Chapter Thirty-Three: Hurting people's hearts was something Qin Ye was most skilled at.

  "You..."

  "What?" Seeing Yin Shao Yan wanting to speak but stopping, Chu Qing Autumn subconsciously raised her head and asked.

  "Are you still working at the temple?" Yun Shao Ye didn't want to ask Chu Qing Qiu this, but after thinking about it, he asked anyway. As soon as he finished asking, his explanatory words followed, with a slightly urgent tone, fearing that Chu Qing Qiu would misunderstand: "Don't think too much, I'm only asking because I'm worried about you being in that place. Last time I looked for you was also to say this, if you're short on money, you can tell me..."

  "Never mind!" Chu Qingyu interrupted him, thought for a moment, and added another sentence "I don't work there anymore!"

  In the grand hall, she was recognized by Young Master Yun, and that one time when he intercepted her, it was because she had been dancing in the temple, unintentionally seen by him, and then entangled with him. Thinking of this, Chu Qingqiu smiled wryly, if not for him, perhaps now she wouldn't have any relationship with Qin Shao Huang either, everything would be as she had imagined, guarding him from a distance, rather than being by his side in the humiliating position of a mistress.

  It's just that everything can't go back to the beginning, they can only move forward like this, led by the nose by fate.

  "Ah!" Upon hearing Chu Qingqiu say this, Yin Shaoyan hooked up the corner of his lips.

  In his heart, Chu Qingqiu should still be a carefree and simple little girl like before, not someone who goes to such dark and dirty places.

  "By the way, I'm sorry about that time. I shouldn't have spoken to you like that!" Yun Shao Yan seemed to think of something and opened his mouth again, surprisingly apologizing to Chu Qing Qiu.

  "What?" Chu Qingqiu was a bit confused by his smile and apology, staring at him with wide eyes.

  "It was that time at school!" When he said this, there was an unnatural expression on Yoon Shao Ye's handsome face, fortunately the lights in the private room were dim and couldn't be seen.

  "It doesn't matter, I had already forgotten about it!" Chu Qingqiu seemed to understand his meaning, shaking her head and saying it didn't matter. To be honest, when she heard Yin Shaoyan say that back then, she was quite uncomfortable in her heart, but now that he's apologizing again, she just feels carefree and at ease.

  Later, when similar words came out of another person's mouth, Chu Qingqiu couldn't be as calm and composed as she was now. She felt that those words were like a sharp thorn that pierced her heart, and every time she thought about it, she felt unbearable pain. It was only then that she realized that she didn't care because of the person who said those words. At that time, she didn't care about what Yin Shaoyan said because he had no weight in her heart. When he said those words, she felt uncomfortable because of her pride. As for another person saying it, every time she felt pain, it was just because that person occupied every inch of land in her heart, so even the words they said became important.

  "Ah! That's great!"

  Under the dim light, her mouth corner's pear-shaped dimple sparkled with an enchanting luster. In that instant when their eyes met, Yin Shao Ye was somewhat dazed. All of this fell into the eyes of the person sitting on the opposite sofa, who felt it was especially dazzling and annoying.

  He couldn't sit still, and with a push, he opened the person sitting on his lap. Qin Shao stood up and walked straight to the two people in front of him, looking down at them from above, and directly gave Yin Shaoyan a punch, instantly knocking Yin Shaoyan to the ground.

  "Brother Yin!" Chu Qing had always called Yin Shao Ye "brother" since she was a child, and now that she saw him being beaten, she subconsciously shouted out the familiar term. This one cry undoubtedly fueled the violent tendencies in Qin Shao Huang's body, and the private room was filled with an ominous atmosphere.

  He strode forward, grabbed Yin Shao Yan's collar and before anyone could react, he punched him again. This punch was even heavier than the previous one, sending Yin Shao Yan tumbling to the ground, coughing, with blood seeping from his lips.

  "Ah!" Chu Qingqiu let out a sharp cry, hastily pouncing towards Yin Shaoyan, blocking him in front of her, staring straight at Qin Shaohuang, her voice extremely indignant. "Qin Shaohuang, haven't you made enough trouble?!"

  Chu Qing's scream made everyone react and they all rushed over to this side of the sofa.

  Qin Shaoling and Gu Shao Yan grabbed Qin Shaohuang, Su Shaohao and Qin Shaomin, while the Upper Officials rushed towards Yin Shao Ye to lift him up!

  "Third brother, don't make too much noise!" Qin Shaoling pulled Qin Shao and said a sentence before looking at Yin Shao Ye "Second brother, are you alright?"

  "It's nothing!" Yin Shao Yan shook his head.

  "Come here!" From the moment Chu Qingyu pounced on Yin Shaoyan, Qin Shao's pair of evil phoenix eyes were filled with cold intent, like a cold winter month. At this moment, his thin lips lightly opened, and although only two words came out, they were enough to make people involuntarily shiver, even Qin Shaoling was no exception.

  He was obviously talking to Chu Qingqiu, but Chu Qingqiu didn't respond to him. Instead, she turned around and asked Yin Shaoyan if he was okay and whether they should go to the hospital or something.

  "Little Qing Autumn! Third Brother is calling you, come over quickly!" Qin Shao Ling saw that Qin Shao Huang's face was getting colder and colder, fearing that the brothers would fall out and cause a scene, so he called out to the little girl who was also being stubborn.

  When she heard Qin Shaoling's voice, Chu Qingqiu's body stiffened for a moment, and she understood the meaning of his speaking out at this time. However, she didn't want to turn her head to look at Qin Shaohuang. As soon as she thought that he had just hugged another woman in his arms, her heart felt uncomfortable, and she even wanted to confront him. He wouldn't allow anyone to defy him or disobey him, nor would he allow her gaze to fall on others, so she deliberately went against him.

  "Qīng qiū!" At this time, Shàngguān Duōduō and the others also spoke up, making eyes at her and gesturing for her to turn around.

  Qin Shaohuang's temper was well-known to everyone present, he rarely got angry, but once he did, it would be impossible to stop. They were all family and didn't want to see things escalate like this. Even Qin Shaoxin, who had just been looking forward to watching the commotion, realized the severity of the situation and came out to persuade him: "Qingqiu, let's go quickly!"

  Everyone's eyes were on her, with a pleading meaning, and Chu Qingqiu, no matter how uncomfortable she felt in her heart, still put the overall situation first and walked back to Qin Shao's side step by step.

  However, no one would have expected that when Chu Qingqiu walked to Qin Shaohuang's side, he stretched out his big hand and pulled her into his arms, saying such humiliating words to her.

  "Chu Qingqiu, is it because I've been too indulgent towards you during this period that you've forgotten your own identity? As a mistress, who gave you the nerve to flirt with another man in front of your patron? Are you not satisfied with being so lowly?"

  "Already sold, how many more times do you want to sell? Or do you think he can afford you more than I can?"

  His thin lips curled up with a mocking arc, not obvious, but enough to make Chu Qingqiu's heart sink into the abyss. She was in his arms, her face suddenly turned pale, her body trembling uncontrollably, she looked up at him, her lips stuttering several times before shouting out his name "Qin Shaohuang!"

  The voice was no longer anger, but despair, the kind that spread from the bones, Qin Shao's words were like stripping her clothes layer by layer, making her stand in front of everyone like an object for people to scrutinize at will.

  Those gazes that fell on her, inquiring, astonished, all made her heart suffocate. Her empty eyes stared straight at Qin Shao's thin lips. How could he not take her as a human being? How could he humiliate her like this?

  They say men with thin lips are heartless, is that why he's like this?

  The private room was very quiet, and almost the only sound that could be heard was a faint breathing sound. Chu Qingqiu stared at Qin Shaohuang for a long time before suddenly bursting out laughing, and then her words, devoid of any emotional ups and downs, landed in every corner of the private room: "Sorry, Qin Shao, I was wrong!" The ethereal voice stunned everyone present.

  "Qīng qiū!" Behind her, Yin Shǎo Yàn saw her like this and called out to her with some concern.

  Chu Qing turned her head and glanced at him with a smile "I'm fine!"

  Qin Shaohuang felt a pang of heartache due to her suddenly pale face and changed attitude, but seeing her turn back to smile at Yin Shao Ye, the two exchanging flirtatious glances, that bit of sympathy was completely suppressed, grabbing her arm and walking out directly.

  This gathering ended in disarray, and as for Qin Shaohuang and Chu Qingqiu, the rift between them went far beyond this! Even if they didn't make a fuss about it afterwards, this matter had already taken root in Chu Qingqiu's heart, and even a slight touch would be painful. Even if Qin Shaohuang treated her well later on, she would still lower herself to the lowest position, defining herself as his mistress.

  Out of the box, Qin Shaohuang pulled Chu Qingqiu to take the elevator downstairs directly to the parking lot.

  From afar, Jin saw them and hastily got off the car to pick them up.

  Qin Shaohuang, however, ignored him and walked straight to the car. He violently pushed the driver out of the way, tossed Chu Qingqiu into the passenger seat, sat down in the driver's seat himself, started the engine, and drove away, leaving Jinhe and the driver staring at each other in confusion on the dimly lit underground parking lot.