201: Chapter 201 Qiu Xiaoyan Wants to Kill Him?

Lin Xiao looked up at Mrs. Qiu.

Everyone else in the meeting room had left, and it was quiet all around.

Qiu Xiaoyan's cheerful voice did not escape Mrs. Qiu's ears.

Lin Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth and said hesitantly, "That's not necessary, I can go by myself in a bit..."

But before he could finish, the sound of a car parking came from Qiu Xiaoyan's end. "Hubby, I'm already downstairs. Just come down once you're finished!"

"..."

Lin Xiao walked to the window and looked down.

Indeed, he saw Qiu Xiaoyan's little BMW.

Fine, it wasn't a discussion; it was a notification.

After hanging up, Mrs. Qiu waved her hand with a smile. "A-Xiao, you should head back with Xiao Yan first. I'll call you if anything comes up here."

"O-okay then."

Lin Xiao felt that Qiu Xiaoyan coming to pick him up out of the blue might not lead to anything good.

But he had no excuse to refuse.

Having no choice, he silently went downstairs.

As soon as he left the lobby, Qiu Xiaoyan jogged up to meet him.

She grabbed his arm and handed him a cup of milk tea. "Hubby, I bought this for you on the way."

"Uh, thanks."

Whether in his previous life or this one, Lin Xiao had zero dating experience.

Although he felt it was a bit strange, he wasn't particularly resistant.

He got into Qiu Xiaoyan's car, sipping his milk tea while closing his eyes to rest.

After some time, he felt the car getting a bit bumpy.

Opening his eyes, he realized this wasn't the way home.

The surroundings were unfamiliar; the tall buildings had vanished, replaced by woods and cornfields on both sides of the road.

Had they reached the suburbs?

"Xiao Yan, aren't we going home? Where are we going?"

Lin Xiao sat up straight and took out his phone in confusion.

He opened the map and, after locating themselves, saw that they had indeed left the city.

The direction ahead seemed to be a mountain.

"It's a secret!"

Qiu Xiaoyan's pretty face was full of mischief as she winked playfully.

Lin Xiao tried to find some clues from the map but found nothing.

However, while searching for the mountain ahead, a few related news items popped up.

"A husband intended to lure his wife into the mountains to kill her, unaware that his plot had long been seen through by her; he was eventually killed in a counter-attack and his body was dumped in the wilderness!"

"Friends agreed to go mountain climbing, but one used the opportunity of taking photos to push their companion off a cliff."

"An ordinary mountain camping trip was actually related to human trafficking! Is the story behind this the extinction of conscience, the loss of morality, or the distortion of human nature?"

"..."

Lin Xiao silently turned off his phone screen.

Fine, before looking, it was just curiosity.

After looking, only fear remained.

Especially with how powerful big data had become lately; if it was pushing such news to him, there had to be a reason!

In other words, it was very likely that Qiu Xiaoyan was planning something against him!

The more Lin Xiao thought about it, the more he felt his guess was correct.

But since Qiu Xiaoyan wouldn't give him a straight answer, he couldn't exactly jump out of the car.

Left with no choice, he could only ask the system first.

"System, quick, check where exactly she's taking me. I'm not going to die there, am I?"

[No.]

The system gave a simple two-word response.

But for some reason, when the system displayed those words, the interface changed from its usual grayish-blue to yellow.

Lin Xiao assumed the system had secretly upgraded again or tampered with some settings, so he didn't take it to heart.

Qiu Xiaoyan continued driving, following the winding mountain road all the way up.

By the time they finally reached the summit, it was already evening.

After the car was parked, Lin Xiao couldn't help but ask again, "Xiao Yan, we're here now. You should at least tell me what we're doing, right?"

Qiu Xiaoyan stepped out of the car, looked at the distant night sky, and smiled brightly. "The weather is so good tonight; of course, we're here to watch the meteor shower!"

"Oh, a meteor shower..."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao finally breathed a slow sigh of relief.

But soon, his heart was in his throat again.

Because it suddenly occurred to him that someone plotting a murder wouldn't exactly reveal their plan right away, would they?

They would definitely use a plausible excuse to cover it up!

Exactly!

Watching a meteor shower might just be the excuse Qiu Xiaoyan prepared in advance to murder him!

At this thought, Lin Xiao quickly took out his phone and searched for news about meteor showers in the area.

Sure enough, there was absolutely no information about it online!

There was no meteor shower tonight!

Lin Xiao hadn't expected to see through Qiu Xiaoyan's scheme so quickly.

To avoid alerting her, he deliberately made up an excuse. "Xiao Yan, I haven't eaten yet and I'm a bit hungry. You didn't tell me earlier that we were coming to see a meteor shower; I should have prepared some food..."

However, before he could finish his sentence, Qiu Xiaoyan opened the car's trunk.

Inside, it was packed with plenty of snacks and ingredients, along with a barbecue rack, a grill, beer...

"I've prepared everything. Let's have a barbecue here!"

"Uh, okay."

Looking at the well-stocked trunk, Lin Xiao couldn't help but wonder if he was overthinking things; maybe Qiu Xiaoyan really just wanted to have a barbecue with him on the mountaintop.

While pondering, he got busy setting up the grill and lighting the fire.

Qiu Xiaoyan helped out as well, brushing sauce onto the prepared ingredients and placing them on the grill.

On this mountaintop, with the wind blowing.

Eating grilled meat, drinking beer, and watching the sun set was indeed very pleasant.

Lin Xiao gradually lowered his guard.

True, after all, he hadn't done anything wrong, so why would Qiu Xiaoyan murder him for no reason?

Just then, Qiu Xiaoyan suddenly said, "A-Xiao, the view over there is beautiful. Go stand there, and I'll take a photo of you."

"Sure."

Lin Xiao nodded without a second thought.

But when he looked up, he realized the place Qiu Xiaoyan was pointing to was the edge of a cliff.

In an instant, his heart, which he had just settled, was in his throat again.