Chapter 77 Oolong and Sincerity
Her cell phone had been forgotten and had not been repaired yet. There was still some time before her dinner appointment with her yoga teacher, so Xu Qingwu set her sights on the cake shop across the street where she had wanted to eat for a long time.
She has been enduring for so many days, it’s okay to eat a small piece, right?
Besides, it’s not evening yet, and I still have to practice yoga in the afternoon, so I should be able to digest it quickly.
After asking the young man to replace her screen as soon as possible, Xu Qingwu walked out of the mobile phone store and walked across.
The autumn air is clear and the breeze is not dry.
After waiting in line for twenty minutes, he ordered a piece of pumpkin cheesecake. The soft cheese and sweet pumpkin melted in his mouth as he took a bite. After savoring it carefully in small bites, Xu Qingwu returned to the mobile phone store with satisfaction. By then, the phone screen had been replaced.
She turned on her phone as she walked back to the yoga room and was startled by the dozens of missed calls.
They were all calls from Cen Xihuai.
What's going on?
Didn’t she tell him in advance that she would not be coming home for dinner?
There was no sign of Cen Xihuai downstairs in the mall. Not knowing what had happened, Xu Qingwu quickly called him back.
At this time, on the top floor of the shopping mall.
A group of people gathered in front of the faulty elevator, and the security manager and the general manager of the shopping mall were trembling with fear.
The man in front of him was wearing casual clothes, his face was frosty, and he was surrounded by a biting coldness, emitting a faint sense of hostility.
"Why is there only one maintenance person handling the elevator breakdown?"
The security manager quickly explained, "Our elevators undergo regular maintenance, and the maintenance personnel have just discovered the cause of the malfunction. It was simply a sudden power outage this morning that caused a system bug. It's not a serious problem."
Hearing his nonchalant attitude, Cen Xihuai's face turned even colder: "Can you take responsibility for someone's death?"
“It’ll be alright…”
The general manager rolled his eyes at the inconsiderate and unemotional security manager and explained to Cen Xihuai, "Please rest assured, sir. The cause of the malfunction has been investigated, and rescue efforts are underway. The trapped people are safe for the time being..."
Cen Xihuai's cell phone rang at this time. Seeing that it was Xu Qingwu calling, he quickly answered the call with a calm and composed tone.
"Qingwu, are you okay?"
Xu Qingwu was confused: "I'm fine."
Hearing her voice, Cen Xihuai breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, don't be afraid, you will be able to come out soon."
"What are you talking about? I'm downstairs in the mall."
Cen Xihuai then realized that they were not on the same wavelength and asked her, "You weren't in the elevator?"
"I was just about to take the elevator up, but it seems one of the elevators is broken, and there are a lot of people waiting."
"Don't take the elevator, wait for me downstairs."
"Oh, okay."
Xu Qingwu was confused. Why did Cen Xihuai come here and act so strangely?
It was almost dinner time and there were many people going up and down the escalator. Xu Qingwu was standing at the exit waiting for him, playing with his phone boredly.
"Clear mist."
"Um?"
Hearing Cen Xihuai's voice, Xu Qingwu looked up, but before she could react, he had already embraced her in his arms. The cell phone that had just been repaired was almost knocked over by his force.
Xu Qingwu carefully put the phone into her pocket. Noticing that he was in a bad mood, she reached out and gently hugged him back: "What's wrong with you?"
People came and went, and the hug didn't last long.
The faulty elevator was repaired and the door was opened on the first floor. The people trapped inside walked out, patting their chests in fear and saying they were almost scared to death and would never dare to take the elevator again.
Xu Qingwu seemed to understand why Cen Xihuai lost his composure. She looked up at him and said, "You didn't think I was trapped in the elevator, did you?"
"Well, your phone can't be reached either."
"Because the phone is in the repair shop..." Xu Qingwu felt strange, "But why did you think I was in the elevator?"
"Yu Qing and Chi Chu said so."
Xu Qingwu laughed: "It turned out to be a mistake."
Fortunately, it was a mistake. Cen Xihuai calmed down and said, "I'm glad you're okay."
"Of course I'm fine. I'm perfectly fine right here."
"Um."
His palms were wet, and a misunderstanding made him see his true feelings.
He liked his new wife, not just the way a husband likes his wife, but the way a man likes a woman.
He cared about her so much and was afraid of losing her. If this didn't mean love, then he couldn't understand the definition of love.
Yu Qing, who was standing by, witnessed the entire blunder she had caused. She had never seen this unwavering man express so many emotions: anger, nervousness, joy...
It turns out that no matter how unapproachable the most beautiful woman is, once she steps down from the altar, she is no different from an ordinary man.
Cen Xihuai's filter was shattered all over the floor.
"Um..." Yu Qing stepped forward and apologized to them, "I'm sorry, there was a girl with a similar figure and outfit to you, I recognized the wrong person."
Xu Qingwu thanked him: "Thank you."
Yu Qing smiled awkwardly and turned away.
Xu Qingwu's phone rang. It was her yoga teacher looking for her. After learning that Xu Qingwu was downstairs, she asked her to wait downstairs and she would come to meet her.
The yoga teacher had just come downstairs and was surprised to see the man next to Xu Qingwu: "Mr. Cen?"
"Miss Jiang." Cen Xihuai also recognized her and nodded to her.
"Do you know each other?" Xu Qingwu looked left and right.
Jiang You smiled and said, "I'm the ex-wife of Mr. Cen's friend."
Xu Qingwu: “!”
Cen Xihuai’s friend, ex-wife, whose surname is Jiang… After integrating the information, Xu Qingwu had a vague guess.
"Are you Jiang You?"
"Yes, it seems that Miss Xu has also heard of me?"
"A little bit…"
Xu Qingwu only knew that the yoga teacher's surname was Jiang, but how could she know that she was Jiang You, the heroine in the story of Xu Yanli's double stand-in chasing his wife to the crematorium.
Jiang You invited Cen Xihuai: "Mr. Cen, Miss Xu and I have an appointment for lunch. Do you want to join us?"
Cen Xihuai did not have dinner with them, but went to Chi Chu's teahouse. Xie Ying had a day off today, and Xu Yanli was there discussing business.
When they arrived at the teahouse, the kitchen had already prepared lunch for them in the boss's private box. Cen Xihuai went straight to the box, where Xie Ying and Xu Yanli were already waiting.
Seeing him come in, Xie Ying asked with concern: "Is sister-in-law okay?"
"It's okay." Cen Xihuai pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at Xu Yanli beside him, "Is Jiang You a yoga teacher?"
Jiang You had just started teaching yoga, and Xu Yanli was puzzled: "How did you know?"
“She’s my wife’s yoga teacher.”
Xie Ying exclaimed, "What a fate!"
"As far as I know, the mall she works in is controlled by the Xu family. Why is the elevator quality so poor and not maintained in a timely manner?"
Xu Yanli immediately retorted: "How is that possible?"
Cen Xihuai said calmly, "I don't care. My wife only takes the escalator one day a week. I don't know about your wife."
“…”
Xu Yanli immediately called and asked all his shopping malls to conduct self-inspections of the elevators, and to increase staff from that day on, increasing the maintenance frequency from once every two weeks to once a week.
Cen Xihuai slowly poured a cup of tea and tasted it with satisfaction.
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