Chapter 192 makes things even more complicated.
Qiao Xing took a deep breath to calm herself down and answered Qin Ce's call.
"Hey Qin Ce."
Are you home?
Qiao Xing hummed in agreement. Lin Yu's words flashed through her mind, and she subconsciously wanted to remind Qin Ce, "Qin Ce... you should be careful on your way home from get off work."
Qin Ce frowned slightly upon hearing this, but did not ask any further questions. "I understand. Let's go out for dinner tonight. Invite my mom and the others along."
"good."
"I'm almost there, get ready."
After his failed cooking experience that day, no miracle happened. Now Qin Ce either orders takeout or takes them out to eat every day.
I never went into the kitchen again.
After making the call, Qiao Xing went out to call Qiao Yi and the others.
Joey waved her hand, "I don't want to go, you guys go ahead, it's fine if we don't eat tonight."
"How can we not eat? Let's go together."
Joey took her hand and said, "Alright, you guys go ahead. Auntie just wants to stay at home. Look at Xue Ling, her eyes are practically glued to her phone game. How can we get her to move?"
Qiao Xing glanced at Xue Ling and realized it was true. Xue Ling had become quite obsessed with playing games lately, playing almost all the time and rarely leaving the house.
"Then I'll pack it up and bring it back for you."
"Okay, go ahead." Joey waved her hand, urging her to hurry up.
Why are they meddling in their private time? Do they think the light bulbs in their house aren't bright enough?
Qiao Xing didn't know what she was thinking; she simply thought that Qiao Yi was just being lazy and didn't want to move.
Qiao Xing quickly tidied up and went downstairs. Qin Ce also happened to arrive outside the community in the same BMW, which Qiao Xing recognized at a glance.
She got into the car, told him that Joey wasn't coming, and then started to space out.
Qin Ce glanced at her several times out of the corner of his eye and asked, "What's wrong? Something on your mind?"
Qiao Xing snapped out of her daze and quickly forced a smile: "No, I'm just so bored at home."
"I can go to work tomorrow."
"Uh-huh."
Qiao Xing didn't know how to tell him about this. After all, Lin Yu was her ex-boyfriend, and she felt it wasn't appropriate to talk about it in front of him.
The main problem is that after I told him, he couldn't control his temper and beat up Lin Yu again, which made things even more complicated.
Thinking of this, Qiao Xing sighed again.
Qin Ce glanced at her again, but this time he didn't ask anything.
Qiao Xing was scrolling through her phone idly when Wang Ye suddenly sent her a WeChat message—a picture.
Upon clicking, I found a tombstone with Lily's photo on it.
Seeing this photo, Qiao Xing felt melancholy once again. When she tried not to think about it, she always felt that Lily was still alive.
Even now, she still believes Lily is alive, but Wang Ye's photo makes her realize clearly that Lily is truly gone.
Wang Ye escorted Zhou Lan back to the mountain and gave her 50,000 yuan before leaving.
Adding the money spent on buying a burial plot for Lily, there was hardly any money left. This money was given to him by his uncle and aunt for their wedding, but his aunt didn't say anything.
Firstly, Lily's matter created a rift between her and Wang Ye; secondly, she received over a million yuan from Fang Sheng.
She wanted to give it to Wang Ye, but he refused and even moved out of the house.
Although Wang Ye didn't say it outright, he had already decided to work hard and pay back the money he had spent to He Fen.
Wang Yezi sent several WeChat messages, all to Qiao Xing, saying that he just wanted to talk to someone, but he didn't know who else to talk to besides Qiao Xing.
Qiao Xing paused. She could tell from Wang Ye's words that he was in low spirits. She couldn't help but turn to Qin Ce and say, "Why don't we invite my cousin? He's been saying he wants to treat us to a meal."
"Okay." Qin Ce could guess what she was thinking, but he didn't expose her.
Qiao Xing was overjoyed and immediately called Wang Ye to ask where he was.
Wang Ye sent her his location.
Qin Ce then drove over to find Wang Ye. It was in a square. Qiao Xing didn't get out of the car; she could see him sitting by the fountain from a distance.
Just then, Qin Ce drove his car in, parked it, and the two of them came up to Wang Ye.
"cousin."
When Wang Ye looked up and saw his haggard face and unshaven beard, Qiao Xing was stunned and almost didn't recognize him.
"You're here. What would you like to eat? There are restaurants right here," Wang Ye said, pointing to the shopping mall across the street.
"Anything is fine with us, as long as it's not spicy."
Upon hearing the second half of her sentence, Qin Ce's expression became somewhat subtle, and he subconsciously glanced at Qiao Xing a couple more times.
He remembered that Qiao Xing really liked spicy food.
"Let's go then."
Qiao Xing nodded, then couldn't help but ask him, "You told me on WeChat that you moved out, where are you living now?"
"I've rented a place and I'll be going to work in a couple of days, so you don't need to worry about me."
"Cousin, you don't need to..."
Wang Ye sighed and said helplessly, "I just wanted to get away and have some peace and quiet for a while, otherwise they'll keep nagging me when I go home. My mom even asked me to go on a blind date yesterday!"
"Do you think this is something a normal person would do? Lily has only been gone for two days, and she actually asked me to go on a blind date. I'm speechless. I don't know if she's afraid I'll end up alone, or if she's worried about not having any descendants."
When Wang Ye brought this up, he started complaining, and he got angrier and angrier as he talked.
Qiao Xing suddenly didn't know what to say. Her aunt's personality was really something else. Wang Ye was already in a bad mood, and she was forcing him to go on a blind date. Qiao Xing felt a bit depressed.
"That's good then. Are you planning to work in Chongqing? You're not going out anymore?"
Wang Ye shook his head: "I'm not going out. What's the point? The salary is about the same."
Qiao Xing wholeheartedly agreed. She had lived in Chongqing all her life and had never left, so she thought it was great.
Just as they arrived at the restaurant entrance, Qin Ce suddenly received a phone call. He glanced at the caller ID and said to Qiao Xing, "You guys go in first, I'll be there in a bit."
Qiao Xing nodded and then pulled Wang Ye inside.
Qin Ce stared at the phone, not in a hurry to answer. After a while, just as it was about to hang up automatically, he reluctantly picked it up.
"Brother, I heard Mom is back, is it true?"
"Who told you that?"
"You don't need to know who said it, I just know. I'm already in Chongqing. Where are you?" Qin Yi's tone was unreadable, but it was clear that he wasn't happy.
Qin Ce said, "You should call her first and discuss it before you go over there rashly."
What's her phone number?
It's pathetic, really. He doesn't even have his own mother's phone number. Not only does he not have Joey's, but he only saved Qin Ce's number when he went back last time.
Over the years, his father has kept a very strict eye on him, forbidding him from making any contact with others, almost to the point of severing ties.
Qin Ce was silent for a moment, but instead of giving him the phone number directly, he said, "Where are you? I'm coming to find you."
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