Chapter 98
Although Qiao Ye woke up, she still couldn't move for a short time.
Fortunately, her long-term fitness habit allowed her to recover better than others in such a short time.
Even Anna couldn't help but admire, "You said you have such a good body, how could you ruin it like this?"
Qiao Ye heard the word "waste" from Shang Yiran, who used it every day.
Qiao Ye: "..."
She can get out of bed now, but she still uses two crutches under her armpits to barely maintain daily activities.
At this time, it has started snowing in Mishiroda Province.
Christmas is in these two days.
She turned her head to look at the light snow falling outside, feeling a little emotional and a little lost.
The door of the room was pushed open.
Shang Yiran walked in from outside, covered in snow, holding a stack of documents in her arms.
He strode to Qiao Ye's side and placed the information in his arms in front of her.
"These are Qiao Yang's most recent coordinates, but the latest coordinates we obtained were from seventeen hours ago. These are the latest coordinates our people have been able to find."
"I understand." Qiao nodded and picked up the information from the table.
Shang Yiran's body temperature still lingered on the information. As he read it, he chatted with her: "I don't think I've heard you and your girlfriend on the phone together recently?"
"What's there to fight about?" Shang Yiran said, "You have people to protect, and so do I."
"Really..." Mr. Qiao smiled and then continued reading.
But she stopped on one of the papers.
Seeing her pause, Shang Yiran also leaned over to look upwards.
Written in black and white on this piece of paper were the court opening time and the precautions for the court session.
Both of them seemed to be under a spell.
Qiao Ye took the paper and read it over and over again. Then he looked at Shang Yiran and raised his eyebrows: "Is the court in session?"
"...Isn't this the same thing you caused earlier to stand up for your girlfriend? I don't know who filmed it, and now all the hidden dangers have been exposed. I thought you would at least deal with the consequences, but I didn't expect you to let it survive until now."
Qiao also played with the court flyer in her hand, and even made a paper airplane with it.
Then he pointed it at his mouth, blew on it a few times, and threw it out again.
As luck would have it, the paper plane landed right at Shang Yiran's feet.
"What if I say that I've actually already dealt with these things?"
"Hmm? That doesn't look like your arm. Would you leave yourself with such a serious risk?"
Joe also smiled but said nothing.
This was indeed her mistake.
She had a big fight with Pei Qing over this matter, and she really didn't notice this little bit of abnormality.
She originally thought that no one would be so bold as to cause trouble for her.
Now it seems that there really is someone who dares to cause trouble for her.
Looking at her like this, Shang Yiran must have understood everything.
Seriously, who hasn’t had a youthful and energetic time when they were young?
"So what do we do now?"
If Joe really gets this reputation, I'm afraid Summer's listing plan will have to be postponed.
"What should we do? Just eat cold dishes in the evening." The woman shrugged, as if she didn't take the matter seriously at all.
"...I mean, seriously."
"I mean that seriously."
"..." Shang Yiran rolled his eyes in a very rude manner.
Qiao couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Well, don't worry. Since the court notices have been sent out, what else do we have to worry about?"
"What do you mean?" Shang Yiran didn't understand her words for a moment.
"After being beaten, the Felipe family will naturally not go against my words easily. Now they dare to challenge me so openly. What is the reason? It's really hard to guess~" Joe also made an "I don't know" look.
Shang Yiran understood, Shang Yiran understood.
"So now you have to..."
"Luring the snake out of its hole?"
"Hmm. My good father hasn't shown up yet. I guess he's waiting for me to show up in some corner. He's looking forward to it so much. If I don't fulfill his wish, wouldn't that be a waste of his grand plan?"
As he spoke, Qiao Ye looked behind her.
Shang Yiran noticed what she was looking at and also looked behind him.
The door of the room was pushed open at this moment.
When she saw the person coming, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, as if she didn't expect to see the other person here.
The young man was wearing a well-fitting suit and looked like a nobleman from a certain family.
If it weren't for her blonde hair and blue eyes, she would really look like a Chinese.
"Good afternoon, Miss Shang." The man bent slightly, kissed her arm very gentlemanly, and looked at her with a smile.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Elros." Shang Yiran said.
"I'm very glad that you can arrive here on time." Joe also made a seat for him.
"Qiao, your news would have me rushing over even if I were busy, wouldn't I?"
"It would be my pleasure."
"Of course, so how are you going to thank me?"
"...Before you ask me for a thank you gift, tell me what you found out?"
"Hey, hey, hey, I knew you would ask that." The young man sat across from her, then took out a small USB drive and placed it in front of her. "Here's what you want."
Joe also looked up at him, then picked up the USB drive and inserted it into his tablet.
Read and finally open it in one go.
There is only one PDF file in this USB drive, but the file size is very large, about 150 MB.
Joe also opened it and began to read it quickly.
But after reading ten pages, I couldn't read the rest.
Qiao Ye: "..."
She looked speechlessly at the young man sitting opposite her who was gloating over his misfortune.
The other person stretched out his index finger and thumb and rubbed them together, the meaning was self-evident.
This guy did it on purpose.
She took out her mobile phone and transferred one million dollars to the other party. The other party then told her the password so that she could continue reading.
Shang Yiran saw the interaction between the two people clearly, "I thought someone like you wouldn't be short of money."
Obviously, she didn't expect that the man in front of her would ask Qiao for money as well.
"I'm not a person of noble character. In the words of you Chinese, I'm a despicable villain. What's wrong with asking for some money? I don't steal or rob." Elros said with confidence.
After reading the entire PDF, Qiao leaned back on the sofa and said, "I'm afraid you can't research this information by yourself, right?"
Although she didn't have much contact with Elros, she still had some understanding of the limits of his abilities.
Many of the things in it did not seem to be within his authority to find.
"Haha, I knew it, Qiao Ye, you have a very sharp eye. You saw it so quickly. Indeed, many of the things here are not my research. After all, where would I find so many things? So why not guess who opened the door for me?"
"It's dawn."
"Bingo." Elros snapped his fingers. "You are so smart."
"Then shouldn't you share the money with Liming?" Qiao looked at him with a smile.
Elros: "..."
He asked why Joe was so easy to talk to today, and it turned out that he was waiting for him here.
Qiao didn't dwell on this matter. After all, she didn't have so much time to talk nonsense with him.
"I heard you received a summons from the court?"
"Who hasn't received a few court notices these days?"
"But yours seems different."
"Why, you ask so many questions, are you going to be my defense lawyer and appear in court on my behalf?"
In the dim light, Qiao Ye's mouth curled up into an arc that seemed to be a smile, and he looked at him in a sleepy manner.
"...Hey, if you keep chatting like this you'll end up losing all your friends." Elros was a little indignant.
“Quality is more important than quantity of friends.”
“…”
Joe responded to him indifferently.
Her eyes were still scanning the document.
But when she saw the last few lines, she paused and deleted the document with one click.
Seeing her movements, Elros knew she had finished reading. "So, are you surprised? Are you surprised?"
"There was a surprise, but no joy. You did give me a huge surprise."
"I didn't expect this outcome either. But now, many of your father's actions can be explained. He's so smart, a perfect master of time and area management."
“…”
Joe also looked out the window.
It was already dark at this time, and a few snowflakes were still floating in the sky.
Elros walked to the French window and asked, "Don't you Chinese people celebrate Christmas?"
"This is your festival, what's the difference between it and ours?"
"So have you thought about our festival this year?"
"Tell me, how much more do you want this time?"
"Talking about money hurts so much..."
"But being in a relationship costs money," Joe added deadpanly.
"... Consider it one million and I'll treat you to a classic barbecue dinner in the United States."
As he spoke, the young man clapped his hands, and then someone came in carrying a roast turkey rack and even a Christmas tree.
"What are you doing?"
"I heard your girlfriend was taken away, and I was worried you'd be lonely spending Christmas alone. So I specially prepared the things we usually prepare for Christmas, and came to spend Christmas with you."
Elros said this seriously.
But Joe also heard a hidden message from his words.
The smile on her face gradually disappeared. She looked at him indifferently, and then she smiled brightly again, as if everything that had just happened was just his illusion.
"Really? That's great. I haven't had a good Christmas since I came to Country M."
There were clearly only two people, but their conversation seemed to be encrypted.
Only Shang Yiran, standing nearby, was completely confused as he listened to their conversation. "No, did you learn some Morse code behind my back?"
"No. We were just talking about Christmas, that's all."
"Hmm. So, Miss Shang, since you're now the president of the K Chamber of Commerce, would you please do us a favor and spend Christmas with us?"
"Of course I'd be happy to do that."
Qiao also turned her head, and the gentle light shone on the mirrored floor-to-ceiling window, reflecting her appearance.
The two people were busy decorating the green Christmas tree and didn't notice what was happening on her side at all.
It was still snowing outside. She placed her hands on the armrest of the sofa and applied a little force, leaving traces on the leather sofa. When she saw the marks, she quickly let go of her hands, lowered her head, and looked at the soft carpet, wondering what Pei Qing's current condition was.
She knew Qiao Yang's methods too well, and now she could only hope that she was okay.
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