Chapter 810: She Is Lying

The next day—Cai Xiaotang slept until dawn and felt completely refreshed.

Neither of them mentioned last night's events again; they ate breakfast and spent the morning playing in the manor, planning to return in the afternoon.

At noon, Li Xiao took Cai Xiaotang to a specialty restaurant there.

As soon as she sat down, Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but sigh: "If I had known this place was so good, I would have come on Friday night so I could have stayed an extra day..."

Hearing this, Li Xiao immediately replied with amusement: "Who told someone to come back from work so late on Friday? But if you like it, we can come again next time. You can come as many times as you want, or we can just book that room and have someone come to clean it regularly."

The look in his eyes as he watched Cai Xiaotang made it clear he wished he could spoil her to the heavens.

The two chatted for a while, then Cai Xiaotang stood up.

"What do you need to get?"

Li Xiao followed suit, preparing to stand up as well.

Cai Xiaotang hurriedly replied: "I'm just going to walk around; you don't need to follow me."

As she said this, she turned and walked toward the buffet counter.

This was a buffet restaurant specially opened within the manor, which had hired many chefs from various countries; some of the dishes were even better than those in specialized restaurants in the city.

Cai Xiaotang was looking at what she wanted to eat without any rush when her nose suddenly caught a whiff of fragrance.

She scanned the area and saw what appeared to be freshly baked cheese tarts not far away.

She hurried over with quick steps.

Just as she was about to reach the display case, her foot was suddenly tripped by something!

"Ah..."

Cai Xiaotang let out an involuntary exclamation, seeing herself about to fall directly onto the large tray of freshly baked pastries!

Just then—a pair of hands suddenly caught her shoulders and pulled her back!

Cai Xiaotang was still shaken, but she hurriedly steadied herself.

"Thank you!"

She turned around quickly to thank them, only to see that the person who had pulled her back was a young man.

The other party had delicate features and a hint of coldness in his eyes, yet the corners of his lips were slightly curved.

"Are you alright?"

The man asked with a smile.

"I'm fine, thanks to you pulling me just now..."

Cai Xiaotang hurriedly shook her head.

The man nodded, glanced at the pastries behind her, and pointed casually.

"Freshly baked cheese tarts, you can try one."

Cai Xiaotang was stunned upon hearing this and hurriedly replied: "I came here just for these..."

"Is that so?"

The man raised an eyebrow: "That's quite a coincidence; I like those too."

"Yeah, what a coincidence..."

Cai Xiaotang didn't understand how the two of them had started chatting, so she just went along with his words, though she felt a bit strange inside.

This person... was he being a bit too familiar?

But after all, he had just helped her...

Just as Cai Xiaotang was thinking this, she heard the person in front of her take the initiative to say: "I have things to do, I'll be going first. Be careful next time."

"Okay..."

Cai Xiaotang responded, watched the man turn and leave, then took what she wanted and went back, putting the matter out of her mind.

After finishing lunch and returning to the room to rest for a while, the group planned to head home.

Cai Xiaotang had spent these two days very comfortably, and on the way back, she couldn't help but start planning the next trip.

Li Xiao was also in a very good mood; seeing that the car was almost at their doorstep, he suddenly said: "Since we still have time today, what do you plan to do tonight?"

"Hmm..."

Cai Xiaotang pondered for two seconds, not quite sure.

The car had already stopped outside the villa.

Just as she was about to get out, she heard a sudden knock on the car door.

Cai Xiaotang opened the door and saw Laoqi and the others looking solemn, all staring straight at Li Xiao.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xiao frowned, realizing something must have happened.

Lao San stepped forward two paces and leaned into his ear.

Cai Xiaotang couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could see Li Xiao's brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

After a long moment—"Get in the car, we're going straight there now. Laoqi, stay behind and keep Xiao Tang company."

As Li Xiao spoke, he turned and glanced at Cai Xiaotang with an apologetic expression.

"Sorry, something came up unexpectedly..."

"Then go ahead and take care of it."

Cai Xiaotang waved her hand with an "I understand you" expression, then hurriedly urged: "Be careful yourself, don't get hurt."

She spoke very quickly, no different from usual.

Only the look in her eyes revealed the worry she couldn't hide.

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for a moment, and he stepped forward to hug her.

"It's nothing major, I'll be back soon."

This was the first time he suddenly felt that being cared about by someone was such a happy thing.

After a simple farewell, Li Xiao turned and left.

Closing the car door, he heard his subordinate beside him report: "The news spread a bit chaotically; we also just received confirmed information that the local thugs in C District are planning to take on Linke's job..."

"Heh, is there really someone who doesn't fear death?"

Li Xiao gave a soft snort, a flash of cold light quickly crossing his eyes.

He had originally thought that dealing with that person surnamed Chu would at least make some people remember for a while.

He didn't expect that while it deterred the big shots, it ended up being coveted by some rats in the gutter.

Being able to find them... it seems Linke really has no one else he can use?

Very soon...

Several cars stopped at a messy intersection.

This was one of the few lawless areas on the outskirts of the city, a place where all kinds of people were mixed together.

It was usually only those idle vagrants and elderly people who couldn't afford a house and had no one to care for them who lived here.

"Shura, they should be in the alley..."

Lao Wu stepped forward and said in a low voice.

"Mm."

Li Xiao gave a response and led his men directly over.

To deal with these people, there was no need to even take out guns.

A few simple words of intimidation, and they would no longer have thoughts they shouldn't have.

With him coming in person, even if someone else wanted to take over, they would have to weigh whether they had the ability and the life to do so.

Several people walked toward the depths of the small alley.

Not long after, they indeed heard voices coming from inside, a group of people seemingly discussing words like "business."

Li Xiao lightened his footsteps and cautiously leaned in.

But the people inside seemed extremely vigilant, and the sound vanished in an instant.

Li Xiao's footsteps paused, and he exchanged a look with the few people around him without changing his expression.

Then he suddenly rushed out!

Sure enough, the people in front had already fled in a panic!

"Chase!!!"

Li Xiao gave a low shout and immediately lifted his legs to give chase.

But the terrain here was complex; if one wasn't particularly familiar with it, it was very easy to get lost.

Looking out, there were messy alleys everywhere, and the people they were chasing had all split up to run.

Very soon—Li Xiao passed through a small alley, looked at the three forks in the road ahead, and had completely lost them, his expression somewhat stifled.

He took a deep breath and turned around with a dark face.

However, his peripheral vision caught a low house not far away, the door suddenly opening, and a person walking out.

Li Xiao subconsciously glanced over, his gaze suddenly freezing.

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