Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 339 A Beautiful Night

"Bam—!"

The sound of flesh colliding shattered the harmony of the room.

Lou Qi punched Cheng Jiang in the face, and before Cheng Jiang could react, he punched him again, making a loud noise.

Those around reacted and quickly pulled the person away.

"Young Master Lou, let's talk this out! Today is your home turf, how can you resort to violence?" a guest advised.

"Lou Qi!" Jiang Xing grabbed Lou Qi's arm, stopping him from making any further moves.

Cheng Jiang is the future heir of the Cheng family, not someone like Ying Kaian who can be easily beaten!

"Young Master Cheng's attitude towards my future wife suggests you want everyone to know about your shady dealings?" Lou Qi's aura surged.

A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of Cheng Jiang's mouth. He stared at Lou Qi with mockery and hatred, then looked at Jiang Xing, and gritted his teeth to swallow this bitter pill.

His private life was extremely chaotic, and he had used many shady methods. Compared to him, Lou Qi was a model citizen. He knew what kind of scoundrel he was, but that didn't mean those things could be brought up in public—he was shameless, but the Cheng family was.

Future wife...

Jiang Xing couldn't help but glance at Lou Qi, but when she met the man's gaze, she immediately looked away.

I felt a little guilty, and also a little... flustered.

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When the elders of the Lou and Cheng families realized that their younger relatives had made a move, they both gave their children a perfunctory reprimand, trying to downplay the incident and avoid being seen as a spectacle.

Lou's mother glared at Jiang Xing with great dissatisfaction, while Lou's father didn't even glance at Jiang Xing from beginning to end—in his eyes, Jiang Xing wasn't even worthy of his attention.

Jiang Xing didn't care about this.

Halfway through the banquet, Jiang Xing finally received a call from Ying Kaian: "I'm in the room, where are you?"

—The suite was at the end of the corridor. Jiang Xing deliberately left the door open so that Ying Kaian could go straight in.

"I'm getting ready, wait for me for twenty minutes," Jiang Xing said before hanging up the phone.

"Someone's looking for you?" Lou Qi was multitasking, ostensibly socializing, but actually focusing all his attention on Jiang Xing.

"Yes, I need to give some documents to a junior at school," Jiang Xing said. "I'll go to the front desk to use the computer."

Lou Qi didn't understand what she still had to give to the school after graduating, but he hadn't pursued a doctorate and respected his girlfriend's academic pursuits.

"I go with you."

“No need,” Jiang Xing refused. “I don’t want everyone staring at me.”

Lou Qi: "..." He felt rejected.

Watching Jiang Xing's departing figure, Lou Qi frowned imperceptibly.

He always felt that... Jiang Xing was plotting something.

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As Jiang Xing walked out of the banquet hall, she glanced at Cheng Jiang not far away. The latter was probably holding a grudge, staring at her with a sinister look.

Jiang Xing stood outside the banquet hall and soon saw Cheng Jiang come out.

She got up and walked towards the secluded bathroom.

A short while later, footsteps approached from behind.

The next second, a hand reached out from behind, grabbed her shoulder, and blocked her way: "Miss Jiang, do you know how promiscuous you are?"

Cheng Jiang's eyes and brows were filled with undisguised lust as he brazenly sized up Jiang Xing.

"Young Master Cheng, you're overthinking it." Jiang Xing pushed his hand away.

Cheng Jiang laughed mockingly: "You just want to lure me out, don't you? What kind of virtuous woman are you trying to impress?"

Jiang Xing took out a room key from her handbag: "It's Ying Kaian who's here to see you."

"How do you know him?" Cheng Jiang glanced at the room key but didn't take it.

"He's my ex-boyfriend, haven't you heard of him?"

Cheng Jiang then took the card, clearly having been testing Jiang Xing: "You've already broken up and you're still in contact with your ex-boyfriend? And you still say you're not a womanizer? If Lou Qi finds out, he'll probably dump you."

Jiang Xing turned and left: "Have a nice night, Young Master Cheng."

Unfortunately, Ying Kai'an is homophobic.