Chapter 75 The Autumn Wind Bleak

Wang Qing couldn't understand how a person who rides a bicycle, doesn't even have a job, and wears a high-end imitation watch could afford to drive a Bentley?

Could it be that the watch is real?!

Wang Qing was shocked.

Nan Xuqiu walked straight past Wang Qing without even looking at him and came in front of Chi Jinjin.

"Are you done with the meeting?" Nan Xuqiu asked gently.

Chi Jinjin nodded.

"Let's go home." Nan Xuqiu took her hand and pulled her towards the car.

He opened the car door, held up an umbrella and let Chi Jinjin get in first, then he closed the umbrella and got in.

Wang Qing watched them leave.

"Oh my god, what's the background of this intern's boyfriend? He doesn't look very old, but he can actually afford a Bentley and Audemars Piguet?"

"I remember!" one of the interns said, "He seems to be Nan Xuqiu, who was in high school. He was very popular on the forum back then. His family members are high-ranking officials, and his grandfather was a lieutenant colonel or something."

Wang Qing was staring, her tongue hanging open. She hadn't expected that the poor boy she thought of turned out to be so powerful.

When the others heard the word "Lieutenant Colonel", they dared not gossip anymore.

Chi Jinjin sat in the passenger seat, watching Nan Xuqiu drive.

She asked curiously, "Why did you change the car?"

"The last car I had was scrapped when I went to your place, so I changed it." Nan Xuqiu replied.

"No." Chi Jinjin said, "I mean, why don't you ride a bike anymore?"

"Silly." Nan Xuqiu said helplessly, "It's raining so hard, you'll get wet riding your bike."

Chi Jinjin smiled awkwardly. She had forgotten that it was raining outside.

"And I'm here to support you," Nan Xuqiu said. "You don't know how realistic society is now. They always favor people with good backgrounds. By doing this, I can save you a lot of trouble and ward off some demons and monsters."

So that's how it is.

Chi Jinjin felt warm in her heart and said, "Thank you, Nan Xuqiu."

Nan Xuqiu smiled, then recalled the photo. He hesitated and asked, "Gao Yi...works in the same institute as you?"

"Well, but we are not in the same department." Chi Jinjin replied.

"Then..." Nan Xuqiu wanted to ask, but in the end he didn't ask, and just said, "Okay."

Chi Jinjin yawned, not noticing Nan Xuqiu's depressed mood, and gradually fell asleep leaning against the window.

After arriving home, Chi Jinjin woke up, said goodbye to Nan Xuqiu, and got out of the car.

At the stairs, Chi Jinjin stopped and looked back at Nan Xuqiu.

He sat in the car with his eyes lowered, giving people a lonely feeling.

Nan Xuqiu? Lonely?

That's impossible.

Chi Jinjin thought about it and felt that she must have overthought, so she turned around and continued to walk upstairs...

After taking a shower, Chi Jinjin started writing her paper in front of her notebook. She found that her notebook had become much faster than before since she borrowed it from Nan Xuqiu. It used to be always stuck.

People had left one after another, but Wang Qing still hadn't waited for her boyfriend to come pick her up, and her phone calls were always unanswered.

In the end, Wang Qing couldn't even get a taxi, so he had to run far away in the rain and take a motorcycle taxi home.

When I got home, I found my boyfriend sleeping soundly on the sofa, smelling of alcohol.

Wang Qing was already angry, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he was so furious that he threw the bag in his hand at the man on the sofa.

The man was woken up by the blow and asked unhappily, "What are you doing?"

"Didn't you say you would come to pick me up? Do you know how long I've been waiting alone in the rain?" Wang Qing said angrily.

The man sighed and said nonchalantly, "Alright, alright, I'm wrong. How about I buy you a new bag tomorrow to make amends? And hurry up and make me some hangover soup. I have a terrible headache."

He stood up from the sofa and went to the bathroom.

Wang Qing suddenly noticed a lip mark on his neck. He stepped forward, ripped open his collar, and demanded, "What's that? You didn't come to pick me up just to fool around with another woman?"

"So what? I'm just having fun." The man said impatiently.

"You bastard!" Wang Qing cursed. "Do you know that you have a girlfriend, but you cheated on me again and again? And for another woman, you left me in the rain for so long. What do you think of me?"

The next moment, a slap suddenly hit Wang Qing in the face.

The man pushed her to the ground, leaned over and grabbed her hair, pointed at her nose, and said, "Wang Qing, I taught you a lesson, and you're getting ahead of yourself, right? Look at what you're wearing, where you live, where you eat, which one isn't mine? I found you a job, and without me, you're nothing. I advise you to stop meddling in other people's business and quit while you're ahead!"

As he said this, he slapped Wang Qing again.

Then he let her go, went to the bedroom, closed the door and went to sleep.

Wang Qing lay on the ground, covering his face and crying silently.

Chi Jinjin went to work the next day and found many people along the way who took the initiative to greet her.

She knew in her heart that it was actually the effect brought about by Nan Xuqiu.

When you have no money and no power, your world will become very dark, and most of the people around you will be bad people with sinister faces. But when you have money and power, the world will change dramatically, and there will be good people everywhere around you.

This is today's society, a sick society.

Although she understood everything, she still responded politely and courteously one by one.

Chi Jinjin will not try to fit into such a circle, but she will not insist on being unique and stepping out of such a circle either.

Don't criticize anyone by standing on the shoulders of giants, and don't stand at the feet of giants.

Trade with dreams on an equal footing and keep a distance from the hustle and bustle.

"Teacher, these have all been sorted out." Chi Jinjin handed a stack of documents to Wang Qing.

Wang Qing looked at Chi Jinjin with disgust and snatched the document from her.

She added sarcastically, "Oh, I thought you were a very innocent child, so I tried so hard to tell you those truths. Now I know that you have understood these truths for a long time. You are quite far-sighted."

Chi Jinjin knew what she meant and said, "I'm with him not because he's rich."

"You don't like money?" Wang Qing sneered.

Chi Jinjin admitted, "Of course I like money, but I like my own money. Even though it may not be much, I can spend it as I please. No matter how rich my boyfriend is, it has nothing to do with me. It's his own money. My boyfriend is my boyfriend, and I am me. We are two independent people, and no one is an appendage of the other."

"What do you mean? Are you implying something to me?" Wang Qing stood up, unable to suppress the anger in his heart any longer.

Chi Jin replied, "I didn't. I was just stating my own opinion."

Wang Qing sneered.

At this moment, a person suddenly rushed in. Everyone looked over and found that it was Wang Qing's boyfriend.

Wang Qing's expression immediately changed. He walked over with a smile and asked, "Why are you here?"

But who knew that the next second, Wang Qing was slapped hard by her boyfriend.

Everyone was shocked, including Chi Jinjin.

The man grabbed Wang Qing by the collar and cursed with his eyes wide open, "You bitch, how dare you keep a gigolo behind my back?"

"What did you say? I didn't!" Wang Qing denied.

The man played a recording.

Wang Qing was shocked. The recording turned out to be his conversation with Nan Xuqiu that day.

And it was only her words, without Nan Xuqiu's voice, which showed that they had been processed.

"Someone is framing me. The audio has been edited!" Wang Qing said in horror.

"You stinky bitch, how dare you lie to me? You eat my food, drink my drinks, live in my house, and yet you still dare to cheat on me? I'll kill you!" The man grabbed Wang Qing's hair and dragged her out of the station.

"Oh my God, why is she like this?"

“I really can’t tell normally.”

People around were talking about it.

Chi Jinjin didn't say anything, she just felt that the man was scary.

She walked to the window and saw Wang Qing being dragged into the car by a man.

Although she hated Wang Qing, she still called the police for him because she was afraid that Wang Qing's boyfriend would really kill her.

The man's car drove away.

In the car in the distance, Nan Xuqiu, who had a panoramic view of everything, tapped the steering wheel lightly with his index finger and curled his lips into a smile.

Since this incident, Wang Qing didn't come to work for three whole days. When Chi Jinjin saw her again, she saw that her face was covered with wounds and one of her eyes was swollen and covered with gauze.

She resigned and left the institute.

I heard that Wang Qing’s boyfriend almost beat Wang Qing to death that day, but fortunately the police arrived in time.

After Wang Qing left, no one in the institute bothered Chi Jinjin anymore, and Chi Jinjin was promoted to a regular employee ahead of schedule.

She walked to the full-length mirror, adjusted the lawyer badge on her chest, and looked at herself in the mirror. She was a little bit unbelievable. From today on, she was a formal lawyer.

Come on, Chi Jinjin!

Chi Jinjin encouraged herself in her heart and turned to look at the sunny sky outside the window.

But after Chi Jinjin officially started working, she realized that she had thought things were too simple. After working for almost several months, she had not taken on a single case.

It's simply because she is too young. Even if she has a high level of education, most people nowadays trust qualifications more. Seeing her young age, they treat her like a child and are not confident in entrusting themselves to her.

It was already winter and the New Year was approaching. Chi Jinjin lay on the table, feeling a little depressed and discouraged.

At this time, Nan Xuqiu called and Chi Jinjin took out her cell phone to answer the call.

"Jinjin, are you busy this afternoon?" Nan Xuqiu asked.

Chi Jinjin replied, "Not busy."

"Then let's go out and play together, and go to the movies?" Nan Xuqiu said.

Chi Jinjin replied, "Yeah, okay."

"Then I'll wait for you at the usual place on the pedestrian street." Nan Xuqiu said, and then asked, "Do you need me to pick you up?"

"No need, just wait for me there. I'm nearby and it will only take me four or five minutes to walk there." Chi Jinjin replied.

Nan Xuqiu said, "Okay then."

In the afternoon, Chi Jinjin cleaned up the desk and everyone else in the department was gone.

Chi Jinjin took the bag and walked towards the door, but she didn't expect Gao Yi to be there.

"Jinjin, I want to talk to you." Gao Yi said.

Chi Jinjin avoided him and said, "I, I don't have anything to talk to you about."

She walked straight into the elevator.

Gao Yi also followed.

Chi Jinjin didn't want to be in a separate and enclosed space with him, so she left the elevator and took the stairs instead.

But unexpectedly, Gao Yi caught up again.

But he walked too fast, stepped on empty air, and rolled down the stairs. His head hit the ground hard, and he lay there motionless.

"Gao Yi!"

Chi Jinjin was shocked, ran over, squatted down and called him, but he didn't respond. She struggled to turn him over, and his face was covered in blood.

Chi Jinjin was almost scared to death, and she quickly called an ambulance.

Rescuers arrived quickly, Gao Yi was carried into the car, and Chi Jinjin was also asked to accompany them.

She had no choice but to get in the car.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Nan Xuqiu guessed that Chi Jinjin would be here soon, so he rushed there early and bought two cups of hot milk tea.

Now that the weather is getting colder, Chi Jinjin's hands get cold easily in winter, so Nan Xuqiu buys her milk tea, one for her to drink, and the other to warm her hands.

There is an ancient ginkgo tree on the pedestrian street, which is where Nan Xuqiu and Chi Jinjin often meet.

Nan Xuqiu sat on the bench under the ginkgo tree with a cup of milk tea, waiting for Chi Jinjin to come. Afraid that the milk tea would get cold, he wrapped it under his windbreaker.

But as time went by, Chi Jinjin's figure never appeared, and people around her came and went in waves.

Nan Xuqiu looked down at the time and it was already past seven o'clock.

He was a little worried and called Chi Jinjin, but no one answered.

Nan Xuqiu stood up and wanted to go look for him, but then he was worried that if he left, she would come and not be able to find him, so he sat back down and continued to wait for him.

Wait and wait.

As the sky gradually darkened and the street lights came on one by one, it became increasingly colder around and there were fewer and fewer people on the streets.

Withered yellow ginkgo leaves fell on Nan Xuqiu's body.

The autumn wind was bleak, the streets were deserted, shops were closed one by one, and the milk tea in my arms had lost its last bit of warmth and started to grow cold.

At this time, white snow fell from the sky and landed on Nan Xuqiu's cold hands.

Chi Jinjin finally finished Gao Yi's business and had some free time to sit down. She took out her cell phone to check the time, only to find that it was already past eleven o'clock, and Nan Xuqiu had called her more than ten times and sent her many messages.

Chi Jinjin slapped her forehead and then she remembered that Nan Xuqiu was still waiting for her!

She hurriedly stood up and tried to go out, but the nurse stopped her and said, "Miss, you can't leave until this gentleman wakes up."

"I, I'll be away for a while and will be back soon." Chi Jinjin said.

The nurse insisted that it was not possible.

Gao Yi has no family here, and Chi Jinjin doesn't know who his friends are, so she can only grit her teeth and wait by the side.

She quickly called Nan Xuqiu.

Nan Xuqiu saw that Chi Jinjin had finally returned the call, so he quickly answered and asked, "Hey, Jinjin, what's wrong with you? Why didn't you return my call? Did something happen?"

"No, no, it was Gao Yi. He fell down the stairs and it was quite serious, so I sent him to the hospital." Chi Jinjin explained.

Nan Xuqiu was silent for a moment, then said, "So, you've always been with Gao Yi?"

"Yeah." Chi Jinjin asked again, "You shouldn't be waiting for me there anymore, right?"

Nan Xuqiu was silent again, then replied, "No."

"That's good." Chi Jinjin breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself, fortunately Nan Xuqiu is very smart and won't wait there for someone foolishly.