Chapter 312 One lie requires countless lies to cover it up
Qin Ce didn't gossip about these things with her. He nodded, started the car, and drove off.
You're right about everything.
Qiao Xing twitched the corners of his mouth; this was the same phrase he used every time he tried to brush himself off.
She opened the storage compartment sullenly. The red envelopes she had put in there that morning were still inside. Qiao Xing decided to take them out and give them to her cousin as red envelopes later.
They're getting their marriage certificate today. Whether it's a real marriage or a fake one, the gifts still need to be given.
How much should we send?
"How much did you send last time?"
"I think it's around ten thousand."
Qin Ce said, "Then this time you can only have more, not less."
"So, you're giving away all 16,000?"
"Can."
Qiao Xing gave him a strange look, but he didn't even blink.
Qiao Xing felt that giving away so much was fine, but he still felt a little heartache. It was 16,000 yuan, and he hadn't even had a chance to enjoy it yet.
Qin Ce probably sensed what she was thinking, so he said, "We'll take it back when we have our wedding next time."
Qiao Xing was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered that the two of them had never had a wedding.
At first, both of them felt that the relationship wouldn't last long and that they could divorce at any time, but now they've started discussing wedding arrangements.
Maybe my cousin and Bai Yi will get used to each other after a while.
Thinking about it this way, Qiao Xing suddenly didn't feel bad about giving away 16,000 yuan.
When Qiao Xing arrived at the designated restaurant and entered the private room, he only saw Wang Ye, Bai Yi, and Linlin.
"Cousin Bai, Team Leader, didn't Aunt and the others come?"
“I didn’t call them,” Wang Ye said.
"Huh? Why?" Qiao Xing put her bag down and sat down.
Wang Ye said, "Isn't there a Linlin here? If my mom sees this, she'll kill me, let alone give me any money."
"Furthermore, she also needs to meet Bai Yi's parents, but..."
Wang Ye finished speaking and glanced at Bai Yi again.
Bai Yi spoke up himself, saying, "I have no parents."
Qiao Xing was stunned again.
"So...they got divorced?" Qiao Xing thought of herself. Could Bai Yi be in the same situation as her?
Bai Yi said, "It's not a divorce, it's death."
"sorry."
Bai Yi didn't care. She asked the waiter to serve the dishes first. After the door to the private room was closed, she said, "But I would rather they were divorced. When I was in college, my dad was cheated and became addicted to drugs. He borrowed a lot of money behind our backs."
"Later, he became increasingly out of control and even tried to secretly sell the house behind our backs. My mother found out and was about to call the police when the two of them were arguing on the road when they were hit by a car."
Qiao Xing looked at Bai Yi with a complicated expression, wondering how she could say these things so calmly.
Bai Yi sighed, "My father died on the spot, my mother had her leg amputated from the top down, she stayed in the hospital for half a year, and in order not to implicate me, she secretly committed suicide in the hospital toilet."
"Team Leader Bai..."
Just as Qiao Xing was about to comfort her, Bai Yi interrupted her, "It's okay, you don't need to comfort me, it's been so long already."
"So, this is how you incurred your debts?"
Bai Yi nodded, "More or less, half of it was debts my dad owed, and half was debts my mom owed for medical treatment."
Although Wang Ye already knew, he still couldn't help but sigh upon hearing it.
He dreams of getting rich every day, but sometimes he doesn't really care about money.
For example, when Lily broke up with him, he never thought of asking for the bride price back. Similarly, after learning about Bai Yi's situation, he decided to register their marriage.
Bai Yi brought the topic back to the present, saying, "Wang Ye's mother wants to meet my parents, but she's afraid I'm a fraud, so I don't know where to find my parents to meet them. I might as well treat you to dinner first."
"Yes, she was scammed before and has some psychological trauma."
Bai Yi smiled and said, "I know, I didn't say anything."
Qiao Xing tentatively suggested, "Why don't you hire some parents to help out?"
“I have this idea, but I still hope they can accept the truth and the real me, because if you tell one lie, you need countless lies to cover it up. That’s how my dad is. If he had been honest from the beginning, things wouldn’t have turned out this way. I don’t want that.”
Qin Ce, who had been silent all along, suddenly looked up at her.
Bai Yi noticed his gaze and asked with a smile, "Mr. Qin, do you have any thoughts on what I said?"
Qin Ce looked away. "No, you're absolutely right."
Wang Ye interjected, "It's alright, I'll give her a good talking-to later."
Bai Yi blinked. "But there's also Linlin."
Wang Ye's lips twitched. "Well, I'll give it a try. Wait a minute, aren't we in a fake marriage? You can take Linlin with you."
Bai Yi smiled, not taking it to heart.
The waiters brought out the dishes one after another. Qiao Xing was also hungry today, and since there was no one else around, she started to eat to her heart's content.
After the meal, Qiao Xing handed the prepared red envelope to Wang Ye, saying, "Cousin, I wish you a happy marriage."
Wang Ye didn't stand on ceremony and took it to look at it. "But it says 'Happy New Year' on your red envelope."
Qiao Xing touched his nose. "Sorry, I forgot to exchange the red envelope."
"You're so lazy! Let me see how much you put in the red envelope!" Wang Ye took out the money from the envelope and counted it. After counting, he was shocked. "Have you two struck it rich? Giving so much!"
Qiao Xing laughed and said, "I don't have many relatives, only you, my cousin, have been so good to me. I feel like I haven't given you enough."
That's the truth. If she had more money, she would have given more.
Wang Ye said, "We're having a fake marriage, not a real one, so we don't need all that."
As he spoke, he took out five hundred yuan from inside, saying, "I'll take this to pay the bill. You can keep the rest yourselves; raising children is expensive."
This is something he only learned after getting to know Linlin. The kids at her school have all sorts of training classes and interest classes starting from first grade. The tuition alone is at least tens of thousands of yuan a year, not counting other expenses.
Qiao Xing's eyelids twitched; she didn't want to talk about this topic.
Wang Ye refused, so she gave the red envelope to Bai Yi instead.
Bai Yi didn't stand on ceremony with Qiao Xing; she was short of money and accepted it directly.
As they left the restaurant, Bai Yi pulled Qiao Xing aside and said, "Qiao Xing, I need to ask you for a favor."
"What's up?"
"You guys should be going to Shengli Community soon too. I need to go with Wang Ye to meet his parents, so could you watch Linlin for me for a bit? An hour should be enough."
"Sure, I live right next door. Shall we go back together?"
Bai Yi glanced at Qin Ce, "Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony with you. Taking a taxi is quite expensive."
Qin Ce naturally didn't say anything. He drove the group back to Shengli Residential Area.
After getting off the bus, Bai Yi handed Linlin over to Qiao Xing.
Linlin is an obedient and easy-to-care-for child. In the past, Baiyi was busy with work, so she would spend one day with one person and another with the other. Therefore, she was used to being handed over to others by her mother.
Qiao Xing took Linlin's hand and knocked on Grandpa Qin's door.
After waiting a while, the old man opened the door and saw that the two had brought back such a big child. He thought he was getting senile and starting to hallucinate.
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