Chapter 46
Chapter 46 – ItalyRealizing that it had nothing to do with her, Li Xin’s spirit relaxed, and her body leaned on Qi Mo bosom to comfortably fall asleep. Qi Mo coldly observed this and lifted his hand to pa.s.s on a command, causing Red Falcon to voice out a quiet agreement while moving away immediately. Qi Mo then looked down at the person on his bosom and swapped places to the side, providing more s.p.a.ce to Li Xin’s chest be spread and enabling her to lie in his embrace comfortably.
Inside his private plane at the brightly lit airport, Qi Mo was holding the sleeping Li Xin in his arms.
Amidst the darkness of the night, they were flying towards the other side of the ocean where their next destination laid awaiting.
Rome, Italy. Ancient Europe’s kingdom, the lair of a p.r.o.nounced culture, with a long-standing history and a set of innumerable heroes. To not mention their achievements and contributions, just look at the countless historical sites and relics.
However, none of those things concerned Li Xin.
When she opened her eyes to see the country in front of her, her mind felt sluggish. Italy, she was well too familiar with it, and it’s this familiarity that made her horror-stricken.
Sitting inside a limousine-type Cadillac, Li Xin didn’t even think about the reason behind Qi Mo’s fondness for this car’s model. Widening her beautiful pair of eyes, she raised her head to look at Qi Mo’s wooden expression, asking, “Why have we come to Italy?”
Qi Mo lowered his head and looked at Li Xin’s widened eyes. While gently caressing her hair, he faintly said, “You are with me. How is there someone brave enough to touch you?”
He is a perceptive person. Li Xin was someone from the Thievery Organization, and last time, after being caught by him, her ident.i.ty was disclosed entirely. He also naturally
knows that the person in front of him is someone whom the Thievery Organization has placed no lack of bounties for her capture. Perhaps this Italy is the most undesirable place for Li Xin to visit and the most avoided one too. But there’s no need to say more superfluous words, for Li Xin will be placed right under his wings.
Listening to Qi Mo’s arrogant words made her bewildered, yet, she also felt that those words brought a genuine peace to her heart. After all, in the face of this significant and dominant force, lies a cold-blooded and ruthless ruler commanding everything. If she has such a big shade covering her, she can follow him everywhere under the sun.
Qi Mo saw that Li Xin wasn’t speaking anything and thought it was because she felt anxious. He coldly grunted and promptly turned to face the side of Red Falcon’s body, “Destroy it.”
Red Falcon immediately complied. Even though those two people never said what was to be destroyed, Li Xin has followed Qi Mo closely for so many days that she could comprehend at least a little of what he was thinking. She then hastened to take a grip of Qi Mo’s arm and shook her head, “Don’t. Don’t destroy them.”
He swept a glance at Li Xin and slightly wrinkled his brows. Seeing his frown, she taciturnly said, “Those people inside, all of them grew up with me. Blaming all of them because of me and because I don’t want to work in this trade anymore is not right. I don’t want you to act since I am the one who will handle it, I’m the one who will burn it all down. Overlord Qi, if I want to make people’s life difficult, I naturally have ways to seek them out and settle the debts. I’m a person who knows awfully well
well how to bear grudges, but I don’t resent the others, and it’s unlikely for me to impose on others. You don’t need to get me out of this predicament. It’s, but a minor matter and I can settle it myself.”
Qi Mo didn’t actually reply, keeping himself reticent. Li Xin couldn’t help but fixedly look at him, and with a forced smile on her face, she said, “It’s been years since my name was in the mud, so, don’t ruin my good reputation, ok? Overlord Qi?
He saw Li Xin trying to ingratiate herself with him and kept on watching her. Some time pa.s.sed when he finally snorted in a frosty manner, “Don’t come looking for me later on.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. My problems, my solutions. I absolutely won’t come looking for Overlord.” She knows that Qi Mo agrees and softly laughs. Maybe, if there was no Thievery Organization, her fate could be different. However, as she’s already walking down this road, the Thievery Organization will not treat her unfairly. As for scheming, she doesn’t have the manpower, the qualifications nor a great hatred to have the whole organization ruined and get her payback.
“A good reputation? You have something like a good reputation? In that case, is it a legally-earned one or is it in the underworld?” Lin Hu asked this, and she could see through the rearview that his whole face held a laughing expression while he drove. At his side, Yellow Falcon laughed as well when he heard the question. Li Xin reckoned what she said was entirely to blame. Fancy that she was bold enough to speak it.
She stared coldly at Li Hui, raising her eyebrows and saying, “Probably more famous than you guys.” Although she didn’t have a name in the society and in the underworld, she certainly has some reputation. She really wants to say it, but there’s
but there’s so much to be told. It’s a grey path, not a black or white one.
Li Xin didn’t utter a word as her drive was lost during the long time she spent trying to find the right words. What is this stuff, just listening is not amusing at all. She couldn’t help but climb into Qi Mo’s shoulders with wrinkled brows. Sensing his gentle and unhurried caress on her head, she felt like it somewhat resembled how someone would fondle a cat. Her face turned cold as she said, “I’m not a pet.”
“I don’t keep any pets.” What kind of thing are pets, an animal that is all hairy and difficult to understand, who would keep them?
Looking up to meet with Qi Mo’s eyes filled with apathy, she noticed traces of impatience and dislike showing up on his face. Li Xin realized she was mistaken and heaved a sigh. It’s her fault for talking about keeping pets with someone who doesn’t wish for pets. Hence, she changed the topic, “Boss, where are we going?”
“Mafia.”
“What?” Li Xin was alarmed at the word Qi Mo so casually said. Widening both of her eyes at him, she thought how he can speak it with such a calm tone?
Qi Mo looked at Li Xin’s big eyes that were filled with shock. The astonishment in her eyes caused him to find them quite unpleasant. Slightly frowning, he said, “Better not show such an awful expression. I can’t afford to lose face.”
She blinked her eyes while Yellow Falcon, who shook his head, suppressed his laugher and shifted the conversation, “It’s nothing more than the Mafia. Is it worth all this shock? Merely another organization.”
Li Xin saw the inward anger concealed in Qi Mo’s eyes and her own surprised expression reflected on it, the same one that would cause him to lose face. Seeing that the words Yellowthe words Yellow Falcon spoke carried some jesting inside, she lifted her eyebrows and thought, could it be that the Mafia was unworthy of amazement? Is she overestimating the other side or is it that she’s underestimating Qi Mo?
Red Falcon calmly noticed that Li Xin wasn’t clear about the subject and couldn’t refrain from giving her a lukewarm explanation, “Although they are mighty, their existence is not something terrific. You probably don’t know, but there are all kinds of forces coexisting independently, each doing different things, having its own powers and leaders. However, as it’s an arms dealer that becomes the boss to each of the various forces, our Qi Clan is everybody’s arms and munitions.
Li Xin knew that Qi Mo is amongst the most wealthy and powerful underworld bosses, but she didn’t expect that his position was such a high one, this is the first time she hears that the underworld has this kind of formulation.
She looked at Qi Mo with raised brows and mischievous laughter, and said with a bright smile, “So the reason why such a significant and prominent power exists, isn’t it because you are manufacturing weapons to see who’s unsatisfactory and have them wiped out?”
Hearing what was said, Lin Hu and Yellow Falcon began to laugh and Red Falcon who seldom smiles shook his head. When she saw all of this happening, she was surprised and turned to look at Qi Mo.
A rare smile flashed on Qi Mo’s face, “You could say that.”, he slowly said while looking at her.
Li Xin then whistled, “Truly aggressive.”
Red Falcon sees that Li Xin actually believed and couldn’t help but to quietly laugh. All these years he had never seen Qi Mo display a single smile, but now he sees Qi Mo joyfully hugging her while patting her back and revealing a smiling face. This Li Xin is indeed capable.