Saving the overbearing CEO

Chapter 147: Second World: Taking Responsibility for Huangzhi

Wen Qinxi's body stiffened when Qie Ranzhe walked into the living room igniting sparks of anger but it was manageable manifesting itself in his sullen mood. All this while, he was rather sad than angry but the moment the Marshal entered the room Wen Qinxi suddenly felt angry puzzling even himself.

When Zhao Huangzhi pranced over to the Marshal in a flirtatious manner, Wen Qinxi  neither looked nor did he want to look clenching his jaw while staring into space.

Later on when Qie Ranzhe tried to reach for his hand he subconsciously rejected him by moving his hand onto his lap refusing to look at the Marshal even for a split second. Qie Ranzhe felt a knot in the pit of his stomach being rejected this way heightening his anxiety as his fingers painfully dug into his palms till his knuckles turned white.

"We are waiting for the emperor but we can start discussing the way forward," said a proud empress Wuzhishu while beckoning a servant to take away the bottle of prosecco tainted by Zhao Xieshu but Wen Qinxi stopped her grabbing the bottle before drinking three more mouthfuls.

"I will make sure to dock that from your monthly allowance," said Wen Qinxi after placing the bottle back on the coffee table his lethal stare fixed on Empress Wuzhishu. Being looked at that way sent chills down her spine with an overwhelming sense of danger which was incredibly familiar. She had felt the same way when she faced off with Gu Xiejie, Zhao Xieshu's mother years ago and now she was facing off with that woman's son.

Qie Ranzhe riveted his gaze on Zhao Xieshu who remained cold and indifferent towards him. He felt like having a drink to help cope with his anxiety so he took the same bottle Zhao Xieshu had placed on the coffee table and directly drank from it in full view of everyone. The Zhao women stared at the Marshal in disbelief. The clean freak Marshal who refused to eat food from his own sister's spoon was somehow cured drinking from the bottle tainted by Zhao Xieshu. Zhao Huangzhi wanted to tell him it was dirty and that he shouldn't drink from it but her mother pinched her thigh as a sign to keep her mouth shut.

"I believe you have all seen the image circulating throughout the entire Valim empire and am sure we can all agree on what has to be done. The Marshal naturally has to take responsibility and marr-," explained the Empress before she was cut off by Zhao Xieshu's hysterical chuckle that terrified Jolie, Xia Bai and Hei Bao who were listening in after the system informed them of an impending dog blood drama.

"Oh I see...so this is the reason why you called me all the way here?....So you two," he said pointing at the Marshal and Zhao Huangzhi, "slept together and completed the marking process so now you are eternally devoted to each other, is that right?"

Zhao Huangzhi, "Yes,"

Qie Ranzhe, "No," they responded simultaneously with two different answers with Qie Ranzhe staring at Zhao Xieshu with eyes that seemed to say 'you believe me, right?' but it was pointless as Wen Qinxi didn't even look in his direction with a blank expression.

"Hahaha.....oh, wow. Two people, the only witnesses can't seem to agree on one simple thing. It's either it happened or it didn't so whose lying?....Actually, based on the Marshal's vibe towards you," pointing at Zhao Huangzhi, "his telling the truth. He didn't do anything to you but you on the other end...did everything to him, didn't you?"

"So fuckin delusional. Didn't you see the marks on my body? Look at the back of my neck. Does it look like he didn't do anything to me?" she said opening up her collar exposing the two red marks behind her neck that resembled a bite mark, "you see? He fuckin marked me so now we have to get married and the sooner you accept it the better."

The sparks of rage from earlier on seemed to have been fueled into a large scale blazing rage with Wen Qinxi's heart rate skyrocketing triggering a warning in the game room. His physical response was also affecting his body causing the two nerds to panic forcing open a communication channel to calm him down.

'Qi-ge you need to relax. Your heart rate is above 150 beats per minute. You have to calm down,' said a panicked Hei Bao while Xia Bai was calling Machu to come take a look.

Wen Qinxi heard him but didn't pay much attention to him glowering at the faint bite mark she was parading around like a world cup trophy. It was time to drag her off her high horse in monstrous way and unveil the real Zhao Huangzhi to the entire empire.

"You know what I like the most? It's father's perverted privacy policy that citizen rights activists have been fighting against for years. That same policy allowed me to see every single move you two women did that day," he said with a malicious grin plastered on his face as he played the gathered footage from his investigation in 5D format, "You see? Even when you think no one is watching, daddy dearest is and don't forget to thank him later for today's showcase."

The footage clearly showed that Qie Ranzhe left his office in perfect condition but once he stepped into his vehicle something bad happened. The car arrived at a hotel were Zhao Huangzhi had some man lead the then passed out Marshal to a room after booking the entire hotel all to herself. The Empress soon joined them with a man wearing a green spa uniform holding some kind of tool box. The privacy policy that Wen Qinxi mentioned bridged people's privacy situating surveillance  cameras in areas where one would expect to be private.

These cameras were intended for emergencies purposes only for instance if a crime was committed then the investigation bureau would seek permission from the emperor's office to review the footage.

For Xianxi, it was a piece of cake hacking the system to illegally acquire the footage which showed how Zhao Huangzhi created an illusion of love bites by using cupping therapy courtesy of the spa expert brought in by Empress Wuzhishu. As for the so-called marking at her nape those were needle track marks which she insisted on. From the video one could tell it was extremely painful but the princess endured to get the love of her life. Wen Qinxi had to give it to her, Zhao Huangzhi was committed to her act so much so that she thought of everything. All she had to do was lie in a shirtless Qie Ranzhe's embrace posing for a few snap shots and wait for him to wake up.