Chen Xiao kicked open the door, and Li Ziqing, holding a spoon, was momentarily stunned.
Then, Chen Xiao strode forward and kicked over the bowl of soup in Li Ziqing's hand.
Li Ziqing gritted her teeth, her face filled with shock and anger.
Had this Chen Xiao gone mad?
But immediately, a wry smile appeared on her face.
"You're finally going to blame me, aren't you?"
Chen Xiao looked confused. "The soup was poisoned, why would I blame you?"
Li Ziqing froze and looked at the ground, her face turning pale with shock.
The soup that Chen Xiao had kicked over was hissing and emitting wisps of white smoke, clearly not normal.
If she had drunk it, what would have happened?
Just then, a sinister voice came from behind Chen Xiao.
"Kid, you ruined my good deed!"
Turning around, Chen Xiao saw the delivery man in the yellow vest.
Chen Xiao sneered and snorted, "Fortunately, I arrived in time. If I had been a few seconds later, you would have succeeded!"
The man in the yellow vest let out a cold laugh.
"Kid, since you're meddling, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"There's no road to heaven for you, but you've barged into hell... Hooooah!"
With a strange cry, the man in the yellow vest drew a seven-inch soft sword from his waist, a flash of silver light.
The soft sword was very flexible, and its blade was extremely sharp, emitting a cold, chilling gleam.
The man in the yellow vest swung the soft sword at Chen Xiao, and bursts of sword light flickered.
Ziweiwei, Lanwawa, ten thousand rays of auspicious light, a thousand streams of auspicious colors.
The sword tip arrived in an instant, like a spirit snake flicking its tongue!
Zing!
A muffled hum!
The body of the soft sword was still vibrating.
But the tip of the sword was already caught between Chen Xiao's two fingers.
The pupils of the man in the yellow vest shrank sharply, and he looked at Chen Xiao in disbelief.
"Kid, who exactly are you?"
Chen Xiao sneered, "You are not worthy to ask me questions!"
As he spoke, Chen Xiao's two fingers were as sharp as scissors.
With a few crisp snaps, the soft sword was cut into pieces.
In the end, only the hilt remained.
The man in the yellow vest was furious.
"Kid, you destroyed my precious sword!"
Chen Xiao grinned.
"Not only did I destroy your sword, I'm going to destroy you too!"
Before the man in the yellow vest could react, Chen Xiao's large hand grabbed his neck and pressed him against the windowsill.
The hospital room was on the thirty-fourth floor, and half of the man in the yellow vest's body was hanging in the air.
As long as Chen Xiao exerted a little force and pushed him down, he would fall to his death, shattering into pieces.
"Now you understand, only I am qualified to ask questions!"
Chen Xiao said calmly, "I ask you, why are you trying to harm someone? Who sent you?"
"Heh heh, brat, you have no idea what a terrifying existence you've provoked!"
To Chen Xiao's surprise, the man in the yellow vest was not afraid at all.
"If you know what's good for you, let me go, otherwise, you will regret your recklessness today!"
Chen Xiao frowned.
"What I hate the most is being threatened. Since you won't say, then you have no reason to live!"
Chen Xiao tightened his grip slightly. He didn't intend to kill him; he just wanted to scare the man in the yellow vest.
However, at this moment, he suddenly felt his grip loosen.
Looking again, the man in the yellow vest had somehow escaped his grasp.
Chen Xiao's gaze sharpened. "Bone shrinking technique?"
And it was during this moment of stunned silence that the man in the yellow vest leaped out of the window.
Chen Xiao leaned his head out of the window and looked down.
He saw the man in the yellow vest clinging to anything he could grasp, scrambling down at an extremely fast speed.
In just a few seconds, he had climbed down several floors and jumped back in through a window.
By the time Chen Xiao tried to pursue him, he couldn't even find a trace of him.
Chen Xiao couldn't help but chuckle. "This guy's strength isn't much, but his agility is quite impressive!"
Li Ziqing was acting very strangely. For someone who had just survived an assassination attempt, her composure was too calm.
A moment later, Chen Xiao figured out some things and returned to Li Ziqing.
"You know who he is, don't you?"
Li Ziqing did not deny it and nodded.
Chen Xiao continued, "The last time you were bitten by a venomous snake, it was also him, wasn't it?"
Li Ziqing nodded again.
Chen Xiao:
"So you knew he would come to kill you again."
"So you stayed in the hospital and didn't go out."
"So you paid a high price to keep me by your side, just so I could save your life at a critical moment, right?"
Facing these questions, Li Ziqing still did not deny them.
Chen Xiao fell silent.
Li Ziqing asked, "Are you angry?"
Chen Xiao replied, "Why would I be angry?"
Li Ziqing said, "Because I used you."
Chen Xiao sneered, "You paid money, so it's not exactly using me."
Li Ziqing pouted and mumbled softly, "You're still angry."
Was Chen Xiao angry? He didn't know himself.
But he had to admit that Li Ziqing today had impressed him.
He recalled their first meeting, the pitiful and helpless look in Li Ziqing's eyes.
However, looking back now, it was probably from that moment on that she had already planned for Chen Xiao.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao felt that this was truly a woman with deep schemes.
Anyone who thought her heart was as fragile as her appearance was a fool.
Chen Xiao was a fool.
Because he had to admit that everything he had done for Li Ziqing.
Was because from the first time they met.
This woman had used her weakness and helplessness to evoke his strong desire to protect her.
They were both silent for a long time, an awkward atmosphere filling the air.
Finally, Li Ziqing broke the silence.
"I'm sorry, I admit I used you. That person was an assassin sent by the Liu Sect..."
Chen Xiao waved his hand to interrupt her.
"You don't need to say anything more. I don't want to hear about your affairs, and I don't want to be involved any further."
Li Ziqing said a soft "oh," and after a moment, she spoke again.
"But you're already involved. You've offended an assassin from the Liu Sect, and they won't stop until they've killed you."
Chen Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Do you think I'm afraid of them?"
Li Ziqing then mumbled softly and pitifully.
"You're not afraid, but I am..."
Chen Xiao looked away.
Because he realized that his damned desire to protect was starting to stir again.
But some things could not be stopped.
Chen Xiao sighed, "Fine."
He held out a finger.
"Ten million a month, and I can protect you."
Li Ziqing's eyes lit up with surprise and joy.
"Really? Can you guarantee that they won't kill me?"
Ten million was nothing compared to her life.
Chen Xiao snorted, "A mere ten million doesn't even guarantee my assurance!"