Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

86. You Look Like an Angry Cuckold

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Li Qinghao didn’t introduce himself; instead, he asked directly, “Do you know me?” There were so many famous people around them. He couldn’t understand why Fonda accosted him.

Fonda gave his glass to a waiter and said with a meaningful smile, “What if I say I’m attracted to you?”

This man was well aware of his own advantages. To some extent, he was very self-controlled. Li Qinghao didn’t think he was every body’s darling, so why… “Are the world’s men gay?”

Uh? Fonda didn’t expect Li Qinghao to ask such a question.

“Are you gay?” Li Qinghao’s questions were quite sharp. Fonda had never met such a sharp-tongued person like Li Qinghao. “I’m not gay,” he replied.

“Except for gays, no one would be attracted by a person of the same sex. People of the same sex would either admire or adopt a hostile attitude towards one another. Jealousy is human nature. Mr. Fonda, you are a handsome man of noble birth. I don’t think you are jealous of me. So, what do you want from me?” Li Qinghao had seen many handsome guys and beauties, so he remained unmoved by Fonda’s handsome appearance.

“Hahaha…” Fonda burst out laughing. “Well, maybe I’m too narcissistic. I thought you were gay.”

“If I were gay, would you seduce me?” What the hell was this man playing at?

Fonda answered honestly, “I intended to do so.”

“Even if I were gay, I wouldn’t choose you.” Fonda was completely unlovable. Li Qinghao thought of Nancheng Lie, who had boyish charm and a lovely personality. He looked around and saw Nancheng Lie standing in the crowd with a polite smile. Li Qinghao glanced at his watch. He was surprised that Nancheng Lie didn’t run out of patience yet.

“You like him?” Fonda followed Li Qinghao’s gaze to see Nancheng Lie, who was the centre of attention. “Do you know why Keqi has smoothly ascended the throne without being stopped by other royal families? It is thanks to the Nancheng family.”

“Oh?” Li Qinghao was a bit surprised, but soon he understood what Fonda meant.

“They are best friends, aren’t they? Two years ago the Nancheng family began investing in Leiluo Kingdom for the sake of Keqi. That’s why other royal families didn’t stop him from taking the throne. After all, Nancheng Group has played a very important role in the development of Leiluo Kingdom. Inspired by the Nancheng family, capitalists and businessmen in other countries began to focus on Leiluo Kingdom. Our country is a monarchy. The government’s income is equal to the Royal Family’s, and we will also benefit from it. You know, no one can resist the temptation of money.” While speaking, Fonda stared at the crowd with a smile.

Li Qinghao looked back at Fonda. Maybe everyone loved money, but subconsciously he didn’t think Fonda was so shortsighted.

Fonda suddenly said, “Now I believe that you are Keqi’s sweetheart.”

“Have you seen me before?” Now that Fonda mentioned Keqi, Li Qinghao was convinced that Fonda had an ulterior motive for approaching him.

“Yes, three days ago you rushed into the conference room in your pajamas when we were in a meeting. At that time, you focused on questioning Keqi, so you didn’t notice us.” Thinking back, Fonda felt it very interesting. He was a meticulous man. That day he noticed that when Li Qinghao broke in, Frise suddenly became nervous and Keqi had a concerned look on his face. Fonda’s instincts were telling him that there was a secret among the three of them, so he immediately had his men investigate Li Qinghao.

Then Fonda was told that Li Qinghao was another victim of the shooting of Han Mingxu two years ago. After lying unconscious in the hospital for two years, two months ago he finally woke up. This time Han Mingxu, that was to say, Keqi invited Li Qinghao to Leiluo Kingdom for a trip.

But Fonda didn’t think that it was so simple. So, what was Li Qinghao’s real purpose? Fonda had no idea. To his surprise, Li Qinghao was Nancheng Lie’s ex, and Keqi seemed to show special preference to Li Qinghao.

As a man, Fonda knew from Keqi’s gaze that he cared very much about Li Qinghao. So, what happened that day was not so simple.

“Maybe I can help you.” Fonda suddenly leaned forward and whispered in Li Qinghao’s ear, “I can help you.” Seen from afar, this man looked thin. When he approached, he found Li Qinghao was tall and thin.

Li Qinghao turned his head and Fonda’s lips brushed against his cheek. Fonda was stunned.

“What can you do for me?” asked Li Qinghao, with a smile. His voice was deep and mellow.

Fonda didn’t expect that a man’s face could be as smooth as a woman’s.

Seeing that Fonda had no response, Li Qinghao’s smile deepened. “Is this question so difficult to answer?”

Fonda came back to himself. “You ask me as if you didn’t know.” His heart was beating uncontrollably.

“Qinghao.” Before they knew it, Nancheng Lie had came up to them. He had a cruel, murderous glitter in his eyes. Nancheng Lie pulled Li Qinghao behind him and stood in a protective gesture. Obviously, he was possessive about Li Qinghao. He gave Fonda a glance and turned to look at Li Qinghao. “Just now I turned around, but didn’t see you. I almost thought something happened to you.” With that, he lifted his right hand and gently tucked a dangling lock of hair behind Li Qinghao’s ear. Then Nancheng rubbed his thumb against Li Qinghao’s cheek that Fonda’s lips had accidentally touched just now. His action was noticed by none but Fonda.

Nancheng Lie did that on purpose because he wanted Fonda to be aware of the closeness between him and Li Qinghao. He wanted Fonda to know that Li Qinghao was his.

Fonda smiled and shrugged. He nodded at Li Qinghao and then walked away.

“What are you doing?” After Fonda left, Li Qinghao looked at Nancheng Lie and said in a teasing tone, “You look like an angry cuckold.”

“Humph, so you admit that you’re my wife?” Nancheng Lie grabbed Li Qinghao by the elbow and took him aside.

“Well, I think you’re more like a jealous wife. If I had to choose between being your wife or husband, of course I would choose the latter.”

“Humph!” Nancheng Lie rolled his eyes at Li Qinghao and said, “Stay away from Fonda.”

“He just came here to say hi to me. Nothing happened between us.”

“He’s the guy behind the shooting two years ago,” said Nancheng Lie.

“Oh?” Li Qinghao raised a questioning eyebrow. Nancheng Lie grasped his meaning. Then it came to him that there was another possibility. “At that time, we all thought that Keqi was Xu. When Jimmy came to China to pick up Keqi, he hinted that those killers were sent by Fonda, but he had no evidence. Now we know Keqi is not Xu, so we can exclude the possibility that Fonda is the guy behind the shooting two years ago.”

“Not necessarily. Maybe he once wanted to do so, but someone beat him to it.” Fonda was obviously an ambitious man.

“Yes, you are right. Before Keqi was taken back to Leiluo Kingdom, Fonda’s approval rating was higher than any other heirs. Later, in order to stabilize Keqi’s position as the crown prince, I asked my eldest brother to invest directly in Leiluo Kingdom. For the sake of money, the nobles of Leiluo Kingdom switched to supporting Keqi. But I didn’t expect Keqi to be such an ungrateful and vicious person.”

Li Qinghao burst into laughter. “You have a sharp tongue.”

“Are you mocking me?” Nancheng Lie looked at Li Qinghao with cold eyes. ‘This man is becoming more and more presumptuous. Maybe he masked his real character behind an assumed manner before? If he hadn’t been a yes-man two years ago, perhaps I would have fallen in love with him…’ The thought sent a shiver down Nancheng Lie’s spine.

It was a dangerous idea.

“No, I’m praising you.” He tugged at Nancheng Lie’s sleeve. “Look straight ahead.”

Nancheng Lie looked up to see Frise walking towards them. “Qinghao.” She nodded at Li Qinghao, turned to Nancheng Lie and asked in a polite tone of voice, “Mr. Nancheng, may I talk to him alone?”

Nancheng Lie raised his eyebrows and fixed his eyes on Frise. His thin lips slowly curved upwards into a beautiful smile. He kept silent.

Frise didn’t mind Nancheng Lie’s indifference. “Don’t worry. I will bring him back to you safe and sound,” Frise promised. She knew what Nancheng Lie was worried about. Meanwhile, she was surprised that Li Qinghao seemed to mean a lot to Nancheng Lie.

But she remembered that Nancheng Lie liked Han Mingxu.

Was Li Qinghao the third party?

“Okay, Princess Frise, remember to carry out your promise. I want you to return him intact to me,” Nancheng Lie said meaningfully. But both Li Qinghao and Frise knew what he meant.

“You can rest assured.” With that, Frise walked away.

Li Qinghao followed her out. Nancheng Lie looked at them disappearing in distance. He glimpsed Fonda following them. To his surprise, Fonda looked over his shoulder and gave him a smile, as if to say, “As you see, I follow Li Qinghao and Frise in a flagrant way. What can you do with me?”

Nancheng Lie didn’t mind at all. He would be happy if someone could rob Keqi of the throne. However, before Fonda could walk out of the banquet hall, he was stopped by Frise’s subordinate Hua.

Hua was so beautiful. Nancheng Lie gave a whistle. That beautiful young man was his type. If all this hadn’t happened, he would come to accost that young man.