"I will never let you win, Xiao Long. I assure you that I will take revenge for what you have done."

Xiao Long seemed to be laughing, and he hugged Qiao Xin again. He smiled and then spread his eyes.

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"Honey, why are you so angry like this? I'm sorry for making you wait a while ago, tonight's banquet I won't let you down. If you really don't like all these gifts, tell me what you want so you don't keep getting mad at me, Qiqi," said Xiao Long, in a very high pitched voice, making Xiao Chuan and his mother hear his words. Xiao Long smiled crookedly again, looking at Qiao Xin as challenging, pulling an eyebrow at Qiao Xin with a mischievous look.

Meanwhile, Qiao Xin seemed to be getting more and more annoyed. She didn't expect Xiao Long to have a very annoying personality, a dual personality, if he became an annoying and cruel person in front of her. When his family turned into a loving figure, it was as if he was the perfect husband in the world. Qiao Xin never knew if a man like Xiao Long was good at acting just for his pleasure. Qiao Xin smiled bitterly. How could he not be good at acting? Wasn't their marriage a charade?

"Honey, you must know what kind of woman I am. I've told you from the start that, I hate someone who likes to lie, and break promises. And you have betrayed me, you have annoyed me even more. And you came to give me all these gifts? do you think i am that kind of woman? do you think i'm a slut you can buy with this stuff? You're underestimating me too much, honey. You judge me only with these things, how low am I in your eyes?"

Xiao Long was silent, looking at Qiao Xin with an unreadable expression. However, he felt that what Qiao Xin said was the truth. Xiao Long just found out that Qiao Xin was angry because of this gift. It would be equivalent to lowering Qiao Xin's self-esteem.

"Alright, alright. If you really don't like it, I'm sorry," Xiao Long finally said. Qiao Xin was silent. Xiao Chuan and his mother Xiao Long were also silent. Tao immediately looked up, looking at Xiao Long with that strange look.

How could I not, for the first time, as long as they had known Xiao Long, that man finally said sorry for real, in front of so many people like this? It was a very strange thing. What happened to Xiao Long? Is it true that the man is now married to Qiao Xin for real?

"I don't know, I'm tired," said Qiao Xin, and she left immediately, causing Xiao Long to rush after Qiao Xin's footsteps. The two of them entered the room, making everyone look at each other with confused expressions on their faces.

"Did Xiao say sorry to Qiqi earlier?" asked Xiao Chuan with a look of disbelief on his face.

"Yes, Father. Xiao Long apologizes to Qiqi."

Xiao Chuan seemed to be smiling, his eyes now sparkling. While their daughter-in-law did the same, neither expected that Xiao Long would say what Xiao Long thought was a disastrous sentence. While Tao could only smile as he lowered his face, returning to the company was what he had to do now, before it was too late.

Inside the room, Xiao Long tried to chase after Qiao Xin. His wife was now standing with her arms crossed over her chest. She was looking at Xiao Long with an extremely annoyed look on his face.

"I hate you Xiao Long," Qiao Xin annoyed. Xiao Long looked at Qiao Xin with a deep gaze, then he smiled.

"I didn't tell you to love me. Isn't the more you hate me the better? so don't talk nonsense, I've trained you to dance and you've mastered it all, get ready, because tonight we have to do it perfectly."

Xiao Long immediately walked away, headed for his work room while slamming the door violently, while Qiao Xin could only snort in disgust. Qiao Xin didn't expect to meet such an annoying man like Xiao Long, and what made Qiao Xin the most unexpected was that the annoying man was her husband. How could that man be her husband? An unthinkable thing that Qiao Xin had never imagined at all.

"Okay, aren't you all thinking about how smoothly tonight's event will go? I'm sure your apology to me was just a fake, especially about the gift, you weren't sincere about it. You bought all these gifts just because of formality, so that you are seen as the husband who loves and understands his wife the most in front of our family. Yes, I know who you are, Xiao Long," Qiao Xin spoke to herself, but Xiao Long seemed to have heard Qiao Xin's words. Xiao Long's hands clenched into fists, and then he turned his head away.

*****

Xiao Long seemed to sit quietly and sweetly, waiting for his wife and mother, who was still preparing. He sat with his father, as well as his grandfather. Now and then, he looked at the watch that wrapped nicely around his wrist, and then he took another deep breath. It seems that now Xiao Long just found out that women's make-up is the longest thing in the whole world. Usually, Xiao Long was the least willing to wait for his mother, leaving together during this event. Xiao Long prefers to leave the office and prepares from the office.

"Have you felt how your father has suffered all this time?" his father asked, making Xiao Long glance at him, then he took another deep breath.

"Why are women always prepared all this time? what are they doing this? don't just put on some powder, put on a dress, then they come out? What exactly did they put on their faces to get ready all this time? Even we've been sitting stupidly for over an hour, which is really annoying," Xiao Long lamented.

His father and grandfather also smiled at Xiao Long's grumbling, and it seems that Xiao Long just found out that waiting for women to get ready is very boring.

Before long, when the three of them seemed to be getting bored, the faint sound of footsteps began to be heard. Xiao Long's eyes snorted as he saw the beautiful silver shoes standing right in front of him, the high heels inside those smooth white looking long legs. Xiao Long slowly looked up and down. The red dress was so beautiful, the sleeveless dress with such an elegant feel, the cleavage was real, the beautiful body was wrapped so perfectly, Xiao Long didn't blink when his eyes met Qiao's. Xin, that face now looked so polished that it became so beautiful, causing Xiao Long to look at Qiao Xin with an incredibly stupid look on her face.

"Are you ready?" asked Xiao Chuan to confirm.

The timid-looking Qiao Xin looked at her mother-in-law, then nodded her head with a small smile. Then she looked at Xiao Long, who looked very awkward approaching her.

"So long," Xiao Long whispered, pulling Qiao Xin's hand to grip then the two of them walked out.

Qiao Xin didn't say anything. She just kept silent, making Xiao Long feel much more awkward than usual. He cleared his throat from time to time as he walked down the hall of his house. Xiao Long never knew that the ugly duckling he had cared for at his home was slowly turning into a very beautiful and charming swan.

Beautiful? Captivating? Xiao long glared at the word from deep in his heart. How could he think that Qiao Xin was beautiful? No, that's not true at all.

"Don't ever think that if you wear clothes like that, you will become beautiful and charming. In my eyes you are still the same, you are an ugly trash woman. Because until then, the ugly duckling will never turn into a swan. Do you understand that, Qiqi?"

"Tsk! Aren't you tired of saying things like that? You are like a broken radio, repeating your useless words over and over again. My ears are hot."

Xiao Long stopped his steps when he and Qiao Xin were already outside the house. Xiao Long's eyes narrowed at Qiao Xin, who was already looking at him proudly.

"Because I don't want you to fall in love with me, so ugly duckling, I have to wake you up every day, so that you won't be mesmerized by my extraordinary good looks,"

Hearing this, Qiao Xin seemed to smile, and then she looked at Xiao Long with an extremely annoyed look on her face.

"I think, before I fell in love with you, you'd be the one who fell in love with me, Young Mr. Han," after saying that, Qiao Xin immediately got into the car, leaving Xiao Long speechless in disbelief—seeing Qiao Xin, who seemed to be sitting arrogantly made Xiao Long smile bitterly as well. Xiao Long had no idea that Qiao Xin would say such a thing. A remark that was too bold for a Qiao Xin.

"Does that ugly trash now have a lot of confidence? Who the hell is she, just because she looks beautiful in that pretty dress and make-up she's already acting arrogant. Rotten trash, I will never fall in love with you. You could even cut off my hand if I did, you shameless woman!" Xiao Long seemed to unbutton his tuxedo, walked around the car, then got in, glanced at Qiao Xin, then smirked again. "What an ignorant woman," he mumbled.