Chapter 63 Impolite
Li Qingqing slowly raised her eyes and looked at him, "You...how did you know?"
Mu Xingyi put down the chopsticks in his hand and showed an expression that said "as expected", but his eyes were filled with deep regret and even a hint of sadness.
"I guessed."
Li Qingqing slowly lowered her eyes, not knowing how to respond to his look.
"Qingqing, you know what? You're not very good at lying. You said before that your brother's surgery fee was paid for by your mother's employer. I was a little suspicious at that time. I thought you borrowed money from someone, but I didn't expect that person to be Lu Yan..."
Mu Xingyi shook his head helplessly when he said this, "So what is your relationship now? Is he supporting you?" His words were very straightforward.
Li Qingqing lowered her head and said nothing, which was considered as her agreement.
"Why didn't you come to me in the first place? I've told you many times that I would help you. Why don't you trust me?"
Mu Xingyi became more and more excited as he spoke, and his tone began to contain a hint of blame.
Li Qingqing lowered her head even lower. She kept rubbing her fingers and thinking about Mu Xingyi's words.
Maybe he was right. I should have gone to him first. At least he wouldn't make such an outrageous request to support her.
But why didn't she go find him at the beginning? Li Qingqing tried hard to recall her situation at that time.
Did she not want to trouble him? Or did she think Lu Yan was richer than him? Or did it just happen that Lu Yan had proposed such an offer to her?
Maybe both, but at this point, the matter is done and she no longer has any right to regret it.
Besides, the Mu Xingyi now is no longer the Mu Xingyi in her heart. Didn’t he bring her to that Shura field for his own selfish reasons?
Wasn't he also asking for something when he was being nice to her? It was just that Lu Yan was being straightforward, while he was wrapping his needs in a beautiful veneer.
Li Qingqing was very clear about this, so she didn't feel any difference between owing Lu Yan or Mu Xingyi.
Thinking of this, she suddenly wanted to test Mu Xingyi's current attitude towards her, "If I borrow money from you now, will you still lend me money?" Li Qingqing looked at him with burning eyes.
"Of course, as long as you leave Lu Yan and come to me, I will never treat you unfairly." There was a glimmer of light in Mu Xingyi's eyes, as if he saw hope again.
Li Qingqing sneered in her heart: Sure enough, his money also has conditions. What is she expecting? Ever since he brought her to Mr. Jiang’s 70th birthday party, he has changed, hasn’t he?
"Doctor Mu, I don't like anyone now. Are you sure you want to use this money to tie me to your side?" Li Qingqing's voice was cold, with a hint of despair.
Mu Xingyi was stunned for a moment, thinking about the meaning of her words.
She doesn't like anyone now? So she feels that she is also using money to buy her love?
Thinking about it this way, there seems to be no difference between himself and Lu Yan. So what is his advantage over Lu Yan?
Mu Xingyi never expected that he had to compete with Lu Yan when he was in school, and even now that he was in a relationship, he had to compete with Lu Yan. He couldn't avoid Lu Yan in this life.
What does someone like Li Qingqing care about most? Dignity? That's right, dignity. He understands this better than Lu Yan.
He cannot treat her as an item to be bought and sold like Lu Yan did. He should give her full respect. Only then will she trust him.
As for what will happen in the future, who knows? Love is hard to explain. Just because you don’t like it now doesn’t mean you won’t like it in the future.
At least he has to let her leave Lu Yan first, so that he can have a chance, right?
"Qingqing, you misunderstood me. I don't mean to tie you down. I won't force you to like me. I just don't want to see you being bullied by Lu Yan. It's your right to like whoever you want, and no one has the right to interfere with you. But you have to leave Lu Yan first to be free, right?"
Mu Xingyi's impassioned speech was solid and powerful, neither humble nor arrogant. Li Qingqing's heart was shaken. Perhaps it was because of her own petty mind. Mu Xingyi was much more upright than Lu Yan.
I remember the first time I saw him when I was a child, he looked so glorious and majestic. How bad could such a person be?
Li Qingqing convinced herself in her heart that perhaps this was really a good opportunity for her to leave Lu Yan completely.
"I might need to think about it some more."
She looked into his eyes, which still contained some lingering concerns.
"Okay, I'll wait for your reply." Mu Xingyi was not in a hurry to ask for her reply. Anyway, his delaying tactic worked. As long as she could break up with Lu Yan, she would return to him sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Mu Xingyi felt a little excited in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be calm.
This meal, both of them ate with their own thoughts. After the meal, Mu Xingyi sent Li Qingqing back to Qingjian Pavilion. Before leaving, he did not forget to remind her: "Don't work too hard. Remember to combine work and rest."
The subtext was not to forget to consider the negotiation between them. Li Qingqing nodded at him and went straight back to the store.
There were a lot of customers in the store in the afternoon, and Li Qingqing was busy until very late. When she got home from get off work in the evening, Lu Yan finally came back.
A few days ago, Lu Yan seemed to be angry because of the new conditions proposed by Li Qingqing to him. He did not go home for several days, and Li Qingqing was left alone.
She didn't send him a message asking why he hadn't come back in the past few days, and seemed not to care about him at all.
Lu Yan waited for a long time but received no news from her, and finally couldn't help himself and came back.
Li Qingqing walked in and saw Lu Yan sitting on the sofa reading a book. She greeted him calmly, "You're back."
Lu Yan buried his face in the book, without even raising his head, and ignored her greeting.
Li Qingqing didn't care. She knew that Lu Yan was having a bad temper again, so she wouldn't try to coax him.
She changed into slippers at the entrance, went back to her room, and didn't come out for a long time.
Lu Yan finally lost his patience and knocked on her door with a frustrated look on his face.
Boom boom boom.
"Is there something wrong?" Li Qingqing's lazy voice came from the room.
Lu Yan was speechless for a moment. He wanted to have a good talk with her but was afraid of losing face, so he could only find some irrelevant topics to talk about.
"Why did you come back so late today?" he asked in a feigned anger.
"The store is quite busy today." Li Qingqing continued to shout outside the door, with no intention of opening it.
Lu Yan was a little anxious. "Do you have any manners? People are talking to you, and you don't even open the door?"
There was silence in the room for a few seconds, and then the sound of someone turning over and getting out of bed was heard.
"Swish." The door opened, and Li Qingqing showed a speechless expression: "Who just ignored my greeting? Are you polite now?"
Lu Yan felt guilty for a second, then began to argue: "You said hello too softly, I didn't hear it."
Li Qingqing rolled her eyes at him and didn't want to argue with him about such an insignificant matter.
"Come over and chat." Li Qingqing walked around Lu Yan who was blocking the door and went to the sofa in the living room.
Lu Yan looked at her back and felt a little anxious, but he still followed her with his long legs.
"What do you think of the conditions I proposed the other day?" Li Qingqing asked him straight to the point.
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