Shen Rao touched his left ear bone, where there was still an ear hole, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

"I stopped wearing them because I was afraid you wouldn't like men with earrings."

"I don't care about that."

Qi Yan looked into his eyes, her tone serious.

"I told you that you are an independent person. It's good to have something you like. You don't have to care about what others think."

Shen Rao was burned by her eyes, but felt something was wrong, so he looked up and asked her.

"So what do you care about and like?"

Qi Yan lowered his eyes and looked at him.

For a long while, until he felt uncomfortable with being stared at and was about to change the subject, she turned her head to look at the street with a few scattered street lights and spoke slowly.

“I care about freedom and like to live my life as I please.”

“So you just keep doing what you love.”

Shen Rao was a little surprised, but then he understood. This sounded like something she would say.

Qi Yan is a person with a calm personality, and it is rare to see her having big mood swings.

I don’t have any big ambitions yet, I just want to live according to my own wishes.

He seems to be a commoner who lives a transparent, contented life and doesn't expect too much.

But Shen Rao just likes her, no matter what kind of her she is, he likes her.

Sometimes he would wonder why he felt like he was possessed by an evil spirit, but when he thought that the evil spirit was Qi Yan, he was happy to accept it.

Looking at the ear bone studs in the box, he smiled. His smile was like a spring breeze blowing by, peach blossoms falling into the water, causing ripples that spread into his heart.

"Then I like you, only you."

"I like this gift very much, but don't buy something so expensive next time."

When Shen Rao saw the packaging, he recognized the brand.

Most of the items of this brand are custom-made and a bit expensive. Even though she usually earns a lot of "performance fees", this is still a considerable expense.

He felt sorry for Qi Yan's money. As the heir to a consortium worth hundreds of billions, he was worried about such a small amount of tens of thousands of dollars.

Seeing that he liked it, Qi Yan felt relieved.

This is the first time she won't give a gift.

Qi Yan, who is always planning things, would also worry about such trivial matters.

However, even if she gave him a pair of disposable chopsticks, Shen Rao would probably treat them as treasures.

Just as Qi Yan was about to say goodbye, Shen Rao pushed the gift box away, and his narrow eyes seemed to be filled with tiny stars.

"Then, Ah Yan, can you help me bring it?"

"..."

She had no reason to refuse, so she picked up the ear bone stud and touched his ear with her slightly cool fingertips. It had been a while since she had worn anything in the ear hole, so it was a little difficult to wear.

As if afraid of hurting him, Qi Yan wore it very carefully. Shen Rao glanced at her focused eyes, felt the touch of her ears, and his nose was filled with her unique scent.

My heart rate got erratic and the tips of my ears turned red.

After Qi Yan put it on, she saw that his earlobe was red and thought she had hurt him.

"Does it hurt?"

“…No, it doesn’t hurt.”

Shen Rao's breathing became heavier and his voice became a little hoarse.

He dodged and dared not look at her directly, for fear that his dirty thoughts would be discovered.

The profile of her face, with superior facial features and a perfect jawline, and her neck turned red. The fine hair covered and concealed her red and tender ear bones, adding vitality to the silver earrings.

"very nice."

Qi Yan couldn't help but touch the top of his head, like he was touching a puppy.

Shen Rao's face suddenly turned even redder, like a cooked shrimp, and his dark eyes became blurred.

It was a recognized fact that he was good-looking, but it was the first time that someone he liked praised him, and he couldn't help but feel shy and secretly delighted.

It was also the first time that Shen Rao felt grateful for his good-looking face that could attract someone he liked.

Qi Yan didn't know what he was thinking with his blushing face. He said goodbye and went upstairs.

By the time the heat on his face dissipated, he was gone.

Shen Rao looked up at the lights on the upper floor, touched the bone nail in his left ear, and laughed softly.

At this moment, he seemed to be the happiest person in the world.

……

Late at night, half past eleven.

A black motorcycle was parked at a high-end residence. The woman was wearing a helmet and a pure black sports suit, looking both cool and casual.

She did not take off her helmet and walked straight to the main house. In the quiet night, everything was silent.

The man looked in panic at the person who suddenly broke into his house. He stared at the metal-mouthed weapon in her hand with nervousness.

"Who are you, what do you want to do, who sent you here!"

"It seems you have a lot of enemies."

The clearer a woman's voice is, the more beautiful it sounds. But now men can't even think of appreciating it.

I just feel cold all over my body.

Qi Yan took off his helmet and put it aside, stepped on the man who was not paying attention to his own life with his leather boots, and held an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

She casually unfolded the papers in the file bag and scanned them from beginning to end.

Wow, there are quite a few people on this list.

After taking a quick look and confirming that it was this list, she left holding the helmet without looking back.

After the locomotive left, the high-end residential area returned to silence again.

The next day, the man woke up from the ground. Before he could feel lucky that he was still alive, he was surrounded by police cars.

His face turned pale and he collapsed to the ground in despair and weakness.

……

Late at night, Yaqing Bar.

Qi Yan wiped the washed wine glass and thought about how to break up with Shen Rao. After getting the list, she had to set off immediately as she didn't have much time left in the imperial capital.

I just told Gu Qing about my resignation this afternoon. He was very surprised and thought something had happened to her.

Qi Yan said that it would be better for Shen Rao to change jobs, and asked him to keep it a secret for the time being, saying that she wanted to give Shen Rao a surprise.

Her shy and timid look successfully fooled Gu Qing, and she patted her chest and promised to keep the secret.

After all, for Shen Rao, it is a good thing that Qi Yan does not come to work in the bar.

Although he felt sad about the loss of customers, he didn't rely on the bar for his meals, it was just a pastime, and compared with his brother's happiness, it was nothing.

Gu Qing is easy to fool, but Shen Rao is not so easy to deal with. Qi Yan put down the wine glass that he had polished to a crystal clear state, feeling a little headache for a moment.

Thinking of Shen Rao's pair of shining puppy eyes every time he looked at her, she suddenly felt that she had buried a big bomb for herself before.

Not long after, Qi Yan realized that he was overthinking.

Shen Rao has appeared in front of her less frequently recently, but he still comes to pick her up from get off work every night as usual.

They just don’t communicate much. Every time he gets in the car, he’s either looking at his phone or making a phone call.

Once, before Qi Yan got in the car and he had time to hang up, she heard a woman on the other end of the phone.

She has excellent hearing and won't be wrong.

The phone calls that were hung up quickly, the phone screen that was hastily turned off, and the cautious and nervous look in her eyes every time I saw her.

Everything is revealing a message.

cheating.

This idea was somewhat confirmed when I saw him having an enthusiastic conversation with a mature and sophisticated woman in a coffee shop with simple and elegant decoration.

Qi Yan stood on the street opposite the store, raised her face from under her scarf, exhaled, and the hot air instantly turned into white mist and dissipated in the air.

In the bitterly cold imperial capital, the biting wind made her eyes dry and her face ache. She rubbed her hands, then turned and left.

When Shen Rao seemed to realize something and turned to look out the window, there was only a crowd of people hurrying outside.

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