Chapter 286 A Day in the Life of Mr. Qiao (Part 2)
"What is this?" Qiao Jiming stared at her with cold eyes.
She blinked, was silent for a second, and said, "The outer packaging of disposable plastic gloves delivered by takeout."
"Qiao Sui Sui, do you think I'm stupid?"
Since childhood, Qiao Jiming has never called her by her full name. Qiao Susu knew that he was very angry.
She sighed and said, "You know what it is, yet you still ask."
Qiao Jiming turned his head away, his eyelashes trembling uncontrollably, his heart tightening into a ball.
Didn't I tell myself that as long as we were family and could stay by her side, that would be enough?
But when he caught some clues of her being with other men, Qiao Jiming couldn't help but feel heartbroken, so much so that his fingers turning white from gripping the steering wheel.
"Ji Ming, I told you clearly that there is no possibility between you and me. We are..."
"I know, don't say anymore." Qiao Jiming calmed down and suppressed his surging jealousy. When he spoke again, his voice was hoarse: "You don't need to remind me, I know everything."
Qiao Susu saw that he was not in a good condition to drive, so they took a taxi back home. When they arrived, Qiao's mother had already prepared a table of food, but neither of them was in the mood to eat, so the atmosphere at the table was very depressing.
Qiao Susu did her routine and left after dinner. She hired a nanny for Qiao's mother and the money she gave her every month was already more than the child support she had received over the years. This was the only thing she could give. If Qiao's mother wanted to be filial to her close daughter, she couldn't do it.
She was standing outside the community waiting for a car when a black Maybach stopped in front of her.
The car window rolled down, and Guan Weizhi, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, looked down at her. "Go home?"
Qiao Suisui was startled and asked, "Well, why are you here?"
Guan Weizhi didn't answer, but only said two words: "Get in the car."
Qiao Susu didn't say anything. She sat in the familiar passenger seat, but she felt as if she was in another world.
Guan Weizi didn't say anything. He turned the steering wheel and drove towards the road he used to go frequently without using navigation.
Qiao Susu looked out the window while Guan Weizi looked ahead. They were both silent, and the air in the car felt a little stagnant.
When they were halfway through the journey, Guan Weizhi was the first to speak: "What did Han Chen say later?"
A businesslike tone.
Qiao Suisui also responded in a businesslike manner, "What can I say? I won the bet and helped him make a fortune over the years. Can't I redeem myself?"
The company she and Ye Xi founded has become independent from INF and is planning to create games that surpass INF.
Guan Weizi glanced at the rearview mirror and saw that her chin was a little sharper than the last time they met, so he knew that she had not eaten on time.
The last time they met, they parted on bad terms. Afterwards, Guan Weizi got drunk for several days and was in a daze for more than a month before he returned to normal life.
Her words still lingered in his heart.
She said, "I don't plan to get married. I told you that on the first day."
She said, "Why did you force me to meet your family? We were both drunk that night, and we were just partners after that."
She also said, "Teacher Guan, I have always been grateful to you in my heart, but this is all I can give you. I am sorry for making our relationship so messy."
Is it messy?
Guan Weizi laughed at himself.
From the beginning to the end, all he wanted was to have a legitimate relationship with her, without any messiness at all.
It was she who didn't want to be the last bird to land, and always gave priority to her love for the characters in the fictional world.
During the time when Qiao Susu and he were in a cold war, he even wanted to buy her company outright and ask her to stop making that crappy game.
But he can't.
Because he knew very well that if they did that, they would have no chance at all.
He suppressed the bitterness in his heart, exhaled deeply, and said nonchalantly, "I saw you had a good chat with the people from Sequoia Capital at the cocktail party last week. What's going on? Are you trying to attract investment?"
Qiao Sui Sui turned to look at him when she heard this, "Were you there that day?"
"It wasn't there originally."
She frowned in confusion, wondering what she meant by "wasn't there originally." But she didn't want to dwell on it and said, "Now that we've raised our Series B round, don't you want me to go public quickly so the investors can cash out?"
"That's not what I meant."
Guan Weizhi finally couldn't stand her irritating attitude anymore, so he softened his voice and said, "Can't you just talk to me nicely?"
Qiao Susu paused for a moment, lowered her eyes and thought: You always act arrogantly when I try to talk to you nicely.
"Is there any food at home? Let's buy some when we pass by that supermarket."
"No, I won't fire."
She glanced at her watch and it was already past eight o'clock.
Guan Weizi noticed her movements, like a powder keg that was suddenly ignited. He laughed at himself and his tone was no longer as gentle as before.
"Why, are you in a hurry to go back and find your paper man?"
Qiao Suisui closed her eyes helplessly and sighed deeply. "I don't want to argue with you about this anymore."
"Why don't you quarrel? You're too lazy to talk to me now, right? How many times can you answer my call?"
"Guan Weizhi, are you sick? We are not boyfriend and girlfriend, why do you ask me to answer your call?"
"What was that night then? What was I?"
Guan Weizi parked the car directly on the side of the road. Qiao Susu was about to open the door and get out, but he grabbed her arm.
"Wait a moment."
She ignored him and hit him with her bag, and Guan Weizi just took it without saying a word.
After she finished her rage, he still didn't let go of her hand.
"I apologize." Guan Weizi's hair was hit by her so that some strands of it fell down, and with his gold-rimmed glasses, he looked even more like a gentle beast.
"I was wrong. I won't bring it up again, and I won't force you anymore. Let's just stay the same as before, okay?"
Qiao Susu had a headache.
Time has changed them a lot, but it has not taken away Guan Weizi's persistence.
She calmed down at this time and felt that this would never end.
But the man became more and more emotional as he spoke: "I won't ask you to give me all the time after work every day. At least, give me one day on the weekend, okay?"
"Can't I have the freedom to arrange my own time?"
Guan Weizhi pursed his lips for a moment, then gave in and said, "Okay, you make the arrangements. Then you have to at least answer my call, okay?"
Qiao Suisui was slightly startled. "When did I stop answering your calls? Even if I didn't answer, I would have called back."
Guan Weizhi looked at her, and it was hard to tell what expression was on his face. "You blocked me, so I can't get through."
Qiao Suisui choked as she remembered. After their last fight, he called her repeatedly in the middle of the night. When she answered, he was clearly drunk and rambling on. She was so sleepy she blocked him, thinking she'd release him the next day, but then she forgot.
She took out her cell phone, pulled him back in front of Guan Weizhi, and said, "Is that all right? Can I go now?"
The man slowly let go and said, "I'll take you downstairs."
But before she could finish her words, Qiao Susu had already gotten out of the car.
The moment the car door closed, Guan Weizi's heart sank.
He leaned his head back and closed his eyes in frustration.
You asked for it, didn't you?
He is just a bitch.
She was led by her emotions.
But not being able to see her, hear her voice, or know what she was doing made him feel even more uncomfortable.
Guan Weizi wanted to calm down in the car, but he heard a light knock on the driver's window.
He lowered the car window in a daze, saw Qiao Suisui's face, and heard her say, "Go back and drive slowly. Don't think about random things. Be safe."
After Qiao Susu finished speaking, she turned around and left without looking back.
Guan Weizi was left staring at her back in a daze.
He suddenly remembered that night many years ago when he was her teacher at school. He drove her back to school, and that night he kissed her for the first time.
The same summer night, the same back view.
Guan Weizhi wondered, how could he let go?
This is the rose he watered with his own hands.
(End of this chapter)
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