"Just lie down quietly and take your medicine. Don’t be naughty or make trouble for the next few days."

Nie Yixiao had worked as a doctor while undercover in S Country, and now he could tell she just had a common cold.

Qiao Yongyong, seeing that being sick didn’t soften him, fluttered her eyelashes and pulled his hand towards her.

"Are you trying to take an inch and then a mile again?" Nie Yixiao’s eyes turned cold, but then he paused mid-sentence.

Qiao Yongyong pressed his hand to the palm print on her left cheek: "...and this, too. It hurt so much when you hit me yesterday."

Nie Yixiao knew that this girl was deliberately trying to provoke his guilt so that he couldn’t get angry with her.

Her voice was sticky like sugar-coated threads, easily ensnaring someone’s heart and making it difficult for them to get angry.

He frowned, guessing she probably learned it from her past boyfriends, yet he couldn’t help but lightly trace the outline of the palm print on her cheek.

"Look, Brother Yixiao, is it swollen? What if I’m disfigured and no one wants me?" She wasn’t bad at flirting.

He withdrew his hand, not falling for her trap, and scoffed lightly, "How could nobody want you?"

She probably has a queue of boyfriends waiting after all.

Finally, Qiao Yongyong’s expression turned serious, and she asked earnestly, "Then Brother Yixiao... are you not angry with me anymore?"

At this moment, the girl didn’t seem like the vivacious heiress of a Mafia Gang, but just like a child begging for forgiveness.

He spoke frankly, "If next time you dispose of someone’s personal belongings without notice again, it won’t just be anger you’ll face."

She persisted, "I wasn’t just throwing your stuff away, I just think that one can only be happy by looking forward. I know you and Miss Chu had a past together, and those memories are precious and beautiful, but no matter how beautiful, if they keep you stranded forever... it might be better to let them go."

His brows knitted with a flicker of annoyance as the mood that had just started to improve soured again, and he suddenly held her chin, unwilling to let her continue, "What do you understand? Do you have memories? Do you have a first love? Your memories consist of changing boyfriends every year, right? As for your first love, you probably don’t even remember who the man was. If a relationship can be thrown away that easily, it only proves two things; one, it was never true love, and the other,"

He paused, his eyes filled with sarcasm, "is that you’re a flirtatious heiress who treats love as a game!"

Qiao Yongyong’s face flushed red with agitation.

Is that really how he sees her, as someone so promiscuous?

Yes, she admits there are many men who pursue her, and indeed she likes handsome guys and beauties.

What can she do with naturally strong charm and luck in love?

That doesn’t mean she doesn’t take feelings seriously, though.

Just then, Nie Yixiao released her chin and stood up: "Rest well."

Qiao Yongyong saw him about to leave and suddenly remembered something, "Brother Yixiao~~"

He suddenly felt a headache coming on; this woman was unusually clingy, but somehow he could not speak to her as sternly as before: "Speak."

"So, you... you won’t really stop protecting me, will you?" She remembered the harsh words he’d said yesterday, her face turning gloomy, "I’m used to you!"

Nie Yixiao was silent for a moment, and ultimately left without saying anything, striding out.

Qiao Yongyong could tell from his eyes that he wouldn’t give up on his job halfway and breathed a sigh of relief.

*

As soon as Huo Zhenyang returned to Disheng, he heard from the servants about Qiao Yongyong running to the swimming pool in the middle of the night to retrieve Nie Yixiao’s engagement ring and getting a fever from it.

What the diamond ring was about and what it was for – he coaxed a few sentences out of the servants and got everything.

Lawyer Yang had already reported to him about Nie Yixiao asking Jiayi to Haitian Pavilion yesterday.

Huo Zhenyang basically understood everything.

The diamond ring was something Nie Yixiao gave to Jiayi.

What else could a man giving a woman a diamond ring mean?

Nie Yixiao actually couldn’t wait to propose to that young woman.

Is he dead now?

He had already returned to Yunling, yet Nie Yixiao was still so rampant.

If he wasn’t there, then what?

After the servant left, the BOSS’s face darkened, his whole body temperature dropped to below zero, creating an icy aura. George saw everything, and couldn’t help but advise, "BOSS, that engagement ring is still with Mr. Nie, which means that the young madam hasn’t agreed, right? I reckon that for now, it’s probably just Mr. Nie acting on a whim without a second thought."

That’s because the divorce agreement’s terms had bound her hands, right?

If not for that clause in the agreement, if not for Lawyer Yang’s constant supervision and warnings, perhaps that young woman would have been quite willing to rekindle the flame with her old lover.

Fine.

Since she likes to attract bees and butterflies, he doesn’t mind being decisive about driving them away for her! 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The matter of the proposal cannot be repeated a second time.

This time, is the last time.

He will help her cut ties completely.

Shortly after, Huo Zhenyang’s dark voice squeezed through his teeth, "Check what cases Nie Yixiao’s bodyguard business has taken on recently. The bigger, the better. Immediately."

Of course, the bodyguard business had more than one task during the same period.

Although Nie Yixiao’s bodyguard business is currently hired by the Huo Mansion to protect Qiao Yongyong, it also takes on other cases.

George turned to make a phone call. Fifteen minutes later, he came over and reported, "Three days ago, Mr. Nie’s bodyguard business took on a job, an overseas politician is visiting China, and they are transiting through Yunling. Mr. Nie’s bodyguard business is responsible for ensuring his personal safety."

"Who?"

"It’s said to be Dongying Country’s Cabinet Minister, Mr. Inoue Keino."

"Good," Huo Zhenyang’s eyelids lifted.

You want to steal his woman? Then he’d dent his pride.

*

That day, after leaving Nie Yixiao and running out of the restaurant, Jiayi hadn’t seen him again for several days.

She wanted to make a call to Nie Yixiao and talk about it, but she really didn’t know what to say.

If they bumped into each other and he brought up this matter, how should she respond?

She knew that the proposal Brother Yixiao prepared must have taken him a long time, and she just left him in a panic, ruining his sincerity.

Brother Yixiao must be feeling terrible.

After thinking it over, she could only transfer her anger to Huo Zhenyang.

It’s all that man’s fault!

That evening, just after finishing work at the bridal shop, Jiayi received a call from Xia Tingxuan, inviting her over for dinner.

Lately, because she had been busy with designing costumes for the movie crew, she indeed hadn’t visited mommy for a long time. Without much thought, she nodded, "Okay, mommy, I’ll pick up Zaizai from the kindergarten and then head over."

Xia Tingxuan quickly said, "No need, daddy has gone to pick up Zaizai. Just come directly."

Jiayi didn’t say much, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, she drove for less than half an hour and arrived at the new residence of daddy and mommy.

Chu Yanhan and Xia Tingxuan, after getting married, were originally supposed to return to the Chu Family in S Country.

But Xia Tingxuan had always insisted on staying in China.