Chapter 348, I did it all night.

Qiao Xing was dragged along by him, staggering as she followed him into the elevator.

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was very awkward. Qiao Xing subconsciously took two steps away from him.

Qin Ce noticed it, but said nothing.

After entering the house, Qin Ce suddenly stopped, and Qiao Xing, who was walking behind him, almost bumped into him.

Fortunately, she stopped in time and took two steps back.

Qiao Xing looked up at him, paused for a moment, and then said, "What else do you want to say?"

Qin Ce stared intently at her with his dark eyes. He wanted to take Qiao Xing's hand, but she dodged him.

After learning his identity, Qiao Xing clearly felt the gap between them, the insurmountable chasm between them, which was far, far away.

He was someone people looked up to, while Qiao Xing was just one of many ordinary people struggling in the mundane world.

No matter what he said or how he acted, Qiao Xing felt it was all unreal.

Like something out of a science fiction movie, this shouldn't happen to her.

All she could imagine was being kicked out of the house when the passion faded.

Since it's an inevitable outcome, why not cut your losses in time?

Qin Ce's hand froze in mid-air for several seconds before he slowly lowered it.

He stared at Qiao Xing and said in a deep voice, "Qiao Xing, as long as we don't get a divorce, you can name any conditions you want. It would be wrong of me to lie to you, or rather, I'll agree to whatever you and I should do, okay?"

Qiao Xing moved her lips, but couldn't say anything for a moment.

The two faced off in silence.

After a long while, Qiao Xing finally said, "Then let's separate for now. I still think we should calm down."

"how long?"

Qiao Xing was stunned for a moment.

Her original plan was for the two of them to separate first, and after a while, his feelings for her would fade, and he would naturally know what to choose and would take the initiative to divorce her.

His question, "How long?" stumped Qiao Xing.

Qiao Xing thought for a moment and then gave a number, "One month."

Given his status and personality, a month without seeing her would be enough for him to completely forget her, right?

Qin Ce frowned. "No! It's been too long."

Qiao Xing was still feeling sad, but he was angered by Qiao Xing's tough attitude.

"You said you could bring it up anywhere! Now that I've said it, you're going back on your word. How can we continue this conversation?"

Hearing this, Qin Ce's tense expression relaxed slightly. He grabbed Qiao Xing's shoulder and said seriously, "A month is too long, how about three days?"

Qiao Xing pushed his hand away impatiently, "Qin Ce! Do you think this is a vegetable market?"

Qiao Xing couldn't continue speaking, swallowed the rest of her words, and turned to walk into the bedroom.

After she went inside, she closed the door and locked it from the inside.

Qin Ce looked back at the bedroom door, so angry he wanted to smash something. He casually flipped an ornament from the shoe cabinet onto the floor.

But in a flash, he caught the ornament with lightning speed; it was something Qiao Xing had bought.

He carefully put the ornament back, then sighed deeply, rubbing his forehead.

After waiting for about half an hour, he went to the bedroom, but when he turned the doorknob, he found that the door was locked from the inside.

His mind was buzzing, and he didn't know if it was from anger or something else; for the first time, he felt completely lost.

Like a headless fly.

He wandered around the living room for a while before finally going out.

Hearing the heavy slam of the door closing outside, Qiao Xing's heart skipped a beat in her bedroom, then plummeted.

She sat on the bed, fidgeting with her fingers, her mind equally blank.

She didn't know what she should do or think about.

Qiao Xing buried herself in the covers, trying to sleep, but tossed and turned for half the night, and didn't know when she finally drifted off to sleep.

I had a bizarre and fantastical dream all night long.

An alarm clock startled Qiao Xing awake. She opened her eyes wide and turned to see that it was already daylight outside.

She didn't change her clothes and slept in the bed all night.

She turned her head and saw the empty side of the bed, a feeling of indescribable heaviness churning in her chest.

Qiao Xing got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up.

As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Qin Ce busy at the restaurant.

For a moment, it seemed no different from before, but when I thought of his identity, that gloom returned, weighing heavily on my heart.

Qin Ce also saw her. He acted as if nothing had happened and said, "You're up? Go wash up and have breakfast first."

Qiao Xing stared at him for two seconds before walking towards the restroom.

She quickly counted the numbers, went back to her bedroom to change her clothes, and then saw Qin Ce at the door again when she came out.

He stood there as if she had run away.

Qiao Xing paused for a moment and said, "I'm not eating. I'm going to the company."

Just as she finished speaking and was about to leave, Qin Ce grabbed her hand.

Before she could speak, a lunchbox suddenly appeared in her palm. "Eat it on the way. I'll take you."

Qiao Xing looked at the lunchbox, then glanced at Qin Ce.

He stared at Qiao Xing with a pleading look, his eyes subtly conveying a hint of ingratiation.

Qiao Xing's heart skipped a beat, and she handed the lunchbox back to him, saying, "No need."

After saying that, she broke free from Qin Ce's hand and left quickly.

Qin Ce wasn't annoyed. He took the lunchbox, grabbed his coat from the sofa, and went downstairs with Qiao Xing.

The two entered the elevator, and Qiao Xing glanced at him again.

He tactfully kept a step away from her, but when Qiao Xing pressed the elevator button for the first floor, he pressed the button for the second basement level and canceled her appointment for the first floor.

What are you doing?

"The car is on the second basement level."

Seeing him feign ignorance, Qiao Xing's anger was slowly ignited. Suppressing her emotions, she pressed the button for the first floor again, "I'll take the bus."

She originally wanted to ride an electric bike, but since it hadn't been charged for so long, she couldn't ride it and had to take the bus instead.

Qin Ce didn't say anything and canceled it for her again.

His current behavior is like that of a childish elementary school student; it's simply impossible to associate him with the identity of a CEO.

Qiao Xing pressed the first floor button again.

Qin Ce canceled it for her anyway.

Qiao Xing's forehead vein throbbed. "Are you ever going to stop? Didn't we have an agreement?"

Qin Ce glanced at her expressionlessly. "Who said anything to you?"

"you……"

Qiao Xing was so angry that he couldn't speak. Just then, the elevator arrived at the second basement level as he had hoped.

To prevent her from going back, Qin Ce pressed the button for the top floor, 32, when he got out of the elevator. Only after watching the elevator go up did he look at Qiao Xing.

"Let's go, get in the car."

"..."

Qiao Xing took two deep breaths and got into the car.

She planned to have a proper talk with him in the car.

After getting in the car, just as Qiao Xing was about to speak, he placed the lunchbox in her arms and said, "It's going to get cold, you eat first."

"Qin Ce, can you please stop this? We..."

"Eat first, then we'll talk."

"Listen to me first, I think..."

He interrupted her again, "I just learned how to make crab roe buns last night, don't you like them?"

As he spoke, Qin Ce added, "I worked on it all night."