"Do you hear me? She told you to let go! Don't be like a sticky plaster, clinging on!"
When Li Sichen saw that Yu He asked Qin Beiting to let go first, not him, he was amused. He was even more certain internally that these two had broken up.
Furthermore, it looked like Yu He had dumped Qin Beiting. This made him desire Yu He even more, and he increasingly wanted to pull her to his side to deal with Qin Beiting together.
"You let go too!" Yu He turned and said to him.
Li Sichen: "..."
"Why aren't you letting go? You got cuckolded and now you want to come and cuckold me? Li Sichen, who gave you the audacity!" Qin Beiting said coldly.
Li Sichen: "I'm here to dye Yu Heran's hair to her favorite color. Do you dare?"
Qin Beiting sneered, "Yu He's favorite color is white!"
He felt a tingling in his hand but didn't pay it much mind. He forcefully broke Li Sichen's grip on Yu He's hand, then tightly embraced Yu He, moving away from him as if from a virus.
Li Sichen felt an unbearable itch in his palm. Seeing Qin Beiting holding Yu He so tightly, he suddenly stopped trying to snatch her, watching him as if he were an onlooker.
Seeing that the people had finally separated, Li Haiyang exchanged a look with Madam Li and they busied themselves with greeting guests. Li Xiyan stood aside, her eyes burning with envy as she watched Qin Beiting hold Yu He as if she were a treasure.
She had liked Qin Beiting since she first learned that he was Li Sichen's arch-nemesis. Her infatuation with this incredibly handsome man became uncontrollable.
She felt that she and Qin Beiting must be kindred spirits because they shared a common enemy.
"I've put something on me. Let go of me first." Yu He was pulled aside and tried to break free from Qin Beiting's hand, but his strength was even greater than Li Sichen's, and she couldn't break free at all.
Qin Beiting ignored her first remark, only displeased by her subsequent words. He looked at her with a cold face, "No."
His tone carried a hint of petulance.
Yu He was a little helpless and asked, "Aren't you itchy?"
As soon as this was mentioned, Qin Beiting felt itchy not just in his palms, but his arms, chest, and even his whole body. Red blotches, like an allergic reaction, had even appeared visibly on the back of his hands.
Yu He pressed her hand to her forehead. She had originally intended to guard against Li Sichen but had unexpectedly implicated Qin Beiting.
"Don't scratch." She caught Qin Beiting's hand as he was about to scratch, but then remembered that her palm had also been coated with the itching powder, and immediately released him.
Seeing that the banquet hall had a lounge, she said, "Let's go to the lounge first."
Qin Beiting refused to leave. His deep eyes looked at her, "I feel like I'm having an allergic reaction and feel uncomfortable. I can't walk. You help me."
"..."
Yu He rolled up his shirt sleeve and carefully examined the red spots on his arm. They were indeed an allergic reaction.
"Are you allergic to soap nuts?"
The ingredients she used were just soap nuts, taro powder, and distilled water. Qin Beiting had eaten taro before, and she had used distilled water to make medicine previously. Only soap nuts were new.
"Yes," Qin Beiting replied.
A severe allergic reaction could lead to shock. Yu He dared not delay further. She helped him into the lounge, where there was a sofa, and had him sit down.
"Sit here and bear with it for a moment. Don't scratch. I'll go get my acupuncture kit and be right back."
After speaking, she went out to find Li Sichen, as the newly bought silver needles were in his car.
Qin Beiting lay back on the sofa, his neck covered in allergic red blotches. He endured the itching and discomfort all over his body, his forehead covered in fine sweat. He was so uncomfortable that even breathing was difficult.
After an unknown period, a "click" was heard as the door opened.
Qin Beiting thought Yu He had returned and said in a hoarse voice, "Baby, I'm so uncomfortable."
Upon hearing his gentle voice, tinged with a hint of coaxing, so different from his usual cold demeanor, Li Xiyan's heart quickened.
So, Master Qin Seven also had such a gentle side.
"Master Seven..." She approached cautiously with a glass of water.
Qin Beiting realized it wasn't Yu He, glanced at her, and spat out one cold word, "Scram!"
Li Xiyan trembled slightly at his sudden change in attitude but did not retreat. "Master Seven, you look very uncomfortable. I've poured you a glass of warm water. Drink some, you'll feel better."
As she spoke, she sat on the sofa next to him, deliberately leaning her body close to Qin Beiting, wanting to feed him the water.
"Scram! Don't make me say it a third time." Qin Beiting fumbled behind him for a gun and pointed it coldly at her forehead.
Li Xiyan looked at the black muzzle of the gun, swallowed nervously, and dared not move.
She knew that if she insisted on getting closer, he would really shoot!
This man was more terrifying than a cold-blooded animal. If she had known he carried a gun, she wouldn't have dared to come in with such wishful thinking.
"Master Seven, I'm sorry. I just saw you looking so uncomfortable and wanted to help take care of you. Please don't misunderstand. If you mind, I'll leave now."
Li Xiyan put on a pitiful expression and retreated nervously, getting up to leave, afraid that a slight misstep would displease him and he would actually shoot.
"Wait a moment."
As she reached the door, a slightly hoarse voice suddenly came from behind her. Li Xiyan's steps faltered, and she immediately turned around. Seeing that he had put down the gun in his hand, her inner panic turned into hidden joy.
Had he softened?
"Was the water drugged?" Qin Beiting glanced at the glass in her hand.
Li Xiyan's face changed drastically, her pupils contracting violently in terror. How did he know?!
It was colorless and odorless, but it was a very effective aphrodisiac!
She had deliberately mixed it in while Yu He was out, intending for Qin Beiting to drink it, and then for something to happen between them. When Yu He returned, she planned to blow the matter up, making everyone know that she and Qin Beiting were involved. With so many people present, Qin Beiting would definitely have to take responsibility for her and marry her!
Her mother had used this tactic to marry her father back then, so she thought she could do the same.
However, seeing the black gun in Qin Beiting's hand, she became afraid.
She didn't know about others, but she knew Qin Beiting was capable of killing. It was said that several maids in the Qin family's old mansion had been injured and disabled by him, eventually dying in agony.
If he knew her intentions and the drug in the water, would she be able to leave this room alive?
"No, no..."
"What drug?"
Before she could finish, Qin Beiting interrupted her. From her expression, he had already realized that the water in her hand was problematic.
Li Xiyan bit her lower lip, unwilling to speak, and looked timidly at Qin Beiting. Despite possessing a face of divine, unparalleled handsomeness, he was making a devilish threat.
Qin Beiting grew impatient, raised the gun, and said sternly, "Speak!"
Li Xiyan trembled all over and stammered, "An aphrodisiac."
For a woman to drug a man, the purpose was usually sexual.
Qin Beiting's gaze turned colder. He pointed the gun at the cup on the coffee table, "Pour out half of it and drink it."