Although Xi Quan knew that Ye Qing had seen him fighting with Liang Youjie, she would definitely have many questions to ask. Xi Quan had thought about talking to Ye Qing about it, but in fact, Xi Quan had not figured out how to talk to Ye Qing about it.
However, Ye Qing's question made it impossible for him to continue avoiding the issue. After a long silence, Xi Quan said, avoiding the main point, "Back then, something happened, and I couldn't leave Nancheng. Liang Youjie happened to be going to F country for tourism, so I thought I'd ask him to go see you."
It's not that Ye Qing didn't believe these words, but he knew they weren't the whole story, and that they were just evasive remarks after he had thought them through. However, Ye Qing didn't show much anger or distrust of Xi Quan's words. He simply asked indifferently, "Is it that simple?"
Xi Quan feigned amusement and said, "Otherwise what? What did you think it was?"
As if afraid Ye Qing wouldn't believe him, Xi Quan asked this question in return, and then said, "You said you're petty too. If something hadn't really happened back then, I wouldn't have let Liang Youjie go see you, right? Besides, I trusted Liang Youjie at that time. Who knew he would... Anyway, it was my mistake. I misjudged him."
Ye Qing hadn't expected Xi Quan to tell her everything that had happened over the years all at once, but she felt that if she asked him little by little, she might be able to find out something.
But hearing Xi Quan say that, Ye Qing felt that he still didn't intend to say more to her, or perhaps he simply didn't want her to know at all?
"You don't believe me?" Xi Quan didn't get a reply from Ye Qing. He glanced at Ye Qing while driving and asked nervously.
Ye Qing wanted to say she didn't believe it, after all, the reason why Xi Quan and Liang Youjie were fighting earlier had mentioned the child, and Liang Youjie said that if he hadn't softened his heart, the child might have died before it was even born.
This suggests that Liang Youjie's intentions were not good from the beginning. Perhaps Xi Quan was unaware of Liang Youjie's thoughts at that time, but why Liang Youjie would have such ideas is highly suspicious.
But since Xi Quan clearly dislikes Liang Youjie so much, why doesn't he say anything? How could Ye Qing believe Xi Quan?
However, this also confirmed one thing for Ye Qing: Xi Quan had no intention of telling him the truth at all.
Since he wasn't telling the truth, Ye Qing didn't intend to ask any further questions. So, in response to Xi Quan's counter-question, Ye Qing said, "It's not that I don't believe him, it's just that I feel like how my former friend has turned out like this."
Both of them seemed to be wearing masks. Xi Quan didn't explain why, and Ye Qing didn't press for an answer, but it was clear that they didn't believe him, yet they kept changing the subject.
So the two remained silent, each lost in their own thoughts. When they arrived at the fashion studio, Xi Quan noticed that Ye Qing's foot was injured and offered to escort her inside. However, Ye Qing refused. It wasn't a big deal, and for Xi Quan to escort her in because of this seemed a bit pretentious.
After all, Ye Qing himself lived a rather rough life to some extent.
Although Xi Quan really wanted to deliver it, he gave up when he saw Ye Qing's insistence. He only left after watching Ye Qing enter the elevator.
Ye Qing was absent-minded in the morning and remained so in the afternoon. However, because she had an appointment with the legal department of Zitai Fashion to discuss the matter of suing Liu Wei's factory for borrowing their design drawings, which they had discussed in a previous meeting, Ye Qing put on her best.
Liu Yuliang was in charge of this matter. After Ye Qing discussed it with them, the remaining more specific details were handled by the legal department.
Moreover, from Ye Qing's perspective, who is not a law student, the evidence is so favorable to Zitai Fashion, so there is no need to worry too much about handing it over to the legal department.
After Liu Yuliang and the legal counsel left, Ye Qing couldn't concentrate on her work at all. So, Ye Qing pieced together all the events that had happened since she came back and thought them through. After that, Ye Qing simply left work early.
According to her memory from a few years ago, after leaving Zitai Fashion, Ye Qing went to Xi Quan's grandparents' house to take the child back.
Xi Quan's grandparents were quite surprised to see Ye Qing arrive on her own.
"You're here to pick up your child, right? We were planning to send him back today," said Xi Quan's grandfather.
Before Ye Qing even entered the house, she stood in the courtyard of Grandpa Xi Quan's house and watched as the two children greeted her and then ran off to play, looking very happy. Ye Qing smiled.
Turning to look at Xi Quan's grandparents, Ye Qing saw that the two elderly people were a little uneasy and anxious. Although it was true that Ye Qing had come to pick up the child, seeing the two elderly people like this, Ye Qing felt a little sorry for them.
To be honest, I could understand why they tried to stop Xi Quan from being with me.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Qing said, "If you don't mind being tired, you can let them stay here with you for a couple more days."
Hearing that Ye Qing had agreed, the two elderly people quickly waved their hands and said, "We're not tired. We have nothing to do at home. With our two children around, the house is lively. Besides, there are people here who are about their age to play with, which will help improve their Chinese."
In the small courtyard, several children around the same age as Ranran and her brother were laughing and playing. It was really better than at Xi Quan's villa, where no one played with them and the two children played by themselves.
The two elderly people were very happy to see that Ye Qing's attitude had softened. After exchanging a glance, they said, "Although it's not good to ask like this, the child is getting old and needs to start school soon. There are many things we need to prepare in advance."
Ye Qing, who was smiling as she watched the two children playing, paused for a moment upon hearing Xi Quan's grandmother's words and turned to look at her: "Grandma, what do you mean?"
"Your child, who was born abroad, is now back. Have you taken care of everything, including the child's household registration? Although the child is not yet of primary school age, it's time for him to go to kindergarten."
Xi Quan had mentioned this issue before, but Ye Qing was busy later and temporarily forgot about it.
Now Xi Quan's grandparents have brought it up again. Ye Qing doesn't know if they discussed it with Xi Quan, but their intention is probably to have the child's household registration here.
Seeing that Ye Qing hadn't spoken, the two elderly people assumed that Ye Qing disagreed, so they said, "We didn't mean anything by it. It's just that our place is next to Nancheng Kindergarten. You can ask around in Nancheng, and it's definitely one of the best kindergartens. It's definitely better than any of those trendy private kindergartens these days. We were thinking that since you and Xi Quan are both busy, if you could send your child here, we could help you with the pick-up and drop-off. Of course, we are old, but we are in good health."
Ye Qing hadn't come here simply to pick up and drop off her child; she wanted to get some information about Xi Quan's life from his grandparents. She hadn't figured out how to bring it up, but now that the topic of kindergarten had come up, she saw an opportunity. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I don't have any objections, but doesn't a child need a household registration for school? Xi Quan plans to have the child's registration with him, but I heard that Xi Quan's registration is with Quan Zhen… his mother? Would she be willing to let the child transfer his registration out again?"
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