Chapter 77: I Like Her So Much
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"Stop!"
The man’s voice, chasing with his little gang, echoed through the noisy and lively water park, like a bunch of bully geese, biting hard and refusing to let go of the two groups.
While running, Ji Xiao and Qi Qi each took Wei Qingyu and Qiao Ni and ran toward a fork in the path.
Without needing any words, the two of them looked at each other, then ran down different paths.
That one move made the man and his gang stop in their tracks.
The man wiped his cheese-covered head, then shouted angrily, “What are you standing around for?! Split up and chase them!”
Cool wind howled past their ears, and the water on the ground splashed up onto the girls' running legs.
Ji Xiao tightly held Wei Qingyu’s hand as they ran through the streets of the water park, while the people chasing them looked fierce and angry.
They looked just like a couple on the run.
“How is it? Can you still keep up?” Ji Xiao looked back at the man and his buddies while asking.
“I’m okay.” Wei Qingyu was slightly out of breath, but she did not seem hurt.
Ji Xiao felt a bit relieved, but her eyebrows still stayed furrowed.
No matter how well she and Wei Qingyu could run, those people behind them were like mad dogs. It was not a good plan to keep running like this.
That man also said his uncle was in charge of this water park. If they got caught, it would be real trouble.
She had to find a place to contact the bodyguards at home.
Just then, Ji Xiao saw a few water park gear shops in front of her.
The little stores were small, packed full of all kinds of things. The stalls were even spread outside. It looked like a pretty good place to hide and shake those people off.
So while the group behind had not caught up yet, Ji Xiao dragged Wei Qingyu into one of the shops and quickly locked onto a pile of messy swim rings on the east side of the room.
The shop owner saw the two unexpected guests rush in and instantly got annoyed. He shouted in a bad mood, “Hey! What are you doing?! Why are you coming into my store?! If you want to buy something, go to the stalls at the front!”
The situation was urgent, so Ji Xiao quickly pulled a few red bills out of her pocket and slapped them into the shop owner’s hand. “Just act like you didn’t see us.”
“Hey hey hey, okay!” The shop owner had a bad temper, but the moment he took the money, he instantly smiled with joy.
He nodded his head and even helped Ji Xiao and Wei Qingyu by stacking more swim rings around them.
“Hey, did you see two girls just now? Around seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen?”
Right then, the man came over with his little gang, and his fierce voice sounded like he was about to eat someone alive.
The shop owner kept stacking swim rings while shaking his head. “No, Brother Zhu.”
The space was already small, and now even more swim rings were shoved in, making the distance between Ji Xiao and Wei Qingyu shrink all of a sudden.
The minty scent spread out from Wei Qingyu’s wet long hair. She was not standing very steadily, and the swim rings beside her gently shifted along with her wobbly legs.
Ji Xiao saw what was happening and quickly pulled Wei Qingyu into her arms.
The girls had just done some heavy running, so their skin was covered in a thin layer of sweat.
Now, sticking tightly together, their scattered pheromones quietly started to mix and heat up in the stuffy space.
Two hearts from two different chests started pounding wildly at the same time.
“Really?” The man said as he knocked something on the store counter. “Don’t try to fool me.”
The knocking sound was sharp and loud—Ji Xiao immediately recognized it as the sound of a baton hitting the table.
She stared at the shopkeeper’s shadow and couldn’t help but feel nervous.
The shopkeeper had long suffered under this man and knew what kind of person he was, so he kept pretending to stay calm and covered for them. “Brother Zhu, how could I fool you? I really didn’t see them. Just now, two customers came in and I was busy helping them.”
The man looked at the shopkeeper and felt like he wouldn’t dare mess with him, so he said, “Alright, but if you see those girls I mentioned, you better tell me. I’ll be back later.”
“Sure thing.” The shopkeeper forced a smile as he watched the man leave with a pair of goggles from his stall. His palms were full of sweat.
Hearing that, Ji Xiao and Wei Qingyu, hiding behind the pile of swim rings, finally let out a quiet sigh of relief.
The scent of peach brandy clung to Wei Qingyu’s throat with each breath the girl exhaled, and the burning sensation from the liquor made her cheeks flush hot.
She looked at Ji Xiao, who was holding her tightly, and softly whispered near her ear, “Thank you.”
Too close. It was far too close.
Ji Xiao could feel the vibrations in Wei Qingyu’s throat with every syllable she spoke, along with that warm, minty breath.
The sunlight overhead filtered through the transparent swim rings, refracting into brilliant colors within Wei Qingyu’s eyes.
Ji Xiao’s arm tightened slightly around the girl's waist. Everything around her felt dreamy and surreal, as if they were in a dream.
Even many years later, when Ji Xiao stood again on that bridge they had crossed countless times, remembering this day—
She still felt that these were the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen.
After a while, Ji Xiao finally said softly, “…You’re welcome.”
She then struggled to pull out her phone from her pocket and said, "I'll contact our bodyguards right now. I won't let those guys off the hook."
"Actually, it’s not—"
"Hey, hey, hey! Big brothers, what are you doing? This is my storeroom! You can’t just walk in here!"
Before Wei Qingyu could finish, the shopkeeper's panicked voice cut through the air.
Ji Xiao’s hand froze mid-dial. Instead, she shifted her wrist downward, gripping her phone like a weapon — the only one she had on her.
The space was too tight. If it came down to a fight, they'd have no choice but to risk it all.
"Miss!"
The pile of swim rings in front of them shifted as someone called out. Ji Xiao moved instinctively, shielding Wei Qingyu behind her, ready to fight back.
But then she saw the arm — the tattooed one she knew all too well.
"Brother Xie Yong?"
"Miss Ji?"
Almost at the same time, the two of them let out surprised exclamations.
Ji Xiao looked at Xie Yong, who was dressed unusually properly in front of her, feeling both surprised and happy.
From the way he just called out “Miss,” it turned out he really did become a bodyguard assigned to protect Wei Qingyu, just like what was written in the original article.
It seemed that the thing Wei Qingyu was about to tell her earlier was also this.
Ji Xiao let out a small breath of relief.
Luckily, she had not contacted her own family.
If her people had run into the one protecting Wei Qingyu, would that not have brought her trouble?
“You two know each other?” Wei Qingyu looked at how familiar Ji Xiao and Xie Yong were with addressing each other and found it a bit odd.
“That time I saved you, I asked him to help.” Ji Xiao explained.
“Back then I was still a little gangster. I only joined Brother Hu’s people after that.” Xie Yong rubbed his buzz-cut head and added awkwardly.
Wei Qingyu nodded after hearing that and gave a small smile. She only felt that the world was really small.
The few of them talked as they walked out of the shop. Those few guys who had been acting so cocky just now were now surrounded by a bunch of strong men, squatting in a corner, not daring to make a sound.
Just when Ji Xiao thought it felt super great, she saw two familiar figures walking from afar.
Qi Qi and Qiao Ni were also brought over by Wei Qingyu’s family bodyguards to meet up.
“Sister Qi, are you two okay?” Ji Xiao quickly ran over and looked at Qi Qi with concern.
Qi Qi shook her head. Qiao Ni then said very gratefully, “Luckily, Sister Qingyu put her GPS watch in my backpack. If not, we would’ve been in big trouble. We were just one step away from being caught.”
“Thank you, Sister Qingyu.” Qiao Ni said this as she returned the white mechanical watch to Wei Qingyu.
Wei Qingyu shook her head and said, “It’s nothing.”
Just as the four of them were feeling lucky after the danger, a skinny Beta man came walking over.
That man squatting in the corner suddenly got full of himself and shouted loudly, “Don’t act so cocky! My uncle is here!”
“Shut up!” The Beta man instantly opened his eyes wide in anger. He turned his head and looked at the big strong man walking behind him and gave a smiling face, saying, “Mr. Liu, please don’t mind him. It’s my fault for not teaching him well. You’re a big person with a big heart, please just let my nephew off this time.”
Liu Hu gave a cold laugh when he saw this. “It’s easy for me to let you off, but Mr. Chen won’t allow it. You better worry about yourself first. All these years as the manager here, you’ve taken quite a lot of money for yourself, haven’t you?”
When Liu Hu said that, everyone’s faces showed different emotions.
That Beta manager was full of fear.
Ji Xiao, Qi Qi, and Qiao Ni were secretly enjoying it in their hearts.
But Wei Qingyu’s eyes turned a bit unreadable at that moment.
The last thing she wanted was to alert Chen Linji, but Liu Hu still spilled it without knowing.
Chen Linji never liked her getting too close with the Ji family. She didn’t know what he would say to her this time.
The trip back was moved earlier because of this sudden event. Qiao Ni was a little tired and fell asleep leaning on Qi Qi’s shoulder right after getting into the car.
Ji Xiao looked at Wei Qingyu sitting beside her and felt that under her calm face was something heavy. In the rearview mirror, Liu Hu’s low-key black Wuling van was following behind, escorting them back to the hospital.
Ji Xiao hooked Wei Qingyu’s finger and asked softly, “What’s wrong?”
Wei Qingyu turned to look at Ji Xiao after hearing her, and the deepest secret in her heart almost came out.
She didn’t know that Ji Xiao already knew everything. She opened her lips slightly, hesitated, but still said nothing. She only shook her head and said, “I’m just a little tired.”
Ji Xiao saw clearly the change in Wei Qingyu’s eyes just now. She knew Wei Qingyu had something to say to her, and she also understood her hesitation. So she didn’t push her and just went along, saying, “Then sleep for a bit. After all that running, even Qiao Ni is exhausted.”
“Then let me borrow your shoulder for a bit.”
Wei Qingyu said that, and without caring whether Ji Xiao agreed or not, she laid her head on her shoulder.
Her round head gently rested on Ji Xiao’s neck, and a soft fragrance came out from her thick black hair.
Ji Xiao tilted her head slightly and could see Wei Qingyu’s high nose bridge. Her long lashes drooped like little fans. She really looked tired.
The green plants outside the window flew backward quickly, and on the glass, the reflection showed the girls leaning against each other.
Ji Xiao could smell the minty scent floating out from Wei Qingyu’s neck. That uncontrollable heartbeat made her so eager for her birthday to come.
So eager to tell her with her own mouth…
“Bzz bzz.”
Two buzzes from the phone pulled Ji Xiao back from her daydream.
[Qi Qi: Sister Xiao, I really like her.]
Ji Xiao looked at it and quickly replied: [Sister Qi, I really like her too.]
Sunlight bounced between the streetlights and green plants, making the inside of the car flash bright and dark.
Ji Xiao glanced at the front seat and caught Qi Qi turning to look at her. The two Alphas, each with a beloved Omega resting on their shoulder, shared a smile.
Before the sun went down, the car returned to the hospital’s inpatient department.
Wei Qingyu exchanged a few polite words with Liu Hu, then he left with his men. The four of them snuck into the elevator together.
"Wow, just now was even more thrilling than riding the water slide ten thousand times," Qiao Ni said.
Hearing that, Qi Qi's eyes showed not just displeasure but also worry. "What’s there to be happy about in something like that? How am I supposed to feel at ease with you doing stuff like this?"
"Ai, I’m just thinking back on it a little. Besides, I’ve got you to protect me from now on, so what am I scared of?" Qiao Ni said proudly, then scrunched her nose at Qi Qi in a tsundere way and walked straight into Qi Qi’s hospital room.
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This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com please read it there. and check out other stories too.
But what happened next made all four of them freeze at the doorway.
The room was brightly lit. The human-shaped decoy made of blankets that Qi Qi had used was now neatly folded at the foot of the bed.
An Cen, who should’ve been out at a meeting, was sitting in the chair with her white coat on, arms crossed in front of her chest, not saying a word.
