Chapter 32: The Concluding Beam

  Qiu Nianbo's expression turned cold, and he narrowed his eyes as he stared at Tian Nuanyu.

  Tian Nuanyu gave him a cold glance, her voice low but ensuring Qiu Nianbai could hear clearly: "I said, I'm her bodyguard."

  After finishing, Tian Nuoyu opened her hand, and just as she was about to withdraw it, Qiu Nianbai suddenly turned his palm over and wanted to hold her hand. Tian Nuoyu looked at Qiu Nianbai and saw that the corner of his mouth was hooked up with a light smile, and his eyes were full of disdain and indifference.

  Tian Nuoyu sneered coldly in her heart, her face turned icy, and with a swift motion, she flipped Qu Nianbai's palm over and pressed it down, then grasped his wrist again.

  Qiu Nianbo's face also flashed a cold smile, he exerted force to counter-grab Tian Nuanyu's hand again, but unexpectedly Tian Nuanyu had increased the strength in her hands, his wrist was tightly clamped by Tian Nuanyu's fingers and stiffened in mid-air, unable to move.

  Qiu Nianbo was shocked and wanted to pull his hand back, but Tian Nuoyu added another layer of force, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get his hand out. Tian Nuoyu was pinning his wrist through the sleeve, Qiu Nianbo could feel her strong finger strength.

  Qiu Nianbo's calm and composed expression vanished, he raised his head with a gloomy face and gazed at Tian Nuanyu, a hint of anger already rising in his eyes. Tian Nuanyu met his gaze coldly, without any fear.

  Suddenly, Tian Nuoyu's eyes glanced at the fruit knife on the fruit plate on the coffee table. Her eyes flashed, and she raised her other hand to pick up an apple from the fruit plate and stuffed it into Qiu Nianbai's hand.

  "Mr. Qiu, have an apple, this one is quite fresh," Tian Nuanyu said as she reached out to pick up the fruit knife from the fruit platter.

  Qiu Nianbo's face changed drastically, he exerted himself to shake off Tian Nuanyu's hand, but Tian Nuanyu's fingers were like a pair of pliers tightly gripping his wrist, and she held the fruit knife close to his hand.

  Qiu Nianbo's eyes suddenly showed a hint of panic, his body stiffened as he tried to stand up, but saw Tian Nuoyu lightly smile and glance at him.

  "But an apple tastes better with its skin peeled off, Mr. Qiu, let me peel the apple for you,"

  Tian Nuoyu smiled and adjusted the position of the apple in Qiu Nianbai's hand with the hand holding the fruit knife, and then used some force to make Qiu Nianbai's fingers bend and pinch the apple. Then she lightly flicked the apple with her finger, and as the apple rotated, Tian Nuoyu inserted the fruit knife into it.

  Her thumb, middle finger and index finger pinched the fruit knife to peel the apple skin, her ring finger and little finger lightly rotated the apple with the rhythm of the knife, in less than five seconds, the apple skin was already peeled.

  Tian Nuoyu used the hand grasping the knife to catch the apple skin that had been peeled off in a complete circle, and at the same time released her grip on Qiu Nianbai's wrist.

  She looked down and didn't find a trash can, so she put the apple peel on the coffee table and also put the fruit knife back in the fruit plate.

  Qiu Nianbo stared at the apple that had already been peeled in his hand, a look of incredulity on his face.

  Mu Yu Xing's eyes also widened, and she involuntarily let out a "wow" of surprise. Her exclamation drew the attention of several others to her.

  Qiu Nianwei's attention was on the opposite side just now.

  She had liked Lan Shengyan since she was a child, but in her eyes, Lan Shengyan's expression was always very light, and his smile was rare. However, every time he was with Duan Liuyun, Lan Shengyan was completely different, and she could see the smile on his face and the rich changes in his facial expressions.

  So just now her mind was all focused on the blue smoke that was chatting and laughing with Duan Liu Yun, and she didn't notice what happened to Mu Yu Xin at all.

  Qiu Nianbo and Tian Nuanyu's confrontation actually only lasted for two minutes, and Qiu Nianbo happened to be sideways with his back to her blocking her line of sight. After hearing Mu Yuxin's cry, Qiu Nianwei turned around suspiciously and looked at Mu Yuxin, then looked at Qiu Nianbo again.

  Qiu Nianbo held an apple in his hand, his face gloomy and awkwardly stiff, but Qiu Nianwei's mind had not yet fully withdrawn from the infatuation of just now, and she did not notice Qiu Nianbo's abnormality.

  The blue smoke and Duan Liu Yun opposite also stopped talking, casting their eyes on Mu Yu Xing.

  Mu Yu Xin suddenly came back to her senses, saw that several people were staring at her, and her eyes suddenly rolled around. She quickly picked up an apple and a fruit knife from the fruit plate and stuffed them into Tian Nuan Yu's hands, then chuckled: "Wow, dragonfly, your speed of peeling apples is so fast! You can't just peel for Meng Bai Ge Ge, you have to help me peel one too."

  After finishing speaking, she winked at Tian Nuanyu and then gave Qiu Nianbai a fierce glance.

  "Yes, Miss Tian, your apple-peeling skills are quite impressive," Qiu Nianbai glanced at Lan Shengyan and Duan Liuyun with a sly smile, then took the apple in his hand and lightly bit into it.

  Tian Nuanyu understood Mu Yu Xin's meaning, she didn't want the others to know about what had just happened, so she smiled lightly and slowly began peeling an apple with a fruit knife.

  When she used to work in a coffee shop, the shop provided fresh juice, and when there were many customers, she had to peel 20 or 30 fruits a day. After a long time, her speed of peeling fruit also improved, but unexpectedly, today she showed off her skills in this situation.

  "Dragonfly, you'd better peel a few more, everyone will have some," Mu Yu Xin said with a smile.

  Tian Nuanyu nodded slightly and moved her body to the side, Mu Yu Xin saw the situation and moved her body closer to her, creating some distance with Qiu Nianbai.

  Because she had been ridiculed by Tian Nuoyu before, Qiu Nianwei already had a grudge against her. Now hearing her brother also praising Tian Nuoyu, her heart felt even more uncomfortable. She glanced at Tian Nuoyu with disdain and turned her face away again.

  Duan Liu Yun's gaze swept to the apple peel on the tea table, and his eyes flickered as he glanced at Tian Nuan Yu before returning his line of sight to Lan Sheng Yan, resuming their hushed conversation.

  Qiu Nianbo saw that everyone else's gaze had shifted away, so he tossed the apple in his hand onto the coffee table, gave Tian Nuanyu a dark and stern glare, then shifted his body closer to Qiu Nianwei and started talking to her in a low voice.

  Tian Nuoyu had finished peeling the apple in her hand, she handed it to Mu Yu Xin, Mu Yu Xin smiled and took it, then picked up another one from the fruit plate and handed it back to Tian Nuoyu, winking at her.

  Tian Nuanyu smiled and slightly scolded her with a glance, took over the apple and continued to peel it.

  Lan Shengyan's gaze, which had been recalled, turned back again. He inadvertently glanced at Tian Nuanyu with a faint, almost imperceptible glint of something unusual in his eyes.