About half an hour later, the car entered the old district, winding its way into an ancient neighborhood.
After getting out of the car, Qiao Yun stared at Li Hanzhou for a few seconds, then suddenly asked him, “Are you free?”
Li Hanzhou turned his head to look at her and asked with a lifted brow, “What’s up?”
Qiao Yun looked indifferently at Li Hanzhou, “If you’re free, come upstairs with me.”
Li Hanzhou narrowed his eyes, “Don’t you know what it means when a woman invites a strange man upstairs?”
He looked at Qiao Yun’s excessively calm and beautiful dark eyes and laughed to himself, she was just a kid, what did she know.
Reality gave him a harsh slap in the face.
“If you’re free, come upstairs and exercise with me.”
Li Hanzhou was astonished.
Shen Qi: Huh? Am I the dirty-minded one?
Shen Qi said in disbelief, “Wait, exercise? The kind of sweaty exercise I’m thinking of?”
“Oh, it does make one sweat quite a bit.” Qiao Yun looked at him, “So?”
Li Hanzhou laughed at himself mockingly. So Qiao Yun was hitting on him?
He had thought Qiao Yun was different, that she had a simple mind without so many twists and turns.
To cling to the powerful at such a young age, such heavy schemes.
“Fine.”
He wanted to see just how bold Qiao Yun could be.
Shen Qi began to question his life, murmuring, “Li Bro, you really agreed? She’s still so young, you, you, you…”
He wanted to say, you beast of a man.
However, Qiao Yun’s next sentence scared him, “Do you want to join in? It’s more… with three people.”
“No!”
Shen Qi shuddered, and under Li Hanzhou’s seemingly amused gaze, he quickly shook his head, “No, no, I don’t like exercising.”
Especially not group exercises.
Mamma mia! I’ve been corrupted!
Was he too naive, or were young girls these days just that fierce?
Right off the bat wanting to exercise, it’s terrifying!
After Li Hanzhou got out of the car, Shen Qi couldn’t bear to watch them and bolted.
Of course, he didn’t believe Li Hanzhou would actually “exercise” with Qiao Yun, but the fact that Li Hanzhou was willing to indulge Qiao Yun in her nonsensical behavior was quite shocking.
“Now, which way?”
Li Hanzhou, handsome in his custom black suit, his tall stature like a striking bamboo, stood out painfully.
It made passersby unable to help sneaking glances at him.
“Follow me.”
Li Hanzhou’s eyes and brows were playfully suggestive; with a deep chuckle, he said, “Alright, let’s go ‘exercise’ together.”
He intentionally emphasized the word “exercise.”
Qiao Yun was satisfied with Li Hanzhou’s proactive attitude.
She led Li Hanzhou up the stairs to the sixth floor.
The complex was ancient, the walls had turned yellow, and the staircase was dim and cold.
Li Hanzhou, uncomfortable, frowned slightly; when he saw Qiao Yun pull out a key, curiosity flickered in his eyes.
“Your place?”
Qiao Yun turned the key in the front door, “My grandfather’s home.”
Li Hanzhou realized, it seemed everyone was wrong; Qiao Yun had always lived in Beijing, not from the countryside.
No wonder he always felt a sense of dissonance about Qiao Yun, but that was none of his business.
Maybe it had been a long time since anyone had been there; upon opening the door, a musty smell hit them.
Li Hanzhou turned his head and coughed lightly, then took a moment to look around; the place was simply furnished, yet tidy.
A three-room apartment.
It was just a bit too empty and desolate for words.
Li Hanzhou thought, was this where Qiao Yun grew up? Suddenly, he was overcome with curiosity.
After closing the door, Qiao Yun’s sparse gaze swept up from below to appraise Li Hanzhou.
After a long moment, Qiao Yun spoke, “You seem to be in decent shape; how much do you charge?”
Was she treating him like a gigolo?
Li Hanzhou was a bit disappointed. Sweetie pie turned out to be a little vixen, and even he could misjudge.
“How much do you think I’m worth?”
Li Hanzhou purposely moved a bit closer and asked her, slightly leaning in.
Unable to help herself, Qiao Yun turned her head away and took a step back.