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"Did you do it on purpose?" When Qiao Xuan went to confirm the menu from the waiter, he clenched his teeth and looked at Sheng Liang.

Sheng Liang sipped some tea and declined to comment: "You should know my relationship with Qiao Xuan, so I advise you to retreat if you know the difficulties."

"Your relationship with each other is fake." Did he think that he had not investigated!?

Sheng Liang chuckled. "How do you know that's not true?"

"Whether it's true or false has nothing to do with me. Leave Qiao Gang or your Sheng Family will be stepped on. Don't you know how powerful our Mafia is?" The Chinese man in front of him probably didn't know that he was here to buy Golden Age. When the time came, even the ants would be inferior to the third young master of Sheng Family, but this matter was still a secret and he couldn't reveal it.

Sheng Liang scoffed and ignored him. Was the legendary heir of the Senior Family only this intelligent?

When Qiao Xuan returned, he saw the two of them had different expressions. The atmosphere seemed to be different so he couldn't help but ask, "What were you two talking about just now?"

Senior hugged his shoulders and sat there, not saying a word.

Sheng Liang's body slowly leaned forward on the table, and he said with a frown: "I think I'm starting to have a stomachache."

The pain in his stomach was real, but not unbearable. It was just an exaggeration.

Seeing him like this, Qiao Xuan was extremely worried. She supported him and asked, "Does it hurt really bad, do you want to go to the hospital?"

Sheng Liang shook his head, but his expression was still painful: "No need, it'll be fine after a while, help me massage it."

Qiao Xuan was at a loss as to what to do, but hearing him say that, without even thinking, he agreed immediately.

Although the temperature outside was very low, the hot air in the dining room was very strong. Everyone took off their coats and placed it at the side, so Sheng Liang only wore a shirt, with one of his hands on his stomach, he gently massaged: "Is it better like this?"

Sheng Liang nodded, feeling her soft hands rubbing against his clothes, his previous thought became even stronger.

Senior watched them from the side and suddenly stood up. "Qiao, I'll be leaving first!"

When he said it, his tone was very heavy. Actually, he wanted Qiao Xuan to stop him, but he didn't expect Qiao Xuan to only say "Okay".

Sheng Liang watched as Senior left in a huff, and he also held onto Qiao Xuan's hands: "Alright, I'm fine now."

Qiao Xuan originally wanted to immediately take his hand off, but he was frightened by the temperature of his hand: "Why are your hands so cold, put on your clothes."

Seeing Qiao Xuan taking his jacket and putting it on him, he did not object, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Seeing the look in his eyes, Qiao Xuan realized once again that she seemed to be subconsciously tensed up about him.

The restaurant was extremely hot and Qiao Xuan's face was still blushing. Adding her current cute short hair, she looked even more cute, not like her usual strong woman at all.

He didn't think about it in the past, so he didn't think it was possible either. However, the more Sheng Liang looked at it now, the more he found it impossible to shift his gaze away from her.

She helped Sheng Liang fill a bowl and said lightly: "After we finish eating dinner in a while, I'll have Xu Yi send you back."

"Why didn't you send me off?" Sheng Liang turned to look at her, asking even though he already knew the answer.

Qiao Xuan's gaze avoided his gaze and her heart slowly sank: "I still have things to do."

"Qiao Xuan —" Sheng Liang reached out to grab her hand, but she panicked and dodged him, "I have something to tell you."

Qiao Xuan suddenly stood up, walked to the side and sat down, but kept his head down: "If it's a matter of work, you can directly tell Xu Yi, if it's a private matter, then it's better not to say anymore."

From his performance today, Qiao Xuan could roughly guess what happened. No, it wasn't early nor late, and it was right when Senior appeared that he wanted to use her to deal with Senior.

She admitted that even now, she still couldn't end her humble single love affair. However, that didn't mean that she would help him without any limits.

Her thoughts, would naturally not escape Sheng Liang's eyes. It was just that even though he knew that she had misunderstood him, he had no way to refute her.

Fortunately, he was glad that he had discovered this before she had completely left his world. In the days to come, he would do everything he could to ask for her forgiveness.

Sheng Liang still called Luo Jie over. He understood that there were some things that couldn't be rushed and needed to slowly heal because of the huge wound in Qiao Xuan's heart.

The sky was gray, and the temperature was dropping lower and lower, as if it were going to snow.

Seeing Qiao Xuan's car disappear, Sheng Liang asked Luo Jie in a low voice: "Has anything happened over at the Old Master's side?"

Luo Jie shook his head: "Nothing. I was in the middle of a meeting a moment ago, saying how to recover the losses caused by the loss of your project data."

Sheng Liang squinted, "He really can hold it in."

With Sheng Tianhao's keen senses, he should be able to detect something very quickly. However, he still had not checked his accounts, and was even pretending to hold a meeting, what was he thinking about?

"Young Master Liang, could it be that Chairman already knew of our plan and was purposely cooperating with us?" Luo Jie carefully looked at Sheng Liang's expression. He knew that this argument would definitely make Sheng Liang disgusted.

Sheng Tianhao, is that possible?

Sheng Liang snorted coldly, then walked to the side of the carriage. No matter how Sheng Tianhao thought about it, his plans had no way to stop.

In the end, what Sheng Family owed them and their son many years ago still had to be paid in such a manner.

After work in the afternoon, Xu Yi came in and said to Qiao Xuan, "Boss Qiao, Young Master Liang is waiting for you in the parking lot."

Qiao Xuan was thinking about taking her to see Yang Sen at night, but she left at noon. She thought that Sheng Liang must be angry, but did not expect him to come back.

After packing his things, Qiao Xuan took the elevator down to the underground parking lot. Just as she heard the sound of a car horn, she looked over and saw Sheng Liang's car.

"You drive." Sheng Liang pushed open the car door for her, and said lightly.

Qiao Xuan sat on top of the bed and wanted to ask if he was still feeling unwell, but after hesitating for a long time, he didn't manage to ask.

"Maple Leaf Hotel." Sheng Liang leaned on his seat and turned his head to watch her drive. From this position, he could clearly see Qiao Xuan's expression.

Maybe because his gaze was too hot, Qiao Xuan's face was burning a little as she said with a frown: "If you're like this, I can't even drive properly anymore."

"I didn't do anything." Sheng Liang spoke innocently.

Qiao Xuan now knew why he had let her drive the car. She no longer spoke and didn't look at him.

Luckily the Maple Leaf Hotel was not too far away, and they quickly reached it. Qiao Xuan alighted from the carriage and heaved a sigh of relief.

When they walked in together, Sheng Liang suddenly grabbed her hand. Sensing that she wanted to struggle free, he tilted his head and whispered into her ear, "From now on, if I say that you are my girlfriend, otherwise, you would be taken advantage of by that perverted Yang Sen."