Ruan ngxi stayed to have dinner at the Qi family’s house, chatting idly about everyday matters. The old master naturally inquired about her work and life, but then the conversation took a turn...
"Xiaoruan, are you seeing soone?"
"No."
Qi Zeyan was speechless. It was one thing for his grandfather to rush him, but to gossip about an employee’s personal life was another.
"Being so pretty, how can you not have a boyfriend?"
Ruan ngxi just smiled. She used to be quite plump, and many boys said they liked chubby girls. However, if there really was a chubby girl, they’d probably pass at first sight. Unless they spent a lot of ti together and fell in love at first sight, it was still all about the face.
Noticing her unusual expression, the old master changed the topic, "You ca to Beijing alone to strive for success, and being a girl, doesn’t your family worry?"
"At first they did. My dad would co here every one or two months to see . Now that he knows I can take care of myself, he’s much more reassured."
"With your cooking skills, how do you take care of yourself?" Qi Zeyan asked teasingly, raising an eyebrow. "What do you usually eat at ho? Takeout?"
"..."
"Qiqi, let’s eat!" The old master frowned; this rascal, she is a girl after all, at least save her so face.
With his attitude, when would he ever get to hold a great-grandchild?
After dinner, Ruan ngxi helped wash the dishes, and Qi Zeyan changed his clothes. "Let’s go, I’ll take you ho."
The old master was secretly pleased; he could tell Ruan ngxi might have feelings for his grandson. But at this mont, he didn’t think about pushing them together. His grandson understanding how to cherish and be considerate to a girl was a big step forward.
Waving his hand, he said, "Off you go."
Qi Zeyan suddenly offering to take her ho surprised Ruan ngxi. But just as they had left the villa area, she was dumbfounded when the car stopped by the roadside, and he beckoned her with a finger, "Get off."
"Huh?" Ruan ngxi was confused.
Wasn’t he supposed to take her ho? Why did he ask her to get off halfway?
She was montarily stunned, her thoughts interrupted by the roaring engine sound as a massive black motorcycle pulled up in front of their car.
"You take my car ho, just co and pick up tomorrow morning; I have sothing else to do, I’m leaving first."
With those words, Qi Zeyan opened the door, took a helt from Jiang Chengsi, jumped onto the bike, and like a panther in the night, quickly disappeared from her sight.
So he had offered to take her ho just to conveniently et up with Jiang Chengsi for a "date"?
Ruan ngxi patted her face, getting a bit carried away with shipping this unlikely couple, but these two...
She couldn’t help but suspect; are you two really not involved?
So sneaky when going out.
...
The bar Jiang Chengsi and Qi Zeyan went to was one owned by them. As they entered, there was already soone there.
"Yo, Old Huo, are you here too?" Qi Zeyan adjusted his hair, ssing with his helt—it was darn annoying, it’s flattened his hair. "I heard your sister-in-law had an accident and it was your family who saved her?"
"Did you two co together?" The man sat in the shadows, his features obscured, casting a cold and slight chill from his eyes.
He had blood on his hands, soone Qi Zeyan shouldn’t provoke or joke with.
"What’s up?" Qi Zeyan asked, sitting on the sofa casually.
"Are you two really clean?"
"I..." Qi Zeyan was exasperated, these ridiculous rumors, how did even he find out, "Whether we’re clean or not, don’t you know?"
"I don’t know you that well."
"..."
All those years of friendship, damn a total waste!
"What are you drinking?" Jiang Chengsi was unbothered and turned his head to ask the man.
"I have to drive, just water."
"You don’t drink, then why co out?" Qi Zeyan scoffed. "But today’s incident was really a narrow escape, thank goodness the mountain wasn’t steep. The sister-in-law wasn’t hurt, otherwise, with Xiaowu’s temper, he might have lost it."
"Too bad, I was out all day, didn’t catch any juicy bits, and got scolded by the old man when I got back, telling I was useless."
...
Jiang Chengsi took a deep look at the man; of all their group, possibly due to his experiences, the most enigmatic wasn’t the often sickly Jiang Xiaowu, but this man right here. After many years of knowing him, sotis you might even think he was a heartless, cold-blooded monster. Yet...
On this day, he ca out not to drink but just to keep him company.
Even about Tang Wan’s problems, it was only after the police called their ho that they knew the Huo family had gathered all the evidence.
But these matters, he never talked about them, nor did he use them to solicit credit, never making others feel indebted to him.
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