Chapter 46 : Mama Song is Furious

Due to Xiulan's excessive drinking of wine and add her fatigue that completely took over her, she immediately fell asleep next to Hongqi inside the new car he bought. Because of the issue with the terrorist, Hongqi must change cars every month to make sure his safety is secured in case someone tries to attack or kidnap him.

"Zzzzz…" Xiulan slept calmly and snored somewhat loudly. She may be snoring like an old man but she still has that madam classy poise, a beautiful face with a sexy body but snoring like an old man, a very conflicting sight for Hongqi.

"So tired, huh?" Hongqi commented while he stares at the sleeping woman next to him. Her face was charmingly illuminating from the street and car lights outside. Her pinkish pouty lips were tempting that he can't take his eyes off them. For some reason, staring at her made him dazed.

*Car screech*

The car suddenly halted that causes Hongqi at the backseat to have his face fall on the back of the headrest while Xiulan's half body collided at Hongqi's wide back.

"What the hell?" Hongqi immediately reacted and angrily cursed at the chauffeur.

"I'm sorry, young master. The car in front suddenly stops due to a sudden blockage of the road." the chauffer sincerely apologized. He was so afraid to offend the most powerful man in this city.

Hongqi didn't speak anymore and only glared at the chauffeur. He noticed that Xiulan was still sleeping like the dead and was pressing her face on his broad back. He immediately helped her, he sat straightly at his seat and put her head next to his shoulder. His anger subsided when he held her small face. Her skin was so soft like it's going to melt on his hands.

His hands were about to touch Xiulan's lips when the chauffer suddenly talks. "There's a midnight race."

His fingers immediately let go of XIulan's face and wrapped his hands on her shoulders instead to make her get closer to him. He briefly checks what was happening in front and it seems that the midnight race is about to start at the street they have to cross. Bad timing that it got blocked when it's their turn to cross.

"Let's just wait for it to pass." Hongqi irritably instructed. He didn't want to have a detour since the roads might be blocked as well. He's not sure when it will finish but waiting here was better than to drive far away.

He decided to check his email on his phone to pass time but his left arm was wrapping Xiulan's shoulders. One move and he'll wake up the tired beauty in his arms. He didn't want to move much so he carefully slips his hands on his pocket and torment himself by slowly pulling out his phone.

Finally, he got his phone and quickly checks his messages using one hand. Thanked goodness there's face recognition so he didn't have a hard time unlocking his phone. Usually, if he uses a fingerprint scanner, he must use his left hand's fingers.

"What is this nonsense?" Hongqi mumbled while he browses the weird conversation in the group chat with the other male rich friends and business partners. They were talking about a woman who's currently blackmailing one of his friends that she'll release a sex video if he doesn't pay twenty million Yuan in the next 24 hours.

"You are doomed, my man!" Wu Tungyi teasingly wrote in the group chat. He was the first one to reply to their friend's woes.

"Just damn pay, you stingy brat." Attorney Go Lei, Hongqi's trusted lawyer replied to the group chat.

"Lei!!! Please help me! What should I do?" the man in the predicament asked. This man is Han Dong Fang, the only son of the current governor in city M and a hotelier. He's an arrogant man and a player. He was like Hongqi back in the days with his current lifestyle.

"I am sorry but I only work exclusively under Xing Hongqi. Ask him if he will allow me to help you." Go Lei decided to tease their friend more. He wanted this young hotelier to suffer a little.

"Lei!!! Don't be like this. Help your bro!" Han Dong Fang pleaded.

"Hongqi's online, go ask him." Go Lei was not remorseful at all. As long as he gets an okay from Hongqi then he will help. If Hongqi will decline then he will not help Han Dong Fang.

"Oh my gracious young master Xing Hongqi, can I borrow your amazing and most loyal attorney, Go Lei?" Dong Fang shamefully wrote in the group chat that garnered laughing emojis and memes from the other members of the group chat.

"Shameful asshole." Go Lei wrote.

"Dong Fang, just damn pay the woman." Hongqi coldly wrote. He didn't want Go Lei to help Dong Fang in a sex scandal issue. If it was business-related then he will gladly lend Go Lei but this issue will just make everything worse. Obviously, people will connect him to the issue because he's lending his trusted lawyer to a nobody like Dong Fang. He was just a brat living off from his family's wealth and fame.

"Young Master Xing, if I pay the woman then she will milk more money from me." Dong Fang shamefully excused.

"Is that even a problem? Why did you let that happen in the first place? You reap what you sow" Hongqi apathetically replied. The other members in the group chat gave thumbs up to Hongqi's cold reply and made sure that Dong Fang would not try to piss off Hongqi anymore so they made sure Dong Fang's attention is on them instead.

This is what makes Hongqi at a godly level, unlike the typical player. He never had a sex scandal in his entire wild sex life. All of the women he bedded before were afraid of his wrath and he was careful not to get involved in nonsense things like that, especially pregnancy scandals.

He likes women and sex a lot but he was also super careful. Just because his meat wants something doesn't mean he'll just grab any high-class women out there. He was still picky and would try his best to abstain if he didn't have the appetite to do it.

Speaking of sex… right now he badly wants to do it with the woman next to him. He contemptuously glared at the beautiful sleeping Xiulan. This tiny woman doesn't have any clue how badly he wants to devour her. Her scent was not helping at all. Such a feminine smell bothers his lower body.

"Gosh, this is so hard." He grumbled and threw his phone on the empty space beside him. Using his free hand, he held onto the sleeping Xiulan more and hugged her. He buried his face on her neck. Her unique powdery feminine smell and the wine intoxicated him. He wanted to do something but he can't!

He has been abstaining for too damn long. It's been long months and he could only do was to pathetically jack off in his private time. When he was hospitalized, he can't even count how many times he wanted to jump at her and just seduce her.

She was so extremely kind to him during that dark moment in his life. She was so incredibly patient. She might be grumbling at his perverseness and annoying ass but still, she unconditionally took care of him. Add that she has an amazing contribution to the country. She supported him even though his plans were twisted and unfair.

He can't explain what he was feeling but he's sure that he was deeply attracted to her kindness. Her being extremely charming and beautiful was a plus. Also, adding that she was soft-spoken too. Oh, how he wants to that soft voice to scream his name soon.

"You're a lovely lady," Hongqi whispered huskily while he deeply buries his face on her neck.

It is the best plan to hurry for the second wedding and have their honeymoon soon. They must get that second marriage next week or next month as possible. He suffered too long.

To remove this bursting feeling, he suddenly sucked on Xiulan's neck and left a lot of marks on it. His thirst for skin-ship was too much and he could only do this.

"Oh … once we're on a honeymoon you're so doomed." His imaginations and plans were surging while he sucks on her soft skin like it was the most delicious thing ever.

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"WHAT THE HELL?!" Xiulan hysterically screamed while she unbelievably traces the marks on her neck. It's like she was suffering in some kind of skin disease! She just woke up a while ago from her deep and long slumber. She guessed that she slept for 14 hours.

"It's my first time sleeping like a dead person and now I have red and bluish marks!" She shrieked while angrily rubs at the red marks with a wet towel. "It's not coming off! Gosh, I have a meeting at two!" she panicked and tried to find that expensive concealer in the make-up rack.

"The heck! Really!" she can't stop panicking and add to her anxiety when she can't find the damn concealer.

"Is something wrong, my dear?" Song Qingge, her mother, suddenly arrived and directly went inside the master's bedroom to find her daughter.

"Huh? Mom?" Xiulan was confused when she heard her mom's voice. She quickly went outside the bathroom and saw her mom's shocked face.

"Mom, what are you doing here?" She did not expect her mother to visit her during weekdays.

"Oh gosh! What happened to your neck!?" Song Qingge screamed too when she saw that hideous marks on her daughter's beautiful skin.

"I… I woke up with them…" Xiulan shyly murmured her answers. Of course, she's not an idiot not to know the cause of those red marks. She was only with Hongqi last night. They were eating dinner then she fell asleep as soon as her head touched the headrest of the back seat. She wanted to curse Hongqi for taking advantage of her sleeping state. But she was also thankful that it's the only thing he did last night. He was still a gentleman, slightly.

Song Qingge understood what her daughter meant and she suddenly went furious. "Did you finally consummate?!"

Xiulan was shocked by her mother's sudden provocative question. "Mom! It's not like that!" Xiulan immediately became defensive.

"And what is this then?!" Song Qingge went closer to Xiulan and pointed at the evidence.

"It's just a discolor of the skin!" Xiulan reasoned out.

"Song Xiulaaaaaaaaaaan!" Song Qingge screamed so loudly that Xiulan felt that this will be a long day for her just like how her mother screamed her maiden name.

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Xiulan made a quick shower first and changed to formal clothes that can hide the red marks on her neck in a discreet way and not obvious that she's hiding something.

Her mother was waiting in the dining room and the old Song Qingge can't help but sigh in despair. Her lovely youngest daughter has now been marked by that beast Hongqi. She was not 100% sure if the young couple already consummate but that will happen sooner or later. She was dreadful. Her innocent daughter will be eaten by that man soon.

Xiulan quietly sat on a chair next to her mother and carefully took some bread and bacon to eat. Qingge didn't say anything and only watch her daughter pick some food.

Xiulan was about to munch on her meal when her mother suddenly lifted her hands and poured orange juice in her glass.

"You must be careful and hide that ugly love marks. With that kind of marks, it'll take days before it disappears. I will send more clothes with that kind of design." Song Qingge concerned. She was deeply afraid that strangers and gossipers would love this scoop about her daughter. These days, people were so addicted to the Xing couple that they would even spread provocative stories just to have their imaginations run wild in the open. Unfortunately, some thought that it's true.

It's one of the reasons why the old Song came rushing to check on her daughter. This young daughter of hers was full of secrets. When she saw her daughter's innocent face all over the news, articles, internet and heard from most of her friends' mouth about her heroism; she can't help but be proud but also worried. Though her husband, Song Yingpei, already told her that Xiulan was fine; she still wanted to see her with her own eyes.

She rushed to come here. She was thankful that her daughter was still in the penthouse at this kind of hour but it also made her question why was her daughter running late on a weekday? Now that she saw that hideous kiss marks like she was suffering in skin cancer, running late for work and that bashful expression; the old Song can't help but be imaginative too.

"Mom… nothing happened. I can't explain how this thing appeared on my skin but you know… he must have gotten so horn---" Xiulan didn't manage to complete her sentence. Her mother stopped her and gave her a warning look.

"My little Xiulan… I don't need to hear that." Song Qingge seriously said and then sips her tea. "Just eat and listen."

Xiulan quietly eats her food and perked her ears to listen.

"I will be organizing a celebration for you this coming weekend. I already prepared your outfit; it's in the living room. You can check it later. The celebration is quite big since we will be celebrating the honor you gave to our family and country. Most of the Song clan will be there." Qingge announced and studied her daughter's expression. Her daughter doesn't like parties about herself. She can go to anyone's party but if her daughter's the star of the night, Qingge fully knows how her daughter hates it so much. But they must celebrate her accomplishments.

"Okay… thank you, mom." Xiulan smiled and continued eating. She didn't ask further questions and she would like to remain silent as possible when it comes to parties that are about her.

"The celebration will be quick. Just eat, laugh and converse a little." Qingge coaxed and sips on her tea again. For some reason, her throat felt dry.

"Ah!" Xiulan suddenly remembered something important. "Mom, it's the best time for Hongqi to announce our traditional wedding date at the party then." Xiulan disclosed.

The old Song Qingge spat the tea from her mouth. She was surprised by this sudden announcement.

"Traditional wedding? You still think about that?" Qingge questioned. She thought that Hongqi already forgot about it. In all honesty, Qingge didn't want to continue the second wedding for her daughter. It might cause a huge impact on her daughter's image if she didn't have her traditional wedding, but the good thing will be the aftermath won't be brutal. People won't speak ill about her.

"Yes. Hongqi said he'll be planning it with you and dad. Isn't this what you want?" Xiulan said and was slightly confused by her mother's tone. She thought that her mother wanted a traditional wedding to continue.

"I did? It must be your father. I was worried because of the cursed gossip thingy but regarding the traditional wedding, I'm neutral." Qingge distastefully frowned. "At the end of the day, both marriages can end in the same way. It's just that, traditional will have a lot of saving face in case It ends very badly."

Xiulan purses her lips. She understands her mother's concerns.

"Why is everything about saving face and one's image? It's hard to live when one must protect the image and name as well. Why not just protect life? Gosh!" Xiulan grumbled in her thoughts. The life of the rich and famous is so complicated.