Chapter 70

The next day, He Qiao returned to China, under the pretext of not disturbing their date.

Ming Xu has been busy these days and has little time to accompany Yan Qing. Yan Qing is a little bored, so she also plans to return home.

"Going back to China? Going back to Lingcheng?" Ming Xu knew that he was too busy to accompany her, but he still felt a little disappointed when he heard that she was going back to China. Now he could see her as soon as she got off work, but when she returned to China, he could only find time to video chat with her every day.

Yan Qing was also very frustrated, but there was still work waiting for him: "My plan has changed. I'm going directly to South City."

Nancheng is also good, at least it is not as far away as Lingcheng. When I return to China, I can see him every week.

Ming Xu remained where he was after watching Yan Qing pass through security.

Last time at the airport, their identities were swapped and he was the one leaving. Thinking about it now, Yan Qing didn't seem to feel so good at that time.

After returning to China, Yan Qing immediately began to work. Ming Xu was also delayed in returning to China by a series of events. It was not until the end of December that he set foot on this land again.

Looking at everyone discussing New Year's Eve activities in the online meeting on the computer, Yan Qing felt a little disappointed and picked up his phone to send a message to Ming Xu.

[Yan Qing]: Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, can you come back?

She didn't want to send this message, but it had been a month since they last met, and it was New Year's Eve. In the past, Zhou Mingshu would fly to her at this time, but this time Zhou Mingshu had said in advance that he had a date, and she was no longer alone.

I have a boyfriend, but we may not be able to spend New Year's Eve together.

When Yan Qing thought of this, he felt visibly disappointed. A few hours passed, and Ming Xu still hadn't replied. Yan Qing held his phone, took a deep breath, and returned to work.

The drizzle outside the window added to the already sad atmosphere.

The video conference is still going on and will start after the Chinese New Year, so a lot of work needs to be prepared.

Without waiting for Ming Xu's message, Yan Qing threw the phone aside and thought, forget it, don't think about it anymore. He won't be away for the New Year, will he?

Thinking of this, she felt much more relaxed. A few days ago, Yang Mingzhou asked her for her address and said he wanted to send New Year gifts to everyone. It should be almost time.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Could it be that the gang leader's delivery has arrived?" After greeting Qian Lin, Yan Qing stood up to open the door. He checked his phone but didn't see any information about the delivery. He was a little confused. "Why would they deliver it directly to my door without calling me? Aren't they worried that no one's home?"

The door opened.

"you?"

She froze in place, her breathing stagnated, and her voice trembled, "Why are you back?"

The person outside the door jokingly said, "You won't let me in?"

Yan Qing finally reacted and quickly reached out to take the thing from his hand: "When did you come back?"

"Just got off the plane."

So you were still on the plane when you sent the message this morning?

Thinking of this, Yan Qing's eyes became sharp, and he grabbed his collar and asked, "Answer truthfully."

Ming Xu lowered his eyes and looked at his angry girlfriend. He put his arms around her and buried his head in her shoulder. "I took the flight yesterday evening. I'm so tired now, Xixi."

Hearing his voice, Yan Qing felt more heartache than anger at being deceived, so she hugged his arm and walked towards the bedroom.

Obviously, everyone in the video saw this scene and frantically asked in the common group chat who this tall man with a charming back was.

After entering the bedroom, Yan Qing suddenly thought of something. She grabbed the person she was about to push onto the bed and pointed at the door next to her: "Go take a shower first, then have a good sleep after that."

As he said that, he went into the bathroom to pack up his things. "I put everything I need outside. Take a look when you need it, don't make a mistake."

Listening to the voice of his beloved coming from the bathroom, Ming Xu leaned against the bathroom door, his eyes following the person inside: "I just saw that the computer is still on."

"ah!"

Yan Qing immediately ran out in horror.

She saw everyone looking at her with a joking look on their faces. She picked up her phone tremblingly and found that the group chat had also exploded.

Pretending to be calm, he said, "Sorry, something happened just now. Let's continue."

Seeing that no one asked about it, she pretended not to know and continued the meeting, but she was upset that she had forgotten about it just now.

After finishing his duties, Yan Qing turned off the camera and planned to calm down.

But this move undoubtedly gave everyone something to gossip about.

Yan Qing knocked on the bedroom door and was about to ask him if he had finished cleaning up when the door opened.

Mingxu had a towel on his head, and he was leaning against the door frame with his hands, looking at her with a smile: "I just finished washing, but I can't find the hair dryer."

"It seems to be left outside. I'll go get it."

His eyes accidentally fell on the computer, and he followed Yan Qing to the guest bathroom: "Is the meeting over?"

"No, I'll settle you down first, you go to sleep." Yan Qing found the hair dryer and put it in his hand, "Go in and blow dry it, then just put it in there after you're done."

After watching Mingxu enter the bedroom, Yan Qing continued to work.

The occasional sound of hair blowing disturbed her mind.

On the phone, various work messages were mixed with Qian Lin's gossip. Yan Qing opened and closed the screen. Why did this kid have so many questions?

[Qian Lin]: Sister!

[Yan Qing]: If you don’t work hard, I will tell your brother.

After reading the news about Yan Qing, Qian Lin became completely depressed. Her sister was too mean. She used her brother to suppress her.

The meeting didn't end until lunch time. Yan Qing quietly opened the door and saw Ming Xu had fallen asleep, wrapped in his quilt, sleeping soundly.

I don't know when lunch is.

After thinking about it, Yan Qing touched his rumbling stomach and decided to find something to eat first.

There was only instant noodles left at home. Yan Qing made a bucket of it and sat in the restaurant waiting for the meal when she received a call from Zhou Mingshu.

"Xixi, go check on Luo Jing quickly. His shop has been smashed."

Zhou Mingshu's tone was very anxious, even with tears in her eyes. After knowing that Luo Jing was in trouble, she wanted to call Yan Qing, but Luo Jing stopped her. She came to find Yan Qing only after Tang Jia called and said that Luo Jing was admitted to the hospital.

"Don't worry, Mingxu and I will go over there."

After hanging up the phone, Yan Qing glanced at the closed bedroom, went to the cloakroom to get some clothes and was about to leave.

"Where are you going?"

When I looked back, I saw that the person who was in bed just now was awake.

Ming Xu glanced at the clothes in her hands and repeated, "Where are you going?"

"Something happened to Luo Jing. I need to go to the hospital."

"I'll go with you."

I didn't wake him up just now because I felt sorry for him sitting on the plane for such a long time.

Seeing Yan Qing still hesitating, Ming Xu said, "Didn't you just say on the phone that you would take me with you?"

"Did you hear everything?" Yan Qing was puzzled, but her expression changed the next second. She threw the bag in her hand at Ming Xu, "Then why are you still pretending to sleep?"

"You can deal with me when you get back, okay?"

Ming Xu's car has been kept at Yan Qing's place, and now it's just in time to be used.

Sitting in the passenger seat, he asked again, "How about I drive?"

Hearing this, Yan Qing glanced at him. Why did he feel that this showed a lack of confidence in his driving skills?

"You don't dare to ride in my car?"

"No, no, I am."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted: "Let's go."

On the way, Zhou Mingshu called again and Mingxu answered the phone for her.

"Brother Coal Ball?"

Zhou Mingshu couldn't utter a single word at this moment. "Where's Xixi?"

"drive."

"Then I'll play later."

"I'm on speakerphone, you can talk."

How can I say this? Thinking that Mingxu could hear it, Zhou Mingshu found it difficult to speak. Just as he was in a stalemate, Yan Qing's phone rang again.

Ming Xu took a look and said, "Luo Jing."

Hearing that it was Luo Jing calling, Zhou Mingshu immediately ran away: "Then you guys go ahead and talk, I'll call back later."

When I picked up the phone, it wasn't Luo Jing's voice.

"Sister Yan Qing, I'm Tang Jia. Sister Ming Shu said you were coming. We're in the emergency room. The wound has been treated."

"I'll be there soon, wait for me at the hospital."

When she arrived at the hospital, she saw Tang Jia waiting at the emergency room door. Seeing Yan Qing, she felt a little embarrassed, and her tone was full of self-blame: "Sister."

Yan Qing had met Tang Jia a few times when she went to visit Luo Jing in his store after returning from Germany. At that time, Zhou Mingshu did not have a good impression of her and told Yan Qing not to pay attention to her.

After saying hello to Tang Jia, he took Ming Xu into the emergency room, and Tang Jia followed behind them.

Seeing Yan Qing, Luo Jing grinned.

"Sister, Brother Xu." Before the two of them could speak, he started to make small talk, "When did Brother Xu come back? The last time I met Sister Xixi, she said you were still in Germany."

"just."

"Ah?" Luo Jing was a little confused.

Yan Qing didn't want to talk about this: "He just came back this morning. How did you get this injury?"

Before Luo Jing could speak, Tang Jia spoke from behind him: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I will definitely take care of this."

Luo Jing was anxious: "It has nothing to do with you."

"I'm the landlord. They're here to find me. You're the one who got into this trouble."

The two were still arguing, and Yan Qing was getting a headache from the noise: "Alright, be quiet, why are you arguing in the hospital?"

Luo Jing and Tang Jia were driven to the hospital by nearby shop owners. After arriving at the hospital, the kind shop owners went back.

After returning to the store, Yan Qing stared at the two of them unhappily at the smashed floor-to-ceiling windows. Luo Jing went to the next door shop to get the key. The two of them had forgotten to close the door, and it was the owner of the next door who found and locked the door for them.

After opening the door, there is nothing left in the renovated shop.

"Go ahead."

Mingxu found a chair and asked Yan Qing to sit down.

Luo Jing and Tang Jia looked at each other, and both wanted to speak first.

In the end, Tang Jia was the victor. She glanced outside the door before she began to speak, "My ex-boyfriend had been quiet for a while. Luo Jing was planning to open a pet shop, and I had a friend who worked in that field, so I brought my friend over to help him with his plans a few times. I don't know how my ex-boyfriend found out and came to cause trouble."

"Wasn't it all resolved before?" Yan Qing also knew about Tang Jia's ex-boyfriend, but she just thought he was an idle thug. She didn't expect that he would dare to smash the store now.

Tang Jia was a little embarrassed to speak: "I called the police last time, but he is stubborn now, saying that I broke off the engagement just for Luo Jing. I wanted to talk it over, but I didn't expect him to come and smash the store this morning."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Qing saw someone not far away pointing in this direction.

"Is that them?"

Luo Jing stood up: "How dare you come?"

Ming Xu stood up and stopped Luo Jing: "Don't be impulsive."

The people outside the door gradually walked in and saw two new people in the store, so those who came to cause trouble did not dare to act rashly.

"Brother, who are these two people?"

Wang Changyuan glanced at the two people he had never met before, and was clearly a little insecure. "What are you afraid of? We have more people."

One of the younger brothers hesitated a little: "Brother, we live in a society ruled by law now, we can't do anything rash." After saying that, he stopped moving forward. He was not very willing to come here in the first place, but was hindered by their friendship.

Hearing this, the others looked at each other in confusion.

Someone suggested: "Brother, they also run a legitimate store. They called the police last time. Why don't you just forget it? The betrothal money has been returned, right? It has nothing to do with you if they remarry." The more he spoke, the less confident he became.

Seeing this, everyone wanted to leave, but when they saw that no one was leaving, they didn't hesitate.

At this moment, the first person who spoke said, "Brother, I'm leaving first. Don't look for me for this matter in the future. I originally thought it was her problem, but I think she is not wrong. Let's just forget about being friends from now on." After that, he left.

"Yeah, if you smash the glass today, who knows what you're going to do tomorrow? I wouldn't dare do that."

One after another, everyone left.

Seeing that all the friends he called had left, Wang Changyuan became a little shaken.

Yan Qing and others watched the troublemakers leave one by one. They looked at each other and left the store.

After seeing the bandage on Luo Jing's arm, Wang Changyuan became frightened and pointed at him and shouted, "I didn't cause this injury on you, don't try to blackmail me."

Luo Jing: "You can talk to the police about this."