Chapter 409: Hating His Touch

Liu Xin'ai turned a blind eye to the surrounding gazes and casually opened another bottle of wine; the next second—

"Beauty, it's so boring drinking here all by yourself. How about letting us brothers keep you company?"

Several men who looked like small-time thugs suddenly sat down opposite Liu Xin'ai, and one of them even sat directly beside her, going so far as to reach out his hand to put it around her shoulder.

"You... go away..."

Liu Xin'ai waved her hand impatiently, shaking off the weight on her shoulder.

Far from being angry, the men's expressions became even more excited.

"Oh, you've got a bit of a temper... I like that..."

The man beside Liu Xin'ai leered, and as he spoke, he tried to grab her hand again.

"We brothers were afraid you'd be too bored drinking here alone, so we came over specifically to keep you company. Aren't you going to thank us properly?"

As the man spoke, he took the initiative to hold the wine glass in his hand out to Liu Xin'ai's lips.

Liu Xin'ai immediately turned her head away in disgust and swayed as she tried to stand up.

"Don't go..."

Seeing that she was about to leave, the men immediately reached out to block her.

But before they could touch her—

"If you don't want to die, take your filthy hands off!"

A man's voice suddenly rang out, laced with coldness and a threat, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Watching the man about to touch Liu Xin'ai, Qin Yiyan lunged forward, grabbed Liu Xin'ai by the wrist, and pulled her behind him.

"Damn it! Who the hell are you? Stop playing the hero here, damn it!"

One of the men stood up with a look of extreme displeasure, pointed the wine bottle in his hand at Qin Yiyan, and made a move to strike.

Qin Yiyan let out a cold, disdainful snort and waved his hand behind him.

Instantly, several men wearing bodyguard uniforms appeared behind him.

The bar manager also hurried over from a distance.

"Young Master Qin, what wind blew you here today? I've kept the spot you usually like reserved for you; I'll have someone go prepare your drinks right away..."

"No need."

Qin Yiyan interrupted coldly, looking at the men in front of him with an expressionless face, while his peripheral vision flickered toward Liu Xin'ai, who looked somewhat dazed behind him.

"I still have some family matters to go back and handle. Tell your boss that these people are to be blacklisted from all the bars under him immediately and are never to appear again. Did you hear me?"

"Damn it! You..."

The men were instantly enraged and immediately began to spout insults again.

But they had only said a few words before several tall bodyguards stepped forward, covered their mouths, and twisted their arms behind their backs, rendering them unable to move.

"Throw them out." Qin Yiyan gave the order in a cold voice, and upon hearing this, the bodyguards immediately twisted the men and walked toward the back door of the bar without a word.

"Young Master Qin, look..."

Seeing that the matter had been handled, the bar manager hurriedly offered Qin Yiyan a fawning smile, feeling uneasy.

"Hmm." Qin Yiyan responded faintly, took Liu Xin'ai by the hand, and turned to leave.

Not until they reached outside the bar did Liu Xin'ai, who had been lost in her own world, finally snap back to reality and suddenly struggle violently!

"You... let go of me! I... I... I still want to drink..."

As she spoke, Liu Xin'ai turned to head back in the direction of the bar.

"Tsk..."

Qin Yiyan's expression suddenly became somewhat impatient; he said nothing, merely continuing to drag Liu Xin'ai firmly toward where he had parked his car.

"Let go of me!!!"

Liu Xin'ai struggled even harder.

Qin Yiyan still did not let go, forcibly pulling her into the car, and then with a "bang," he slammed the car door shut!

Startled by the sound of the door closing, Liu Xin'ai instead became quiet instantly.

Qin Yiyan walked around to the other side, opened the door, and sat down beside her.

"Drive."

He tossed out the word in a cold tone, though his eyes subconsciously remained fixed on the person beside him.

"Yes, Young Master."

The driver replied while quickly starting the car.

Not long after, they stopped outside the villa.

Liu Xin'ai had remained silent the entire way, her eyes slightly closed, as if she were somewhat tired.

The car stopped, and she leaned against the seat back without any reaction.

"Liu Xin'ai, get out of the car."

Qin Yiyan spoke in a deep voice.

Liu Xin'ai did not move, as if she hadn't heard.

"Liu Xin'ai."

Qin Yiyan called her name again.

Liu Xin'ai still had no reaction.

Qin Yiyan was silent for a long moment, then reached out his hand, intending to help her out.

But before he could touch her, Liu Xin'ai, who had been keeping her eyes closed, seemed to suddenly sense something; she snapped her eyes open and looked at him with a guarded expression!

"You... don't touch me!"

Looking at Qin Yiyan's outstretched hand, Liu Xin'ai quickly fumbled to open the car door and stumbled out of the car.

Qin Yiyan's hand paused in mid-air, a flash of intense displeasure instantly crossing his eyes.

Did she hate him touching her that much?

He let out a cold snort and got out of the car, looking annoyed.

Not far ahead, Liu Xin'ai was already swaying as she walked toward the villa entrance.

"Ugh... it hurts..."

Liu Xin'ai felt a dull, throbbing pain in her forehead and just wanted to return to her room to rest as quickly as possible.

But the scene before her eyes was becoming increasingly blurry, forcing her to pause briefly with every step she took.

Qin Yiyan followed silently behind her, and only when he saw the woman walking ahead stop at her room door did he prepare to head straight to his own room.

Yet, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Liu Xin'ai standing motionless at the doorway.

Qin Yiyan stopped in his tracks, intending to see what she was planning to do.

Immediately, he heard Liu Xin'ai mutter softly, "This... this isn't my home... I want to go home..."

Qin Yiyan was stunned for a moment, suddenly feeling both angry and amused.

"This isn't your home, so which home do you want to go to? The Liu Family?"

He asked back deliberately.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xin'ai understood him and shook her head.

"The Liu Family... is not my home... I... I want to go home..."

Her speech was incoherent; she no longer knew what she was saying.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yiyan raised his eyebrows sharply, his temper instantly flaring up.

If neither this place nor the Liu Family was her home, then where was?

The Jiang Family?

Qin Yiyan let out a cold snort, grabbed Liu Xin'ai's wrist abruptly, and pulled her into the room!

With a loud "Bang!"

The room door was slammed shut.

Liu Xin'ai was shoved hard against the door panel with a thud!

Jolted by Qin Yiyan's force, her eyes widened instantly, and her expression cleared up significantly in that moment.

"Qin Yiyan? Are... are you crazy! Get away from me!"

Liu Xin'ai was not used to them being so close and immediately began to struggle.

A wicked smile curled the corners of Qin Yiyan's lips; instead of letting go, he leaned in even closer.

"Get away from you? Then who is allowed to get close to you? That ex-boyfriend of yours? You've only been back for a day, and you're already so impatient to see him? And you drank yourself into this state for him? Hmm?"