Confused, Housekeeper Xiang asked, "Why aren't you suitable to sleep in the same room as Master Jiu?"
'Why?'
'To protect her virtue, of course!'
Guan Xi had always thought that when she finally have sex for the first time, it would be with the person that she liked.
In her case right now, Master Jiu didn't like her and she sure as hell didn't like Master Jiu either.
Something was bound to happen if they start sleeping and living in the same room.
She was just a child who had just come of age.
"I'm a... I don't really sleep well at night. I continuously toss around, kick the quilt away, grind my teeth, and snore. I'm worried that it will affect Master Jiu's sleep."
Guan Xi was willing to do or say anything to protect her innocence. "Housekeeper Xiang, is there any way I can move out of Master Jiu's room?"
Housekeeper Xiang thought about it for a minute before shaking his head. "Little Madam, there's no way. Master Jiu personally ordered you to move into his room. If you want to move out, you have to tell him yourself. He's in the study now if you want to speak to him."
'Talk to Xiao Jiuyan personally?'
Guan Xi began to feel conflicted.
The thought of facing Master Jiu alone was... daunting.
However, if she backed out now, she'd have to spend the entire night with that cruel man.
Ten minutes later, Guan Xi stood in front of the door to the study, her face scrunched up into a bitter look. Trembling, she raised her hand and knocked.
...
In the study, Xiao Jiuyan was talking to someone on the phone.
His expression was the mirror of coldness and his brows were tightly furrowed.
His voice was lower than usual when he said, "Are you saying that the accident was done by the guardian of the Akira family?"
"That's not... that's not entirely the truth."
Shi Buji's tone on the other end of the phone was a little careless. "I meant that the accident that had happened to you must've involved a guardian of the Akira family. It doesn't necessarily mean that the family had anything to do with it."
After a pause, Shi Buji continued, "I personally don't think that the Akira family had a hand in your accident. Their family motto has always been to be neutral. They simply send guardians to various forces but they do not interfere in these struggles."
Xiao Jiuyan frowned slightly. "So someone bought the contract-abiding people from the Akira family and made a move against Long Xiao? Against me?"
Long Xiao was the Special Forces team led by Xiao Jiuyan.
Xiao Jiuyan was the backbone of Long Xiao. It was because of him that it was established in the first place, and it was because of him that it still stood strong to this day.
Absentmindedly, his fingers drummed against the table rhythmically. "I understand. Is there any other news?"
"Actually, there is. I heard that in the next few days, the current young master of the Akira family, Akira Mato, will come to country Z and one of his stops is to Tong City. I still have some connections with him, do you want me to arrange a meeting for the two of you?"
"Akira family's young master?"
"Yes. He's... he's a complicated person."
Shi Budai's lazy voice was tinged with admiration as he excitedly said, "He killed a few of his siblings and the Akira family's illegitimate son before he was promoted. The Akira family is now under his control. You can meet with him and personally ask about that accident."
After pondering about it for a moment, he said, "Okay."
"One last thing," Shi Budai added, a teasing tone in his voice, "Old Xiao, I wish you a happy marriage."
Xiao Jiuyan was speechless.