Chapter 18: Didn’t she get coaxed?
Qi Xunsheng was so tired that she fell asleep. Before she fell asleep completely, she reminded Qi Zhao to go out and bring in the bowl of noodles at the door. In her daze, she heard Qi Zhao repeating the words -
"I don't blame you anymore."
Perhaps it was this familiar sentence that made Qi Xunsheng sleep uneasily, and he actually had another dream. There was a sound of gongs and drums, and a red wedding dress was held for ten miles. Two people in wedding dresses were looking at each other. A dagger was stuck in Qi Zhao's chest, and the overflowing blood soaked the already bright red wedding gown.
From a third-person perspective, she clearly saw Qi Zhao's painful and sad expression.
She subconsciously wanted to push away the woman who had her back to her and pointed the dagger at Qi Zhao, but she couldn't control her body, or perhaps she was just a spectator.
She saw the woman's hands trembling, and blood also stained her palms.
Many emotions flashed across Qi Zhao's face.
Pain and sadness, but no doubt or surprise.
It seemed as if he had guessed this scene early on.
"Don't be afraid, I don't blame you."
Qi Xunsheng woke up from her sleep. She subconsciously covered her aching head, but accidentally touched the wetness on her cheek.
She wiped her eyes in disbelief and stood stunned.
She actually cried because of a dream.
That kind of real heartache doesn't seem like a feeling that can be caused by a dream.
She remembered the last time she felt such pain was when her mother died.
Qi Xunsheng didn't think he was a good person, so it was impossible for him to be so sad that he cried just because he felt sorry for Qi Zhao being stabbed in his dream.
But the fact is, she cried.
After waking up from the dream, she couldn't recover for a long time.
"bite--"
The ringing of the cell phone interrupted Qi Xunsheng's thoughts. She wiped away her tears and answered the call without seeing who was calling.
"Hello--"
"Looking for the sound."
It was Luo Qingqing's voice.
"What's wrong, teacher?"
"Nothing, I just haven't heard your voice for a long time, and I wanted to call you."
Luo Qingqing's voice sounded very tired, perhaps because she had been too busy with work recently. She knew Luo Qingqing's obsession with Qi Chao, and she would dig hard to find any news about Qi Chao.
Since the discovery of the Qi Dynasty relics in Beilu Village, Luo Qingqing has been conducting research day and night. She goes to the ancient tombs during the day and consults books at night.
Qi Xunsheng heard all this from his classmates.
After she came back from Beilu Village last time, Luo Qingqing didn't allow her to touch anything related to the ancient tomb anymore. Not to mention going down to the tomb, she even wasn't allowed to do things like looking up information.
She did not meet Luo Qingqing after she went to college, but by chance in high school. The two met in a museum, and Luo Qingqing asked her if she was interested in studying archaeology.
In her opinion, archaeology is a very unpopular major. She refused it at first, but later when she applied for school and filled in the major, her score was not enough, so she could only choose archaeology.
When she arrived at the school, she discovered that Luo Qingqing was her professional instructor. It was as if it was destined that they should be master and apprentice.
Luo Qingqing also liked her very much. She not only taught her during class time, but also after class. She also invited her and Gu Yue to her house for dinner during the holidays.
Different from the ordinary teacher-student relationship in school.
Luo Qingqing treated her more like an elder treats a child, or in the old saying, like a true master and disciple.
Since his mother passed away, the warmth Qi Xunsheng felt most came from Luo Qingqing.
Qi Xunsheng also respected her from the bottom of his heart.
So she would obey all her orders.
Luo Qingqing naturally had her reasons for not allowing her to study the ancient tomb.
"Teacher, is there anything I can do to help you?" Qi Xunsheng asked, "I'm pretty free during the summer vacation and have nothing to do."
"Nothing to do?" Luo Qingqing laughed. "I heard you held a party and invited Qi Zhao to it. Half of the people in Luocheng went to your place to join in the fun. You still call that nothing to do?"
Qi Xunsheng didn't expect that this news would spread so quickly, even Luo Qingqing knew about it.
Apart from smiling awkwardly, Qi Xunsheng didn't know what to say.
"Teacher also heard that Qi Zhao is your girlfriend, is that true?"
"Ah?!" Qi Xunsheng was surprised, "You know all this?"
"So it's true?"
"No, no, no, that's nonsense. You know my stepsister hates me, and she likes Qi Zhao, so I just want to piss her off."
"You, you."
Although Luo Qingqing is of a different generation from her, she is not old-fashioned at all. She can understand and respect her ideas, and does not think that she is a bad kid.
Putting aside their studies, the two of them were also very relaxed and happy when chatting privately.
"But do you know Qi Zhao?"
"I don't understand. We..." Although Luo Qingqing understood and respected her, Qi Xunsheng was still afraid that his openness would scare her. After thinking about the wording, he said, "We're just ordinary friends."
"Even though we're friends, you still have to be careful. Qi Zhao is too mysterious and strange. Have you been to Rose Manor?"
"I've been there. It's just Rose and her place. Nothing special."
"That's good," Luo Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief. "By the way, I heard you're building a pet park and a stray animal rescue center recently, right?"
Qi Xunsheng was surprised: "You know all this."
"Although the teacher hasn't contacted you, he has always cared about you," Luo Qingqing smiled, "I checked in on you."
Not only did he know about it, he also funded her.
"By the way, the remaining half was funded by your senior sister Gu, don't forget to thank her."
"I don't want her support."
Qi Xunsheng's face fell. She didn't want Gu Yue's money.
She was too grateful for what she had received. When she saw Gu Yue's ugly face, she wouldn't dare to say a word.
"She also told me not to tell you. How could two sisters from the same sect hold grudges?" Luo Qingqing consoled her. "If I'm gone, you two will be sisters. Sisters should support each other and not hold grudges. Although Ah Yue has a bad temper, she's not a bad person. If you have any problems in the future, you can always ask her for help..."
Qi Xunsheng heard her say a lot in one breath, but to her, it sounded like she was just speaking well of Gu Yue and trying to ease the conflict between them.
But the conflict between them could not be resolved by Luo Qingqing with just a few words.
Whenever she saw Gu Yue's face, she would remember the look of disdain she had seen when they first met.
Gu Yue must have been in a bad mood when he saw her, and he thought she was a disaster.
In Gu Yue's eyes, she was just a trouble, and trouble always came to her.
Qi Xunsheng felt terrified just thinking about it.
"Teacher, could you please stop saying such unlucky things? You are the only one in this world who can cure Gu Yue."
Gu Yue has a bad relationship with his parents. He doesn't listen to his parents but listens to Luo Qingqing.
"I'm just using an analogy."
"Metaphors won't work. You must live a long life and let Gu Yue see that I am not a disaster spirit."
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When he hung up, Qi Xunsheng saw that the call duration was one hour.
Luo Qingqing is single and has no children. I usually call her on weekends and we often have dinner together.
But this was the first time the two had talked for so long.
Several times, Qi Xunsheng almost told what she had dreamed about. She knew that Luo Qingqing liked to study dream interpretation when she had nothing to do, but it was precisely because of her love for studying dream interpretation that Qi Xunsheng did not dare to say it.
She always felt that this was not a good sign. If she told it out, Luo Qingqing might worry about her, or even ask her to stay away from Qi Zhao.
Qi Xunsheng thought about it and could only treat it as an ordinary dream.
When she opened the curtains, she found that the bowl of noodles from last night had become clumpy. Qi Zhao brought it in but didn't eat it.
The sun was shining brightly outside the window. She heard ding-dong sounds coming from downstairs, as well as Aunt Zhang's voice telling them to keep the noise down.
It should be the person who arranged the decoration.
Qi Xunsheng had already given the drawings to the construction team and there was no need for her to supervise, so she went back to her room after lunch.
She then remembered that she had received several messages when she answered the phone just now, but there were too many and she didn't have time to read them.
When I opened it again, I found that my WeChat was about to explode.
All the familiar and unfamiliar classmates sent her greetings, and the first sentence they sent was -
[Shengsheng, do you know Qi Zhao? ]
[Shengsheng, can you do me a favor? ]
Shan Xianmin liked to call her by her full name, but it made her feel uncomfortable when someone she wasn't familiar with called her so intimately.
She didn't reply to these boring messages and clicked into the chat box with Shan Xianmin.
Ten minutes ago, Shan Xianmin sent her a message -
[Are you awake yet? When I woke up, my WeChat was blowing up. They were all asking me if the story between you and Qi Zhao was true or not, and they wanted me to introduce you two to each other. It's really funny. They usually ignore you, but now they're fawning over you when they hear Qi Zhao's name.]
Qi Xunsheng certainly knew Qi Zhao's influence in Luocheng.
The two words "Qi Zhao" represent money and power. As long as you have any connection with her, you can walk all over the city of Luo.
What a snob.
Qi Xunsheng curled his lips and replied to her message.
Luo Qingqing didn't let her go to the ancient tomb to help, so she could only look up information by herself to consolidate her knowledge. In her spare time, she would think about Qi Zhao's name, such as what she was doing.
Qi Xunsheng sat at the desk, holding his chin and looking around, muttering: "Where on earth is it?"
She didn't even know whether the thing monitoring her was an animal or a ghost, but it definitely wasn't a human. She turned the house upside down but didn't see any living creature.
What could that be?
Seeing her start to search the house again, the little flies hiding in the corners trembled with fear. Any sound would not allow them to survive for so long.
Fortunately, Qi Xunsheng got tired after searching for a while, stopped, slumped down in his chair, and shouted to the sky: "Go tell Qi Zhao what she's doing."
Little Fly: “?”
Why did she need to pass on such boring things? Couldn't she just send a message?
But they have a rotation system, and if it leaves, there will be thousands and thousands of it to take its place.
Qi Xunsheng didn't know if there was anything that could help her convey the message, because she woke up for a while but then felt too sleepy and went back to bed for a nap.
I was woken up by a sudden ringing of my cell phone.
Without even opening her eyes, she called out:
On the other end of the phone was Shan Xianmin's anxious voice:
"What are you doing? What is Qi Zhao doing? Why did she drive so many cars to the Su family?"
"Qi Zhao? What car?" Qi Xunsheng suddenly opened his eyes.
"It's just like a wedding procession! There's even a red carpet all the way, and it's ten miles long!"
Qi Xunsheng was not in a clear mind: "?"
Didn't she coax him? Why did Qi Zhao go to Su's house again?
Why? She wants to marry Su Jing?
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