Mo Hongti.
No wonder when she walked over, Li Qianfan hadn't seen her before smelling the familiar sweet scent.
Looking at the woman before him, her face full of surprise yet radiating sexiness, Li Qianfan, after a moment of stunned silence, smiled, "Ms. Mo, what a coincidence. I really didn't expect to see you here."
Secretly, he cursed, "Damn it, this woman must want to use me to go to Si Jiu to figure out my background."
"It is indeed a coincidence."
Mo Hongti giggled charmingly, then deliberately checked her train ticket against the seat number. After confirming, she gracefully sat down next to Li Qianfan. "I told you this morning when I woke up, I heard magpies chirping on the branches. I didn't expect to actually encounter something fortunate."
Heh.
Li Qianfan chuckled and subtly leaned towards the window.
Even though there was an armrest between the seats.
But after Mo Hongti sat down, her arm not only brushed against Li Qianfan's, but her fair, lustrous leg also, seemingly unintentionally, rested against his.
Li Qianfan had no interest in such an "old cow" coming to him willingly.
"Little brother, where are you going?"
Mo Hongti raised her left hand, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. The way she called him "little brother" made their relationship seem very intimate.
Li Qianfan replied, "On some business, going to the provincial capital."
"Ha, what a coincidence, I'm going to the provincial capital too."
Mo Hongti said with surprise, and her left hand dropped.
Again, intentionally or unintentionally, it brushed against Li Qianfan's arm.
Li Qianfan didn't dodge anymore.
He was already pressed against the car window. He couldn't turn into a sticker and stick to the glass, could he?
He simply said, "Oh, I misspoke earlier. I'm going to Jinmen."
"Ha."
Mo Hongti laughed again. "What a coincidence, I'm actually going to Jinmen too."
Li Qianfan said in a low voice, "Actually, I'm going to Si Jiu."
"Too much of a coincidence!"
Mo Hongti exaggeratedly raised her hand and slapped her thigh. "I'm going to Si Jiu too."
With that "pa," Li Qianfan clearly saw the white flesh on her leg ripple, and a distinct red finger mark immediately appeared, making her sexier.
It attracted the attention of the male passenger across the aisle, whose eyes immediately widened.
Li Qianfan, however, frowned.
He didn't want to play games with this woman anymore. He said faintly, "Mo Hongti, you'd better not follow me. Because I'm afraid you might have an accident in Si Jiu."
He wasn't threatening Mo Hongti.
Because he had a clear premonition that this trip to Si Jiu, to invite Su Ziyu's name into the ancestral hall, might encounter unexpected twists.
"She can kill you!"
These four words were written by Li Bei, dipping his finger in water and tracing them on the table, stroke by stroke.
Li Qianfan could marry Su Ziyu, even have children with her.
But he absolutely could not put her name on the family tree and invite her into the ancestral hall.
After all.
Du Junlin was one of the eight elders of Li Family Village, and the village head's wife had been chosen for Li Qianfan with the most solemn ceremony.
Before the Li Family Village Elders' Council officially took the marriage certificate to the Shen family in Lingnan to break off the engagement, Du Junlin was always the Li Family Village head's wife (and fiancée)!
Only the name "Du Junlin" could be entered into the family tree and invited into the ancestral hall.
If Li Qianfan were to invite Su Ziyu's name into the ancestral hall, it would be the greatest insult to Du Junlin.
She would never let it go!
More importantly.
This matter was a personal grievance between Li Qianfan and Du Junlin.
Neither Li Wujiang nor the people of Li Family Village could intervene arbitrarily.
Li Qianfan was also prepared to face unexpected incidents as soon as he alighted from the train in Si Jiu.
Therefore.
If Mo Hongti were to cling to him like sticky candy at this time, and if Du Junlin were to lock onto her, she would definitely not have a good outcome.
Mo Hongti's delicate eyebrows shot up.
She stopped pretending. "What kind of accident could there be?"
Before Li Qianfan could say anything, she added faintly, "At worst, you could kill me secretly and dispose of the evidence."
Li Qianfan's frown deepened. "If I wanted to kill you, would I need to go to Si Jiu?"
Mo Hongti immediately pressed, "Then tell me, what kind of accident would happen if I stayed by your side?"
Li Qianfan's lips moved, but he remained silent.
He couldn't reveal Du Junlin's existence to anyone outside of Li Family Village.
"Say something."
Mo Hongti, who had placed her right foot on her knee at some point, removed her stiletto heel, and her fair, snowy foot lightly kicked his leg.
Damn it.
Was that kicking?
It was rubbing.
Li Qianfan ignored her and turned his gaze back to the window.
The scenery outside rushed backward at high speed as the high-speed train began to run normally.
Mo Hongti wasn't in a hurry to ask.
Her foot slowly crept into his trouser leg.
Her toes wiggled on his leg.
Li Qianfan was somewhat annoyed—
He raised his hand and grabbed her foot, tightening his grip suddenly!
Mo Hongti, who had been puckering her lips and happily flirting with Li Qianfan, suddenly saw black before her eyes.
The pain made her want to cry out, but she quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth.
Li Qianfan released her and said coldly, "Don't flaunt your sexuality at me. You are truly unworthy."
Mo Hongti's cheeks puffed out sharply.
But she chuckled, "I know, because of what Old Man Mo and his ilk did, you despise them."
Li Qianfan interrupted her, "Only them?"
"And me."
Mo Hongti's eyelashes drooped as she said in a low voice, "Back at Guangming Hospital, I shouldn't have said those things to Su Ziyu about sending her off. Li Qianfan, I apologize. I now formally apologize to you and Su Ziyu."
After she said that, Li Qianfan felt embarrassed to say anything harsher.
He just snorted, "What has happened cannot be changed. And I am unwilling to revisit the past. I will only act according to our original agreement. If you don't provoke me, I won't bother you."
"Ever since that night, when you forced me to dance the Wu Yi, how would I dare provoke you?"
Mo Hongti gave a bitter smile and said, "But someone is forcing me to provoke you."
Li Qianfan asked, "Du Tianci?"
Mo Hongti answered out of context, "Little brother, why did you have to beat Du Tianci at my hotel entrance? Why in front of me? That day, you were so dashing protecting that woman who deserved a beating. But did you ever consider what your sister would do after you brushed off your hands and left?"
Had Li Qianfan considered it?
He must have.
But he hadn't considered it thoroughly.
Or, to put it bluntly, he had thought wrongly!
"Du Tianci gave me three days to figure out your background. Only by understanding your background will the Du family be able to formulate a plan to deal with you."
Mo Hongti bit her lip and continued, "Today is the second day. If I haven't figured out your background within three days, then..."
She paused deliberately at this point.
Li Qianfan knew she was being coy, but he couldn't help but ask, "What will happen?"
"Little brother—"
Mo Hongti's red lips moved close to his ear. "I'll have to become a high-priced hostess at Victoria, available for booking. At that time, Du Tianci will invite all his scoundrel friends and they will take turns defiling me."
Li Qianfan's ear felt a little itchy, so he quickly tilted his head and reached up to scratch it.
"You, I can't afford to provoke. Not only will the old man suffer, but I can only dance the Wu Yi in front of you."
Mo Hongti's snowy foot crept into Li Qianfan's trouser leg again. "I, the Queen of Qingyun Black Night, am merely a plaything in front of the Du family in Tiandong. The Mo family, to protect themselves, will only agree to Du Tianci's arbitrary mistreatment of me."
She was not lying.
And she dared not lie.
Li Qianfan sighed.
He raised his hand to push away her foot, took out his phone, and asked, "The Du family's enterprise is Yuanhang Group, right?"
Mo Hongti's eyes immediately brightened, and she replied, "Yes, it's Yuanhang Group."
Li Qianfan nodded and dialed.
A man's voice replied, "This is Li Tianhe."
"I am Village Chief Li Qianfan."
Li Qianfan said directly, "Within 24 hours, all businesses cooperating with Tiandong Yuanhang Group must sever all ties with them."