Qi Ce tightly held onto Li Qin, regretting his previous words.

Li Qin pressed against his chest and realized Qi Ce was wearing men's cologne, the one she had bought for him.

Every time he came to see her, he wore that kind of perfume.

She regained her composure and said in a conciliatory tone, “Maybe you should stay away for now. My aunt has noticed something fishy about that man’s death and is secretly investigating it.”

"So what?"

"Qi Ce didn't care at all, "I have the ability to poison them, and I'm confident they won't be able to find out. Don't worry."

"I'm afraid what if?"

"Xia Qin, don't worry, if it's really me, I will take full responsibility. I won't let you suffer any more."

Li Qin's eyes turned red in an instant. "I don't want you to sacrifice so much for me."

"The man held her face with tenderness, "I would give you my life, what's this?"

Li Qin 'moved' to throw herself into Qi Ce's arms.

In places where Qi Ce couldn't see, his eyes were cold. "I don't want you to risk your life for that kind of scum. He deserved it. You are the one I love, so I killed him."

Some images flashed in my mind, a dim room, a man tearing at her dress, humiliating her with words, threatening to tell Huo Mingzheng...

How many days and nights.

Li Qin closed her eyes in pain.

Qi Ce hugged her tightly, "It's all my fault. If I had discovered that beast's actions towards you sooner, you wouldn't have suffered so much."

Li Qin's disgust and killing intent were unconcealed in her eyes, her whole body trembling uncontrollably. She said weakly, "Let's not talk about him anymore. I don't want to hear anything about him."

"Okay, let's not mention it again."

Li Qin wrapped her arms around his waist and whispered, "Listen to me, okay? Don't meet for a while recently. I'm afraid the Huo family will find out, and then it will be troublesome. If I marry in sooner, I can implement the plan sooner, and we can leave Nancheng earlier."

Qi Ce said reluctantly, "I miss you, what can I do?"

"I miss you too, let's just bear with it for now."

Qi ce kissed the top of her head, his lips trailing down to kiss her eyes, nose, and lips.

When he kissed Li Qin's lips, she pushed him away with her hand.

Qi Ce followed the flow and held her hand, whispering, "Xiao Qin, please don't refuse me, okay? Just once, I want you just once. Otherwise, I really can't bear to not come see you for a long time."

A glint flashed in Li Qin's eyes, and she relaxed her jaw.

Qi Ce missed her too much. He tried to see her several times when he was abroad before, but later he killed her uncle to help her. It has been a long time since he's seen her. She either had her period or wasn't feeling well.

Qi Ce loved Li Qin too much, his love had seeped into his bones. At this moment, he was completely satisfied. He hugged Li Qin tightly and kissed her passionately.

Scalding fingers caressed her spine, holding on with unrelenting love.

An hour later, Qi Ce left the villa.

From Li Qin's return to his departure, it was a total of an hour and a half.

The nanny saw him come up and down the stairs without any suspicion, after all, Miss Li liked Mr. Huo so much.

The nanny escorted him to the entrance, "Mr. Qi, walk slowly."

Qi Ce smirked, "Miss Li must be thirsty. Please bring her a cup of water upstairs."

Okay.

The nanny knocked on the master bedroom door. The master bedroom door wasn't locked, so she carefully pushed it open and went in. "Miss Li, here's your water."

But she found Li Qin wasn't in the room. There was running water coming from the bathroom, it turned out that Miss Li was taking a bath.

She put the water cup on the bedside table and went out.

The bathroom was filled with a thick white fog. Li Qin sat in the bathtub with bloodshot eyes, constantly using the showerhead to rinse off the foam on her body.

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