Chapter 381: Chapter 374: I’m Just a Face-Lover 16
"Anning?"
Just as Anning had finished planting the poisonous insect, she heard Xiao Yuan’s voice, full of surprise and delight.
She turned around and indeed, it was Xiao Yuan.
Standing not far from her, he held several books in his hands and looked at her with eyes gleaming brightly.
"What a coincidence."
Anning got up and greeted him.
"Yes, it really is quite a coincidence."
Xiao Yuan was so elated he didn’t quite know what to say: "How come you’re out? Oh, have you eaten? How about I take you for something to eat?"
Anning waved her hand: "I’ve eaten already."
Xiao Yuan’s gaze fell on the yellow dog: "This dog? It looks rather pitiful, how about I take it to a clinic to treat its wounds?"
Anning smiled: "No need, someone will take it away in a bit."
Anning walked over and dragged Xiao Yuan towards a nearby teahouse: "Let’s go inside and talk."
Xiao Yuan was almost laughing silly: "Sure, sure, this teahouse is owned by our family, let’s go to the second floor, it’s quieter there."
As they talked, the two made their way into the teahouse, with Xiao Yuan leading Anning up to a private room on the second floor, very familiar with the place.
This room had a window directly facing the street, and from the window, one could clearly see everything happening on the street below.
Anning opened the window to look outside, while Xiao Yuan busied himself asking the waiter to bring up some tea and snacks.
He was just about to invite Anning to have some tea when he saw her smiling and beckoning to him.
"What’s up?"
Xiao Yuan squeezed up to the window.
Anning pointed downwards: "Who do you think that is?"
Xiao Yuan focused his gaze: "It’s that bastard."
"Who is it?"
Anning truly didn’t recognize the person below.
However, she knew this was the one intending to plant a poisonous insect on her.
None other, judging by his anxious face, as if searching for something very important, and clutching his chest gasping for breath, apparently in unbearable pain, she could guess what was happening.
"Li Fugui."
Xiao Yuan spoke through gritted teeth.
Anning continued to observe the person: "You know him? Do you two have a grudge?"
"There is a grudge."
Xiao Yuan huffed: "He insulted you, and I beat him up for it."
Anning was somewhat speechless: "Just that?"
She wanted to say what kind of childish act this was, Xiao Yuan got into a fight because Li Fugui insulted him, ended up with a sworn enemy, and that person, in retaliation, actually wanted to harm Anning, really...
But then, Li Fugui being poisoned wasn’t undeserved; from now on, he wouldn’t be able to go gallivanting about and would have to dutifully stay at home taking care of the big yellow dog.
"Watch closely."
Anning held onto Xiao Yuan, urging him to observe Li Fugui closely.
Because she was so focused on looking out the window, Anning subconsciously grabbed Xiao Yuan’s hand, actually intertwining their fingers.
Xiao Yuan, looking at the hand held by Anning, felt his face turn red instantly: "Okay, uh, whatever you say."
Standing behind Anning, looking down, he felt as though he was embracing her entirely, which made his face grow even redder, and his blood flow seemed a bit constricted.
However, the scene that unfolded next made him forget all those distractions.
For what he witnessed was truly peculiar, and deeply satisfying to behold.
At a street corner, the yellow dog that Anning had taken care of hobbled along. Then, a few thuggish characters passed by; one of the thugs, seeing the dirty and limping dog, couldn’t help but curse and gave it a kick.
Such things actually happened every day.
Not to mention dogs, even people walking the streets could suffer at the hands of those overbearing bullies.
Xiao Yuan thought that the dog would definitely get beaten and was even considering whether or not to buy a few meat buns to throw to the dog later.
But what happened...
What did he see?
Xiao Yuan rubbed his eyes to make sure, he indeed did not see wrong.
Originally, Li Fugui, who was walking down the street just fine, suddenly pounced over and directly hugged the yellow dog, taking the kick meant for the dog himself.
"Damn."
Xiao Yuan couldn’t believe it, rubbing his eyes vigorously: "Did I, did I see that wrong?"
Anning smiled: "You saw it correctly."
She turned her head and whispered: "Listen closely, look closely."
Because the two were standing close, when Anning turned back to speak, her red lips were almost touching Xiao Yuan as she spoke, the warm breath sprayed on Xiao Yuan’s neck, making his whole body feel numb, and even more so, his blood boiled.
"I..."
He froze completely, wanting to embrace Anning but didn’t dare to overstep, yet not hugging made him yearn even more.
Anning sighed and relaxed into Xiao Yuan’s arms.
With the soft and gentle warmth of jade in his arms, Xiao Yuan was almost stupefied.
"Ning, Ningning."
He stammered her name and, following his heart’s longing, he stretched out his hands to embrace the beautiful lady into his arms.
The two stood leaning on each other by the window, watching what happened next.
They saw Li Fugui hugging the yellow dog and glaring at the hooligans: "What are you doing?"
The hooligans laughed: "Oh, look at this, he’s being protective. Is this your dog? It doesn’t matter whose dog it is, I just beat it. So what?"
Li Fugui did not let go of the yellow dog: "Motherfucker, name yourselves. I, Li Fugui, will not let you live if I cannot avenge this. Dare to hurt my beloved heart, you all are done for."
Anning couldn’t help but snicker.
This Li Fugui really had a bit of a tyrant CEO vibe, just that, in his arms was not a ’damsel in distress’ or a Cinderella, but a dog, which was quite incongruent.
"Xiao Huang, don’t be afraid, I’m here, I will protect you."
Li Fugui lowered his head and spoke tenderly to the yellow dog: "From now on you’ll follow me, brother will take you to eat good food and drink spicy drinks."
When he saw the wounds on the yellow dog and the almost baldly trimmed fur, he was almost in tears: "Who the hell torments dogs like this, heavens, baby, what have you suffered, this really breaks my heart..."
He spoke quite loudly, and given that Anning and Xiao Yuan were standing not far from him, Xiao Yuan heard almost everything clearly.
After listening, Xiao Yuan suddenly felt at a loss for words.
He pointed at Li Fugui and asked Anning: "What, what is going on here? How did he... How did he end up like this?"
At that moment, Li Fugui was already walking back with the yellow dog, wiping tears out of pity as he walked, a sight that gave Xiao Yuan the chills.
Anning’s eyes were icy cold as she said sharply: "He brought this upon himself."
"What happened?"
Xiao Yuan was even more confused now.
Anning whispered: "The other day, he wanted to plant a love poison on me, then command me to obey him in order to humiliate you. Fortunately, I had learned some Taoist skills before and did not fall for his trick. Then, I fed the child poison with medicine and let it evolve before planting it into the yellow dog. From now on, I’m afraid he won’t be able to leave the yellow dog’s side. He will love that dog to madness for the rest of his life and will never look at another person."
No sooner had Anning finished speaking, the anger in Xiao Yuan’s eyes flared up.
"Son of a bitch, he dared to harm you, I will skin him alive."
Anning patted Xiao Yuan’s hand: "No need for action. He will live as a joke from now on, which is as good as a living death."
Xiao Yuan was still very angry, extremely angry.
Thinking of what Anning mentioned made him furious beyond measure.
This is also because Anning knew some Taoist skills and did not fall for Li Fugui’s scheme. But what if Anning didn’t understand Taoist skills?
Xiao Yuan dared not imagine what Anning would become after being poisoned?
She might abandon all decency, crying and yelling to marry Li Fugui, even if Li Fugui wouldn’t marry her, being willing to become a concubine or a maid, trampling the He Family’s face into the ground and truly living as the joke of the entire Qingyuan.
With that thought, Xiao Yuan was heartbroken for Anning, furious with Li Fugui, and somewhat worried.
He hugged Anning tightly: "Ningning, I, I’m worried, I really wish we could get married right away, to always be together in the future. If there is any disaster or difficulty, we could face it together."