jdhmnovel Chapter 31 Kissing her in public: Let's go home
Chapter 31 Kissing her in public: Let's go home
Meanwhile, in the restaurant where Jiang Qin and Xie You'an were, everyone's faces turned somewhat pale.
At that very moment, on the sidewalk not far from the door, someone was screaming incessantly, desperately calling for help. The screams were terrified and shrill, sending chills down one's spine.
The sound had lasted for a full minute and a half.
Just now, the store manager behind the counter was the first to notice something was wrong. He quickly called a waiter and rushed over to lock the glass door, preventing the two antisocial individuals who were committing violence outside from entering the store.
Nevertheless, for those who grew up in a peaceful era and lived in a highly safe metropolis, what was happening outside at this moment was nothing short of an immersive nightmare.
No one spoke or touched their chopsticks. After several seconds of silence, the alarms sounded one after another.
"Tianfu Food Street, yes, that's it! Please send someone over quickly! It's terrifying, there are two lunatics..."
The commotion outside grew louder and louder, and horns blared incessantly on the road. Some passing drivers stopped to help, but dared not act rashly. Other vehicles around also stopped when they saw this.
More passersby called the police, and a kind-hearted, strong man grabbed a baton and tried to go up to the vehicle, but was stopped by the people inside.
"They're insane! Are you going to go up there and get yourself killed? Look at their eyes and their state, they're obviously mentally unstable! Don't be reckless, wait for the police to arrive!"
Sitting inside the restaurant, Jiang Qin didn't dare to look out, but even without seeing it with her own eyes, she was quite clear about what was happening outside thanks to her excellent hearing.
Those two antisocial scumbags kept repeating the same sentence as they indiscriminately attacked passersby on the street!
They are killing people.
Upon hearing those screams and the words those two scumbags were shouting, Jiang Qin almost instantly went into a state of stress.
Her face was deathly pale, and her whole body was cold. The hot food she had just eaten seemed to have turned to ice, and she was frozen stiff from head to toe, inside and out.
Because what they were saying at that moment sounded absurd to others, as if those two people were crazy.
But those words sounded incredibly familiar to her—when she was five years old, Jiang Chao, her abusive father, had shouted those words while raising a knife and slashing at her.
In that instant, reality and childhood fears overlapped, and Jiang Qin couldn't help but lower her head, bend over, and brace her hands on the edge of the dining table.
She clearly didn't see anything, yet everything in front of her was blood red.
The disgusting voice of that man I had heard as a child kept echoing in my ears.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! You dare to hide? You still dare to hide? I'm going to kill you today!"
Jiang Qin's body trembled slightly uncontrollably from fear.
"Jiang Qin, Jiang Qin?"
Xie Youan keenly noticed that something was wrong with the person opposite him. He called out twice, but the person did not respond at all.
Xie You'an frowned slightly, moved closer, and called out again in a gentle and worried tone, raising her voice slightly, "Jiang Qin!"
Jiang Qin looked up at him, somewhat confused.
Xie Youan's pupils contracted slightly, his eyes reflecting the woman's slightly reddened eyes.
He opened his mouth as if to say something but couldn't. As Jiang Qin's eyes gradually regained focus after being distracted, the face of the terrifying and ugly man in her memory was gradually being replaced by Xie You'an's face in her blurry vision.
Her heart, which had been pounding wildly with fear due to stress, gradually slowed down and her heart rate returned to normal.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" Jiang Qin asked after adjusting herself.
"Your face is so pale, and your lips are too. Are you alright?"
Xie Youan spoke gently, but his concern was barely concealed. As he spoke, he raised his large hand and shielded Jiang Qin's eyes from the side.
"Don't look there. If you're scared, cover your ears and don't listen."
He looked at her intently as he spoke, and this gesture made Jiang Qin pause for a moment.
Quite inexplicably, something from last year suddenly flashed into Jiang Qin's mind.
At that time, she happened to come across a picture and on a whim wanted to appreciate the view of a big city at night with its starry sky.
But she is afraid of heights and dares not go to high places alone on land, especially near the edge of high places, such as high mountain cliffs or semi-enclosed corridors in high-rise buildings. She always feels that if she stands there, she might fall.
When Huo Sili found out, he personally took her to the top floor of the building, which was over a hundred stories high. He stood behind her, holding her tightly in his arms and protecting her with his hand, shielding her from the view of the building's interior.
Let her immerse herself in the beautiful scenery, while at the same time letting her know that her personal safety is absolutely guaranteed.
Jiang Qin reached out to cover her ears, just then, the sounds of police sirens and ambulances rang out one after the other, and judging from the sounds, several vehicles had arrived.
Jiang Qin stopped moving.
Xie Youan looked at Jiang Qin and slowly withdrew his hand. "It's alright now."
Someone in the restaurant exclaimed, "They're here! The police cars are here! And the ambulance is here too! We're saved!"
"I was so scared! I was really scared! My heart was about to jump out of my chest!"
"What's going on outside? Has anyone been arrested? I don't dare to look."
"I don't dare either, but if the police come, I'll definitely be caught quickly, trust Uncle Hat! Oh, and that sound seemed to come from the intersection on the right. After this is over, let's not look back, just go straight to the left!"
Due to traffic congestion, the black Cullinan was forced to stop on the side of the road, about 200 meters from the restaurant.
The back door was pushed open, and the man strode out and ran forward quickly.
He Xu got out of the driver's seat and quickly made a call to the bodyguard who had previously sent a message to Huo Sili and was sent by Huo Sili to secretly protect Jiang Qin, asking him to sit in the car and rest for a while. He then started running to catch up with Huo Sili.
Outside the restaurant, two men who looked to be around forty years old, with cloudy eyes and clearly mentally unstable, were subdued by several police officers and soon handcuffed and put into a police car.
When Horst arrived at the restaurant entrance, the ambulance had just taken the injured away, a team of police officers who remained were calming the crowd, and the manager, who had also woken up in fear, came over to open the door.
Hearing familiar footsteps, Jiang Qin, still somewhat confused, turned her head uncertainly.
His figure swept in like the wind, and Horstley came to her side.
Xie Youan raised an eyebrow and stood up. "President Huo?"
Jiang Qin then realized, oh, it wasn't a hallucination.
“Let’s go home.” Huo Sili reached out and took Jiang Qin’s hand.
Jiang Qin frowned slightly. Now, all the spirits that had drifted away because of what had just happened had returned to their positions.
Huo Sili? Wasn't he supposed to be accompanying Li Xueqian to her family's dinner party? Why is he here?
Oh, someone probably posted it online, so he found out and came over.
But is it simply because of her? Impossible, don't flatter yourself, Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qin withdrew her hand and stood up. After regaining her composure, she faced Huo Sili with her usual gentle but clearly distant and polite demeanor. "Mr. Huo, what are you saying? What do you mean by 'we should go home'?"
She smiled politely at him and said, "Please don't say things that could be misunderstood."
The wind blowing in from outside carried a hint of blood, and Huo Sili's heart, which had been racing from running all the way, suddenly felt chilled to the bone.
As Huo Sili walked by in the restaurant, he said, "Let's go, let's go. How can we eat here? Let's go home. I need to watch a few episodes of Peppa Pig to calm my nerves."
"Are you coming or not?" The man's voice rang out again in the disturbed silence as he looked down at Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qinwei looked up at Huo Sili, and just as she opened her mouth, the man's eyes darkened, and she lowered her head.
"Holy crap, look inside!"
Xie You'an's pupils contracted sharply.
Huo Sili held the back of Jiang Qin's head and naturally placed a kiss on her lips.
Jiang Qin was stunned.
The next second, he picked her up upright and his cold, jealous warning voice whispered in her ear.
"Don't struggle. You can struggle if you want, but we haven't kissed outside in a long time. I don't mind kissing a few more times."