Zhao Yu scratched his head in embarrassment as he sincerely explained himself to Shen Qi, “My name is Zhao Yu. I am the only son of Zhao Group. My hobby is playing basketball and racing. I want to get to know you as a friend.”
Shen Qi and Yan were speechless.
Han Xueyou pressed her lips together as she mocked him, “Zhao Group? Who do you think you are? Why don’t you look at yourself in the mirror to see whether you are worthy to become our friends?”
Her outburst caused everybody’s expression to change. Zhao Yu’s face fell, his expression changing drastically as he stared at Han Xueyou. He was utterly speechless.
Although Shen Qi was planning to ignore the person in front of her, she felt that Han Xueyou’s words were a little harsh. Moreover, she couldn’t believe that those words came from Han Xueyou’s mouth. At the moment, she was looking at Han Xueyou in surprise.
Ever since Han Xueyou became the Young Lady of the Han Family, she was spoiled by many people. Hence, she acted in an unreasonable and despotic manner most of the time. Nobody dared to do anything about it because of her status. The only thing was, she kept pretending to be her old self in front of Shen Qi. Now that she was faced with Zhao Yu, she had forgotten to put up her pretenses.
With that thought in mind, Han Xueyou quickly showed her kind side.
“Qi, I didn’t mean it that way… I only felt that…” She leaned toward Shen Qi as she whispered something in her ear. She succeeded in changing Shen Qi’s expression in that instant.
“Well, you should leave here quickly,” Yan urged Zhao Yu. “It doesn’t matter whether you win the competition or not as it has nothing to do with Qi. Don’t blame us if you lose because she did not agree to your request. We do not want to be held accountable for it.”
Zhao Yu knew that he had said something wrong as he looked embarrassed. “I am sorry. I didn’t mean it that way.”
With that, he left.
The men’s swimming competition started with the blow of the whistle. Due to the fact that they were standing closer to the participants, Yan was feeling extremely excited at the moment as she took out her phone and started snapping away. Then, she yelled, “Go! Vice President Ye! Show them what you got!”
Ye Linhan had a nice figure. Yan ended up chasing after him as she screamed shrilly. At the same time, she kept taking his pictures with her phone. The way she was running in her heels made Shen Qi worried for her.
As expected, Ye Linhan won the championship.
Amidst the shrieks of all the women there, nearly everybody’s attention was focused upon Ye Linhan’s perfect body as he got out of the swimming pool. Shen Qi was the only exception as her gaze was drawn toward Ye Moxuan, who was sitting not far behind her.
He was sitting in a wheelchair. He remained expressionless with a cold look in his eyes as if this situation did not concern him at all.
However, Shen Qi felt sorry for him.
If… If he wasn’t a cripple, then tonight… he would be able to swim freely with everybody here. However, since his legs were useless, he could only sit on a wheelchair for his entire life. He could not do anything that a normal person was able to do.
Her gaze kept falling upon Ye Moxuan’s body, and Ye Moxuan noticed it soon enough as his piercing gaze fell upon her. Shen Qi was stunned as she quickly averted her gaze.
Ye Moxuan looked at her in a mocking manner.
Is that… pity in her gaze?
Is she pitying me?
Not long after Shen Qi lowered her gaze, Yan returned and gave her a tug. “What nonsense are you thinking about? How could you not watch the awesome competition just now. I took a lot of pictures, all of them of Vice President Ye. I will send it to you once I get back.”
“Send to me?”
“Yeah! Isn’t Vice President Ye pursuing you? You should take a look at his naked body to familiarize yourself with it.”
When she mentioned ‘naked body’, Shen Qi suddenly recalled the events of that stormy night where the man had her pinned underneath him in the leather seat. The memory of his deep panting and hot palm of his couldn’t help but make her tremble under his touch.
She paled in that instant as she cried out, “Stop talking nonsense!”
Then, she turned around and walked back to her seat and sat down upon it. Then, she took a sip from the cup in her hand. She did not notice that her cup had been secretly swapped by another person.
When Gao Yun and Cui Limin, who were standing not far away, saw this, the corners of their mouths curled up into a triumphant smile.
“What did I tell you, Gao Yun. We will always have a chance to take her down.”
Gao Yun smiled triumphantly. “As long as she drinks from that cup, in a moment she will feel the temperature of her body rising, and she will start to feel dizzy. Tell Supervisor Xu to wait behind there for her.”
“Ok!”
Cui Minli quickly sent a text message to Xu Liao to notify him of the situation.
The women’s swimming competition was about to start as well, so Yan and Han Xueyou went to change their clothes. Shen Qi was shocked the moment the women came out. That was because most of them were wearing bikinis. Not a single one of them was wearing a one piece swimming costume or a more modest looking one. The reason for it was that today was the gathering place for all the outstanding men in North City. As such, all of the women here wanted to vie for their attention.
Since both Xueyou and Yan were going to participate in the competition, Yan reminded Shen Qi to cheer for her before she left. Shen Qi agreed, and she also promised that she would take lots of nice, sexy pictures of her.
Yan walked away happily.
Shen Qi ate two mouthfuls of fruit. Then she took out the phone that Yan gave to her and prepared to take some pictures.
The only thing was, she started to feel dizzy the moment she stood up.
Hence, she sat back down as she reached out her hands to massage her temples. That was weird. Why do I feel so weak all of a sudden? Did I not sleep well yesterday? When she thought about this, Shen Qi shook her head. However, she noticed that there were double images of the pastries on the table.
She still had to take pictures for Yan and Han Xueyou.
With that thought in mind, Shen Qi reached out her hand and pinched her thighs. The pain that she felt instantly woke her from her stupor. Hence, Shen Qi stood up and walked toward the swimming pool.
After taking several steps, Shen Qi noticed that her body was turning to jelly as she collapsed to the side.
Somebody caught her. “Hey! Are you alright?”
It was a woman’s voice. Shen Qi shook her head and thanked the person.
Even if she did not have any strength left to take the pictures, she had to tell Yan and Xueyou about this. Otherwise… they would still be waiting for her.
“Hey! Are you ill or something? Let me help you to the back so that you can rest there.” A familiar voice rang out. Shen Qi felt that the voice was familiar, but no matter how much she tried to recall it, she could not remember who the voice belonged to. She tried to take a look to see who it was. However, her vision was just too blurry.
Amidst the fogginess of her mind, Shen Qi nodded her head.
Hence, she was helped to the back. Shen Qi thought of something as she said in a low voice, “Can you please help me to tell Yan…”
“Ah!”
Before she managed to finish her sentence, she was given a strong push as she fell forward.
Slam!
The door behind her was slammed shut. Shen Qi thought that she was about to fall, but she had fallen into an embrace.
“Enjoy it…”
“You finally came. I have been waiting for you for a long time.”
A familiar male voice rang out. Shen Qi was still in a daze, but she subconsciously tried to struggle free from that man’s embrace. That person might have felt that since the doors were closed, it was ok to allow her to back off.
Shen Qi tried her best to open her eyes wide to see the person in front of her.
The blurry image of a man started to come into focus.
“Supervisor Xu?”
The person in front of her was actually Xu Liao!
When he heard her calling his name, Xu Liao gave her a perverted smile.
“Hey gorgeous…”
“Just now… the person who helped me here was…”
“Gao Yun. She is our matchmaker. After we are done with this, we should thank her properly.”
Shen Qi’s expression changed as she woke up from her stupor. Then she ran toward the door and reached out her hands.
