Chapter 465 - 466: Xi Siwei and I Were Acquainted Before
Qin Mobai released Lou Xi, "Let’s eat. If we wait any longer, it’ll all get cold."
He let go of Lou Xi just in time; otherwise, this man might lose control here.
Even though Qin Mobai had cleared the area, he still wasn’t assured.
He could lie with Lou Xi on the yacht’s deck, with the sky as the blanket and the earth as the bed, because they were surrounded by the sea, and no one would notice whatever they did.
But here is the beach, and someone might come by. Qin Mobai would hate to be caught speaking intimately with Lou Xi.
That experience isn’t good at all.
Lou Xi muttered, "It’s your poor self-control to blame."
"What?" Qin Mobai lowered his voice, half-threateningly.
"Nothing, nothing." Lou Xi couldn’t let Qin Mobai hear those words, or else the man would surely get angry. Having been with him for so long, she knew this little habit of his well.
He’s a man of principle, stance, and courage in big matters, yet clings to some insignificant trivialities.
Strict and even ruthless with others, yet with her, he had no limits or principles.
This kind of Qin Mobai, an emotional and real Qin Mobai, is the Qin Mobai that Lou Xi likes.
French cuisine, from appetizers to main course to dessert, champagne, red wine, the entire dinner lasted nearly two hours.
From dusk till the thick of night, the lights at the beach illuminated their table.
The sea breeze blew, refreshing and delightful.
This is the feeling of a honeymoon.
The honeymoon came—five days late but finally here.
"Lou Xi, I have to return to Nancheng tomorrow," Qin Mobai said after dinner.
He said, "I have to return to Nancheng," not "I’ll return to Nancheng with Lou Xi."
Lou Xi was stunned for a moment and quickly thought it must be because of Shen Youran. Qin Mobai knew she couldn’t follow him back immediately.
"Is something going on?" Lou Xi asked. Qin Mobai suddenly saying he must return surely meant something was happening in Nancheng.
"Just a small issue, but I have to go handle it. Su Lin can’t manage it alone," Qin Mobai said casually.
But, from what Lou Xi had learned during her nearly month-long work at Jia Sheng’s president’s office, whenever Qin Mobai must personally step in, it’s never an easy matter.
"Is it Xi Siwei trying to compete with you for the successor’s position?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Xi Siwei wants to marry Shen Ruozhuo to deal with you? And I haven’t been able to help you much, so you’re falling behind in this succession battle?"
Under the night, the hint of worry in Lou Xi’s eyes couldn’t be hidden.
"Do you think Grandpa would let a man who relies on women take his place? Though Grandpa is old, he understands better than anyone," Qin Mobai said, full of confidence. "He used the successor issue to threaten me because he didn’t want me to marry you."
So... from that time, she had become a stumbling block on Qin Mobai’s path to succession.
"Later he saw I was determined to marry you, and Grandma was on our side, so the inheritance threat just vanished," Qin Mobai said, "but since it was mentioned, some people are beginning to show interest again, and I need to return and take charge."
According to Qin Mobai’s words, his position as the successor is still solid.
"Mo Bai, there’s something I never told you," Lou Xi paused, "I used to know Xi Siwei."
Qin Mobai raised his eyebrows, his expression unreadable.