Chapter 591: Feeling Sorry for Him

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Baobao noticed Cai Xiaotang's movement and turned her head to look as well.

Yet she saw nothing at all.

"It's nothing, I thought I saw someone I knew, I must have seen it wrong."

Cai Xiaotang said it casually, but she couldn't help feeling a bit guarded inside.

It seemed like Li Xiao's "arch-nemesis" hadn't caused her any trouble for a while now...

She had always had bodyguards following her, except for today.

So, she shouldn't be that unlucky, right?

Cai Xiaotang withdrew her gaze, unable to stop herself from feeling suspicious.

Jiang Baobao didn't think much of it and continued to tour the manor with her.

But not long after, that man wearing a hat appeared behind them again.

There were more than just the two of them here to begin with.

Besides being used for weddings, this place was also open for tours during normal times.

Therefore, there were other busy servants and other guests who had come for the reputation of the place.

Jiang Baobao had just pulled Cai Xiaotang over to a Pavilion where they could have afternoon tea, and unexpectedly, when she turned her head, she saw a man in a hat following them at a distance.

Jiang Baobao couldn't help but stare at the other person for a few seconds, feeling that something was strange.

That person looked like... he didn't seem to be a tourist visiting here.

But the bodyguards Li Xiao had previously assigned to Xiao Tang seemed to be a bit taller and sturdier...

Could it be that they were replaced?

Jiang Baobao sat down in the Pavilion with Cai Xiaotang without making a scene.

Immediately, she saw the other person stop not far away, just as expected.

She suddenly understood in her heart and didn't think about it anymore.

It really was a bodyguard following Xiao Tang...

Then she didn't need to worry about it.

Jiang Baobao withdrew her gaze, intending to chat with Cai Xiaotang.

But she didn't expect Cai Xiaotang to be staring blankly into thin air again.

"Xiao Tang? What are you thinking about again?"

Jiang Baobao reached out and waved in front of her eyes.

Cai Xiaotang snapped back to reality, a flash of unnatural expression suddenly crossing her face, and she gave a dry laugh: "It's nothing, I probably didn't rest well yesterday, so I keep spacing out..."

"Then why did you still want to come out with me? Why not stay home and rest?"

Jiang Baobao teased her, and Cai Xiaotang made a face, though Li Xiao's figure couldn't help but surface in her mind.

So this is what it feels like to fall for someone?

Always unable to stop thinking about him...

I wonder if that guy has finished his meeting yet?

Has he noticed that she went out?

On the other side—

Li Xiao was in the study listening to his subordinates report.

"The Viper side has been very quiet lately, but we can't rule out the possibility that they are planning some action. We should still try to be as careful as possible, or we could..."

A man sat on the sofa, and halfway through his sentence, he suddenly paused.

"Could what?"

Li Xiao continued to ask.

The group of people sitting there subconsciously looked at each other.

After another pause of a few seconds, the person who had just spoken continued: "Or we could take the initiative to set a trap... it's just that it would require Miss Cai..."

Li Xiao's expression suddenly turned stern.

That person immediately knew better and stopped talking.

After a long while, someone else tentatively asked: "Shura, didn't we plan from the beginning that, if necessary, we could let the other side have Miss Cai..."

"I have other plans for this matter; there is no need for her to take risks for the time being."

Li Xiao directly interrupted the other person's words, his face looking even gloomier than before.

"Yes."

The man immediately stopped speaking.

The study was quiet for a moment, and after a while, someone else brought up other topics.

It wasn't until two hours later that the meeting truly ended.

The whole group left, and only Li Xiao remained in the study alone.

Thinking of the subordinate's suggestion just now, he couldn't help but frown again.

Use her as bait?

He had indeed planned to do that at the beginning...

But now...

Li Xiao recalled the times Cai Xiaotang had been in danger, and his heart suddenly couldn't help but tighten.

He couldn't let her take risks anymore.

Even if he had absolute certainty that he could guarantee her safety, there was no way to prevent the possibility of her getting hurt...

Just thinking about this made Li Xiao feel restless, yet he was unwilling to delve into why he had this feeling.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard someone walk in.

"Shura, Miss Cai came by three hours ago."

Someone stood at the doorway and reported.

"Did she have any business?"

Li Xiao asked casually.

Immediately after, he heard the person outside reply: "Miss Cai didn't say what it was about; hearing that a meeting was being held here, she left, and it seems she went out."

"She went out?"

Li Xiao stood up abruptly from his chair, his brows instantly furrowed.

Everyone had been here in a meeting just now; with her going out alone, there was absolutely no one to protect her!

If any accident were to happen at a time like this...

"Does anyone know where she went?"

As Li Xiao spoke, he had already risen to his feet and was walking toward the door.

The subordinate hurriedly replied: "No one knows; just now everyone was in the study, we only know that Miss Cai drove out several hours ago..."

Before his words were finished, Li Xiao's figure had already disappeared onto the stairs.

On the other side...

Jiang Baobao and Cai Xiaotang were still sitting in the Pavilion drinking afternoon tea.

The two of them had been chatting about many things regarding the wedding arrangements, and just as they were chatting enthusiastically, Jiang Baobao suddenly heard her mobile phone ring.

She glanced at it and discovered it was an unfamiliar number, so she answered it with some curiosity.

As soon as it connected, she heard a familiar voice come from the other end of the line.

"Is Cai Xiaotang with you?"

Li Xiao got straight to the point right away.

Jiang Baobao was stunned by his question and subconsciously looked at Cai Xiaotang, who was sitting right across from her, and replied: "The two of us are together, what's wrong? Do you want her to take the call?"

Jiang Baobao took the opportunity to pass the phone over.

"Who... is it...?"

Cai Xiaotang asked using lip movements.

Jiang Baobao didn't know what was up with her again, so she hurriedly replied: "It's Li Xiao."

She had recognized him the moment Li Xiao spoke.

"Oh..."

Cai Xiaotang nodded, feeling a moment of excitement in her heart.

But thinking of his dense behavior this morning, she still felt a bit annoyed, so she deliberately replied: "Then there's no need to take it; just tell him I'm with you and I'll go home later."

"Huh?"

Jiang Baobao hesitantly put the phone back to her ear, just about to speak—

"Send me the address, I'm coming over now, you two just wait for me there."

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly, leaving only a bewildered Jiang Baobao.

"What's wrong? What did he say?"

Seeing Jiang Baobao looking dazed, Cai Xiaotang asked curiously.

Immediately after, she saw Jiang Baobao looking at her with some concern.

"Xiao Tang... did you and Li Xiao have a fight?"

Jiang Baobao asked worriedly, thinking of the anxious tone in Li Xiao's voice on the phone just now and how Cai Xiaotang had been distracted all day, she couldn't help but make a guess.