Little Bodyguard(GL) 17

Chapter 17

Naturally, they left the mess for Aijia to handle. Aijia really had a good temper, she could even laugh it off with Li Qinyue.

Li Qinyue was incredibly happy. She put her arm around Zhuo Zhi, holding her tightly, and exclaimed for the third time, “Honey, that kick of yours was so cool!”

Zhuo Zhi pursed her lips, not wanting to speak.

“Are you tired?” Li Qinyue looked her up and down, “Or are you injured? There were so many glass shards…”

Zhuo Zhi spat out a word angrily, “Noisy.”

“Ah, it’s noisy, is it?” Li Qinyue, completely oblivious, headed towards the exit, “Let’s go, let’s go home. It’s quiet at the villa complex, this place is too noisy…”

Zhuo Zhi was dragged out of the bar and into the car. Li Qinyue stepped on the gas, as if she wanted to start racing right there in the parking lot.

For the first time, Zhuo Zhi didn’t focus her attention on Li Qinyue in the car. She looked out the window, feeling a bit worried and confused.

Li Qinyue was clearly excited. She drove at the speed limit, taking the racing track up the mountain. Apart from the winding streetlights, the surroundings were silent and dark.

Li Qinyue’s excitement only subsided when they stopped the car. She slammed the car door shut, put a cigarette in her mouth, and asked Zhuo Zhi, “What’s wrong?”

When her voice lowered, it carried a hint of impending anger. Zhuo Zhi remembered what Li Qinyue was like when she first came to this villa. It made her a little apprehensive.

“Nothing,” Zhuo Zhi paused, still unsure what to say, so she chose to avoid the question for now, “I want to sleep.”

“Hmm.” Li Qinyue didn’t say anything more. She went inside, changed her shoes, took off her jacket, and went upstairs without looking back.

She was still angry. Zhuo Zhi sighed.

Back in her room, she lay in bed after showering, but even though it was very late, she couldn’t fall asleep.

In this situation, she should be the one who was angry. Li Qinyue was reckless and had no sense of propriety when she was having fun. It was not only dangerous but also troublesome. If it were any other friend, Zhuo Zhi would have given up on persuading her and just punched her.

But she couldn’t do that to Li Qinyue. Although they were becoming more like friends, their relationship was still based on the roles of employer and bodyguard.

Choosing to get closer and build trust or choosing to keep a distance and fulfill her duties was a real dilemma.

For the next three days, neither of them mentioned what had happened at “Shengge”.

Every day, Zhuo Zhi woke up early and went for a run, bringing back fresh vegetables and making breakfast before Li Qinyue came downstairs.

If Li Qinyue overslept, Zhuo Zhi would knock on her door. Li Qinyue would sometimes throw clothes around in a bad mood, but she never cursed at Zhuo Zhi like before.

They didn’t go down the mountain during these three days. Li Qinyue spent most of her time playing on her phone or computer. Zhuo Zhi had nothing to do, so she would go to the beautifully decorated bookstore in the villa complex to read.

They seemed to have found a subtle balance. Without all the fighting and arguing, their days were as peaceful as the faint clouds in the sky above Nanhai City.

At noon on the fourth day, Li Qinyue came downstairs with a travel bag, looking very stylish.

Zhuo Zhi, who was reading in the living room, immediately stood up and asked, “President Li, are you going out?”

“Yeah,” Li Qinyue was looking at her phone, not offering any further explanation.

“Out of the city, out of the province, or out of the country?” Zhuo Zhi had to pack her things immediately.

Li Qinyue finally glanced at her, “Do you think I can go anywhere?”

Zhuo Zhi was stunned, “Of course.”

“Didn’t Grandpa tell you I can’t go anywhere before the New Year?”

“No,” Zhuo Zhi frowned, “I told you, he just told me to take care of you.”

“Oh,” Li Qinyue responded flatly, “I’m going to the boxing gym.”

Zhuo Zhi relaxed and followed her with a smile, “Do you know how to box, Sister?”

Li Qinyue continued to look at her phone, “No.”

Zhuo Zhi looked at her neatly tied hair and professional-looking gym bag, “You don’t look like you don’t know how to.”

“What do you call knowing how to box in front of me?” Li Qinyue’s tone was a bit off.

Zhuo Zhi, sensing her mood, immediately became humble and flattering, “I don’t know how to, I’ve never learned. I just learned some random fighting moves from my master. You know so much more than I do, Sister.”

“Heh,” Li Qinyue chuckled.

They left the villa, and after walking a few steps, a car pulled up in front of them.

A guy with several necklaces hanging around his neck jumped out of the car. Before he could even speak, he offered Li Qinyue a cigarette, “Sister Yue, long time no see.”

Zhuo Zhi frowned, staring at the cigarette.

Li Qinyue opened the car door and got in. The guy offered the cigarette to Zhuo Zhi, “Little sister, what’s your name?”

“Thank you, I don’t smoke,” Zhuo Zhi said, not answering his question, and followed Li Qinyue into the car.

The guy smiled, not feeling awkward, and got back into the driver’s seat. He turned to Li Qinyue and said, “I heard you were coming, so a lot of people came today.”

“Hmm, don’t let in anyone who’s just here to watch,” Li Qinyue put her phone back in her pocket, “Everyone who comes in has to enter the cage.”

“Alright,” the guy lowered his head and tapped on his phone, “Done, I’ve notified them.”

Li Qinyue didn’t say anything more. After the car had driven for a while, the guy suddenly turned to look at Zhuo Zhi, “Sister Yue, the little sister is so young, is she going too?”

Zhuo Zhi was unhappy with his words. What she feared most now was being excluded from these adults’ games. So, she immediately said, “I’m not young, I’m President Li’s bodyguard.”

“Bodyguard?” the guy laughed, clearly not believing her, “Such a cute little bodyguard?”

Li Qinyue, who had been looking uninterested, suddenly became intrigued. She raised her chin at the guy, “Lingzi, believe it or not, you can’t beat her in arm wrestling.”

“Sister Yue, you’re looking down on me too much.” Lingzi rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong forearms, “I’ve been training every day while you were away from Nanhai.”

“They do look pretty good,” Li Qinyue smiled.

Zhuo Zhi moved to the left, found a good spot, and extended her hand, “Come on.”

“No, wait,” Lingzi looked at Zhuo Zhi’s slender wrist, “Little sister, Sister Yue is just joking, she just wants to humiliate me…”

“Let’s do it,” Zhuo Zhi said, “Prove yourself to her.”

Lingzi reluctantly took her hand, “Even if I win against you, little sister, it doesn’t prove…”

Before he could finish his sentence, he was pinned down by Zhuo Zhi.

The car fell silent, swaying on the mountain road, the silence filled with awkwardness.

Li Qinyue raised an eyebrow. Lingzi stammered, “Wait, wait, wait, I wasn’t ready.”

“Okay, again,” Zhuo Zhi placed her hand back in position.

Lingzi looked around, “Isn’t our posture wrong?”

“Yeah, there’s no place to brace ourselves, it’s hard to exert force,” Zhuo Zhi said, “You can put your left hand under your elbow.”

Lingzi placed his left hand under his elbow, and Zhuo Zhi gripped his hand, “Ready?”

“Aren’t you going to brace yourself?” Lingzi looked at her.

“No need,” Zhuo Zhi said.

“Then I won’t either,” Lingzi quickly withdrew his left hand, “One, two, three… damn!”

As he shouted, Li Qinyue laughed and leaned back in her seat.

“Lingzi, you’re too fast, was it even three seconds? Should I record a video and send it to the boxing gym group chat?”

“Damn, damn, damn, damn…” Lingzi cursed repeatedly, staring at Zhuo Zhi’s hand on top of his, unable to understand why he had suddenly become so weak. He was actually defeated by a little girl in arm wrestling.

Zhuo Zhi let go of his hand, sat back, and pretended to adjust her sleeves.

Lingzi’s hand was still in the defeated position. He stared at his large, rough hand, feeling like his whole life had been overturned.

After a long while, he muttered another “damn” and finally withdrew his hand.

When he looked up at Zhuo Zhi again, his expression and attitude were completely different, “You really are President Li’s bodyguard.”

“Yes,” Zhuo Zhi nodded calmly.

Lingzi cupped his fist towards her, “Amazing, you’re amazing. There are truly no ordinary people around President Li.”

“Have there been any extraordinary people around me?” Li Qinyue said.

“This is the first one I’ve seen,” Lingzi said with an exaggerated expression, “Astonishing.”

“You flatter me,” Zhuo Zhi said, “Then can I go now?”

“Yes, of course,” Lingzi said, “Come over and give us some pointers.”

Zhuo Zhi looked at Li Qinyue, “I’m just President Li’s bodyguard.”

Li Qinyue smiled and waved at Lingzi, “You talk too much, take a break.”

“Alright.” Lingzi turned back to look at the scenery outside the window and let out a long sigh.

Zhuo Zhi was still looking at Li Qinyue, who had stopped smiling and was playing with her phone again.

Zhuo Zhi didn’t receive any approval or praise, not even a good look. She felt a little dejected.

With an outsider in the car, she couldn’t whisper to Li Qinyue. And after the car stopped, they took the elevator directly from the parking lot to the third basement level, so there was no chance for her to talk to Li Qinyue alone.

At first, the place looked like a normal boxing gym. But after passing through a door, it looked completely different.

The concrete walls were covered with colorful and chaotic graffiti. The space was open and empty, the lights only illuminating the huge iron cage in the center.

The cage was very tall. Zhuo Zhi looked up, blinded by the bright lights, and then realized with shock that there was no exit at the top.

It was like a tightly woven birdcage, with only a small door on one side, and a crowd gathered outside the door.

It was broad daylight outside, but it was dark here, as if it were the middle of the night.

“Everyone’s here,” someone said to Lingzi.

“Good, we can almost start,” Lingzi walked towards Li Qinyue, “Sister Yue, want to say a few words?”

“Of course,” Li Qinyue raised her hand. Lingzi accurately handed her the microphone, and at the same time, a spotlight shone on her.

Li Qinyue walked towards the iron cage, the spotlight following her. People started clapping and cheering.

This reminded Zhuo Zhi of the spotlight at the bar that day. Li Qinyue had shone the light on her, watching from the corner as she fought anxiously.

Li Qinyue entered the cage and climbed onto the boxing ring.

Her movements were swift. Someone suddenly turned on the music, passionate and intense, making their hearts pound.

Li Qinyue stood in the center of the cage and said, “Welcome everyone, let’s have some fun today.”

It was just a simple sentence, but the cheers rose an octave. Zhuo Zhi frowned at the crowd, not understanding why these grown men were making such a fuss over Li Qinyue, as if they were chasing after a celebrity.

But she quickly understood.

After saying that, Li Qinyue suddenly started taking off her jacket, her movements swift, revealing her smooth, beautiful shoulders and her slim, toned waist in an instant.

The cheers were about to explode. Li Qinyue, only wearing a sports bra, had a figure that could rival the giant posters outside the boxing gym. She raised her hand and pointed at the crowd, “No rules, no nonsense. The winner today gets 200,000 yuan and dinner with me.”

“Woooo!!!” someone immediately threw off their jacket, making Zhuo Zhi nervous.

Winning money and a beautiful woman by defeating competitors with brute force was enough to stimulate every man’s adrenaline. The music pounded like a drum, their blood boiling.

Li Qinyue, who had also offered herself as a prize, smiled, her lips curving upwards like Pandora about to open the box.

Zhuo Zhi rushed to the cage door, squeezing past the men on both sides. The moment Li Qinyue came out, she grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the excited crowd.

There was no formal organizer for this fight. You just got a number and entered the cage, fighting until you were knocked down or gave up.

A battle royale, realistic and cruel.

Lingzi rushed to their side and asked Li Qinyue over the loud music, “Sister Yue, why did you add a bonus?”

Li Qinyue said, “Because I felt like it.”

“Can we really have dinner with Sister Yue?!”

“When have I, Li Qinyue, ever gone back on my word?”

“Damn!” Lingzi shouted and jumped up, “I’m signing up!”

Zhuo Zhi also wanted to curse.

She dragged Li Qinyue to a corner, her anger finally boiling over. For the first time, she yelled at Li Qinyue, “What are you doing?!”

“Watching a fight,” Li Qinyue said casually, her eyes fixed on the cage, not even looking at Zhuo Zhi.

“What’s so good about watching a fight!!!” Zhuo Zhi felt like her head was going to explode, “They’re fighting so poorly!”

Li Qinyue finally turned to look at her, her eyes reflecting the lights, her smile like that of the most cunning fox in a cartoon, “I like watching fights.”

“I’ll fight for you!” Zhuo Zhi gripped her arm tightly.

“No, you won’t,” Li Qinyue tried to shake her off but failed, her brows furrowing, “You sulked at me for days after just watching me beat up a drunkard, do you think I dare let you fight?!”

“I didn’t sulk at you!” Zhuo Zhi shouted.

“You did!” Li Qinyue shouted back.

“I didn’t!”

“You did!!!”

“I…” Zhuo Zhi suddenly realized that she could never out-shout Li Qinyue, so she pursed her lips, let go of Li Qinyue’s arm, and turned towards the cage, “I’m signing up.”

This time, it was Li Qinyue who stopped her. She frowned and asked, “Do you know what ‘dinner’ means in the adult world?”

Zhuo Zhi was furious, “I know! If I didn’t know, why would I stop you?!”

After shouting, she felt it wasn’t enough to express her anger at Li Qinyue’s reckless behavior, and finally cursed, “Fuck!”

“Yes,” Li Qinyue laughed, “It means that.”

Zhuo Zhi felt like she was about to explode.

“If you sign up…” Li Qinyue looked at her, her eyes lingering on her lips, “It’ll still mean that.”

Zhuo Zhi was stunned.

Li Qinyue smiled, “So, have you made up your mind?”