Chapter 682: I Am Already Married

Perhaps because his hand was in a cast, Li Xiao's movements were not that fluid at first.

After trying to pluck the strings a few times, he suddenly adjusted the position of his hand slightly.

Immediately after—the fluid sound of music slipped out from between his fingers!

The piece he played was exactly the same as the one the bassist had just played, but the tempo was even faster than before!

"Wow! Cool!!!"

Someone in the audience couldn't help but give a thumbs up, cheering wildly.

On stage, several band members couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

Because this piece was their original work.

Li Xiao had only heard it once, yet he played it perfectly, and with an injury on his hand at that.

Who won and who lost was already clear.

Cai Xiaotang sat in the audience, her whole person already plunged into a "dazed" state.

Her gaze could not move away from the man on stage for even a fraction, all her attention captured by him.

This version of Li Xiao was one she was seeing for the first time.

Not as unserious as usual, nor as stern as he was inside the Dark Gate.

There was only a face full of unrestrained freedom, firmly wrapped in the music.

Incomparably dazzling.

"Thump!"

Cai Xiaotang heard her own heart skip a beat, and immediately after, it began to beat wildly.

"Don't you think it's cool?"

The words he had said on stage earlier echoed in her ears; looking at the person on stage, Cai Xiaotang only felt the tip of her heart go numb from the sound of the music.

What to do...

She seemed to... seem to like him even more than before...

But...

This thought suddenly popped into Cai Xiaotang's mind, and she couldn't help but stand up from her seat.

She wanted to cheer and jump for joy along with the crowd.

She even wanted to recklessly rush onto the stage and loudly announce to the crowd that this man was the person she liked.

But in the end, she just stood there blankly, her excited eyes mixed with a few traces of melancholy, saying nothing at all.

Until the passionate music came to an end.

Li Xiao put down the bass and curled the corners of his lips at Cai Xiaotang.

Seeing her staring at him in a daze, his sense of satisfaction reached its peak in an instant.

The bassist also realized something; his gaze circled between the two of them, then he whispered something in English to indicate his skills were inferior, and took the lead in applauding.

For a moment, the applause in the bar was like thunder.

Li Xiao took off the instrument, put it back in its place, and then hopped off the stage.

Only when he stood before Cai Xiaotang did he discover she had not yet come back to her senses.

"Cai Xiaotang, come back to earth."

Li Xiao waved his hand in front of her, amused.

"Ah..."

Cai Xiaotang responded blankly and blinked her eyes.

Then she hurriedly asked: "Is your hand okay?"

"It's fine."

Hearing her show concern for him, Li Xiao felt even better.

Just as he finished speaking, he saw several young girls dressed in revealing clothes from a nearby table walking over, holding their phones.

"Handsome, is this your girlfriend? Would you mind if we exchanged contact information?"

The girl smiled while trying to reach out to pat Li Xiao on the shoulder.

Li Xiao moved a step to the side, letting the other person's hand miss.

The girl didn't feel awkward, just smilingly waited for Li Xiao's reply.

Seeing this, Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but feel sour inside.

She didn't say a word, sat back down in her seat, and poured herself a drink.

Her peripheral vision, however, couldn't help but size up the foreign girls surrounding Li Xiao.

Tsk... I said long ago that this guy would always get confessed to!

Even she herself just now couldn't help but...

Thinking of her own heart-fluttering moment just now, Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed.

How pathetic!

She had already decided to let him go!

And someone had been confessed to twice just today!

He was long used to this kind of thing... how could he possibly take her confession to heart?

It seems being open-minded was definitely the right choice!

Just as Cai Xiaotang was thinking this, she suddenly felt Li Xiao look in her direction!

She happened to meet his gaze, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in her heart.

Then, as expected, she heard him slowly open his mouth and reply in English: "Sorry, I am already married."

"Married?"

Those few foreign girls were stunned for a moment, and immediately all revealed expressions of disappointment.

Cai Xiaotang looked at him in surprise.

Li Xiao, however, had already sat back down beside her.

The two of them had long since attracted a lot of attention, and many people could not help but look over.

"What did you mean by saying that just now?"

Cai Xiaotang could not hold back from asking, eyeing Li Xiao with some suspicion.

He clearly could have used other excuses to refuse... why did he have to drag her into it?

Li Xiao, however, had an expression of taking it for granted, and asked back unhurriedly: "Isn't what I said the truth? Only by saying it this way would they give up the fastest."

What he said was logical and well-founded, and Cai Xiaotang could not find an excuse to refute him for a moment, so she had no choice but to say nothing more.

Immediately after, however, she heard Li Xiao ask back: "Are you very happy to see me being hit on?"

"What does that have to do with me!"

Cai Xiaotang was bristled by his question, stood up directly from her seat, and turned to leave.

Li Xiao's expression was subtle; he himself had not expected that he would ask such a question because his mouth was too fast just now, and he hurriedly stood up.

But he accidentally knocked over the wine bottle on the table.

With a "whoosh," the more than half of the wine left in the bottle instantly spilled out, bubbling with white foam all over him!

Half of Li Xiao's shirt and his thigh were instantly soaked, and he was immediately full of helplessness.

"Why are you so clumsy?"

Cai Xiaotang paused her steps, deliberately made a snide remark, and after finishing, walked toward the direction of the door without looking back.

The two of them left the bar one after the other and walked toward the direction of the parking lot.

"Not hanging out anymore?"

Li Xiao caught up to Cai Xiaotang and asked.

"Yeah."

Cai Xiaotang deliberately kept a straight face and responded, lowering her eyes to scan his arm with some worry.

Although she didn't understand musical instruments, that person had played so fast just now...

It would be better to go back and rest early...

She was concerned in her heart, but did not show it at all on her lips; she just got into the car quickly and drove toward the direction they had come from.

Not long after, the car stopped outside the villa door.

Cai Xiaotang unbuckled her seatbelt, intending to get out of the car.

Li Xiao suddenly called out: "Xiao Tang."

Cai Xiaotang's movements paused.

Li Xiao did not speak either; thinking of the two of them getting along today, he was silent for a long while, but still could not help asking: "Are you really..."

He stopped halfway through his question, deliberating his words in his mind.

"What do you want to ask? You wouldn't be wanting to ask me if I've really let go, would you?"

Cai Xiaotang saw through his thoughts at a glance and deliberately put on an indifferent expression.

Then, without waiting for him to speak, she gave a light laugh: "The two of us being together was originally a contract, so the current result is just right. I'm not a middle schooler in my teens who has to live or die after being rejected. Moreover, regarding the relationship between you and my brother, and between me and Baobao, we will inevitably meet in the future, so after the divorce..."