who brought her here?”

Just now Frise recognized that woman at first glance, because that woman had a brief fling with Keqi. In order to achieve her goal, Frise had hired various women to have sex with Keqi, but for some unknown reason, none of them had been pregnant. That woman was one of them.

That woman could prove that Keqi was not gay. And meanwhile, her existence was a piece of irrefutable evidence of Frise’s dirty tricks and wild ambition.

“So, what do you want?” Frise knew that Jimmy was just a chessman and Nancheng Lie was her real opponent. She wiped the blood from her lips, picked herself up and looked at Nancheng Lie.

“What do I want?” Nancheng Lie snorted with laughter. “Your Highness, you should know there are many ways to make a person disappear.”

Frise calmed down a little and laughed, “If you do so, I will thank you for ending my life.” Frise was indeed a clever woman. She quickly composed herself and tried to find a way out of her dilemma.

Since things had come to this, death couldn’t solve the problem.

“Haha…” Nancheng Lie burst out laughing. “Your Highness, don’t worry. I won’t kill you. After all… we are relatives.” Since he had a close relationship with Xu, Frise could narrowly be regarded as his relative. Since they were relatives, he should take care of her to the best of his abilities. Nancheng Lie’s lips curled into a cold smile. He stood in the dim light, looking like an innocent devil.

What?

Frise couldn’t understand what he said.

“Have you finished your conversation?” Just then, the door was pushed open again. Li Qinghao stood at the door, arms crossed. He gave Frise a cold look and then let his eyes settle upon Nancheng Lie’s face.

“You are awake!” Nancheng Lie gave all his attention to Li Qinghao as soon as Li appeared. He strode to the door and said, “Do you feel any discomfort? Why didn’t you go on sleeping? Did this woman wake you up? Rest assured, if she makes any more noise, I will stuff her mouth with a towel…”

In order to stop Nancheng Lie from go on speaking, Li Qinghao covered Nancheng Lie’s mouth with his hand. “I think it’s you who should shut up!” Why did he always behave improperly?

Hearing this, Nancheng Lie’s face appeared to be depressed. He looked at Li Qinghao with puppy dog eyes, as if to say, “Why are you so unromantic?”

“Okay.” Li Qinghao raised his arms in surrender. “Can you tell me if you two have reached an agreement?” As a mature man, Nancheng Lie was 188 centimetres in height, but he often stared at Li Qinghao with puppy dog eyes. Li Qinghao felt that Nancheng Lie was like a childish, immature boy.

“No, we haven’t come to the real point.” Nancheng Lie answered. He reached out to feel Li Qinghao’s forehead. “Are you okay? Your forehead feels scalding hot.” There was an abnormal flush in his cheeks.

“Maybe I have a fever.” Li Qinghao shook off Nancheng Lie’s hand and continued, “Since you haven’t started yet, let me talk to her. I don’t mind you playing games, but we have to solve problems first. We are running out of…” Li Qinghao paused. To be more exact, he wanted to say, “I’m running out of time.”

But for fear of worrying Nancheng Lie, Li Qinghao swallowed the words that he was going to say. He felt a steady stream of heat rising up inside him. Li Qinghao knew that the virus in his body had begun to mutate. He lied to Nancheng Lie, saying that he had a fever, and he knew that Nancheng would soon see through his little ruse. So, he had to go back to China as soon as possible.

Nancheng Lie furrowed his brow and looked at Li Qinghao for a long while.

Li Qinghao raised a questioning eyebrow and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing much. I also want to get this over with as soon as possible, and then lead a normal, happy life with you, just like before.”

Jimmy had left the room. Frise eyed Nancheng Lie and Li Qinghao with interest. There was an ambiguous atmosphere between them. It was so strange.

Although she had witnessed their intimacy at her villa yesterday, she still couldn’t understand why Nancheng Lie transferred his affections from Han Mingxu to Li Qinghao. She had always thought that Nancheng Lie loved Han Mingxu deeply and Li Qinghao had an ambiguous relationship with Keqi, but now she realized that she was wrong.

Li Qinghao came straight to the point, “Princess Frise, I want you to give up the throne of Leiluo Kingdom.”

“Give up the throne?” Frise didn’t want to laugh at Li Qinghao, but what he said struck her as extremely ridiculous. “Why should I give up the throne?”

“I’m not negotiating with you, Your Highness. You are smart, and you should know we have found convincing evidence of your crime which is enough to make you notorious in Leiluo Kingdom.” Li Qinghao leaned back on the sofa. His voice was soft, like a breeze caressing listeners’ cheeks.

“Since you are so confident, why did you agree to play the game with me yesterday?” They could have threatened her yesterday. Why had they chosen to cooperate with her game?

Li Qinghao replied honestly, “Because at that time I was not sure that Keqi was safe.”

“Now you are not worried about his safety?” asked Frise.

“Yes. Perhaps in your view, the worst thing is that you and Keqi end up in ruin together when the truth is brought into daylight. But if you perish with him, what you’ve done over the years will be meaningless, and you will be back to square one. It will be a pity to let it all go to waste; do you think so?”

“Humph!” Frise snorted.

“You want to achieve the equality of men and women in Leiluo Kingdom, right?”

Frise’s eyes flickered momentarily at Li Qinghao.

“Leiluo Kingdom has always been ruled by the males. Do you think its people can accept a woman as their leader? Stop daydreaming and be realistic. It’s absolutely impossible for you to take the throne and improve the status of women in a short time, because the men of Leiluo Kingdom won’t support you. But if you entrust Keqi with the task of improving women’s status, things will go smoothly.”

Li Qinghao had the persuasiveness to make others change their minds. It could be seen from Frith’s knitted brows that she was seriously considering his suggestion. “What do you want me to do?”

Li Qinghao said word by word, “Let Keqi continue as the king, and meanwhile, give him his freedom.” Freedom was what Keqi wanted most, but he couldn’t be free of Leiluo Kingdom for the time being.

Frise raised her head and looked suspiciously at Li Qinghao. “Why are you so concerned about him?” She couldn’t understand why Li Qinghao tried to protect Keqi. If it was Nancheng Lie who stood up for Keqi, Frise would think it understandable.

Li Qinghao smiled and refused to answer her question, “I think I have the right to keep silent.”

“I have another question.” Frise pointed to Nancheng Lie and said, “Mr. Nancheng, since you already know that Keqi is not Han Mingxu, why are you being so calm about it?” Frise regretted asking the question as soon as the words were out. The thought of what Nancheng Lie had done to her a few minutes ago sent a chill up her spine. How could she be so stupid? She shouldn’t have tried to provoke Nnancheng deliberately.

Nancheng Lie curved his lips into a smile and said, “Rest assured, some day I’ll avenge Xu.” But now he had to follow Xu’s advice and help Keqi overcome his difficulties first.

Keqi was kept in the dark when Frise left. She walked out of the villa. The beautiful man named Hua was waiting for her at the gate. “You are so slow,” said Frise.

Hua bowed gracefully to Frise and replied, “I’m sorry, but I think it’s not late.” He cast a cold glance into the villa and asked, “What are you going to do with them, Your Highness?”

Frise shook her head. “It’s not the time.” Nancheng Lie had evidence against her and therefore, she dared not do anything to hurt Keqi for the time being.

But anyway, she must do everything to destroy all the evidence of her crime. A murderous glow appeared in Frise’s eyes.

“Is it okay to let her go away like that?” Mu Ming touched his own face. ‘Thanks to the mask, Frise didn’t know who I was. Otherwise, after she was set free, she might get even with me and my life could be in danger,’ Mu Ming thought to himself.

“Let her go? Are you joking?” Nancheng Lie narrowed his eyes and asked with a sarcastic smile on his face. “Do you think I’m a broad-minded man?” He just needed some time to make preparations.

“No, I don’t think so,” Mu Ming answered.

“You are right. My hatred for her is intense, but it’s not the right time to take revenge on her.”

In the guest room.

Keqi was lying in bed. At the beginning, he pretended to be asleep in order to relax the driver’s vigilance. But gradually, he felt sleepy and then fell asleep. When he woke up, he saw Li Qinghao standing at the end of his bed.

“Qinghao.” Keqi lifted his hands to press at his throbbing temple. Maybe it was because he was very tired recently that he hadn’t been awakened by the sound of Li Qinghao’s footsteps. “Why are you here?” Unlike those who were dazed and dizzy when they woke up, Keqi was very clear-minded.

“Do you mind if I tell you a story?” Li Qinghao asked. “A story about Han Mingxu.”