Chapter 17

Pei Qing received a call from Qiao Ye at around three o'clock in the evening.

At this time, she was sitting in a rural area in Jiangcheng, where a circuit court was being held and she came here to help.

She was still writing materials at that time, so she answered the phone as soon as the other party called.

"Hello?" Pei Qing turned on the speakerphone of his phone and wrote the materials while talking to her.

Qiao Ye sat by the window and played with the decorations on the curtains.

"Ah. I thought you were asleep. I didn't expect you were still awake at this time?" Qiao was also a little surprised.

"Yeah. Something happened. What's wrong? Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

"Nothing, I just want to chat with you." Qiao Ye said it very straightforwardly, but the person on the other end of the phone didn't know what to say.

Even when he heard her words, Pei Qing's hand, which was writing the materials, paused for a moment, and his normally beating heart became irregular. He didn't know how to respond.

But Qiao seemed completely unaware of what she was saying. She swung her legs idly, "If you're busy, just do your own thing. I won't disturb you."

Pei Qing did not deny it, "Okay."

The phone was on, but neither of them spoke.

Qiao Ye turned on the computer and looked at what He Shanyi had told her yesterday.

She knew very well what He Shanyi's purpose was in saying this.

Because they are both birds of a feather, neither of them looks down on the other, but they have to admit that sometimes the other's ideas are correct.

So when she saw the financial market of Country M, she had to admit that He Shanyi was indeed much more perceptive than her in this regard.

Of course, this doesn't mean that she thinks He Shanyi is really better than her.

That guy has always wanted to pursue exciting things. The feeling of getting rich overnight and becoming in debt overnight on Wall Street is what people like him want.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile. To be honest, she was also very obsessed with this feeling.

So she found He Shanyi's contact information and sent him a message, "I hope you won't become a madman who gets into debt of 10 billion overnight."

The other side quickly responded to her, "If our sister Qiao is here, then what does it matter if I become a crazy person with a debt of ten billion?"

Just as Qiao was about to reply, he heard a very frightened cry from the other end of the phone: "Ah——"

She immediately looked at her phone, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Ah. Nothing much, just a lot of mosquitoes here... and some bugs just crawled in..."

"Should we go get some medicine from the village doctor? The village doctors there have their own methods for dealing with these little bugs..."

"It's okay, I can handle these little things myself."

As he spoke, there was a sound of rummaging through boxes and drawers, followed by the sound of gauze being torn off.

"You were bitten?" Joe also frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It's okay. I'm used to it."

But Qiao Ye ignored her words and directly sent a message to Fatty Xia over there.

"Go and give that man a box of medicine to treat his wounds."

As soon as this message was sent, another message came back, "Oh? Who is that?"

Qiao Ye: "Don't be such a jerk to me, I'll be the first one to skin you when I get back."

Fatty Xia: "...No, Mr. Qiao. It's late at night, and my little internet cafe is on the edge of Jiangcheng. Wait until I find you a 24-hour pharmacy. The hospital is open."

Qiao Ye: "...Send it over as soon as possible."

"I know, I know. How can I not take our master's affairs to heart?"

After getting Fatty Xia's answer, Qiao didn't continue with the matter.

But after she finished reading what she wanted to read, she began to think about other things, such as: about her dream tonight.

She looked at the screen in front of her, guessing her words, and said, "Pei Qing."

"Hmm?" The person on the other end raised his voice slightly, with some doubt in his tone, as if he didn't know what she wanted to say.

"Have you ever thought about what kind of... uh, boyfriend you'd like to have in the future?"

She originally wanted to ask what kind of girlfriend he wanted, but then she thought that the other person might be different from her, so she decided to ask according to a common opinion.

"Boyfriend?" Pei Qing put down the pen in his hand and began to think seriously about Qiao Ye's question.

"Yeah. Haven't you thought about that by now?"

"No." Pei Qing shook his head seriously, "But I probably won't be looking for a boyfriend either."

Hearing this, Qiao was also stunned for a moment, "Why?"

She thought of many possibilities, but she never expected this answer.

"Because of my father." Pei Qing's voice was very calm, without any emotion. "Do you think I can still have any expectations of others when the man closest to me uses me like that?"

Qiao also opened his mouth, but found that he had no words to refute her, so he could only remain silent.

"It's useless. Besides, the future is still far away, and we don't know what it will be like then." Pei Qing said, "But why did you suddenly ask me this question?"

Qiao also lied, "Ah, I have a friend who is getting married. I saw the beautiful bride today and suddenly thought of this question. So I came to ask you."

"Oh, I see. But it's nothing, actually. I'm just saying that I don't want a boyfriend."

"It's okay." Qiao didn't care at all. "Your life is your own. It's up to you to decide who you like. Isn't it?"

"...Haha, what you said makes sense."

The room fell into endless silence again.

But after receiving Pei Qing's answer, Qiao Ye's mood inexplicably improved.

Although she didn't know why.

"When are you going to sleep?" Pei Qing suddenly asked.

Qiao Ye: "? Are you sleepy?"

"Yeah." Pei Qing replied. Perhaps he felt that what he said was too cold, so he added: "I have finished writing the materials, so it's time to go to bed."

"Then go to bed first."

After saying that, Qiao hung up the phone without waiting for her to speak.

Pei Qing on the other end of the phone: "..."

She looked at her cell phone which had gone off, tidied herself up briefly, and went to bed.

She is not a fool, she knows who did it this time.

You can also guess why the other party does this.

She couldn't accept such temptation. This experience was a rare one for her, so even though she knew that she would be owed a favor, she still came.

As it turned out, her choice was correct.

It was tiring being here, but she learned a lot.

And just like that, I fell asleep exhausted from the day.

*

Pei Qing also slept very uneasily tonight.

The messy dream was like a tangled mess, leaving her not knowing what to do.

I can only watch everything in front of me silently and keep moving forward.

The first thing that caught my eye was a woman.

She couldn't see the woman's face clearly because she died so early that she had forgotten what her mother looked like.

I just dreamed about her today and it felt magical.

She looked at the woman in front of her, whose face, originally blurry, gradually solidified.

She seemed to already know why she could dream about her now, because this was one of the few photos she had seen.

The woman was humming a song and seemed to be holding a baby in her arms, but she couldn't see what the baby looked like.

I wasn't even curious.

Time passed, and the woman had passed away. She walked to school alone, carrying her schoolbag.

She has walked this road countless times, so this time is no exception.

But this time something seemed different.

Someone called out to her from behind, "Pei Qing——"

Pei Qing was stunned for a moment and subconsciously turned her head, only to see a girl wearing the same school uniform as her jogging towards her.

She still couldn't see her face clearly, but her intuition told her that this was a girl with whom she had a very good relationship.

"Who are you?"

"Ah? You didn't recognize me after just sleeping? I am..."

The girl didn't hear what he said, but she felt someone kissing her lips.

The feeling of her heart beating faster made her pupils shrink suddenly.

Plop—plop—plop—

Pei Qing seemed to have been paused, not knowing what to do next.

But when she came to her senses, she wanted to ask her: "What do you want to do..."

But at this time, she saw the other person's appearance.

This familiar face made her open her mouth, "Why... it's you..."

Gently, like a feather, the wet tip of his tongue licked her lips.

Pei Qing opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling.

My body was covered in cold sweat.

The dream just now was like a key that opened up a world she had never been exposed to before.

But facing the unknown, she simply didn't have the courage to face it.

I could only purse my lips and look at myself in the mirror.

It was a familiar face, but she felt so strange.

The most recent call time on the phone showed "Qiao Ye" and the call lasted one and a half hours.

And now, it's only 7:30 in the morning.

She had another sleepless night.

Pei Qing sighed, turned back, lay on the bed and closed his eyes. He was so unlucky.

But after a while, someone knocked on the door.

"Hello, Miss Joe. Here's your medicine."

Pei Qing stood up, opened the door, and looked at him with a puzzled look, "What medicine do you want?"

She didn't remember buying the medicine.

The rider glanced at his order and said, "This is the medicine Ms. Qiao ordered for you."

Ms. Qiao?

The only person with the surname Qiao she knew was Qiao Ye.

"Okay. Thank you for your help."

Back in her little room, she took a look at the main function of the medicine: it was used to treat mosquito bites.

She suddenly thought of the chat she had with Qiao Ye last night.

turn out to be……

*

Joe was also wearing headphones with the volume turned up to the maximum, but the phone still flickered.

It was a message from Fatty Xia, "The medicine has been delivered."

Qiao also pulled his hand out in the midst of his busy schedule and replied, "Okay."