Chapter 243: Two hundred and forty-two, strange power Chapter 243: Two hundred and forty-two, strange power Zhou Xiaoqi opened the porcelain bottle, and a fragrance of medicine immediately hit her nose. She looked inside the bottle and saw a small black pill.
Xiaoqi poured the pill from the bottle into her hand, examining it, “This must be medicine, otherwise it wouldn’t smell like this. Could this not be a prank, but someone trying to help me?”
“What are you doing?” A voice tinged with sleepiness but chilling to the bone echoed in the room.
“No…nothing…” Zhou Xiaoqi quickly popped the pill into her mouth, hurrying to stuff the letter in her hand into her pajama pocket. She absolutely couldn’t let Jason see this letter, or she would definitely be beaten again.
“What are you hiding? Show me!” Jason coldly stared at Zhou Xiaoqi, his eyes in the darkness like a wolf on the prowl, an eerie green that sent shivers down one’s spine.
Xiaoqi’s body started to tremble uncontrollably as she stammered, “I…I just found a wooden box at the doorway…”
Jason’s expression turned even colder, a mocking sneer in his icy eyes, “How come I didn’t find it? It must be from some other man who gave it to you, get over here!”
Where could Xiaoqi dare to resist? She stood up and slowly walked towards Jason. She knew she was inevitably going to be hit once more. She was frightened, but she was utterly incapable of fighting back. How could such days have an end? She truly wished to die, to be free from it all; however, Jason had threatened her if she dared to die, then right after her death, her family would follow her into death.
She regretted so much that she hadn’t listened to her family and had rashly married Jason. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have ended up in such a dire situation.
Seeing Zhou Xiaoqi moving slowly, Jason flipped out of bed and as he reached out to slap her,
suddenly, before his hand could reach Xiaoqi, he was flung back by a mysterious force.
“My God! What just happened?” Zhou Xiaoqi watched in disbelief as Jason lay on the floor, stunned into unconsciousness.
After a long while, she looked down at the bracelet on her wrist, “Could it be this?” She thought she had seen a faint halo of light emanating from her wrist.
“Could this bracelet really be like what the letter said?” Excitement and joy filled Xiaoqi’s eyes. If it were true, then she wouldn’t have to worry about Jason hitting her anymore.
But soon, the excitement and joy in her eyes faded. Jason had a powerful force behind him; she might fend him off for a moment, but not forever. What should she do if Jason discovered the bracelet on her wrist and forced her to take it off?
Noticing that Jason on the ground was starting to move, Xiaoqi knew he would wake up soon.
Jason opened his eyes, shaking his slightly dizzy head, and sat up, looking at Xiaoqi, “What happened just now?”
Zhou Xiaoqi shook her head fearfully, “I don’t know, I just saw you flying out.” Of course, she wouldn’t tell him the truth.
Jason looked at Xiaoqi skeptically, trying to recall the scene, “Come here, help me up.” He knew that this woman wouldn’t dare to do anything to him, nor did she have the ability to do so; his being flung out had to be the result of some mysterious force.
After a moment’s hesitation, Zhou Xiaoqi stepped forward and helped Jason up. She had been worried that approaching Jason would cause the bracelet on her wrist to fling him again, but it seems that it wasn’t the case.
“What were you hesitating about just now?” Jason stood up, and as he raised his hand to strike Zhou Xiaoqi,
once again, he was thrown backwards by an unseen force.
Zhou Xiaoqi’s eyes widened in surprise. This time she was certain that the force which had flung Jason away originated from her wrist. But why was it that nothing happened when she helped Jason up, yet the power emerged again when Jason laid hands on her? Could it be that it could discern whether Jason harbored ill intentions towards her? It must be so, such a magical bracelet.
Liu Shanyue got up in the morning, planning to check on Zhou Xiaoqi first. For some reason, she couldn’t shake off the feeling of unease about Zhou Xiaoqi.
Just as she was about to leave, her cellphone began to ring.
Liu Shanyue took out her phone while walking towards the elevator.
“Chairman! There is an important meeting this morning, it will start promptly at nine o’clock.”
“I’m aware,” Liu Shanyue stopped her motion to press the elevator button, glanced at the watch on her wrist, and turned back to her room. It seemed she could only look for Xiaoqi after returning, hoping she was just overthinking.
Song Yan Ning finished freshening up and walked out of the restroom, just as Qin Yushen reached the bathroom door, “I’m done, your turn.”
“Mhm,” Qin Yushen nodded with a smile, and entered the restroom.
At that moment, the room’s door opened, and Liu Shanyue walked in from outside.
“Aunt Qin, didn’t you go to see Aunt Zhou? Why are you back so quickly?” Song Yan Ning was somewhat astonished. Aunt Qin had told her she was going to visit Zhou Xiaoqi’s room when she left.
“I have a meeting this morning and will visit her in the afternoon, sorry! I won’t be able to accompany you again today. Should I call someone to come over to show you around?” Liu Shanyue looked apologetically at Song Yan Ning and Qin Yu. She had brought them here to take them sightseeing, but a partner from the subsidiary company heard of her visit to Country Y, and proposed a meeting to discuss business matters in person.
“No need, Xiao Ning and I will be fine on our own,” Qin Yushen had no desire to have a stranger trailing behind him, disturbing his time with Xiao Ning.
Song Yan Ning nodded in agreement. She, too, did not like having strangers follow her.
“Alright then, but be careful when you go out. Country Y isn’t like our country; it’s quite chaotic here,” Liu Shanyue advised, still worried.
“We understand,” both Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen nodded.
Liu Shanyue returned to her room and grabbed her bag, “I’m off to the company, call me if you need anything.”
“Mhm,” Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen nodded.
Seeing that it was already light outside, Zhou Xiaoqi glanced at Jason, who was still unconscious, and hesitated before nudging him, “Jason, Jason.”
Seeing that there was no response, Zhou Xiaoqi tiptoed out of the room. She planned to take this chance to meet Xiao Yue, otherwise, there might not be another opportunity. This afternoon, they were scheduled to leave the hotel for another place.
Hearing a knock, Song Yan Ning walked forward and opened the door, seeing Zhou Xiaoqi, she gave a slight smile, “Aunt Zhou, please come in.”
Zhou Xiaoqi nodded, stepped inside the room, “Is Xiao Yue in the room?”
“Aunt Qin has gone out, Aunt Zhou, please have a seat,” Song Yan Ning gestured towards the sofa and went to the room’s kitchenette to fetch some fruit.