Qi Jingren’s phone rang at a very inopportune moment. Qin Shaobai had just pressed her against the kitchen counter and hadn’t even had the chance to take it further when she fished out her phone from her pocket.

Qin Shaobai had to let her go, leaning against the nearby wall, eyes burning as he watched her steady her rapid breathing, then answer the call: "Hello."

"I told you, you better not get too close to other men, or I’ll take his life."

As soon as the person on the other end spoke, Qi Jingren recognized who it was. Besides Bei Mo, no one else would dare to threaten her and be so disrespectful.

"If you dare take his life, I’ll dare take yours." Qi Jingren was very calm, not swayed by the threat.

"Take my life?" Bei Mo laughed heartily: "The power of our Bei Family isn’t that great, but Mr. President is somewhat apprehensive of us."

"Ridiculous." Qi Jingren said, "My father is a dignified President, holding real power, why would he fear your Bei family?"

"He doesn’t fear us, but he wouldn’t dare touch us. Do you know why?" Bei Mo laughed even louder, "Because your father owes my father his life. Back when he faced danger, it was my father who risked his life to save him. If it weren’t for my father, your father would have long been dead, and how could he be where he is today?"

Qi Jingren didn’t know that there was this connection between her father and the Bei family, so she never understood why her father was apprehensive of the Bei family until now.

"So what?" she asked calmly.

"Nothing much, I just want you to know that even if I kill someone, no law can touch me because I have my father as a backing, and my father has your father as a backing. Jingren, do you understand what I mean?" The man on the other end spoke with complete confidence. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"You can try." Qi Jingren said, "If you kill someone, there’s someone to protect you, and if I kill someone, there’s also someone to protect me. And the difference between us is, I can kill you, but you can’t hurt me in the slightest."

"Exactly." Bei Mo was still laughing: "So now what I’m going to do is kill the man who’s with you and wait for you to come kill me, so we can have a showdown. Losing to you — that kind of feeling is probably very exciting and thrilling."

Towards the end of his speech, he even clicked his tongue twice deliberately, the sound reaching Qin Shaobai’s ears. His brows furrowed, and he immediately snatched the phone from Qi Jingren, placed it to his ear, and said coldly, "If you’re a man, don’t skulk around. That just makes people look down on you. If you want to kill me, I’ll give you a chance. Tonight at nine, West City Pier, Warehouse 17."

At that moment, Qi Jingren suddenly snatched the phone back, hung up, and tossed the phone aside before meeting Qin Shaobai’s gaze, saying blandly, "He’s crazy; you can’t play his game."

"Whether I can or can’t, I have to try to know." Qin Shaobai looked at her, his expression unprecedentedly serious. He was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "Qi Jingren, you listen well, I’d rather die than let you be wronged even a bit for my sake. A man should bear a man’s responsibilities; a man who needs a woman to protect him is not a man at all."

"Who says you’re not?" Qi Jingren insisted, "I say you are, so you are."