Chapter 85

The scene last night was reported in the newspaper in the early morning, but it did not cause widespread dissemination. Joe did not know how many people were involved.

She was wearing thicker clothes today and looked at the slightly gloomy sky outside. With the arrival of Christmas, the temperature in Country M was gradually dropping.

Seeing her dressed so formally, Shang Yiran looked puzzled, "What are you going out for?"

Qiao also paused while changing his shoes. "Little Black at home should be running out of cat food. I'll get him out."

"...It's hard for you to still be thinking about your cat at this time. But you haven't been back for such a long time, aren't you afraid that it will run away with someone else?"

"No. There is the scent of Ah Qing in the house, and it will stay." Qiao also shook his head firmly.

"...If you don't know, you might think your cat is clinging to you."

"It sticks to Xiaoqing, and Xiaoqing is mine, so to round it off, it sticks to me."

“…”

Shang Yiran couldn't continue discussing Qiao's train of thought and could only wave his hand helplessly, "Go ahead, go ahead, and go back soon. If you can't get back halfway, remember to call me. This is an unfamiliar place, and I will bring you back even if I have to tie you up."

"Okay. I understand."

Coming out of the room, she went straight to the underground garage.

She wanted to take Xiao Hei out before things got out of hand, so that she could give Pei Qing an explanation later.

It was exactly rush hour at this time, and the number of people coming and going on the road was not much different from usual.

Qiao also supported his head with one hand, waiting for the red and green.

Shang Yiran's current residence is a forty-minute drive from her previous residence.

So she was not in much of a hurry.

Slowly and leisurely hurried to his residence.

As soon as I drove into the vicinity of my house, I saw a little girl in a floral dress squatting on the ground feeding Xiao Hei.

She was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that this little guy would eat the food sent by others.

After parking the car, he walked towards the door of the house.

Xiao Hei could smell her scent from a long distance away. He immediately raised his head and looked in the direction she came from in disbelief.

He didn't even bother to eat the cat food at his mouth and rushed straight to her.

Then he stretched out his claws and tugged at her trouser legs, as if blaming her for coming so late.

Qiao also smiled. When she came back before, this little cat acted like a boss and ignored her. Only when Pei Qing was around would he reluctantly give her a glance.

She picked it up.

The kitten stretched out its head and kept rubbing it against her chin.

The little girl saw the kitten running away and was about to chase it when she suddenly saw Qiao Ye.

Seeing the kitten being so intimate with the woman, she knew that the person in front of her was the kitten's owner. For a moment, she stood there a little awkwardly.

In not very fluent English, he said: "S-Sorry, I thought... I thought there was no one here..."

The moment Qiao saw her, she felt that the girl in front of her looked familiar, and she searched for relevant memories in her mind.

Finally, she remembered that the girl in front of her was the little girl who touched Xiao Hei in the pet hospital last time when she gave him eggs.

She opened the door. "Ah, it's you. Why are you here alone?"

The girl was startled by her familiar tone and looked up. "Huh?"

Seeing that it was her, she was a little surprised, "Ah, it's your big sister. So, is this your kitten?"

Obviously, she also remembered the little incident at the pet hospital that day.

"Ah, this is not my cat." Joe also said.

"Eh? Then you..."

"This is my girlfriend's cat." Joe said calmly.

"I see. Then your partner must be a very gentle person, after all, he can raise a little black cat. They say black cats bring bad luck."

"Haha..." Qiao also chuckled twice, "How come you can even say the word 'auspicious'?"

Among the M country people she knew, most of them would just say "It's terrible" or "It's so unlucky".

Words like "auspicious" or "lucky" are rarely used.

"Because my mother is Chinese. So I know a little bit of Chinese."

"Oh." Joe also opened the door. "Would you like to come in and sit down?"

As she said this, she gave up her position.

But the girl just looked at the door in front of her, looking very hesitant. "I'm sorry, sister, I...my mother told me not to enter other people's homes casually..."

The woman understood, but she didn't force it. "In that case, you should go home early. I'll be away for a while soon, so I might have to take the kitten with me. Thank you for feeding it while I'm away."

As he said that, Joe didn't give any snacks, but gave a hundred dollars.

"Take it. You deserve it."

After saying that, Joe also put the little black cat down, then went into his room and moved all of Little Black's things into the car.

The girl was also helping.

"So where are you going, sister?"

"Well, go somewhere else."

But he saw the girl put the hundred yuan in the car.

She looked at the girl with some confusion, wondering why she didn't take the money.

"Thank you, sister. But our family is not short of money, and I like this kitten very much. I will be very happy if I can feed it for a few days, so I can't take your money."

"Oh well."

Jo also put the last bag of cat food in the car, and suddenly remembered that she had not asked the little girl's name.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Irusaka, and my Chinese name is Qiao Anning." The girl stood there obediently.

"So your last name is Qiao too." Qiao also smiled.

"Eh? Is your sister's last name also Qiao?" The girl was a little surprised.

"Yeah. My name is Qiao Ye."

As he spoke, Joe also got in the car and said to the girl, "I have something important to do, so I have to take the kitten with me. If we're destined to meet, I'll let you pet it as much as you want when we meet again. How about that?"

"Okay." The girl walked to the car door, stretched out her hand, and looked at her innocently, "Then let's make a pinky promise."

Joe stopped using this method of signing contracts after he entered junior high school.

She plays more often on contracts.

A contract is more effective than a hook.

"Let's make a promise and hang ourselves. We won't change for a hundred years. Whoever changes will be a puppy."

Hearing the slightly childish voice, Qiao couldn't help but smile. She started the car and looked at the girl before leaving.

Hanxiao asked her: "Why a puppy?"

"Because..." The girl was about to explain to her, but found that she couldn't find a suitable reason, so she could only stammer and lower her head.

"Be good, remember not to mention puppies next time. Because puppies are humans' most loyal friends."

"good."

Joe also drove away.

She herself doesn't like children, especially those in elementary school.

These kids are usually naughty kids.

But among all the children, those who are well-educated and well-mannered are exceptions.

After all, they are polite and know how to say "sorry" and take responsibility for their mistakes when they are very young.

No one could dislike this kind of kid.

This is why she was talking so much to the little girl here today.

Her upbringing proved that she was not one of those so-called "naughty kids".

What surprised her was that her last name was also Qiao.

The surname Qiao is not a common surname in China, but it is not uncommon either.

She didn't take this matter to heart. After all, there was nothing to explore.

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Shang Yiran looked at the little black cat parkouring in the living room, feeling somewhat hopeless. "You mean you saw a little girl feeding a cat at your doorstep? Why didn't you give the cat to her? Doesn't she dislike the cat?"

"This is not my cat." Joe corrected her while making coffee.

"Whose cat is that?"

"It's Ah Qing's cat."

Shang Yiran: “.”

Shang Yiran: "I think you are also your Ah Qing's cat."

Originally, this sentence was meant to mock Qiao Ye, but after a brief thought, Qiao Ye actually nodded happily, "You're right. I'm Ah Qing's cat too."

Shang Yiran: "..."

She sprawled on the sofa. "Are you still the Qiao Ye who was strategizing in the capital? The Qiao in front of me isn't the same Mr. Qiao, right? Why are you acting like a love-brained person?"

Hearing her words, Qiao also rolled his eyes, "It's hard to explain to someone like you who has no partner."

This sentence was like a lighter, causing Shang Yiran to jump up from the sofa. "WDF? If it weren't for your damn K Chamber of Commerce, I would have gone to the Maldives for my honeymoon with my girlfriend. We're both lonely old people now. Don't say I'm single, and I won't say you're single either."

“…”

It would have been fine if she hadn't said it, but once she did, Qiao realized that Shang Yiran did have a girlfriend.

It's just that she rarely heard her mention it, so she subconsciously thought she was still single.

The little black cat jumped onto Shang Yiran's legs and rubbed her with its head.

It melted her heart.

"Wow, what a cute little kitten! How come you, who has no idea about raising cats, were able to pick one up? People all over the world are picking up cats, but I haven't."

Qiao Ye: "..."

She glanced away, not wanting to argue with the woman over this topic.

A large-scale criminal investigation TV series from Country M was playing on TV.

Qiao had also seen the show and she knew it was very popular.

At this time, an economic crime happened to be happening.

"Do you think we will be caught?" Joe also asked.

Hearing her words, the woman turned her head and caressed her cat nonchalantly, changing the ambiguity in her words and saying meaningfully, "Did we do anything? Xiaoye, we didn't do anything, so the Bureau of Investigation has no reason to arrest us."

Hearing this, Qiao also laughed, and the little girl who just stood at her door kept appearing in her mind. "Yeah, we didn't do anything, of course they won't arrest us."

And then, her attention was drawn away by Xiao Hei again.

Xiao Hei has always been raised by Pei Qing, so to some extent he has some similarities with Pei Qing, such as they both like to crawl by the window.

But now it was crawling on her legs, and seemed a little sleepy, with its little head nodding.

The look of wanting to sleep but not daring to sleep is funny.

She reached out and scratched its chin, then asked, "Hey, Xiao Hei, do you miss Ah Qing too? But don't worry, we'll be able to see her soon..."