Jiang Jingchu's eyes moved slightly, and he heard Qin Huan ask in a low and soft voice.
"I've sent you the VR panorama of Jinghe Bay a few days ago. Did you not see it, or are you dissatisfied with anything after seeing it?"
When Jiang Jingchu heard this, his pale lips curled up slightly.
"Qin Huan, are you playing dumb with me?"
Qin Huan still didn't look back.
"Then what do you want me to ask you? Did anything really happen between you and Ji Jingya in the hotel that day?"
Jiang Jingchu opened his lips, but was suddenly speechless. He wanted Qin Huan to ask him, at least to prove that Qin Huan still cared about him.
But now, when he really heard Qin Huan ask the question, her casual tone made him feel more uncomfortable than if she hadn't asked at all.
He felt extremely bored and sighed.
"Forget it, just go."
Qin Huan moved, tightened her hanging fingers, and walked out.
Jiang Jingchu watched her figure gradually disappear, closed his eyes, and an unspeakable bitterness spread in his heart.
He thought, maybe Qin Huan really didn't care about him. If that was the case, then let it be...
At this moment, the footsteps that had long disappeared from the bedroom door suddenly came back.
Jiang Jingchu opened his eyes and saw Qin Huan standing by the door a little awkwardly, looking straight and forcefully at him.
"Jiang Jingchu, do you want to get married?"
Jiang Jingchu was stunned, his fingers stiffened, as if he had not recovered from Qin Huan's words.
Qin Huan pulled her lips awkwardly, a mist appearing in her eyes.
"Last time you said that after Zhou Tiantian and her husband's wedding was over, you would let me tell you my answer. My answer is, I want to get back together with you, if you still want me."
…
When Qin Huan came out of the hospital, she felt a little weak.
I felt like I was walking on clouds all the way. As soon as I got home, I received a call from an unfamiliar number.
Cao Fang's sharp voice irritated Qin Huan's eardrums through the receiver.
"Qin Huan, are you hooking up with Jiang Jingchu again? You just ignored what I said to you, didn't you?"
Qin Huan frowned.
"Five years ago, you and I severed our mother-daughter relationship. It's none of your business who I'm with. Don't call me unless you have something else to do."
"Mr. Qin! Do you really not care whether I live or die?"
Cao Fang was afraid that Qin Huan would hang up on her, and her voice was anxious and a little panicked.
"That guy from five years ago is here again, saying you didn't keep your promise and wants to send me to prison. Qin Huan, I gave birth to you, after all. Can you bear to see me spend my next life in prison?"
Qin Huan tightened her grip on the water cup.
"Where you spend the rest of your life has nothing to do with me. People like you who harm others and yourself should be sent to prison for reform."
After Qin Huan finished speaking, she pressed the hang-up button and added the number to her blacklist.
After sitting alone on the sofa and thinking for a long time, Qin Huan found a phone and made a call.
"Hello, I'd like to meet your CEO Yuan. Could you please arrange it?"
Early the next morning.
Qin Huan packed her things and took a taxi to a tea restaurant.
Qin Huan found a seat by the window and sat down, staring at her hands in a daze.
About ten minutes later, a rhythmic sound of high heels rang out.
Qin Huan raised her head and looked at the elegant Yuan Mei in front of her.
"Ms. Yuan."
She greeted him in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
Yuan Mei hummed through his nose and sat down gracefully.
"I knew Miss Qin would come look for me, but I didn't expect it to be so early in the morning. What's going on? Is there something urgent?"
Qin Huan glanced at the time on her watch.
"I do have something urgent to attend to, and your time is precious, so I won't beat around the bush."
She took out a receipt and pushed it in front of Yuan Mei.
"Half a year ago, I think you received a remittance of seven million yuan to your bank card. It was the money I borrowed from you back then. I've already paid you back in full, including the principal and interest."
Yuan Mei didn't even glance at the receipt with her slanted eyes, as if the number of seven million was not worth mentioning to her at all.
"return?"
She smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
"Logically speaking, seven million should be enough."
"But have you ever thought about this: if a robber steals money and then returns it to the victim a few years later, will the police not pursue the crime?"
When Yuan Mei said this, he looked at Qin Huan with disdain.
"Of course, I didn't mean to say your mother was a robber. Her actions should constitute the crime of extortion. Considering the value of five million, a sentence of ten years or more shouldn't be a problem."
Qin Huan tightened her curled fingers.
"What evidence do you have to prove she's blackmailing me? As far as I know, you gave her the money on your own initiative, and then threatened to force her to pay you back so that I could break up with Jiang Jingchu. From the beginning, it was a trap you set for my mother and me."
After hearing this, Yuan Mei didn't care at all.
"So what? If your mother doesn't like gambling, no matter how I set up the game, it will be in vain. In other words, it is precisely because your mother is a gambler that I don't want you to enter the Jiang family. No matter what status the Jiang family has, we will never befriend a gambling addict!"
After hearing this, Qin Huan loosened her clenched fists and stood up.
"I understand what you said, but love is a matter between two people. Unless Jiang Jingchu tells me in person that she doesn't want to be with me, I will not separate from him again."
Yuan Mei thought Qin Huan came here to plead for her gambling-addicted mother, but she never expected that she actually came to declare war on her.
The beautiful face suddenly turned cold,
"Qin Huan, do you really want your mother to spend the rest of her life in prison?"
Qin Huan sighed and shook the recorder in her hand.
"You just admitted that what happened back then was a setup for my mother."
"Of course, if you still choose to expose my mother's gambling, then please feel free. I won't say a word to defend her."
Yuan Mei couldn't believe it, his expression was distorted.
"How dare you record this? How dare you set me up?"
Qin Huan curled her lips.
"I'm just giving someone a taste of their own medicine. I'm not asking for your forgiveness, but I'm asking for your understanding."
After saying that, he nodded slightly and left without looking back.
I urged the taxi driver all the way and when I arrived at the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau, I was already five minutes late for the time I had agreed to meet Jiang Jingchu.
When I got off the car, I saw a tall and handsome figure standing at the gate. He was dressed very formally today, wearing an exquisitely tailored white shirt and his hair was combed meticulously.
He leaned quietly against the car door, his eyes scanning the passing vehicles. Every once in a while he looked at the watch on his wrist, seeming a little uneasy.
Qin Huan knew that he was getting impatient, and her heart, which had just been irritated, was finally soothed.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he walked over quickly.
"Sorry, I'm late because of the traffic."
Jiang Jingchu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qin Huan and straightened the buttons on his collar.
"It's okay, it was only five minutes. I thought you suddenly changed your mind and wanted me to wait another five years."
Yesterday, Qin Huan asked him if he wanted to get married. He only thought about it for less than two minutes before saying yes. In order to avoid any complications, he set the date for getting the marriage certificate as today.
Qin Huan felt a pang of pain in her heart and gently held Jiang Jingchu's hand.
"No, I won't let you wait for me anymore."
The moment the stamp came down, Jiang Jingchu was in a daze for a second, and then he felt a sense of relief that everything was settled.
He still remembered that half a month ago, he was racking his brains to get back together with Qin Huan, but he didn't expect that in just a few days, they would appear on the same marriage certificate.
On the way back, both of them fell silent. They had so much to say, but suddenly they didn't know what to say.
Jiang Jingchu thought about it and took the initiative to confess.
"Ji Jingya and I haven't officially canceled our engagement yet, so I may have to put you in a difficult position for a while. During this period, I can't tell you publicly, nor can I take you back to meet the elders at home."
Qin Huan didn't care.
"That's okay. I don't mind."
"In a few days, I will also go to England."
Jiang Jingchu tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
"Why are you going to England? To see your daughter?"
Qin Huan shook her head.
"I'm not going to see her, I'm going to bring her back home. That was the plan before. I'll go back home and settle her down first, and then I'll bring her back."
Jiang Jingchu's eyes darkened.
"Oh, that's good. I always thought she was following Wen Li."
Qin Huan pursed her lips.
"Jiang Jingchu, please pull over. I have something very important to tell you."
Jiang Jingchu glanced at Qin Huan and felt a little uneasy. He didn't know whether the important thing she mentioned was a good thing or a bad thing.
I parked the car on the side of the road as I was told.
He turned off the engine and pulled Qin Huan to sit in the back seat of the car. His usually cynical face was now serious.
"I'm ready, tell me."
Qin Huan raised her hand and rubbed Jiang Jingchu's cheek.
"Relax, I can see you're so nervous."
As he spoke, he took out his cell phone, opened the photo album, and handed it to Jiang Jingchu.
"Jiang Jingchu, take a look."
Jiang Jingchu recognized the girl on the screen at a glance as the one he had seen in Wen Li's wallet before.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at her for two minutes.
"Very good, very cute, mouth and nose are very similar to yours."
"What about the eyes and forehead?"
Jiang Jingchu said "Hmm?" and curled his lips.
“I can’t really tell, it feels…”
Qin Huan: "What?"
Jiang Jingchu shook his head and laughed.
"Anyway, he doesn't look like someone with the surname Wen."
Qin Huan huffed and snatched the phone back.
"Forget it, I won't show it to you."
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