Chapter 470 Cunning
Tang Xi didn't try to stop him. "I'm really sorry, I'll see you both out."
"No need, you go and attend to the guests first, we'll go down ourselves."
Qin Ce refused his offer and pulled Qiao Xing away from Tang Xi's house.
However, Tang Xi still escorted them to the door before turning back.
Qiao Xing was a little absent-minded. After thinking for a long time, she decided to ask Qin Ce, "Did Liu Yuxi write 'Farewell at Nanpu'?"
She had been away from school for so long that she genuinely couldn't remember anything.
Qin Ce said, "No, it was written by Bai Juyi, and the line 'Do you know that I brought it back from ten thousand miles away? The red banana and hibiscus will not come.' is from 'Planting White Lotus'."
Qiao Xing took out his phone to confirm, and sure enough, just as Qin Ce had said, "Farewell at Nanpu" was not written by Liu Yuxi, and the poem he recited was not from that poem either.
"He didn't do it on purpose, did he?"
What do you think?
Qiao Xing suddenly had a completely different understanding of Tang Xi. Goodness, she had been deceived by appearances again. She really thought Tang Xi was as easygoing as he seemed.
So this is what they mean by being cunning.
If it were her, Wen You, after checking her phone and realizing how ridiculous she had made a fool of herself, she would definitely not have the face to contact him again.
Qiao Xing was initially puzzled as to why Tang Xi introduced himself that way. It turned out that he had set a trap for others from the moment he introduced himself.
That's terrifying.
Of Qin Ce's friends, she felt that only Yang Han and Qin Yi were straightforward; the others were all cunning and scheming.
After getting into the car, Qiao Xing felt something was wrong, and she suddenly looked at Qin Ce, "How do you know so much? You can even recite such obscure poems."
Qin Ce fastened his seatbelt and waited for the car to warm up. "When I was in junior high school, I became fascinated with poetry. During the two months of summer vacation, I read more than a hundred poetry collections, and I have some recollection of most of them."
Qiao Xing was shocked. "Is it that amazing?"
"That's all in the past."
"You're still amazing," Qiao Xing sighed, "but I'm becoming less and less worthy of you."
Qin Ce's lips twitched slightly. "Here we go again."
"Really?"
"Looks like your motion sickness is better now." Qin Ce didn't respond to her words, gripped the steering wheel, and drove the car away.
Qiao Xing leaned against the car window, staring at him expectantly.
She thought about Tang Xi's attitude towards Qin Ce and that Wen You, and she could actually subtly sense the difference.
Tang Xi would not test Qin Ce or deliberately bring up profound topics.
She was unaware that they had already tested Qin Ce during their first meeting, and not only Tang Xi, but several others had also put Qin Ce to different tests.
By the end of the conversation, Tang Xi himself couldn't keep up with the topic, and now he was too embarrassed to show off in front of Qin Ce.
He truly accepted Qin Ce and treated him as a friend.
However, Qin Ce did not like this kind of friendship that sets thresholds. Like Qiao Xing, he preferred to deal with people like Yang Han.
Just as I was thinking of him, Yang Han called.
Qin Ce freed one hand to answer the phone.
Yang Han's familiar and cheerful voice immediately came through the phone, "Old Qin, I found it!"
"What is that?"
“It’s that driver from before. I found him. He confessed everything. He took a sum of money and said he was going to scare Qiao Xing for someone. I also found out who that person was. He’s from the Lei family.”
"Anything else?"
“That’s all. I didn’t dare to investigate further, for fear of alerting them. Do you remember the Lei family? They’re the family of the guys Jiang Wang found for Wang Ye. One of them was the one who harassed Qiao Xing and was half-paralyzed after you bumped into him.
"Um."
Qin Ce naturally remembered.
Yang Han added, "Look, they haven't dared to make a move for so long, but they dare to act now. They must have someone backing them up to do this. So think about it, who dares to back them up?"
Qin Ce narrowed his eyes.
A normal person would definitely think of Qin Liang first.
Qin Liang could do that, but there was no need for him to do it through others. Whether he wanted to scare or warn Qin Ce, if he wanted Qin Ce to know his purpose, he would definitely let Qin Ce know that it was him who did it.
Instead of using this cryptic approach and making him guess on his own.
Therefore, there is only one possibility: someone contacted the Lei family using Qin Liang's name. In this case, if he traced it back to the Lei family, they would only say that Qin Liang instructed them to do so.
"I understand, I'm hanging up."
"Hey, wait a minute, I've helped you so much, shouldn't you thank me? When are you coming back? I want to eat your sister-in-law's cooking..."
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Ce killed him.
Yang Han looked at her phone screen and said irritably, "You just throw it away after you're done using it! You're such a heartless jerk."
Qiao Xing couldn't hear what was being said on the phone; she was feeling carsick again, and all her attention was focused on suppressing the nausea.
She fell asleep later. When they got home, Qin Ce didn't disturb her. He carried her out of the car and went straight back to the bedroom.
Qin Fei had just returned from school when she was surprised to see Qin Ce carrying a woman into the house.
She rubbed her eyes, thinking it was just her imagination.
After a while, she grabbed a passing maid and asked, "Who is that woman he's holding?"
The maid followed her gaze and cautiously replied, "Miss, that's the eldest young mistress."
Qin Fei looked at her suspiciously, "That country bumpkin woman?"
The maid gave an awkward smile, not daring to respond.
Qin Fei snorted coldly, shook off the maid, and strode into the house.
She went straight after Qin Ce, having long wanted to see what was so special about this woman.
Before she could even enter the house, Qin Ce came out first and blocked her way.
Qin Fei looked up at her and asked, "What are you doing?"
"That's what I should be asking you. Did you come to the wrong room?"
With her arms crossed and a proud look on her face, she said, "This is my home. I can go to whichever room I want. Is it any of your business?"
She was extremely annoyed. It was bad enough that Qin Ce, an unrelated person, had come back, but he had even brought his wife back with him. Perhaps influenced by something, she felt that the two of them had come back to steal something from her.
Qin Ce didn't want to pay any attention to this idiot, but he was afraid she would cause trouble for Qiao Xing.
He said coldly, "You can go wherever you want, but stay away from this room."
Upon hearing this, Qin Fei's temper flared instantly. "Who do you think you are? Why should I listen to you?"
"Who am I? Do you need me to prove it to you?"
Qin Fei wasn't afraid of him, and glared at him defiantly, "Then prove it."
Qin Ce took out his phone, dialed a number, and looked at Qin Fei. He said into the phone, "Cancel Qin Fei's card, right now."
Qin Fei was stunned for a moment, then completely panicked. "Who are you calling?"
Qin Ce showed her his phone, which clearly displayed "Old Zheng".
Qin Fei couldn't hold back anymore. Why should Lao Zheng listen to him?
She immediately tried to grab Qin Ce's phone, but unfortunately she was too short. Qin Ce raised his hand, and even if she jumped, she couldn't reach it.
Old Zheng was in charge of all these chores, including Qin Fei's living expenses.
She could resolve the issue by talking to Qin Liang, but what she resented was why Old Zheng had to listen to Qin Ce!
Qin Ce's phone call was simply proof to her that he had far more say in the family than Qin Fei.
He can stop her card now, so he'll have a way to get her out of the Qin family later.
Wang Yu had warned her more than once not to provoke Qin Ce, but she hadn't listened. Because of this, Qin Ce had suspended her card. If her mother found out, she might wholeheartedly approve and even scold her. Of course, she was scared.
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