Chapter 191: Chapter 191

Half an hour later, they arrived at the school clinic. Li Xianglu sobbed intermittently, and a nurse applied iodine before wrapping her wound with gauze. Seeing her still crying vigorously, the nurse asked, "Did you hurt anywhere else?"

Li Xianglu, choked with sobs, wanted to say her butt hurt, but the fierce look in Qin Xi’s eyes made her pout and she dared not speak.

After the dressing was done, Qin Xi immediately pushed the bicycle, planning to bring her back home overnight. It was bound to be an uneasy night. The Lu Family had already sent someone over, she might as well let Xiangxiang go back to sleep.

He didn’t care about others; his first priority was to ensure the safety of his people. When he thought of Wang Ke stammering to tell him that Xiangxiang had gone to look for Lu Anna, he felt a trembling fear all over.

He initially thought this was serious trouble. He always believed she was smart — he had hinted at some things subtly, but how could she grow dumber the more she knew? According to Xiangxiang’s personality, she should have reminded Lu Anna to be careful long ago, but they didn’t take it to heart at all. Was it necessary for her to risk herself?

Thinking of this, Qin Xi trembled all over with anger—or rather, fear.

He knew that if something happened to Xiangxiang, he wouldn’t abandon her, but he was worried about the tremendous harm it could do to a girl. Even if he tried not to think about it, what about her herself? Her life would be ruined! How could she not understand his earnestness?

Pushing the bicycle out, Qin Xi lifted her onto the bike. Ignoring the people still sobbing behind him, he rode off.

All along the way, Li Xianglu felt very wronged but also knew that she had crossed Qin Xi’s bottom line.

They had had a deep conversation before, during the time Li Jianwen tricked her and she almost got hurt.

So, they made an agreement that she must never put herself in danger regardless of time or place.

This was what she promised Qin Xi.

Qin Xi had said she could cause trouble — with him around, there would be no problem. But if she disregarded her own safety, then she should brace for his fury. Thus, Li Xianglu, terribly worried, pretended to fuss and whine about how much she hurt—one moment her butt, another her overall pain—just to gain Qin Xi’s sympathy and lessen his anger for a while.

But Qin Xi remained unmoved and didn’t speak a word throughout the journey. Li Xianglu, frightened to her wits, leapt off the bike and vigorously knocked on the door as soon as they reached home: "Grandpa!" Come save me, the Great Demon King is going to hit me.

Strangely, it took a while before someone came to answer the door. By then it was after ten pm; Grandpa must have been asleep.

It wasn’t until later that Mr. Li finally came to open the door, and under the streetlight, Li Xianglu saw Grandpa wearing leather shoes and dress pants. What’s this? Why in the deep night?

As Mr. Li opened the door and saw his granddaughter with a white bandage on her head, he exclaimed, "What happened here? Why are you injured?"

Li Xianglu, seeing him, quickly flung herself into Grandpa’s arms: "Grandpa, Qin Xi hit me, woowoo, you have to stand up for me!"

Li Huai Ren hugged his granddaughter and looked back to see Qin Xi with a face as black as a pot lid. He pursed his lips and soothingly said, "Well, it’s just a hit, it’s not that big of a deal?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xianglu suddenly stopped her planned crying and shouting: "What?"

Li Huai Ren, amused, asked, "Where did that wound on your forehead come from?"

Li Xianglu saw that Grandpa Li was not fooled and cautiously looked behind before quickly heading towards the living room.

Upon arriving in the living room, Li Xianglu claimed a chair and wouldn’t budge. Qin Xi briefly repeated the events, then coldly looked her way.

Li Xianglu, startled, defended herself: "It’s not like I did it on purpose. You don’t know how urgent the situation was. Anna was already tied up there, almost getting—who knows what!"

Qin Xi scoffed, "Almost got what? What does that have to do with you?"

This made Li Xianglu even more annoyed. Just what did she want anyway? She was injured herself, and yet Qin Xi was still relentless, making Li Xianglu glower in response.

Mr. Li was also furious. Just as he was about to scold her, a voice came from another room: "Ha, you think you’re a saint? In that kind of situation, others couldn’t even flee, yet you were rushing forward. Do you have no brain?"

The angry expression on Li Xianglu’s face instantly turned into shock. Just as she was about to speak, a woman in a silk pajama set, draped with a cardigan over it and with silver hair and delicate facial features, emerged from inside.

Li Xianglu stood up, excitedly calling out, "Grandma Su!"

Su Yan snorted with disdain, "Stop calling me grandma. I don’t have such a foolish granddaughter. Can’t you use your brain when something happens? I, Su Yan, have been bossy my whole life, always the one bullying others, never being schemed against. And even if someone tried, they were dealt with by me. Look at you, with that big lump on your head, what a disgrace!"

Li Xianglu, thick-skinned as ever, even if Su Yan verbally despised her, rushed over and hugged her joyfully, "I knew something was off. Sister Xing was acting weird, and Grandpa too, looking unusually spry. So, it was you who came, Grandma Su!"

Su Yan tried to push her away, this girl clinging like a candy wrapper, irritatedly told Qin Xi, standing aside, "Xiao Qin, come on, get this sticky wrapper off me. We can talk tomorrow, it’s late already, I need my beauty sleep."

After Qin Xi pulled Li Xianglu away, he reminded her, "Don’t get your wounds wet! It’ll scar!"

Li Xianglu was half dragged, half carried back to her room by Qin Xi. Upon entering the room, he scooped her up and tossed her onto the bed, then went to lock the door.

Then, Qin Xi moved to the screen in the room and started undressing in front of Li Xianglu: taking off his jacket, shoes, pants, shirt, and vest, ending with his socks, leaving him in only his underwear as he approached Li Xianglu.

Li Xianglu watched Qin Xi’s robust physique, then stared at the small part of his belly above his black underwear, swallowed nervously, and watched him cautiously.

Seeing this, a hint of amusement flickered in Qin Xi’s eyes, though his face remained tightly stern. He stepped forward, took the bag from Li Xianglu’s hands, threw it aside, and then took off her outer clothes and shoes.

He then started to pull down her pants. Li Xianglu got alarmed and yelled, "Qin Xi, what are you doing?"

Qin Xi didn’t say a word, just snorted coldly, and continued pulling down her pants. Li Xianglu panicked, tried dodging, but she was no match for Qin Xi’s strength. In a few swift moves, he had her stripped completely, her underwear thrown aside, leaving a fully bare Li Xianglu feeling embarrassed. She turned her back and lay on the bed, crying loudly.

However, after a while without any further movement from Qin Xi, she felt a cool sensation on her buttocks.

Turning her head through tear-filled eyes, she saw Qin Xi applying ointment to her behind.

ps: It was meant to be a surprise, but it got revealed too soon, isn’t it anticlimactic? That’s the downside of too many updates; lacking that ’wow’ factor.