Chapter 363 Self-study
Hearing his name mentioned brought back memories of the afternoon for Qiao Xing, and she guiltily turned her head away.
"I'm not looking for him."
Bai Yi was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to say something, the food delivery arrived.
"I'll go open the door." Bai Yi got up to open the door, and the delivery lady pushed the dinner in.
Bai Yi patted her arm. "Alright, stop thinking about it. Let's eat."
The two ate their meal quietly, without mentioning going back.
Only after they finished eating did Bai Yi say to her, "Then we'll be leaving tomorrow."
Qiao Xing nodded absentmindedly.
After Bai Yi left, Qiao Xing tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep. A thousand thoughts were swirling in her mind, preventing her from falling asleep.
The next day, someone rang the doorbell again, and she listlessly threw off the covers to open the door.
When she opened the door, Qin Ce was standing outside. Qiao Xing instinctively tried to close the door.
But Qin Ce blocked her way with one hand. Qiao Xing tried to push him for a long time but couldn't budge him. She was a little angry and said, "Let go!"
Qin Ce squeezed through the door and closed it for her.
Still angry?
Qiao Xing turned her head away, not wanting to pay him any attention.
"I apologize for what happened yesterday, don't be angry."
He put his hand on her shoulder, but Qiao Xing walked away. She quickly walked to the stool and sat down.
Her room was a single room, so she didn't have any extra rooms to hide in.
Qin Ce followed behind her and took her hand. "Qiao Xing, I was wrong. Please don't be angry."
Qiao Xing broke free from his hand, refusing to look at him or say a word.
That's great now. Before, I could at least say a few words to him, but now I just ignore him completely.
Qin Ce became even more agitated.
When someone calls him, he hangs up immediately, turns off the phone, and puts it in his pocket.
Qin Ce pulled up a chair and sat down next to her, wondering what to say.
So much so that the two of them remained silent, and the room was quiet, as if no one was there.
After a while, Qin Ce said, "Let me take you out to eat."
Qiao Xing remained silent.
Qin Ce pulled up a chair and sat down in front of her, facing her directly. "You can be angry, but you can't just not eat. Can you finish your meal and then calm down and be angry?"
Qiao Xing was annoyed by his monologue, "Can you please leave?"
"Want to go out for dinner?"
"..."
Qiao Xing glanced at him, whose eyes were unusually sincere, completely unaware of his own shamelessness.
Qiao Xing now regrets it. She really shouldn't have come to Haishi, otherwise she wouldn't be stuck here unable to move an inch.
She could no longer bear it, so she got up and walked out.
If Qin Ce won't leave, then she'll leave!
Qiao Xing opened the door and walked out quickly, trying to shake off the man behind her as fast as possible, but she overlooked the height difference and speed difference between them.
No matter how fast she ran, Qin Ce could keep up with her.
The two entered the elevator together, and Qin Ce shamelessly asked, "What do you want to eat?"
"If I don't eat, I'll starve to death."
Even though he knew she was just saying it out of anger, Qin Ce still answered her seriously, "That won't do."
Qiao Xing was speechless.
As soon as the elevator arrived, she ran out, flagged down a car on the roadside, got in, and quickly closed the door, saying, "Driver, hurry up and go."
The driver also saw the man following behind. He calmly grunted in response, stepped on the gas, and left Qin Ce behind.
Qin Ce stood by the roadside, watching the taxi drive away, and he laughed in anger.
He tugged at his collar, but still felt short of breath. He unbuttoned two buttons on his shirt, which eased his breathing a little.
Another taxi stopped in front of him, and the driver grinned, "Hey buddy, wanna get in?"
He could see everything clearly from behind, which is why he was so confident in stopping in front of Qin Ce.
Qiao Xing felt the air was fresher once she sat in the car.
"Hey beautiful, where are you going?"
Qiao Xing was also annoyed, so she casually said, "Whatever."
"Did you two have a fight?"
"No."
The driver chuckled mysteriously, "I've been driving a taxi for over ten years, and I've seen countless couples arguing like you."
"It's quite fun, isn't it? When things are good, you're all lovey-dovey, but when you argue, you'd want to dig up each other's ancestral graves."
Qiao Xing didn't answer the driver's question; she didn't have that idea.
She simply didn't want to talk to Qin Ce.
The driver didn't know where she was going, and since there was no traffic at this time, he took her a bit further away.
"Girl, we've arrived. If you're feeling down, why don't you go shopping? You'll feel better after you've done that."
Qiao Xing turned her head and saw that it was the mall she had visited with Bai Yi the day before yesterday. But she had nowhere to go at the moment, so she paid and got off the bus.
She walked into the mall and wandered around aimlessly.
Shopping alone isn't fun. She wandered aimlessly for more than ten minutes, then, feeling bored, she found a chair and sat down.
But less than two seconds after she sat down, she saw Qin Ce come up the escalator. Startled, she looked left and right and went straight into a clothing store in front of her.
"Welcome! How can I help you?"
The shop assistant greeted her warmly, and Qiao Xing forced a smile and nodded, "No need, I'll take a look myself."
"OK."
After the shop assistant left, she pulled up a piece of clothing, which would just cover her up, so that Qin Ce wouldn't be able to see her.
The shop assistant was giving her a strange look, like she was doing something wrong, and had been standing in front of the dress for five or six minutes.
Another salesperson stepped forward and asked, "Ma'am, would you like to take it off so I can take a look?"
Qiao Xing was taken aback for a moment, then quickly let go of the clothes. "No need, I'm sorry."
She doesn't even need to look at the price tag to know she can't afford this dress.
She thought Qin Ce should have left and was about to depart when she suddenly heard a deep male voice behind her, "Bought it."
Qiao Xing was startled and stiffly turned around to look.
For some reason, Qin Ce hadn't appeared behind him at all, nor had he known how long he'd been standing there.
The shop assistant glanced between the two men, smiled knowingly, and took off the dress. "Yes, sir."
"You..." Qiao Xing was about to speak, but seeing that there were many people around, she lowered her voice, "Why did you buy it?"
"Don't you like it?"
"Which eye of yours saw that I liked it?"
Qin Ce looked her up and down. "Don't you like standing here for so long?"
So, he stood behind him for five minutes?
Is he crazy? Why isn't he saying anything?!
Qiao Xing felt a little dizzy with anger. She leaned on the shelf next to her and took a deep breath.
Seeing her actions, Qin Ce beckoned to a shop assistant and casually pointed, "Wrap up this whole row."
Qiao Xing suddenly looked at Qin Ce, "Are you crazy?"
"Didn't you hint that I should buy it?"
"I..." Qiao Xing looked at her hand, then quickly pulled it back. "You're simply unreasonable!"
Qiao Xing said those words and turned to walk out of the shop.
Seeing this, the shop assistant who was packing the clothes cautiously asked, "Sir, are you still buying these clothes?"
Qin Ce pulled a card from his pocket and tossed it to the clerk, "Swipe it yourself, I'll send someone to pick it up later."
After saying that, he followed them out.
The shop assistant froze. In her five years of working there, this was the first time she had ever encountered such a... extravagant customer.
"I'll pay for it myself" sounds really cool, even though it wasn't for her.
But it wasn't until the tall figure reached the door that she realized, "Sir, the password..."
"No password."
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