Chapter 85 Checking in

It only takes a moment for a man to rot.

Xu Qingwu didn't know when He Xu became so disgusting.

When pursuing her in college, He Xu was still the polite and gentle senior. Although they didn't spend much time together later, he never overstepped the line and never forced her.

Xu Qingwu knew that He Xu came from a poor family, so when she found out that he was hooking up with his female boss, she could even understand it. She chose to break up peacefully. When her friends asked her why, she just said that their personalities were incompatible and she never said anything bad about him.

I just didn't expect that he would become so rotten now, even doing such a low-level thing as picking up corpses in a bar.

During the stalemate, a siren suddenly sounded.

Xu Qingwu calmly reminded: "The police are here. Do you want to go to the police station together?"

"Fuck you!"

He Xu reluctantly let go of her hand and walked to the other side to take a taxi.

Xu Qingwu then lowered his head and turned off the siren recording on his phone, and helped the drunk Chen Ke to the roadside to hail a taxi.

After finally moving her to a seat, Xu Qingwu asked her, "Where is your home?"

Chen Ke didn't answer for a long time, but just held her hand tightly to prevent her from leaving.

If it weren't for the fact that her sister Chen Miao was Cen Xihuai's former marriage partner, Xu Qingwu would have had little interaction with her, so she wouldn't be familiar with her family situation and naturally wouldn't know where the Chen family was.

She could call Cen Xihuai, but Cen Xihuai was in San Francisco now. There was a time difference between Beijing and San Francisco, and it was probably still dark in San Francisco.

Xu Qingwu thought of Chen Qian, but Chen Qian didn't answer the phone. The taxi driver in front was urging her impatiently, so she had to get in and let the driver drive to Qingyu Garden first.

As soon as he got in the car, Chen Ke rubbed against her neck like a puppy, and his hair made her feel very itchy.

"Sit tight!"

Xu Qingwu pushed her head away.

Less than a minute later, Chen Ke came over again, holding her arm tightly and not letting go, saying, "Xu Qingwu, didn't you say we were friends?"

Xu Qingwu: "..."

Just an excuse.

"Xu Qingwu, I actually quite like you, you...hiccup..."

Chen Ke burped, and the carriage was filled with the smell of alcohol. Xu Qingwu quickly opened the window to ventilate.

"I'm your sister's love rival, wake up."

"My sister prefers work. She doesn't like men or me that much..." Chen Ke began to rub her neck again, "You like me, Xu Qingwu, I allow you to like me."

Xu Qingwu: "..."

When Shen Qian called back, Xu Qingwu had already dragged Chen Ke back home and put him on the bed in the guest room.

Chen Ke is a pretty good drinker. Apart from being a bit talkative and a bit spoiled, he doesn't run around or vomit. He falls asleep as soon as he touches the bed.

Xu Qingwu changed the puppy's cat food and water, and played with it for more than ten minutes before going upstairs to take a bath.

On Monday morning, it was not the alarm clock but Chen Ke's scream that woke Xu Qingwu up.

"Xu Qingwu, why am I in your house? What did you do to me?"

Why doesn't this young lady remember anything?

He was hugging and kissing her all the time yesterday, but today he turned his back on her.

"Let's go when you wake up." Xu Qingwu rubbed his temples and was too lazy to say more to her.

"I won't leave until you explain it to me clearly!"

"What did you say?" Xu Qingwu glared at her. "You said you were drunk yesterday and almost got picked up by a man. After I saved you, you kept saying you liked me and wanted me to like you?"

Chen Ke's ears turned red: "You... don't talk nonsense, I'm not a lesbian!"

Xu Qingwu was speechless: "Even less so, Miss, I'm already married."

"I want to go home!"

"Okay, do you want me to call you a taxi?"

"Need not!"

Chen Ke clattered downstairs in his slippers, and when he was almost at the door, he reluctantly said to her, "Thank you for last night."

Xu Qingwu waved at her.

After the eldest lady left, she should wash up and go to work.

Not long after I sat down at the law firm, I received the first good news of the week.

The OA process of the new energy company she was in charge of contacting had reached the headquarters, and the people at the headquarters had made an appointment with her for an interview.

Of course, for Xu Qingwu, the sooner the better, but she is well versed in the principles of negotiation. The more anxious she appears, the more disadvantageous it will be for her. So she just said that it depends on the other party's time.

Finally, the two sides agreed to meet on Wednesday for detailed discussions.

At noon, Xu Qingwu was preparing to go to the cafeteria for lunch with Yang Yu when she suddenly received a call from an unfamiliar number. She hung up, and the other party called again.

Generally, harassing calls will not be made twice, and Xu Qingwu answered the call.

"Xu Qingwu, come down and press the elevator button for me. I can't get to your law firm without an elevator card."

"Chen Ke?"

"It's me, you heard it right."

"…What's wrong?"

"Come down first and we'll talk."

The call was hung up, and Xu Qingwu was stunned. She thought she was even with this young lady, so why did she come to her again?

Regardless of whether Chen Ke was okay or not, Xu Qingwu had nothing to say to her. She sent her a text message saying that she had something to do and was not able to come downstairs, so she asked her to go back.

While still queuing in the cafeteria, Chen Ke, dressed in jewels and precious stones, arrived, carrying two plastic bags from a certain aristocratic family.

Chen Ke spotted her in the crowd at once: "Xu Qingwu! What you mean by 'something' is eating?!"

"Yes, food is the most important thing for the people."

The reason for not opening the elevator for her was actually because of eating!

"Okay!" Chen Ke laughed in anger. She grabbed Xu Qingwu's hand and pulled her to her seat, then placed the plastic bag on the table. "I'll have lunch with you."

If Xu Qingwu hadn't seen the lunch box in the plastic bag, she would have almost thought she was hallucinating.

"Brought it specially for me?"

"You wish, the aunt at home does it too much."

“…”

The lunch box has six layers, each layer contains a different dish, which is delicious and exquisite, making people's mouths water.

Chen Ke handed her a pair of chopsticks: "Eat with me."

Xu Qingwu was puzzled by her intention. Thinking of how she had said in the taxi yesterday that her sister wouldn't accompany her, Xu Qingwu asked, "Your sister won't have dinner with you?"

"Yeah, so I came to see you."

"We're not close friends, so we shouldn't be able to have dinner together."

“It’s cooked once you eat it.”

It happened that Yang Yu had just finished his meal and came over, and was shocked to see the table full of dishes.

Chen Ke was not shy and warmly invited her to eat with him, and then the two of them started chatting like familiar people.

Chen Ke didn't do anything else and just left after dinner. This set of actions left Xu Qingwu confused.

…

Meanwhile, in San Francisco, at 9 p.m.

Cen Xihuai and the Chinese senior executives of the partner were discussing cooperation at the poker table. The game had just started halfway when Allen suddenly stopped it and spoke in Chinese mixed with Chinese and English.

"Sorry, Cen, my wife."

Alan pointed at his cell phone, and Cen Xihuai made a gesture of invitation, asking him to do as he pleased.

Not long after, Allen returned to the card table and smiled sheepishly: "We just got married, and my wife is clingy."

Cen Xihuai's fingers paused slightly, but he continued to grab the cards without saying a word.

"Cen, you're running so far away, doesn't your wife check on you?"

There was no movement from the phone on the table. According to domestic time, the whole morning had passed, and now should be Xu Qingwu's lunch break.

Cen Xihuai said: "She trusts me more."

"I envy you!" Allen said with a somewhat distressed smile. "My wife checks on me after not seeing me for two hours. She really loves me too much."

She said she was envious, but actually her face was full of sweetness.

Cen Xihuai has good cards in his hand, but his mood is completely opposite.

They are also newlyweds.

Why didn’t Xu Qingwu check on his post?

If you don't understand, just ask. Cen Xihuai's lips straightened: "You two have such a good relationship, is there any method?"

"No method! I love her, she loves me, and we love each other."

“…”

Cen Xihuai was shown off and felt a little depressed for no reason.

When he returned to the hotel, he wanted to send a message to Xu Qingwu, but it was already her working hours and it was inconvenient to disturb her. When she got off work, it was already late at night in San Francisco.

Because of the time difference, one person has night while the other has day, and the two people's time is out of sync.

Two days after Cen Xihuai was unilaterally shown off by Allen, he met Allen's wife at the ski resort.

The two of them are like conjoined twins, so attached.

Cen Xihuai recalled his time with Xu Qingwu. They were only so close in bed, and they rarely even held hands.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, estimated to be around eight o'clock in the morning in China, Cen Xihuai called Xu Qingwu.

There was a chewing sound over there. Xu Qingwu was eating breakfast.

The timing is terrible.

Cen Xihuai sighed silently and was about to hang up the phone: "Have a good breakfast, I'm hanging up."

"Wait!" Xu Qingwu quickly stuffed the egg into his mouth and swallowed it with milk. "I'm done."

There was a noticeable swallowing sound and a burp.

Xu Qingwu coughed awkwardly.

"Why are you eating so fast?"

Hearing Cen Xihuai ask this, Xu Qingwu tried hard to suppress another burp in his throat, but couldn't hold it back and burped again.

She said in a self-deprecating tone: "We haven't spoken for several days. I want to talk to you, hiccup..."

Don’t appear unfamiliar with each other at the wedding, it will embarrass both of you.

Cen Xihuai chatted with her for a while and ended the call after she took a taxi to the law firm.

Allen came over with his wife and said in surprise, "Cen, this is the first time I see you smile."

Cen Xihuai raised his phone cheerfully: "My wife is checking up on me."

Allen is puzzled: Is it something to be happy about when his wife checks on him?