Chapter 36 Love and hate entanglement
"Qiqi, you're here. I had a hard time looking for you. You didn't even return my call."
The man had good eyesight, and as soon as he entered the bar, he immediately spotted Li Qiyao sitting in the corner. A bright smile appeared on his face, and he walked towards Li Qiyao while speaking.
"I already said I didn't want to see you. I came to Huangshan just to have some peace and quiet. How on earth did you find me?"
The moment Li Qiyao saw the man, her brows were tightly furrowed. She said something to the man impatiently. While speaking, she looked at Xiang Yuanyuan as if asking for help.
Xiang Yuanyuan seemed to know Li Qiyao very well. She knew the reason as soon as she saw her expression, so she immediately put down her wine glass, nodded, and moved her stool closer to Du Ruo, as if she wanted to talk to Du Ruo.
"How can I feel at ease if you go out alone? Come on, you don't know that people out there can only look at you and not know your heart. What if you get cheated?"
The man stood beside Li Qiyao, first looked at Du Ruo with scrutiny, then lingered on Xiang Yuanyuan's hot body for a while, and then spoke softly to Li Qiyao. He was very gentle when he spoke, as if he was coaxing a child.
It's true, this man is in his thirties, has a strong build, is quite handsome, and is well-dressed. Standing next to Li Qiyao, he and she really look a good match.
Li Qiyao pursed her lips, did not look at the man, and held the cup of boiled water tightly with both hands, without saying a word.
"Boss Du, please talk to Secretary Yang and tell him that someone is causing trouble here. Ask him to bring some villagers to drive this person away."
Xiang Yuanyuan leaned close to Du Ruo's ear and whispered something to her. The Secretary Yang she mentioned was Yang Chenguang.
"It's just this one person. There's no need to mobilize a large force. Please tell me the specific situation of these two people first."
Du Ruo directly refused. He thought it was okay to call Yang Chenguang, but there was no need to call the villagers. If Yang Chenguang came, it would be enough to just stand in the small square outside and shout. The villagers here were united, and Yang Chenguang actually had quite a lot of prestige in the village. It would only take a few words to drive away a outsider, but Du Ruo felt that it was completely unnecessary.
What he wanted to find out now was what was going on between Li Qiyao and this man. It seemed that the two women had discussed this matter a long time ago.
"Oh, forget it. Let me tell you about them first. This man..."
Seeing that Du Ruo didn't seem to have any intention of calling anyone, and the man was still pestering Li Qiyao and talking non-stop, Xiang Yuanyuan simply started telling Du Ruo what had happened.
This man and Li Qiyao were college classmates, one studied fine arts and the other studied physical education. They started dating in college. After graduation, Li Qiyao opened a painting studio with financial support from her family. The man had a strong talent in Sanda and had won a city-level Sanda championship, becoming a second-level athlete.
The two were originally very much in love, and both sets of parents were optimistic about them. A few years after graduation, they naturally reached the stage of discussing marriage.
However, there is a saying that goes "You can judge a person by his appearance but not by his heart." Just when the two parties were about to get their marriage certificate and on the day when the two families went to the hotel to discuss the wedding menu, a woman broke in and made a big scene.
The woman said that she was pregnant, the child was the man's, and their relationship had lasted for two years. If the man did not give an explanation, she would go to the man's workplace to make trouble.
At the scene, Li Qiyao kept looking at the man, hoping he would give an explanation, but the man just lowered his head and said nothing.
In the end, the farce ended with the man's family promising to marry the woman, leaving Li Qiyao alone to bear it all.
"So what's going on now?"
Upon hearing this, Du Ruo asked Xiang Yuanyuan a question, watching the man still talking shamelessly, while Li Qiyao remained silent from beginning to end.
"What else can I do? The two broke up after that. Qiqi spent nearly two years to get over this failed relationship, but then this man showed up again. This man was not honest after getting married, and he continued to seduce young girls. Once, when this man's wife found out, she made a big fuss. That woman was not an easy person to deal with. She gave the child to the man and took away all the family property. After the divorce, she even reported some video evidence to the man's workplace.
In the end the man was left with nothing but a child.
From that day on, Li Qiyao’s nightmare began. ”
Xiang Yuanyuan said this while looking at the man with gritted teeth.
It turned out that after this man lost everything, he learned that Li Qiyao was still single and that her studio was doing better and better, so he started to pursue Li Qiyao madly again.
Li Qiyao had just come out of the shadow of that seven-year relationship, and because of her personality issues, she simply refused or refused to see the other party at first. Then the man became more and more excessive. Not only did he harass Li Qiyao, he also went to the parents of the children in her studio and spread some rumors.
Not only did Li Qiyao become physically and mentally exhausted, but even her studio was affected. Even if Li Qiyao called the police, it would be useless for her to be harassed like this. At most, they would give her a few days of verbal warning and then release her. So, Li Qiyao decided to temporarily close her studio and travel around the country to avoid this man's harassment.
But no one knew what means this man used. He could find Li Qiyao wherever she went in no time. He was so shameless that Li Qiyao could no longer lead a normal life.
"This man no longer cared at all. He was even locked up for a while, but when he was released, he was still the same."
"So... you want me to use the villagers to drive this guy away and have some peace for a few days? What's the point of that?"
Du Ruo didn’t understand the two women’s train of thought. This would indeed give them a few days of peace and quiet, but what was the use?
"What else can we do? The other party is just a piece of dog-skin plaster, the kind that won't respond to anything."
Xiang Yuanyuan stared at the man, then stopped talking to Du Ruo and moved closer to Li Qiyao, hoping to give her some comfort.
"Xiaojuan, please stop the music. Sorry, everyone. We have something going on at the bar today. All your consumption today is free of charge. You can pack up any unfinished drinks and take them away. I hope you can leave as soon as possible."
Seeing this, Du Ruo curled his lips, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, then stood up and said something loudly.
Xiaojuan saw Yuanyuan didn't say anything, turned off the light music, and immediately walked out of the bar to see the guest off.
The guests in the tavern had seen what had just happened with Du Ruo. When they heard Du Ruo say that today's meal was free, they didn't stay any longer and left with their drinks.
"Handsome guy, don't stand anymore, sit down. Ah Qi, how do you think we can solve this problem?"
Du Ruo waited for the guests to leave and asked Xiao Juan to leave temporarily. Then she said something to the man and looked at Li Qiyao, wanting to see her attitude.
Du Ruo was not a person who liked to meddle in other people's affairs, nor was he the kind of person who could not walk when seeing a beautiful woman. It was just that when he asked Li Qiyao for help, the other party had spared no effort, so now that the other party was in trouble, he could not just stand by and watch.
Li Qiyao’s story may sound a bit melodramatic, but it really happened to a friend of mine in real life. She also runs an art studio and is a beautiful woman with a gentle temperament. At the age of 30, she is still frequently harassed and entangled, which leads to her being single.
(End of this chapter)
