Chapter 223 Can you call me by my full name?
"It's nothing, I just wanted to thank you," Wang Qin said.
Qin Ce nodded, his expression indifferent: "You're welcome."
Wang Qin was silent for a while before saying, "Xingxing, she..."
Since Qin Ce had picked her up before and was now bringing her over again, and she hadn't seen Qiao Xing at all, Wang Qin couldn't help but overthink things.
Qin Ce said, "She went to the hospital. You should be able to see her next time you come."
Wang Qin's expression changed, and she immediately became worried. "Why did she go to the hospital? Is she sick? I'll go see her..."
In the end, Wang Qin swallowed her words again. She had never come back to see Qiao Xing before, and now that she was going to see her, it seemed a bit hypocritical.
Qiao Xing might not want to see her either.
Qin Ce said, "No need. She's not sick; she's visiting a patient at the hospital. You don't need to overthink it."
Upon hearing this, Wang Qin's expression softened slightly, and she nodded, "Okay, alright..."
"Actually, I still don't know how to face Xingxing, but I really have no choice but to help Xiaoxi in this situation."
“I understand. Don’t overthink it. If Qiao Xing didn’t care about you, she wouldn’t have agreed to let you take care of Lin Xi. But she needs time.”
Wang Qin was stunned when she heard this. She looked at Qin Ce hopefully and asked, "Really?"
"Really." If Qin Ce hadn't seen that Qiao Xing still had hope for Wang Qin, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to help her.
It's just that Qiao Xing herself hasn't realized it yet. She can't get over that hurdle in her heart. Every time Qiao Xing sees Qiao Yi and Xue Ling getting along, the envious look in her eyes can't fool Qin Ce.
Hearing this, Wang Qin's eyes welled up with tears. "That's wonderful. I'm sorry to her, but I don't know how to make it up to her."
“She’s doing so well now, with such a considerate husband like you, I really don’t know what else I should do.”
Qin Ce looked at Wang Qin; the wrinkles on her face were very obvious, and she had more gray hair than people her age.
Wang Qin is a few years younger than Joey, but she looks more than twenty years older.
At this moment, her weathered face was filled with guilt, remorse, and helplessness.
Qin Ce didn't say much to her, but simply said, "Go back quickly, it's cold outside, I'm leaving too."
Wang Qin realized what was going on and nodded, "Okay, you should go back now. You should go pick up Xingxing, right?"
"Um."
Qin Ce nodded slightly, turned around, got into the car, and headed straight for the hospital.
Qiao Xing was still in the taxi, watching the scenery flash by outside, when her phone suddenly rang.
She picked it up and saw that it was a call from Wang Ye.
Qiao Xing's first thought was that her cousin was being pressured into marriage again.
She picked up her phone and swiped to answer: "Hello, cousin."
"Cousin, do you know?"
Qiao Xing frowned: "What do I know? You didn't tell me. Did your aunt force you to go on blind dates again?"
"No, no, I just saw a news report, no, it's a missing person notice. Fang Ya is missing, and her family is looking for her everywhere. They've offered a reward of 500,000 yuan!"
Qiao Xing was slightly taken aback. She asked in surprise, "Where did you see that? It's not fake, is it?"
"No, it's real, it's stamped, I'll send it to you to see."
"Okay, send it to me."
Qiao Xing suddenly remembered that Lin Yu used to call her a lot of times, but he hadn't made any calls in the past few days.
Did Lin Yu also disappear along with them?
Qiao Xing hung up the phone and quickly clicked on the link Wang Ye sent. Sure enough, it was a missing person notice for Fang Ya, and it also included the police station's phone number.
So it doesn't seem fake, and Fang Ya really has disappeared?
Qiao Xing frowned, wondering if the two had eloped or what. She couldn't make heads or tails of the news.
So she simply stopped bothering to investigate. Whether Fang Ya had disappeared or eloped with Lin Yu, it had nothing to do with her. As long as Lin Yu didn't bother her anymore, she would be grateful.
Qiao Xing turned off her phone and looked up to find herself at the hospital.
She paid the fare and got out of the car. She arrived at Xue Ling's ward, but before she even entered, she ran into Qin Yi at the door.
Not only Qin Yi, but also Yang Han and Xiao Lin, the three of them were standing at the door talking about something.
Upon seeing Qiao Xing approach, Qin Yi quickly raised his hand to greet her, "Sister-in-law."
Qiao Xing nodded and quickly walked up to the group. She looked at Yang Han and Xiao Lin and asked, "Are you here to see Xue Ling too?"
Yang Han nodded, "Yes, I do want to go in and take a look, but I'm still hesitating about whether to go in or not."
"Let her go wherever she wants. She should have calmed down by now."
Yang Han said, "She's calmed down now, but I'm afraid she'll lose her composure once she goes inside."
Besides, Xiao Lin is there too; if it were him, he would have gone in already.
Xiao Lin wanted to apologize to Xue Ling, but she had just seen Qiao Yi, who advised against them going in now, so they were chatting outside.
"Sister-in-law." Qin Yi suddenly called out to her. Qiao Xing turned her head and looked at him in confusion.
Qin Yi opened his mouth, but then glanced at Yang Han out of the corner of his eye. The latter kept giving him meaningful looks, so Qin Yi swallowed back the words he was about to say.
"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask why my older brother didn't come."
Qiao Xing didn't think much of it and said, "Oh, didn't he catch a cold? He's resting at home."
"Oh..." Qin Yi stopped talking and instead glanced at Qiao Xing, his gaze somewhat ambiguous.
Qiao Xing didn't know why he looked at her that way, but she didn't take it to heart. After all, as Qin Ce's family, it was understandable that he didn't know her and had doubts about her.
Yang Han was actually talking about this matter just now. When Qiao Xing was mentioned, Yang Han learned that Qin Ce had not informed Qin Yi. Although he didn't know why, he still briefly told Qin Yi about it.
Therefore, Qin Yi's gaze towards Qiao Xing is very strange and incomprehensible.
Qin Ce had previously forbidden him from going to his house, but now it seems he knows something, probably because of this incident.
What he didn't understand was why Qin Ce would hide his identity. Was it to test Qiao Xing's character?
When he observed the two of them before, he felt that their relationship was already very stable, so Qiao Xing still didn't know Qin Ce's identity.
This left him completely baffled.
"By the way, Xiaoyuan, have you been at the hospital all day?"
Upon hearing the name "Xiao Yuan," Qin Yi's face turned a deep purplish-red, especially since Yang Han next to him was secretly laughing.
Qin Yi said with an extremely unnatural expression, "Yes, that's right, I've been at the hospital, along with that sister-in-law..."
"What's wrong?"
"Can you call me by my full name?" Qin Yi explained, "No one has called me by my nickname in a long time, and I'm not used to it."
"Oh, I see." Qiao Xing smiled awkwardly. "Sure, what's your full name?"
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