Chapter 272 He's too old
Today's progress went fairly smoothly.
Madam Ling was very good at handling people; she didn't reject any of the three women's designs, but instead assigned them to different roles.
Su Ting was in charge of winter coats, Luo Shu was in charge of summer clothes, and Xu Qiaomu naturally didn't leave her out either, letting her be in charge of loungewear, so it could be considered that everyone was treated equally.
Luo Shu was amazed; it seemed the mayor's wife's abilities were not to be underestimated.
When they returned, it started to drizzle. Luo Shu said goodbye to Xu Qiaomu and got into the car first. Xu Qiaomu didn't let her see her off; she had already called a car.
Luo Shu's car had just left when she appeared beside Xu Qiaomu in the early hours of the morning.
"Mr. Ling, are you going out too?" Xu Qiaomu asked with a smile; she always seemed to be this optimistic.
"No, I came to find you."
"Huh?" Xu Qiaomu's face stiffened for a moment. "Looking for me?"
"Don't know why I'm contacting you?"
"Should I know?" Xu Qiaomu asked cautiously, her expression momentarily stunned.
She showed no smile from the early hours of the morning, which was not the expression one should have when dealing with guests. Xu Qiaomu felt a chill run down his spine.
As far as I can remember, this was the first time she and Lingchen had met.
Is this the start of trouble?
The mayor's son is someone you can't mess with.
She went through his memory in her mind, but she really didn't remember him at all...
She swallowed hard, just as the driver called to say the car had broken down and she needed to cancel the order.
Xu Qiaomu forced herself to remain calm and hung up the phone, glancing at Ling Chen with an ambiguous look before quickly looking away.
He just watched her quietly in the early morning, as if trying to see through the woman in front of him at a glance.
Xu Qiaomu finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked humbly, "Mr. Ling, is there some misunderstanding between us?"
We've never crossed paths.
“There’s no misunderstanding.” Ling Chen paused for a moment. “I’ll give you a ride, and we can talk while we’re at it.”
What should we talk about?
"I'll just take a taxi myself, no need to trouble you." Xu Qiaomu picked up her phone and hurriedly called a taxi for herself.
In the early hours of the morning, he snatched her phone, stuffed it into his pocket, and walked towards the nearby parking lot.
“…” Xu Qiaomu stood there stunned.
What does he mean by that?
She hurriedly jogged after him.
When they arrived at the parking lot, Ling Chen was already sitting in the car. Xu Qiaomu looked at him with lingering fear, not daring to get in.
At this hour, it's a bit like Ma Wencai forcibly abducting a woman.
"Get in the car."
"..."
Xu Qiaomu's palms were sweaty; she had never seen anything like this before.
I didn't have a chance to talk to her in the early morning, so I just waved her phone in my hand.
Xu Qiaomu obediently got into the car.
She closed the car door, clasped her hands together, and her mind was a complete mess.
He looked at her with a furrowed brow in the early hours of the morning.
Xu Qiaomu glanced at him, and his mental defenses were completely destroyed.
"What are you going to do?" she asked tremulously.
"Fasten your seatbelt." A cold voice said in the early hours of the morning.
"..." Xu Qiaomu frantically pulled on the seatbelt.
People are most prone to making mistakes when they are in a state of confusion, and Xu Qiaomu couldn't pull down his seatbelt.
She was almost crying from fright, looking at him with an innocent expression.
"I don't want the phone anymore, I..."
“…” Ling Chen sighed, turned to the side, stretched out his long arm, pulled her seatbelt, and fastened it securely.
Xu Qiaomu was so frightened that she closed her eyes and huddled in the passenger seat.
Looking at her with a serious expression, Ling Chen suppressed the fire in his heart and couldn't help but chuckle.
He gave her a hard flick on the forehead.
"Ah!" Xu Qiaomu covered her forehead.
"She's so young, yet she thinks about so much," Ling Chen joked.
He hadn't done anything yet, and Xu Qiaomu was already so scared, making him seem like a thug.
Xu Qiaomu peeked at him through her fingers. The car had already started in the early morning. She breathed a sigh of relief and carefully lowered her hand.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Xu Qiaomu didn't want to be in the same car as him; her heart was still pounding wildly.
"Do you know why your dad came over today?" Ling Chen asked.
"We're talking business, what else could it be?"
Mr. Xu was a man who only knew how to do business all his life. Because he was so focused on business, he even lost his wife.
Ling Chen sneered, "Indeed, they're here to discuss business."
Why are you asking this?
"Your dad sold you to me."
"..." Xu Qiaomu's gaze fell on Ling Chen. She thought she had misheard and asked weakly, "What did you say?"
“I said, your dad sold you to me.” Ling Chen said calmly, glancing sideways at her shocked expression.
Clearly, she didn't know, otherwise she would have already given herself away when she came in with Luo Shu.
Ke Xu Qiaomu doesn't pretend.
"My dad sold me to you?" Xu Qiaomu still couldn't believe it. She was pondering the meaning of those words, wondering if she had misheard.
“That’s right, your dad sold you to me.”
"..." Xu Qiaomu's mind went blank for a moment.
After a long silence, she murmured, "We're ten years apart..."
He's too old...
"..." He knew that, so he was unwilling.
The two fell silent.
Xu Qiaomu pouted, pressed her face against the window, and watched the rain outside getting heavier and heavier.
Recently, Mr. Xu was in a very bad mood. He couldn't acquire a piece of land, which was a big project. If he could acquire it, he wouldn't have to worry about his development for the next ten years.
He's been stuck in a rut because the previous mayor didn't like him, so his current eagerness to get on the good side of the newly appointed mayor is probably driven by ulterior motives.
Xu Qiaomu seems to know some of the inside story.
Her tears streamed down her face.
It turns out that she, like her mother, was used as a bargaining chip by her father and given away to others.
I turned my head to look at her in the early morning and could only see her back. However, I could clearly see the tears she was wiping away on the window.
“You’re unwilling too, right? I hope we can stand on the same side.”
It was 30 a.m. He refused to accept arranged marriages from feudal society, especially since the other party was a naive 20-year-old girl. This was too much of a bullying.
Look, they're not even married yet and they're already crying. What are they going to do about it?
He can't exactly coax her, can he?
He's thirty years old; he can't do this kind of thing.
I can't bring myself to do it.
"..." Xu Qiaomu wiped away her tears again and remained silent.
Whether she gets married or not is no longer important. Her proud father has sold her off as a bargaining chip, so it doesn't matter where she marries.
She sneered inwardly. Marrying Ling Chen was still considered a good family background; at least he didn't make her marry a fat old man in his forties or fifties.
There's nothing wrong with being in the early morning. He's handsome, well-educated, tall, and his genes will likely be good in the future.
Her father is still the mayor, so she certainly won't be controlled by him again in the future.
She slowly lowered her head. How could she have bowed to reality? She should at least have resisted it.
As she thought about it, tears streamed down her face again.
Seeing that the person was crying so hard in the early morning, I didn't ask any more questions.
The car's speed also slowed down noticeably.
I handed her a tissue in the early hours of the morning, taking advantage of a gap in the traffic light.
"Su Ting?" Xu Qiaomu's voice suddenly broke into a sob.
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