Chapter 249 is not quite right.
Qin Ce took a deep breath, suppressing his anger. He sat up, took out his phone, and saw that it was Han Yan calling.
Upon answering the phone, Qin Ce spoke first: "You'd better have something urgent to say."
Han Yan was stunned when he heard the unfriendly tone. Was he going to get shot first thing in the morning?
Han Yan coughed and said, "President Qin, we're waiting for you to start the meeting. Are we still going to start it or not?"
Qin Ce, holding his phone, closed the bedroom door before saying, "I won't open it. Postpone it until tomorrow."
"Huh? This is the quarterly meeting, are you sure you want to postpone it to tomorrow?"
"Didn't you understand when I said to postpone it until tomorrow?"
"Okay, got it. You're busy, I won't bother you anymore." Before hanging up, Han Yan added, "By the way, are you going to that technology conference abroad this year?"
"We'll talk about it later, bye."
Han Yan stared blankly at the phone that had been hung up, completely baffled. What had happened?
But then I thought, with his temper, if he really came to the meeting, everyone would probably be in a bad mood, so let's postpone it until tomorrow.
Qin Ce put his phone away, turned around, and was suddenly surprised to see Qiao Xing standing behind him, staring at him resentfully.
His expression changed slightly. "What...did you hear?"
"You said to postpone it until tomorrow, what do you mean by postponing it until tomorrow?"
Qin Ce casually made up a story: "Let's eat."
"Oh, it's our company's annual meeting tomorrow."
"It won't affect anything. I'll have lunch there, and then I'll go to the annual meeting with you tonight."
"oh."
The two finished their conversation, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
Qiao Xing didn't sleep a wink last night. Right now, she has dark circles under her eyes, her hair is a mess, and one of the buttons on her pajamas is buttoned wrong.
Qin Ce saw the mark on her neck through the neckline of her pajamas and reflected on himself for a moment.
When he reached out to take Qiao Xing's hand, the fierce look he had shown towards Han Yan was gone, replaced by a hint of ingratiation.
"Are you still angry with me?"
Qiao Xing scratched her messy hair and pulled her hand away from his. "No, I'm going to wash up."
After saying that, she went into the bathroom in a sullen mood. When she saw herself in the mirror, Qiao Xing was also startled.
What kind of female ghost is this?
You could put a chicken on your head and it would lay an egg.
She unbuttoned and rebuttoned her pajamas, but when she saw the red marks on her skin, images of last night flashed through her mind.
She clutched her lower abdomen, which was starting to ache again.
No, it's not her problem, it's that man's problem!
Now she was genuinely angry.
She splashed water on her face, then picked up a toothbrush and brushed her teeth with great force; Qin Ce could hear the brushing sound from outside.
After Qiao Xing finished washing up, she opened the bathroom door and saw Qin Ce standing at the toilet door like a guardian deity.
Qin Ce also noticed her expression; something was wrong.
It's even darker than before.
He didn't dare to say a word and silently followed behind Qiao Xing. When he saw her go to the restaurant, Qin Ce went over to serve her porridge.
He ladled out a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of her.
Qiao Xing looked at the porridge in the bowl, then turned to look at Qin Ce.
His posture was slightly awkward, with his hands resting on his lap, like a primary school student listening to a teacher's lecture.
Qiao Xing frowned, looked away, and lowered her head to drink her porridge.
After eating half of it, she looked at Qin Ce again and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"
"eat."
Only then did he pick up the bowl and drink the porridge inside.
Aren't you going to work today?
"No."
It was unclear for a moment from this conversation who was actually angry.
Qiao Xing opened her mouth, but hesitated and could only silently lower her head to eat her breakfast.
Although she hadn't slept all night, Qiao Xing wasn't sleepy at all. She wanted to go to bed for a while, but there was someone standing next to her, so she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
Qiao Xing couldn't take it anymore. She threw off the covers and glared at Qin Ce, "What are you standing there for!"
“I was worried you might need something. It’s okay, you can go to sleep. Just tell me if you need anything.”
"I..." Qiao Xing grabbed the blanket and covered herself up again.
I still can't sleep because I can feel his gaze even through the blanket.
Qiao Xing pulled back the covers again. "How am I supposed to sleep with you standing here?"
"Then I should lie down?"
“…”
Qiao Xing was speechless. He used to be so serious and mysterious, but now he looks so dull.
"I'm not going to sleep."
Qiao Xing was rendered speechless by him. She got out of bed and went to the living room on her own.
She sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.
As expected, Qin Ce followed her over and sat down next to her.
Qiao Xing scratched her head. The atmosphere was so strange; she was about to break down.
Aren't you going to work today?
Qin Ce stared straight at her. "I have a feeling that if I leave, you'll be angry at home."
Qiao Xing sighed and said helplessly, "I'm not angry."
I don't believe it.
What else could Qiao Xing say? She was genuinely amused by the name Qin Ce.
"Fine, I'm angry." She grabbed the guarantee and continued watching TV, not paying any attention to what was being shown.
Qin Ce moved closer to her and took Qiao Xing's hand. "Don't be angry."
Qiao Xing didn't avoid him; she turned her head to look at the man. His brows were slightly furrowed, and he looked quite helpless.
Just as Qiao Xing was about to speak, someone rang the doorbell.
Qin Ce didn't know who had come, but he went to open the door first.
The door opened, and there was Qin Yi.
What brings you here?
Qin Yi walked in, waving his phone. "Didn't you ask me to participate in some city tournament for a game? I'm here to find my teammates. Where are they?"
After he entered the room, he looked around, but all he saw was Qiao Xing on the sofa.
"Go find Yang Han."
Qin Yi paused for a moment before realizing what he meant. "It's him? You didn't tell me. I haven't added him as a friend. Can you let me add him?"
Qin Ce really wanted to kick him out, but he held back. He took out his phone from his pocket and sent him Yang Han's WeChat.
Qin Yi walked in by himself, carrying a food box in his hand, which he placed on the coffee table.
"Oh, this is... well, pastries made by Shi Yi. Neither my grandfather nor I like these, so I gave them to my sister-in-law."
As Qin Yi spoke, he pushed the food box towards Qiao Xing, "Sister-in-law, would you like to try some?"
Qiao Xing opened the food box and was somewhat surprised to see the pastries inside. They were colorful Western-style pastries that looked delicious.
Just as she was about to reach for it, she heard Qin Ce say from the side, "If you're coming, then come. Don't bring this trash with you."
Qiao Xing paused for a moment.
Qin Yi was also taken aback. He gave Qin Ce a strange look and said, "Brother, Shi Yi worked all day, how can you call her trash?"
"Then eat it."
Qin Yi glanced at the pastries, his teeth aching just looking at them. "Forget it... if you're not going to eat them, just throw them away. I won't tell Shi Yi."
When Shi Yi was mentioned, Qiao Xing suddenly asked, "Um, are you all friends with Shi Yi?"
Qin Yi said, "She's my friend, but I don't know about my brother. But judging from his disgusted look, he probably doesn't consider her a friend."
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