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    Qiao Qiao looked at Qin Ruicheng, who shook his head, suggesting that she wait and see what happens.

    The two of them wore garlands and sat in the back seat of the Land Rover. The car started and the strong wind from the Pacific Ocean blew people’s eyes away. Qiao Qiao held Qin Ruicheng’s hand tightly, but he didn’t feel very scared.

    The car stopped not long after driving. The leader jumped out of the car and asked Qiao Qiao and Qin Ruicheng to get out.

    Qiao Qiao looked around. It was a white building, a bit like a terminal, very clean and tidy, and it seemed that not everyone could enter.

    The airport is just behind this white building, not far away.

    There are two soldiers standing at the door of the white building. Qiao Qiao still doesn’t know where he is now and which country the land beneath his feet belongs to. However, the soldiers’ uniforms look a bit like an army trained in the British system. Maybe this country has been colonized before?

    Well, that’s a huge range… It’s better not to think about it.

    The leader had a high status, and the soldiers all saluted him. Soon a few more people came out of the building, all dressed more formally. They chattered a lot of words that Qiao Qiao didn’t understand, and then led Qiao Qiao and Qin Ruicheng in under the leader’s instructions.

    After turning a few corners, a beautiful large restaurant appeared in front of him, and the table was filled with delicious food. Qiao Qiao was even more surprised. Could it be that these people had worked so hard to force them down with fighter planes just to treat them to a meal?

    No, the captain should be there too, but except for her and Qin Ruicheng, everyone else in the room was from the country.

    After waiting anxiously for a while, the leader came back. He changed out of his previous military uniform and wore a set of more everyday clothes.After the leader sat down, he asked someone to pour wine for Qin Ruicheng and the others, and chattered a lot. Fortunately, there was a translator present this time, but unfortunately it was an English translation. Qiao Qiao could only wait for Qin Ruicheng to finish listening before translating to her.

    After the leader finished speaking, he raised his glass. Seeing Qin Ruicheng raise it, Qiao Qiao followed suit and raised it too. The three of them drank a glass of wine together, and the leader left, accompanied by his men to continue eating.

    As soon as the master left, Qiao Qiao couldn’t wait to ask: “What’s going on? What does he want to do?”

    “There is no harm. We are friends of his Chinese friends, so he wants to entertain us.”

    “Chinese friends? Your friends?”

    Qin Ruicheng shook his head: “I don’t remember having such a powerful friend.”

    “It’s even more impossible for me! He won’t recognize the wrong person, right?” Qiao Qiao pressed his temples in pain, “When can we leave? If he finds out that he has recognized the wrong person, will we be in misfortune?”

    “We can’t leave for the time being. He said someone else is coming to take us back to China. We have to wait here.”

    Qiao Qiao: “…”

    Qin Ruicheng: “Eat first, don’t be hungry.”

    “That’s right, you can’t die of starvation…”

    Both of them were indeed hungry. Although there was something to eat on the plane, neither of them was in the mood at that time.Now that the situation has become more bizarre and dangerous, I can eat in peace.

    The island cuisine has a unique flavor. It is mainly sweet and spicy, a bit like Mexican food, and is paired with a thick green juice. Although it looks disgusting, it tastes very refreshing and has a grassy aroma.

    After eating and drinking, Qin Ruicheng called someone to shave off the remaining hair on the back of his head. Now he was completely bald.

    The barber brought him a kerchief and fiddled with it a few times to turn it into a small hat. Qin Ruicheng didn’t want to wear it, but the barber explained in broken English that the sun here was strong and his scalp would get sunburned if he didn’t wear a hat, so Qin Ruicheng accepted it.

    After that, the two of them were taken to a place similar to a tea room. There were Japanese tea ceremony items on the table. The person who led them explained that they were specially prepared. Qiao Qiao looked at the Japanese elements in the room and felt that it was still too difficult to explain the differences between Chinese and Japanese cultures. That was it.

    After drinking a few pots of strange-tasting tea, someone came in and chatted in English, and then the two of them were taken out and got into another car.

    On the way, Qiao Qiao asked Qin Ruicheng where he was going. Qin Ruicheng said that the plane to pick them up had arrived and that he was going to the airport.

    “Do you think… anyone will really come to pick us up?”

    “I don’t know, let’s go first.” Qin Ruicheng shook her hand, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

    Qiao Qiao smiled: “Okay.”

    When he arrived at the airport, he could see a very beautiful private jet parked not far away, with the Chinese flag spray-painted on the tail fin. Qiao Qiao’s eyes were sore after seeing the red color. He felt like he had finally met his relatives after traveling thousands of miles. His mood was too complicated.

    There was a beautiful flight attendant standing in the cabin. Qin Ruicheng repeatedly confirmed her name with her. The other party nodded and said yes, this plane was indeed here to pick up Qiao Qiao and Qin Ruicheng.

    For the time being, there is no other choice but to take one step at a time.

    After the plane took off, Qiao Qiao felt a little relaxed. He looked at Qin Ruicheng. The man was staring out the window and didn’t know what he was thinking.

    Qiao Qiao felt it was time to explain clearly, so he recounted all his experiences after arriving at Paradise Island. Of course, he also avoided the important and minimized the minor. He did not mention a word about the dangers encountered in the insect fighting competition. He only generally attributed it to his luck and won the championship under Jian Baiyou’s guidance.

    “Rescuing you is actually a deal between me and him. I help him win that wish, and he returns you to me.” Qiao Qiao said with difficulty, “It’s not what you think. I actually live a good life on Paradise Island.”

    Qin Ruicheng didn’t speak for a long time.

    The man just looked at her like this, with a look of pain in his eyes. After a while, he reached out and took Qiao Qiao into his arms.

    “There’s one more thing I have to confess.” Qiao Qiao said dryly, “Jian Baiyou and I are actually——”

    “Needless to say.” Qin Ruicheng shook his head, his voice trembling, “None of this is important.”

    He kept burying his face in Qiao Qiao’s shoulder for a long time. Qiao Qiao felt that her shoulder was a little wet, but she was not sure. She thought it would be better not to say anything.

    “Promise me one thing.” Qin Ruicheng finally raised his face, his eyes were red and bloodshot, “Don’t do this again. It’s more uncomfortable for you to risk saving me than to kill me.”

    “This is impossible.” Qiao Qiao said truthfully, “I will definitely save you. If you ask me to choose again, I will still go to Paradise Island.”

    “Can you be more sensible!” Qin Ruicheng raised his voice, “If it weren’t for Jian Baiyou and Song Qiyan, you would have died eight hundred times!”

    Qiao Qiao said calmly: “There is nothing I can do. I can’t help but watch you die. I can at least have a clear conscience if I save you. I don’t want to live in self-blame for the rest of my life.”

    “You -” Qin Ruicheng gritted his teeth, “Qiao Qiao, why don’t you understand! This is my own business and has nothing to do with you! Even if I want to rescue them, Song Qiyan and the others are there, so what use can you do?”

    Qiao Qiao looked at him quietly and shook his head: “Don’t try to lie to me. I know there is a so-called ‘tacit understanding’ between you. You just want to die alone and leave me to them. Of course, these have nothing to do with me. I only do what I think is right. You don’t have to accept it, but I won’t give in.”

    At this point, they couldn’t talk any more, so neither of them paid any attention to the other for the second half of the journey. Qin Ruicheng crossed his arms over his chest and his face turned black. Qiao Qiao also turned his head and moved to the other side of the sofa. He didn’t say another word until the plane landed.

    It was already night when we arrived, and there were only sporadic lights flickering outside the windows. This private airport is located on the outskirts of the imperial capital. It occupies a small area but has complete facilities.

    Qiao Qiao thought that the mysterious man who picked them up would show up, but after getting off the plane, the surroundings were deserted. Only one staff member greeted them and led them out.

    Qin Ruicheng’s belongings were all gone, and there was an impostor occupying a place in the Qin family. He couldn’t go back yet. Qiao Qiao thought about it and decided to find a house to settle him down first. Although Qin Ruicheng had returned to China, he couldn’t protect himself now. To be on the safe side, it was better to stay away from the other men.

    Just as I was thinking about where to rent a house, a large white light suddenly lit up in front of my eyes.

    Qiao Qiao subconsciously raised her hand to cover it. Her eyes were stabbed and she was temporarily blinded. She only felt that there was light in all directions, as if it was trying to swallow her.

    Qin Ruicheng grabbed her wrist and protected her behind him.

    “Qin Ruicheng, let her go.”

    Song Qiyan was wearing a long black windbreaker, holding half a cigarette in his right hand, crossing his long legs and sitting slightly on the hood of the car.

    Those dazzling white lights came from the high beams of the sports car behind him, and not just this one, but four cars and eight beams of light, like a big net, covering Qiao Qiao and Qin Ruicheng who had just stepped out of the airport.

    Qiao Qiao opened her mouth. She looked around and found that not only Song Qiyan was here, but also Zhou Yuanchuan and Liang Jize. She tried to draw a sense of stability from these familiar faces, but strangely, they all became strange and alienated, something Qiao Qiao had never seen before.

    Even Zhou Yuanchuan, the best-tempered one, didn’t have a trace of smile in his eyes.

    Qiao Qiao subconsciously held Qin Ruicheng’s hand.

    But unexpectedly, the man broke away from her.

    “Go.” Qin Ruicheng didn’t look at her, “It’s time for you to go back.”

    Qiao Qiao’s eyes widened: “What do you mean? Where are you going? You can’t go back to Qin’s house now. You have to stay with me. You are in danger!”

    Qin Ruicheng didn’t say anything. He raised his hand and pushed her hard. Qiao Qiao was caught off guard and staggered a few steps. Then her wrist hurt, and she was firmly held in Song Qiyan’s hand.

    “Don’t blame her, I asked her to go.” Qin Ruicheng looked at Song Qiyan calmly, “Come at me if you have anything.”

    Song Qiyan put the cigarette to his mouth and took a deep breath.

    With this puff, he almost burned out the remaining half of the cigarette. The cigarette butt was thrown at his feet, and his expensive leather shoes lightly stepped on it, crushing it to pieces.

    Following his action, two men got out of the car and held Qin Ruicheng on the left and right.

    Qiao Qiao became anxious when he saw it, and struggled: “Hey, what are you doing? You-”

    Her arm hurt like tearing, and she was pulled back hard, and her body fell straight into Song Qiyan’s arms under the influence of inertia.

    It was obvious that he had been away for many days, but Qiao Qiao only felt scared at this moment.

    “No! Let me go! Qin Qin, he’s still——”

    Song Qiyan circled her with one hand and easily suppressed all her resistance. At the same time, he pinched her jaw and forced Qiao Qiao to open her mouth.

    “Um–cutting the forest (what to do)–”

    The strong smoke rushed into her mouth along with the smell of alcohol, and the mixture made Qiao Qiao almost vomit. She widened her eyes in horror, trying to confirm whether the face in front of her was the one she was familiar with.

    Her lips were rubbed repeatedly, and the sharp teeth bit hard through the internal mucous membrane. The taste of blood exploded in her mouth with a pop. Qiao Qiao gasped in pain, but she immediately felt something being pushed deep into her throat, and she swallowed it involuntarily.

    She soon knew what it was.

    Because she immediately lost consciousness.

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