Chapter 195 Are you afraid your girlfriend will misunderstand?
Qiao Xing couldn't find a suitable expression to respond, so he could only smile and say, "Yes, a little. I didn't expect Team Leader Bai's son to be so grown up."
"I'm 28 years old this year, and Linlin is four years old. Isn't that a normal age?"
As Bai Yi spoke, she added, "You also need to give birth sooner, otherwise the older you get, the slower your recovery will be after childbirth."
“…Um, okay.” Qiao Xing couldn’t continue the conversation. Although she had countless questions in her mind, she didn’t dare to ask them.
Bai Yi, on the contrary, said it himself, "This is not Jiang Wang's child."
"oh……"
Her explanation only made things more confusing.
Looking at her, Bai Yi couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. "I know what you're thinking, but I don't want to explain. I just hope you can keep it a secret for me."
Qiao Xing nodded hurriedly, "Of course, I definitely won't tell, I'd rather die than tell."
"Then I'll be going now."
"Take care, Team Leader Bai."
Bai Yi, holding the child's hand, left the mall with the two of them.
Qiao Xing stared at Bai Yi's back and suddenly felt that he was falling behind the times.
First it was Lily, then Bai Yi, and then that scumbag Lin Yu, including Xue Ling. She felt out of place with everyone around her.
She also remembered that everyone used to call Bai Yi "Little Bai". If Bai Yi hadn't said it today, Qiao Xing wouldn't have known that she was already 28 years old.
Wang Ye walked over and waved his hand in front of her. "Cousin, what are you daydreaming about?"
Qiao Xing snapped out of her reverie and forced a smile: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about work."
"Why isn't Qin Ce here yet? It's almost 10 o'clock, and the mall is about to close."
Qiao Xing quickly took out her phone to check, but Qin Ce still hadn't replied to her message. She wondered what he was busy with.
Wang Ye said, "Why don't you take a taxi and I'll take you home? What are you waiting for him for?"
Qiao Xing nodded: "Okay."
After saying that, she sent Qin Ce a message saying that she had taken a taxi home first.
Qin Ce was still in the restaurant, or more precisely, in his car outside. He received a message from Qiao Xing and was about to type a reply, but he didn't know what to say, so he simply left it unanswered.
"Brother Qin Ce, are you texting your girlfriend?"
Shi Yi appeared outside the car window at some point, bending down and smiling at him.
Why did you come out?
Shi Yi sighed, "What would I be doing there when they're meeting? Besides, you've already hidden yourself away, so I, an outsider, shouldn't be a third wheel."
Qin Ce didn't reply or pay attention to her. He took out his work phone and started looking at the documents.
Shi Yi then said, "It's so cold outside, can I sit in your car for a while?"
"You can go into the restaurant; it's heated."
Shi Yi twitched the corners of her mouth and laughed in an annoyed tone: "What are you doing? Are you afraid your girlfriend will misunderstand?"
Qin Ce looked at his phone without looking up, and said, "It's good that you know."
"..."
Shi Yi could barely hold back her smile. This man was truly impervious to reason. Shi Yi had never believed that there were men in the world who upheld such traditional male virtues.
Moreover, she was even more curious about Qin Ce, wondering what kind of celestial being could bewitch him so much that she herself was ruthlessly rejected when she simply went up to sit for a while.
Everyone has a competitive spirit, and Shi Yi, the pampered young lady, is no exception.
Most people who say they don't like to compare themselves to others simply haven't encountered anything worth comparing themselves to.
Shi Yi wasn't stupid; she knew that continuing the conversation would annoy Qin Ce, so she didn't press the matter further.
"Alright then, to avoid my brother Qin Ce kneeling on a keyboard when he gets home tonight, I won't bother you anymore."
After Shi Yi finished speaking with a smile, she turned around and took a few steps. She didn't go too far, but went to the roadside and found a stone stool to sit down.
Qin Ce finally raised his eyelids and glanced at her.
Shi Yi sat on the stone stool, constantly rubbing her hands together and breathing on them to warm them, shivering in the cold wind.
Qin Ce only glanced at it before turning his attention back to his phone.
"Driver, could you please stop for a moment?" Qiao Xing quickly called out to the driver.
The driver slammed on the brakes and pulled over to the side of the road, turning to ask, "What's wrong, young lady?"
Qiao Xing leaned against the car window and looked into the parking space, her gaze landing on the BMW in the middle.
She stared at the license plate and frowned. She couldn't remember Qin Ce's license plate number, so it looked somewhat familiar, but she wasn't quite sure.
"It's okay, we..." Qiao Xing was about to say leave when she saw a familiar person coming out of the restaurant.
It was none other than Joey and Qin Yi.
When Shi Yi saw the two of them come out, she felt as if she had been granted a pardon and quickly walked over to take Joey's arm.
"Aunt Gu, why have you been chatting for so long? My hands are almost frozen."
Joey laughed and said, "Why don't you go inside? Why are you freezing outside?"
"I thought you'd be out soon."
"What a silly girl." Joey poked her forehead helplessly.
Meanwhile, the door of the BMW opened, and Qin Ce got out of the car, walked up to the group, and said, "The hotel is booked. I'll take you there."
Joey hesitated and glanced at Qin Yi.
Qin Yi stood beside her, his expression unreadable, and he didn't say anything.
"Cousin, isn't that Qin Ce and your mother-in-law? Aren't you going down to say hello?" Wang Ye reminded her from the side.
Qiao Xing looked away, her face pale. She shook her head and said to the driver, "Sir, let's go."
"Okay."
The driver restarted the car and drove it away.
Wang Ye asked, puzzled, "Cousin, what's wrong? Why didn't you go say hello?"
"They're definitely talking about something, what am I supposed to do there?"
Qiao Xing was somewhat absent-minded. She thought about how Qiao Yi said she wouldn't go out to eat with them, and how Qin Ce didn't reply to her messages, but instead appeared at another restaurant.
She must be meeting with those two people. If Qin Ce wanted her to see them, he wouldn't have come here himself.
So when she went to say hello, it seemed a bit inconsiderate of her.
Qiao Xing didn't want to speculate, so she just pretended not to have seen it.
She returned home, took a hot shower, and went to bed early.
She couldn't fall asleep, tossing and turning, whether it was because the bedroom light was too glaring or because the huge house was too quiet.
After tossing and turning for two hours, she got out of bed, went to the living room, and turned on the TV. Only when she heard the TV did she finally feel a little more at ease.
Xue Ling rubbed her eyes and came out of the house, yawning as she asked, "Sister-in-law, why aren't you sleeping?"
Qiao Xing quickly picked up the remote and turned the volume down a bit, "Am I disturbing you?"
"No, I just got up to use the restroom. Where's my brother?"
Qiao Xing paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "He's behind, he might be a little late."
"oh."
Xue Ling went into the bathroom sleepily, and Qiao Xing turned off the TV. She had almost forgotten that Xue Ling was still at home.
Qiao Xing returned to her bedroom and began another round of tossing and turning.
She lay on the bed, staring at the time on her phone screen; it was already two in the morning.
Unbeknownst to her, Qin Ce's car was parked downstairs, and he sat in it for an hour without going up.
Qin Ce leaned against the car window, toying with the cigarette in his hand, staring at the emptiness in the air, his expression wistful.
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