Chapter 9 (1/2)

Chapter 9

Before she could recall anything, Li Yan had already removed his hand from her thigh. He said in a husky voice, “Your threat doesn’t work on me. What I’ll do about the information I have depends on my mood. I’m in a pretty good mood tonight, so I’ll let you off the hook for now.”

Qiao Mu immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. If he brought this up after tonight, he would not sound as convincing.

Li Yan turned and left. He stopped at the doorway of the balcony. His voice was cold with a hint of playfulness as he said slowly, “And, I remember saying that I’m not interested in girls with underage bodies.”

‘Underage bodies…’

Qiao Mu widened her eyes abruptly. She was about to ask Li Yan about it, but the latter had walked away without turning back.

A vague memory flashed past her mind, and Qiao Mu stood rooted to the spot in disbelief. The man she encountered on the cruise ship was Li Yan!

Not only did she toy with him when she was drunk, but she had also slept on his bed!

…..

That night, Qiao Mu had a very realistic dream.

She dreamed about the day she first joined the Qiao family. There was a fifteen-year-old teenage boy there, and she was five that year.

Everyone told Qiao Mu that that teenage boy was her uncle. But Qiao Mu did not listen to them and kept calling him “big brother”.

One day, when he was eight, Li Yan migrated overseas with his family, and she no longer got to see her big brother who lived next door.

Qiao Mu did not sleep well that night, and she looked tired when she got to campus. Amused, Chi Xia asked, “Mu Mu, why do you look so worn out? Could it be that things didn’t go well at your stepmother’s birthday party?”

Qiao Mu slapped the table forcefully and glared at Chi Xia. “You’re the one to talk! You didn’t watch your words yesterday, and someone overheard our conversation.”

“Oh, no! What happened after that?”