Xiao Jinhua suddenly realized the young man beside her was no ordinary young man. The word he"d just said convinced Sister Flower of his resourcefulness. Offending Li Faxian was a double-edged sword. If he did it right, he could become famous and from then on, everyone would look at Qin Feng differently. But if not, he might lift a too-big stone and smash his own feet. After all, Li Faxian was not one to be trifled with. To an outsider, making him kneel was more like an offense against Jia Quan. Actually, this was a public challenge.
"Qin Feng, how can you have this kind of courage? If you want to fight them, you need to have more power. Just knowing the Secretary of the Munic.i.p.al Party Committee is not enough. Maybe you don"t understand what Jia Quan"s name means in this city, but…"
Qin Feng interrupted her: "Sister Flower, I have already done it and there is no way back. The time to consider whether it"s safe to provoke them or not has pa.s.sed. Besides, I don"t regret doing it. On the contrary, I feel a sense of accomplishment. I made the director of a police station kneel to me and beg to let me out of his own station. Not just anyone can do that! I want people to hear about this!"
He stuck up a congratulatory thumb for himself.
Sister Flower was still nervous. "But… aren"t you afraid of their revenge?"
"There"s no need to worry. If we live every day in fear and worry, then what"s the point in living? Life is short as it is. I"d much rather go out with a bang than do nothing for a hundred years. Even if it"s very short, the blooming of that moment is enough to illuminate the world, illuminate you."
Qin Feng"s words came from his heart. He quietly glanced at Sister Flower with an inexplicable throbbing in his heart. Even ignoring Xiao He"s dying wish, Qin Feng would still protect her with his life.
Qin Feng was very moved that someone would care about him like Sister Flower did. His life had always been cold and lonely. Even his childhood saw him abandoned in the mountains. To this day, he had said no more than a hundred words to his father. The old man met every word with stubbornness, and when he wasn"t glaring at him disapprovingly, he scolded him. They didn"t give each other face. Whenever Qin Feng needed help with something he couldn"t handle on his own, he would always go straight to Qin Wannian"s personal a.s.sistant, Ye Wuming.
The a.s.sistant had worked for the Qin family faithfully for nearly twenty years, and he had a clear understanding of the old man and the young master"s characters. Qin Feng was once again able to escape danger thanks to him, so he made a mental note to ask Ye Wuming to pa.s.s on his thanks to Secretary Liu Bangguo.
Xiao Jinhua abruptly slowed down and stopped the car by the roadside. As she turned to Qin Feng, there was a tear in the corner of her eye.
She bit her lip as she intently studied his bemused face. "Qin Feng, do you think we"ve met in a past life? Or even loved each other? I"ve been wondering this for a long time. Why do I always feel that you are here just for me, not for the Free Man, not for Zhao Jun? You broke into my life out of nowhere, but your frankness, your seriousness, your determination, your sincerity, are moving me. Sometimes I start freaking out a little when I see you... Oh, I don"t know how to describe the feeling. It"s silly.
"Obviously, we don"t have that deep emotional foundation, and we"re not even very familiar with each other, but the way you treat me is like we"re old friends, or even a boyfriend and girlfriend of many years. I am very confused. Is something wrong with me, or is this the kind of person you are? You don"t seem interested at all in the other women at the Free Man. Can you tell me the truth? Are you here for me? Or for something we had in the past that I just don"t remember? Really, I"m asking you seriously. This has been bothering me for ages."
Sure enough, people will always treat you as you treat them.
Perception was the basic attribute of humanity. As long as they weren"t fools, they would discover each other"s feelings through the subtleties of life. Some people are doomed to never be friends, because when they meet for the first time, there is an inner rejection. Even if they seem like-minded on the surface, it"s all fake.
Xiao Jinhua had been in the nightclub long enough to meet every kind of person imaginable. She could tell what they were under the surface - but Qin Feng was different. He was both humorous and serious, mischievous, and sometimes crazy. It seemed like there was nothing he wouldn"t dare to do. He wouldn"t open his heart to just anyone.
Qin Feng"s heart was thumping.
Originally, he thought that he could control the relationship with Sister Flower very well. It was just to protect her. She was Xiao He"s sister, so she was his sister. If not that, then they could at least be friends.
But unexpectedly, with the occurrence of a series of unusual events and the increasing contact between them, Qin Feng"s feelings toward Xiao Jinhua were also changing.
The heart was but flesh, in the end. Qin Feng, who lacked affection since childhood, found a long-lost feeling of tenderness and warmth in Sister Flower.
This was something he had never experienced in his life over the past two decades, including when he was dating his first love, Li Menglu.
Of course, Qin Feng was very conflicted now. He too couldn"t tell if this was love or friendship, but this did not affect Qin Feng"s "task". On the contrary, it would stimulate him to guard Sister Flower with even more determination.
However, he was still on active duty. He couldn"t talk too much about personal affairs. This was a major violation of discipline, because it could be easily exploited by the enemy and lead to the disclosure of state secrets and plans of action. Such things have been known to happen.
The reason Qin Wannian had trained Qin Feng"s cold-bloodedness since childhood was that he wanted him to get used to this lonely and hard military life. If he could not control his emotions, it would make him a liability. Such negligence could get him killed or even put an entire operation at risk!
Of course, from Qin Feng"s personal point of view, he couldn"t fall in love with Xiao He"s sister. If he couldn"t give her happiness and stability for the rest of her life, it was better not to even start. It would only make her miserable.