"Do you really think it’s delicious?" Hua Xiaomo asked.
Qi Longbing smiled, but his eyes hid a trace of bitterness as he slowly said, "Yeah, your noodles are indeed delicious." He couldn’t help but grasp her hand.
Hua Xiaomo finally couldn’t bear it and shook off his hand. Looking at his imposing handso face, she said, annoyed, "Qi Longbing, can you not co to my house next ti you want to eat noodles? Can you stop treating this place like a restaurant?"
"And, by doing this, do you think I don’t suffer?" Hua Xiaomo looked at him. After understanding her own feelings, she had to face the reality that Qi Lingfeng had been shot and hospitalized.
What was she supposed to do?
"Didn’t you agree to marry him? Which ans you are willing to beco my sister-in-law?" Qi Longbing said with a sarcastic smile. Then his gaze fell even more on her current expression. "But, it really doesn’t matter. Even if you beco my sister-in-law, you will still be unable to forget ... right?"
"You..." Hua Xiaomo was so angry she couldn’t speak.
Qi Longbing was still smiling. He didn’t know what had co over him; the thought of Hua Xiaomo and Qi Lingfeng’s relationship made him feel uncomfortable and unhappy.
It took Hua Xiaomo a while to say, "I won’t marry Qi Lingfeng. What I said earlier was just to deceive the Qi Family. My real purpose is to leave the Qi Family, including Qi Lingfeng, and you, Qi Longbing!"
After saying all this in one breath, Hua Xiaomo pointed at the window. "I rember you once stood at the opposite window, right? So please go back there!"
"You can leave through the front door. I assure you no one will see you." Hua Xiaomo’s voice was very calm.
"Xiao Mo, what are you saying?"
"I’m saying you can leave now."
Hua Xiaomo’s voice was very calm, no longer stirring up any waves. She had so much to say to him, but when the words reached her lips, she felt everything was superfluous. Why bother saying more? It was all a mistake. Their relationship had always been awkward. Until now, her life had been completely thrown into chaos by him, even her job. It was ridiculous; she no longer had a job, didn’t know what to do, and didn’t know what to think about every day. In any case, her ti was just wasted over and over again when she was with him. She couldn’t bear it! She couldn’t continue to let herself decline like this. So she had to leave this place. She really wanted to leave.
But it seed like he only heard half of what she said. "You said that what you said earlier was just to deceive the Qi Family? Does that an you didn’t really want to marry Qi Lingfeng?"
Hua Xiaomo was speechless for a mont. She didn’t know why he was still dwelling on this issue. Did it even matter now?
"Qi Longbing... please leave now. Let be alone for a while," Hua Xiaomo turned her face away.
Qi Longbing took a deep breath, suppressing his heavy doubts. "Alright, you are indeed very tired today. I won’t bother you anymore. You should rest early."
Qi Longbing finished speaking, opened the door, and left through the main entrance without a sound. At that mont, there was no one outside, and it was late at night. Therefore, Qi Longbing left Hua’s Ho without encountering anyone.
Seeing him leave the villa smoothly, Hua Xiaomo finally exhaled in relief.
「The next day, Qi Longbing arranged to et Hua Xiaomo at the familiar 360-degree Revolving Restaurant.」
Hua Xiaomo went there. When she saw him arrive, her expression was very calm. At that mont, Hua Xiaomo again saw that woman playing the piano.
It was quite strange. Shouldn’t this woman be at another café instead of this 360 Degree Revolving Restaurant?
But before Hua Xiaomo could dwell on it too much, Qi Longbing walked over slowly and said, "I had her co over especially for you to play ’The Daughter of the Nile.’ I believe you wouldn’t mind, would you, Hua Xiaomo?"
Hua Xiaomo looked at Qi Longbing curiously and said, "Qi Longbing, what do you an by this? Actually, I just quite enjoy listening to this piece of music, but you didn’t have to go so far as to have her co here to play it for ."
"As long as it’s sothing you like, I will do my best to make it happen. Don’t refuse now. Co, isn’t it a wonderful thing to sit there, have a al, and listen to this piece of music?" Qi Longbing said with a smile. He then pointed to a nearby table and spoke slowly, "I’ve already reserved a spot for you over there. Let’s go sit together and fully enjoy the music."
Hua Xiaomo didn’t say much at that point, only feeling a rush of emotions as she once again had the opportunity to listen to ’The Daughter of the Nile.’ Back then, she rembered it was her mother who humd it to her. At that ti, she found it very beautiful and captivating but didn’t know its na. After so many years, her mother had stopped humming that tune. She had wanted to ask her mother about it but felt too embarrassed. Now, having heard the piece once more, she was profoundly moved. She had once fantasized about the day she might hear such a piece again and had never expected that, in an unforeseen mont, she would hear it once more. It was truly nostalgic. Moreover, every ti she heard this piece of music, Qi Longbing was with her, giving her a sense of comfort and security. She felt very happy indeed—yes, this truly was a blissful thing.
Qi Longbing looked at Hua Xiaomo, smiled, and then placed the nu in front of her. "Hua Xiaomo, order whatever you like. I don’t know how much you want to eat, so it’s probably better for you to order for yourself, right?"
Hua Xiaomo smiled and looked at Qi Longbing. "Qi Longbing, you’ve suddenly beco so polite. But the more polite you are, the more uncomfortable I feel. It’s fine; let’s just have a steak. And add a glass of lemon tea, that will be good."
"Alright, is it just these simple things you want? Don’t you want to try sothing else, like maybe another bowl of porridge?" Qi Longbing said with a laugh. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Hua Xiaomo laughing too.
It seed that they both really wanted to have porridge. Yes, they had developed a special fondness for porridge.
"Whatever, then let’s have a bowl of sweet osmanthus purple rice porridge as well." Hua Xiaomo looked at Qi Longbing and smiled sweetly. After all, eating porridge with him felt pretty good. There was always a very warm feeling about it!
"Okay, then I’ll have a bowl of sweet osmanthus purple rice porridge too." Qi Longbing then looked at a nearby waiter and said quickly, "Please bring two steaks, two glasses of lemon tea, and two bowls of sweet osmanthus purple rice porridge, just as the lady ordered."
"Certainly, sir and madam. Please wait a mont; I will prepare it for you right away." The waiter responded briskly and quickly left.
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